PXGTE EIGHT
MEDFORD IUJL TRTBTOE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1932.
Development of Dry Ice
From Valley Gas Spout
May Bring Big Industry
iWell Drilled at Buckhorn Lodge Supplies
Large Flow of Carbon Dioxide;
Experiments Successful
(By Irva Fewell.)
Walking ictmi a little log foot-bridge over Emigrant creek, pausing
a moment to ee the carbon dioxide ga bubbling Incessantly from the
tumbling stream, may In time not too dUtant become a mere memory
to the hundred! who have visited lluckhorn lodge near the foot of the
Greeiunrlngf mountain. Human power will probably harness the gas
beds beneath the stream and Its banks, necessarily removing the quaint
bridge and Its familiar surroundings.
Wealth, estimated at 12000 per 34
hours, that has been escaping In the
form of gas, may be realized mate
rlally If plans are completed for es
tablishing a dry-Ice plant at the
sort. Active development was start
ed about a month ago, although tests
have been made over a two-year
period.
Due to the exceptional value of
such a product, action has been taken
by Medford people Interested In the
development. A well has been drill
ed down 100 feet at the side of the
creek for "mining" the product to
be made Into commercial Ice.
Plans ha7e been completed, how-
ever, for sinking the well as feet
deeper, according to those In charge,
whereby the supply of gas available
la expected to be doubled. Increasing
the dally output from five tons,
now shown by testa, to 10 tons.
Dry Ice Is compressed or solid car
bon dioxide 1093 degrees below zero.
Fahrenheit, said to be lr times more
efficient than ordinary ice. When
the gas Is "not flowing." It registers
about 80 degrees p., but when "flow,
lng," due to expansion from enor
mous compression in the ground, i
sub-zero condition Is created.
Prom the springs at Buckhorn
lodge, which Is operated by Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. McOrew, tests have been
made by the natural gas investiga
tions division of the federal bureau
of mines, chemists, chemical engl
neers, and dry Ice company officials,
showing .favorable reporta from -he
samples.
The well, sunk 100 feet, Is filled
within five feet of the top with water,
but the gas bubbles constantly above
the opening. Monday morning Mr.
and Mrs. MoOrew balled the water
down 30 feet and the blue gas shot
several feet above the around, mak
lng a roaring noise, audible through
out the resort, they reported,
Parties In charge of the work stat
ed that If the water could be re
moved to a lower depth, the pressure
from the gas would probably keep
the well free from water. The open
ing Is stopped by an eight-Inch gate.
The greatest expense In converting
the gas supply into the dry-Ice prod
uct, would be the cost of erecting a
compressor, Mr. Mcarew stated.
Last Tuesday tests were made In
compressing the gas Into dry-Ice, and
the experiment proved successful,'
even though the tests were msde with
the 85 feet of water In the well. The
flow of gas registered by the meter
was 23,000 cubic feet In 3 hours,
Between 10 and 11 cubic feet of
the COS gas are required to make
one cuttle root of the dry Ice, which
Is now obtained In Medford at a cost
of 30 cents per pound from Portland
Mr. McOrew expressed the belief thst
alter the compressor had been to'
stalled, the Ice could be supplied In
aiearora at approximately a cent a
pound.
Development of sucli a project In
southern Oregon would revolutionize
many Industries. For so many uses
have already been discovered for the
gas. As such a small piece of the
product (which does not melt, but
evaporates) Is required to cool a
comparatively large area, the new Ice
has been considered Ideal for the
shipping of fruit across the conti
nent. Mr. MoOrew related an incident
when one carload of pears was ship
ped from Medford to New York last
season, packed In the dry Ice, and a
saving of 18 hours In transit was
recorded, ss there were no delsys
necessitated by Icing. Only 800
pounds of the dry Ice wss used, where
ordlnsrllr 3800 pounds of common
Ice Is required, he said. The lesser
amount of Ice Increased the space
available for fruit tonnage.
Mr. McOrew carried out a similar
teet on a smaller scale, whereby alx
ripe Bartlett pears were plced In the
gas for a six months period. He re
ported them as being In as solid a
condition at the end of that time as
when stored.
The Associated Press recently car-
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D Ingram shows how carbon dioxide
gas from 3,000 feet underground In
Utah forma commercial "Ice aa It
expands when released from under
ground pre smi re at the mouth of the
well.
rled a dispatch from Worcester, Mass.
telling of a discovery whereby "car
bon dioxide gas introduced Into clear
glass tubes under proper electric cur
rent produces a steady white light
having all the qualities of daylight
so much desired by mercantile houses
selling clothing or textiles."
As compressed gas expands, Its
cooling qualities are noticeable in
the room, experiments have proved.
Testa, whereby a cube of the product
has been placed In radiation systems
in homes and buildings, and the gas
sent through the ventilators, have
shown the rooms were cooled by the
process, taking a small slice of the
Ice for lengthy refrigeration.
Although a large number of such
gas supplies as found at Buckhorn
lodge are not available, the majority
of, those already discovered are lo
cated In the southwestern territory
of the United States, according to
the Associated Press science depart
ment. They report that In most In
stances, drilling 3000 feet Is required
to reach the supply.
Concerning the "Ice mines, the
Associated Press says:
"All those carbon dioxide welts are
found in the "domes" or the "anti
clines' of oil fields. They have been
located In Carbonera Dome, western
Colorado, Harley Dome near West
water, Utah, and also In the same
state In the Last Chance, the Wil
low Springs and the Farnham struc
tures. They are found In the Wagon
Mound area In New Mexico, and In
large quantities near Tamptco, Mex
ico. "One commercial well Is In opera
tion near Price, Utah. Another is
under construction in western Colo
rado. The Utah well yields 98 per
cent pure carbon dioxide. It la puri
fied In absorbing towers and com
pressed three times, finally becom
ing a liquid.
"This liquid Is sprayed through
nozzles. Psrt of the spray expands
Into gas. thereby producing addi
tions cold that solldlfes the rest of
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the pray Into snow. Hydraulic presses
squeeze the snow Into commercial
size too cakes. These are stored in
an Insulated pit underground."
HENRIETTA PREY
75
Henrietta Prey, aged 75 years, a
well known resident of Lake Creek
and Jackson county for the past 60
years, passed away In this city early
Tuesday evening, suffering an lllneaa
of several months.
She Is survived by four sons, Ed
ward, George, Otto and Irvln Prey,
all of Lake Creek, alx grand children,
two half brothers, Herman and Henry
Meyer of Lake Creek.
Funeral services will be held from
the Conger funeral parlors Friday,
July 18th, at 3:30 p. m. Rev. Kabele
of the, Lutheran church will have
charge of services and burial will be
made In the Central Point cemetery.
Threshing of the valley wheat crop
will start as soon as the weather be
comes warmer and threshing, ma
chines are now being put In order
and moved to the fields. The first
threshing Is scheduled to start In
the Sams Valley district. The present
state of the weather is conducive to
"sweating," and the growers will
watt until It Is again hot and dry.
Thero are many excellent stands of
wheat throughout the county.
Recent rises In the price of hogs
In- the middle west Is reflected Irs
local conditions. Hogs were quoted
Monday on San Francisco markets at
W.85 per hundred, about twice the
price of two months ago. Valley
butcher shops and packing plants,
for six weeks, have been putting
up lard, bacon, hams and other
products of the pig. In anticipation
of a rising market. One local butcher
shop has prepared between 7000 and
8000 pounds of bacon and hams
within the past three months.
Harvesting of the last of the cherry
crop will be completed this week,
and apricot picking is now In full
blast, with scores of housewives in
the mtdst of their annual tasir of
pickling, preserving and Jellying
them.
LEACH RELEASED ON
Darwin Leach, arrested last Satur
day by the sheriffs office, on a
warrant from Mtlwaukle, Wis-, charg
ing him with the kidnaping of his
own son, aged three years, was re
leased from the county Jail late yes
terday, when the Governor of Wis
consin denied extradition papers.
Leach told the local authorities that
his arrest waa due to the efforts of
his divorced wife, who was granted
the custody of the boy. Leach as
serts that she Is not a proper person
to care for him. He waa arrested
at the home, of friends on Lozler
Lane. He came here with a brother,
In an automobile.
Voters Are Urged
To Register Now
The registration books at the
county clerk's office are now open,
and all unregistered voters are urged
to register, In order that they may
vote at the general election Novem
ber 8. The registration books close
October 8. The Oregon law provides
that no ballot be given an unregis
tered voters.
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LAYOUT
PLANNED BY
A delegation from the Medford
Garden club, headed by Mrs. A. R.
Reames, president, at the Invitation
of the county court, discussed with
thst body the care and beauttflcatlon
of the lawn, trees and shrubbery at
the new Jackson county courthouse.
The suggestions of the Garden club
will be mainly followed by the court.
The trees will be trimmed, new
shrubbery planted and decorative
plant features installed.
The Garden club requested that
they be assigned the special care
and custody of one of the trees.
Workmen are now leveling and
preparing the lawn for the first
sowing of grass. The lawn will prob
ably be made eloping Instead of ter
raced. The Garden club experts
hold that a terraced lawn Is hard
to keep- up, presents something for
children to fall off and break arms
and legs and that It wearies old
folks, who have business In the
courthouse and are forced to climb
the terraced steps.
Some of the trees will be moved
and replanted, so as to mska a more
even distribution, and enhance the
landscape beauty.
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FOR MRS. FINNEY
Pinal disposition of the case of Mrs.
Pluma Finney, 48, well known Jack
sonville resident, held In the wom
an's ward of the' county jail on a
liquor charge, will be made tomorrow
or next day. Prank DeSouza, her at
torney, said today. She has been In
durance rue for 10 days and has suf
fered Illness and remorse. Absence
of arresting officers has caused the
delay. At the time of her last arrest
she wss on parole on a beer-selling
charge. She now stands accused of
possession of Intoxicating liquor.
Prlenda will ask that Mrs. Finney
be sent to a place In the country
where ranch life will remove her from
present environment.
Extension of the moratorium on
auto licenses until August 1 by the
governor does not apply to foreign
licenses, of which there are a num
ber In Jackson, Josephine and Klam
ath counties.
The state police have a complete
list of the owners of foreign licenses
operating In the three counties and
will atart a concerted drive against
COURT
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compound used In tire construction. Although
totting nothing extra, It provides many thou
sands of extra fflllei of trouble-free travel. All
U. S. Tlrei today are built with Tempered Rubber.
It Is Cheaper To Buy U. 5. Tires Now Than Buy and Buy.
Pierce-Allen Motor Co.
112 So. Riverside
them within the week. Csllfornla and
Washington plates are the most nu
merous with a sprinkling of Mon.
Una plates. Some of the owners are
known to have spent all their days
in these psrts.
CRATER TRIP FOR
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KLAMATH PAT 1,8, Ore., July 13.
(AP) Lions of Oregon were formally
welcomed to Klamath Palls this
morning at the first session of their
state (convention by R. O. Oroeabeck,
president of the Klamath county
cnamoer or commerce. More than
100 Lion delegates from sll parts of
the state had registered this morn
ing and more delegations were ex
pected throughout the day.
P. w. Walker, Portland, district
governor, and J. P. Tate, state treas
urer, were among arrivals last nleht
and Walker presided at today's busi
ness session. A presidents' nd secre
taries' breakfast was held this morn
ing, followed by a business session.
and this afternoon '.bt visitors were
to be taken to Crater Lake national
park. v,
THREE SENTENCED ID '
Clyde O. Spinning, charged with
I larceny by bailee, and other alleged
criminal operations In this and
Josephine county, was yesterday at
Grants Pass sentenced by Circuit
Judge H. D. Norton to serve 13
years in state prison. Warrants held
I In this county against Spinning win
be dismissed. He Is alleged to have
specialized In the theft or type
I writers and. check protective ma-
chines. He was arrested at Pasco,
; Wash., lo days ago.
I Ernest M. Young and Charles L.
Dake. "sympathy racketeers, who
robbed an aged Selma resident, after
he had befriended them, were each
sentencd to serve five years In state
prison.
Wurts Installs
Paby Department
"Dainty apparel for the very young
est generation may now be selected
at Wurts Gifts, North Central ave
nue, which has Installed a baby de
partment on the main floor.
All little garments, pillow cases,
sheets and other articles are hand
made and attractively embroidered In
addition to being exceptionally mod
erate In price. Jack Wurts said to
day. Mrs, Grieve Has
, Injured Finger
Mrs. Katie E. Grieve of Prospect,
well known resident of the county.
Is In the city for a few days under
treatment for Infection of a finger.
A small portion of the finger will be
removed. The Injury Is not serious.
Mrs. Grieve Jilt the finger with an
axe.
CHEVROLET DEALERS
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1500 BABY CHINKS
LEAVE SHELLS AT
E FARM HERE
Everything "chirping'' at the
Jackson county branch of the state
game farm these days. Fifteen hun
dred young pheassnt chicks are
adapting themselves to the soil.
having deserted the "shell of a place''
in which they formerly lived.
In the flock of 1500, over which
Prank Arnsplger Is guardian and
keeper, the Chinese pheasants pre
dominate. There are, however, 300
of a cross variety similar to the
English black neck pheasant, H. L.
Nobllt of the1 Jackson County Game
Protective association announced this
morning, naming their correct cog
nomen, which sounded like a cross
between Russian and, Portuguese.
The cross variety Is a little larger
than the Chinese cousin and darker
In color. When the shooting sea
son comes along, however, he will
be classed as "a China," and reserve
the same rights In the rules of the
sportsman's bombardment.
The w. H. Gore ranch, on which
the game farm Is located this year,
haa proved an Ideal home for the
little birds, Mr. Noblitt stated today.
Blue grass and other farm crops
will add greatly to their growth
and welfare and the atrip of land
Is apparently outside the skunk and
crow belts.
Just one skunk has visited the
coops so far this season and no big
black kings, accompanied by an un
merciful "caw," have swooped down
to fill the young birds with terror.
VISITS HATCHERY
J. R. Russell, superintendent of the
United States bureau of fisheries, ar
rived here yesterday from Seattle to
Inspect the new hatchery at Butte
Falls. Wooden tanks will be used
lr.ste&d of ponds, as habitat of the
fish at the new hatchery, he stated,
because of the advantages gained In
maintaining the health of the fish
Each tank will be fedsepareiely to
avoid the spread of contamination.
The tanks have been tried out at
the Bonneville hatchery, and were
found successful. The new hatchery
at Butte Falls will have a capacity
of between three and four million
fish. The tanks have been complet
ed and the workmen are now put
ting the roof on the main hatchery
building. The plant will be ready to
care for eggs In early fall, according
to present Indications.
Howard Piano, sacrlflc price. Mrs.
H. O. Purucker, Electric Wiring Co.
Phone 642. . We'u haul away your
refuse. City sanitary Service,
Real Estate or Insurance Leave It
to Jones. Phone 796.
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Ford Chevrolet
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$3.59 each
The annual outing of the Jackson
County Recreation club will be held
July 16 and 17 at the Dead Indian
Soda Springs, It was announced to
day by Mabel C. Mack, county home
demonstration agent. An invitation
was extended the organization by Its
president. Jack Tyrrell, who operates
the Dead Indian resort. .
About 12 communities are expected
to be represented, Mrs. Mack said.
Last year there were 65 in attend
ance, r
The group will gather at the
springs early Saturday evening for
supper, after which a program of
stunts, folk dances and games will
be given. Prizes are to be awarded
In the competitive events.
Sunday's program will con 1st of
calisthenics, hiking and a baseball
; ame.
Mrs. Mack stated that all . club
members, their families and invited
guests are urged to attend.
When you shop at the Groceteria
park your car at the Groceteria
parking lot. 127 No. Central.
OF KNITTED
GARMENTS
You'll be surprised how little
money it will take to buy a New
Knit outfit for Late Summer wear.
We have taken our complete stock
of Knitted Suits, Dresses and
Blouses and Marked them for a
Quick July Clearance.
3 SALE
PRICES
$395
$795
$1475
Values to $19.75
The Sweaters
are $1.00 to $2.50
Values to $3.95
SECOND FLOOR
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BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Sllva of 80!
North Central avenue are the par
ents or a girl, weighing T pounds,
11 ounces, born July 12 at the Sacred
Heart hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Myles W. Randall
of route 4 are the parents of a boy,
born July 13. weighing 6',4 pounds.
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They tell how the
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aches, can be overcome or avoided
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ter. It's from Mrs. MacCraig. "I took
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healthy. I will always praise your med
icine and tell other women about it."
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