The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 21, 1920, Page 14

SOLUTION FOR U. S. ‘Mountains of It in Colorado, _ Wyoming and Utah; Price Rise Will Bring It BY HARRY 8B. HUNT WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, — Pe may be a wasting asset for) United States, so far as free oil) d or flowing from nature's un- ound reservoirs is concerned, ‘We have right here tn little old U. 8. A. a source of petroleum great- @r than—perhaps double—the total “erude oll remaining underground in the whole world! |. The result of a decline tn natural) um production in this coun- then, does not mean, necessarily, ‘wo will be at the mercy of such ations as may control the of the world’s oil fields, BEGINNING NEW INDUSTRY d, it only means the begin- in this country of a new indus- that will give employment to ds; the building of new in regions now sparsely set- the erection of great plants the development of industrial in areas far removed from t centers of industry. answer to decreasing produc- of natural oll is the increased of shale ofl, In north- Colorado, northeastern Utah, n Wyoming and in north-| Nevada lie enormous mountains shales holding, as a blotter holds more petroleum than nature ‘away In oil pools tn the whole Spe & lesser extent, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Texas, Wiscon- higan and West Virginia deposits of ofl shales. shales consist largely of fossil | debris and the decomposition Plants and animals, largely ac- These fossil organic deposits high in hydrogen content and, subjected to heat, yteld large of volatile matter which ‘be condensed as oil. OM. PRODUCTION PRACTICAL the production of ol] from) Js practicable, has been proven | Scotland, where the annual pro- years, been around 2,000,000 annually. average yield of Scotch shale gallons of petroleum per ton of treated. E. Winchester, who has map- most of Uncle Sam's deposits y d by recalling that to date all | produced in the United! States is leas than six billion barrels, | that the total estimated free n in the world is between 53 billion barrels. FLOW IN WHEN WARRANTS As soon as the price of natural oo, crosses the line where petrol- from shale can be produced at Profit, these vast new resources begin to flow into the market & stabilizing factor. - Just what that price line would be, are unable to state. before-war-wage scales, compete with importa-| petroleum with A number of private) @ompanies have been formed in Col- and Utah. The likelihood is within five years a mammoth for converting our moun- into ofl may be well under |private steamehip operator, has been from Scotch shales has, for | {scr Ship News Tides in Seattle TURSDAY WEDNESDAY SRrr. 21 skrT, 22 ante ee Te |: Feet tow Tie ene im, 1) een lah Tide Ae 1:53 PD mM, 104 oy Second High Tide | Second Low Tide 129 Bom, OO LTTE Behe oa BOAT CO, ASKS FOR RATE RAISE Puget Sound Navigation Co Petitions State Body Recause of the increased cost of fuel oll, the Puget Sound Navigation Ce, at a hearing before the state public service commission, In the Chamber of Commerce, has asked an increase in both freight and pas senger rates. Officiala representing the stearn- ship company, which haa vessels plying to all Sound ports from Se. attle, declared that unless an in) crease of 25 per cent for freight and 20 per cent for passenger fares be allowed, the transportation iities of the company would be handi- capped. Shipping Board Ship Sold to New Yorkers The Edmore, first of the shipping board vessels to be dixposed of to a sold to the Empire Steamship Co., of New York, according to an an- |nouncement here by shipping boafd officials, The Edmore, which has | been plying In the Oriental trade, |was built in the Skinner & Eddy lyards, and will be delivered In Se-/ attle, eee Last Jap-Built Vessel Now Here The liner Eastern Sword, now anchored in Elliott bay, ia the last of the vessels built in Japan for the shipping board that will come to Seattle. . From Weather Bureau TATOOSH ISLAND, Sept. 21.4 A. M. ‘ailing barometer; rainmg; wind south, hour. Passed out: A steamer | September 20-1190 A. M.—Clondy wind sou! out hour, a feptember 21— str Hongkong vie ports and Victoria. B porte at 11:40 p. ines from West Coast an Francisco and Giant at 30 p. 7 Springtieid from Boston via Philadelpbia and ports at 1p. m Southwestern via Boutheast- ern Alaskan porta September 20—Mtr Eastern Roldier for ew York via Port Blakely and ports at 1s pm Alaskan Vessels, Juneav—Salled September Princess Alles, southbound, at § 4 Ketchikan—Salled September 20 City of Heattie, northbound, at p. str Admiral Evans, southbound, at 1 «| m.; str Spokane, southbound, at noon ee Vessels in Other Ports New York—Satled September 20: Str Steel Ranger for Seattle via San Fras cisco and porte. Hongkong-—-Arrived September 20: tr Icontum from Beattie via porta, Manila——Salled September 20: Str Ala- jdama Mars for Seat im porta. Maker for Seattle via Han Francisco and mr Architect for Beattie vie tro—Arrived September 20 rt [Nanaima, B. C. Ban Pedro—Hatled September 20: Str J. A. Moffett for Seattle at 7 p. m. San Francisco—Arrived September 20. B. C—Arrived September | 20: Motor achr Coolcha from Seattle, Port Townsend—Passed in September , ‘We have, then, in our mountains, Mterally a “mountain of strength”) "with which to combat any attempted | ing of American development outside control of the world's petroleum reserves. “They form,” says David White, Chief geologist, “an enduring asset, sufficient to sustain an enormous! are load for an indefinite | HUGE BUILDING PLANNED HERE : Steel Co. to | Erect Steel Handling Unit ‘The A. M. Castle Co., one of the largest steel firms in the United Btates, for which Seattle is the Northwest distributing point, will erect a huge brick building, 720 by 160 feet, just east of Marginal way, at Alaska st., to be used as a steel handling unit. Architect John R. Nevins, who is planning the unit, es- timates the cost at about $200,000. “Tacoma Grocers in e Tacoma grocers are selling sugar @t 17 cents as a result of a sugar war among the dealers. The new , the lowest of the retail mar- for months, ‘@t least two or three weeks. Beattle dealers have indicated that the Tacoma price will have little or mo effect upon the Seattle mar- ket. BANK CLEARINGS Seattle $7,699,353.83 ++ 1,940,610.58 ++ 2,157,905,00 | 739,368.00 ‘ + 6,060,279.00 seve 1,280,599.00 819,840.00 162,993.00 War; Slash Sugar| is expected to last) Sr Governor from Seattle at 9:30 a m. sr Kashima Mare ser Seattle at 7:46 “ Port Biakely—Arrivea September 20 Kastern Holdier from Seattle, Reported re Wireless nadian Government Beptember 20--ftr City of Meattle |abeam Digby Island, northbound, at 9 & m: str Admiral Evans off Green Island, southbound, at 9 — m.: ate Ad. miral Goodrich off Lawyers Light, north- bound, at 9:20 a. m. U.N Communteations September 20—Str Catherine D, Keteh+ ies for Bellingham, 135 miles from Bell Ingham at § p. m.; str ®pokane, Ketcht h of Keteh- Heattle for Shanghal, 600 miles from Seattle at & p. West Holbrook, Seattle for New 1,289 miles from Beattle at & p. Derbyline, San Pedro for Mantla, en from Ban Pedro at $ p.m. | Vessels i in ‘Port at Seattle | Smith © terminal—Str Fdmore, etr | City of Spokane, atr Wheatland Mont Pier 14—Motor achr Wakena, t Northern dock—Str Toyama Maru. Pier 2~Str Santa Ana, str Victoria. Pier i-—-Motor schr Babinda, str Morn- ing Star Bell wt. terminal Pier B Pier D. gut Grand Tronk dock—astr Admiral Watson Pacific Const Engineering worke—Str | Kastern Leader. | Skinner & Eddy yarde—Sehr A. F. Conte, Stacy st. terminal—U. 8, C, Burnside, Milw Ocean dock—-Sitr Went Tvan terminal—Btr Redondo, str tern, atr Libby Maine, Str Gritta Waterway termin: jee nd, 1a mail Mtr Alameda, tr Springfield, ‘Btr Queen, str Admiral Farra- East Sword, str Fulton, | Todd drydocks—Str Maquan, str Weet- —Btr Eastern | “ward Ho, atr Elihu Thomson, Ames yarda—Str Moonevelt. Nettleton milis—@tr Haynla Lake Unton-—Hulls Abiiia yaox, Addinon, Allentui thon, Hayden, Bertr Abnoba, Ab- Biscayne, Black Wolf, Biantord, win, Boughton, Pexuta, Puyallup, Cabacan, Capraria, Cardia, Cenina harus, Chesterfield, Cinens , Corian, Cola, Clone, lectra, Endymion, Fort Har- ort Jackson, Fort Stanwix, jon, Imufka, Leotl, Kitan, o Ch Bridge & Dredging works— | Status of Frisco Market BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21 Butter— , abe per Ib; prime tao per joodtellow from Seattle vial L NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—The stock market opence © welling tm early trading was attributed to mh arried the leaders up @ point above the early Rails became active early in the second hour insuea that worked up to new levels were Pittaby New Haven, st win & Southwestern pd, and Roe The market cloned weak. There was free 4%. SHARP DROP IN GRAIN MARKET General Weakness Is Shown’ in Trading CHICAGO, Sept. 21.—Liberal re- colpts with a light demand caused a sharp drop in grain futures on the Chicago board of trade today, Wheat Btock— Raltimore & Onk Maldwin Le Hteel * Heth. led In the decline, dropping from 6¢ to fe Continued favorable crop) weather for corn caused a general eral Motors Weakness in the trading in that grain orthern Provisions dropped with grains. 1 Alon December wheat openel ed | tnepiration at $2.49; dropping ‘Tho Kennecott points at ho Lac and closed down an-| ptember cate, off Mo at the opening of 68\c, later dropped he additional; December oats wa ore Ne att opening and closed down ae from that quotation, CHICAGO, sent 31,—-Cosh heat No. i , rd, | Texas Company Texas Pacific Toracee Products y TORK, ling opened france, €7Te. Jett 1 centime; times, Chicago Live Stock CHICAGO, Hept, 21.—Itogs—Recetpte, | NEW rorK, Rio, ")4Me per th Raw un per ib Denver Market Status DENVER. Sept. 21.— Rereipte, teers, $80 | Reentpta, 1.000 hen Lambe, ” eeder lamba, sinvewia. | 96. En Vital Statistics MARRIAGE LICENSES | Name and Residence. regor. Hugh, Seattle .. vassi| om. Helen Christon, Seattle Legal we, Orrison P., Skykomish. .Legal Faich, Emma 8, Mill Valley, | Cal Moeur, John HL. Lantz, Marie R, Seattle Morton, Floyd, Portland Mylie, Helen, Seattle . Brix, William, Ev le Mero, Cluffee M., Legal Fleming, Roy A. Seattle .....Legal Brown, ithenie Lillian, Seattle ioe Locke, John L,, Seattle .. 24) ernment inapect pure lard, 2 the haddies, ‘26 trawberry Jam White, 2 ibe 46 40:3 bare Legal) Phoenix, Arix, tt Edmonds Fisher, Irene Vivian, Seattl a Toeliner, August, Seattle Legal| Shiple ia" Pearl, couver, Guatin, Chester E., Asto: Edwards, Edith F. Stal Andrew Mrs. MeCurdey, Cunningham, Seattle Thomas, Oxer D. Portland . girl Neuner, W. BH. 801 Columbia st., Zempel, A. Van Wagr 827 Boren N., gn, bighth | W., gir Leland, 1936 Simone, Dominick, 416 18th §. Barstaw, Thomas, 6222 Fourth girl. Muir, Elbert, pital, girl Anderson, Alfred, Swedish hospital, | Madsen, Wilhelm, 455 Crockett, girl. | DEATHS Gould, Jessie, 41, 4824 Othello, Thompson, Mary, 58, Providence hos- r, Seattle General hos- pital , Maligag, Catharine, 72, 2874 Sviny 22nd Morrivon. ‘mma, 71, .Fairtiela hotel, Jodrell, W., 67, elty Dita i Chaties, 28, Swedish hoas- ROUND TRIP 1 Onear 43, Providence hospital. Extras, 72%0 per doz me rd | n, Ticks, 56, 42nd Ww. je per doz; dirties No. 1, 620| won, Harry, 46, Seattle Generai | PUGET SO undersized pullets, 490 per doz, hospital, 5 p—Caliloruia flats, fancy. 360 ver) Ht a James Harper, 69, 1545 Mar: Nethichem Steel “L' principal ne prices follow? American Can 36%, up %; United States Rubber z f XM: Crucible Steel 129%, up Ww: t off 4; Baldwin 114%, up %; Sinclair Ol 94%, off Mi Southern Pacific 97%, unchanged; Mrie une troleum 193, unchanged; Republic Iron & Steel 83, 122%. off 4%; American Tobacco "Ii" 128%, up 2; anged, N. Y. Stock Exchange 619 Becond Avenue LIBERTY BONDS rary ne " ay on a. | Celee, Fodtiie. . 3 Hy 236 nited Keta gd Bae hadi: U. & Rubber... 1% IH LIKE Loe % MOTH LOOK, LOM | nedinm wien. * TH 88 84% | Waban : . ae 69% | Westinghouse... - Willys Overian: 11k 35.00 thee Total antes, (Nominal)—— 25.00 1998 1995 fortes — 19.85 19.85 | Piret 24's... betes on |Recond 4's iret 440 | Becomd 4\4"* Third 44's... Fourth ¢ #@S%e per Ib; No. can almolive Roap orange marmaiade. TACOMA BeaTs LEAVE COLMAN DOCK 9, 11 A. M., A, 3, &, 7, 9 0, Me DAY. The best peat way te ge uh THE adherent STAR Low-Priced Issues Boosted Up to New Levels in Trading 4 regular today. The tral 90. 87, down %; ¢ ted Btates Stool Southern 29%, Mexican F ol 7 vangod; up 4; Union F hort Interests. lows Among the low priced | ire & West Virginia, k Island. welling of motor rtocks and wigar in late trading. Willys-Overland made a new low for the year at L. Hi, Manning & Co., ris Meh as Union Ol of Del... or High fore rer) low voor Foreign Exchange fept. 21.—Demand ster at $2.50 today, off 186: up 2 centioes: lire, 42 marks, 1.67, up 6 een- rt Foreten exchange closed sary, Demand WED | sterting, BR48%, off Bie; franca, 673, . FOURDS off 2 contimes; lire, ¢ 336; lire cables, $16.75 616 4346; mom Tide, off 11 com - Recal 909 head: market | 1) S te vee Tea iT.At: | beteher | mes mare ane mg N. Y. Coffee and Sugar Kept. 21.—-Coffee—Ma 7} 4 Banton, 12@ | 19.760 per Ib) granulated, Money on Call : market steady. ‘a ’ cows and heifers, 86 sock NEW YORK, #ept. 71.—~Son ah - “ , 4 2 ey om call, | and feeders, $7.50@10; calven $7500 / 7 oo cont; atx months, § per cents imer cantile paper, & per cent higher: Top, $18.25; bulk of sales, $17.60 tue siver—London, $9%e; New York, MBhive p— Recetpte, bret} head: market | Public Markets || "seat ti tuna fish, 1f¢ jar, Stall 46, can bor oft | A rally} ™ ‘chicken | BUSINESS BRISK |MILLMEN MEET INLOGAL MARTS) —RAILROADERS No Novelties Reported;;Western Lumber Industry Prices Remain Steady at Stake, They Say Business was brick along com-| PORTLAND, Sept, 21—Lamber mission row Tuesday to compen-| manufacturers of the Pacific North mate, perhaps, for the dull day’s| west conferred here yesterday with trade Monday Ip eminent railroad officials in what no novelties reported,| they declare ix a fight for the went ay. jern lumber industry There and pri wer em remained at flome very fine cantaloupes were | The lumber men maintain they selling at $2.60 a crate, but the av-/are also fighting for the prosperity erage for the et was consider-|of the West—particularly Oregon lably below this figure and Washington—as they point out A car lot of Yakima Netted Gem potatoes was quoted at $45 a ton. Kutter le steady, and eggs remain unchanged in price. Local Markets Prices Fald Whoirente Deniers Vegetables and reid Beane—Laral, ateen, per 1... mas 4 War... 4 the greatent of Northwest jenn revenue t# the lumber industry They contend that under the recent freight rates allowed by the inter wtate commerce commixsion, lumber of the Pacific Northwest is barred from competition with southern pine in eastern marketa. The conference of yeuterday was called in the hope of adjusting rates which will permit western lumber to again reach eastern markets Without such an adjustment the lumbermen claim, the mills must be Joned and the lumber industry, which carries 60 per cent of total payroll of Washington and Oregon, will be suspended. rource % Tematoreh Wash, 20-T. ert. Loeal outdoor Green, per ™, . Turnips local, per wack Vegetable Marrow Per Yano —Cai, per ® ... FRUITS Apolo Feastern Washington Cantaloupee—F Wash Casabas--Per Ib € Local, per be Dates—Per case .. (irepee— Concord, 4-%. basket « basket. x Princes, » per erate seeeee Maines .... Mediom to ehotce Rough heavy 5 he M. J. Th. coffee, | Stall ted jetile Wash for 15; halibut, Myers, Verne. ‘Seattle 8 | heavy union sults Edmonton Lanning, Lalu. MUtl® ees nee half oles, $1.65: heels, 600; ladiow half Fling, William F., Seattle. .Legal jon, $1.15; heels, 3be. Stall 72, Etherta is Harmon, Martha, Seattle Legal | peaches, $2.00 crate; cantaloupjes, 6 for —the Capital of Sears, H. B, Seattle «+ Legal Alberta, Session Mra. Lila, Seattle” ++Legal CORNER —the Metrepelia ‘., Portland . a4), a 94-96 Pike st, pot roast, 100 Mh; | € Midweeters San o Mtall 410, Quaker puffed 1 6 rolls tollet paper, OO SINGLE —FARE 60° JND NAVIGAT Jasper Avenue 1306 $750,000 Once more we demonstrate the serviceability such magnitude and character, the! It is a most striking example of our LEGALITY TO BE APPROVED BY MALONE, MALONE & LONG SUN, RAIN AID. INDIANA CORN State to Produce Share of Bumper Crop RILOOMINGTON, , Ind, Sept, 21— Indiana i# coming thru with he | share of the estimated government | | corn crop, denpite earlier fearm that | cold weather would do considerable damage The recent heat wave, mixed with half-day rains, bas made a change In conditions in Indiana. a time the chilly weather ham- pered growth, but now the outlook in excellent, Pedestrians Hit by Autos This Year Bearie Richartson, whore ad drexs at Swedish hospital ts given at 3617 46th ave. was struck by an auto driven by H. F. Weeks, 3945 16th N. E., as she alighted from a street car at FE. 40th st. and iith ave. N. E. Monday night. DEAD IN ROOM FULL OF GAS Jack Nisbitt, 70, carpenter, was not | feeling well Monday night. Friends | found a gawfilled room and Ninbitt lying dead on a bed Tuesday morn- ing. His room was at 619 First ave. He has @ son in Port Angeles who is @ member of the local lodge of Moone, according to Motorcycle Pa- trolman H. A. Holmes, detailed to investigate the suicide. The body is at the county morgue. | | big | Reclamation League’s Pros. gram Is Given 0. K. Approval of the plan of the | cently, formed Northwestern Reciar mation league to engage in a nation- % wide edueational npaign 8 to familiarize the Middle West and Fast with the possibilities of arid nections of the West and the neces sity of putting water on these mi- |lions of acres * given in @ state ment received by league officials today from Arnold Kruckman, see | retary of the league of the south | went of Low Angeles. The league of the southwest rep~ |resents Arizona, California, Colo» | rado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texam |Oklahoma and Utah, ‘The Northe western league represents Washinge |ton, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Secretary Kruckman says that with the small political representa» tion the West has there is little hope of getting federai appropriae tions or loans required to reclaim lands which only need water and: | says that the two-thirds of the popm lation in the East and Middle West must be shown how reclaiming the lands will add to national wealt jand stabilizing the prices of essen als of life. Today, without the | East knowing what reclamation means, the West ts pitted against political forces of all other sections ” of the country. The Northwestern Reclamation | league today appointed @ committee which will prepare statistical data to show in Eastern manufacturing centers, pointing out what the re- claiming of ten million acres of jJands in the Northwest would mean - to the nation’s business, A close counterfeit of milk is be. | ing made from peanuts. NX First Moti NEW at the saaper Ave! WE OFFER SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE AND CHANGE IN PRICE 6% GOLD NOTES CITY OF EDMONTON PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, CANADA Miller, Lucile, Portland Heres Giisabeth, Seattle FREE FROM ALL DOMINION GOVERNMENT TAX Poe sel Henr Seattle * 29¢ %.; cream Denominations $100, $500 and $1000 farRdnon: Milared, Seattle’. Utal Dated September 1, aid ae eens ere Johnson, John ©. Seattle ....-Lema ren Principal and Semi-Annual erest (March moni, Mary, Seattle .......-L0wAl | soe: the hoval ba hd 0 CO eee eee ately York or at the Offices of Morris Brothers inc. Charles, Tacoma .....Legal . eae Welfringer, Marie L, Tacoma. Legal Stat MATURITIES Guttoh, George Sylvester, Seattle 1 atrietly i Moore, Dorisy Beattie P21 | free eves, "| $250,000 Due Sept. 1, 1922: Price 94.62: Yield 9% Seland, J, Vashon ... «Lagat | 8, 8g m8 he SL N8. 8 | ,000 Due Sept, 1, 1923; Price 92.26; Yield 9% McKinnon, ¥ Legal | riba, 12% 1 stat min Uecalaasdden 000 Due Sept. 1, 1924; Price 90.11; Yield 9% rt, HF. ‘ Legal ter, Ife I, 2 the, abe | 5 " . , Vonia M al} z enh 4 ot — te | est growing and FINANCIAL STATEMENT Donald Mc q Yakima 25 | 200 Wb roast, 180 ib. i | ve cities of 86, . - x ry 200 » ph roms be DS ve ona BAO cc rnceccdicessesdbesseuudnescey $86,605, Mo tes pag opal soe oe . 38, Hille’ red can cof: | ROW. Rename Aaiae Sunieipal Property (not including public utilities). ohns Charles Eve $4e Kelloga’s corn flakes. Debenture Debt. ....e.ssesesssererace x : cele tree [Lipton's yellow label ten, 68c. Stall | Venue from Pubhie U Liitiea (above Goat of neeetie ee ‘Seattle Rg lea resh corn me © The, 600: bes jet Loc e e see 8,046,763, raeph 1. Seattle white flour, 10 Tx 70; scratch feed, rt} set Local Improvement Deb 7 Maude, Rolla, Mo. ba. dha. ; WESTLAKE In addition to being General Obligation Notes, these are secured BIRTHS 5 tba cane wager, 800; | y long-time Debentures, toaling $2,594,420.00 Cooper, Roland, 4752 44th 8. W. boy. $0.46, Ste i MeLeod, rman, 60156 33rd nN. can; 3 large P of the House of Morris Brothers, Inc., by offering an issue of purchasing and distributing power, TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH ORDERS AT OUR EXPENSE ] Morris Building, 309-11 Stark St, Portland, Ore. Merchants National Bank Building, San Francisco, Cal. MORRIS BROTHERS, Inc. “The Premier Municipal Bend House” No. 8 Central Building, Seattle, Washington. of the BOMB OUTRAGE Will Be Shown on Pictures YORK jue @ few years later