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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
Discover Huge Reserves
of Carbon Dioxide Gas
Made Available by Comple-
tion of Boulder Dam.
San Francisco.—Huge reserves of
carbon dioxide gas exist under the tor-
rid Salton sea basin of southern Cali-
fornia, it is reported to the American
Chemical society, at its ninetieth meet-
ing here.
Thirty-five billion cubic feet of the
gas are already stored and will yield
nearly a million tons of “dry ice," it is
estimated following extensive surveys
by Dwight C. Roberts, California geo-
logist. This estimate, it is pointed out,
excludes additions by future natural
chemical production.
Wide use of dry ice, or solidified
carbon doxide, in household refriger-
ation, air conditioning, railway refrig-
eration, and dairy technic is predicted.
Retail house-to-house service is fore-
seen by Thomas B. Slate, pioneer con-
struction engineer in this field, who is
now engaged in developing the Mullet
island area of the Salton sea basin.
Flood Threat Removed.
The Salton gas emerges from wells
drilled at locations starting at 200 feet
below sea level. The threat of inun-
dation to this sink by the rampaging
Colorado river has been forever re-
moved by the completion of Boulder
dam, it is declared. These gas wells
would have been the first to be flooded
in the event of the disaster feared so
long by the desert dwellers.
The Salton gas runs from 99.1 to
D9.96 per cent carbon dioxide, with
none of the unsavory hydrogen sulfide,
according to Prof. G. Ross Robertson
of the University of California, Los
Angeles. The small residue is harm-
less inert gas, probably air. Mr. Slate
estimates a maximum production of
one thousand tons of dry ice per day
in his one desert location, some 40 or
50 wells being required to serve the
plants proposed to take care of this
business.
“Two wells now in service deliver
gas at 230 pounds pressure, which
means that only half the power is re-
quired in contrast to eastern plants
using artificially generated gas,” Pro-
lessor Robertson says. “As a result,
» cost not over $10 per ton, including
manufacturing, administration and
sales, f. o. b. plant, is estimated.
“Not the slightest recession of gas
pressure, or suggestion in any way of
exhaustion, has been noted since this
extremely pure gas was discovered
three years ago at the east end of
the sea, near Niland. Experience in
Mexico has shown that carbon dioxide
wells may run at full blast for years
without diminution, all of which sug-
gests renewed supplies by chemical ac-
tion deep below the surface.
“The extreme purity of the Califor-
nia gas permits low cost operation and
promises to make possible the entry
of the product into commercial situa-
tions hitherto considered impracticable.
The refrigerating efficiency of the dry
ice in actual practical applications
runs 5 and even 10 to 1 over common
water ice, depending upon the kind of
refrigeration. In addition the service
rendered in stopping bacterial growth
adds large value to the use of the dry
product.
Remarkable Purity.
“The high purity is remarkable in
view of the general probability that
the Salton product, like most natural
carbon dioxide, is made by the action
of oxidized sulphur on natural mineral
carbonates such as limestone. Some
sort of natural purification must have
been carried out deep beneath the sur-
face of the earth, just how no chemist
ventures a guess.
“Luckily, the Salton carbon dioxide
is located just at the back door of the
Imperial and Coachella valleys, Cali-
fornia’s great outdoor hothouse for
winter fruits and vegetables, and on
the transcontinental line of the South-
ern Pacific over which vast tonnages
of fruits are shipped eastward through-
out the year. All of these vegetable
products must be iced, or better yet
precooled, and solid carbon dioxide is
eminently adapted for the purpose.
“The introduction of a substantial
percentage of carbon dioxide gas into
Child Drops Cigars
and Takes Up Beer
West Paterson, N. J.—Charles
(Mickey) Norman, four years old,
who used to astound residents of
this community by toddling along
the street with a giant cheroot
gripped in his teeth, has reformed.
He no longer smokes.
But, his family proudly an-
nounced today, Mickey loves beer
and “can sit' up and drink it like
a man.” He hasn’t had whiskey
yet, but may get it later.
His grandmother confided that
letters from all over the nation
criticizing Mickey’s addiction to to-
bacco caused them to deprive him
of cigars and cigarettes.
a freight car, loaded with fruit, during
the course of pre-cooling with dry ice,
creates a sluggish blanket of heavy gas
air mixture which does not circulate
readily and does not conduct the out-
door heat into the load readily. The
refrigerating efficiency is thus high."
Development of markets for carbon
dioxide refrigeration, it is pointed out,
would open up fresh fields for indus-
try, as new equipment for railroads and
new refrigerator designs for house-
holds would be required.
When It’s Hot on New York’s East Side
During the heated term the east
side of New York city is a very warm
region, but the children get together
to cool one another off. The young-
ster receiving the cooling stream
doesn’t appreciate it.
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Egyptologists Find Home of Boy Moses
Ruins of Palace of the Pharaohs
Unearthed.
London.—Ruins of the palace of
Rameses, where Moses spent most of
his early life with the daughter of
Pharaoh, who found him in the rushes,
have been discovered by Egyptologists.
Machpelah, the cave in which Sarah,
the wife of Abraham was buried, has
also been located.
The first discovery was made by
E. H. Winlock of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York.
“El Kantara,” it was announced
here, “which has just been located
by excavators, is, in all probability,
the city of Rameses, one of the two
treasure cities built by the Pharaohs
after the death of Joseph, the son of
Jacob, when the Israelites were held
in bondage. Winlock says:
“A study of the decorated tiles in
the palace ruins, which have been un-
covered, gives ample reason to believe
that they came from the walls in
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“Pete,” the hippopotamus in the
Bronx zoo, New York, celebrated his
thirty-second birthday the other day
and one of his admirers presented him
with a tiny cake with one candle
This photograph was taken just be-
fore the gift disappeared in Pete’s
capacious maw. .
which, traditionally, the scenes of
Moses’ early life were enacted."
News of the second discovery is
given in a cable from Rev. W. F. Bade,
director of the Tell-en-Nasbeh Expedi
tion of the Pacific School of Religion.
He said:
“When the cave was revealed in
the necropolis of the ancient city of
Mizpah, seven miles north of Jerusa-
lem, evidence of at least 60 burials was
found.
“Many of the remains are of women.
Some of the bones may be those of
Sarah, bronze bracelets being found on
the forearms and ankles.
“We found decoiated toggle pins
of bronze, six inches in length, that
had long since relinquished their hold
on the vanished garments which they
had once adorned.
“The cave had been the burial place
of thousands before the Israelites of
Mizpah settled there, for under the de-
posits around the entrance were found
fragments of Early Bronze Age pot-
tery.”
town, cabinet maker and one inmate
in no hurry for a parole.
Serving a life sentence from Holden,
Mo., “Simmie,” as he is known to his
numerous customers, is reputed to rate
financially so well that the No. 1 Wall
street business is no joke. His $5,000
invested in tools and household fur-
nishings backs up the claim.
ELKS’ GRAND RULER
Mailbox’s Use Disputed
by a Mouse and a Woman
Washington.—Miss Frances Lund-
quist, of Brookfield, Conn., wrote her
Uncle Sam an urgent note concerning
the mutual disturbance of herself and
a long-eared field mouse.
“Dear Uncle,” wrote Frances, “What
shall I do about it? A field mouse with
long ears and big eyes has made a
nest in my mail box and every time
I lift the top I disturb him and he
disturbs me—and how! I had to
leave this postcard on top.”
The Post Office department said it
would refer Miss Lundquist’s appeal
to the rural mails service, which is
expert in solving field mouse and allied
problems.
No. 1 Wall Street Is
Workshop of “Rich” Felon
Jefferson City, Mo.—The financial
wizards of the nation and the astute
business man of the Missouri state
prison may be found at a similar ad-
dress—No. 1 Wall street.
Backed against the stone walls in
the southeast corner of the peniten-
tiary lot, is an attractive story and a
half stone house. On the door is
tacked the address, “No. 1 Wall street.”
Inside lives C. L. Simpson, watch
repairer for the prison and half the
At its convention in Columbus, Ohio,
the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, unanimously elected Judge
James T. Hallinan of the New York
Supreme court grand exalted ruler of
the order. Judge Hallinan succeeds
Michael F. Shannon of Los Angeles.
The new ruler has been an elk for
25 years and is a past exalted ruler
of the Queensborough (N. Y.) lodge.
Coroner Keeps Log
Steubenville, Ohio. — Charles R.
Wells, coroner of Jefferson county,
has kept a log for 35 years. He can
tell you on a moment’s notice the
weather for each day during that time
and of any important events that may
have taken place.
Pigeon Shows Speed
Moline, III.—A pigeon owned by Veys
Brothers of Moline averaged 52 miles
an hour in a 323-mile race from Lin-
coln, Neb., to set a new Moline Pigeon
club record for the distance. The ojil
record was 49 miles an hour.
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The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 147, Ed. 1 Monday, August 26, 1935, newspaper, August 26, 1935; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth898141/m1/2/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.