Show OIL SHALE PLANT TYPE TO GO UP AT ONCE NEAR DE BEQUE construction of a plant for making oil from shale will be started at once by the washington shale oil products company and should be completed within about 90 days according to C 0 white president of the company who arrived monday from his home in seattle washington says the de beque news of the A the plant will be erected on the land ow owned by the company on the west side of conn creek about 15 miles north from de beque and a mile up the creek from the site of the monarch company plant A force of three men who have been emp employed loved under tinder mr white at the test plant he has operated for about a year in seattle will be here shortly after the first of the month to form the nucleus of the construction st and operating force for the plant and W F smith of seattle accompanied mr white to take charge of the property until actual building operations are begun two retorts of the ginet type each of the capacity of tons of shale in 24 hours will be installed in the new plant the retorts mr white states now are bein being 6 constructed ted in pittsburgh and should arrive here within a few weeks three years ago the company shipped feet 61 0 lumber engine boiler electric lighting unit and other equipment from seattle all of which was hauled to the site of the new plant on the company holdings mr white also states that two 1000 barrel tanks in which to store the shale oil that will be manufactured have been ordered shipped to de beque he declares that the company now is fully financed to go ahead with the construction work and continuous operation of the plant after it is completed and that there is no question concerning the ability of the company to do this without F loss of time in seattle mr white whit e states he be has been experimenting for about one year with a small retort of the ginet type equipped will wih connections and pipes made of glass so that details of the process could be watched after the gasses generated in the retort passed out from it the oil made was a very fine grade and contained contain pd no dust he states |