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Show SMOKE PROBLEM SOLVED BY LIGNITE BRIQUETTES. BERLIN, March 11. William De La Barre, director of the Washburn-Pills-bury mills. Minneapolis, is In Magdeburg Magde-burg buying machinery for the briquette bri-quette works that W. D. Washburn intends in-tends to build at Bismarck. N. D. Briquettes, which are fuel made from lignite, are widely used in Germany. It is estimated that 55,000 square miles of lignite underlie the Dakotas and Montana, Mon-tana, while another wide belt extends through the Gulf States from Florida to Texas. German geologists have long believed that the American cities would so!ve the smokeless fuel question by the use of briquettes. President Francis of the St. Louis exposition, during his short stay here, accummulated papers and other information infor-mation on the subject, with the view of introducing briquettes at St. Louis. He took with him samples made from Dakota lignite sent to the German works by Mr. Washburn. |