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Show THURSDAY, APRIL 1977 7, MOMENTO OF RECORD WINTER Higher Cost Of Gas Heating normal practice was to burn the gas at the wellhead in order to get at the oil lying beneath it. Some of the worlds largest oilfields still are lighted night and day by towering flames of gas being "flared off." Illumination was the first use to which natural gas was put in the United States. In 1821 it was piped to homes and shops in Fred on ia, New York, to light 30 lamps. Gas manufactured from coal was used even earlier, lighting a house at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1806. Baltimore licensed a company to the century used manufactured gas, which could be produced locally. With the development of seamless steel pipe in 1925, it became possible to pipe natural gas longer distances. Electricity had replaced gas lamps in homes and soon replaced gas street lamps. later oil the primary fuel for heating, gas With coal was restricted chiefly to cooking. In the 1930s, however, natural gas began to be widely used for heating hoes, factories, and public It gave twice as mudi heat as manufactured gat, and cost less. After World Var II, pipes were laid across large sections of the countiy. Today the United Stats has some 200,000 miles gas pipelines, which, art still being extended. manufacture gas and lay pipes to light the city's streets in 1816. MOST LAMPS of the gaslight era" before the turn of WHEELMOVES Exclusive Piano $3, lamps 4" Wheelmoves complete 33 with volve opener, levelers, and 37 7ft. starter ho e, i 18 gauge wheels. i From See Us At 50 By Thomas J. AbarcromDia ti more for gas heat. Abundant, cheap, and nonpolluting, natural gas has been the fuel favored by consumers and environmentalists. It heats half of Americas homes and many of the nations schools, offices, and factories. It is used in everything from household cooking to heavy manufacturing. In some communities in 1974, a quarter bought 1,000 , cubic feet of gas enough for the average home's heating and cooking needs for about three days. ALAN THOMAS 75. South State Preston LIFE insurance, too! Call me for details. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. I m Fem l hww Cowpmi 160 South State Street - Preston, Idaho National Geographic Society GAS BURNS 24 hours a day at a refinery in the Persian Gulf. The practice is wasteful but necessary in petroleum operations if there are no pipelines to carry the gas to market. With natural gas in growing demand and its price rising, fuel that is now burned will instead be liquefied under pressure and exported in tankers. One price of what may be the coldest winter in the nation's history is that Americans can expect to pay PITCHER IRRIGATION CO. burned as waste, the National Geographic Society says. FROM The Gift House GRACE, QUANTITIES When yam an our specialty, SODA SPRINGS, LIMITED, OFFER EXPIRES 77 Ni Mala DOWNEY APRIL 15, 1977. CALL ABOVE ENTERPRISE $14 PRICE IS F.O.B. tea PRESTON, DOWNTOWN AND MONTPELIER, IDAHO LOGAN For ALL Your Sprinkler Irrigation Needs GAS FREQUENTLY is found with oil, and the UNTIL LAST YEAR, the government imposed a ceiling price of 52 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of gas. This was raised in 1976 to $1.42 for gas from new wells, to spur exploration for more gas and GARAGE SALE APRIL 7, 8,9 25" Zenith color T.V. excellent condition, must sell. $220.00; 20" 1 piece bath vanity tap with base, white with gold trim, new never been used, $30.00; Westinghouse solid state cassette player and recorder with mike and power supply, $25.00; 22 key, 12 base Magnus electric cord organ, $15.00. Also several other garage sale items. Jim Daniels 187 East 2nd North Preston 2 Phone SGSOb replenish diminishing supplies. But gas sold within the state where it is found is not subject to federal rates and has brought as much as $2.25. To divert more of this gas to states hardest hit by winter, price ceilings have been eased temporarily. Gas rates may never again fall to their previous levels. Yet not many years ago, producers could .scarcely 'give it away. Natural gas was regarded as a nuisance and great quantities were AC-D- C 852-278- Ready For Spring!! MPKIN CHIVES Seed And Starting Supplies HEATING PETE CARLES POTS Ready To Eat Now! Select Carrots - ! ! 2 Lb. Bag 49e reg. $5.9$ $3.49 Bu. Red Delicious Apples Red Potatoes TRAYS 7" JIFFY I PLANTING $2.69 50 Lb. Bag Grook Gordons NORTH LOGAN, UTAH 84321 liiiiiMiiiiiniiiiininiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiHiiniiiiiiiiiniiuiiiiN Growers Needed In Rapidly Expanding New Industry Raise earth worms for Northern Bait One and Ecology Farms. Start large We or small, (fHgnas complete buy back your training. production. 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