Show utah oil attract experts e washington dec 20 what the united states bureau of mines thines is do ing to aid in the development of mineral industries in this country by suggesting now and better methods of manufacture by stopping the waste of valuable mineral resources and bj by suggesting uses for material thought to be of no particular value is detailed by the director direct ur van 11 II manning in the annual report of the bureau for the fiscal yea ear lending rending june lne 5 issued today wait i when the one exportation of coal tar products by germany was stopped by the war and manufacturers who use dyes and those who make explosives 1 ives could not obtain the necessary ingredients gred lents the bureau called attention to the fact that there was in this country a great abundance of raw material and that of these products were being wasted each sear through the use of the beehive bee hive coke oven instead of tho the byproduct oven the result has been the construction of additional addition ul byproduct coke ovens that have added to the yearly output several million gallons of the bureau at the same time gave to the country a process devised by one of wi chemists dr W F rittman for the manufacture from petroleum of and used in the manufacture of dyes lintl high the process has since been demonstrated on a commercial cum mercial scale dr Rit also devised a process aich will enable refiners ners to increase the output of gasoline from crude petroleum 1200 per cent the bureau has developed that the losses to the oil and natural gas in dmitry duit in a years time through careless fessand and reckless exploitation amounts to and has devised and demonstrated a practical process for drilling wells by which the waste of gas and the invasion of water vater may be stopped thus saving in a single state natural gas worth more than looking into the future the bu reau is investigating the vast deposits of the so called oil ab ales of utah and colorado believing that the oil supply will come from them and at no distant period these shale 4 it is said rival as sources of petroleum patr oleum the oil of scotland and new south wales which have been profitably exploited in spite of the continued competition of oil from oth otier r sources it is pointed out that another industry has been aided to a great extent by the devising of a new now process for the making of radium from the ores of colorado and utah the cost of making radium b this process being so low that from government ore at least radium can be supplied to the hospitals of the army navy and public health s service in the treatment of cancer at a cost not exceeding IV for each gram or one third of prices that had been obtained by foreign dealers john S sax the efficient and obliging gentleman that he is who his had charge of wells fargo ex preiss business at this point since sinco mr N A williams was appointed agent goer with mr air williams in the insurance business as traveling representative HA H will make price his headquarter success to you jack and best wishes of the news aavo v lite and your many matty friends who very much regret to ke enyou e you leave tho the express serges serice glad however to see ou get such a nice promotion dont forgot forget the big band dance saturday night D december at the city hall for the benefit of the price concert band everyone is invited att this money will be used to pay off the indebtedness of the band which wai incurred by pum purchasing basing a new bass horn for the band the band members signing the I 1 individual n d I 1 v I 1 d it il I 1 names to a note for same at the bank |