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Show RICH ASPHALT BEDS REVEALED BY WAVES VELASCO. Tex.. March 22. Fishermen Fish-ermen returning from Quihtana beach have reported that thousands of tons of fresh asphalt have been washed up on tho coast. Blanket-like sliips of 25 to GO feet In length and varying In thlckners up to several feet were cast up Sunday morning along several miles of the bench, they repoi t. EL F. Parks, one of tho fishermen, experienced difficulty In making his way through the urt to shore after the first strip of asphalt had bowled him over us he was adjusting his tackle far out In tho surf. A kerosene hath was necessary as a result of his encounter with tho viscous flotsam. Tho temperature of the asphalt Indicated In-dicated its origin was close to the coast, according to the fishermen. As one result of the deposit, the beach Ior ' stretch of approximately ten mile-; will take on the characteristics character-istics of a motor speedway |