Show KEENES CEMENT stockholders add marble making to the industry meeting held saturday splendid display of artificial marble specimens is shown fhe meeting announced by the utah keenes cement company was held last saturday afternoon there was a large attendance of the stockholders and they were mightily pleased at the outlook for the business lansine lin sine the chief matta matt r for consideration was the enang clanging flanging fla nging ing of the articles of incorporation lon 0 o as to include the manufacture of all kinds of marble and to increase the capital stock from SICO saco 0 and thee two chigges chi were accomplished without any dissent this places the company in a position where the artificial marble manufacture becomes a part of the bustness business of the keene s cement LOM dany while keenes keene cement enters largely into the manufacture of imitation marble makes a hand ome interior adornment it dies not compare in beauty nor substantial qualities mth ith the converted into marble bv the process di covered and perfected by J INT bickel this process is nothing more or less than the the converting oon vertine of the sulphate of lime which is gypsum into the carbonate of lime which is marble by a chemical process this process has been worked out by mr bickel and he can impart an desired color and vernines vei nines to the marble in the he process the is cut into the t he desired hip chip any kind of slab or r A t column heat is then apil applied lied ana al 1 1 is exuded 16 tid nd then ahert tile he Ri kiin in is 13 immersed in 1 clie chemi miti di bath with necessary when this process is completed the easum assumes the hardness and specific gravity of the natural marble and it is ready for polishing one of the advantage of the process oer the natural marble is the facil facility it with hsih it can be carved I 1 ahe ile gypsum cin can be turned in a lathe as readily as a piece of wood ai ltd d the can be accomplished more easily than with tilt thi natural marble mr alt bickel had on exhibition in the offices of the company last saturday a miniature minn ture stairway complete in all details of steps side and all made from this artificial marble so highly polished that only an expert could hae detected that it was vas not the natural marble A number of co columns luning hafts haats and slabs in various stages of the process of con artina into marble were vere exhibited and these elicited elicit pd words of craibe from the stockholders the possibilities of this process are only faintly realized at present ohp th big advantage adan tage in it will be the variety of colorings to be obtained and the cost will be much less than nahne marble the display of columns and slabs was one of the finest thines thinas produced in richfield Rich neld on saturday evening after the meeting the mere banquet ted at the southern mine host hosi stoll h id prepared one of his delic delicious ions culinary cal inary creations and the banquet was wag an enio lable affair the annu nas as as follows canape Czari czarina mock turtle soup pirn pim olas cucumbers salted almonds fillet of solo sole sauce potatoes potatoe parisian croquettes Croquet tes of chicken sauce sup firme petit pois en cases pommy souffle ht emilio punch combination salad en mayonnaise lettuce ice cream ere im stuffed dates cakes cahee chateau fruit nuts raising mcclaren cheese bents crackers cafe to ro r |