MER i ! : ‘OWN, PENAY the state safe brakes $18.50 els .... 36.75 els $8.00 $6.50 eels . $6.75 eels . $7.50 $5.50 rices DIRT TRACK AUTO RACE AT EBENSBURG Since Major Segraves at Daytona Beach, shattered the word's record for speed with 231 miles an hour, in his Golden Arrow, much interest has been stirred up as to what can be done with dirt track auto racing. On De- coration Day each year there is a classic speedway race at Indianapolis but that is on a built course. President Blair C. Seeds, of the Cambria County Fair A wion has entered into an agreemenc with the International Au- tomobile Racing Association, with headquarters at 220 Mathilda Street, I sburg, (0 put on a dirt track auto race next Decoration day at the race track, Ebensburg, Pa. With the race to be 100 miles, the entrants will have 200 laps and 800 turns racing them on a dirt track and this will require not only skull and endurance but nerve and courage for those who complete the contest, The Whippet Special, driven by Paul Best the phenomenal young Detroit speed demon walked off with the first prize and several trophies at the Brid- geville Speedway, near Pitisburg, last season and this same car, driven by Ray Keeck, average 154 miles an hour SO lal eve turns as speed mq 200 laps and 800 some exceptional ocited from these rs, when they take ’k at Ebensburg, on De- che dirt coration da This is the first time a sponsored automobile race, with nationally known drivers 5s been attempted at Ebens- burg. Some of the drivers and officials of the International Automobile Rac- ing ciation have looked over the track and claim that, for auto rac- ing it ideal 50 far as dirt tracks go and that while not so hard as the Daytona, ill take place on the race- ensburg, the afiernoon of S( May "30 and the track is rom all the state high- with parking space for 20,000 right on the grounds, and all conveniences for autoists and ‘their guests. FRANK CROMPTON, NATIVE OF SOUTH FORK, EXPIRES Frank Crompton, aged 45, a native of South Fork, died last Thursday in the City hospital, Cleveland, O. He had been making his home in Cleveland for about a year. Mr. Crompton was a son of the late James and Margaret Ma vy Crompion and was a brother of H y, James and William Cromp- ton, all of South Fork; Edward Cromp- ton, Panama City, and Mrs. John Har- ris, Scalp Level. TROXELL IS ACQUITTED W. G. Troxell of Sirongstown, char- ged with leaving the scene of an ac- cident following a collsion on the high- way between Munday's Corner and Nanty-Glo March 12 with an auto- mobile driven by J. S. Woodward of Johnstown, was discharged after a hearing before Alderman S. J. Mec- Clune. The prosecutor was unable to produce evidence in support of his charges, it was said, and 'the case was dismissed, the costs being placed upon the county. MISS MARY MASTERSON Miss Mary Masterson, aged 82, died Wednesday of last week at the home of her brother-in-law, Joseph Plum- mer of S h Fork. She is survived by one Thomas Masterson, and two si Mrs. Bridget Luckett and Rafferty, all of Altoona. Fun vices were conducted at 9 o'clock Friday morning in St. James’ Catholic church, at South Fork. Inter- ment was in the St. John’s cemetery in Altoona. MAMULA GIVEN JAIL IRM Ni Mamula of Johnstown was sen- tenced Thursday to serve six months in the Cambr county jail after he had pleaded guilty before Federal Jud. ge R. M. Gibson to charges of viola- ting the prohibition laws. Mamula was charged with possession and tale of liquor Nov. 11, 1926. He was fined $100 and on Dec. 1, 1927, he was fined $25 imilar violations, according to the 1ent in the recent case. 1 LIST TIME IN WHICH FLOWERS APPEAR ON MANY TREES, SHRUBS “What time of year do flowers ap- pear on the forest trees and shrubs vania”? is very frequently of Penns asked of nsylvania Department of Forests ¢ Jaters by school teac- he nts. Boys and Girls scouts, , nature students, botanists and VE of the outdoor in general ence in the time of tree y amount to from one to “in the case of a single n both the northern and s of the State. Trees near buildings in towns and ently blossom several days to a week before the same species under expesed conditions in the country. To meet the demand for this information, the following table has been prepared relative position of the mal applicable to any lo- cality in Pennsylvania. The species list- ed as this moth-May and May-une indicate that the time of flowering extends from the latter part of one of the suc- in which tree month into the beginning ceeding month. March—Pussy Willow. ; March-April—Black willow, silver maple, red maple, elm, cottonwood, alder, Redbud April—Aspens, birches, ash-leaved maple, dogwood, shad bush, swett gum, beech. April-May—Stigar maple, hazelnut, papaw, buckeyes. April-June—Cucumber, holly. Mav—Walnuts, hickories, hackberry, sassafras, ashes, black haw, choke cer- rv. fire cherry, oaks, black locust. "May-June—Striped maple, wild black cherry, crab apple, honey locust, red mulbe v. blatk gum, persimmon mountain laurel, fringe tree, chinqua- pin, tulip tree. : June—Rhoododendron, mountain maple, common basswood, hawthorns, ailanthus, Kentucky coffee tree, osage orange. : June-July—White basswooaq, catalpa. SPEEDING TRUCKS WIUL BE TARGET OF MOTOR SQUAD Special Corps Will Cover Violations In All Counties. Many Violations Speeding trucks are hastening into trouble and a fine, warus Wilson C. Price, Superintendent of the State Highway Patrol. A flying squadron of patrolmen, equipped with field tele- phones and directed by a lieutenant are checking up, on measured streches. Coming without warning, the squar- don sets up a station and proceeds to time with stop watches, each vehicle traversing the measured stretch. It may happen any-where, at any tine. Sometimes the word is passed by truck drivers or others that “The motor cops are working up there,” it is safe to step up the speed. Tis is not always true for the squadron can pick up and move within a few minutes and set up at another point as quickly. Drivers who ignore the legal injunc- tion that commercial vehicles, which classification includes all trucks have a speed range of ten to twenty-six miles per hour, according to the weight of the truck and the kind of tires us- ed, are subject to immediate arrest. Solid tires place a truck in a low speed class, ranging from ten miles for the heaviest to twenty-four miles per hour for the lightest. Use of pneu- matic tires permits fourteen to twenty- six miles per hour. Following are the classifications, which may be identified by the letter appearing on the truck's license tag with the license numeral: Solid Tires Class Miles per hour 20 20 18 15 15 12 10 Ndg<annw Pneumatic Tires Class Miles per hour 26 . 24 24 22 19 16 16 14 Records of the special drive reveal that many trucks are habitually driven at forty to fifty miles per hour when their maximum speed is limited by law to fourteen miles per hour. Patrol- men recount many instances of stop- ping trucks which had practically use- less brakes and could not be stopped within twice thes pace allowed for efficient brakes. Superintendent Price terms this “The kind of optimism which is cured by arrest and fines.” and some drivers, he said, required “repeated dosage.” Penality for speeding is $10 fine or five days imprisonment and the same for failure to have adequate brakes. “Accidents involving trucks and due to exessive speed have not been more NKg<dHnD NATURAL OILS AND GASES (By John Connelly) The orgin of natural oils and gases in the ground is somewhat of a my- stery. We do not know how they were | made, but mest scientists agree that | they must have come from the veget- able and animal matter that was bu- ried in rocks. It is certain that large numbers of plants and animal were buried while the sediments that made the sandstone, shales and other rocks were being deposited in lakes or inland seas. It is known that plants and the bodies of animals contain the elements necessary to form our natural oils and gases. It is difficult, however, to de- termine just how the change took place. We are certain that the process of making the oils and gases went on THE PATTON COURIER deep in the earth, where the pres- sure was great and the temperature higher than near the surface. These changes must have taken a very long time, probably millions of years. More oil and gas may be forming today, but we are using up these val- uable resources many times faster than they are being formed. They are re- sources that can be used but once. The natural oils and gases are com- monly found together in the ground, and with them there is often some salt water. The gas is the lightest and is nearest the surface of the earth; then comes the oil, and below the oil is the salt water. When a well is drill- ed, gas commonly comes off first, then oil, and later the salt water is found. A somewhat hopeful feature of the oil situation is that vast beds of oil shale in Colorade, in Scotland and in many other regions are impregnated with oil. This can be exacted by heat- ing the shale, but the process is cost ly. Scotland is the only country where there has thus far been large pro- duction in this manner. The oil shales will probably be available long after liquid petroleum is exhausted. In the search for oil or coal, one is guided by the general topography of the surface, and the character and geological age of the rock strata out- cropping in different places. A study of the outcropping strata will show whether or not these belong to a coal formation, such as the canboniferous, cretaceous, -or tertiary, and a judge- ment on the probable occurrence of coal in them should be based on a familiar knowledge of geology of the section. This rule applies to coal or oil in any section of the country. James D. Sisler of the bureau of topographis and geologic survey of the Pennsylvania department of internal affairs, says the year 1928 did not see the development of a new oil pool of any size in the state. A small pool in Buffalo township, Butler county, had fulsh production of several hundred barrels a day, but the barrels have now settled to ten or twenty barrels per day. The limits of this pool have not yet been definitely outlined, but operators believe it is local. Greene, Washington, Allegheny, Butler, Clarion, Venango and McKean counties contri- buted their usual quota of wells in old territory. Cleaning out and shooting numerous,” said Price, “only because drivers of pleasure cars are in the habit of giving trucks a wide berth. Drivers have learned to expect almost anything of truck drivers and I have heard some drivers say that are “seldom disappointed’.” TYPHOID FEVER IS HEIL TO MINNIUM No outbreaks of typhoid fever in Pennsylvania have occured during the present year, according to Dr. J. Moore Campbell, cheif of the State bureau of communicable diseases. Dr. Campbell announced today that there have been but approximately 120 scattered case since January 1 1929. “This is by far the finest typ- hoid record in the Department's his- tory.” Dr. Campbell said. “It indicates not only improved sanitary practices for municipalities in the form of sew- erage systems, filtration plants and other mechanical and chemical agencies utilized in typhoid control but also a definite interest in milk supervision and an apparent awarkened interest on the part of the individual, parti- cularly with respect to the rural sec- tions, where personal interest in water supplies becomes necessary. “When it is considered that Penn- sylvania is composed of a diverse pro- ulation of more than 10,000 ,000 and that nearly two-thirds of this number live in the rural communities and hen- ce are more exposed to typhoid than are the protected city dwellers, this year’s record so far is an outstanding one in public health control,” Dr. Campbell conculded. TRAP BEAVER TO STOP DA- MAGE IN SOME LOCALITIES Experts of the State Game Com- mission have started the annual spring trapping of beavers in sections where they have become too numerous. They use traps which take the beaver alive and permit its tranfer to some other section where they are more scare. Despite the efforts of the Commis- sion to confine the animals to sectors where their dam building proclivities cand do no harm they frequently flood public roads, destroy timber or or take over public water supplies for a home. Their willingness to work destruction of their dams useless 50 that in most instances, they must be trapped and removed to other sections. Kept in their proper environment beavers do not harm, officials of the commission say. They do not eatfish and prefer the bark of trees which have little commercial value. Spring is the time when the an- nual migration of beavers takes place in the 400 established colonies which the Commission has listed. a penalty of $100 the Commission re- cently brought two prosecutions. REPORT TRICHINOSIS » Five cases of trichinosis near Ban- chestnut, laurel magnolia. June-August—Herclues Club. October-November—Witch Hazel. ment of Health. The disease results from the eating of uncooked pork. was extensive in these counties. Parti- cularly good results were had in the Rutan and Nineveh pools of Green county. The gas industry was uneventful during 1928. The Truittsburg field, Clarion county, and the Scenery Hill field of Washington county rapidly de- clined. One large gasser was drilled in an extension of the latter field. Starts April 15th, of health. ient places Drilling in Green and Washington counties resulted in a dozen or more producing over a million cubic feet of gas, but most of them were much smaller. A few large wells were brought in by drillers in Fayette, Allegheny, Butler, Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion counties. Drilling was more active in the counties in the central and north- ern part of the gas field. The large companies in the Pittsburg district had plenty of gas, and drilled only when it was necessary to protect their inter- ests. Much gas is purchased from inde- pendent operators. Kentucky gas en- tered the Pittsburg district as a com- LIME-MARL “Nature’s Great Soil Builder” The fine, dry, quicx-acting, fully available lime. Superior in quality and condition. Brings best results at least cost per ac. re—low cost delivered your sta- tion. Write today for prices and interesting booklet. NATURAL LIME-MARL COMPANY, ROANOKE, VA. (2 Plants at Charles Town, W. Va) (B. 0. R. R. petitor of local gas. One hundred and twelve billion cubic feet of gas was produced in 1927, a small increase over the 1926 production. The increase was not so large in 1928. More and more small wells are being turned into the line. Old wells are being cleaned ouf and retubed. New Wells Arouse Interest “Some interest was displayed along the eastern border of the gas field, in Indiana, Jefferson, Elk, Clinton and McKean counties. None of the wells proved to be large producers. Some wells in old territory, mainly Greene, Washington, Allegheny and Butler, were deepened with good results. The test well of the United Natural Gas Co. at Kane was dry at 7,200 feet. Drilling was continued until the tools became wedged below a piece of casing. The well was abandoned at 7,925 feet, the fourth deepest well in the world. Dril- ling has been temporaily discontinued in the other deep tests. “The most important and interest- ing deep test is that of the Belmont Quadrangle Drilling Co’s. No. 1 Gilbert in Wirt township, Allegheny county, New York, pust over the state line. This well struck a strong flow of gas in the top of the onodaga limestone at 3,925 feet. It is now shut in, await- ing plans for disposal. The Onondaga limestone had produced small quanti- ties of gas in New York, but has been dry in northern Pennsylvania tests. Should this well be the forerunner of a new gas pool, it will have enormous value, for iti 5 located in a region that was almost depleted of natural gas. “Much natural gas is needed for re- pressuring of the oil sand in that dis- trict. There were between 85,000 and and by fall an increase is expected | approximately producing gas wells. Although private trapping of them | number was decreased in 1928, be- or destruction of their dams carries; cause a great many old wells were re- 100,000 producing oil wells in 1928 and About 2,200 new wells were drilled. In 1927, 3,650 wells were abandoned. This juvenated. (Continued next week.) MILLION SEEDLINGS More than 1,000,000 young trees will REUEL SONMERVILLE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office in the Good Buil' ‘ng. CONTROLLER'S OFFICE. Ebensburg, Pa. April 3rd, 1929. SEALED BIDS: Up until 11 o'clock A. M., Monday, April 29, 1929, sealed bids will be received at the office of the County Controller for the furnish- ing of the following for use in the Department of Roads and Bridges of Cambria county:- 5000 feet, White X12 18: 2500 feet, White X66 X18: 13000 feet, White Oak Plank, 3” thick X 14’, various widths; 5000 feet, White Plank, 3” thick X 12’, variows widths. To be delivered F. O. B. Ebensburg, | Pa, The right is reser Commissioners to 1 Wk Stringers, 3” ik Stringers, 3’ by the County at any or all LEAN-UP IN PATTON BORO Monday, April 15th All citizens are requested to clean up their premises during the week beginning Monday, as designated by the state department Burn all combustible refuse early in the week. Gather all other rubbish in boxes, bar- rels, or suitable container, and place at conven- in the alleys, and the borough will haul it awsy on Friday, April 19th. The co- operation of all residents is urgently requested. 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