Discovery of tihe largest gas deposit m California, it is believed, has resulted from the bringing m By the Standard Oil Company of two of the greatest gas producing wells this State has ever had The wells, Nos. 4 and 5, located m the Elk Hills district, about ten miles from Taft, v were being drilled ior oil when they came m as gigantic gaasers. The No. 5, the first to lie brought m, is nonr under control, and is producting approximately 30,000,000 cubio feet daily, while the N0.4, looated' about half a mile from No. 5, broke into flames a couple of hours after', coming m, and has since been a raging anfgrno, demanding the skill- of a corps of experts, hundred** of workmen and ; twelve . giant $t«ain boilers m an- effort to extinguish the fire. It is estimated that a),OQO,000 cubio feet of gas daily has been going up m, smoke. . : , - 6 SYMPATHY NEVER RELIEVED A COLD, PUT YOUR TRUOT, IN WxTER'S. When your head is choked up mith cold, when your ey«s. seem dull and heavy, when your throat is dry and sore, when you're calling your handkerchief 'into play" pyetty often, your, friends sympathise with you, but sympathy never relieved a cold. You need Baxter's Lung Preserver. 1 A course of this sterling, t^me-tested remedy will .clear the head, ease the* I tiiroat, and; h>^ak the phlegm. It has done ana is doing it for thousands of others. Baxter'© will do tlhe same for you. You can, feel the first dose of this, rich, soothing tonic do you good,. It starts its work with ■tlhe first spoonful, and doesn't let up until tfie cold has left you. Really, it is. unequalled. Just try it once, and; you'Jl agree it's a friend indeed. (Baxter's Lung Preserve? coats ony 2/6 for a generoiuwßized; "bottle. Order today Urn yow CbwM^ vQn^t.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14984, 11 August 1919, Page 5
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