RBC Days Gone By

The Meeker Herald — 100 years ago
• A recent publication issued by the United States Geological Survey comments on the alarming consumption and waste of some of the country’s most needed natural resources. “The (coal) consumption is increasing so enormously that all the easily accessible coal would be exhausted by the year 2040.” “Petroleum has been used less than 50 years, and it is estimated that the supply will last only 25 or 30…