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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16
VIRGINIA CITY
BOOM DAYS MAY
STAGE REVIVAL
DUE TO MODERN OWNING ROD
ALDER GULCH MAY YIELD
MORE RICHES

A modern "divining rod" may lead
to 10th century boom revival Of gold
mining in Montana's historic Alder
gulch, where dust" worth more than
500, 900, 900 has been wrung from the
earth since a struggling party of pros
pectors panned the first patch Of
gravel May 26, 1858.
Alder gulch has been mined many
times-by the early prospectors, by
road agents who PANIED gllch gold
with six-shooters, and by modern
dredging outfits.
All the miners have told the same
story: The rich diggings ended at a
certain point, vanishing apparently
into thin air.
For IS years, however, biologists
have been dissatisfied with this ending
The channel Of the old creek bed, rich
In the precious metal, must be there
O. r. B. Elliott, Bozeman, geophysical
engineer, recently reported discovery
of the lost" bedrock channel.
Elliott's modern divining rod-a
super-sensitive potentiometer built at
Montana State college with the as
sistance Of Prof. A. Raymond Jordan
has enabled him, he reported, to piece
together the complete history Of Alder
gulch.
He said the lost" channel eluded
searchers because nature effectively
hid 1t by a volcanic eruption which
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16

$40 upon presentation Of the leg bone
and pelt OF a wolf. If the animal is
killed from a plane the bounty win
be paid upon execution by the hunter
OF a corroborated affidavit The ter
ritory requires that pilots secure a
permit that at least pilot and hunter
be in the plane. Only buckshot can
be used In killing wolves from the air.
Snow said good gray skins are in
demand at Bethel, Alaska, his head
quarters, at $50 each, while dark or
black skins bring SIS to $40. During
the butchering season, from Dec. to
March /, the reindeer company offers
an additional bounty of three dressed,
marketable reindeer carcasses, in de-
mand and worth at least 945 The
hunter furnishes delivery to a Gus
toner whose name is provided by the
company.
The appeal added that the company
would be willing to charter a plane
suitable for wolf hunting, along with
services of a pilot, outright. Snow ex-
planned that planes Of small compa-
mics in the district were too large for
wolf hunting and were occupied to
with commercial business.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16

ly noted for the development of pro-
ducing vaccine for spotted and typhus
fever The youthful scientists brilliant
work on the assignment TO study an
epidemic Of human encephalitis Of the
middle western part Of the United
States last summer was an outstanding
achievement
Brown, who taught summer school
classes at Montana State university IN
1928, 1929 and 1881, is with the New
York World Telegram. Nationally
known as a lecturer on drama, he is
regarded as one Of the best critics
Of drama in the English-speaking
world. Brown today Is a theater critic,
lecturer and contributor to drama
magazines.
Education Of DR.. Cox started at the
Indiana State Teachers college, where
he received a bachelor Of arts degree
In 1923. After earning his doctor Of
science degree from John Hopkins uni
versity In 1881, he was instructor In
immunology there for a year From
1882 until 1896 he was at the Rookie
Teller institute as assistant pathologist
and bacteriologist. In 1896 he became
associated with the United States pub
lie health service as an associate BAG
teriologist and Is now principal bac-
teriologist at the Rocky Mountain lab
oratory at Hamilton.
Among recoenitions given to Dr. Cox
Is the Theobald Smith award Of the
American Association for the Advance
ment Of Science for the outstanding
contributions to medical science by q
man under 35
DR.. Coxs method OF producing vac
cine for spotted and typhus fever Is
now being used by the armed forces
Of the United States. Men in service
are immunized against typhus fever
with vaccine made by the Cox method
Brown graduated from Harvard in
1923 but his journalistic career started
in 1917 when he worked for the
Courier-Journal in Louisville, KY. Dur
ing the twenties he edited the Theater
Arts monthly C1o24-l928) and was staff
lecturer for the American Laboratory
theater He was a teacher of history
Of the theater and Shakespeare at the
summer sessions at Montana State
university in 1923, 1929 and 1881.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16
ALASKA COMPANY
SEEKS MONTANA
HUNTERS
FIRM OWNING REINDEER WANTS
AIR-MINDED NTdRODs TO
KILL WOLVES

An Alaskan company which owns q
herd Of $4,000 reindeer has appealed
to the chamber of commerce at Great
Falls for aid In obtaining the services
of AFontanans experienced In hunting
wolves and other predators from the
air.
In one Of the most unusual requests
ever received by the Great Falls or
CARNATIONS, John P. Snow, unit man
ager, Kuskokwim district, Alaska In
dian service, declared that hunting
from the air, a method Of predator
control often used in Montana, seems
the only solution to the companys
problem.
Snow said hunters collect as high
as sos an animal for skins and in
bounty and that the johnson River
Native Reindeer Co. would do any
thing reasonable" to obtain the serv-
ices Of plane and pilot for wolf hunt
ing.
Damage Totals $500 Day
A resident of the Kuskokwim dis
trict who formerly lived in northern
Montana, suggested that aerial hunt
ing, effective in Montana's plains re-
gionS, might be adapted to the level,
bICC4Coo AC6AOn WA1SAC bAAC ACAA0CS4
range, Snow said He said conserva-
tive estimate placed damage to the
herd from wolves at $500 a day.
Alaskan natives, mostly EslIimos, OPP
crate the reindeer company as a CO.
operative. Their range is the barren
tundra, dotted with innumerable lakes
that are frozen from November until
mid-April Snow said herders see as
many as 10 wolves every day, and that
the animals can be seen at distances
of more than a mile on the snow.
Men on foot or with dog teams
cannot cope with the speed of wolves
Snow declared. 1.-THE reindeer herders
do their best and have killed over 100
during the past five months but the
days are short during the winter and
there are no roads or means OF travel
other than by dog team or airplane.
Gould you advise us Of any man or
men of your state who has had ex-
perience and has equipment for the |
determination of wolves by the use Of
a plane2 We have In mind a qualified
pilot who might be too old for mill
tary call who could come to this sec
ton with his equipment for one or
two seasons"
Snow said the threat to the herd
developed last year when wolves came
from the interior. They are multiply
ing rapidly.
Cash Bounty Of 80
The territory pays a cash bounty Of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16
1912 COmpIetiOns

Castle-Pardee- Tribal 1893 No. Sw NW3 NW4 3O-s2-5W
Cobb-Jeffries- Stuff No NE SEA NE3 3-s5-6W
Cobb Texaco-Fee No l NE NE3 SE3 S-S5-6W
Frances Oil-Tribal 201 No. Sc SEA NE3 30-32-5W
Frances Oil-Tribal 1877 No. NV SW3 NWa 30-32-5W
Glacier Production Thayer No. 2 SWi NEl 28-33-5W
Glacier Production milestone No SET NW3 7-33-5W
Glacier observation-disclosures No 10 Lot Sec 4-32-5W
Indian Reichoff No. c Lot 10 Sec. 3-34-6W
A. Katley- t.-hdatson No. / Lot 2, Sec. l5-34-6W
Iawler- Hoerr- Clarkson No SW SW3 SW3 9-33-5W
Santa Rita-Jacobson No. c SEA SWs 7-33-5W
Santa Rita Tribal NO 10 c Nwz SEA 3-35-6W
Santa Rita-Tribal No IL CIVIL SW3 SW3 3-35-6W
Tarrant-Lenoir No SW Swa NWa l7-Sl-5W
r. c. ent-HaglImd Jr. No. SWa SCI l3-34-6W
Texaco-GoVt. B. No. g. c Lot 2 Sec 20-32-5W
Texaco- State MASS No TO- C SWa SW3 l6-32-5W
Texaco-Govt A NO 4 C SEA SWa I7-32-5W
Texaco-A Miller No. @ NEa NEa 32-S3-5W
Texaco- Bonnet No. CIVIL SEA SEA 7-32-5W
Texaco- Landquist No. G NW3 NE3 20-32-5W
Texaco- Miller No. 3 G SW3 SEA 29-33-5W
Texaco-Lindquist No. Q Lot 4 Sec 20-32-5W
Texaco- Lindquist No. c SW3 NEa 2O-32-5W
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16
TWO HONORARY
DEGREES GIVEN
AT u In JUNE
BACTERIOLOGIsT AND DRAMATIC
CRITIC WILL BE HONORED
BY SCHOOL IN JUNE

Montana State university win confer
the honorary degree of doctor OF SCI
ence on Herald r. Cox, bacteriologist
Of the Rocky Mountain laboratory at
Hamilton, and the honorary degree Of
doctor of letters on John Mason Brown,
drama critic, lecturer. editor and au-
thor of New York city at the univer-
sity commencement June /.
DR.. Cox, principal bacteriologist for
the United States health service, has
won national prominence with his work
In the field of science and Is especial
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16

with the Miner company for 20 years,
buying the entire Montana assets Of
the company in 1924.
Coming to Montana on q visit from
the east in 1889, Pauly liked the state
and its people so well that he never
returned. In partnership with The late
Senator c. n. Williams, he has de-
veloped a sheep-raising enterprise Of
10000 acres IN Powell county and to-
day the sons Of these original partners
are continuing to help Pauly operate
the ranch.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16
Students Win Honors

Marcie Ann Lee, daughter Of Mrs.
Margaret Lee Of Great Falls and a
freshman at Colorado Women's college
at Denver, was one Of II freshmen
pledged TO Phi Theta Kappa. honorary
fraternity. The fraternity Is the Junior
college chapter Of the National Gam
ma Alpha fraternity. Membership Is
based on high scholastic rating and
campus leadership. Peggy Lee Of Mon
tague was another Montana girl
pledged to the fraternity.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16
Gun BANK DRILLING WELLS

ardee- Tribal 90 No 2 NE4 13-32-6W
SWs le-2-5W 245
Consonda Gas
Glacier c
C NW3 SEA 335W on
G 3333-5W on S4
Product ion- @ SW} SEA 7-33-5W $50
toni Me- SCI 3S-33-5W 1880
Claci PRODUCE on
Hanon-T 8 D-32-5W l4lO
G NW3 l8-32-5W 2ooO
cgenzie-T SWa NV 29-325W 24lO
3
car+e ptta -TSn No 2 G MA
Soto -HSnIsr No 9 NWs sEa2 O-33-5W
Santa -Jordan No G., NEE NEz
Santa -Fsendrickson 9
Gilman
Euler No 29-33-5W - Boi 1910
Tex -Sherbur lO-34-6W
-stateM No 16-32-5W 4ST
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KEVIN-SUNBURST DRILLING WELLS

Dbl
On-Goeddertz 6 l6-35-3W Location
-Goeddertz 10 c 23-35-3W
OlsGoddertz On-Abd I'LL
Vest c
Coolidge & Coolidge Adaley 36W
Coolidge & Coolidge c SEA 13-S5-2W
& N 24-35-3W
& 23353W
Co l
7 c
on Prod 8 c 133W
curran No
Nepstad Hugh No. G
Nepstad Ell a 8 OIL 1865
ien-E
Pacinc Cover
No /
elchoff-Pa rrent-B annise NO
& 18-35-3W Bbl 24o0
Prevo q Sbay-Wait No /
rreyo a. shay-Cov NO Sc ~
No. 3-32-2W Spudded
yeaevs No NE NFa
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16
Cut Bank Oil Field

Initial Top OF
Production Pay"
1872 Bbl. 1855
OIL and Water 1920
8 Bbl. 5000
IS Bbl. 1880
l55 Bbl. 3OO5
80 Bbl. 5000
SO Bbl. 2e75
81 Bbl. 29I4
ITO Bbl. 1925
las Dbl. 1884
u Bbl. 1927
100 Bbl. 30l5
557 Bhl. 2975
Show OIL abb. 28&6
Dry-Abd. 1890
Dry Add. 30i0I
25 Bbl. 27S3
iT2 Bbl. 2850
225 Bbl. 2769
40 Bbl. 2960
100 Bbl. 287S
u Bbl. 1920
1T Bbl. 2935
Suspended
Show Oil-Abd. PITS
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16
INSULTED

INSULTED
Hotel Clerk Ito guest from the com-
try)-"Of course, you'll want running
water in your room?"
Guest-'Why2 Do look Ike q
trout?"-Safe Driver.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16
keVin-Sunburst Field
1912 Compilations


-Coeddertz No NEa swa 2-35-sw
No S
Big Wet-State OIL
Coolidge CohdgeState
Coolidge A Bbl
ll-35-3W
29-35-3W IS Bbl ITO
Schmidt 29-35-3W 10 Bbl 1908
oS.-Z 29-35-lW Bbl 1860
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16

Coffee, chocolate and tea were among
the first food products advertised IN
newspapers.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-16
Depth

osTr Oh ooodar Creek No sw SEA s1E $500
BERgHELoTE DOME go.
BLACK BLACK e S m Ne N " S sWs HS Ss
BowEs GAS FIELD
Montana Gas I No rs SEa N a4OM Gas 1909
Montana ps G0 4a a ae No. g E sE s' sIsE
1879 1879 o sW s%s %
BOX ELDER GAS FIELD ,oo
Independent Gas NO 1907 sWa sWa lss2-7E zOO
BRoADvIEw DOME ~
American mol ls-sN-25E 5l29
Rowland ct al-woOdward NO / SEA 2Ol42E 800
Reha Drout-1eige NO Sc SEA swa ai-si-5E 1900
DEVON FIELD
ss s 81 s G sw. sw' ''''''H % ca.
smith smith oaa Nc Sw SW sW SHOW how os
MO- NO. s Nw a Ns s sHa 7sssaE
WASH as SSs nj sw aOOO'4 Gas $40
reuaoo rzingsBuy No / c SCI sE Location
EAST BRIDGER
Alex Beaton No / SEA SEA 2s-es-asE 1875
FLAT COULEE OIL FIELD ~
Hamilton ct a No NEa sws lO-s7-5E on ISIS
FLAT WILLOW 30,
Rowland srundage Mink Nwa s5-isN2E T@z
FLATHEAD BASIN -
HOerr-Jensen cOrp-sherin No l Nwa Nwa 24-sO-2l" 80
Edwards & CanisOn No l sENwa25-ss-iSE ISIS
LOTHAIR STRUCTURE w. 49, ooso
NOougau ct a-Ege Ed 24-S2sE "aer-AOU AN
LUTHER-Fox DOME
Tarrant-EIeare No. Nwa 14-Ss-isE iSOO
r.rr.nt-wood NO l c Nrs 'i NWs sa-ss-iW 7SO
MISSION DOME
H nR9 P4s a R so fG Sc SEE Sc g sW, sS
cur @ wan ss ~ sw sw' Snow on Add ss
Rs9ssn ca ne NE SH SEA NNs wv 5w
MEa ss5ssS S.5 Snow Oh Oh ISL
Tssnosg To M Ne N wy Me- Show on a'SO
n on c. u..o r. RAT 5M NTa aHs assNsn 1900
E:s:, s q sSzS95 4 sss 6; 3s;3
Miracle on-Bauey NO 2 GEL ses-2sE %S'I
SAGE CREEK STRUCTURE ,ooo
poos- Carlson No G NEa NWa 2OOl
SIGNAL BUTTE -.
gs sssss y s =: i'3is % Ass
: - swE gE, OR! SSH HILLS 1915
ToLUCA DOME ~
crosby No 1 Sc 16-lslsE rOO
TWO LEGGINs STRUCTURE (HARDIN)
Massey on-Government SIC swa SEA 1l-2sSlE NOO
sss g: $9Esss {: = s
WEST BOULDER
1ntemOuntatn NE SEA swa 6ss-1lE spuddns
WEST PoNDERA - o.oo
s427N5w 1sOOM Gas 22OO
wINIFRED DISTRICT
Nc T wv E ER. 'S SW s1anB
sG No nA Gel T SEA NTa aN-laE
Mainland NO SEL s Ss VA s21FS-SE Gas
1 Sc Nva NW1 6-zSE
Hess q ~,
w W. Lon -SSAxS ~
epnois | 24-22N-18E 52S
WINNETT DISTRICT
= - .,D y Govt No Sc sva Nwa 2s-15N-sOE
YELLOWSTONE COUNTY
aure OIL NO O 7-2s-24E
Coz / NNa NE8 A4-zN-1aE ~i0O
E1e'OA - -
CtocE Sbo,c Honors m .s s. for : %
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NeU Locations Cut Bank
sonta No G 12336W
ta-C NE SEA 29-3S-5W Location
Texaco No SEA 2-35-6W Location
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Active Oil and Gas Fields
operator
RAKER-G LENDIVE

Utilities NO discovery NEa NWa l7-4N
Northumberland Utilities Beaver No NE3 SWa 84N-62E
on Co-Cedar Greek No SWa SEA l94N-62E SNOW
Evening star., 1942-07-09
Old Dominion Line
Soon May Restore
Passenger Service
Test Run Reported
Planned From D. 6.
To PurceIIviIIe
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, July 9.-The
Times-Dispatch said last night that
it may be only the matter of few
weeks before passenger service may
be restored in Arlington, Fairfax and
Loudoun counties on the Washing
ton & Old Dominion Railroad.
The paper said Judge Thomas w.
Ozlin, one of three corporation COM
missioners who in two years of hear
ings over the railroad problem have
learned the railroad story by heart,
had revealed plan for an exper-
iment which may result in pas
senger service being restored.
A pilot car will make test run
over the At miles of track from
Washington to PurcelNille when ar
rangements can be completed, the
mes-Dispatch reported, and, If the
experiment is successful, passenger
service will be restored.
Passenger service was abolished on
April IL, 1941, after the railroad had
obtained a permit to confine its
efforts to freight. The railroad re-
ported lack Of passengers and
revenue.
Recently, the Committee for Emer-
gency Transportation in Northern
Virginia came to Richmond and ap-
peared before the Corporation Com
mission. The group said that, be-
cause of the rubber and gasoline
rationing programs and crowded
buses, they needed the passenger
service.
Evening star., 1942-07-09

the West was better organized and
got off to a better start when the
campaign began June Is. Eastern
States have shown a rapid improve
ment, however. There have been
weak spots," he conceded, pointing
out that the drive was organized on
three days notice, but he contended
that operations have been ION the
whole remarkable.
District salvage officials believe
that cooperation here on the part
of civic, patriotic, youth and other
organizations has been splendid"
They deny there has been any large
amount of public sleepiness in CIV
ing up rubber articles.
One thing lacking in the Wash
ington campaign-as well as many
other cities-was a house toulouse
collection effort. Door knocking
campaigns on a limited scale in the
District have produced surprising
amounts of rubber. It was pointed
out, however, that thorough COW
erage of a city in that manner Is
difficult to organize on short notice
and District officials sought, by es-
tablishing over LOO collection depots
throughout the area, to provide an
effective substitute.
Evening star., 1942-07-09
Gas Registration Hours
Places Where Motorists Can Obtain
Ration Books in Suburbs Listed

80 am. and from to 8 pm. all
three days:
Laytonsville, Germantown, Rich
ard Montgomery High In Rockville.
Darnestown, Alta Vista, Clarksburg,
Poolesville, Colesville, Bethesda
Elementary, Glen Echo Elementary
Leland Junior High, Somerset Ele-
mentary. East Bethesda Elementary,
Gaithersburg. Damascus, Woodside
Elementary, East Silver Spring Ele-
mentary, Parkside Elementary,
Chevy Chase Elementary, Westbrook
Elementary, Sherwood High in San
dy Spring, Potomac, Kensington
Elementary, Takoma Park Elemen-
tary, Montgomery Blair High and
Montgomery Hills Elementary.
Colored schools to be used as reg
istration points are Laytonsville,
Rockville, Sellman, Smithville and
Sandy Spring.
Prince Georges Arrangements.
In Prince Georges County these
schools will be open for registration
between l and pm. all three days:
Laurel High, Beltsville, Berwyn,
Greenbelt, College Park. University
Park, Riverdale, Hyattsville Ele-
mentary, Mount Rainier Elementary,
Bladensburg Elementary, Maryland
Park High, Fairmant Heights, Brad
bury Heights, Oxon Hill, Suitland
High, Forrestville. Marlboro, Sur
rattsville. Brandywine, Baden, Lam
ham. Camp Spring, Cottage City, j..
Enos Ray Elementary in Takoma
Park, Bowie and Mitchellville.
Evening star., 1942-07-09

Below are listed the hours and
registration centers for motorists
who will obtain ration books today,
tomorrow or Saturday in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges County
in Maryland and Arlington and
Fairfax Counties and Alexandria in
Virginia.
Alexandrians will register from 9
am. to 9 am. daily at the George
Washington High School.
Arlington County will have the
following registration points open
from 10 am. to pm. today and
tomorrow and from 8 am. to pm.
Saturday:
Nellie Custis School, TIP South
Twenty third street. Buckingham
Community Center, Glebe road and
Pershing drive; Kate Waller Barrett
School, 440O North Henderson road;
Patrick Henry School, TOO South
Fillmore street.
Bancroft School, 625 South Wake
field street; Stonewall Jackson
School, 855 North Edison street;
United States Servicemen's Recrea-
ton Center, Tenth and North Irving
streets; Scout Hall, 909 North Stuart
street; James Monroe School, 2300
Key boulevard.
Woodrow Wilson School, 1901 Will
son boulevard; Robert E. Lee School,
5722 Lee highway; Cherrydale
School auditorium, 3710 Lee high
way; John Marshall School, 4751
North Twenty fifth street; Walter
Reed School, 1914 North Mckinley
road; John Lengston School, 1854
Lee highway; Hoffman-Boston
School, 1415 South Queen street, and
Kemper School, 2035 South Lincoln
street.
Fairfax Schedule.
Fairfax County will hold registra-
ton in all white elementary schools
until 8 o'clock tonight; 8 am. to 8
pm. tomorrow and 8 am. to noon
Saturday. .-...
In Montgomery County the follow
ing schools will be open from 8 to
Evening star., 1942-07-09
Districts Rubber Drive Showinq
Based on Many Factors
Apartment Life and Absence of Industry
Reduce Per Coptu Contribution

OF rubber products. But any est1-
mate on this basis would be most
uncertain, it was felt.
Some quarters expressed the opin-
ion that Washington has higher
percentage of its population living
in apartments with limited storage
space. Exact figures on the question
were not available but census COM
pilations provided no basis for the
conclusion that the ratio here is any
higher than in Boston, for example,
or st. Louis or San Francisco.
Cars Numerous in District.
Similarly, some thought that
Washington has an extraordinarily
large number of cars per individual
and that there should be, therefore,
correspondingly large contribution
in tires and tubes. Statistics show,
however, that California, a large
rubber contributor, has a car for
every 2.3 persons. The Districts
approximate rate is to 3.8. Cars
are more numerous in relation to the
population in Ohio and Rhode
Island, for example, in both of which
the ratio is about l to 35. The
figure in New York, where dona-
tions are low, is to At.
Dealers and students Of the rub
ber trade say that scrap collections
in the past have been centered
around areas near reclaiming plants
where collection and transporta-
ton costs made it profitable for
junk dealers to gather in the waste
material.
These dealers made periodic trips
to tire stores, garages and industrial
sites to pick up scrap. But that
practice has not been in existence
in the West, with the result that
cast-off tires and tubes should be
lying around in far greater quanti-
ties.
Rationing a Factor.
! Another factor tending to deter
Eastern contributions is the influ-
ence of gasoline rationing. It's first
effect, it was thought, would be as
hindrance to the Eastern farm
population in bringing in its scrap
Chairman William r. Boyd, jr.,
of the Petroleum Council thought
that the prospect of Nation wide
rationing in the event the Presi-
dents drive should fail spurred
States west of the Atlantic seaboard
to greater effort. A rubber COM
pany official believed that ration
ing produced a psychological fac
tor" tending to cause Fasteners to
hang on to their tires more tenaci-
ously.
A Government official said that,
while tire rationing is in effect
throughout the country. the fact
that there are ample gasoline sup
plies in the Western areas would
tend to increase driving. thus in
creasing tire mortality. This, how
ever, would show up more over a
long pull than during a whirlwind
rubber roundup, he said.
Two possible explanations remain
faulty organization and public
apathy-and officials discount both
of these.
Mr. Boyd was Of the opinion that