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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-13

thought that it will be useful for
hosiery also. There are pOssibili-
ties it viii find industrial EN-
ployment in the form of filter
cloths. pressed felts, and twine.
Making gIycerin from petro-
leum gases is a reality thus In
surfing a supply to meet this
cOuntry's annual consumption of
one pound per capita. Few peo-
pie realize they use pound of
glycerin each year, because 1t is
consumed in the form of foods
and beverages, candy and medi-
cine, lipsticks and dynamite.
Improving ON Nature.
Interesting sideline product of
the industry is a white oil used
by dairymen to remove garlic
and onion taints from milk. Milk
from the cows which have been
doing indiscrete f0raging receives
a 10 per cent injection, is agi-
tated, then allowed to settle. The
oil rises to the top, carrying par
ticles of fat offensive in odor or
taste. A simple Swimming opera
ton completes the job.
Base materials for the manu-
facture of resins and plastics
now are found in petroleum. The
discovery augurs well for the
consumers because the source as
sures both adequate supply and
low losts. Research indicates the
possibility of converting resins
and plastics into flbers which
can be manufactured into thread,
knitted goods, and woven fabrics
of great strength and wearing
quality.
What the petroleum researcher
may have up mis- sleeve for all
the tonorrows still is anybody's
guess, but there Is growing con-
viction that, In petroleum, man
has a field of chemical explOra-
ton that knows few limits. Com
forting is the thought that in SO
big and so keenly a competitive
industry as has been balilded
about petroleum, whatever Is de.
veloped soon win be made avail
able to the American people in
quantities which permit of, and
at prices which encourage, mass
consumption.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-13
The Outlook for Oil

servatives, alcohol, glycerin, res
ms, plaStics, inks, etc. Petroleum
is a constituent, or in one way or
another aids the manufacture, of
thousands upon thousands of
other necessities.
Only recently announcement
was made of a new role for
petroleum in the commerce of
nations. For years the United
States had depended upon inn
ports of the natural product for
its supply of rubber Today syn
thetic rubber is being made from
petroleum. In the days of the
first World War there was no
little worry about the supply of
explosives. The nation depended
largely upon imported nitrates,
and feared interruption of the
supply. Scarcely Is years have
passed, yet today it is possible to
obtain some of the most power
full explosives from petroleum
sources.
Meeting the Future
Within the past two years the
industry has developed num-
Der of different processes for
manufacturing more and better
aviation fuels. Some of these
fuels are so high in quality that
engines SO far developed cannot
use them to best advantage. Yet
they are ready for the aviation
needs of today and tomorrow.
Some of them may be utilized to-
morrow in automobiles with ca
liabilities SURPRISING those of the
most modern cars.
Astounding are some of the
uses to which petroleum is being
put. For instance, a coal-mining
process eliminates the use of ex-
plosives. Oil is forced into a
tube placed in a drilled hole. The
pressure causes the tube TO ex.
pand, and the expansion breaks
the coal along natural parting
lines.
Natural gas has become a con
stituent of bathing suits Re
searchers have found it possible
to make, from natural gas, air
salt, and water, a synthetic tex
tile which sheds water, resists
wear, and Grapes perfectly. It Is
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-13

Then there's the rookie who took
the sergeant's advice and put ON
clean pair of socks every day. A
week passed by.
Where are your shoes?" snarled
the sergeant.
Il can't get them on over seven
pairs of socks" replied the rookie.
A woman can huRxy through
drug store aisle eighteen inches
wide without brushing against the
piled up tinware and then drive
home and knock off door OF a
tweIve-foot garage.
We're gonna have swell time
tonight, Hon. I've got three seats
for the movies.
Three seats? What do we want
with three seats?
One for your Pop, one for Nom,
and one for your kid brother.
She Lathped
Where are you going, my pretty
maid? Why do you pass me by?"
I'm on my way to gymnathtic
thcool, she lithped as she heayed a
thigh.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-13
Need For Oil Mounts

The armed forces of the United
states use gasoline more extensive
" than any other fighting service
in the world
Although exact figures cannot be
revealed, a major portion Of the
100000 barrels a day of American
gasoline production that is allot-
ted to military needs goes directly
10 our combat units overseas.
Use of gasoline to power thous-
ands of types of equipment, from
blood plasma refrigerators to giant
bombers and Cotton tanks, has inn
mensely simplified our supply prob
lens.
While American gasoline sows
destruction on the Axis, its use in
field hospital equipment and for air
transport of the wounded is daily
saving hundreds of American lives
which otherwise would be lost
Gasoline needs in this war are so
times greater than in the last war.
A mechanical division whose gaso-
line supply fails is so much scrap
iron. Not only do tanks, half-tracks,
and mobile repair shops continually
drink vast quantities of gasoline,
but additional thousands of barrels
daily are burned by tank trucks
which bring fuel up to the fighting
line AS battle extends, gasoline
must be made available at more
and more points in as great guam
titles as possible to avoid the risk
Of defeat for lack of refueling.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-13

Back in 1856 New England
capitalists who had become in
terested in the possibilities of de-
veloping petroleum as a trade
commodity asked Professor B.
Silliman, Jr., of Yale's chemistry
department, to investigate oils
commercial potentialities. Pro-
fessor Silliman wrote.
at appears to me that there
is much ground for encourage
ment in the belief that your com
pany have in their possession a
raw material from which, by
simple and not expensive pro
cesses, they may manufacture
very valuable products.
On the strength of Professor
Silliman's report the Drake well
was drilled at Titusville, Pa, four
years later, and America became
an oil-producing country. Within
a few months James Young,
Scotch chemist and developer of
a process for manufacturing ker-
osine from coal, looked at the
Titusville oil well and gave his
opinion:
81 dinna think it viii amount
to mOOch!'
Subsequent developments have
proved the correctness of Pro-
lessor Silliman's surmise and the
error of Chemist Young's opin-
ion. Petroleum now is one of the
most versatile raw materials
used by man.
Versatility In Use
The average person is inclined
to link petroleum with gasoline
or lubricating oil. Yet it is the
source or constituent of so many
modern commodities that even
to list them is difficult. The cat.
alog would occupy unlimited
space, and, so rapid is progress
in the petroleum sciences, the
list might be incorrect and in
complete before 1t. was finished
Lubricants, motor fuels, iIlurni
nants, heating oils are merely
the better known p etrol eum
products. Petroleum also is basic
material for lacquers, paints, face
creams, salves, germicides, pre-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-13
The Ssznlssagst
B0eiger SsxYs

The two beginners were playing
golf The next green was 300 yards
away and over numerous hazards.
One shut his eyes and took a
lusty swing. BY a freak of chance
he connected with the ball and
sent it sailing for the green. It
bounded directly into the cup for
a hole-in-one.
You've made a hole-in-one," ex-
claimed the other in awed voice.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-13

aI'll wager two-to-one / could do
it again" Dragged the first
"Okay," grunted his friend, "It's
a wager-shut ON one condition"
Sure" agreed the confident one.
Whats the condition."
"This time" said the other,
you've got to make the shot with
your eyes open~
What did father say when you
smashed the new carp"
shall leave out the swear
words?"
Eyes, of course"
HE didn't say a word"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-13
New Cos Areu
Developed TO
Serve Shelby
GcOntinued from Page u

tDoutlHVeu Afufn FAke -
found flows totaling 100000 feet
daily.
Wells in the old field had sup
piled the city's needs for about 20
years, with pressure decline espe-
cially noticeable during the past
two years.
With the area both north and
south of Shelby proven for gas pro-
duction, operations are wondering
If wells drilled in the city limits
might not be productive.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-13
New Location
Is Announced
For Midw0y
Continued from Page u

CONTINUED from Page y
the Sunburst sand expected at
about 1850.
Six and a half miles northeast
of the producer, The Texas Co. got
a dry hole in its No. Norma Keil,
in c SWH Sen 3-28-1E. This well
was plugged and abandoned after
getting sulphur water at the top of
the Madison lime, topped by the bit
at POLL. 1t was drilled to 2O24 before
abandonment.
Send a contribution to the sunburst
Badger.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-13

GREAT FALLS
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
Club Enjoys Talk
BvW. 6. Costello

Soroptlnists heard an interesting
talk on the Mexican laborers i'm
ported into the valley to help har-
vest local crops, w. c. Costello,
agcnt-cashEr for the Farm Securi-
ty administration, Mexican labor
department, being the speaker at
the clubs neon luncheon meeting
Monday in the California hotel.
Mr., Costello explained the meth
ods used in employing these labor
erS, their transportation to the val
ley, housing conditions, their need>
and desires, answering many queS-
tionS from the members.
The club will meet again next
Monday noon at the hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
Mormon Elder
To PayVisi+
To Valley

Elder Charles A. Calls of the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
day Saints CNOrmOns1. will speak
at the Imperial Valley district con-
terence OF the church to be held
Saturday in BraWley, 7 pm. at the
Latter-day Saint chapel,A and First
streets.
Elder Calls, accompanied by Mrs.
Calls, is making a tour Of the Cali
fornia Missions with President and
Mrs. Elijah Allen. The visiting elder
came to this country from Ireland
at the age OF 10, accompanying his
widowed mother, and his life is the
traditional American success story
for he rose from a coal-nline worker
to become a prominent legislator
ard lawyer. He has served as a mis-
sionary for 20 years and his wide
experience has made him power
ful speaker with a vital message for
America today, according to church
officials.
Elder Calls will speak in BraWley,
in the chapel, Sunday at 10 am. and
in FL Centre. at services in the Vet
Grams hall, 2 pm.
All meetings are open to the pub
lie.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
Club Women Plan
County-Dis+ric+
Board Me etinqs

Club women Of Imperial Valley
are beginning to make plans for
the Joint meeting OF the county
board aud the Southern district
board to take place on Feb. "a, We'd
ne1day of next Wec,, in tie BraW-
ley Womans Community club house,
beginning at 1890 am.
Mrs. r. L. GlaSby, CaleXico, dis
trict president, and Mrs. L. F.. Sin
clsi', Calipatria, county president,
will preside. The business sessions
will take place in the morning, with
the county convention March in
CalcXico, as the highlight of that
session and with reports of officers
and chairncn the highliGhts for
the district board meeting.
Mrs. Richard White, state chair
man Of motion pictures will address
the morning session, and in the
afternoon, Mrs. Joseph Wenger,
state drama chairman, and MIS-.
Clark McEuen. district international
relations chairman, will be the
speakers.
Luncheon reservations must be
made with Mrs. George King OF
BraWley.
IN addition to the talks, program
numbers will include several musical
selections.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
, Mrs. McCracken in Splendid
Program For ChapterAV

the majority of these writer's are
concerned with both the causes
behind the war and about the type
of world that is to be developed
IL the future, and that they are
agreed that this world of the fu-
ture, if it is to be a world for good
must be a world out of the people
If it is to be a world out of the
people. can The people be trusted
to make a good world, was the
question posed, and Mrs. McCrack-
en- answered it affirmatively on
the basis of a number of sound
books in which the people of the
various nations, with their basic
characteristics are described.
If the business of reconstructinq
the world falls on the people. said
Mrs. McCracken, then they must
feel a greater responsibility for
events. and must realize some OF
the obstacles to democracy. In
this conjunction she used as a ba-
sis, J. B. Priestley's out of the
People" and in conclusion, Nor
man Angels Let the People
Know
The chapter met for luncheon at
752 Olive, adjourning afterwards
to the Meyer home on Wensley
avenue for the meeting and pro-
gram. Those present we're: Mes
danes j. D. Adams, Stanley Bige-
low, Don G.. Bitter, O. j. Brad
shaw, Roy E. Breedlove, Warren
Currier, Earle c.. Davis, Laurel M
Ferguson, Frederick Powers Heald
Elmer w. Heald, C. Ben Herring
Ross 7. HickcoX, Donna Holloway
o. c. Horne, Harry w. Horton
Forrest E. Kutz, Chancellor Liv-
ingston, Henry L. Loud, r. d. Nc
Pherrin, Howard p. Meyer, Allen P
Nuffer, Minor o. Simms, C. E.
SprouSe.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
Society j
Clubs
Three Times as ManyW orkers
Needed at Dressings Center

be maze VI -. once, before hot
weather sets in as it will be diff
cult to handle under high tempera-
tues.
After this goal is met, still more
women win be needed to meet the
demands fer extra dressings made
by the war department. FL Centro
has not yet met its quota of 10000
dressings per month and will need
many more women if this quota,
plus the extra dressings asked for,
are to be supplied
In order to do this women will
have to give planned time not just
those hours in which they have
nothing else to do, which to date
Is what the majority have given.
LIFE OR DEATH
If men at the front, wounded
American soldiers who are giving
their lives to protect the civilians
at home, are to have the dressings
which are the difference between
life and death for them, then Ell
Centro women will have to plan to
give a definite number of hours
each week to the work. Even though
it means a hardship, it IS a small
price to pay compared to the price
the young men of the nation are
asked to pay. So far, Ell Centro has
failed-a few faithful women car
ring the load and the rest appar-
emily not realizing that there is a
need for every Woman's help.
Once again the Red Cross makes
a plea for help. Women are asked
to report at the center in the Ten
Thousand club house, Seventh and
Olive, Mondays through Fridays,
any time from 8 am.-4 pm. and
rom 7 p.m.-9:30 pm. All they have
to do is wear a clean wash dress
or smock, and some sort of head
covering. Instructors will show them
what to do and the work is not
hard.
Six cartons of dressings, repre-
senting $4,000 dressings, will be ship
ped this week by the Ell Centre Rec
Cross chapter, number far under
its quota.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
Wac Officers
Inlondon on
Special Work

LONDON, Feb. 16-tUP)-TWo
WAACS were in London today oitl-
cially to do communications work
for the Eighth Bomber Command,
and unofficially to plug their re-
spectivc states of California and
Texas.
This tWO-membcr advance guard
OF the Womens Army Auxiliary
Corps arrived last night and was
welcomed by one of tha most
crowded press conferences ever
held.
The newly arrived WAAC Off
GERS, we're Captain Zelma F.. Han
ser, 424 South Columbus street
Glendale. Calf, and First Lieu
tenant Dorothy SWart, 25, Comely
broWn-eyed and from Elsa, Texas
Elsa is down by the Rio
Grande," Lieutenant SWart added
quickly
Then Captain Hanson asked the
correspondents, DO you know that
California has contributed more
women to the WAACS than any
other State?'
Captain Hanson said she had
joined up because most of her fam
lily was in service. She has two
sens by a former marriage, she
said, Aviation MachinistS Mate
Robert Holmes, % now in the us
Navy, and Pvt. Richard Holmes
l8. now in the U.S.AAF. She has
a sister -in-laW who is an army
nurse and a brother-in-laW in the
Coast Guard. Her husband was q
sergeant in the first World War.
Richard and l were the first
mother and son to be sworn into
service on the same day" she said
1T was at Los Angeles, July 27
1912"
Il left a boy friend behind il
Elsa" Lieutenant Swart chimed in
Hes captain in the infantry
now
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
Drama Workshop
TO Give Play
For Public

So many people have expressed
desire to see the clever play. The
Pot Boiler" which Drama Work.
shop of the Ten ThouSqnd club
presented recently at the Joint
meeting Of Junior and Senior clubs
that the section has agreed to
present the play again.
j Accordingly Friday night of this
week, in the club house, the play
will be given its second perform
ance, open to the public, and with
no admission charge. The curtain
will be at 8 p. m.
The play Is a delightful satire
and highly entertaining, presented
by an expert cast under the equally
expert direction of Phil Reming-
ton. Many at its premier compar-
ca the work of the actors most faV-
orable with performances OF the
we'll known Pasadena players,
which is III itself quite a compli-
ment as the Pasadena Community
playhouse has a splendid reputa-
tion.
In the cast are the following
Corinne Hudspeth Mildred Wood,
Harriette Kaiser, Hili1rd Goldstein,
Vladimir Aronovici Fred Schultz,
Mac" Mccoy
The plot is highly amusing and
an hilarious hour is promised to
everyone who attends Fridays per-
'{ormance.
Drama Workshop will also pre-
sent the play for the entertainment
of men in the various camps III the
XalleY.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
Musicale and
Tea Saturday

High school and junior college
students of the Ruth Teeple Reid
studio Saturday were presented in
o delightful musicale and tea at
the Roy H. Womack home, 1888
West Olive avenue.
AS a setting for the affair, the
Valentine colOrs were used in the
decorationS,a and the tea table had
a nuge hart ccnterpiecc. Mothers
OF the pupils assisted in pouring
During the afternoon various STU
dents presented background music,
selecting compositions representa-
tive OF the moderns, and of the
American school in particular, and
also compositions suitable for this
type of party.
Not only did the young perform
Dcrs play more than creditably, but
they made charming picture as
well in their long-skirted frocks in
lovely pastel shades
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
John D. Keyes
Due in City

DR.. and Mrs John D. Kcyc for
mcr FL Centrans, are expected to
arrive here this week from Hutch
inSon. Kansas. where they have
been living while Dr. Keye was at
tachcd to a naval unit in Kansas.
He will replace DR.. Louis K. Levy,
flight surgeon at the us, Marine
base here. DR.. Levy left Sunday
for a new assignment.
John Keye, elder son of the fam
lily, is a student at Duke University
in North Carolina, but Pau will
accompany his parents to imperial
Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
Maggie Dinner
Great Success

Four hundred and IS persons
were served at the Maggie spaghet-
II dinner served Sunday in the
Veterans hall by the women of st.
Mary's Catholic church, the pro-
ceedS going to St. Mar5's church.
Each year the women Of the
Maggie family serve one Of these
delicious Italian dinners as church
benefit, preparing the main dish
and the other women of the parish
assisting with the rest of The Hcnu
aid with the serving.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16

For the second concert in this
years artist series sponsored by
the Imperial Valley Concert club,
a non-profit organization, Pierre
LuboShutz and Genia NemenOff
will be presented in a tWo-piano
recital Thursday night of this week,
6:15 o'clock in the high school audi
tCrium.
Those who have no season tick
cts, may purchase individual tick
cts for this concert by calling Mrs
C. S. Justman, general ticket secre-
tary.
The art of tWo-piano playing is
IN itself a special one and Lubo-
skutz and Nemenoff have very def
mite ideas on the subject, ideas
CT Importance since they are lead
ing opponents of this art.
EXPLAINS SECRET
The secret of good duc-pianO
p!aying is that it must sound like
the performance of single artist
according to Luboshutz. "A listener
with his eyes closed should not
be able to distinguish two separate
performances. On the other hand
there must be nothing mechanical
n monotonous in the adjustment
OF the two partners"
Gcnil Nemenoff has added
when we first began playing to-
gethcr We had an entirely different
theory from that we now follow
We believed our piano tones SHOULD
be as nearly alike as possible. But
after a year of experimenting We
changed our minds. We decided
the tones should blend their in
dividual differences, rather thar
initiate each other. AS soon as We
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16

reached the conclusions that our
music should follow the patterns
of an orchestra we tried to harmon
i2e our individual tones to make
them approximate orchestral music.
PRACTICE METHODS
The two while in private life are
Mr.. and Mrs. LuboShutz have their
separate studies for practice, and
after they have discussed thorough
ly the piece to be played, each
learns the piece separately. After
each is sure of his part. then the
two practice together interpretat-
iVely
During the course of a recital
they change pianos several times.
net for the stunt as many people
suppose, but because which ever
one is to play the treble <
should take the piano whose treble
section is nearest the audience as
this makes for better balance.
In this changing of pianos, they
often had to use chairs of different
height and shape and this con-
stant readjust..lcnJ of chairs meant
a real problem. This they solved
by having two perfect chairs built
fer them which they take along
with them and which are made
with detachable legs so that they
may be packed into a medium
size suitcase.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
VISITS IN VALLEY

Cpl. Luther Fisher. connected
with the Immigration border patrol
in Imperial county for five years,
recently completed training at the
Roswell, N. NJ. armH flying school
and soon must report for duty on
the east coast. He visited friends
IL Imperial Valley this week while
OF leave. He has been invesligat-
ing for the provost marshals Of
tice. -.4- -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16

Presenting a composite picture of
the thoughts of a number of the
more serious writer's and thinkers
il regard to the world after the
war. Mrs. II. K. McCracken gave a
brilliant. scholarly program for
Chapter AV, PE.O.. Monday aft
crnoon, being presented by Mrs.
Howard p. Meyer at the meeting
held that day at her home.
Mrs. McCracken pointed out that
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
CALENDAR
TUESDAY

Camp Fire meeting, 1880, 571
Olive.
Girl Scouts, Z, Scout hut.
Central Labor council, 7:30, La
Dor temple.
Oasis Shrine, No. 20, W.S. of j.,
s, Masonic temple.
TOastmistress club, 6:30, CalifOr-
MIA hotel.
Eagles, 8, 500 Broadway.
Night school, IS, Central.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16

Nine hundred pounds of cotton
must be made no this week into
hospital pads, and three times the
number of workers are needed at
the surgical dressings center if this
is TO be accomplished.
This cotton must be gotten out
Of the way to allow for increased
supplies for dressings, and it must
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-16
WEDNESDAY,

Acacia. 1O:30, Machado home.
MI. Signal, lC:3G, II. Fisher home.
bridge dinner, Z, Elks' hall.
Butchers, 1880, Labor temple.
City council, 7:30, city hall.
State Guard. 7:30, stadium.
Troop 20, 7:15, Scout hut.
Night school, 10, Central.
Scrvicemcn's dance, $3.50, Tetcr-
ans hall.