The Coolidge examiner., 1944-10-13
The GA1o44
Note Book
SUPPORTERS OF THE

ona, is Overwhelmingly opposed by
taxpayers generally.
THIS WEEK WE
paid our first visit to the oil ex-
ploration drilling being conducted
just south of the 11-mile corner
between Coolidge and Casa Grande
by a group of well known Pinal
county men which includes former
Pinal County sheriff Walter La
veen, Sheriff James Heron, Jr.,
Holmes Galloway of Casa Grande
and Art HOuser of Eloy.
AT THE WELL WE
met driller l.. G.. Roberts, a man of
wide and varied practical exper-
fence and Hank Portorie. Phoenix
geolOgist. These men were, at the
time, examining core samples
drawn to the surface from 1880 feet
and were peering intently at pieces
of lime shale clinging to the end of
the last core.
EVERY INDIVIDUAL
connected with this oil operation
is genuinely and confidently sure
there are great, hidden oil reserves
below the surface of the Casa
Grande valley and they are quietly
confident they have spudded in at
the right spot to tap this liquid
gold.
WHILE WE ARE
not one of those Sunday morning
quarterbacks who surely proclaim
there is or is not oil to be found
in this valley we do believe that
every possible encouragement
should be lent to those men who
are giving of their personal funds
TO pioneer what could well prove
to be an extensive oil development
they have proven their SINGER
ity by bringing in the finest of ro-
tary drilling equipment in charge
of a capable driller and they are
doing the job with their own money
without resorting to the sale of
stock, shares or leases.
IN THIS COLUMN
on September 22nd we told of our
dissatisfaction with the lack of
street grading and care in Coolidge
and we are incrediably surprised
to learn that our comments have
been taken as reflecting upon the
ability and industry of local crew
members of the county highway de-
partment. We have been informed
that each of these men has been
overburdened with work on the
new road construction east of Cool
idge and that much of the motor
grading equipment has been dis
abled for lack of repairs and repair
parts.
CERTAINLY WE IN
no wise intended to cast reflection
on these men who do the work.
Rather we intended to express our
dissatisfaction with the lack of
sufficient highway budget which
would permit the employment Of
additional men and the acquisition
of sufficient equipment to take care
of Coolidge street grading which
is not only the duty but the obli
CATION of the county highway de-
partment and the county board of
supervisors.
ELSEWHERE IN THIS
newspaper will be found a story
and pictures of the two youngest
Schewel brothers of Florence who
now are pilot and co-pilot of an
army bomber at Louisiana train
ing base. Well-known in both Flor
ence and Coolidge the boys have an
elder brother, Heinie, Jr., now in
training and about ready to grad
uate as a bombardier and the par
ents are hoping no quirk of fate
will team the three brothers into
the first three-brother bomber
crew of the army air force.
AMONG REASONS
given in a recent OPA newspaper
release for which ration boards
may reduce allotments of gasoline
to commercial users is failure to
use all his r2tions.. And that's
the very reason why scores of folks
never return unused ration stamps
they are afraid of a ration re-
duction when they might need it..
And that recalls to our mind the
mad scramble which takes place in
state political offices each June
when all unused funds are being
''impounded" to purchase this and
that item so the budget will come
out even thereby lessening the
chances of a smaller budget come