Show alfred P jr president of the general motors corporation recently gave a strong endorsement of the value of the country weekly newspaper in discussing this years advertising campaign for general motors corporation mr sloan among other things said 1 I believe m the country weekly newspaper I 1 believe that no printed matter in the united states is more thoroughly read or has more influence than the pages of these home town newspapers are you a former soldier or sailor of the world war if so do you realize that july 2 1927 is the last date on which you can apply for reinstatement of your wartime government insurance the president of the united states the members of his cabinet and in fact all high officials have during the past few months used every available avenue of publicity to remind veterans of the war that they must act promptly if they are to avail themselves of the benefits of government life insurance competent Com insurance men are frank to say that government insurance cannot possibly be duplicated in cost by private companies and they urge all service men to act promptly in saving for themselves and dependents this great boon which the government has provided thousands and thousands of the veterans however have failed to make application for ament of their policies and they have only until july 2 in which to do so veterans dont delay this matter any longer act now if you fail to do so you will surely regret it later while the past years oil exploration campaign in southeastern utah has not resulted in bringing in any more producing wells it has made available a fund of knowledge that will prove invaluable in the future activities in the district unusual geological conditions which make the moab area different from most fields of the rocky mountain region are being worked out and in the light of the information at hand actual results in defining the oil producing structures doubtless will now be obtained all geologists who have examined the district are emphatic in saying that prolific oil pools will be found here in fact oil has already been encountered in sufficient quantities to prove the existence of a mother pool somewhere in this region the knowledge gained from drilling during the past two years coupled with more painstaking and intelligent geological investigation will without a doubt guide the driller in his quest for the right location and just as surely will definitely place southeastern utah in the list of oil producing regions the union oil company have overcome the troubles encountered in their lisbon dome well the hole has been straightened up and drilling was resumed the first of the week the depth being about feet in shale the drill has apparently penetrated the surface lime stones over thirty channel catfish ranging from one to four pounds in weight have been caught m the colorado river during the past week by several moab men and are being held in a trap at the moab garage pier they will be sent to the state fish hatchery at in a few days and will form the nucleus for a channel cat hatchery there it is intended to catch aronni one to two hundred of the fish for shipment to the state fish hatchery dr I 1 W alien and reuben walker have caught most of the lot now being 1 id for shipment E F linde tool pusher on the mid west well on elk ridge structure was in moab several days the past week he went on to grand junction and drove back a new truck which will be used at the elk ridge camp very good headway is being made on the elk ridge well and favorable for are being penetrated D D bodie superintendent of the empire gas fuel company and 3 lee arrell of crawford lee drilling contractors came in from the empire well on gibson domic tuesday night A very encouraging showing of oil was encountered in the well at a depth of about feet several barrels of high gravity oil being baided bailed out when mg opera eions were resumed monday the oil came in ai shale stratum and a lidnie formation was encountered ba low it the prospects for getting commercial production at this well are very bright |