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Show Oil Was Medicine When America was first being settled, explorers found petroleum oozing out of the ground or floating on the surface of water in many places. But, unfamiliar with its properties, they considered U a nuisance. However, Indians were observed rubbing their bodies with it, claiming the oils pepped them up. So the settlers used it, too. According to most sources of information, the pioneers soaked up oil from the ground in blankets, wrung out the blankets into suitable containers and sold oil as Seneca Oil, Indian Oil, etc., a cure-al- l. Victor Adding Machines Typewriters Office Equipment & Supplies COLO. CORTEZ A-Pow- Strong indications that thinking within the Atomic Energy Commission is turning toward widg er use of atomic power in top-lev- All Kinds of Machine Work CORT'S MACHINE 12 W. Ph. 160 & 666 Cortez, Colo. 790 Cortez Gloss Co. ACROSS THE F I E L D S he treks, equipped with tools of his profession. The experienced explorer carries all the devices he needs to assist him in his search. NEILSONS BUILT BY energy-producin- reactors, are appearing SHOP Phone North St. Jet. Glass For Every Purpose Dealer For Pittsburgh Plato Glass Cortez Colo. Phone 382 Seen er Gas - Oil - Accessories afterward. Wider Use Of Smith-Coron- a 280 Cortez Style Center Yarn f frequently in reports of discussions A plasticized acetate yarn, and in public addresses by mem- made with the aid of petroleum bers of the commission. has been used for AEC Commissioner Murray, for derivatives, and other textile-typ- e discussed example, recently potenapplications. It is said to tials of atomic power in peaceful uses (which he said is an acute resist molds, moths and termites. problem now) as well as in stockpiling uranium for defense purposes. According to Murray, there must be no slowup in production of uranium for manufacturing of weapons of war, but at the same time American ingenuity must be used to apply nuclear energy to various types of industrial appli- Incorporated Termite-Proo- n. World', largMf NOTIONS SHOES WORK CLOTHES CLOTHES DRY GOODS Colo. Cortes THE BRUCE out adequate state participation, and additional federal assistance in such development. According to Murray, development of power reactors for application to industrial use must be done by the government because private industry cannot on a purely risk basis, undertake anything like the effort that the world atomic power problem demands. Select Concrete FOR QUICK WELDING and SERVICE ANYWHERE Road Materials Dealers for Lende Air Products Co. y ? A Oxygen, Acetylene and Carbide Phone 2681 Azfec, Hew Mexico Dolores, Colo. Welding Supplies Pesto-Wel- Equipment On Hand At All Times U. S. ROYAL TIRES drove them to a new high of total miles last year. By the end of 1954, it is expected that more than 2,000 buses will be uss as a fuel. ing o LP-Ga- Capitol Uranium Co. of Farmington, N. M. has made sixteen shipments of uranium ore from its Carrizo Mountain property, Apache county, Anz. The shipments have averaged $75 96 a ton uranium content. The firm also reports the AEC is core drilling their Lukachukai Mountains property, also in Apache county. d, Welding and Cutting Equipment results PENNSYLVANIA TIRES The o CORTEZ U. S. NYLON LITE TUBES Gas & Oxygen Go. PHONE 176 BOX 835 CORTEZ, COLORADO Tires & Tubes For All Purposes Phone 350 H. C. Flaugh I .V- Anywhere tooling needs. (liquefied petroleum gas) s LP-Ga- SHIPROCK NEW MEXICO r Construction & For all your show that transport companies operating buses on Survey BARNARD CO. R$ TOOL COMPANY Carbide Carbon Co. Union Sand, Gravel & Materials Delivered to Site of MEXIRADO TIRE CO. More Buses Use LP M. Sowfartrtf of Arc Weldutg tquipmeei rug-backi- cation. Any new uses of atomic power would, of necessity, mean an increased tempo in search and discovery of uranium deposits on the Colorado Plateau, construction of access roads either with or with- Family " ELECTRIC CO. THE LINCOLN SAN JUAN "Everything for the Corner CONOCO Then in 1806 men boring wells for salt water in western Virginia found much petroleum along with the brine, causing them a great deal of trouble. They did extract some of the oil from the brine through a settling process, selling the product for medicine and apparently no one thought of using oil as a lubricant for a long time TO SERVE THE SICK, the people of Cortez established the Southwestern Memorial Hospital, one of the few in the U.S. not operating in the red. The hospital has a capacity of 31 patients, but as many as 57 have been accommodated at one time by doubling up. Here, Mrs. Eva Tulles (right), head nurse, and Mrs. Olive Brumley work on charts at the nurses desk. Patterson Office Equip. Co. Mineral Hill Exploration Co. at Boise. Idaho, is investigating tho uranium possibility o an open-pi- t mining operation on 18 claims m Elmore which the firm located County, near Dixie, Idaho. Bullto used determine dozers are being the quantity and quality of the uranium mineralization. Cortez, Colo. Henry Schaefer Owner & Manager Construction Co. GENERAL CONTRACTOR ' i iff vMSSS. i . HELPING BUILD Hi" .hyiwuilMiUnTiiWriilllii 1 1HWr ! - - 1 the FOUR CORNERS EM- PIRE. HIGHEST QUALITY CONSTRUCTION. EIGHT YEARS Of SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS IN THIS AREA. Satisfying all customers. Permanently established. Residential and commercial builders. Industrial and public construction. PHONE 293, CORTEZ, COLORADO |
