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Show 5 CLIFF MEMMOTT, Editor THIS IS OIL PROGRESS WEEK .... ! This week, October 14-20, is "Oil Progress Week" throughout the nation, and like most every other news-paper news-paper in the country it is our desire to make a few comments com-ments in compliment to an industry that literally keeps us on the move. Most of us who fall in the category of "Average Mr. Citizen" know very little about the oil industry. In fact, on an average our knowledge could be summed up to this "Fill 'er up," as we drive our jalopy up to a service station. And when the attendant asks what weight and brand of oil we want put into the crank case, we mumble under our breath until the attendant mentions a name and grade and we nod our approval. However, we admit that the oil industry does a cracker , jack job of merchandising. It is easier to buy a gallon of gas than it is to get a postage stamp or an ice cream cone. In fact, there are more filling stations than there are places that sell postage stamps or ice cream cones, and they keep better hours. The filling stations fight hard for business. They stress courtesy to the patrons and really give service. The major oil companies do a fine job of advertising and are not a bit reluctant in telling the general public about the superiority super-iority of their product. Because of the immense volume, the price of gasoline and oil is low compared with most other articles in daily use. We get a lot of pleasure out of a few cents spent for gasoline and oil. Thousands of oil companies and thousands of filling Nations strive to outdo one another in providing more and better services and products for their customers. Their way of dsing business must be pretty efficient. It enables the people of this country to obtain and use more oil every week than the rest of the world consumes in an entire year. When an emergency arises, however, these competitive !vice stations never hesitate to pool their products and r.lces for he commri welfare. m ., ffhen Colonel Drake' drilled the first oil well in' 1859 a depth of 69 feet, his hand-made tools represented an Investment of $76.50. In 1951 the cost of a rig for a 7,500-foot well in the Mid-Continent area was more than $112,000-. The exploration work in producing oil costs millions of dollars, but the oil - companies keep searching, keep finding new pools, and keep increasing their efficiency until gasoline is pot exorbitant in price. The oil companies are doing a tremendous job and we hope they will have a successful week. v E v FALL HUNTING SEASON OPENS A CHALLENGE TO ALL SPORTSMEN! Although last Friday actually started the annual fall hunting season when it became lawful to hunt ducks, next Saturday, Oct. 20, marks the beginning of a few weeks of real activity which is estimated will draw upward of 100,000 sportsmen into the hills of Utah in quest of their deer. So far as my memory serves me, I can't recall anytime any-time in the history of the Deer Hunt and Pheasant Hunt that at least one, and as many as a dozen hunters have not lost their lives through carelessness on someone's part .... No one desires to predict what will happen this year, but unless every man, woman or child who participates in the "big hunt" is a lot more careful than in the past, I'm afraid we'll be reading of someone who lost his life, or was seriously injured because of sheer carelessness. Pages could be filled with various rules the sportsman should observe, but in spite of them all, the problem boils down to a simple thought or two: "Each hunter should "lake sure he does not shoot until he knows what his target, is, and that for sure .... He should practice every tod of safety precaution in use of his firearm make sure his gun is NOT LOADED when carrying it in a car that the safety is ori at all times except when firing his tun." It's a wonderful thing that we live in a land where "en and their families can become excited about those few precious days they'll spend in God's Great Out-of-Jrs In quest of their deer or pheasant .... Although "m not an ardent hunter, I thrill at the wholesome and enthusiastic sport the fall hunting season brings to others. So, won't you, and you, resolve that this year you "be just a little bit more careful as you join the thous-ands thous-ands of others in the big hunt? v E v maybe we "wuz" wrong about '"Wan marriage by l d s bishop Recently we ran a picture of a young Ute Indian couple who were married by the Whiterocks L.D.S. ward bishop, and a story that said they were the first couple to be married by a Mormon bishop in the Uintah Basin. The other day Harold Eldredge came up with some rec-'ds rec-'ds that more or less prove that approximately 30 years s Frank Cesspooch and Hanna Arkansas were married Lnc0p Emanuel Murphy, then bishop of the My ton U-S. ward. Mr. Eldredge was ward clerk at the time. We just printed what was given us, and if we're wrong "We, just tell us about it. v E v lj , Minnie says, "Never believe a man who tells you too at home- because he'll lie about other things, ' he has a chance. . v E v fedu t)he most effective weapon against inflation is the A rvKv." 0f ntm-military Federal expenditures." Lewis "'bole, president of Eastern Malleable Iron Co. harsh t'0" don t think smoking makes a woman's voice ' try dropping a cigaret on her rug. 30 |