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the tribune stouflville ont thursday december 23 14s drillers hope to strike gas on historic markham farm several canadian business men are investing a consider able sum of risk capital to explore the possibility of dis covering natural gas in com- ercial quantities in markham township the site chosen for the sinking of a deep weii is east and south of markham village near box grove on the and not much is known about it j with literally millions of colds to study the best guide to preventing them seems to be in fairly simple common sense precautions the principal thing is to keep the bodys resistance high by observ ing a sound diet and other hygenic rules- chilling wet feet drafts damp clothing exposure to bad farm of h c coakwell at left are drill shanty mast and powerhouse manned by exper ienced drillers from western ontario at right is the rough neck of the outfit term given to general handymen in oil fields he is tony bruggeman canadianborn belgian boy greasing camshaft of massive machinery and permit the cold virus which is always present in the nose throat and mouth to invade the body tissues a cold results it costs 500 to ship an automo bile return across the atlantic belgium is the first european country to quit food rationiag christmas greetings and all best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year is the wish for you from montgomery furniture 191 193 danforth toronto ontario where unusual values are usual i widening search for oil may fill canadas needs canada may become entirely selfsufficient in the matter of oil production said dr oliver b hop kins vicepresident of imperial oil ltd in an address to the royal canadian institute saturday night he predicted also that alberta oil will supply all the needs of the three prairie provinces by 1950 if additional leducs and red- waters are discovered as a result of the extensive exploration work under way oil production in the west will assume much more than local significance as to the area supplied he said it is not un reasonable to anticipate that the volume of production eventually developed may be equal to can adas entire needs great as they are canada consumes 2g00oo barrels of oil per day stimulated by the discovery of leduc exploratory work by many oil companies is now at an alltime high it is estimated that expen ditures in exploratory and develop ment work are now at the rate of about 50 million per year he said next year expenditures may reach 100 million as a result of the discovery of leduc and redwater he antici pated alberta production by 1950 will be about 70000 barrels a day this production will be suffici ent to supply the needs of the three prairie provinces and thus elimin ate all imports into that area he continued the saving in foreign exchange as the result of the dis covery of the leduc and redwater fields is in excess of 100000 a day or at the rate of 10 million per year with steadily increasing pro duction the saving in foreign exchange within a few years will increase to 100 million or more per year the importance of canadas possible selfsufficiency is oil to national defense as well as national economy was stressed by dr hop kin in recent years canadas oil imports have been coming more and more from south america and the middle east long rail haulage of crude from american fields to the prairie provinces added as much as 50 yer cent to the cost per barrel to facilitate distribution of ledur oil in western canada a pipeline is planned from the edmonton re finery to regina a distance of 435 miles at a cost of 35 million it is expected that this line will be com pleted in 1950 said dr hopkins we cannoot foresee the future he said but there are reasons for hoping that the key to the problem of locating new oil fiields in the west has been found thus making future exploration work more pro ductive than it has been in the past average canadian catchks cold three times yearly statistics reveal that canadians on the average have three colds a year very few escape this com mon menace to health unfortun ately so far science has not been able to pin down the cold virus it cannot be seen under a microscope the stanley theatre management and staff wish their patrons and friends a very merry christmas mr peter barnes syd g schmidt laura white barbara dixon marion white mr louis davidson marjorie howell barbara harper doreen jones margaret meyers see your favorite picture first at the stanley theatre fcv2k here are some of the reasons why priced with the lowest amazing economy and performance body by fisher sealed from dtsf draffs and built for safety famous silverstreak design unequalled owner loyalty out in front bill ball motors east end stouffvillc ontario waggs jewellery srore w