"Our exports will include the following in a short time if the right men wake up and utilize nature's gifts :

"Glass for windows, bottles and tableware.

"Baking soda, washing sc-da, scouring soaps and chemical cleaners made of caustic soda. Dry batteries, aluminum ware, brick, and artificial stone.

"Who has the Midas touch to turn these known natural resources into gold?"

The enthusiasm of this expert, and his conclusions which were announced in 191Q. have not up to this date (March, 1921) inspired the man with the Midas touch.

( >u. and Gas

Drilling for oil and gas in Morrill county is not yet undertaken, although unmistakable evidences of "deformations" appear. Three parts of the county show signs of "a structure."

The depth will likely be great owing to

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

the covering" depositions of tertiary and recent age. Drilling in Banner county, in Sioux county, and the Goshen Holes have demonstrated the presence of oil-bearing rocks, although the drill has not yet penetrated a paying" pool.

Recent blasting" in the construction of the government irrigation canal north toward Angora, opened up a small pocket of natural gas, which experts believe is a leak from a larger pool, perhaps some distance away.

Morrill County Farm Bureau

The Morrill County Farm Bureau was established in 1918. Mr. Comb was the first county agent and served three years. He then resigned and was succeeded by Geo. R. Schroll, starting February 1, 1921.

The State Farm Bureau drive was scheduled for March, 1921. Farm bureau work in Morrill county soon became popular.