Evening journal., 1916-05-18

important pieces OF news Of the day
Then there is other important
news besides war news added
Jimmy.
yes, indeed" said Uncle Harry
News Of the war is. Of course. the
most important news, but there is
lots OF other news in the papers and
we must keep in touch with it. other
wise we won't know about the i'm
portant things that are happening
Now I wonder IL either Of you
boys can tell me wny the high cost
Of gasoline is important news?'
Because there are more than two
million automobiles in the United
States and most of them burn gaso
line TO run their engines said Joe.
How did you know that, Joe?' ask
cd Uncle Harry.
"You told us one evening a short
time ago in your talk about automo-
hiles." said Joe, "and you said more
than 900 100000 gallons OF gasoline
we're used in the United States every
year"
Uncle Harry laughed as he said
Glad to see that YOU remember the
things tell you, boys. and if you'd
like me to. I'll tell you something
about gasoline"
Where does it come from and
what's it made OF" asked Jimmy.
"Gasoline is a by-product Of pc
troleum, which means that gasoline
is made from petroleum, said Uncle
Harry. And petroleum comes from
The earth. so il might very correctly
be called earth oil 10 is brought
from the depths of the earth TO the
surface OF the earth by wells
Like water that is pumped up?
asked Joe.
practically the same way, except
that the oil pumps are very much big
ger than the water pumps and are
run by machinery. But sometimes
when oil is discovered In a locality the
flow is so strong that it is only neces'
sary 10 sink the pipes deep enough
in the earth 10 reach the oil or petrol
cum streams, and the oil forces its
wav up the pipes to the surface and
is nut in oil cars or tanks, or forced
through pipes hundreds OF miles
across the country to the seaport
cities" said Uncle Harry. when OIL
flows as freely as this a well is cailed
a 'gusher WELL Sometimes the pipes
have 10 be sunk 1000 feet before a
stream OF oil is struck
Where are these oil wells! asked
Joe. ,,
as the places are called where oil has
been found are in Oklahoma. the
northern and northeastern part OF
Texas the southeastern part Of Texas
and the southern part OF Louisiana
long the Gulf coast. California, and
the Western part of Pennsylvania. Oil
iS also found in Kansas, the northern
nart Of Louisiana. in Tennessee, Ken
tuclfv the western part OF West Nir'
ginia. the central part Of Indiana, the
northvestern and southeastern parts
~ ohio the south-central part OF
Illinois. and in Colorado. Wyoming
and Montana
"Hov much petroleum is there. IN
the earth in the United StatesE asked
Jimmy. A..
vou ever asked" said Uncle Harry,
sand I doubt whether ! can give you
an answer that is correct. In TACT
I doubt If anyone could. However,
experts who have made a study OF
the subject estimate that there are
about $500, ,0OO. 900 barrels Of oil in
the earth under the United States.
This. YOU understand. means the oil
as il comes from the wells. and not
the exact amount OF gasoline that
can be made from this oil
"All that oil ought to make gaso-
line enough to last for hundreds and
hundreds of years" said Joe.
81 guess you fellows forget the
2 900. 600 autos" said Uncle Harry
smiling. And do you know that
something like 1000 autos are manu-
factured every week, and that each
machine burns about 500 gallons OF
gasoline every year? And have you