The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14
WHAT IS GASOLINE WORTH3


WHAT IS GASOLINE WORTH
Tulsa World: "When our SEE
wasps, eagles and seaplanes put ter
ror into the hearts of Hun U-boa'
crews?
"When our airnen put out the
teyes' of Hun armies, direct the
deadly hits of our artillery and
nightly drop tons of bombs on Hun
depots, munition factories, harbors
and hangers?
"When our tanks quickly destroy
Hun machine gun nests that other
wise would cost the lives OF thou
sands of our brave boys?
"When our motor trucks main
tain constant ammunition supply
and keep our heavy guns at the heels
of our advancing infantry?
"When our motor ambulances
eliminate time and distance in sue
coring our wounded?' Then, What
Is gasolien worth ? asks the Oil and
Gas News.
Yes, what is a gallon of gasoline
worth when it does all that Basing
the value of Yankee soldiers life
on what a true American mother
would take for it, one life is price
less. This life, multiplied by thou
sands, whose lives are saved by tanks
alone, bring the value OF gasoline to
a measureless point because without
gasoline all of the above mentioned
achievemtns could not be realities.
Yesterdays news from the front
was full OF the fcats accomplished |
by the big tanks and their crews,
Maybe some of the oil men who
were particularly rushed at that time
did not have the opportunity of
reading all of the events and skipped
over some of the longer dispatches.
The following, under the heading
@With the British Army in France"
tells the tale of what one tank did:
"At one small town, south of the
-Roye road, the advancing
French infantry sent word to the
British that they could not get on
because of heavy machine gun fire
from the town.
Five ponderous, armored mon =
stcrs went over and rolled directly
into the place Their crews discov-
nrnl that the houses were crowded I,
y = Germans manning machines,
1' cipally from second-story win t
lows. One tank leisurely advanced |
lpon house while hail OF bullets !
;plashed off its metal hide. After re- ,
at close range, the tank Il
packed off and charged. Its great Z
weight crused in the whole build y
ng and it continued forward until =
he structure was flattened out, ]
With the enemy machine gunners c
effaced." n
Again: -
AT one place, tank containing +
welve volunteers, rushed a strong l.
nemy position. Scores Of Germans |
we're killed and seven officers and v
90 men were captured. This permit \
ed the infantry TO get on to the line NJ
nd it was holding this morning Il
And while the tanks were knock g
1g hell out of the Hunnish strong !,
olds and making the machine gun "
crs bite the dust. the airplanes b
,ere in the air, back of the German 81
mes. bombing the bridges over the ~
omme, cutting off the retreat of :,
le kaisers crippel hordcs and the T.
ritish airmen were establishing new to
cords of dropping 81 IL tons of !,
ombs on German targcts-includ- " ~
Ig the German city OF karlsruhe. n,
Great stuff this! II ever there
ere an incentive TO greater efforts
help win the war, the great - -
,niuses manning the gasoline-driv- Cl
! motors on the front are furnish Ir;
& it to mid-continent oil men. from c.
'oducer to shipper. Every drop OF pc
] produced and refined is a blow ".
the kaiser and with so many new \.
Ids in sight. II Is probable that rec Tn
ds will be established in producing Ia
d refining should our government O' Os
d allies demand it. Texas furnishes yo
e drillable territory for big re- N
Its and Oklahoma and Kansas
We many fields TO be uncovered.
Certainly everybody in the oil Ia
siness should get down to busi- no
ss. Push, everybody push. rer
bis
Another disappointment is appar- ca ca
tly due in the "a field. The Bayou Ii,
II No. 3 well which was expected lial
drill into the 600-foot sand yester- ks
y, is now drilling at CAS- feet with d.
/ having found the sand. This test Fa
one location west of No. 2 which
producing 80 barrels daily from
. 600-foot sand, in the northwest ]
-ner of the northeast quarter of Sts
southwest quarter of the north wa
ST quarter of section "a. dit
- fer
collapsed casing. w&h packer fast sici
he hole. is causing the Loyal OH his
Gas Company to abandon its Isl