Show DEMAND FOR OIL IS CERTAIN GERTAIN TO INCREASE War Wal With Germany Stimulates Toward To- To ward Developing Resources of ot the West West Gallons Gal Gal- Ions lons for tor Fuel Uncle Sams Sam's navy during the fiscal year ending Juno 30 next would under under under un un- I der normal conditions use gallons of ot petroleum as fuel In view of the war with Germany this will be 00 largely Increased for tor all battleships battleships battleships bat bat- and torpedo vessels which I are building and authorized are designed designed de de- signed to use fuel tuel oil exclusively On July 1 last year there were eight battleships battleships battleships bat bat- In the navy of ot the United States fitted to burn coal or fuel oil exclusively and three forty-three destroyers destroy destroy- ers fitted to burn fuel oil exclusive exclusive- ly This gives a reason why Uncle Sam has made such large reservations reservations reservations reserva reserva- of ot the oil lands of the country the near reservation to Salt Lake beIng being being be be- ing the Tea Pot Dome In Wyoming and which includes acres in Natrona county On the eastern coast there are storage tanks for fuel tuel oil for tor the navy at Boston Melville R R. R I. I Norfolk Norfolk Nor Nor- folk tolk Va Charleston S. S C. C Key KeyWest KeyWest West Nest Fla and Guantanamo Cuba Cub including those under construction which contain barrels On an anthe the Pacific coast storage tanks in service service service ser ser- vice and under construction contain barrels the largest of which is at Pearl Harbor Hawaii where barrels can be stored The American merchant fleet includes In in- Includes more than tank steamers of gross tons and seventy- seventy two others In process of building have a a. proposed tonnage of ot tons Fuel oil consumed by the railroads of ot the country amounts to barrels annually while the several several sev sev- eral oil all fields of the country consume directly In drilling and pumping 3 barrels These figures are presented to show the enormous consumption of ot oil n for tu fuel l purposes alone and also Iso alsoto alsoto t to account for the great boom In ol oil development In Wyoming at the present time may being Interested Interested interested In In- in the development Every field is unusually active and none more so 50 than the Elk basin and Big Muddy fields In which the Montana Montana- Wyoming Oil company headed by former Governor Go Spry has hs large holdings In every field In the state stat unusual activity is seen ac according to advices received by officials of the company in Salt Lake o 0 o |