| Show y ca united U states oil ITO S 1 lands held fast four il million V acres withdrawn wap U by ag isaid presidents ap 91 public lands I 1 nell I 1 palo eved to 0 contain 01 ill incalculable quanta 11 ties at J oil 71 palf ft more I 1 haa 4 QUO acres 0 ol in united s states I 1 pon and 25 square b maca have been withdrawn aj from entry all b successive d pl 3 1900 aj a pa j from it a further ex ot 10 ili the records ap a ot the in I de 1 apartment id part ment au of in ili the interior particularly vad to A those of J the SRI geological burey VOI made the am original of 10 the sul oil resources ot n uie S properties po o P b the atri aall government camu pam and many ot 1 recall which brought about no j the withdrawals P does not in mean noo however that joni ail 11 the area of oil ito pool leads q have q bien ps bet aside ili for a 9 future petroleum sup dom ply ild IVA for the eal navy A apart 4 from the sarv ko al reserve only alan a relatively email part iud a of the SIR acreage alua q has q been o dedicated to naval ia use tills acreage OR 1 in continental 1 al mao a united 11 P states ST IB composed compo hed of naval lma 4 reserve 9 tz no I 1 1 1 sit 88 naval ival reserve SO oiz no 2 na euena vleta 3 cal 13 1 Z 6 in acrea pan and noval I 1 re aerie 11 io 9 idl despot L d I dome salt D mad creek ma wyoming 21 a 9 acres these are 1 III the reserved reser vea qa where aj the 3 government j leases to 11 1 the 1 doheny 94 4 9 pon and sinclair 1 in treats bae resulted hajn in I the 1 case now c VO congress the aj j tar 12 1 greater areas a of public lands pon from entry are q bield by qa the w government I 1 tor j 2 general W pur ind ad poses some 11 a ol 01 the 11 property may all later he turned a over 3 to qa the naty A pon and some to q be restored 1 P 4 to swu entry pa and private prospecting d permitted upon 11 1 it withdrawn by L taft U it 11 was 1 in 1009 during the aj taft 11 1 1 ad P ministration IOs secretary Secret 4 arv O a of interior a bal IT linger persuaded pd aj the d president ISO lu to ol with IM laroqu draw about 9 wo acres so of oil landa 1 in wyoming and P california suase ans b zb quent z withdrawals 1 1 tonk 41 4 A place so as follows folso I 1 october bolo OWL 1909 aid acres in 11 utah auja pa and s acres 1 in wyoming oam a december 1809 1 acres in at wyom 1 g r january V AI 1910 M alss acres I 1 in jiva california VJ february itt acrea of in california february acres S ut in wyoming 21 april 1910 cz am acres 1 SO 7 in wyoming lody april 1810 ho 07 8 1 acres 1 in utah ly sly may S 1910 acres SO 1 in new 1 mexico pon and alf january 1910 3 ow GOO acres 1 in tal wyoming bol those aj withdrawals were I 1 all it P deals 21 IV P as temporary ladi soon after they were ordered p some question arose so as 1 to ill the authority lIVon Al of AV qa the d president iid II to SIM buch q action ana do n the matter came up 11 in congress au S where action a was taken ao igual confirming 21 the SIT d power of 30 the ap 1 to d PJ ide j for 41 the oil 11 reserve rills other amia withdrawal lS a were or dered as time soon went jua on ila all for aj the d pur sd of AV conserving oil 11 resources AV rf p the nation opa which alq happened ddn D to 01 Q be located PI I P on no all government paul lands thi qs withdraw djs M ITS all told TM amounted to a 2 7 Is acres 1 in california 87 48 acres al 1 in colorado TOD III 70 acres 0 1 in 1101 louisiana alwa acres 1 IQ new M mexico nth 74 6 a acres in wa isil acres in utah illin and 1 acres VT la wyoming ILL the first suggestion 1 of an a 2 government 1 oil ito reserve policy vj tor the q benefit ig or 1 cavy ithe ISIT 1 a was 1 in 13 the 01 orm a of loe moran a ap dum oj from 0 george XI ito ins smith O director I a ot the ill geological irvey to 0 secretary f SIM PIP 1 in 1908 referring 4 to the so in creasing use as of in al ial fuel I oil ila bv all the british ItS navy 0 and pu tle possibility or the aalt general lo use as a of such too fuel by faial to widis A dimitar report was made by ja dr smith ul in 1809 to al secretary who took qa the matter I 1 1 auder pv P j ju pa and 31 later pill laid it before president alj I taft the tatt ITS order of J I 1 1909 followed withdrawing large 21 4 tracts 34 3 of J oil IT T PT lands P j from ento clio val alnee earb 41 later WOI loop dent taft IASI created baj the q OU first of j the ill oflas IV oil reserves now a 11 known so as ll 11 0 o 1 in beuthein Bou thein california a this IT wai an fn P anly of J that mr A year and pa set aou aside pl 3 0 stia acres V of poll land oj for the exclusive we of jo the q navy two mouths jan ili later a qa the becom 0 on of the may S dp department V president TV T tart IASI created pull H reserve aai no 2 I 1 also in bouthern california amounting to 28 O acas 19 9 bothi 1 14 ina were 0 believed TV to 1 be neb IT in oil th ric liest SO of any of A the SIT oil luodo ST biad been previously A from gitry hii by in tha genoria no order of president 1 11 it was fina I ia 1 april IM M I aj president pl lu aubon M upon 0 of frecie tary A lane V map I to I 1 turn I 1 over to the A in viany the teapot dome 1110 area in 21 naO creating what haq 1 18 odowd as idaia Ites tr nr no S abia was known amoun to ol be rich 1 in oil 1110 aad pv was d part 1 of an the al tins salt creele oil ai where vast iq quant illcH a of oil ila had pu been found pum 11 three jj timea ill the teapot dome mi 4 tract 14 1 poll had been the ax sg first time arap by ad president laft in III SIR 2 general 1914 order ill the second POO I time 1 by president taft jax I lu 1 lq hia second doaa order under the new man law all and po a third pil time J by president A vonjj when q it 11 waa vla A found p that the qa navy S would pv palo need even 12 2 greater 1 quantities of AV fuel 1 oil than oll lo had been q calculated on alier I 1 aj the 1 last 11 1 order a of a d president juopo creat 13 a IV oil 11 reserve was that ow of io president harddng betting cupl aside da IT square 10 miles IT of jo oil pool lands 1 in IV alaska I 1 an area larger 2 than qa the entire fl aj tate ot J maine for ili the exclusive ase a of the sul antny S juat M q how a much IT oil 11 there 1 la 1 in qa the oil ito reserve nobody seq snows geologists of AV the aji I 1 geological al I 1 12 SO 1 survey refuse j to make san any god positive DAIJI they have found seepage all U along the SIT V arctic ol coast I 1 and P 1 in many ann spots 1011 inland PJ much of AV 1111 tills area 1 its totally unknown 1 to biao va except id as it 11 appears d W on ija the mop |
