Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1908-03-07
DENAIURED ALCOHOL.
May Make Il Future Fuel ot
the West,
Bv Fred W. Lewis, Secretary Washington Stat
Grunge Tumwater. Wash.

i Bv Fred W. Lewis, Secretary Washington Stat
Grange. Tumwater, Wash.
Two years ago the Grange, assist
| ed by some other organizations, went
to work to try and pass law that
| would allow alcohol to be manufac'
tured and used for light and fuel
I! without having to pay the prohibi'
| ii e revenue tax, that had been re-
| ouired by the government, so as to
| free the people of the country from
| the tyranny of the Standard Oil Co.,
which has gradually raised the price
of fuel oil from low price to an
amount that IL paying the monopoly
extremely large dividends, thereby
leyying an unreasonable tax on tn
consumer of the products of petro-
leum.
After a long and hard fight In
congress in which the Standard Oil
Company did their best to prevent
the passage of the bill, we conquered
and now a farmer, or several of them
may erect a still, and make alcohol
In any quantities, the same to be de-
natured, or poisoned, by officers ap-
pointed by the government, and may
then be used or sold to any one un-
der permit which may be obtained
from the government.
1t Is now our duty to get the ap-
plances for the use Of the product
into general use, so that there will
be demand for the alcohol, so that
there will be distilleries installed all
over the west, so as to use the waste
products of our farms to make fuel
for our engines, stoves, both heating
and cooking, and to give us one of
the best lights that you ever saw.
wish that it were possible for ms
to show the lamp with it's beautiful
light, so that you could realize the
value of it as a light producing fuel.
Wherever | have demonstrated the
light, it has met with an enthusias-
tic reception and it is only a ques-
tion of letting people see the value
of de-natured alcohol, to insure
demand that will fill our land with
dlstilleries, making our own fuel out
of the small potatoes, sprouted
wheat, small, and imperfect apples,
and fruit of other varieties, and in
fact, anything that is composed OF
sugar or starch.
A corn-field, with it's stalks filled
with sweetness, will make large
quantities Of alcohol, and small
amount of land will raise enough
fuel to keep our homes well heated
and lighted for the year.
Another good quality of this al
cohol is that it is perfectly clean and
healthful. There is no dust, smoke,
SCOT, or gas, developed in the burn
ing of it for either light or heat,
and it does not vitiate the air in the
room, as it contains oxygen, in itself
and does not have to use the oxygen |
out of the air in the room, so much |
as any other fuel.
There is no k-trimming to be |
done, as the wick is never on fire,
and as far as smoke is concerned, |
my washing, so the lamps are much |
easier to take care Of.
You can turn it off until there Is
,ery small light, and SO makes per-
ect night lamp, as there is no gas,
Is there is from kerosene lamp,
o make the bed room a hot-bed of
lisease.
There is another great boon to the
housewife in the alcohol flat-irOn,
which will burn only about a cents
vorth of fuel, rather than ten or fif-
cen cents worth as when you have
o use a stove of any sort. You can
AXE this flatiron into any room of
he house, out onto the porch, out
nder shade tree, or anywhere else i,
hat you want to, as you have no
string" attached to you as in the
lectric iron, and you do not have to
.avel back and forth between the
oning board and the stove, as you
ave always had to do, nor do you
ave to stand near hot stove while
ou are doing your ironing.
Write to me and l will tell you
ow you may procure these splendid
improvements, as the Grange is an
ous to get people to know of the
dvantages to be derived from the .
production of denatured alcohol