The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-03-26
SOL|D|F|ED ALCO-
HOL IDEAL FUEL

IHe silver state is just IN receipt OF
sample of solidified alcohol, of 1872
deg. proof, from the inventor, Carl w
Hartzfelt, president of the Wood
Waste Distilleries Co., of Wheeling
West Virginia. The alcohol, when
ignited by a match, burns with in.
tense heat, giving off neither odor nor
smoke.
The Silver State has on several oc.
casions in the past few months pub
lished interesting paragraphs about
denatured alcohol and its possibilities
also to the value of converting sage
brush and other waste materials into
alcohol and other bi-products that
would produce millions of dollars to
Nevada which otherwise would be a
total loss, as it always has been here
tofore. Nevada is not the desert
wastes it is supposed to be by the
world at large and even by many of
her citizens. The very presence of
sagebrush on a piece of land is proof
of the fertility of the soil. The de-
gree of agricultural value is shown by
the heavy or light growth of sage
brush, which also indicates more or
less moisture, for it will not grow on
absolutely arid soil. Hence when
crossing many of the Nevada valleys
where nothing can be seen but sage
brush, some of it six to eight feet
high, one needs no better evidence Of
the powers of the soil than such a
sight. There the homeseeker may stake
out 800 acres (under the enlarged
homestead act) and safely depend upon
finding water at from ten to thirty
feet for domestic and possibly irrigat-
ing purposes. Formerly the only use
for the sagebrush was fuel No crops
could be planted until the land was
cleared and plowed. This was heavy
expense to the poor homesteader, so
much so that but few homesteads were
claimed except where running springs
were found.
With the alcohol apparatus all of this
Is changed. The more sagebrush now
the better, as each ton of it can be
made to net the homesteader about ten
dollars per acre. The products are
marketable as fast as converted. A
320-acre homestead now may be made
to yield over $4,000 cash in one wear
with only the help of the family or any
cheap help, estimating only one ton of
sagebrush to the acre, while much Of
the land will yield more than FIVE tons
per acre. A complete apparatus (fami-
lily size) is capable of producing more
than one and a half gallons of alco-
hoi per hour and costs about $3.50
laid down in Nevada. Such apparatus
is exempt from the U. s. distillers
license, requiring only $500 bond
that no whisky or taxable spirits will
be made with it.
Companies are rapidly forming to
control the use of the apparatus
throughout the west and to manufac-
ture denatured alcohol and other BIZ
products on a large scale. Denatured
alcohol today is of the greatest interest
and untold benefit to the American
people. 1t opens an absolutely new
field for investment for progressive
paper pulp and chemical fiber mills,
paint. varnish, soap and candle MAX
ers, gardeners. farms, sawmills, can.
neries, etc. The automobiles and
navies of the world clamor for this
new tax-free cheap alcohol. Besides,
no trust stands in the way of indus
trious men who have but a few hun
dred dollars in starting a profitable
business. The apparatus is portable,
the family size" complete weighing
only 320 pounds can be mounted on a
wagon, and in place of hauling raw
material to the plant can be taken to
the raw material and work it up.
The Silver State will be glad to
give further information about this
new industry to any one desiring it.