The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08
GASOLINE SUBSTITUTE
PATENT BY WALLACE MEN
E. H. RECORDS TELLS OF AID.
VANTAeEs OF HIS NEW
MOTOR FUEL.

Considerable attention has been at
tracted to a new alchohol base sub
stitute for gasoline that is being dem
onstrated in Wallace and other towns
of this district by the Power Oil &
Gas company. of which f. H. Records,
Of this city is president In fact.
the company was organized by Mr.
Records to take over and CONNER
cialize a process devised by him for
the recovery of alcohol from potatoes.
and possibly other vegetable products
which it is claimed possesses de-
cided advantages over gasoline as a
motive power The process has been
patented in the United states Can
ada and Mexico, and steps are being
taken to secure patent rights i'm other
foreign countries Mr. Records is
well known in the district being
Tor several years employed in the
local shops of the O. w. r. & n. and
prior to this connection he was en-
ployed in the mechanical department
of the Hercules and Hecla mines. The !
gas or alcohol is being distilled on
a limited scale in this city for DEM
onstration purposes and i'm the mean
time steps are being taken to finance /
the company for the purpose of es-
tablishing plant with a capacity of /
800 gallons a day, the estimated cost
of which would be between $500 and
$4,000 With this accomplished, other
plants would follow on a larger scale
in various parts Of the country Dis
cussing this new motive power with
the Miner, Mr. Records said
Advantages Over Gasoline.
This new gas is being used in
trucks and stationary
engines with complete success. II is
used in any make Of car or carbur-
etor without change and completely
removes all carbon, gives a steadier
power more mileage, and viii not
heat an engine as gasoline does. In
fact, thorough tests under the most
exacting conditions indicate that it
viii make a revolutionary change IN
the production and use of motor gas
evidence of which may be
seen daily on the streets where it is
being used successfully in all makes
Of cars and subjected to the severest
tests.
alcohol itself is not new as fuel
for internal combustion engines. as it
hos hoo, ,,eo1 co, ,,,,,,- ,-,,~s in
Germany. but in all cases the engine
must be especially constructed for It,
This difficulty has been eliminated by
ne improvements covered by my pat
mt. which is controlled 10y the Power
oil & Gas company The fuel pro-
iuced under this patent can be placed
II any car without change and viii
operate any engine that viii operate
N gasoline More important still. it
will give 20 per cent more power,
more mileage, and does not affect the
rank case fabrication
Help the Farmer.
alcohol as a fuel can be made
heaply from cull potatoes. There
would be no possibility of exhausting
he source or supply, as IN the case
f gasoline, for increased consumption
f this fuel would be met by increased Z
reduction of potatoes, thus con-
ributing 10 the solution OF the prob 7
I'm that confronts the farmer in l
his product That the new /
as will successfully compete with
asolene has been proved in many a
ssts which have been made in Wal O
zee. Kellogg and Mullan. and I can ?
My repeat that it holds great prom $
e as the coming fuel for motor cars" b
The directors Of the company are I
H. Records, of Wallace T. J. a
Grady. of Spokane, and William
harmon. OF Moscow Lester s. Har
SON. of Kellogg. Is attorney for the u
,mpany. IL