Alcohol from wood waste eyed as gasoline substitute
The forest products laboratory reports denatured alcohol can be produced from sawdust and wood waste at 13 to 20 cents a gallon, with 35 gallons per ton of sawdust. Western larch and other woods show promise for replacing gasoline in power use, prompting planned factory construction and a congressional investigation.
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Congress
Butte
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
Montana
Idaho
Department of Agriculture
Howard F. Weiss
Madison Laboratory
Committee of Congress
Power savings and profit from using waste for lumber mill
The article notes that using excess power from an average mill would not only yield about 40 cents profit per cord but also eliminate the need to burn wood waste, valued at roughly 11 to 22 cents per 1,000 feet of lumber produced.
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Mnil
Industrial Alcohol to Save Auto Industry
C C Hinkley argues government backed production of alcohol from potatoes could lower fuel costs and support autos by mixing with kerosene. Tests from Thomas B Jeffery Co. show an alcohol blend delivering similar power to 58 octane gasoline in a Master carburetor setup, suggesting potential for trucks.
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Chalmers Motor Co
Germany
C. C. Hinkley
Thomas B. Jeffery Co
G. W. Smith
Maxwell Car Sets Stunning Stunt In New Film Sequence
Maxwell dealer E. J. Boeseke Jr of Santa Barbara touts a dramatic test for the Maxwell car. A film stunt required the car to hit a 50 mph speed, leap a 33 foot chasm, and land on all four wheels intact. The Maxwell reportedly performed flawlessly in the Flying A Pictures sequence “The Secret of the Submarine.”
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Maxwell
Moving Picture
E. J. Boeseke, Jr
Santa Barbara
California
Max
Boeseke
Boescke
Pacific Pepper
Unique Ford Films Show Easter Eggs and Big Events
Ford Motor Company new films for Ford Animated Weekly feature Easter egg rolling by 10 000 St Louis pupils and a White House lawn parade. Also captured are Washington baseball season opening, Harvard and Princeton boat races, a New York City fire costing 75000 and displacing 300 families, and Boston Athletic Association marathon events.
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Motion Picture Department
Ford Motor Company
Ford Animated
St. Louis
White House
D. C
Atlantic City
Wilson
Washington
Harvard
Princeton
New York City
Boston Athletic Association
The Alamo Stand Against Mexican Army
In early Texas history the famous Alamo at San Antonio saw 150 Texans make a valiant stand against 1500 Mexican soldiers. The clash became a defining moment in the Texas struggle for independence.
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Alamo
San Antonio
Tires Grind Out At A Fearful Rate
Motor trucks with the U S Army in Mexico show tire economy despite awful conditions. Rear-drive trucks with 7000 mile tires average 1500 to 2500 miles in Mexico due to sharp flinty roads. Jeffery Quads with four wheel drive and steer run on original tires after 3000 to 4000 miles and still perform.
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U.S. Army
Mexico
Expert Women Drivers Claim Dillon Leads In Skill
A stranger in Dillon praises local women drivers calling Dillon among the top towns for expert female automobile operators. He notes a young woman driving a large touring car with careful skill as she turns Bannack street between oncoming cars. He says he has seen many towns but praises Dillon’s women drivers.
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Dillon
Montana
Bannack Street
Building Bond Approved for New Lodge in City
Columbia Falls Odd Fellows members voted eight thousand dollars for an immediate lodge building. Plans show a two story brick structure with a basement store on the first floor and a large lodge room on the second floor, measuring eighty by thirty feet.
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Columbia Falls
Odd Fellows
Dillon Astonished by Simple Mixture Adler-i-ka Claims
Dillon residents laud Adler-i-ka a simple buckthorn bark glycerine mix for fast relief of constipation sour stomach and gas. One spoonful is said to act on both bowels and can relieve chronic stomach trouble with short courses. A Potts druggist advertises the remedy.
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Dillon
A. Potts
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