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THE BEAVER HERALD, HEAVER, OKLAHOMA REGENERATIVE SET COSTLY BUT USEFUL Methods for Converting the Sim ple Vacuum Tube Receiver Into That Type. Thcro tiro a great ninny nmnteurs who own and operate radio receiving sets using vacuum tubo detectors who would lltio to liavo regenerative re vivors. Itegeneratlve receivers, how over, aro relatively expensive because of the lilgh royalty tlio companies li censed to manufacture theso sets pay for tlio uso of the Armstrong patent. The regeneratlvo circuit Is desirable In splto of these difficulties, becnuso by converting his vacuum tubo de tector Into a regenerative receiver, an amateur ennnot only then pick up un damped or contlnuous-wnvo signals but his Incoming signals will bo great ly amplified. A regeneratlvo receiver will produce for the snmo Incoming sig nal p much stronger response In the headphones than a non-regencratlvo receiver In connection with h onc ntugc ampllller. Then, too, tho ad dition of tho nmpllflcr necessitates extra rubes, amplifying transformers, -etc., ns a first cost and more power to opcrato ns a maintenance, cost. The simple vacuum tube receiver us ing a tuning coll only for vnrylng wavo length can be recommended ns length, a better circuit arrangement can bo had for regeneration. Figure J shows the circuit connected for re generation. This Is also tho ultra audlon circuit. My the use of the ultra nudlon circuit tho slmplo looso coupler enn also ho converted Into a regenera tlvo circuit with n vacuum tube. Ono of the best methods for con verting n looso coupler Into n regen erative circuit receiver, provided tho primary of the loose coupler Is equipped with two sides, Is shown In Figure I,. Hero the primary of tho looso coupler is used not- only as a part of the antenna oscillating circuit, but also ns tho pinto Inductance coll fnri5ri 77qJ J for feeding energy bnck to the grid cir cuit from the plate circuit. Tho best method of adapting n looso coupler to n regenerative circuit arrangement Is shown lu Figure M. Tho primary of the loose coupler is used for tuning ns In n .single, circuit tuner employing a tuning coll. The secondary of the tuning coll Is not connected In the grid circuit ns It nor mally is, hut is In the plate circuit. My connecting tho secondary In tho plato circuit, tho amount of In ductance In tho pinto circuit can bo vnrlcd and the coupling of the plate :0 i i i rl IT I FTf . LU 9 j p, ' i & ti?- shown in Figure I, to form a regenera tlvo 'circuit. When the two-point switch Is on contact No. 1, the set Is non-regenorntlvc. Turning tho switch to point No. 2 makes the set regenera tive. Tlio circuit arrangement for re generatlvo Is known as tho ultra au dlon circuit. It Is dllllcult to control the nmount of regeneration In a circuit of this H-1 , -?? , if f V r- Jdh 3 cQPH'I'H' 4 ! tjpe and close adjustment of the illn tnent current and pinto potentials Is necessary to avoid distortion. When nn antenna series condenser Is used In conjunction with the tun ing coll for controlling tho wave. circuit back to the antenna nnd tho grid circuit enn be controlled. This will allow any desired result In re generating that can be used to obtain excellent results. For those who wish to retain tho selective tuning properties of n looso coupler, tho feed bnck arrangement shown In Figure N Is suggested. In this circuit a third coll called a "tickler" Is connected In tho pinto circuit nnd used to feed bock tho pinto circuit energy Into tlio grid cir cuit. Tho tickler coll Is similar In physical dimensions to the secondary of tlio loose coupler though It need have only approximately 75, per cent ns many turns. It should be mounted on rods to slide back and forth Inside of the pri mary of the loose coupler, entering the primary from the opposite side ns does the loose coupler; that Is, a Ioosp coup ler equipped with two secondaries, one sliding In one side of tho primary, nnd the other sliding In the other side of the primary. It Is desirable to have more taps on the tickler coll than there usually nro on the secondary so ns to permit n closer adjustment ol the plate circuit Inductuncc. Radio Fans Dlamed in Paris. Tho opening of tho Rtntlon nt niffei tower for broadcasting purposes brought much Joy to tho continent and Knglnnd. but not to tho French department of communications which controls the wlro systems there. In Paris alone It Is reported (hat more than i.'OO telephone receivers nro "lift ed" every day nnd nover returned The udlo fans are blamed. AvrtKntXMl XQ$on (Copr for Thl Ptpiirtintnt fluppllM fey th Amtrtcan Lvttlon Nwi Atnrlc.) LEGION MEN ON HERO LIST David O'Leary and W. W. Cotton of Pasadena Pott Rescue Victims of Explosion. Thcro came a deafening roar, and cut of the building gushed the strong odor of ammonia gases. David J. O'Leary, n d J u -tant, and W. W. Cotton, of the Pasadenn, O a 1 . , Post No. 13, American Legion, peered through tho dark toward tho post club rooms. "My God," O'Leary cried. "Tho boy scouts are holding a meeting up there. And the caretakers must bo In there, too." Tho men ran Into the building, fought their way through the deadly ammonia fumes, one In search of the caretakers, the other upstnlrs to the clubrooms, where the Pasadenn boy scouts wero holding their mectlug. Hut the boy scouts, acting with tho steadiness of nerve and calm discipline that arc the result of their training, nlrendy wero marching out of the building nnd carrying, four of them detailed for the work, n crippled boy scout who had been overcome. They had even remembered to pull a pillow case over the stricken boy's bend, and they carried hi in out to safety and revived him. Colton and O'Leary, staggering, groping their way, searched for and found Mrs. Maude Flshburn nnd Mrs. A. Ilnrc, tho caretakers, v h o hail) been sleeping In their qunrters In the building. They carried both women to safety. First aid treat ment r o v I v c d them. Tho two Legionnaires also wero resuscitated. The post's clubrooms are over an Ice plant, and It was en ammonia tank In tho plnnt which exploded. It was de dared that If It had not been for the bravery of O'Leary and Colton the two women would huvo met death. ft AUXILIARY WOMEN SET PACE Under Leadership of Mrs. Rose Cra vens, Missouri and Kansas Work ers Conduct Benefit. "Let's go," tho rallying cry of the American Legion, went flying over Kansas recently when It was an nounced that the American Legion of Kansas nnd Missouri would take over tho dedication of Kansas 0 1 1 y's new $500,000 speedway, shar ing in the re ceipts. Mrs. Itose K. Cravens, pres ide nt of tho Woman's auxiliary, sounded the cry to all the members of tho auxiliary In her state, and began Immediately or ganizing (lying squadrons of ticket sellers" In every city nnd town of Kan sas. "We're working for the disabled veterans, nnd their dependents, and the dependents of tho "dead heroes," Mrs. Cravens told tho auxiliary work ers, explaining that the two American Legion departments would realize $00, 000 from the dedication. The women responded with enthus iasm. Under Mrs. Cravens' leadership they conducted n campaign ns stren uous us any held In war days. They gave of their tlive and energies to make the dedication a great success, and American Legion officials declared the women of Kansas and Missouri outshono the men In their activity. LIKE "BLESSED HAVEN" IDEA Wildwood (N. J.) Lealon Poet Estab lishes Retreat for the Convales cent Ex-Service Men. That hiatus of loneliness and pain and weakness that often Is tho lot of the veteran as he leaves tho operat ing room of a government hospital, and before he can go to his home, Is being made ono of pleasure and real rest by the Myron Pennington Croket post of the American Legion nt Wild wood, N. J. The post has established what Is known ns Itlessed Haven, a retreat for the convalescent, ex-service men. It Is the only Institution of Its kind In the state. So successful has Mlcssed Haven been, nnd so thoroughly has It become all that its name Implies, that other Legion posts nro contemplating tho establishment of like retreats. It Is planned to have them In the more thickly populated sections In order to bring the boy ns close to their homes as possible. TO AID LEGION'S AFFLICTED Chairman of Rehabilitation Commit tee Shows Need of Cars (or World War Victims. Many n former soldier hoy li find ing his old olllcers, who, like himself, liavo returned to the paths of pence, spending their time ami energies nnd m o n u y lighting his battles for him these days, P urttculnrly thoso born of the war ho helped to win. Ono of these has como to tho forefront In smnslilni? fashion In tne national dispute between Ilrlg adlcr General Sawyer and the nation al rehabilitation committee of the American Legion over the committee's claim -sif governmental neglect and ob struction In providing hospitals for the disabled cternns. He Is Humphrey Mcllrlde, former lieutenant colonel, of St. Louis, and chairman of the rehabilitation com mittee of District No. 0, comprising Missouri, Ktiusns, Iown nnd Nebraska In thu United Stntes Veterans' burenu designation of territory. Following Suwyer's statement to A. A. Sprngue, chnlrman of tho nntloiial commltteo that "no now liavo hospitals enough except In two districts," Mr. Mcllrldo created something of n furoro In mak ing n ilelnlled report of conditions In District No. I), which wns not one of the districts mentioned by the general, and supporting Mr. Sprnguo's strong claim thnt General Sawjer falls to comprehend the nature of the great problem the disabled present. Mr. Mcllrldo quotes tho government report of 1,!14S beds nvulhible In Mis souri Cor disabled veterans nnd as serts n careful check hy his committee can locuto only 1,143. Ho nsscrts there nro C.000 enses of Insnno with only 492 In hospitals, and thnt part of these nro In contract Institutions at an nverngo expense of ?300 a day without any supervision whatsoever over tho cure given them. "There nro 518 Insnno comrades who should bo receiving tho best of enre, In Missouri, Kansas, Iown and Ne braska," he declares. "They should bo In hospltRls. Tho district absolute ly requires Immediately up-to-dato hos pital facilities for treatment of 1,000 Insane veterans. "There Is urgent need for satisfac tory hospital facilities for 1,000 med ical nnd surgical cases In order that the suspected Insane or tuberculous vet erans may bo provided with observa tion and diagnosis, nnd thnt hundreds of totally or partially disabled veter ans may bo treated and re-cxnmlned as the occnslon requires. Thcro are, according to the nctual records of tho Veterans' burenu 0,000 cx-scrvlce men In this district suffering with tubercu losis; 101 nro In hospitals within tho district, Ci! of them In contract hos pitals, 139 In government loaned or leased Institutions. Many more have been sent to tho South or West fnr away from homes nnd families. This district Imperatively needs two GOO bed hospitals locnted nt points within the district, nnd easy of access." ft)f.MjrUWAirAWAiVAHAHAWAWAT? Just Before Hi3 y M GIVES HOSPITAL TEA PARTY National President Lealon Auxiliary Helps Celebrate Anniversary of Surgical Patient. Jnck L. HnmlU of tho Twenty-third Infantry, Second division, hnd spent n year nnd u day In the Snered Heart hospital In Spokane, Wash., when Mrs. Lowell F. Hohnrt, national president of the American Legion Auxlllnry, vis ited thcro recently. Ho Jokingly sug gested n celebration of his anniversary as a surgical patient. Mrs. John It. Necly, department president of Washington, und Mrs. Hobnrt Immediately nrrnnged n tea Tea Party for One. pnrty for one, and the event wns plio; tographed, to preserve a souvenir for Huinlll. This Institution was ono of mora than u dozen thnt Mrs. Ilobnrt visited In six weeks' trip through nlno west ern nnd Pacllc coast stntes In June nnd July. In every hospital sho re ported Ending (hat the Auxiliary wom en wero welcomed bv tho veterans and by the authorities lit charge Just Before Hi3 Wedding By LILY WANDEL 61 KKww.H-Hi'Mi-M)f : J by McClura Neitriioprr Syndic!' ) It had been very fortunnte thnt he Inn! fiillen In love with Leonn Sim mons, in thu llrst place, It pleased his mother tremendously, for Leonn wns a special friend of the family, grently beloved und mndo much Of by his mother nnd sisters. For fully six months before he proposed, Leonn had scarcely missed spending n week-end with them, to say nothing of the ninny dinners and parties. In the second place, It wns very for tunnte for tho business, because this was sndly crippled for the Inck of new capital. And In the third place, It was going to make things ensy for his sis ters because Leonn, as an attractive widow, wealthy, with nn assured social position, would bo sure to protego them successfully Into tho right cir cles. Truly, It had been fortunntu that be, Kdgnr Wallace, had fallen In love with Leonn. He would bo on cusy street the rest of his life, nnd besides that he would huvo the delightful com panionship of Leonn. She wns n llttje older than he. but that was trilling. To do Kdgnr Justice, It must bo said that If he had not loved Leonn sin cerely he never would have nsked her to marry him, no mutter how lillurlng nil the other details might he. It wns Indeed fortunnte that he hnd fallen. In loe with her,, he thought very often, nnd not without n contented, happy smile. It wns pleasant to see bis mother fairly brimming over with happiness, tho glrN aglow with plans for the future nnd to bo nblc to seo Leonn every day. Life seemed like u long tweet dream. A few weeks before bis wedding bis mother enmo to him with n plan. "I enn't mnnngo It nlono, Kdgnr, It's too much. Look nt tho heap of un answered Invitations and things on my desk. What do ymi think? Can we stretch n point nnd engngu n social secretary for n few weeks until after the wedding?" Kdgnr agreed Immediately, It wns a sensible thing to do. He had forgolten about tho arrange ment when, n few days later, ho met a young person In the library u very young thing, not more than twenty, slim nnd not very tall, dnrk hair thnt cuiled naturally Loonn's wns straight the pertcst little red mouth nnd two dark, Inquiring eyes. Kdgnr stared, bowed and hurriedly left the roqm. Later, of course, ho wns Introduced to the new secretary. It wns peculiar thnt during tho next few days Kdgnr hnd quite n tew things to attend to In the library, where tho secretary was Installed. And It wns odd, too, tho Interest ho suddenly took In his mother's social affairs. The In terest grew tremendously; be bud to dictate n few private letters himself and thereby was forced to cancel nn engagement with Leonn. His personal correspondence In creased. Ho wanted to get rid of n lot of stult before bis wedding, he told his mother, , Then It hnppcnded that one dny when Miss Mowers wns going for a bit of fresh nlr Kdgnr was Instantly re minded of n letter he had to send (pcclnl delivery nnd naturally they left the house together. Kdgnr thought n tramp through the park would do him good. It wns cold nnd there wns n thick Injer of snow on the ground. A stray little boy threw n snowball nnd In two minutes they were having tho merriest time Imaginable. When, rosy, laughing nnd panting, they continued their walk, he found out her name was Josephine but that ever) body called her Jo. Ho rather liked that, Jo, nnd kept repenting It to himself, so thnt when lie left her and took her hand, ho said without think ing, "(Jood-by, little Jo I" A day or two luter ho confessed to himself that be loved her desperately. Was ever n man In such n predica ment? To be married In less than two weeks, tho wedding Invitations sent out, the very honeymoon trip planned, nnd then to Hnd ho loved this little Jo I Loved her so overwhelmingly that he could not marry Leonn, no mat ter If It kllied tho whole family. Ho lay In bed at night planning des perately how to tell his mother, nnd how to tell Leonal A dozen different ways presented themselves, but' by the time dawn came he had rejected each one nnd was as fnr with his problem ns when bo had retired. The worst of It was ho begun to realize that IiIr love wns returned J'y little Jo! In her soft brown eyes uib an unmistakable light, n wistful, coax ing, dreamy, telltale look I At first his heart hounded with Joy and then Immediately sank In deep despair. Sleepless nights were telling on him, he looked haggard. Luckily everybody wns too busy to notice. A hundred times bo was nt the verge of throwing convention to the winds nnd simply gathering Jo to his heart nnd telling her of his love, but each time with nn almost super human effort ho controlled himself. Thnt would not bo fair to Leonn ho must first break with her. He would begin n letter the words would not wrlto themselves he'd begin another, still nnother nnd then go out in despair, Then ono evening ho hurried homo from u party determined to speak to Jo nt once. He knew the entire fam ily would be out nnd Jo had somo work to finish In the flbrnry. Softly ho let himself In nnd tiptoed down the hull, to surprise Jo. Hut before bo pushed tho portieres aside bo slopped nnd listened Jo wns talking to homebody. To Ci I en son, the butler. Kdgnr sighed with relief. A very strange thing happened to Kdgnr us he listened to the conver sation between his mother's secretary nnd the butler; lie felt himself ngutn about fifty years old nnd nt the snmo Unto he felt a now kind of youth surg ing through his body. It was not what Jo snld, nor whut Olenson ould It wns thu tono of both; In fact, Kd gnr did not grasp whnt they were talk ing about for qui to n while then he realized that they wero discussing Leonn nnd himself. They spoke In thnt easy, enngentnl mnnner which clearly evinces thnt two persons understand each other. If It were not love nt least It wns n very happy basis for love. I'M gar tiptoed nwuy, out of tho house, with un Indescribable feeling of having escaped a great calamity. He thought of.l.eonn and mentally fell tilion his knees worshiping a solemn vow In his heart that till through their married llfu he would atone for tho fidly of his thoughts by loving devo tion. And If Jo loved him, well, It was not a deep nor sacred love that pre vented her discussing him with the but lur. As for (llenson, Kdgnr felt llko congratulating the man, lie was a lino fellow, the kind who does not stay hutlerlng very long, but rides to suc cess In the automobile business or buino llitst-cluss seashore hotel, NEW PROCESS AGES FLOUR Baking Qualities Are Immensely In creased by the Addition of Chlorine to Carotin. Flour when It ages tunis whiter and Increases In the quantity ol' acidity, writes Dr. Frederick L. Dunlnp of Chi cago in Chemical and Metallurgical Knglneerlng. As Hour nges it becomes a better Hour, (or It produces a larger and better lonf of bread. Freshly milled Hours do not produce the best of which they are capable. A great iidvuuco wns made In tho milling urt by tho Introduction of a method for treating Hour In tho mill whereby such freshly milled Hour at once took on tho properties of a properly aged Hour, so that the Hour could then go to tho consumer In condition to render nt once Its highest baking value. The aging of Hour Is not commercial ly feasible. Tim cost Is against It for one thing. Another objection, from a commercial standpoint, Is tho Impos sibility of following the condition of the nglng Hour, especially If one wishes to cutch It at tho peak, for stored Hour Is constantly varjlng In Its baking ca pacity, finally reaching nn optimum and then beginning to decline. Hcn,co any method which the miller enn em ploy, assuming lor the moment that It Is unobjectionable from a health stand point, which will Instantly convert a Hour to Its optimum linking value und then stabilize It Is of great moment to the public. Tills state of affairs Is brought about In Hour by treating It with chlorine, nnd tho general result Is known ns "maturing" I, e., tho general effect of "maturing" Hour Is that which nature produces In ngtng flour a whitening effect, together with greatly Improve baking qualities. Tho yellow coloring matter of flour Is carotin, which Is ulso whnt gives carrots their color. Chlorine oxidizes tlio cnrotln, which then loses Us color. Pianos Made Rosewood Famous. Ono of the Interesting woods which wns early Identified with tho veneer Industry, yet Is not frequently men tioned today, Is rosewood. Itosewood was mndc famous In tho piano Industry by Its use In somo of tho finest pianos In the pioneer days of Amerlcn. And it Is still used for musical and scientific purposes, but It does enter for other purposes. Includ ing furniture nnd sporting and athletic goods. Ilrazll Is ono Important source of rosewood, nnd there seems to bo nynll able from Ilrazll and from other Latin American countries einxigh rosewood lo servo the present demands. And perhaps one reason why the demnnd Is limited Is becnuso It rates high In price. It Is snld thnt n thousand tons of rosewood n yenr arc Imported Into tho United States. Origin of Cochineal Industry. The cochineal Industry originated In Onxncn, Mexico, and spread henco to Central America, then to the Canary Islands nnd elsewhere. The Indians of Oaxnca hnd used tho brilliant and permanent scarlet dye to color their sarapes, probably for cen turies, without dlseoverlng that they wero Indebted to a minute Insect which feeds on n certain species of cactus. They thought they wero bak ing or boiling a nntural product of tho plant Itself. However, they were per fectly familiar with Its virtues, us they were with many of the native dyo woods. Hero are still to be bought the best Indian blankets In the republic, of either wool or cotton, dyed with vege table colors. Three Peaks Out of One. Itemnnnts of tho Ico ago ore partic ularly Interesting In the Mucky Moun tain National purk, where huge valleys have been plowed out through count less nges, possibly 5,000,000 years ago. Cinders transformed what was n bln glo mountain mass Into three peaks l.oiiL-'s. Meeker nnd Lady Washington . !... ..... L..W.....1 ...I.). T.ina .la 1 1U ling" iu R.u't.u, m, i .,'iia w.T- Ir.g to an efcvatlon of W.255 fectk or nearly three miles above sea level."