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riii' ' THE BEAVER HERALD, BEAVER, OKLAHOMA ?! K 'H ' l i t ft '-' 1 u r '-. I' . ft. 1 i i I t I' I r i W IS I' ., I i -! ." - I HI I l ' RElCHrBP HMift HKIM-iMn I9h1 I k. r g "J p tw B JP1 . w BODY CAPACITY IS CAUSE OF ANNOYANCE Methods. by Which Its Effects May Be Avoided Possible Reasons for Fading Signals. Questions have been asked regard InK uti apparent phenomenon In tun lug. The phenomenon In the case l that Just as the operator tuned In his ututiou and removed his hands from the knob, the signals fuded out; or It may have been the other way around, mid If the operator touches Ills set while listening to a concert, the sig nals will fade out. This may ho mused by body ca pacity, and while some stations run Into It quite frequently, others are not bothered ut nil. Thnsa living close to n broadcasting station will never be bothered with It as It only occurs with n very close tuning. It Is explained by the fact that the capacity of the body coming In contact with the set, which Is very finely tuned, Is thrown out of adjustment by the outside In ductance. There are several ways to guord ngnlnst It, and one of the best Is to line the Inside of the panel with tin foil or aluminum foil and ground It. In pasting the tin foil on the back of the panel, It Is cut awny from all binding posts, switch points or rods to prevent short circuiting the set. There Is one exception to this, and that Is the ground binding post, df the tin foil Is pasted over this, It Is, of course, auto matically grounded. Shellac will do to make the foil ad here to the panel, which will not have to be dismantled to be lined, as the foil can 1) placed on In small strips. Another method of remedying tho effects of body capacity Is by using metal dials on the vnrlocouplcr nnd vurlomcters; and In sets where the variometers are very close to one an other, moving them away will help. Or In case It Is not desired to chango the set, placing a nonmagnetic ma terial between tho variometers which nre close to each other and grounding It will remedy tho III effects, for this case, a piece of glass such as photog raphers use, covered with tinfoil on one tide, Is effective. Failing signals have long been en countered b; itnatcura when receiving Inng.dlstanc' stations. In this case, the ulgnals from n goodly distance nway may hu coming In loud nnd clear end then without warning fado nway. In n few seconds they may return with all their force, and then when the nmnteur Is congratulating himself, agnln the voices or music die out. Or fading may take the form of varying Intensity of signals, one minute the operator being forced to fitniln his ears to catch tho sound while, tho next voices may ' loud nnd clear. There have been many theories ad vanced for this phenomenon, and wo nro giving today two of tho latest. The radio division of tho Department of Commerce Is reported to ho under the Impression that fading occurs when a cloud passes between the transmitting station and the receiving set. This theory has been one of the most popular umong (he experts, nnd recent tests 1 tecu made to obtain moro complete until. If the passing .cloud theory Is a good explanation of fading there will he some new radio development very shortly. Tho effects of vnrlous types of clouds upon the signals Is being studied, and the results of this study will be of Inter est to everyone Interested In radio. Government olllclals nre Interested In eliminating fading, or oveicomlng It ns much as possible, largely from tho standpoint of the nmnteur. as the com mercial stations, having much grenter power than amateur sets, uro able to overcome tho atmospheric effects to a great extent. Tho other theory, which has a doss relntlon to the cloud theory, Is that fading occurs when the signals pass through an area where rain Is fnlllng. In this theory, tho Idea Is brought out In n different mnnner. It Is stated In effect that clouds are a benefit to tho signals,, hut that the rain wilt hurt them. The theory Is thnt tho condensation of the particles of mnls turo In the air which form-the clouds has the property of making this me dium highly conductive to radio sig nals. Just before n storm when there Is more condensation In the clouds, the fI glials should be at their strongest. When the storm breaks, nnd the nlr becomes saturated, the condition H no M to change nnd the falling rain nctunlly grounds the signals. This midden change In atmosphere Is stated ns the reason for the varying Intensity In tho rigunls. An approximate method of measur ing the nntenna resistance Is by means of n condenser anil u calibrated 'Jo ohm resistance unit connected In se ries. This so-cnlled phantom antenna Is then connected with the antenna nnd ground circuit to a double pole, double throw switch, so that the output of the transmitting set enn bo con nected eltho to the antenna and ground or to the phantom antenna cir cuit. To 11 ml the nntenna resistance nt nny wnvo length, llrst tune the set to the desired wave tength with the transmitter, connected to the iiiitciinn nnd ground and note the antenna cur ' rent. Throw CVic output of the trims i witter on lli phantom nntenna cir cuit and adjust the resistance and ca pacity until th antenna ammeter shows tho same reading. The value of the resistance In the phantom cir cuit Is the approximate antenna re sistance at that wave length. This method of measuring the antenna re sistance Is by no means accurate, but will sene as n value, from which comparative data can be obtained. Ily plotting n curve representing the nn tenna resistance at different wave lengths It Is possible to determine whether the antenna being used has Its minimum resistance at the wave length on which the transmitting Is done. Perhnps by changing the physical dimensions of the antenna the mini mum resistance enn be shifted to tho wave length on which It Is desired to transmit If a counterpoise Is not used, tho effect on the nntenna resistance can readily be measured, approximately, by erecting a temporary ono nnd measuring the antenna resistance be fore nnd nfter the erection. Again It Is well to plot n curve showing tho relation between the wave length nnd nntenna resistance. In no case will the curve showing the relation between wave-length and nntennn resistance be smooth. Don't nllow bumps In the curve to lead oua nstrny. The absorption of energy by some nenihy object will cnuse the nntenna resistance nt certain wave lengths to show fictitiously high wave lengths. COLONEL GREEN A RADIO FAN Son of Hetty Has an Elaborate Ar paratus at His Home In New Bedford. Hound Hills, the country home of Col. Edward II. II. Green, son of the late Hetty Green, at New Hedford, Muss., sounds like a haunted estate since Its owner has been bitten by the radio bug, says the New York World. In tho sun room of the house stock quotations, wenther reports, music and speeches How nil day from the receiv ing station there. In the bouthouso come the booming tones of the ampli fier. That's nil there Is now, but Colonel Green has not done yet. Within a few days, his new six-room studio, housing the most completo broadcasting sta tion In tho country, will be unlshcd. Colonel Green Is not enjoying his radio pleasures nlone. The first try out of his truck was made a few days ago, nnd It went rolling nbout the neighborhood reeling off concerts nnd tnlk from Newark nnd Schenectady for tho delighted farmers. Hut tho amplifier Is the colonel's pet. This Is Just such n machine as was used to make President Harding's Inaugural address audible to tho 125, 000 gathered about the cnpltol. At Hound Hills the sound will be plainly heard over a radius n five miles. "Anybody who has a set of two good ears hns nil Hip required receiv ing npparntus," the colonel says. "I'm so Interested In this thing that I haven't time for anything else. I'm like n child with a new toy, who can't bo Induced to put It down." fcAt TIPS TO THE RADIOIST Itndlo concerts nro being given In public pnrks nil over the country. An International union of radio operators has been founded In Hrussels. A boy In rinlnfleld, N. J., hns built a radio set the size of a match box. Itndlo concerts nre proving of decided benefit to Inmates of In stitutions for tho Insane. In Montnnn radio Is furnishing entertainment to the oil well drillers during their Idle hours. Tho most northerly wireless station on the globe Is probably at the village of Nonrvik, Just Insldo the Arctic circle, with a population of IIGO Eskimos. An Oklahoma doctor who hns a large number of hospital pa tients maintains a radio outfit on his automobile so that he can be Instantly renched It needed ut the hospital. In tho case of the new receiv ing apparatus that goes on the throat another slang phrase be comes legitimate. To say "He got It in the neck" now means receiving radio. Mr. Edison took out a radio patent ns early ns 1SS1. but ho says It Is (lltllcult .to say who should be culled the Inventor of the wlrelets. He thinks It hns Just been "built up." Another feature of radio has come to light. In these days of the dry dinner guests nre nblo to remain comfortably nt home and hear the nftcr-dlnner speeches, cutting them us short as may bo deslrublo. Cattle are now skinned by electricity. New ns to cnttle, perhaps, but many rndlo fans have been skinned by sellers of phony stock for somo time past. Tho United States nnvnl ob servatory sends time signals to Australia by radio. It Is now said that communi cation with Venus would he en tirely within tho realm of possl blllty'woro It not for the grent cost. Dr. Abbott reports thnt the cost of sending mdlo wnves to Venus would be enormous. Thnt ph.net reflects light ns If It were surrounded by clouds nnd nil conditions Indicate Intel ligent life. ROAD PREVENTS STEALING OF MOTOR CARS BUILDING CLEAN MATERIALS FOR ROAD Builder Gets Perfect Concrete Aggre gates Along Route of Job by Ingenious Method. Elimination pt the long haul with tho assurance at the same time that sand and gravel used In concrete road construction would be thoroughly clean and free from organic Impurities was achieved In an Ingenious nnd economic manner on n section of tho Denver Morrison highway. Comparatively shal low deposits of both required compo nents of tho aggregate to be used In mixing this concrete were discovered In the bed of n small stream which Mowed within a quarter of a mile of the Job. me contractor determined to utilize this natural deposit rather than Incur the expense nnd loss of time Incident to purchase or preparation of the ag gregates In town and consequent long haul to the mixer. As It was necessary to wush nnd screen his nggregntes ns well ns to elevnte fnr Irimllntr Into .Mr. U. 1). Oylc, member of the Institute of Automobile Engineers of trucks, tho contractor decided to at Knglnnd, Is shown with his 'Tnmproof' device, which Is nttnehed to the gear tempt these operations nil In one bos of the nutomoblle, npd which Is locked by menns of a key, making It lm- lI10vo If possible, possible for nnyono to steal the car by attempting to release the brakes. Should Accordingly ho obtained n six-Inch a car In "neutral," while on n steep grade, begin to slip down hill, tha safety centrifugal pump nnd about 800 feet device automatically prevents the car from running wild, ns It locks the gears 0f 8X-Inch Iron pipe. A small sump or und brakes. English automobile manufacturers are applying the device to Ml pt wns excavated in the bed of the new cars. stream and tho Intake of the ccntrlfu- gal pump wns laid In this pit The oAbblNu Ut" uAKAub of tho ground water In the gravel bar nnnn ham dt niiDnor bed of thQ creek- The pmnp took UUUtl uAPl DC uUHtU'n water, sand nnd pebbles as large as three Inches In dlnmeter from this sump and delivered them through the Supported by Tension Wire It mTL u,Tfi Hang in PlaCC. screen on top of the bins. The supply of sand nnd stone in the ' sump wns continuously renewed by Illustration Shows Easy Way to Effect menns of horse-drawn slip scrapers. Permanent Repair Few Lengths A 8Crem composed of flat bnrs was of Strong Wire and Three cf ncros ",e toP of th,e 8un,P to r.. . N..j.j eliminate Intake of oversize stones 5piKeee a. which could not be handled by the . ,, .,,. ,i,, . . pump. At the end of the delivery line, Garngo doors have a habit of sag-:, , , , , . ,. glng after a time, making It difficult"'" f TV T, tvt to close them properly or else neces'"f d. "". ?, "ntn . .j" tntlng their removal nnd planing off8 'i6' ' ' n" . ,n .J, tho bottom. Unless the door Is small openlnB' TtiC wntcr anU 8and' 0t or exceptionally well made, planing the bottom affords only temporary relief. An easy way to effect a permanent cure for tills trouble Is to drive two spikes In opposite corners of the door us shown nnd connect them with a few flomeTown 'wlplnS-ft i--jw --- f g ,.., .. .- ....---------- Tips for Motorists. Mow down nt crossings. The temperature of n battery should bo below 110 degrees. Tires wear better In cold weather than In summer months. Give all vehicles, especially loaded trucks, a good half of tho road. Hecause new cars nre stiff nnd rltfld, they are found to bo hard on tires. The fnvorlte outdoor sport of somo drivers appears to be tak ing a chance at crossings. To clean brass castings of greasy deposits, boll them In a solution of potash or lye. The endurance, of nn nutomo blle Is unlimited; It Is simply up to the operator for service. Two drops of oil In tho starter and generator cups every 2,000 miles Insure perfect lubrlcntlon. ,---.$ PROPER CARE OF NEW AUTOMOBILE Much Trouble Can Be Traced to Neglect in Making Adjust ments Essential to Start. DRIVER OFTEN IS CARELESS J ' ' Abi" i i i i N- 5 WACt; I '" ' I I I ill i mil i 7yl353225 Owner Should Start His Motoring Ca rter With Fixed Idea That His Car Is a Piece of Machinery Requiring Attention. The life of nn nutoraobllo depends considerably upon the care which It receives. Most of tho motor-cnr trouble can be traced to putting off ndjust menfs thnt can be rcgulnrly attended to. Carelessness uf the owner bus been the cause In many ense hence he Is to blame for the short Bcnice ot his cnr. Begin Care With Purchase. Proper cure of the car should begin with the purchase. Itlght then tho owner should start his motoring ca reer with the fixed Idea that his auto mobile la a pleco of machinery, sub ject to wear nud requiring Just as much Attention as you would bestow on n dynamo, n grandfather's clock 'or a rndlo outfit. Keeping thin In mind will offset the common Impression that many motorists possess. Not n few drivers have 8cntimentul thoughts concern ing their cars, believing that they will nlwuys stand up without proper nt tcntlon. Such men are usually dis illusioned Just when tho service of their cnr means most to them. Hegulnr attention nnd enro pro longs the service, of the car to n vastly greater extent than porloaicul com pleto overbadings. Get tho habit of Inspecting jour car bet'oro mnklng u trip, Just the samo as tho far-sighted horsemuu will rub his hand over his anlmul before mounting. Inspect Vital Parts. A glnnt-e under the hood with tho motor rutiUlng, attention to any sounu uot In tunc, n measurement of gus. wntcr and oil, a test of tho wires nud tires will be well worth tho slight do loy In sturtlng. Such nu Inspection of vital parts will offset unnecessary annoyances and greater delay later on tho trip. The motorist should study the com plete Instruction book ns supplied him jiy the manufacturer In order thnt ho will know the proper care of all the parts of his car. As hu becomes fa miliar with us many parts as possible, he will fully reuliio that service rests prlraurlly upon the nttcntlon the car tecelves. Supported by th. Tension Wire, the Garage Door Will Hang Without Sagging From Its Hinges. lengths of strong wire. Place two blocks of wood under the wire, forcing It out n few Inches from the door. Take n third spike and Insert It be tween the strands of wire nnd twist the wire with the spike. This will net ns n turn-buckle and draw the bottom of the door up. When sulllclent clearance Is obtained, drive the center spike Into the door nnd you have n permanent repair. In cuses where the door has sagged to n great extent, It Is better to give the wire only n few turns even day until proper clearance Is obtained. Popular Sclenco Month ly. A Novel Method of Washing and Ele vating Gravel for Road Construe, tlon. course, fell through this screen while the Inrger pebbles rolled on over It and thence Into n bin for pebbles. Uelow the first screen was a sand settling box. The water nnd sand fell Into this box nnd the sand being heaviest. Immediately settled to the bottom while the wntcr carrying the dirt and silt escaped through n waste wuy in the top of the box. As the snnd- accumulated In the bottom, I was discharged through gates at pt rlodlc Intervals Into the sand compart; ment of the bins beneath. The force of the water, snnd nnd stono passing through the pipe line wus sulllclent to scour every particle absolutely free from dirt and Impurity of every kind. The pump wns driven by a CO-horsepower traction engine. AOTM3DILG NEWS &43? ROAD -MAINTENANCE TRUCK Keep battery terminals clean. Implement Carries Concrete Mixer and " Combination Bin for Cement, The lubricating of the working Sand and Gravel. parts of nn nutomoblle Is to prevent uny two pieces of metal that are work- A highway-maintenance truck, de Intf one against tho other from touch, scribed In the Popular Mechanics Mag Ing. nzlne, has been put Into operation In California, which would seem to be Don't permit your cnglno to keep the Inst word In completo equipment. running while you and others arc It curries n concrete mixer nnd com awny from It for nny length of time, blnatlon material bin for cement, sand In (.topping your car nlwuys stop at and gravel. Also nn air compressor tho right hand curb, nnd nlr tnnk which can be used for driving n rock drill for road work, or A monthly Inspection should be can be used in connection with n wn- made of tho broke rods and connect- ter-supply tank as a spraying outfit Ing ports. Clonn off all the nccumu or fire extinguisher. Inted dirt nnd rust so that they will There Is also a centrifugal pump act ns freely and efficiently as possl- which can be used for filling the wntcr ble. tnnk or for pumping out cisterns or cnlssons. Tho truck englno furnished Uro a henvler grade of lubricating all necessary power for driving thu oil In tho motor, transmission and dlf-nuxlllary equipment ut various speeds ferentlnl In summer than In winter, through n special transmission. Flanged The oil should bo drained from th: wheels may bo substituted If so de motor nt Intervals not to exceed every sired. . 1,000 miles. . Kill Insects by Plowing. When the cooling fluid Is kept In mo- WowtaB or spading up gardens and tlon by thermo-Mphon nctlon. It l4 truck patches this fall before the quite Important thnt the radiator beGund treeua will reduce the Job of kept reasonably full In order that there Achtlng Insects next season, because bo n back resistance to aid In forcing stirring the soil nt this time of the the water forward.- 'car kllu u,any Krub? ona PUDae ln . , , tho ground. A magnetized screwdriver la n great Illuminate Good Roads, convenience for the man who works A huge illuminated map shows thi about his car. The mngnetl.red tool progrCss of all stnte hard Toads under will pick up screws, nuts, bolts ot construction In Illinois by the stnte other metal objects that have dropped highway division for exhibit nt roun lto Inaccessible places. falrg throughout the state. ROCK MAPLE FIRST CHOICE Good Reaions for Its Being the Fa- vorlto Tree for Streets of the Small Town. Iloughly spenklng, trees are used for one of three purposes. The first, street planting, Is that which Is most apt to come within our ken. Fre quently, especially In new towns nnd "developments," certnln trees nre to be plnntcd nlong certnln streets; nnd householders nru asked to "do their bit" by purchasing nnd setting out trees to stand before their homes. Tho selection Is generally made by n com mittee, often upon n slight knowledge of the subject, based, perhaps, upon other plantings which have been mndo elsewhere under their observation, perhaps not particularly successful plantings. The nrgument Is that onu must have something, nnd us there nre not so very mnny kinds of trees one must stick to those otic hns seen, slnco anything out of the common probably will not grow. And so tho decision Is mndc. This method of sctectlon, perhaps, may account for the widespread plant ing of the rock maple In, American small-town streets. The choice of this tree Is one against which the tree lov er should, and the tree knowcr will, protest. The rock maple is not par ticularly fast growing. It Is awkward ln Its habit, nnd Is brittle and frail. It Is not as decorative as many of Its sturdier brethren, and when so many better trees may be had nt no gr cuter trouble nnd expense, Its popularity Is difficult to understand. For streets there Is no tree superior to the Norway maple. With Its sym metrical form and luxuriant foliage, which turns so beautiful In the full, no other maple surpasses It. It grows with fair rapidity nnd It Is sturdy nnd resistant. Amelia Hill In Art and Decoration. ARTISTIC GATE B fSiu I life ill ill S sl hi!iiil ft ?i -i i nil I The garden gate ulny be ns nrtlstlc ns n froht door, even If gates nre tucked nway at the foot of the flower garden. The design from the Hulld era' Age offers many suggestions. It Is, perhaps, better looking without tho pergola effect If used for tho small garden. Apple Trees In Parkways. In Klossmoor, III., npplo trcea wero planted In the parkways when the sub division wns laid out years ago. The trees have been neglected both ns to spraying and pruning, but they havo grown well and are now bearing. When the suburb Is built up tho homo owners .will be nblo to tako care of the trees and reap n harvest each year from their parkway space. While the ornamental value of nn apple tree ln such a place may bo open to debate, there Is no question nbout Its being superior to the Car olina poplars which most subdi vides plant, and the apple trees ought to be n better selling point. They aro good for CO years, and begin to bear fruit Just nbout the tlmo the Curo Hnn poplar Is ready to cut down. Chicago Dally News. ' New Roofs for New Houses. New Ideas In roofs nre being adopt ed everywhere. No longer do wo seo two or three types or, roofs, to the exclusion of others. The Gothic, pointed and daring, with long sloping roof with Its appearance of being thatched; tho low dormer with Its many mullloned windows; the roof with a touch ot Moorish In Its lines these nre only a few of the types seen In tho new houses. , "Dall Elreann." The meaning ot "Fclslrc Dall Elreann" (or F. D. B.), commonly called "Dall Elrounn" uccordlng to'n statement made In ono of the new vol umes of the Encyclopedia IJrltnnnlca Is "Members of tho Assembly of Ire land," n tltlo given to themselves by members of tho Irish republican party. With the signing of the Irish Free State treaty, however, republic anism has been dropped by n major ity of the members. The pronuncia tion of "Doll EIrcnnn" la "dahl ecrahn."