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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON- SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5; 1024 CERTIFIED PUBLIC MOTOR i MARKET ..V-.,.i :.f. 7 fci .'TM- c "Tested Cars'1 ., ; At the present time we have a group of cars which represent remarkable .val ue, for sale at prices that are unusually low. Condi tions this season have been unusual, and we have come into possession of cars that ordinarily .would not be in he resale market. ; Closed Cars 1923 Willys Knight Sedan ffi!!$1490 J924 Oakland (losure ..v..y 1924 Overland Sedan, just "broken , OOAA an 1923 Ford, 4-Door Sedan with - -4 extras .... 1923 Chevrolet Goup ....... I23JStar Coupe .:...... 1922 Ford Sedan1 early type '...l $690 $590 $575 $375 Open Cars $375 $320 $450 $525 $100 1923 Star Touring, new cords". It 1923 Ford Touring like new ...........J. 1923 Overland ; Touring I 1922 Maxwell 1 Touring .... .. 1920 Overland Touring . i What kind of a car do you want? What ever It is, we hare it .among" our used models; You will be Specially interested the low prices. Certified Public . Motor Car. Market. 235. NV Church St. f 'Phone 885 . 1 - j Every Tillage had a young in tellectual in th4 old; days, but peo ple called him a Smart Aleck. Correct this sentence: '"Let the Infant yell," said the old bache lor; VI don't mind lt."( l' This department is conducted by special arrangement between Churchill's Radio Station and the American Radio Relay League, Inc., the national organization of radio operators and experi menters. '.!?' .: t .. ' -'' Is " Proper Antenna Installation A .few years ago the ambitious citizen who took it upon himself to build a radio station had'some very real problems ahead of him when it came to putting up an aerial. To be sure, we In this country have been far more for tunate than our European cous ins in not haying licenses requir ed for receiving sets, but, at the same time, the Fire Underwriters rules concerning the erection of antenna were very hard to com ply .with. ' Life was far from a bed of roses for the radio man of 1918. l In the first place, after you put up your antenna, you had to pro cure a big ' 600volt, 100-ampere single-pole double-throw knife swith for lightning protection. These switches were expensive. The antenna was connected to the central switch arm; the set lead ing ran from one terminal and the lightning ground from the other. The wire lead from the switch to the lightning ground was suppos ed to be No. ! 4 copper, and this was also very expensive, in addi tion to being! hard 'stuff to han dle. The lightning ground was preferably a; number of pipes driven into the - earth. It had to be located outside the housed too. You could not use' this lightning ground ..for- iyour set ground. Lightning 'gaja3Jlwe.re.jaPt allow-jj Since the broadcast crate start ed, however, i it was found that these precautions long known to be unnecessary were also too much of a financial strain for; ev ery citizen to bear, which meant that if the law was left alone there were going to be many violations. The result was that the regu lations were changed, and putting up an aerial j Is now the easiest thing about the whole operation. In the illustration l we have shown a typical antenna system. As will be seen, two Insulators are employed! at each end of the antenna wire. These should be selected with care, especially If you are In a rainy locality, and should preferably be either porce lain or pyre glass. The antenna wire may be almost anything from No. 12 bare copper to No. 22 d.c.c, but we suggest that you get enameled wire, about No. 1 2 or. 14 , because this will not cor rode in the air, as will bare cop per wire. i J . ' v 1 U ; " The protective lightning gap is shown mounted outside the house, but -under the terms, of the un derwriters' requirements it may be mounted indoors, if desired. Notice that the lead to the set Is run from the same contact on the gap to which j the antenna Is con nected. 'The ground wire from the' gap is shown leading to a buried pipe., This is a good form of ground, but you may use water piping, or some other- kind of ground, . inside the house if you wish. The 1 use of gas piping, either as a lightning or set ground, is forbidden. t "Sole that the lead-in is run through the window sash through a porcelain tube. This tube should be slanted down, toward the out sider, as shown, as that fain wa ter, will not collect In it or run down into the house. 1 If you wish to, you can use the lightning ground for the set ground11 connection also. t ' Just Received New Shipment of Grebe "and Magnavax - '.RADIO SETS If interested in Radio Don't Fail to See ' '1 : i. These New Sets. :;!. RADIO IIEADQUARTERS In spite of all the care that may be. taken by the builder of a set, there are times when, by ac cident, the "B" battery wires get crossed with the filament "wires for a moment, and the ; next day your nearest radio dealer sells you some new tubes. . j Tubes, unfortunately, are the most expensive item of upkeep in a set, and it" will pay you to ar range your apparatus, and' take such precautions, as will make the possibility of burnouts from cross ed wires a slim one. r There are several things to do. First, it is a very good idea to use spaghetti on all battery wiring. Rubber tubing is also good. Use either one or the other on all the "A" and "B battery leads, and make sure that there are no loose sections that can slide around on the wire and leave bare spots. Of course, you should make the battery wiring inside the, set as rigid as possible, and also keep the "A" battery wires away from the plate battery wiring. There are now on the " market several brands of "tube fuses" which , can be attached to the pins on the bottom of the base. These are usually excellent protective devices, and are worth the cost. The theory of such fuses . is the same, as for the fuses you use In iyour house wiring: When the current gets up to a certain point, a further increase will cause the fus wire to melt thus leaking the connection getween the bat tery and the tube. :' if. Perhaps one of; the best. Protec tive measures apd f at ' the samo time one of the simpliest is that illustrated at thef head of the col umn. It simply consists-in con necting an ordinary electric light socket In the "negative" or "mi nus" lead of thej "B" battery, as shown. In this socket put an or dinary 110-volt Electric bulb, the exact size of which Is not import ant. If your , set 5 uses UV199 tubes, an 8-watt; - lamp will be about right; If ypu are using any other kind of tube, a 10 or 15 watt lamp will se're. . The purpose o this lamp is to act as a vale. An electric lamp will pass but a jgiven amount of current when ufced; in a 110-olt circuit. An 8-wktt j lamp, for in stance, will passj about ,07 am peres, and no niore. Therefore, since a UV199 uses about .06 am peres, if the "B" jbattery should be shorted around the tube it could only push .07 amperes through the tube, which would hot be enough to burn it out. ?The lamp would lignt up In the process, by the way.. ' j i : If you use a ?lld-volt bulb, in the socket, do not use more than 110 volts of "Bf battery: if von desire to use a higher voltage, be tween 100 and 800 volts, use a 220-volt bulb. I' - The lamp will hot Interfere with the working of the set in the slightest, so do npt let that side of the matter worry! yoU. If desired a .001 mica fixed condenser may be hooked up as hown in the dot ted lines, withf perhaps slightly better results. , (Copyright, 1924, by The Amer ican Radio Relay! League, Inc.) Oct. 5. months that the Arctic; WISCASSET, pel During, the fifteen he- has spent j in Captain Donald 5- -MacMillan has never been troubled with the un avoidable question:, "What la o- ing on back honje?? If you can imagine the feelings of a man who has been so out I of touch with events that he would not know if a world war Were in progress, you can appreciate the explorer's thirst for heWs.' Radio has spared the MacMillan party the mental hardship S of complete iso lation, l When members of his expedi tion reach here September 21st; they will have almost as much knowledge of the: Important events that have transpired in their ab sence, as the business man who gets a digest of the news through the - daily newspapers. Almost every major happening, from the result of a prize-fight to the out come of a recent Maine election. have been transmitted to the Bowdoin". Radio has been a faithful servant, providing many 'subjects for thought , and dlscus- sion. ; 1 J : ; w - Before leaving on his hazard ous undertaking, - MacMillan told his friends that he hoped his radio set would relieve what he emphatically called the "curse of the Arctic". He described condi tions : on ) . previous trips when men huddled together In narrow quarters, .were utterly and com pletely bored with one ' another's company. When men have "talk ed themselves out' he said, they Immediately start trouble. The situation lean be compared With that created by a guest who comes to pend J a weekend and finally decides, since he Is hav ing such a good time, that he will stay about two months. Boredom is the inevitable outcome and frlc tion Is sureto follow. What has happened In connec tion with MacMillan's party? Not only has radio given the crew sub jects for conversation from week to week, but it has also enabled them to 'communicate with their own families and thus1 be relieved of countless worries- that other wise would have had a tendency to make their , lives miserable. Last winter several broadcast, sta tions made up special programs entirely for 'their benefit, and President Coolidge, through the American Radio Relay League, sent Christmas greetings to all on board. . This is, indeed, a contrast- to previous expeditions when mem bers of an exploration party have returned i literally overflowing with questions about their families and conditions, such as the aver age person has answered for him daily. The thoughts of ; what might have happened on such oc casions . are regarded ; as : much worse than the truth when it be comes Known. it ad to in a mo ment wipes away, the j cause ' of worry. . ,;V -.;: i Now' the. time has 'come l when MacMillan is returning the favors that have been extended to him for months. On his way down the Labrador coast, he is using radio to describe to the world in detail his Arctic adventures. No longer handicapped by the aurora and atmospheric conditions, Donald Mix) radio operator. Is in direct communication , with the special A. TV. R. L. station, 1 MO, at this place. . ; . The local people who are plan ning a reception In MacMillan's honor have advised him of their intentions by radio and are able o exchange messages with com plete details from day to day. They will know to the hour and minute the time of his arrival and should, at any time, anything hap pen to delay the voyagers, the re ception committees will be able 'to change their plans accordingly. How different this is from the return of Peary! Perhaps radio hag really made those days dis tinctly 'old fashioned", i 4 ' .' ? g I ' I I v-- A. 7r VVS2.J- . ; i . o. b. LansingfMich. Spt Urn nd tmx utr Qeneral Motors easy pay men! plan offer terms nequaled in the industry Not only Closed Car protection. but Comfort, Roominess and Refinement as well GENUINE DUCO SATIN ! FINISH! , 1 i venti f$2?7Q New patented one-piece ifi' - lating wiiidshield' jj$gf7& Extra-wijde doors, ample leg lit 9 room and; Velour upholstery. fjlVlQ ndeiil "Six" engine, and a7 lli ; chassis ofjproved stamina. Special Demonstration Today and All This . Week. Come Early. F. W. Pettyjohn Co. 219 N. Commercial St. si . Smooth Performance : - L I t ' " ! 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FuH 75 h. p. block tetc Four wheel Hydcattlie Brakes optional eotatrf on like any other ytem on THE new Stndebaker. Duplex models give the comfort - and protection of a closed car with all the advantages of an open car., plus the good looks, riding comfort, in terior finish and fittings that no open car could ever ghre! . j Yetihm priee im no hiher than fhmt ' of aa open ear. ,f j" ;- The appeal of its simplicitr, con venience and dorability is instant and decisive with a touch of the hand you draw down the four roller en- -closures and in thirty seconds your airy open car is a snug, comfortable enclosed car. With equal ease the ' enclosing sides can be rolled up into the roof and you have an open car again. The Duplex body is especially built for the roller side enclosures, the ' roof is framed and shaped in steel permanently beautiful and steel strong to support the rollers, and . the upper part of the Duplex is in tegral with the lower part. It is a unit body which harmonizes per fectly in beauty and function. There is no other body Hire ft ea any other car at any price because it is exclusively a Studebsker crea tion, made only by Srudebaker.- Yoa can buy the Duplex from no other maker. ' The new Duplex is available for each of the three new Studebaker chassis the hew STANDARD SIX. the SPECIAL SIX and the BIG SIX. And these three new chassis are the evolution of the famous chassis of the five preceding years. Each year, they have been improved and refined. But this year the hew models are climaxed with every tested and proved betterment that experience and science have thus far developed. They are paramount exemplars ci modern automobile design. Simply stated, this means thst money cannot buy more modernly perfect automobiles than the new ' Studebakers we have the Dcplez models . ready for your inspection Come in today! STANDARD SIX ; ! 114 in. W.B. 50 H.P. i r 5-Fua. Daplex-Ffcetoa tl385 3-Pasa. Daplax-Roaditer 1360 3-Pass. Coapa-Boadster .,., . 1645 B-Pmsw Coop 1760 5-Pass. 8dsa IS 85 B-Pim. Barlln 192S I, i . , . 4-wlwel brakes, 4 disc wsetla, ', ; s . tea txtri .. :iy-. SPECIAL SIX 120 in. W.B. 65 H.P. BIG SIX "127 in. W.B. 75 H.P. B-Pms. Snplex-PhMten 3-Pssa. Daplax-Boadster , 4-Psss. Victoria ' 6-Pas. Sdaa d-Pms. Benin .$1785 - . 7-Pau. DupUx Fkaaton 175 2373 2493 2565 5-Pas. Cans 7-Pasa. Sedan . 7Ptn. Berlin ..J2185 S025 3175 3250 (-wheel Brakes, 5 disc .wheels. $75 sztn 4-wheel brakes, S 41m wheel, . ' $75 sztrs (All pHcs f.o.s Salem, and anbject to chang wlthonk notlee.) MARION AUTOMOBILE COMPANY 235 South Commercial Street. .' Telephone 362. . . ' f i a. H I S I S A 3 T U P E B A K B K Y