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Roosevelt
Edison
Some Hobbies are
Worth Millions-What is
Yours? Asks Noted Inventor
j
Xlarconl
WHATS your hobby? The
pages, of history do not need
! to be turned back, very far to
rCveal inviting romances in the hob
bies of men of world affairs. Abra
ham Lincoln's .spare time allured
lum to inventive aspirations and at
least one of his devices were patent
ed though "never, put to practical
use- - - . . , ...
Theodore Roosevelt through his
hobby left a wealth of rare mounted
specimens of wild game caught in
the remotest spots (and now ex
hibited in the biggest museums. The
present King of England has one of
the finest collections of stamps in
the world and is continually adding
to it
. J. P. Morgan, acknowledged as a
leading capitalist, devoted his time
to collecting books and developed
one of the finest libraries in the
world. Andrew Carnegie is said to
have retained on his payroll several
Scotch bagpipers to awaken the
. "Laird of Skibo" by playing familiar
1 Scotch airs under the, window of
.his home in Scotland. . - ; -J..
? Thomas A. Edison, inventor . of
almost innumerable devices, finds
, relaxation in his -laboratory.. Mar
coni, accredited with developing
wireless telegraph', the forerunner
of the modern "radio spends much
of his time on a yacht, almost com
i pletely enveloped with electrical de
' vices. . '' : ' - . ":' "
At the present time, in NewYork,
Harrison Boyce, celebrated inventor
and automotive engineer, has a most
unusual and extremely engaging
hobby. He collects automobiles.
Relics of the past together with new
models are gathered together in an
interesting assemblage.
This diversion has : gradually un
folded into an absorbing game
which has resulted in several worth
while inventions in motor equip
ment. At the rear of the Boyce
home in Jericho, Long Island, an
old stable has. been converted into
an up-to-date garage where a num
ber of these cars are housed. The
collection contains cars of' every
model from those of bygone days to
the most modern machines on the
American market, i f
It is in this manner that he has
hit upon many of the inventions
which have made his name famous
in automotive circles.! For example,
the idea of a motor; heat indicator
came from this source of inspira
tion, resulting in the famous Boyce
Moto-Meter. Several years later he
became convinced of . the . need of. a
super-fuel ingredient and carbon
preventive in the same manner. The
result was Boyceite which has now
become a staple product in the auto
motive field. ' " " ; ' ' -'
All day long, in his office in New
York, Boyce, wrestles with some of
the knotty problems which, confront
the manufacturer of automotive accessories.-
Then he goes home at
ntKht and just by way of relaxation
amuses himself adjustingcarbu-
retors or putting one of his relics
to some unasual test.
He employs men to drive a num
ber of the more recent models over
a certain distance each week and to
keep account of . gasoline and oil
consumption, tire mileage,' maintain
ence costs in fact, of every detail
which effect cost and ease of op
eration. .
"This car for example, said Mr.
Boyce, pointing out one model, "has
been operated over 61,000 miles and
we have accurate figures covering
every mile of operation. In the side
pocket qi all these cars is a record
book in which the current figures
are kept. Many of these figures are
not only interesting but ? are also
valuable because they point the way
toward better and more economical
methods of operation.
,It is a strange thing that more
car owners do not keep similar rec
ords," said Boyce. "Car owners
have only very vague ideas on these
subjects. But if figures of this sort
were kept it would be very easy for
a man to know exactly what to look
for when purchasing new cars from
lime to time.'' . ' !
So, all in all, this hobby has
proved a profitable one. - While
Boyce's collection iiv itself has very
little value the ideas which have
come from it have been worth mil
lions to him and have saved the car
owners both here and abroad .mil
lions more. '
Photos byU.ffU.
The Presidential Inauguration by Radio
The entire nation, for the first
time in history, n?ay hear the Inauguration-
oL It, president on
March 4 On thatdajej-adiocast
stations throughout titer country
are to be connected to Washington
bv teleohone wires carrying the
"electrical Impulses which are then
amplified and radiated Into space.
As a consequence there is hardly a
radio set in . the country which
.cannot be tuned in to this Import
ant event. "i ,x
V To hear President Coolidge take
"the oath of office as given by, the
chief Justice of the supreme court,
to hear his inaugural address, and
to listen to the other features of
the ceremony is indeed- a. rare
privilege which should be sought
by all. - The occasion is worthy of
a half holiday in the pnblic schools
and of a delayed opening of busi
ness houses so that every one may
have an opportunity to listen.
Undoubtedly this opportunity
will be extended to those not own
ing sets by - means .of equipment
installed in places of public as
sembly. Private owners likewise
may perform a public service by
inviting "friends. to. their homes.,,
, About forty stations" have ar
ranged to partlcfpateTtrthis epocn.-
making event. Of these, three are
on' the Pacific coast, KFI, KPO
and KL.X, with the possibility of
last minute arrangements for' an
other. The service is being given
primarily by the American: Tele
phone & Telegraph company.1
Although this is being done for
the west below the telephone com
pany's actual cost of service the
charge was too great for some of
the local . stations to assume, by
themselves. At, this juncture the
Pacific Radio Trade., association
learned of the possibility of Paci
fic coast listeners losing the
chance to hear the inauguration
and agreed to finance half the
cost of the service ) to KPO and
KLX, the stations agreeing to pay
the other half. This action ot the
association was made possible by
the fact that their obligation to
pay was underwritten by the pub
lishers of Radiocast Weekly after
several other means for guaran
teeing payment had tailed. In the
meantime the full amount of the
you 'see Buick pull away
in tront ;wnen the traffic
starts is the extra power- V
in the Buick Valve-in-Head
engine. Buick's
get-away and Buick's
mechanical 4 -Wheel :
Brakes take care of any
! traffic emergency. ,
OTTO J. WILSON
388 North Commercial Street 1 "J
.ba Better Aatonobiles Arc Built, Buiek Will Build Them
association's pledge is being raised
by contributions from its members.'-.
' ulVy,.;
This little bit of inside history
is only one incident in the associa
tion's 'record ; of service to the
radio listener. Admitting a cer
tain element of self interest on the
part of the trade, 4h fact remains
that the association is 'a strong
factor In the maintenance of good
radiocasting. 1 J ' : . ' .
', Surely public appreciation to due
to KFI. KPO and KLX as well as
the American Telephone & Tele
graph company for making it pos
sible for all of us to hear Presi
dent . Coolidge. But whether your
thanks is expressed or implied.
don't forget to tune in about 8:15
Wednesday morning. Radiocast
Weekly.' .
Aid Offered Orchardists
in Sending Fruit to Europe
BERLIN, Feb. '28. When the
apple growers of ; northern , New
York .or of the far northwest want
to know when, where, and in how
great quantities it is advisable' to
ship - their products , to - Germany,
they, will hereafter be able to ob
tain accurate advice from the de
partment of agriculture at Wash
ington, or from its Berlin office
at 6a Pariser Plata.
They will thereby avoid the sit
uation that obtained with refer
ence to the 1924 crop. .Relying
upon the advice of European brok
ers, the apple growers shipped
large quantities of apples to Ger
many . in September and October.
These shipments arrived about the
time the ; apples from Czechoslo
vakia, Austria, and France poured
in, ahd German ' apples still fur
ther helped to glut the market.
The . result, was a loss to apple
growers all around.
: This concentration of shipment
in the late autumn has meant also
that in March and April Germany
will have practically no apples.
The European - varlties won't
keep so'long it seems, and no pro
vision has been made for Ameri
can apples to be shipped. ' Ap
parently nobody has ever made it
his business to supply the Ameri
can apple growers with authentic
information, and the department
of agriculture's foreign ; service
proposes to remedy this defect.
With this in view, an expert on
apples is. making a careful survey
of European apple growing. He
is visiting the apple centers and is
organizing an. information service,
by , which American growers will
next year know exactly, how good
and, ample the European crop Is,
when and where It Is being moved,
and at what time and in what
quantities American growers can
hope . best to dispose of their ex
port product. :
. Miss Mary Brown,' B. Mus. I in
struct the. piano. Special, pains
with beginners. Claremont Conr
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New Kirkwood Salesrooms
Will Be Ready March 15
' Plate glass will be put in this
week in the new home ."of the
Kirkwood Motor company.' The
old YMCA corner has been com
pletely remodeled and made Into
a modern and attractive show and
sales room. Soon, in place of the
dingy old building on the 'corner,
will; be displayed behind large
glass windows In spacious rooms
the Nash and Hupmobile automo
biles which are handled In Salem
by the Kirkwood Motor company.
Large steel beams have, been
put in to support the building,
thus eliminating any posts In tIo
display, rooms. All the rooms will
be finished the same and there
will be a partition between the
show room, service room and the
offices. The entire building- will
be painted in a light color.
-, The flooring for this new build
ing will be magnesite and accord
ing to Mr. Fred Kirkwood will be
installed at the contract cost of
$800.; The material which makes
an extra fine flooring will be laid
soon and will . be used in office
and service room as well as the
sales room. -; :-'- :- ,
Mr. Kirkwood stated that ev
erything to remodel this building
and make it into his company's
r.ew home bad been purchased in
Salem and that all the work has
been done by .Salem men. The
building is expected to be ready
for occupancy by March 15.
FORM JERSEY CALF CLUBS
DALLAS. Feb. 28.- Four thor
oughbred Jersey calf clubs have
been organized among the boys
and girls of Polk county through
the cooperation of the Polk Coun
ty Jersey Breeders association and
Josiah Wills, county school super
intendent. The final work' of or
ganizing : was perfected Tuesday
at a meeting held at the Isis thea
ter at Independence.
The four clubs launched are at
Bethel. Greenwood. Independence
and Elkins and the ..members are
for the most part sons and daugh
ters of Jersey breeders of the coun
ty, i r ' r' M Vlf'--:-.
S. L. Stewart is the leader of
the Bethel. club with Leslie-Stewart
a -president, . Harold '.Graves,
vice : president,- and Rydar Flnn
. The Greenwood club has W. B,
Allen for leader and Derrel Hew
itt.' president, Harold B rower, vc4
president, and Mae Morrow,(ec-
rola rv . " " "
uaroid Keynoids is "tntf leader
for the Independence' club - with
Edwin ' Prehn, presIehtvRobert
Iliff; vice presidentand Carl Rust,
secretary. " ' f-.iiVt -;
; W. H. Hannnm iiJader of the
Elkins club and' Wttllan McEl
downeyt ; president,1 'Jess iTSdrbif,
vice president and Earl Johnson,
secretary. : j : ''
The Polk, county Jersey breed
ers encouraged ; the ;c!ubs !by-"offering
prizes last year and It is
probable they will repeat this year.
The Polk county and. state fairs
offer additional incentive to e
club members. T " ---
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British Peers in Sewinri ' v
Competition With Women
LONDON, Feb. 2.8J- Sewing and
other needlework has become one
of ; the1 favorite pastimesfbf some
of "the best-known British peers.
The Earl ! of Listowel, one. of
the famous wild game. hunters" of
England; has entered for a igold
thimble prize which Is to be one
of ; the' features of a needlework
competition arranged by the
Friends of the Poor on May 6 r
isortolk House. St. James Squa.3,
loaned for " the occasion by the
Duchess of Norfolk.
Among other competitors In the
contest win be Lord and Lady
Gainford, and Lord (Jarmichael.
who is considered by experts as
an : "expislte needleman," miich
of his leisure being . spent dn
Florentine work, but who recently
started petit' point. , Lord Gain
ford is an expert in needlework
on canvas, which he often does
on. the train between London and
his country home. Lady Gainford,
not to be outdone by jer husband
in the way of stitchery,. copies
elaborate museum pieces, and will
contribute one of these to-be -sold
at the exhibition for charity.
There are, 200 competitors In
the contest for. the gold thimble
among them -several other men.
and i many; prominent women In
cluding, i Lady Violet - Crawley,
Lady Katharine Lamb ton, Lady
Algernon Gordon-Lennox. - Lady
Hyltoa and Lady Ethel Brabourne..
North American Indians 4
f To Convene in Oklahoma
PONCA CITY, Okla., Feb. 28-1-A
national convention of Indians,
who will come from erery state
having I Indian population and
from Mexico and. Canada, wiirte
held here May 18-24rtunder,.the.
auspices of the Oklahoma Society
of Indians, of which.. Sylvester J
toiaanI or Ponca City, himself an
Osage Indian, is president...
Forty-six different tribes will
be represented. It ts planned to
make the "powwow" the largest
held since tribal relations were
severed. : :. : . :
The Society of Oklahoma In
dians, organized last year, had its
first i convention at Tuba. Sir
thousand Indians were visitors.
. A tract of about 80cres near
the city will be obtained for tha
Indian camp that Is to ritche.
Large circus tents have been en
gaged to bouse the manv attrac
housing question will Jbe partly
solved by the majority of the In
dians living In their own tepees.
A : pageant In which all - the
tribes will participate! will be
special feature of the program on
three afternoons, j Each afternoon
will be devoted to some special
entertainment, the mornings being
given over to business meetings
of the society..
Children's Health Feature
; Of World Education Meet
w CINCINNATI, Feb. 2S. - The
health of the school children of
all countries of j the world will
be an Important subject for dls
enssion before the first meeting
of the World Federation "of Edu
cation associations in Edinburgh,
Scotland, next July.
The forthcoming International
conference of members of associ
ations representing five million
school teachers of every race and
color from every land, has aroused
keen interest among delegates at
tending the meeting here of the
division of superintendence of the
National Education association.
"The 'child's health is the fun
damental and first objective in all
education," declared Dr. Thomas
D.: Wood, of Teachers' collegeCo
lumbia, in emphasizing -the im
portance of the J health progran)
before the world conference.
"So effectively is the part of
school instruction being carried
out that the child born today may
expect to lire longer than the
child born a century ago. ; There
is every reason to believe that the
child of tomorrow may expect a
longer life than the child of to
day. The part which education
plays in producing a healthy na
tion Is larger than the public real
izes. -. vr .
"The public is just waking up
to the fact that the modem inter
communication between countries
may make the safety and health
of the American child depend up
on the health of an Italian or an
Egyptian or a Japanese child."
'. Included among other important
education problems to come be
fore the meeting is a' proposal for
an International illiteracy commis
sion; the advancement of educa
tion of women in certain countries
whef-e women have been without
educational opportunities; the for
mation of, a world university; tue
promotion of good will and fair
ness, in the historical studies in
various countries; the unification
of Scientific terminology,
J'-'The federaVon was organized at
the NEA meeting at San Fran
cisqp in July, 1923, when Augus
tus.. O. Thomas of the Maine state
department of education, origins t
or..of. the-idea, was elected the
first president. Fifty-two - coun
tries I: were ' represented at that
meeting. ?
i Dy Wood brought the subject
to the attention? of the superin
tendents in making the announce
ment today of an offer of a $1000
fellowship to enable a, member of
the staff of one of the institutions
belonging to the American Asso
ciation of Teachers colleges to go
to the Scotland" meeting as the
professional -representative of the
association. J.....
The offer is made by the Ameri
can Child Health association. The
money, is furnished' by: the Metro
politan Life Insurance company.
The successful : candidate will
bring back a report on what boys
and girls in the. remotest corners
or the earth are. being taught about
their health. "Genuine health edu
cation is so new," said Dr. Wood,
"that every nation . has much to
tell us, even though we are con
sidered the leaders ' of the world
in this field." The report will be
publisned. 1
Dr. Wood presented the offer
as a' representative ot the educa
tional advisory group of the insur
ance company, a. group .including
IS of the foremost men and wom
en educators of he country. It
was recently organized to direct
and correlate the educational work
of the company with-the school
health programs everywhere fn
the United States and Canada.
Friendly Warning
Parson: "Does you take dis
man fo better or fo worse?
Liza; . "If he's worse den de
las' one, he'd better watch his
step." ' -
Britons, Eager to Try New
Pipes, Now Puff Corncobs
est pipe on sale today in London,
the city which has perhaps two or
three times as many pipe smokers
as ahy other city in the world. Is
the old-fashioned corncob pipe
from Missouri, which was given
international prominence by Mark
Twain. The corncob pipe here re
tails al.4 to 6 cents each, but even
at that can scarcely be considered
as having made any noticeable in
roads upon the British pipe indut
tryAvi.' i, 1 .-Vv ' ':!:" :t"T ;v
. In Tact, It may be said that the
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Meaar's Wortk
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BXAS GARAGE
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The Chassis 1$ Patented
Essex is a totally different type. It gives re-,
suits iio other cr ever gave,
Low price, -wE&out dcsppo.teient in loolcs op
rcliabiliV . N
' Econoroy -yHhoiit cissiiies of performance.
Stability Mgfcwt readbilir without unnecca-
Ik.e riding eae f brsio m&ly cars. The handling
e f a lilssfe Cfefe stepficity in design.
The lowetit mff!ja t, we believe, of any
car in the v?H. . : - j
Two of every three Essex buyers
come to it from those who form
erly owned cars bought it3y
for their low first prie.
Just as the Coach body and
Coach name have been exten
sively copied, even by cceHe$
cars, so must future meorrci
design ssk to apprcxjrncte the
results E?es gives, i f 7 7 -
But the patents which make the
Super-Six the most enduring,
smoothest motor . and give it all
advantages, also prevent any
from copying its chassis.
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Sirely you -cannot be satisfied
rvith less than Essex offers. Its
.erst is but little more than csrs
cf the lowest price.
FRED M. POWELL
Motor Cars
Corner Cottage and Ferry
Phone 2126
corncob pipe is considered more of
a freak than anything else, and is
bought chiefly by Americans, as a
reminder of old corncob days jtack
home, and by a few Britons who
have lived at intervals In the west
or middle west when corncobs
were in their prime.
Pipe dealers say here that the
corncob will never become really
popular in London, despite the low
cost, because of the fact that; It
does not last any length of time.
The Englishmen are always eager
to try a new pipes say the dealers,
but they prefer "hardwood ones,
and in buying a new pipe they en
deavor to get one which will last
a year or two or longer. Premier
Baldwin, the best known pip
smoker that this country has pro
duced, has smoked one pipe In par
ticular, almost daily, during thi
last seven or eight. years.
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