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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1925)
Tim OREGON STATESLIAN; SALEM, OXIEGON The RADIO PHAN 'Talks ed in getting through to Australia where an j entire I program -was heard clearly and f enjoyed by many, this over 3 distance of 000 miles. , IH: ;. -f BY F. S. BARTON The Secret Wireless, Ltd.. has just been farmed in London to furnish broadcast programs that can only be tuned in by the aid of a special device, so that only those who subscribe to the com pany's services csn hear their pro grams., The inventor ofjhe ap paratus used claims that it can be attached to any receiving set. , Fans are now experimenting with the new hook-up which elim- " inates -batteries. ' The beat is ap plied electrically through the top of the new tube and. the filament does not come inside the tube at all. Parts for this set are now obtainable. I ; .'. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has just had built the largest set of chimes in the world." These were constructed in London in honor of bis mother and were recently broadcast from 2LO. Station KDKA recently sncceed- i England also has .the distinction of having ( the first air stock com pany in the world to: tour and play broadcast Btatlons;. II perform turns. the - radio twists and The .set of the future will have no visible hornV no aerial, no bat teries, nd only, one control. J i -" ' ; . i i ! " j A new; portable! superhetrodyne has been put on the! market by the Radio Corporation1 of America and while the st is riotj radically dif ferent from! others, j it Is a port able in every sense of the word. f . u!;(j--v2X!; j; .. .. I Everyone Is wondering; what the new sets this fall! will be like. It is probable that thre will be no radical changes in receiver design, but there will bel; advances lu de tail. There' is nojdoubf but that the superhetrodyne is here to stay, and this type will jbe increasingly used this fall. The! super and the neutrodyne will jcder practically any and all requlrernents. , . ' ; i . : 1 ! s - . 1 -..I We note the following fn Radio Digest:: "Of all the thousands of exercise fans who fallow the radio directions of Arthtjf Bagley; every morning, one of ijthe strangest groups is in a small town hotel In northern New Yorkj where ail the guests get but of bed at 6:45 a. m. and i assemble; in the lobby to ; : i 1, RIVER CURRENT METERS . ! OPERATED BY DRY; CELLS 5 ; V -r .: wt. m - . ' .'.V.' W r v7. :- ! I' J ' j'' I ... 1 S rv r-r T the suspended m! , j water moves past instrument the faBter will the pro peller rotate. It li piecessary, how. ever, ! to have aonie method of -counting the number; of revolution!: made by these moving elements in a given period of ; time In order to aetennwe ut vejocuy 01 ui ter, and, of course j ibis cannot be done by the eye. JHow fast doea the river flow? Max Stanley, C Fj Tdson ana Pro fessor Floyd A. Nauler (left to right) are making ready to test the river current meters assembled on a display table In She Iowa State University's hydraulic laboratory. TUB use of small dry cells to record the 'currents of turbu lent rivers or placid streams may eem a strange combination but :odergraduates , of the State Unl versity of Iowa, at Iowa City, are being called upon by the United States Department of Agriculture to use the small electric units for just that purpose. In the Univer sity's well equipped hydraulic lab oratory they, are making extensive tests of various river current me ters of foreign and American man ufacture. . . -4 ' When Department of Agriculture men want to find out how fast 'car : rents are flowing they will use the Instruments which have been proven by the Iowa lads. In de scribing the tasting work, profes sor Nagler said: i "The propellers of these Instru ments rotate with the moving cur rent when the Instrument Is lower ed in the water, and the taster the Now-that amateurs have taken up the problem of transmitting moving pictures by radio,, we ex pect great developments. It will not be many years before this will be an accomplished and commer cial fact, ' -f , -w t MAMf: TRACTORS MADE fordsox rRonrcTioX xow HALF-MILLION MARK 1 The Ford Motor company reach ed the half-million mark in the production, of Fordson tractors late Thursday, afternoon May 21, when Fordson No. 500,000 came off the assembly line at the River Rouge plant, j The half-miUionth tractor was completed at 4:23 o'clock, Just a few minutes before the close of the day's work. It is planned to exhibit it at a number of state fairs during the coming summet, and fall. , st Since its introduction .eight years ago the Fordson tractor hag come into world-wide use and has brought a new efficiency into agriculture and the business of fanning In nearly every icountry on the globe. It is estimated that a large majority of all tractors. In use today are Fordsons andthe Ford3on is said to ; be the .only tractor ever placed on the market without a subsequent change in basis design.; . - It is also a singular fact that long .before he dreariied of manu facturing motor cars, Henry Ford f was experimenting witb engines in an effort to find some means of relieving farm drudgery. Born on a farm, first glimpse of life was in the daily round of ardous farm duties and In his early boy hood he developed a strong feel ing against prevailing agricultural methods. 3 - - .mt tZ " ' -" ''y -ft 1 IJT ZUKSA1.1. BOUTOH STARtt Dry Cellj Energy "Hence an of the meters hare an j electric contact making device whereby physical 4 j contacts are made every single, fire, twenty-five or fifty revolutions j of the wheel, depending upon the type of the meter. - .. I J : : j !L .-!;'! J. "A battery of dry 'cells Is in cir cuit with these contacts through a cable which is lowered with the In strument and the i indication of con tact Is registered I j on a chrono- ; graph, a revolution ! counter, by a buxier, bell or ear phone." ; Large Car Shipment Made By Chevrolet I DETROIT.Mich., June 13.- The Chevrolet jilotor company shipped 52.853 motor cars and trucks dur ing ay which displaces April as the second highest production month jin the history of the com pany. The April production 1 was 52,236 cars and trucks. Of the May production, 42,783 units were for domestic sale and, 10.0 70 were lor .Canada and, exports. , Produc tion in both April and May closely approached October of 1923 the boom year when Chevrolet produc tion reached its highest point. Retail sales during May were 48, 176, this being the fourth largest delivery month in the com pany's hi3tory. April of this year was the largest delivery month exceeding May only by 5,107 sales. At the end of April Chevrolet had on its books 36,512 unfilled orders. At the end of May there were 30,709 unfilled orders. Radio Reduces Expense Of Russian Relief Work ERIVAN, Russian Armenia. The radio is about to Invade southern Russia: . The American Near East relief will Install wire less communication between jits orphanages and relief stations. Its broadcasting equipment will be of the simplest variety, as the dis tances to be covered are in no i 11 i.S j.; I ! m FTrD 23 POINTS OF THE CHASSIS ARE OILED A VTOMA TIC ALL YIN TWO SECONDS 1 u An Exclusive lFeature of the STTi OL EVEL MA THERE i3 nothing like the "One j Shot automatic chassis lubrication system. It is the only system ojf its kind in the world, and it is an integral part of the new 1925 Cleyejand Six. Just think of it!, Here is ari innovation in lubrication which eliminates forever all the troubles usually associated with the ordinary methods of manual lubrication of the chassis. , : i I Jt:. . i jjj'p r: ; T ' : It is so easy to operate," : Two seconds are all that is required to lubri cate 23 points, of the chassis. Youiljust step on a plunger protruding through the floor near1 the driver's! isbat and presto I K;lean oil is forced from a reservoir under 1000 to 2000 lbs. pressure to the square inch, to the various vital, moving parts, flushing the bearing surfaces and leaving them working on a film of fresh oil. p j Call in and see for yourself We will be gbd Id show you this exclusive feature of iht Clevebnd Sixis IRo JIarmon v Chandler 256 State Street . Cleveland CAR MAKERS MAY INSURE 5LXTTFA CTOtERS COXSIDER li IXG.XEW FIEM Regarding the present high cost of Insurance as a handicap to motor travel and an unnecessary burden on the automobilist, the automobile manufacturers of the country are planning to enter the insurance business, with' a com pany representative of the indus try, according, to a decision reach ed at the national automobile chamber of commerce meeting here today ' f i - Charles Clifton, president st this- association, was authorized to name a committee to study insur ance costs and to report on the advisability of actively engaging in this business. Filipino Sailors Enlist In Insular Coast Guard IX ISN'T -AJLWATTS YOUS KICE1VIK THAT .... ISATFAUlLTS Radio recetfeta will not necessar-j Park, it is seen that thewaves radl- f ily operate with the same efficiency j at ed from WEAF do not take their, m Tasmania as they will in' the f suai snape, as snown oy ir.e aowcu heart of New Yurk Gty Tbe r.finea,-but are badly distorted due to verse oi tius Z(inDt is also trpe. the ,a!?sorpuon by the m" ot . v . M Steel, buildijig, etc,, 1a New York W .expeninre radio tirtr i ity ia cJose pr0ximity to both th BWght be UBUUeff ip Central Park, transmitter and the receiver. New York City, and the results ( Likewise, it will be seen how the would be cxttcxiery poor when list- j radiated waves troin W EAF reach -etung-ta,-for instance, to VVEAK. a j Anbury Park with their usual sig ery powcrtai statioi, two mile lis-j nl strength and relatively non-dia-' tant. A relatively laexpcasive re-; torted. ! cever, however, located at Assburyi 'lh:s condition of absorption of Park, New Jersey, 50 miles tronit energy from broadcast stations is WEAF. might receive broadcast obviously of greater importance in programs iroia WEAF with very citie cunUii(ing m&e oi steel; woivdcrtul Yolutne. . ' J - thin in the country, yet at the same' The reason lor this great1 dif-1 time it tiould be understood-that -terence in transmission oi radio pro- j siKiial energy may be absorbed by grams can be illustrated in this m- mountains, iorests aud even by iso stance as due to absorption of the I latcd steel structures, chimneys, etc,, transmitted energy and also -te ine ?u rural sections.- ; good . conduction ot the rmdiatt-tl Keasumable judgment should be waves by the Hudson and ,lvast" exercised in checking up the actual! Rivers. With WEAF at' Walker reasons why a receiver sometimes; Street, as shown in 'the drawing does not operate as satisfactorily as above, and a receiver in . Central j woufc be at first expected. case more than 100' to loO miles. Ifs experiment show that com mupnication is possible with the other American relief stations in Palestine, Syria, Greece and Per sia, it is likely that more power ful stations will be built later. The chief reason for the installa tion is ecenomy, as it is calculated" that the radio installation will pay for itself within a year through savings on telegraph and cable tolls. - . . .. , Common Sense Tempers . . Match Making in Japan ' TOKYO. Japanese fancies, in springtime, .are very j much, like those of other nationalities. Re cently the Women's club : in Ata gocho, ShiDa, gave a party for 4 0 young bachelors and an equal number of unattached " young women with a view of arranging nuptial contracts. Each guest was given a paper which identified every other member of thefparty. The girl's ages, stations in lif. education and other conditions were given in detail. The identi fication of the men included the amount of monthly income t'fiey could produce to support a family The fee for admittance to the party was 50 sen, although no arrangement was made to refund it in case the mating- plans went awry. w- ; ... RESORT I1VRXS FIRST DAY WINNIPEG. June 12. On tbe day on'which it was to have open ed for the season, Minaki Inn, famous Canadian National summer resort on the Lake of the Woods, was destroyed by fire, it was re ported, here. Advices to the Can adian National offices said that the inn itself would be a total loss SAMMY SPARK PLUG' Says: A new broom sweeps clean and a new spark plug clean sweeps Why lag when you can lead? AUTO LAUGHS ; When Neat O'llara of the New York World -was stopped for speed ing he explained he was hurrying o get tickets for the Police field Games before it was too lafc YEARS A GUARANTEE The Life, PoWeii and Trouble Free Service of the PHILGO DYNAMIC BATTERY Are Guaranteed for 2 Years, but a PHILGO I Long Outlasts Even This - Extraordinary. . Guarantee Let Us Put a Philco in Your Car Now and save you a lot of needless trouble and ex pense. IT WILL COST YOU NO MORE TO BUY than just an. jrdiijary battery, and you'll be amazed how 'much less it costs you per month of service. ; .' . .1 E..H.3URRELL m t- " Distributor 22S N. High Streets-Phone 203 PHILCO MANILA. With the organiation and training of the officers and crews of the insular fleet of coast guard cutters along military lines, approval of which has been given by Governor General Wood, de partment heads 'and Brigadier General Rafael Crime, chief of the constabulary, are 1 :yt - - L modest -beginning-for a futura Philippine navy. Brigadier General Crame, v.-it'; the approval of. Secretary of the Interior Felipe Agoncillo, recently authorized. the transfer of ari-j and other "military equipment for use of 4he coastguard sailors, the men having volunteered to fiirnbl their own uniforms. . " At present the coastguard fores consists of 3 uO" officers and men. Although, the sailors are not re-' quired to perform military service, it is saidjall have volunteered to do this additional work both aboard ship and ashore. . ODY, FE!!DER Ai!B mem We don't wreck 'em but we fix 'em up after they are wrecked, . v ' We have taken oyer the room which was used by tho Stiff Furniture Company, located next to our. Paint and .Top Shop; This room will be used for our Auto Trim- ming Department as well asjor all Body, Radiator and Fender Work, Mr. Moody, an expert sheet metal worker, who has had twelve years experience will have, supervision of this work. ' . -; We are prepared to give you the best workmanship, materials and service in the following lines : . TOPS, CURTAINS, WINTER INCLOSURES, DUCO REFINISHING, VARNISHING, BODY, FENDER, RA DIATOR WORK f AND ACETELYNE WELDING CaJJo ... for - - .- - ' Auto Top and Paint Company Located in alley rear of Fire Department ! Drive Through, the Alley and Save DddbeBrdth COMMERCIAL CAR Ten years of skillful and conscientious engineering have been invested in this sturdy vehicle. . " Dodge Brothers will always protect this investment by steadily enhancing the car's exceptional value. There can never be any relaxation in the policies, practice and ideals whichjiave been the cornerstone of Dodge Brothers success . Screen Commercial Car $910, f.,o. b. Iktroit t . .. 1 - v. 10.-55 delivcrml i. . v r-r ;S'f BONESTEELE MOTOR CO. 474 R. COSIMKRClAl ST ' TIIOVE 423 t 1 V r&L3&i. CJ.J0HNS0N CO, SPOUTING GOODS i a m Diamond-Grid Batteries -A
