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
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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.
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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. ,
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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
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RIVER CURRENT METERS . !
OPERATED BY DRY; CELLS
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the suspended
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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
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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
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"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
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23 POINTS OF THE CHASSIS ARE OILED
A VTOMA TIC ALL YIN TWO SECONDS
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An Exclusive lFeature of the
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. ;
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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
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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
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Auto Top and Paint Company
Located in alley rear of Fire Department
! Drive Through, the Alley and Save
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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
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