it t THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH S. li anae The Live Topics Home Page ffT NEPHI, county seat of Juab county, Utah, the greatest dry farming section cf Utah, owns its own electric light plant, water works and 8 mi'es paved streets. Two banks. lumber yard, plaster mill, fine schools and a modern hotel. : : Suggestions for the Farmer and Housewife, prepared by specialists in the Department of Agriculture for the people of East Juab County. : : : Short stories about people of prominence in our country The rapacity and iiidu.iuni-- or tne receiving antenna plus a small amount of lamped inductance In the slut Ion ti furnish PUTTING UP ANTENNA Two Types of Counterpoise D- escribedEnergy Losses M.n-imiz- a drop to operate the receiv- ing set directly or u magnetic Held ti transfer energy to a second i.scillat ing circuit, should be equal to t lie nut ural period of the received wave Roughly, the natural period ot single wire antenna Is 1.22 times the length of the nntennu proper, plus the lead-InThis natural of the antenna system should be, us stated above, just ullghtly (ess than the wave length on which reception Is desired. Hy actual experiment It hus been found that the received energy is the same tor a antensingle wlrv as for a multi-wir- e It has been stated In previous ar- na, unless the spucing between the ticles tliut hq antenna system consists wires is very greut. The greatest aduntenim Is ueriiil and u ground. In vantage of a single-wir- e of a It is much simpler to certain forms tlie ground is also known mechanical. as a cotinlerpoise. erect, due to the absence of spreaders, Sometimes u counterpoise Is lnniie and It will withstand severe storms multi-wir- e up in u form similar to t lie ueriiil mill which would tear down a Is suspended beneath It. To a certain nntennu with the same supports. Not all the energy Induced In a reextent tills Is true of the counterpoise used on airplanes, wlitcli is made up ceiving antenna by the wuve produced of all the metal parts of t lie plane. by the transmitting station Is useful. When the earth Is dry or rocky, and I 'art of the energy is reradlnted. part conseuueiitl.v u poor conductor of elec- - Is lost due to the resistance of the antenna conductors, part Is lost due to network of wires Is laid on the round the edtly currents produced in neighmaterial, and and directly underneath the horizontal boring anpart of the antenna. If It is desired to part is lost by leakage around the Install this form of counterpoise the tenna Insulators. All of these losses metallic surface of the counterpoise can be reduced to a minimum by prop-erlmust be at least equal to that of anlocating and erecting an antenn? losses due to r Idy currents can The tenna, and for ellicient operation, should even he greater than the an- be reduced by erecting the antenna tenna surface. Also the resistance of so that it will not he near any objects "the counterpoise should he made as such as houses, barns, trees, etc. The low as possible in order to eliminate resistance loss can be reduced hy usthe losses that otherwise would take ing a heavy conductor of low resistance, such ns stranded pisce In It. A counterpoise of the form Good, long described Is illustrated in Kigure 14. phosphor bronze cable When the ground underneath an insulators with plenty of surface nntennu Is n good conductor, that Is to creepage distance will minimize in say. Is soft and moist, the earth Itself sulnlor leakage. Just ns much care ed by Proper Location. I em a U often used as n counterpoise and i"..'i It by means connection Is made of a number of copper plates or an con-eist- 12-fo- JiK)-me;- d V e S fa'" -- lie a interconnected network of wires, sunk Into the ground at various places within the area uudernesitl the antenna. These buried conductor. - should have a low resistance and should b" put deep enough so that the earth around them Is permanently moist. See Figure 15 for a cout.lerpo se of this type. The llevernge antenna Is one of I lie most recent additions to the art of short-wav- e rod!" reception. Due to its characteristics. It was used at Scotland. last December. when 23 amateurs succeeded in bridging the Atlantic with radio. The P.everagc antenna Is adapted to the reception of signals on n singles predetermined wave length. It of one wire supported on 10 to posts, tills wire having a length of either one or two even wave If ileslgnei. for lengthR. reception, the wire will be either (J.."ix or 1.300 feet long. Unlike the customary form of an tenna, this wire is grounded at both ends. At the far end. away from the receiver. It Is grounded through a resistance of from 250 to toil etttl through ohms, and at the receiving in the case of a vuriiible Inductati'-e- . the receiver used at Ardrossnn. five, f radio frequency amplllica-tlonstages a regenerative detector and two stupe of audio frequency nmpliticii tlon were used. As Staled above, the leverage la designed for reception of a on the ingle wave length, depending length of the antenna wire. If oilier wave lengths are lo be received, the length of the wire must be rlmnced. It has been found that the signal 12 strength using 1.1'NI feel of wire. feet above Ihe gro tiul. Is approximatea ly the same as would be heard !: withfeel single vertical antetitui wire. In height. However. Ihe Beverage antenna Is highly directional, tmd on account of this fact, interference from direction other than those from whicn one wishes to receive is reduced to n 'minimum. Also, duo to the short distance from the ground, static and atare alinist mospheric? disturbances eliminated. In general. It may be snld Hint the Itevcrage antenna Is extremely well daptfrt for the long distant e reception of 'glials from a given station whose transmitting wave length Is known, Often by erecting an elaborate an tennn iystetn. the amnteur does not good results ns would be get one. from n simple, The function of an antenna Is to cut and electro-stati- c the elect f Ihe field radiated by component iUn transmitter, and have Induced In force which will It an electro-motivmuse current to flow In the sniruLi! circuit. well-loent- 71 rm4-- taken in bringing in the iead-las in erecting the antenna close to a wall Don't run the lead-ifor any great distance. It is always desirable to have an aiitenmV Just as high as possible, not only to receive the maximum amount of energy, but also to prevent shield ing. If an antenna is erected on a site surrounded by high buildings con tabling conducting material, the build ings will shield the antenna electrical ly. That is. the energy is absorbed by the buildings and little Is left for the antenna. Sometimes nn antenna is shielded hy some object In such a man ner that reception from one particular direction Is Impossible. as Keen" the antentf. and lead-it- i far as possible from electric light am If n power line runs power lines. iiearhv. run the antenna at right angles to It. and so obtain the mini mum amount of Interference. for The best receiving ' antenna wave and amateur broadcasting feet lengths Is a single wire 100-long, constructed of standard copjier. phosphor bronze or copperweld wire. Just us high and far away from sur rounding objects as It is possible to brought got it. and wltli a' lead-idown from one end an l kepi at leas three feet away from f lie house. An antenna for this type not only giv mod results but wi'l withstand -- tonus and Is not objected to by the landlord and nelghl ors. should ABOUT lltltll IIMMItU TIPS TO THE RADIOIST Isaak Newlln. an Kskltuo In his early twenties. Is a radio operator of marked ability In s storm. Home of the fire Insurance companies nie deinan ling that radio bints be Insjiei j,d anil certificates of approved wiring osscssors of radio home outfits would do well to sit thai their policies are not affected by the Installation of their equipment. 1 I ; well-kep- HUtUUIUU'M Heads American Bankers' Association i SUPPLY John H. I'uelicher of Milwaukee, (portrait herewith) Is the new presi- dent of the American Bankers' association, elected at Its recent annual convention In New York. Walter V. Head of Omaha. Neb., was elected lirst vice president, and William B. -t Knox of New York, second vice president. By a vote of nearly 3 to 1, the association adopted a resolution opposing the establishment of branch hanks "by state and national banks." The report of the economic policy committee demanded a reduction in the wages of railroad employees and a corresponding reduction In railroad rates. The ret.urt also opposed the proposed bonus for soldiers. Indorsed Lawrence river the Great I.ukes-St- . canal project and suggested amendments to the shipping laws to "make It possible for Americnn ship owners to compete with other countries." In a message to the. convention I'resident Harding said: "It lias long been my observation that the leadership of the banking forces in the local community is ever effective and devoted to community welfare; and the same helpful relationship must be maintained throughout the nation and in the nation's outside relations." Am American Red Cross to Aid Near East RAPIDLY DECREAS1N Where Americans Need Forests Most la on 80,000,000 Acres Which Cou'd Be Made Productive Again. BOYS AND GIRLS VIE IN HUGE EXPOSITION Tree-Denude- d United States Department (Prepared by the or agriculture.) 'The United Stutes produces more than half of tlie entire lumber tut of the world," says Col. W. B. Greeley chief of the forest service. United States Represented by Teams at Sioux City. Twelve More Than 130,000 Club Members Made Demonstrations Received Instruction in Better Farming and Home Making. Stutes Department of Agriculture, and uses 93 per cent of that amount right here at home. The exhaustion of our timber supply Is coming about, not because we have used our forests to freely, but becuuse we have Tin lantL use our problem. In a uursfiefi, is tlie eno jsious area of forest land which has been so logged and burned that It Is producing little or nothing. Many Idle Acres. "We have more than S0.0OO.00O acres, nn area greater than all tlie forests of France, Belgium. Holland. Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal, whlcl have been denuded to the point of absolute Idleness so far as tlie production of any timber of commercial value Is concerned. We have other enormous areas of land now growing but a fraction of the amount of timber which they might produce. And we are adding to these ureas of Idle or largely Idle land from 10.000.000 to 1.000 M0 acres every year as destructive logging and still more destructive burn ing progress. "Tills situation," tlie forester points out. "cannot long continue without grave consequences. If we are to re main a nation of wood users, we must become a nation of wood growers. B? some means or other we must see to it that forest lands not needed for agriculture are not allowed to lie Idle but are kept at work growing timber Where Forests Are Needed. "Where Americans need more for ests." states Colonel Greeley, "is largely on these 80,000,000 timber-denudeacres, which could be made productive again with proper attention and '-v timber-growin- g . United Statea Department (Prepared br the of agriculture.) rolled ns Farm boys and girls club members by exteion agents cooperatively employed by tlie United States Department of Agriculture and tlie state agricultural colleges were NaV.N cut-ov- I'resident Harding In a message of welcome read at th-- recent na tional convention of the American Bed Cross expressed bis gratification at t he steps being taken by the or with the ganization In Near East relief to aid refugees in the Near East. Tim executive committee of the Bed Cross prior to the assembling of (lie convention authorized Mr. 1'ayne to take such steps and make such appropriations for relief work In the Near Hast as he deemed advisable .ending the raising of the Near ICasl emergency fund. I I A nation-wid- e appeal for such a fund to lie expended by the Bed Cross and the Near East relief has been authorized bv the I'resident. Ar lUncle Joe" Cannon, Champion Old-Tim- d & ' $ mm mm er Say. hut "Uncle Joe" Cannon Is ari He arrived in Danville, III., bis home town, the other day. having traveled from Washington over In l lie same route he went westward i his hum Iter's arms eighty-tw- o years ago. "Uncle Joe" has decided to quit congress, but bis public service is not quite ended, for he plans to go back to Washington In December to serve term In the house out his twenty-thirof representatives. His forty-siyears of service there will expire next March 4. The automobile trip from Washing ton to Indianapolis over tlie old national road, following the same route taken hy tlie caravan of Quaker families 'nmi North Carolina with which he cntiie west tn 1SI0. was undertaken, lie explainer., more for senti... ' . j . mental reasons than In expectation be would be able to recognize scenes of eighty-twyears ago. Two he rememoered White .Sulphur springs, where the migrating Virprairie schooners stopped for lunch, and n famous precipice In the West ginia hills, lie likewise recalled a slop at the Quaker settlement of Ukiinn.ml, fPl k Old-Tinie- 4 (I ..? d v Vv - Ind. Alaska. Dealers are pettli.g bush-esby testing out each scl soldi using It to receive over their own antenna. Kadi lire ainrui box In the l'res;d:o, San Kluniisco. Is to be equipped with a radio vibrator, which will linn hi an alarm at headquarters when any one yeils "r'lre!" Into It- At a I'hiii.tauqur. concert at Camden, N. Y., a large ncMetice was so tori Hied by a thunder storm leceiveii t.y radio from a great distance and amplified by the apparatus. Hint they rushed from the lent, only to f d the moon shining and no r!gns of a -- NATION NEED John Barton 1'ayne has the eyes of the world on him nowadays. For he is chairman of the American Red Cross. And the American Bed Cross is undertaking to extend emergency relief to refugees In the Near Kast. Counterpoises. A n't TALKED ItlUUtllllH COUNTY "Our average American uses 12lC pounds of paper a year made largely from wood and the growing circula tion of our newspapers and maga zines Is Increasing that very generous OF per capita allowance. t farms us- -' "Our average ing tlie upper Mississippi valley as ani feet of, United States Produces More instance require 2.000 board and Imlumber annually for repairs Than 95 Per Cent ot Entire provements. "Our Florida cltru-- crop alone, for Lumber Cut of World. mnrketing, takes 13.000.000 boxes, of 0V4 bourd feet each, every year." MORE TIMBER PEOPLE JUAB j invites the stranger within its gates to investigate the possibilities afforded here before going elsewhere. The famous Levao ridge is known throughput the world. Two railroads pass through N. phi. : : off 1 FURTHER ADVICE ON tfTTEAST First Woman as United Slates Senator a Just ininle tirtralt of Mrs. W. II. r'elton of Cartersville who has been appoinleil by 5ov. T. W. Hard wick of Georgia to tlie United s Slates senate to succeed the lute I- : Thomas K. Watson. Sayj Mrs. Amernn b "Kngland ican born woman o give her a seat In the Brlt'sh parliament, but noble old 'i 'JLfieort'ln did no need to borrow, and r I states had she alone of the forty-eigh- t a governor with courage to appoint a woman to the senate of these United States." Sei.alor r'elton Is the first woman United States senator. Maybe shril never take her seal. There's a reason. who was once In Governor llardwh-kthe seni'te, wants to go line' and hit hanounocd bis candidacy. So, when congress meets In December, Sennfoi Kelton's successor vill already lum bein elected. Mrs. t'elton, wl i Is eighty-seveIs the widow of Dr. W. II. Felton. of Cartersville, GsM who serveil as a mem- aer oi viii;rv- - lor pcTrmi iciiua onv Baa long umi active; iu ucvrtia iwiiiia Kel-ton- f " , n 4 - Proper Methods Conserve Forects for Ail Time. protection against fires." Some of the chief reasons why these forests are needed are as follows: centerare "Our manufacturing drawing at an enormous rale upon our timber supply from two to four times ns fast per capita as the coun- try at large. - j If 111 I if i if 'ft Girl Cluj Member and Her Calf. Pure-bre- represented by champion demonstration und Judging teams for the VI central states at the Interstate boys' ur.d girls' clubs exhibit and encampment at Sioux City, Iowa. Over S.'.KH) of these teams competed in 1U21 for representation at Sioux City, putting on nearly 10,000 public demonstrations of club activities. The total enrollment In the 12 states last year was more than 130,000 club iiembers. whose production vus vulued at The United Stntes Department of tills year with Agriculture tlie state agricultural colleges and tlie fair association In the installation of a' striking series of 12 booth In tlie special boys' and girls' clubs building, exemplifying the lending lines of club work, as follows: Illinois, corn; Iowa, poultry; Kansas, pigs and sorghum; handicraft ; Minnesota, Michigan. bread: Missouri, home management; Montana, clothing; Nebraska, radio; North Dakota, potatoes; South Dakin la, food; Wisconsin dairying; Wyoming, canning. The fact thnt farm boys and girls are making a substantial contribution to tlie agriculture and life of their communities was strongly emphasized throughout tlie exhibit. In addition to putting on exhibits snd demons! nitrons these young farmers unit home makers received practical in t ruction In better fanning and home making and In developing their abilities for leadership. PERSONALITY ROTATE TO DESTROY INSECTS 13 E!3 ASSET Hnve Many Working Soil at Different Seasons of Neat, Intelligent inPeop'e Disposing of Advantages Year Keeps Down Weeds and Farm Produce. Injurious Bugs. Personality Is n g'eal assi t In marWeeds and Insects are more easily keting anything fnrtn proibi-i- s are no controlled by practicing a rotation lie- - execution. Nei't. Intelligent , ,. cause, for different crops, the soil is f), ,y mngrs ,v worked at different seasons of the over tlie ordit ary In selling direct, or are weeds which thus and prevaKnow year, your hustle; be lo dealers. lent lit one season may be destroyed hy able lo leach the other fellow. If be '.in please, growing a spring crop mid those preva- really wants Information, lent hi another season by growing a rather Hum preach lo him. crop for which me ground is women In the fall. The same Is true of In Keep Hens Comioitaoie. sects w hii'h affeci one crop but not anA ben that Is comfortable nod happy other; thus, by rotating crops on a Is more profitable than oi.'t- - Hint u A good piml iy hot.x.j Held Insects are also largely de- uncomfortable. must be "a true home lor the hen." if stroyed. she Is expected to lay well ilurin,' tlit Big Crop of Sirup. winter moulds. Nearly a,7K).ooo gallons of tnnple Pries of Petatssj sirup were pruduce lust spring In the The general range of potato prices 13 Important producing stutes, the to two. season was from largest In four years, and fi.'! per cent this ,,f "T. 'Vi" more than In 1IW1. according to (he .o- - v ,o.... of Agricul- - M"" whsom United State. j pariineiii tn Afei nuiiui v. Qre - ,..,, I 1 otie-ilnr- d J a. "VT?f"t ell-ln-