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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER The Leaders Home and Farm Live Stock Dairy Horticulture Poultry Home Economics Household Women's Young People Department .... Contributions by Noted Writers wm THE TEST OF IGNITION SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT IN LOCATING KITCHEN GASOLINE ENGINE TROUBLE (Tram the United States Department of Agriculture.) With all engines using spark plugs It is comparatively easy to ascertain whether the ignition system Is working properly. Simply remove a plug and ascertain that the porcelain or other insulating material on the inside of the plug is not coated with carbon and that the points are properly of an inch spaced. One thirty-seconIs about the right space for most systems where a dry battery Is used. This Is about equal to the thickness of a worn dime. A wider gap will often make starting difficult, especially when the spark Is rather weak or where a high tension magneto Is used. Tn the latter case the best results will often be obtained when the gap is not more or even than of an Inch. Then the wire and lay the plug so that the me al base touches the engine easting, while the end of the wire and the metal tip of the plug are at least half an Inch from any metal part connected with the engine and In such a position that the points are visible while Then turn the cranking the engine. engine over a few times (at least as many times as there are cylinders) and note whether a spark jumps across the space between the points. It Is not sufficient, however, merely to ascertain if there Is a spark it must be hot enough to fire the compressed Charge in the cylinder. It is, of course, difficult to tell by merely looking at It whether the spark is hot enough or not, but If it Is a heavy blue, or a bluish-whitor a "fat" yellow one looking like a small flame, it is probably all right. If very thin and greenish or showing red, the chances are It Is too weak to fire the charge. One may familiarize himself with the aspect of a good spark as follows: Finding a Good Spark. While the motor is in satisfactory running condition loosen the nut on the top of the plug while the engine is stopped so it will be easy to remove the wire from the plug after the enThen start the engine is started. gine and, by tnking hold of the wire where it is covered, with insulation, move the end of the wire very slowly away from the center of the plug and watch the spark jump, closely observing Its color and thickness. It is also well to note the distance the spark will jump, yet not advisable to force it to jump too great a gap, nor should the end of the wire he allowed to rest in a position where the spark cannot jump to the plug or the engine while the engine is running, as this tends to break down the insulation of the coil. In the case of mngnetos there is no danger In this respect, as they are fitted with a safety spark gap which the. spark will jump, if for any reason the circuit U broken elsewhere. Knowledge of just how much of n spark one . should obtain with each kind of Ignition system Is frequently of great value in. locating trouble, and everyone who operates a gas engine d tests should make the while the engine is in good order. If one Is not sufficiently familiar with the looks of a good spark to tell by mere observation whether It is hot enough, a rough test niny be made as follows: Tlace a thin piece of dry cardboard, such as an ordinary visiting card, or three or four thicknesses of dry newspaper, between the points of the plug while it is lying on the engine In the position first mentioned, then crank the engine. A good spark will jump through these, leaving a tiny hele. A spark which will not do this is too weak to jump the spark gap In the cylinder under compresd 7FT .... CABINET in good shape by disconnecting the wire from the Igniter block and snapping It across the corner of the engine casting or the end of the other wire leading from the coil. But even though, this gives a good spark .it does not necessarily mean that ' the i spark Is given In the cylinder when the engine is turned over. .It may be that the points of the electrodes inside the cylinder do not touch each not other when they should making a' good contact, because carbon, oil, dirt, etc., have accumulated between these points. Therefore, If a good spark occurs when the wire Is snapped across part of the engine, crank the engine until the movable electrode is released and allowed to Think of the" Importance of friendship in the education of man. It will make a mat) honest; it will make him a hero; it will make him a saint It is the state of the just dealing with the just; the magnanimous with the magnanimous; the sincere with the sincere; man with man. Thoreau. I GOOD THINGS FOR TABLE. THE- - HOME, or-ar- e The value of wholesome food well prepared and well seasoned, cannot " be overestimated.. 1 Explosion of an American kite, balloon. Inflated with hydrogen gas which was Ignited by static caused, by a soldier's hair brushing, against the Silk bag.2 Doughboys just off a transport getting their first American pfe In V 18 months. 3 The queen of Roumania, who plans a trip to the United States, and her youngest daughter. Veroniq.ua: Add one Soup. EWSREVIEWOF cupful of stewed strained tomaand . fly back. toes, to which Is Contact Not Being Made. h added CURRENT If one Is not sure just when the onfu1 o f teaspo points of the' electrode should be touchsoda, to three cup- ing, the engine may be cranked very fuls of veal Thicken with one broth. slowly for two full revolutions while and f each of Peace Delegates Completing the tablespoonfuls the end of the wire Is repeatedly butter and flour cooked together; then League of Nations Plan and snapped across Its connection on the add one and one-hateaspoonfuls of If no spark can be obelectrode. f cupsalt, a dash of cayenne, Treaty Together. tained at any, position of the electrode, one-hal-f it is evident that contact is not being ful of cooked rice, one and h pimentoes cut in strips, and made by the points inside the. cylin' der (this is in case the other wire is cupful of heavy cream. FIRM Soak OPPOSING SENATORS Rhubarb Pudding. Tapioca grounded directly to the engine). s of pearl tapioca cupful Sometimes the other wire Is fastened cover. ' to a piece of metal insulated from the over night in cold water to one Japan Modifies Her Race Equality add double a in boiler, Drain, put In engine, but which touches part of the Lose Amendment Bolsheviki cupfuls of boiling water engine for an instant when the spark and Win Ukraine in North and s teaspoonful of salt; should occur in the cylinder. In this and Stirring Up jilbre. Trouble case, if a spark can be obtained by cook until the tapioca has absorbed the ' f cut In in Other Lands. bringing the ends of the two wires into water. Peel rhubarb and Inch pieces there should be contact it should be determined whethd By EDWARD W. PICKARD. er the insulated piece is making con- three cupfuls; then sprinkle with cupful of sugar." Add to the Seemingly convinced:'. that, by some tact witli the engine properly. If no spark is obtained at the plug tapioca and Cook until the tapioca is n.eans not yet revealed, the opposition transparent and rhubarb soft. Turn of a large part Of the American senate or igniter block when tested as diinto a serving dish "and accompany can be overcome,' the peace delegates rected, it will, of course, be necesin Paris went ahead, last week with with sugar and thin cream. sary to look over the electrical system Meat Loaf. Chop one pound of veal the work of welding the treaty and the in order to ascertain what is wrong. and two pounds of .beef. Mix and league of nations Tplan. President The electrical systems of various enadd one cupful of bread crumbs, "one Wilson declared there was ho Intengines differ considerably, and no definite instruction can be given for difcupful of milk, one teaspoonful of tion of handling the two. matters septeaspoonful of pepper arately, and In this he was supported ferent makes, but some general points salt, will be mentioned. First of all see arid three eggs slightly beaten. Shape by others of the leaders. It was admitthat the switch is in starting position.- - In loaf, put In pan and lay across the ted that the league plan would have Much jime has been lost in thousands top six slices of fat salt pork. Roast to be amended in various particulars, f hours, basting evcry-Waof cases by trying to start the en- one and Aat the American delegates had f ten minutes at first with cup made up their minds to accept a cergine with the switch off. Next, look over all wire connections ful of hot water and the fat in the tain limited number of changes. Perto see that they are tight and clean. pan. Remove to a hot platter, pour haps it was believed these alterations, If the engine starts on a battery of around a tomato or brown sauce and which probably will not be at all radidry cells see that all connections be- garnish with parsley. cal, would satisfy the objecting senaStuffed Figs. Mash cream cheese, tors. Their attitude and language do tween the cells are tight and that no short circuits are caused by the me- moisten with heavy cream and season aot tend to justify that belief. tal He portions of the cells touching with highly with salt and cayenne; make Some of the correspondents in Paris s inch in diaother, or by metal connection with Into balls fear that Insistence on joining the engine, or by tools lying on the meter. Wash and dry figs, make nn in- covenant of the league with the peace cells, etc. The small knurled nuts on cision- In each and stuff with the treaty will delay the latter. Others, dry cells frequently loosen from v- cheese balls. Arrange in piles on a equally well Informed, assert that the ibration and thus interrupt the whole plate covered with a lace paper doily. difficulties ' will : be speedily removed, ignition system. .Yitimating that the principles of the And the finest fellow of all would be Testing Battery Strength. league. In so far as they have been one who could be glad to have the It is a good thing to keep an amlived because the world was chiefly generally accepted, ill be incorporatmeter handy for use In testing the miserable, and his life had come to ed In the treaty and that differences help some one who heeded it. George strength of the cells of a battery. In of opinion regarding specific parts of Eliot. testing with an ammeter It is best to the covenant will be recognized and discard all cells that do not test over MORE STRAWBERRY DISHES. discussion of them left to a later date. 12 amperes. A new cell should test Thus, they think. President Wilson between 20 and .10 amperes. If no A pint of nice berries will furnish and the supporters of his plan will be ammeter is available, a crude test can of dessert for a family of five satisfied and the opposition in Ameribe niade-b- y striking the end of a wire plenty or six, if the terries are ca and elsewhere placated. connected to one end cell of the batA most used wisely. tery against the first connection on The" specific changes demanded by dainty dessert is either the cell at the other end. angel food or sponge the opposing senators have not been Do not keep the wire In contact cake cut in rounds, made public except in a scattering with the cell for more than an Inhenned with crushed hpr- - way, but a courier is on his way to stant. Doing so will weaken the batries mixed with whipped Paris bearing a lengthy statement for tery, but by snapping it quickly across cream or me perries may the French and British press prepared the edge of the .knurled nut a few be covered with the by Senator Poindexter. The senators times and noting the sparks, one can cream. Intend to escape any possible cable ascertain whether the battery is proCottage censorship by sending all their comPudding ducing a good current. By making this Strawberry Sauce. Bake a cottage munications by courier. Meanwhile test a few times with a battery which pudding In an angel cake pan,: or a they are d wending their stand before is In working condition, one can easily sponge cake mixture may be the American public In speeches and simple learn about how much of a spark used. Remove from the pan to a debates, the most Interesting of the should be expected. dish, fill the center with latter .being- between Senator Lodge serving Oil Causes Trouble. sweetened and flavored whipped cream and President Lowell of Harvard Sometimes too much oil will cauxe and around ' It a sauce using pour, Lodge said he favored a ' trouble by accumulating on the consion. some crushed berries to make juice, league of nations, but not the coveIn tact box. Is with a the breaker It Is If the engine points equipped sugar and a few sliced or quartered nant as presented. He declared the k system, in usually easy to examine these points berries. Ignition Keep warm until serving whole treaty should be redrafted, 6ut which an igniter block Is. used instead and see If they have oil on them; are time. ' did not believe that would be done In of a spark plug, it can be ascertained rough or pitted, or not opening propIce Cream. Wash, hull Paris. Senator Reed Strawberry at If oily,rinse with a little gas- and mash one quart of 'berries. Sprin- tacked the league plan in violently easily whether the entire system, with erly. a speech be the exception of the igniter block, Is oline and wipe dry. kle with a cup of sugar and let stand fore the Missouri legislature, wherefor three hours, then mash nnd squeeze upon fifty Democratic members of that through a double thickness of cheese body formally demanded his resignaWet Weather Shelter. CUT POTATO SEED CAREFULLY f and cupfuls tion. That. Is a fair sample of the In Animals should be sheltered In .wet cloth. Mixone one and f cup-- ! cream, of heavy tolerance displayed by the strongest cold do will .On weather. days they Pays to Do It by Hand as There Is better If confined in the barn than If fuls of milk, the whites of four eggs partisans of both sides In the dispute: a little salt. Freeze, stiff and Greater Uniformity Obtained Several rather startling suggestions turned on pasture. Especially Is this beaten In Weight. to a mush, then add the strawberry ' been made by the senators,. Jv,ho true of dairy cows. pave juice and continue .freezing. More ore fighting the Wilson plnn. Lenrpot Cut seed potatoes carefully. It pays sugar may be added If the fruit Is of Wisconsin proposes that the senate For Success With Horses acid. to do It by hand because of the greater adopt n' resolution declaring the war ' To be successful In. producing horses quite Sauce. Steamed uniformity obtained In the welglit of of 'size, quality and correct conformawith Germany terminated and then of rice in milk until pieces and number of eyes to each. tion, it Is necessr.ry to use great care Cook one cupful to formulate a peace treaty whole. For the sauce proceed well done but Potato sets should be made compact In Calder of New York wishes congress. and genselection, breeding, feeding In form and as even In weight as pos.take three tablespoonfuls of softened as soon as It Is convened, to Instruct eral practices. butter, add one cupful of powdered su- the American delegates how sible. The number of eyes has. some they gar, mixing It until creamy, then stir 111 iflould proceed. Influence, but the comparative size of Worker and Shirker. n half cupful of whipped cream and n the sets has a greater Influence on down underground there Is lots crop production. It Is n good prac- of Deep J"Pnn's delegates having evinced a de. room far the man who 'cuh't and been slightly sweetened. Serve atI f'terbilnatlon tice to take the first set from the to try to Introduce Into Is room but won't work, at standing slein end, to cut slantingly across the f Vennnt " giving Tenox o premium everywhere else. Srawberrl-FIll sherbet j pqlato and finally to divide the seed the yellow races equal rights of Imml-hav- e sliced with strawberries that glasses end. "tl0n W'th th' ,Cnucn,9,"n9; Resident Best Fowls for Hatching. been well chilled. Pour over the Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode following mixture: Mix the juice of off His threatened Save Only Good Eggs. complication. He If you're saving eggs for hatching Island Reds, and others of the Ameri- half nn orange, four tahtcspoonfiils of told Viscount Majsul the Idea was Im a are of and class the sugar tnblespnonfnl of charged lioultry usually segregate the best of your hens and can water. Garnish with h ring of piped possible, and Matsul agreed to drop It save their eggs only. It does not pay best for hatching purposes. for the present. However, the Jap whipped crenm nvonnrt the edge. to hatch eggs from poor types of hens. anese delegation aid propo.se nn this quantity for each portion." The usual grain chickens get with amendment providing that the con slock Is corn. Too much corn, or too Foundation for Pasture. Will cuus trading parties to the covenant shall of much grain, any single exceAlslke and timothy make an ree to grant equal and Just trHt trouble. liver llent foundation for permanent pasture. one-fiftiet- h one-fortie- EVENTS one-eight- one-hal- lf one-hal- one-fourt- two-third- ' one-fourt- h two-third- m'ent to all aliens within their borders who are nationals of states that are the hope of relieving the food shortage In Moscow and the north, X members of the league. The Japanese j According to reports from Lithuania movedo not accept the view that treatment a new and strong n ment is under way in the parts of Rusof foreigners and discriminating laws are purely matters of do- sia controlled by. the soviet governmestic policy and undoubtedly will at ment. It is led by the "independent some time in the future reopen the Communistic" party, and its first efforts are directed toward breaking up question. the bolshevik army, by desertion If On Thursday all the neutral nations necessary. that desired to present views concern ing the league of nations were heard Unpleasant stories are coming from Vladivostok to the effect that the anti- by the subcomniission of the commission on the league, of which Lord Rob bolshevik Russians there are bitterly il d is chairman. Most of the attacking the policy neutrals, It Is understood, favored the that Is being followed by the American ' and are accusing the expedition,league plan with some modifications. The full commission, with Mr. Wilson Yankees of being friends' of the In the chair, met Saturday bolshevikl. Tlie'. antagonism .Is fos all proposed amendments and put the tered by several newspapers which are said to have been subsidized by some plan Into definite and final form. finmi-gratio- ' ert-Cec- middle-of-the-roa- th. one-four- th e, one-thir- one-eight- h one-hal- one-hal- three-fourth- high-tensio- n above-describe- lilfljplli make-and-brea- one-hal- one-hal- ; . " . V f i Allow nrle The completed peace treaty, "It Is asserted la Paris, wtll be ready by April 1 for presentation to the German plenipotentiaries. At the time of writing It was not clear whether this pact would be a: preliminary treaty or the final instrument, or a renewal of the strongest provisional armistice. In any case; many Important matters were yet to be settled. ' These Included numerous boundary disputes, In the discussion of which Mr. Wilson was taking a leading part. According to report, he told Premier Clemenceau he would not ' support France's demands concerning the disposition of the west bank of the Rhine, and the "Tigec" thereupon tried to resign, but was dissuaded by Premier Polncare, who showed him France could not get' along without the support of. America, no matter whaf modifications Mr. Wilson might demand in the French program for the treatment' of Germany. Next, President Vilson conferred with Prime Minister Orlando of Italy, and, it was believed, arranged for' a compromise by which Italy .will, get Fiume and surrender her claim, to Jhe Dalmatian coast which' the Jugo-Slav- s demand. This plan-i- s opposed by Foreign Minister Sonnino and- his party and by much of the population of Dalmatia. The western boundary of Poland has not been definitely determined, though the decision had been reached that the Poles should have a corridor to the sea, including-Danzigon The Interallied commission Poland and the Germans had a great deal of trouble last week arranging for a cessation of hostilities between the Poles and the Germans, but it was said the desired result would soon be reached. The supreme council also took steps to stop the fighting between the Poles and the Ukrainians in Guli-cia. . " ' .. Siberia "are scheduled for return In the spring. Just.tvn'y the Yankee troops should fight the bolshevikl In north Russia a.nd not" ta.'.Siberia is not discernible at this distance. :' Directly connected' with the strained relations In Siberia" Is the row In Tien Tsin. where Japanese troops and police made what is declared to have been an unprovoked attack on American officials and soldiers. Washington may demand an apology and reparation from .Tokyo. Meanwhile true to their program of freeing the proletariat of the entire crowd are world, the Lenine-Trotzk- y Increasingly active' in lands far' apart In China they arc said to be organiz, and ing a great 'movement spending " imnjense sums of - money, of which they seem to have unlimited supplies. Another uprising in India is being planned.. In western Canada their Influence is apparent in the action taken by the 'labor unions. Nearly all local unions there have "Voted to" secede from, the' American Federation of Labor and to follow the I. W. W. plan of organizing by industries instead of by crafts. Their new body- Is to be known as the One Big Union. The delegates to the meeting that took this action adopted a resolution commit ting tnem .to tne DoisneviK pian 01 a "dictatorship of the proletariat," and also' voted for a referendum to call a general strike on June 1 for a , - -- 30-ho- five-da- y week-.- . ' . : ? .; What Mr. Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, will say of this remains to be seen. At present he Is in Paris, where the commission on International labor legislation has been in session. The British draft convention for a permanent organization was amended and adopted for submission to the peace conference. The American contention that eachcountrv should settle its- Internal labor problems without invoking" the power of the league of nations prevailed. The commission heard a delegation of women from the allied countries and promised to give due consideration to the points presented, these Including eight claims in behalf of working women and children. - The German government was reported to be facing a new political crisis, with the prospect that Scheldomann would be" forced to relinquish the chancellorship. The split between the majority socialists and the Independent socialists was becoming wider. .When the independents demanded the repeal of martial law in Berlin Wolfgang Heine, Prussian minister of justice; bitterly assailed them 'for their The Korean Independence movement, in reality a peaceful revolt, Is attractcooperation with the Spartacans. The Spartacans, who were compara- ing much attention and giving Japan tively quiet for a 'few days after their considerable concern. The Japanese virtual defeat In Berlin, were beginhave arrested ft good many Koreans, ning agitation for a new general and with them .some American strike" on March 26, declaring that this women," according to . press .time their success was'certain. Their dispatches. Jo official stories of these previous operations along- the Rhine, occurrences having been received the " state department according to Berlin dispatches, led the French troops of occupation to- seize cabled the 'American' ambassador In Mannheim, Karlsruhe and two other Tokyo to Investigate the reports. .The cities. " This was neither affirmed nor Japanese. It Is said, charge the Ameri' ', . ' denied by the allies. cans with teaching the Koreans the doctrines of liberty and personal Defeat In the north and west and rights. .. .. r success in the south met the bolshevikl. In Russia. They attacked the allied Of great scientific Interest was the positions "south of Archangel, but were announcement last Wednesday that ' ., , .' L mm1 oeen repulsed with considerable "losses. ...I wireiess teiepnony The Lettish troops also whipped them, between Ireland and Canada, taking the important town of Mitau, and between New Jersey and Brest, southwest of Riga, and compelling France. Authorities, agreed that for them to retreat along the whole front the present, at least this means of In that region;'. and" the Poles forced communication will be one of the luxthem out of Plnsk. On the other hand, uries and that It will not supplant the bolshevikl, having forced the wireless telegraphy across the ocean. French garrlsotr Xit Nlkolaley to. f etjre to Odessa after fierce fighting,' were In Director General Hlncs has pulled possession of virtually the whole of the railroads out of the financial hole the Ukraine, Further east they for the time being by borrowlng..$50,-000,00- 0 reached the Isthmus of Perekop, which from the war finance corporaconnects the. Crimea with the mala tion, which takes the stand that the land. Their ulva evidently Is to sub railways are essential war Industries. due before spring nil opposition In the Other loans will follow as rapidly at great grain region of the Ukraine, In the; can be arranged, issionary - . . esraD-llshe- d |