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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH Treat Oats for Smut Control FLOOD DANGER CHILDREN CRY FDR Good Plan to Sprinkle Seed Colorado River To Master Volume bringing CREST; TO JOIN GILES TIDE; VOLUNTEERS ARE OUT Maximum Strength of Levees Will be Overtaxed Officials L ' , Report f Calexico, Calif. Teams and crews of men were rushed to the Imperial ' valley river front to protect the district from a fresh flood that is re- of the Radio Set FROM ALL LANDS Yet again they went down to the Battery and Douglas said that It almost seemed like a home town to him down there by this time. There ts oue more most important tro you should tuke, Uncle John said, out upon this harbor of ours." They had come down upon the elevated railway and what fun it had been to look down into the windows of houses and down upon the stivets and to make curves aud turns on a railway overhead ! "You seemed to be pleased, said Uncle John smilingly. We'll never refuse a boat ride and something to see about this harbor," days. ' An additional flood of water is comDouglas remarked. I one of mind down wouldnt Glia the river from Arizona. seeing any ing This water will pbin the main stream the wonders over again," said Dorothy. above Yutna and the Imerpial valley, Well, weU do that perhaps some and engineers anticipate that the com- day but for the present there are bined discharge may reach 75,000 seif such lots of them that we must see ond-feesecond-fee- t - 3000. over the for the first time before we see any of peak of the flood which broke through them a second time. On a boat they all went, which soon the Imerpial valley levees last June. Temporary dams will be thrown started out into the harbor. It took across low areas between the river a slightly roundabout course for three channel and the Volcano lake levee, Islands, with a big building upon each The Islands were all conwhich is the Imperial valleys last line Island. of flood defense and the only offering nected. , "la it a little city? asked Dorof protection since the Pescadero embankment went out last June. othy. ald Uncle John. "Its a Almost. . Calexicos chamber of commerce telported coming down the Colorado river as a result of recent rains. Reports from Denver announced that a flood discharge of 55,000 second feet is due at the Imperial heading from the upper drainage basin in four t, -- . egraphed Californias representatives in Washington urging and emergency' appropriation by,. congress for strengthening the leyee system. Slides Claim Four Victims at Price Diverge Voltage Applied to Plates of Tubes. Radio-Frequenc- y By CHARLES GOLENPAUL American Mechanical Laboratories. Powerful signals from present-dabroadcasting stations, together with the use of power tubes, amplification and high voltages, at the receiving end. have made It necessary to provide some means of the volume reducing when desired. In fact, the ideal state of radio affairs Is when there Is far more volume than Is ordinarily required, together with a satisfying means of throttling down this volume to any desired degree from the full tone of an orchestra clown to Just a faint whisper that serves ns a pleasing but for the background Donconfllctinjfc dinner conversation, .bridge game or friendly visit. Indeed, this seems about as good a time as any to say a few words regarding radio manners. Only too often radio entertainment has become radio nuisance by blasting away and makmost difficult; or, ing conversation again, going to the other extreme, by .being so weak as to cause conscious or subconscious straining of the hearing faculties to distinguish the voice or music Issuing from the loud speaker. After all, the radio entertainment should be of sufficient volume to form the main Interest of the listeners, when those listeners are primarily anxious to enjoy radio, or of amply subdued volume, without distortion, so as to form Just the desired degree of musical background or setting for' conversational or other mental activiy radio-frequenc- y loud-speak- Price The toll' of life taken in this section by was increased to four by slide that swept the mountainside for a half mile this side of Indian summit on the road and buried three government mail trucks, a car of the ties. Dodge stage line and a privately owned coupe. John E. Stevenes, 48, of Radio, In the hands of the but sadly misguided radio Price, was dead when his body was recovered by rescuers from the heap enthusiast, has done more to break up of wrecked machined and debris. The conversations, friendships, households r and other things than almost any body was brought to the Wallace & ' Between thirty city where all people of all lands can Harmon mortuary-force. Hence at this time we plead and forty' men were caught in the av- be found. most earnestly for safe and sane radio alanche, Which came shortly after 3 Whatever do you mean? asked as Just discussed. oclock. The slideAccurred three and Dorothy, who was very much puzWays of Reducing Volume. Now it Is one thing to cut down the miles above Grant station on zled. this side' of tlfe Srfmmit at a point volume and quite anThe boat .had arrived at the pier known as'the TtVelve per cent turh. of the first, Wand. other to do so without Impairing the . Till Tittle arSvaiTdf 'automobiles, Uncle John at once led the children tone quality. There are correct ways its two score of 'Worlcers, had battled up to the first big building. and means of reducing volume, Just its way. tip the Toft'g dugway to this This Is cailed Ellis Island, he as there are incorrect ways and , place by' the middle of the afternoon, said. And they saw crowds of people means. when the entrle blanket of snow cover- waiting to go back again on the boat As a general rule, the sooner the ing the section of the1 mountain above Some of the women had shawls, some volume Is reduced In the process of them moved. reception the better Ihe results. Thus, carried little babies. There were great big men and small If Ihe volume control is in the Pacific Blots out Trace of Freighter end. the results are hound bqys dressed in quaint clothes. And to be better than If the volume conManila Fear that the United States they were all talking. "Whatever are they saying? asked trol Is placed In the shipping board freighter Elkton had end after the signals have been needbeen lost with all hands on board was Dorothy. "They are people who have come lessly amplified and where any change expressed .by the Admiral Line, operators of the vessel. The steamer Lib- from other parts of the world. They may cause distortion or serious loss erator, another shipping board vessel, are brought to this Island, and (here of quality. which responded to the distress call are people to tell them where they of the Elkton, massaged that it had .can find their friends and how they searched the entire area given by the can reach the places for which they Radio Makes Maps for latter ship ,as its location, without find- are bound. Ships on Briny Deep T.ut how can anyone understand ing either the stricken freighter or USWB," familiar key letters to evopen boats, to which- the crew might them?" asked Dorothy. ery radio operator on the high seas, have taken. The Elkton carried a "They have men here who can speak Indicating United States weather bulcrew of thirty-six- , and was en route lots of languages, said Uncle John. letins, may soon pass out of henring. frofn the Visayan islands, Philippines, Timnigruiits can change their foreign It is now possible for whole weather to Honolulu with a cargo of sugar. money Into American money, if they to be brondeust from Washingmaps reEarlier in the day, the vessel was cannot speak English they have tickets ton to ships ut sea and be drawn acported to be ip serious difficulties, wal- put on their coats saying where they appaby a curately with a want to go; lowing disabled in on hoard each ship equipped to ratus "There are hundreds of beds here gale blowing. receive them. Experimental work beif they have, to stay overnight, and tween the naval broadcast station at room, too. Bill there is an enormous snow-slide- s Castle-gate-Duches- , g oth-p- . ' one-hal- f loud-speake- r , ' radio-frequenc- y audio-frequenc- y It Is a mistaken Idea, yet one that has nevertheless gained very general acceptance, that the simplest volume control Is retuning the receiver. This U entirely wrong. Granted that It Is the simplest, since It entails no additional attachments and stands for nothing more than turning one or more tuning controls off the point of sharpest tuning, this method often introduces serious distortion, for the reason that a cltan wave is no longer available and some of the valuable hands or latest sound components are ruthlessly chopped off. Also, the variation of the filament current, which Is ulso resorted to as a volume control. Is by no means good practice, since the tube functions properly at the given filament temper-turor filament voltage, and any reduction Is certain to result In InsuflV cient electronic emission, followed bj distortion, which may or may not be noticeable in the reduced er volume. The most fcntlsfnotory method, both from the simplicity and the tonal standpoints, Is to vary the plate voltage of the yacuuin tubes. In the ense of "B battery operation, the best procedure Is to Insert a variable resistance unit In the IV plus lend going to the tube or tubes, or to the detector tube In the even' that there Is no amplt flcatlon. e loud-spea- k radio-frequenc- y radio-frequenc- y Regulating Plata Voltage. In fact, most of the leading hecelvers now on the market are employing this form of vol time control, which permits of bring y end right up lng the to maximum sensitivity and volume, while Just a shade below the osclllatlng point. If full volume ts desired, or down to a mere whisper, with perfect tone quality, if the other extreme Is sought. The plate voltage of tlie detector y and the tubes maj also be controlled, if desired, although once the proper values are attained for good tone quality the voltages should not be changed merely for the purpose of cutting down loudspeaker volume. It Is far better practice to let these values remain n their best settings and to alter the plate tubes voltage of the as already outlined. Some radio authorities recommend a resistance unit for regulating the plate. This Is renl-lunnecessary, since in the first place a poVer tube should be employed handle all the necessary volume without choking or distorting; secondly, the utmost plate voltage within the capacity of the tube should lie applied for best results, even with reduced volume; thirdly, the C" battery should be adjusted to provide the necessary grid bias for whatever voltage may be applied on the plate of the power tube. Hence a variable plate voltage Is hardly necessary nor desired for the last oi power tube, although- It sometimes Ferves a good purpose for the preceding audio tube or tubes. radio-frequenc- radio-frequenc- - audio-frequenc- radio-frequenc- y (' loud-speak- - . - radio-mechanfc- mid-Pacifi- c Boulder Dam Reviving Washington Action early next week by the house rules committee on the request of privileged legislative status Boulder canyon for the Swing-Johnsodam bill was forecast by its chairman. Representative Snell, Republican, New York. He said he di& not believe the committee should 'defer action on the request indefinitely," and although he could not speak for other members, he favored bringing the question to a vote within the near future. Snell gave no indication whether the reFriends of the quest would be granted. bill have requested ' a special rule which would authorize calling the bill before the house for a final vote before adjournment. n France Stays Out of Parley Paris The French government has politely declined President Coolidges proposal for a new naval limitation conference. The French reply, made public, says that the government is convinced that following the American proposal would risk compromising the success of the work which the league of nations already has undertaken. The reply, which was written by Foreign Minister Briand and approved by the entire cabinet, takes the position that the circumstances are different from those in 1921, Bill Passes House McNary-HaugeThe Washington farm relif bill was passed by the houSe in exactly the form aproved Ty the senate. The vote wa3 214 to 178, .a margin of 36 votes: It now goes directly to President Coolidge, with congressional opinion divided over whether he will veto the measure or permit It to become a law. The bill proposes creation of a federal farm board with power to levy an equalization commodities for the purpose of controlling surpluses. By passing the measure, the house, 'in less than twelve months. MNary-Hauge- n n dining The other two Islands have hospitals upon them for sick people. Just then the children saw an old mail clasp a younger mail who looked very much like him and they saw that he cried tears of joy. "You have come! said the younger man. "And it was so easy, said the older one in a broken accent. They told me here just what I should do until you came. There was no mistake. Ive found you in this great land." And as. Uncle John explained how it was all managed Dorothy almost cried with the beautiful wonder of it. "Oh," siie said, aud her eyes were what a shining very, very brightly, so great city it Is that it welcomes ' many people, aud that this island makes it possible for them to find each other no mutter what foreign language they speak. New Idea of Safety First The little son of a clergyman recently appeared at breakfast with distinct evidence of a hastily made toilet. Why, Edmund, his mother remonstrated, 1 believe you forgot to brush your hair! 1 was in such a hurry to get to school, be explained. I hope you didnt forget to say your prayers? she asked anxiously. No, siree !" was the emphatic assurance. Thats one thing I never first" New York Sun. Safety forget. More Modernism I gave you a penny what woula g Inquired the say? you old aunt. Well, replied her nephew, "Id probably remark that with four more I could get an Icecream cone, and with fourteen more glass of Arlington and t he warships Kittery and Trenton have proved that the new No longer do method is practicable. radio messages have to be transcribed code into writing and from from that to a blank map. The whole process can now be done by radio and be read at a glance. A map to be broadcast Is printed on sheet of photographic an 8 by nun. 'The negative is used for actual The map received on transmission. shipboard is of the same size. The transmission method is much the same as that now used to send pictures by radio. The negative Is wrapped around a glass cylinder which revolves at a uniform speed. A ray of light' from within penetrates the film whenever It crosses one of the lines drawn on the map' and actuates a sensitive photoelectric ceil. Each memeriturv flicker of light decreases the resistance of the thallium sulphide cell and a slight surge of current passes ihrough. These surges are amplified and broadcast on S.S.'U) meters as an irregular series of dots and dashes which have been confusing ship radio operators of late who have tried In vain to decode them, not understanding what they were. The receiving apparatus opera'es as does the sending mechanism, but in reverse order, finally actuating a pen which Inscribes the transmitted map on the sheet of paper wrapped around Thus the whole .a revolving cylinder. Job Is done and each ship has its daily weather map an 8 by 10 sheet of incalculable value to navigation. dot-das- h "If well-meanin- soda-water- ." Low Voltage Aids Stability tuned amplifier circuit usually is more stable w hen being fed 45 or 67 olts of 15 battery than when it is operating on ! or 135. A radio-frequenc- y Handy Parts That Will Save Work in Switches Grid leaks and resistances are critical tilings at best, and if the best results are to tie obtained from nny hook-up- . they must be the correct values for the occasion. Often It Is difficult to predict In advance Just what values these should tie. since the set builder is apt to make some change In his circuit or the values of the units lie uses. Should tills he the ease. It is necessary to make a quick change of grid leak or resistance, unless one Is willing to spend a lot of extra time undoing much of his work. To save at this point it Is well to have spare leaks and resistances of different values on band and to use handy leak and 'resistance sockets, so that the changes can be made with the simplicity of changing a tube. last-minut- e Selectivity First in Mind of the Set Buyer Tone quality, until recently consld ered the most Important feature of a radio receiver In the mind of the pros pective buyer, Is now placed second In the minds of merchandising experts. The reason offered is the growing number of radio stations and the alleged chaotic condition which ex'sts on broadcast wave lengths, causing interference. This does not indicate that sets not having good tone quality are not In demand. Brackets Make Strong Set In fastening a wood tc the bottom edge of a frqjit bakellte or hard rubber panel, do not rely on a few wood screws alone to make a strong Job. Use. in addition, a pair of the convenient brass, aluminum o. hard rubber brackets made especially for the purpose and you will have strong and rigid receiver. Gas Bubbles Cause bast-boar- Eo:Iing During the last stages of the charg ing process the solution In storage battery cells starts to bubble violently, and a little may splash through the vent caps. Do not be alarmed by this, as the agitation Is caused merely by the bursting of bubbles of hydrogen formed during the charging action, and la not boiling caused by heat. With Weak Solution of Formalin. The smut diseases of oats can be largely controlled by treating the seed before planting with a weak solution of formalin. The treatment will Insure clean outs and bigger yields. There ure nlue Important points to observe when treating the oats and these as outlined by G. W. Fant, extension plaut disease specialist at North Carolina State college, are as follows: 1. Seed to be treated should be placed on a hard surface floor (concrete or wood) where the moisture from the treating solutlou win not lie Injurious. Solution Required. 12. One-hal- f gallon of treut'ng solution Is required to treat each bushel of grain. 3. The amount of solution needed for treating the seed Is calculated from the amount of seed to be treated. 4. Irepare the solution In the proportion of 1 pint of commercial formalin to 40 gallons of water. If, for Instance, 10 bushels of seed are to be treated, 5 gallons of treating solution will be needed, l'repare this by adding pint of commercial formulln to 5 gallons of water (proportion the plut to 40 gallons water). Sprinkle on Grain. 5. The solution should be sprinkled on the grain as It Is shoveled from one pile to another. Use the ordinary sprinkling cun and scoop shovel for this purpose. See that ull the grain Is wet In the sprinkling. 6. After the sprinkling is over, stir .the seed with a shovel so as to Insure all the grain being wet. 7. Cover with sucks for one to two hours in order to hold the fumes. Then spread the seed out in the nlr to dry. 8. The treating solution grows stronger with nge because of the evaporation of water. Do not use a solution which bus been allowed to stand for severul days. 0. Muke allowance for the swelling of the grain by regulating the drlU so us to sow the proper uiuount per acre. Five Essential Parts Complete Hens Ration complete ration consists of live essential parts: v 1. Grains arid their 2. A protein concentrate, as skim milk, buttermilk, meut scraps, vegetable oil meals. 3. Minerals, ns supplied by mill;, meat scraps, bone meul, or a mineral mixture. 4. Vltamlaes, as found in yellow corn, green feed, and Immature cut clover or ulfalfa bay. c 5. The factor, as supplied r by direct sunlight, oil, and to some extent by green feed and Im mature cut clover or alfalfa bay. When It comes to the vitamlnes and fuctor (he path Is struight and narrow; either the birds must be permitted out of doors where they cun get direct sunlight and green feed, or If confined Indoors, cabbage or alfalfa or clover hay must be fed, aud as much direct sunlight admitted Into the house as possible, if profitable egg production Is to he maintained and high mortality of birds Is to be prevented. A anti-rachiti- cod-live- CflSJORIfl Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages Mother I Fletchers Oostoria has been in use for over 30 years to relieve bnbies and children of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving naturul sleep without opiates. The genuine Lears signature of Sons of Money Kings Seldom Money Makers Nature itself is socialistic, declared Mlchuel Devlin. "It would not take long for a few families to corner all the tnoney In the world, were It not for the fact that, as a rule, the sons of money makers are not money keepers. I do not exaggerate when I say that most of the second and third generation are like n young contractor I know, who had Inherited the business from his father. One day he hired n, young engineer and put him to work on a design. 'May I use ralculus In solving this problem?' asked the youth. "Certainly, use anything you want to,' said the Ignorant, but kindly employer," and If we haven't enough In stock I'll send out nnd buy you some. Los Angeles Times. B4 Your throat soothed, head cleared, cough 5 lieved by the exclusive menthol blend in . re-1- S ILUBEMS MENTHOL COUGH DROPS The Shiftless Policy Secretary Wilbur, at n Washington dinner party, complained about the lack of appropriations, which prevent him from keeping the navy at full strength. A shiftless policy In appropriating money," be, saJd,; Is ns unsjrtlSTfirt'OVy as a shiftless policy In nny other It reminds me of a little story. " Ive only got two dean pairs of k, of-ful- socks, ing, them. a man complained one mornand theyve both got holes In Ills wife examined the socks. Then she said ; Tut on both pairs, dear. The holes ore In different places." DEMAND BAYER ASPIRIN antl-rachltl- c Wise Poultry Breeder Prepares for Spring The wise poultry breeder will now be prepared for the spring mouths. It Is advisable to breed from hens that have completed ut least one years lay. liens must be good producers to pass rigid culling; broody individuals can be marked as pullets and discarded for breeding; hens must he physically strong to lay heavily In their pullet year; undesirable characteristics can he detected during the first year and these Individuals left out of the breeding pens; liens usually produce larger eggs than pullets In the spring, and hence produce largbr and better chicks. The Ideal fowl for the breeding flock should he early maturing, good size for the breed, have a short and broad bead, bright red comb, btight eyes, body and standard feathering for the breed. Take Tablets Without Fear If Bee the Safety Bayer Cross. You Warning ! Unless you see the name Tlayer on package or on tablets you ore not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 26 yeara Say "Bayer when you buy Aspirin Imitations may prove dangerous. Adv Origin of Limerick Limericks were usually extemporaneous composition!) and produced at convivial parties In Ireland by each Individual in turn, while the entire party Joined in singing a chorus in which were the words, Will you come From this It Is supup to Limerick? posed that the word limerick," applied to a special type of poetry, Is derived. Military Drill for Co-Ed- s s law in Japan compels tc take military training along with the men students, says the Dearborn Independent. A co-ed- DANDELIQNJBUTJER COLOR A harmless vegetable butter color used by millions for 50 years. Drug stores and general stores sell bottles of Dandelion for 35 cents. Adv. well-shape- d Good for Chick Mash Ground oats and bran would be good Ingredients for a chick mash, especially if you sifted the hulls out o. the outs which cun be done by sifting through mosquito netting. Rolled outs are also acceptable, but should be rubbed in the hands to break the flukes. It would be better to use steel-cu- t oats. The addition of corn meal to the mush would make the mash a little more palatable and would improve It. Keep It before the chicks all the time. Protect Young Trees fruit trees must be protected from rabbits at ail seasons of the year and the best method Is to use a guard of galvanized wire screening or hardware cloth about six inches in diameter around the tree. Force It Into the ground two or three inches and allow it to extend up the trunk at least two feet. This will guard against mice as well as rabbits. The use of cloth, paper, or corn stalks Is undesirable as insects accumulate under them and they harbor rodents. Youug Exceedingly Eccentric are ttiey notT family, Queer Very! Why, they haven't got t radio ! No other angler has ever' been to beat abU Jonahs fish story. Waste Matter Retained in the System is the Greatest Barrier to Health Yakima, Wash. "Dr. Pierce Pleasant Pellets have been my vorite family fa- nredlglne for many years. They relieve one of liver trouble, aid digestion and are very good for any disorder of the stonjach, bilious-nes- s or bilious I think they are the very best regulator of the stomach, liver and bowels that anyone can take. They keep onea system In perfect condition If taken as directed. Mrs. W. J. Andrews, 602 Broadway. Obtain a vial of Pellets now of your druggist and see how quickly voutl feel clear headed full of vim nd vitality. 10 Pelleta tor 80c. |