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Show N ... '; - - , y X, : ,,'Y THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH; UTAH B- - I I I I I A Place to Propose B 7 JANE OSBORN l ! ( !H L ? 1823, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) "I never thought how funny it was, said Sally, the new Mrs. Tom Leonard, "but Tom proposed and I You 'dont accepted in the coalbin. mind my telling, do you, Tom?" she asked, turning adoring eyes on her husband at the other end of the table. And of course their guests laughed. That is Bob Seton and Mrs. Bob Seton did, and so did the Collinses and Jerry Taylor and his fiancee, Alicue Webb, but Nell Leonard, Sal- ' I lys nineteen-year-ol- d looked , sister-in-la- and very serious, and Kenneth Yates, sitting beside her, seemed to get the contagion of her disapproval and went on eating his oyster patty without a smile. They had been talking abort the manner of their various proposals. The Bob Setons admitted that in their case proposal and acceptance both took place when they were waiting their turn in the student employment office that winter that they both tried to pay their own expenses in college, and Jerry Taylor insisted that he first suggested matrimony when he and Alicue Webb were swimming beyond the breakers in the Atlantic ocean. She had challenged me to race her to the sandbar, Jerry said, and when she thought she was winning I called out that if I ever caught up to her and reached the bar first I was going to marry her. She called back, All right, and I won the race. After that we were engaged. The Collinses agreed that their proposal had been given and accepted in the Morse code. During the war, Mrs. Collins said, she had studied telegraphy as an act of patriotism. Mr. Collins had undertaken to instruct her as an act of patriotism. And before the whole class he ticked off a proposal to me, said Mrs. Collins with mock indignation. Yes, replied Mr. Collins, and she had the audacity to tick back, 1 love you, too; of course Ill marry you. But then nobody else in the class was clever enough to understand what it was all about. After that Mrs. Tom Leonard had said that she and Tom could never find occasion to get alone together. She was visiting Toms family and Tom went to fix the furnace, whispering to her to follow, and down there in the coalbin, by the light of a dripping candle, he said: Will you? and she aald: I will." Why so sober? asked Tom Leonard, looking down the table to his litDont you approve of tle sister. these confessions? I dont mind the confessions, said Nell emphatically. But I dont approve of getting engaged that way. Honestly, I dont I may be and bob my hair and all that, but Im ' enough te think there ought to be a proper setting for a proposal soft music, low lights, a conservatory or a rippling brook, or something. Oh, I think it would be just horrid having the man you wanted to marry propose to you in swimming, with your hair all tucked into a rubber cap and your face all dripping with salt water." For some reason or other Kenneth, sitting beside Nell, felt very much embarrassed. He managed to look up, thinking possibly he would be the center of every ones gaze. Being cross Is very becoming to you, Kenneth stammered after dinner when after some maneuvering he e managed to find himself with Nell. You were quite Indignant at dinner, and I never saw you look prettier and thats saying a lot I knew you meant every word you said. 1 rather agree with you Im so glad, said Nell and then, "you know its always nice to feel that theres Some one who shares your opinions, just on general principles. But I certainly mean it. After Tm married I want to be able to look back on the occasion of my proposal as something infinitely romantic and picturesque. Besides, Sally admitted that she was at our house when Tom person proposed and any well-bre- d knows that a girl should never consider a proposal away from her own territory. And Tom ought to have known that it wasnt good form to propose to a girl in his own house. I may be That was Youre the most ador as far as Kenneth ggt. Tom Leonard had been pushed forward rather unround-eye- d tete-a-tet- willingly. Come on, sis, he said. Everybodys dancing and they want us to show them that new step we were Sally has dancing at Hillside Inn. had to go and quiet one of the twins, so youll have to be my partner." For the rest of the evening Kenneth tried in vain several times to finish the sentence he had begun, and Nell was as eager to have him, but ft seemed as If a conspiracy had been formed by the Leonards and their guests to keep them separated. I want to finish what I started to say, Kenneth whispered as he was leaving and, as he was seized by the Collinses who had agreed to take him home, he got no further. ' I want you to," was all poor Nell' could say. i There was an unexpected turn of events the next day that Is, unexpected for Nell Leonard. The twins Doctor were cross . and Irritable: Baton was summoned and after the - t HOW TO MAKE A SOUND INTENSIFIER usual taking of temperatures and pulse feeling he looked gravely at Sally Leonard sitting in the nursery with her sister-in-laand said: They dont seem, to be very sick, and theres no cause for' anxiety. Scarlet fever neednt be a serious affair when children are healthy and everything is done to prevent complications." Sally let out a little scream and Nell put a warm, strong arm about her. Please send a nurse at once, Bob, Two if you think they Sally said. need it Nell wants to go home this afternoon and " The doctor shook his head in his most professional manner. Im afraid shell have to be quarantined. And so long as you must both stay here I see no need of nurses at least so long as the twins are no worse than they are now." But she simply has to get home," Shes going to a protested Sally. dance with Kenneth at the Country club" The Assembled tntsnsifisr, Shewing Pirta; Can Be Mads From Discarded Hector of Automobile Light. v 7r. In their cribs. "Im so sorry, said Nell. "I oughtnt to have thought of myself. She took one of the twins in her arms tenderly and began unfastening the little boots. Sally followed the doctor to the door and remained there in- whispered conversation while Nell got the two twins into their cribs. Kenneth Yates was serving his legal apprenticeship in Tom Leonards law office, and that night when Tom returned Nell rushed to the back stairs and began calling through the closed passage. She asked whether Kenneth understood. "I dont think he had much time to think of girls and dances," said Tom. Complications have set in in that Titus inheritance case and some one had to pike right out to California to look up some records there and make some Investigations. Of course Kenneth was the man to go he may have to be gone a month or more. He " But cant I write to him? Not till quarantine is off, said - Tom. - I Tell him I must speak to him, said Nell, shaking her bobbed locks Indignantly at the top of the stairs. Tell him to come around before he starts and Til talk to him out of one of the back windows. Im. sure that wouldn't do any harm." Kenneth arrived at seven the next morning.' He was planning to leave on the eight oclock train. He stood at the back of the house and threw a harmless little stone against the window pane that Tom had designated as Nells. Nell hadn't expected him so early. She bad sat beside the twins till midnight, though they slumbered peaceAnd she fully in their little cribs. was deep in, slumber when the summons came. It must be confessed tbat her bobbed locks were done up, in dozens of little curling kids and when she appeared at the window she wore an enormous blanket bathrobe. shouted. Say, Isnt it the limit? Kenneth. "Its just dreadful," agreed Nell. I wanted to finish the sentence I began. I couldnt wait till I saw you again. I think you are the most adorable girl in tbe world. Nell, will you marry me? Oh, yes, Kenneth," assured Nell. Kenneth, Im so relieved I couldnt have waited much longer." Just then there was a merry peal of laughter and then a loud chuckle. More feminine laughter followed and then a chorus of masculine guffaws. From the shelter of the kitchen hedge appeared Tom Leonard and then Mr. Seton and Mrs. Seton, the Collinses and Jerry Taylor, with Alicue Taylor at his side. Sally bad crept into the room upstairs and was laughing at Nells side. Doctor, lift the quarantine," ordered Tom. Jerry, go home and unpack your bag. But first every one Yes. come in and have breakfast. game. We wantNell, it was a put-u- p ed you to find out that most generally a man proposes when the psychological moment comes, and it doesnt matter whether the girl has her hair in curling kids or not Come on, folks, breakfast Is ready. "And the twins havent scarlet fever, after all sighed Nell with in finite relief, and then, youve Just gm to give me time to fix my hair. , , -- 1 wftwSJJr' - Nell unselfishly. ning any risk, riljust telephone Kenneth. Hell understand. Im afraid hell have to, said the doctor. But, by the way, he went on. I think Id better telephone for you. Ill have to have you two girls quarantined off the lower floor, so that Tom can go and come. Hes frightfully busy in the office. He can sleep in one of the rooms downstairs, and that maid of yours goes home nights anyway. She can cook for him and pass cooked food up' the back stairs. Of course you must sterilize all dishes before you send them down Ill leave directions for the again. proper disinfectant solution you must use and then leave orders at the drug store for drugs and prescriptions." But wont I be able to telephone at all? asked Nell,, just a little alarmed. The doctor shook his head. Then please explain so Kenneth will understand and tell him of course I want him to take some other girl in my place and not to worry about me. Tell him Ive had it and Goodness sakes, said Sally, lookDont you suppose ing annoyed. Doctor Bob has anything to do but to be a for you and Kenneth? Come, wed better get the twins The pork packer Is said te moke use ef every part of a hog except the squeal1 and the curt in his tail. Some of the radio experimenters make use of tT.e squeal. . The following describes a useful piece of apparatus for tbe radio ama' teur, constructed at a low cost. All the material can be readily procured for practically nothing at some motor . Dont think of that," protested You know I love to nurse I took a short course in home nursing in boarding school and you know Ive had it, so I wont be run- Re- -. ... n fsragfc At a friends garage and in the junk ft discarded front light reflector from an automobile, an (rid aluminum commutator from It, a broken rubber bulb from s motor horn and some motorcycle spokes with nipples attached. These .were obtained free of cost and brought home. The first procedure was to clean off all grease from tbe reflector. The flat, flange at the broad end of th reflector was next cut off and tbe surface made smooth. This left the two beads on the edge as the finish, the hole in the center of the reflector, through which the socket of the lamp passed, had a small fiat disk of copper soldered in. . The re-. mr wlps : box was discovered ... , View of Guaymas, Mexico. (Prepared by the National Geographic Washington, D. C.) The Gulf of California, one of the great gulfs of the world, Is next-doto the United States, yet little known. A recent resolution of. the Arizona house of representatives seeking to have the United States acquire a strip of territory between Arizona and the Gulf, whatever its fate, at least centers attention on the potential importance of this great body of water. If the Gulf of California were Stretched out inland over our country from New York harbor, It would swallow up a stretch of country from 30 to 150 miles wide back as far as Detroit and its busy factories. It was shown on the early maps of North America as the Sea of Cortez, since this bold corsair explored It first Its depth varies from 600. to 6,000 feet, its coast line on both sides Is Irregular, and In It are many islands, Angel de la Guar-d- a and Tiburon being the largest. The latter Island points its rocky crest 7,000 feet above the level of the sea, and Is Inhabited by a fierce and war-llk- e tribe of Indians, the Serfs, who, it is claimed, have cannibalistic instincts. It can be easily understood that it is solely because of the outlet that there has been a move toward acquiring the strip of northern Mexico south of Arizona, for it is one of the most desolate regions of North America. The map shows that while the southern boundary of the state extends due west for a space from the southwestern comer of New Mexico, it then strikes northwestward at a very slight angle. The resolution sought an arrangement with Mexico by which this bend in the southern boundary of the state would be eliminated as that the line would continue as it started, in a due east and west direction. The triangular area that would be added to the state would be about 240 miles long by about 50 miles wide at tbe point of greatest breadth. Arizona Would1 Be Coast State. The Important consideration is that tbis long narrow triangle is all that separates Arizona from the sea. Add It to Arizona, and overnight the state would desert the 27 inland commonwealths and join the 21 tbat border on salt water. With its hundreds of thousands of tons of minerals to ship, tbe state is now bottled up by a narrow region undeveloped and little likely to be developed by its present owner. It is felt that even tbe desolate, practically trailless desert, and tbe lack of natural harbors on the Gulf would not deter Yankee enterprise and Yankee engineering ability from laying down a trail of steel and constructing quays or ' piers at which ocean steamers would soon be, loading, furnishing tbe cheap transportation that bulky products demand. The areas of most states are well known, even tbe parts sparsely populated. It Is hard for dwellers in many other portions of the United States to realize, therefore, that not wily is this triangle of Mexico a terra incognita, but that the portion of Arizona which adjoins it is almost equally so. Most of the region south of the Southern Pacific railroad may be thought of as a desert on which small broken rocky ranges of mountains have been superimposed. In the valleys between the craggy mountains are numerous patches of fertile soil, but little rain falls and there are practically no running streams only dry stream-bed- s which now and then carry water for a few hours until it is lost In the sand, and a very few water holes. Both north and south of the border, this region Is given over almost wholly to a handful of Papago Indians with communistic customs who range as freely as did their remote ancestors, needing to give, in their desolate homeland, little or no thought to border lines or to the governmental machinery of states and nations. The region both American and Mexican is known and is sel-- , roughly as Pa;iagueria, dom traversed by wlilte men. Through it the international boundary exterids, the ultimate In arbitrary lines. Swerving neither to the right nor to tiie left It extends, a straight, geometrical line, running up sheer cliffs and over craggy peaks, hurdling great valleys and tiny arroyos, crossing dcts. lava flows, and sand dunes, until it strikes the Colorado river some fifteen miles below Yuma. And it is imaginary as well as arbitrary. Little monuments from three to five miles nart mark its progress, but these a te ften obscured; and the Indians and the occasional white or Mexican travelers, may, and do cross and recross it frequently without knowing its lo cation, and with no guards or officials to question them. Not a Pleasant Region. Tbe Mexican triangle of Papagueria which it is proposed to add to Arizona, is even a more inhospitable country than tbe border region. In addition to the features of the latter, it embraces a district 30 by 40 miles covered by extinct volcanic craters and an ancient lava flow, and hundreds of square miles of great towering sand dunes that create a landscape like tbat of parts of the Sahara. On the highest lava peaks of Pinacate, say the (rid Papago legends, their Elder Brother landed from his cask after the deluge and after floating around the world tour times. While his solicitude for animals was not so extensive as that of the Hebraic Noah, be at least managed to save a coyote and a beetle. The Papagos formerly were sand people living in the sand dune region near the lava fields, with headquarters at the few small water holes. This region is now practically deserted, and the Papagos living by g farther east and north. On the southern edge of the Bay of St. George is the Sallna de St. George, a salt deposit, usually measuring about 325 feet in diameter, but sometimes entirely covered by the sea, which is a favorite with the Papagos. When they need salt, the customary method .is to ride to the foothills of Chujubabi, perform a certain ceremonial rite peculiar to the gathering of salt, and then walk tbe 50 miles to the Sallna la about a day and s half. There is no water to be bad between tbe two places. The Pinnate Salt deposit, about fifty miles farther north on the Gulf shore, however, has always furnished the major portion of the salt supply of the Papago Indians. The amount of this heavy commodity that the' Indians can carry Is astounding. Not only are Papago families in Arizona supplied from this distant source, but in the past the entire salt supply of sizable American towns has been purchased from the Indians. The proposed boundary line would strike the Gulf of California just north of the Bay of St. George, which has been considered by Mexico as a possible port site. There Is no general knowledge of good natural harbors along the portion of the gulf to the north, but probably there would be little difficulty in constructing harbor facilities either along Bahia Adair, which would mark the southern boundary of the addition, or northward toward the head of the gulf. The larger sand dunes are 20 miles from the shore near the gulf head and an equal distance from the Colorado river. The most feasible railroad route probably would be from tbe neighborhood of Yuma, extending roughly parallel to the river. Paradise for Fishermen. ' Tbe placing of a portion of tbe Gulf of California under the jurisdiction of the United States would open up another fishermens paradise. - Even now a few Americans venture to this unknowju region on hunting and fishing trips, but in an alien land where only the law of the frontier prevails, it is a somewhat risky procedure. There is multitudinous variety of fish in the gulfs waters a sufficient supply to justify the erection of huge canneries. Today they are serving as food for innumerg able pelicans and other birds. The natives and Mexicans of tbe region are without skill and the facilities for catching them. They usat great depths for the ually still-fisjewfish and tortuava and kill their catches by pounding thei on the head when they get them to t i surface. At present Guaymas, ab.ut half way down tbe gulf. Is the farthest north port of any consequence. Under the strong, centralized, though somewhat despotic regime of Diaz. Guaymas was a bustflng port of consequence; Dut the products of the hinterland fell off under revolution and insecurity, and for years the bay has been silting up. But it still bints of tbe possibilities in Lower California across the gulf. Now and then a schooner from that mysterious shore will put into Guaymas and yield up its cargo of dates in -covered bales, sewed up tn the form and size of flour barrels, as the friars taught the Lower Californians to do two centuries sgn stock-raisin- 5 DtX ON SOLDERED i- - HOLES FORSPOKE Transforming ths Reflector. Sector was next polished inside and silver plated, an the outside was enameled black. Four holes were drilled equidistant through tbe reflector edge, into which holes the spokes fitted. This finished the reflector (see Diagram No. I). The commutator was taken apart and the aluminum shell cleaned, and then the lug was cut off. The oiler was next removed and the hole from which it was taken was countersunk inside and outside, and in this hole a ping of soft aluminum was fitted and riveted over so as to fill up the hole. All roughness, both outside and Inside, wasre-movewith a file and scraper. A block of wood was then turned on the lathe to fit into tbe broad end of commutator casing. The outside of the commutator was turned smooth and a hole bored in the end of the cone; this was turned out, leaving a thin tube projecting. Four equidistant boles were bored near tbe broad end of the cone on ths flat surface of tbe commutator, into which the spoke nipples fitted and were countersunk on the inside to suit the heads of the spoke nipples and these were filed flat, so that when in place the surface inside the commutator shell would be smooth. Four equiof distant holes were bored an. inch from the flat edge of the shell (to take fonr small screws) and countersunk on the outside. The nipples were removed from the old spokes and were cleaned and polished. The spokes were cut off exactly 2 inches long from the threaded end ; a small washer was fitted on the other end and the end of spoke riveted over and the two sweated together neatly. and silThey were then copper-plate- d vered, like the reflector; four spokes were required (see Da gram No. 3). Next a strip of stout sheet brass was gut, as shown, and holes were bored for screws. A large hole was made to take d one-quart- f-M- Hr spate Mppto xjkhduferxrm super-adventuro- fish-eatin- h rawhide- -- 4- the projection of the reflector, to which it was soldered when assembled (see Diagram No. 4). The old born bulb was cleaned well with gasoline and was left ready to cut to tbe proper length uheu tbe complete apparatus was ready, to assemble. See Diagram No. 5 for sketch of apparatus when assembled ; tbe letters indicate the various parts. A. Screws holding wooden block and commutator shell together. B. Nipples of spokes holding commutator shell central with reflector. C. Spokes passing through reflector an commutator shell. D. Earpiece of telephone receiver. E. Pieeof rubber bulb as sound deflector conveyor to reflector. E. Commutator shell. G. Woodep block fitted into com mutator shell, in which telephone Is . fitted. H. Adjusting screw to press receive! against rubber- - washer li. . J. Holes tor waves from telephone receiver. . K. Holding down cHp for' front of reflector. L. Brass standard screwed to base and soldered to reflector. M. Rubber ring made from imr tube of motor tire; The arrangement for using the old aluminum commutator shell for holding the telephone receiver can also be applied In a different manner. If the wooden block is turned flat it eould be screwed to tbe top of the radio cabinet and a large horn fitted on the small end of the commutator shell as amplifier. If a number of holes were drilled in the side of the cone and the hoies tapped to take lnch brass pipe, it could then be fitted with rubber tubes, which could be fitted with earpieces of glass tubing and used by a number of persons. Part of the brass knob taken from a bed or a door could be used Instead of rubber. Procure a telephone receiver, the diameter of the cover of which is less than that of the inside of n commutator shell which Is two and thirteen-sixteentInches. The depth from ths face of the earpiece to the back of the telephone does not matter much, as a wooden case must now be made to fit inside of the commutator shell; in this wooden case, part is turned out to bold tbe rest of tbe receiver. A rubber ring is put inside the commutator shell and the earpiece rests against it The wooden case is then put in place and with the commutator shell It is held firmly by four screws. An screw at the end of the wooden case presses tbe earpiece tightly against the rubber ring and makes an airtight joint. The connections can be brought out tbrough the wooden case of flexible cable, or otherwise, to suit the maker. Diagrams of each' part are shown, as well as of the assembled Instrument , When all parts are ready, proceed to assemble as follows: TUke commutator shell reflector and four spokes; pass a spoke from the outside of the reflector into a hole in the commutator shell and screw on the nipple; do the same with the other spokes. The shell is then held In the center of the reflector with the narrow. end pointing towards the polished face of the reflector. Tighten up the nipples evenly until the shell Is rigid, with no wabble or shake. The piece of rubber horn bulb is cut so tbat there Is a space between It and the face of the reflector when slipped over the mid of the commutator shell opening. The brass strip is slipped on the outside and fastened to a neat wooden base. The edge of the reflector rests on the wooden base and is held down tight by a screw and clip. When the reflector is fixed on the base, the brass strip can be soldered to the back of the reflector. When the telephones are inserted, the block placed In position, screwed tight and the back adjusting screw tightened up, all Is then complete to connect np to the r -- ad-jus-ting set.' ( end Invention and Radio New.) Seine THE NUI8ANCE e other night, not feeling I thought at home Fd stay; Fd rest a bit and get more, fit to meet a busy day. Til take a look at some good book, and smoke a pipe, I said ; an easy chair, some solitaire, at ten Ill be in bed. ' Tbe chaps who miss a night like this, I thought, need sympathy; the old white way Is nice and gay, but not tonight for me. I like to go to some good show, then have a Uttle spree; theyre fun all right, but for tonight thats not the Ilfs for me. Alas for plans! It is not mans to have things as he will; my eve of rest was far from blessed, twas but a bitter pill. Planned for delight, my restful night was destined for n blow; for through the air came blank despair from someones radio. It had a horn a kid should scorn, reception amplified;' it sang and talked and screeched and squawked, twin midnight ere it died. Some chap was fain to entertain the whole community ; for four straight hours twas "April showers or some rag melody. My friend, go slow with radio; outside your home may be some tired-ochap whod like a nap, to from all jazz be free. Dont . try to drown the whole darned town; the things that are your joys, to someones ear perhaps appear as just UNWELCOME THE .. ut NOISE. (( Science and Invention Neva) and Radio Boosts Highway by Radio. Judge Pool of El Paso gave a radl talk on the need ots highway. The. judge only awaited his cue te gal busy. -- t |