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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS. JUNCTION, UTAH Diagram Showing How to Construct Simple Crystal Set That Gives Results. The receiver about to bo described Continue until a total of 00 turn can be constructed with very little ex- have been wound on the tube. Soldpr leads to the switch points long enough pense. The panel is a piece of half-incto reach from the switch to wood, hard rubber or bakellte. The the units taps. Also solder lends to switch subbase Is made of wood. The panel switch points of the right-hancun be any size. We suggest seven to reach the tens taps. In rotation Inches by nine Inches ns a convenient solder these leads to the ends of the one. The subbase Is attached to the loops, after scraping the insulation pnnel by means of No. G wood screws from the end of the loop. one inch long. Ready to Tune In. The coil Is wound on a cardboard Connect the aerial to the post on tube four Inches in diameter nnd four the left nnd the ground to tho post on Inches long. Get pound the right at the top of the panel. Set of 22 d. c. c. mngnet wire. the fine wire of the detector on the The Winding. crystal and turn the tens switch Start the winding and wind on one until a station Is heard. turn. Make a loop In the wire a To tune In hotter after the station loop about one Inch long then wind Is heard turn the units switch. This on another turn nnd make another switch gives the necessary fine tuning. loop the same length. Continue windThe most dllllcult operation In using ing on single turns and taking out this set Is to find a sensitive point on loops until ten turns have been wound. the crystal. After this point is found, After this wind on ten turns, make it is merely necessary to vary the two a loop, wind on ten turns more, make switches to tune in different stations. another loop, and repeat the process. Cleveland News. left-han- d h d one-quart- GEORGE mXHINGTOW Dorn 22, 7J2 Tt February The defender f hb country, The The friend f man.1' it founderf liberty A portrait of George Washington, painted on iron by the famous early American painter, Gilbert Stuart, the first of its kind ever found or known to exist. Is now in the possession of Albert Rosenthal, art collector and connoisseur, of Philadelphia. The picture never before has been out of the possession of the Tilyard family of England. The portrait, which is one of the richest Stuart discoveries of some years, Is of the type known as the Vaughn or Gibbs type, shong the right Bide of the face. asljtngtfln . when fields were lost or fields were won, With breath of popular applause or blame, Nor fanned or damped, the same, Too inward ,to be reached by flaws of IcA-QU- AL idle fame. Soldier and statesman, rarest unison; High-poise- d example of great duties done, Simply as breathing a worlds honors worn As lifes indifferent gifts to all men born; Dumb for himself, unless it were to God, But for his barefoot soldiers eloquent, Tramping the snow to coral where they trod, Held by his awe in hollow-eye- d content; Modest, yet firm as natures self; unblamed. Save by the men his nobler temper shamed; Never seduced through show of present good other than unsetting lights to steer in heaven, nor than his steadfast mood, More steadfast, far from rashness as from fear; Rigid, but with himself first, grasping By New-trimm- still helm In swerveless poise the wave-beof will; Not honored then or now because he wooed The popular voice, but that he still withstood. there Is but one Who was all this and ours and all mens Washington. at Broad-minde- d, higher-soule- d, Lowell. fcalsaSalPalsaieaSa Isa P3 Salta Washington! RemarkableForesight - taPsSaSalsilsaSalEaSaieaSafeSa Washingtons services fully entitled him to be called first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen,", but these distinctions, due to his part in the Revolution and as President of the newly formed republic, have overshadowed a phase of his life that deserves careful consideration. Few persons are aware of the service he rendered in developing the Internal commerce of the country, and of his foresight in the problem of securing union among the states, At the end of the Revolution, the common danger that had been so patent in holding the several states In united action was removed, and the indicates a contemporary history rather dangerous disposition on the part of some of the portions of the a procedure country to go it alone that would have led to an easy by Great Britain. The most powerful influence In the course of nations is the economic one. The several states composing the original thirteen did not have entirely concordant interests and, naturally, obeying their impulses, showed an unwillingness to surrender local advantages for the general good. Perhaps as striking an instance of the operation of this law will be found In the attitude of the people of the area now included in the state of Vermont. The treaty of peace with Great Britain, which acknowledged the independence of the United States, enumerated each state as sovereign and granted also the territory west of New Hampshire. different section. Improvement company was duly organized coincident with that of the Potomac company. Each company was based on a definite amount of shares. By an act of the Virginia legislature a block of shares was voted to him. The Washington stock went to the endowment of an Institution that had been established before the Revolution and after it had been renamed Liberty hall. This became Washington college, and is now Washington and Lee university. During the interval between 1783 and 1789, when he was not in public life, Washington made a journey through the Mohawk valley, and in a letter expressed the view that that route would constitute the best line for connecting the region of the Great lakes with tidewater. He did not live to see the construction of Many of the residents of this area, the Erie canal and the subsequent rise however, regarded their best interests of the port of New York to commercial to be with Canada, because the outlet domination. to the sea was through the waters that led to the St. Lawrence river. RailIN HIS EARLY DAYS roads were unthought of at that time. Among the leaders of the party that declared against entering the United States was Ethan Allen, the famous patriot, and his two brothers. Active resistance to inclusion of the state was threatened, but it came to naught and the Green Mountain state was duly admitted as the fourteenth state. Problem Faced Young Nation. During the Revolution many efforts were made to bring about a closer union of the several states. Finally, a couple of years before the close of the war, the Articles of Confederation were adopted. They did not satisfy many of the leaders, Including such as Washington, Hamilton, Wilson and Madison, but were the best that could be obtained at that time. Meanwhile, the pioneer spirit so characteristic of the Colonials was urging movements towards and beyond the mountain range, and the problem of the A woodcut of George Mississippi valley was becoming serious. French colonization had been Washington, taken at the time he was active from the north, especially In a land surveyor, and his thoughts were the region of the Great lakes, but by furthest from the command of the the Treaty of Paris, in 1763, which American army, and the first Presiclosed the Seven Years war, France dency of the United States. had lost all its Canadian possessions. of territory in Spain was in possession Washington a Hair a Gift the Gulf region. Advance. A in lock of George Washingtons hair, Routes Saw When Washington began to urge his inclosed In a crystal medallion, was r system on conditionally bequeathed to the Mount plans for the of the James Vernon Ladies association In the will the Potomac, the people Jealous. They of Boudinot Keith, lawyer, reformer became section river were unwilling that state aid should and founder of the city club of New an entirely York. be given to a project in slack-wate- The Importance of an efficient ground connection can hardly be overestimated. If there lc a resistance to the passage of the high frequency oscillations in any pnrt of the aerial or ground circuit, you find your receiver lacks pep, oscillates badly and tunes broadly. Iep or volume, sta- - It became necessary for the friends of the Potomac project to support one for the improvement of the James river, and the James River little-know- n Have Efficient Ground and Get Satisfaction OOOUND WR COPPER TUftE socotato WOOO PLUG COPPER XOO' WOOD to Tmixtum of SALT, CHARCOAL AND COPPeR SULPMATt PLUG to Build Ground That Assures Desired Results. How bility and selectivity are three things every fan likes to have In his set, but a large number do not realize what a strong influence a good ground 1ms in obtaining results. Is worth while doing some experiIt menting with ground connections and you will probably find out some very Interesting facts. One of the simplest and best methods to use In testing the efficiency of various ground connections is to tune in a station as far dise tant as possible, then reduce the until you can just hear the signal faintly. Make a note of the dial setting on the rheostat controlling the volume. Now disconnect the ground and try one of the others you have arranged and compare the volume. If you cannot hear any signal, wait a minute and make sure the station has not been fading. If after a short period you still do not hear a signal, then you know that this ground Is not as efficient as the first one. In addition to comparing the volume obtained with each possible ground, make a test for selectivity. It Is surprising what a difference a good ground can make to the selectivity. Try out each of the ground connections It Is possible to arrange until you find one that glys better results than the others. The most common type of ground used Is a connection to a cold water pipe. This is generally O. K. If the pipe is thoroughly cleaned and a copper ground clamp used to make contact. It Is generally impossible for the average man to solder a wire to a pipe, as the water must be turned off and a. blow lamp used Instead of a soldering Iron. It Is a good Idea to remove the clamp every three or four months and examine the surface around the clamp to see that there Is no corrosion. If you are located where you can reach the ground within a reasonable distance from, your receiver, It Is pos- con-ue.cti- slide at very small expense to install a real ground that will give maximum Secure a length of copper efficiency. pipe about one inch in diameter by four feet long and drill a number of boles In it. Fit a wooden plug Into one end. For a ground wire use a length of solid insulated copper wire about 12 gauge. Clean the top of the pipe nnd about a foot of the grouml wire, then wrap it around the top ol T the pipe nnd solder. Dig a hole about five feet deep and one foot wide. Secure a bag of charcoal, six or seven pounds of salt and a few pounds of copper sulphate. Smnsh up the charcoal as small as possible, then mix charcoal, salt nnd Fill In the copper sulphate together. earth, packing the above mixture tightly around the pipe as you fill up the hole. This Is very important. When you have filled up the hole take a hose and let water Into pipe to thoroughly moisten the ground. This will give you a ground that is 100 per cent efficient. Iliiiudelphia Record. Wringer May Be Used in Winding Tight Coil The method shown In the drawing does not need much explanation. In one sketch Is shown how to fasten the ends of ihe coils by putting two small holes in the tubing. Securing the wire tills way prevents It from slipping. END OF WIRE vol-us- cold-wat- er How Clothes Wringer Is Used to Keep Wire Taut . . sketch shows use of i a clothes wringer to keep the wire taut. When winding coifs by hand, it Is usu- ally difficult to keep the wlrd at Just' the best tension from the spool. Radio Digest. The other . Ohm and Megohm The meaning of the terms ohm and megohm often is misinterpreted by the radio fan. However, they both are electrical units of resistance. The ohm is the fundamental unit and is the amount of opposition to the flow of an electric current which will cause the current to drop one volt when forced through at one miipere. As the term Implies, a megohm.- is 1,000,000 ohms. Indoor Aerials Indoor antenna, even If only a single wire strung around the picture molding, will pick up many times more energy than will a loop unless the latter Is extremely large. An . |