The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-05
Report Their Locations to
Government and Messag-.
es Reach Grand Forks.
POINTS ON
E. ARE A
Expects to Touch Colon,
Panama, Soon-Much In
terest Being Shown.

The big flood in Ohio has been
closely watched by one of the univer-
sity faculty members through tho use
of the wireless station at the univer-
sity. Prof. A. H. Taylor of the science
department has been In constant COM
Michigan and Ohio, the latter at CO.
lumbus. He has heard the University
OF Michigan relay messages to i'm
portant points in the country from the
University of Columbus. which is right
In the flood district. The New York
papers maintained a daily wireless
service with the inundated territory
Dayton and Columbus. Ohio. are ap-
proximately 800 miles from here.
An Interesting Place.
The station at the university is a
very interesting and romantic place.
Ii is a place Of wonders. The slender
wires piercing the sky convey to the
c~hattering instrument in the office
many remarkable messages.
Battleships Are Heard.
Battleships or the Atlantic are
heard reporting their station and loca.
ton to the government. The big pas.
senger liners are also caught while
,"wlrelessing." The longest distance
heard from at the local station is Kay
West. Fla. 1870 miles from here.
Professor Taylor says that he thinks
he has caught flashes from the power
fuI government station at Colon. Pam
una, but is no certain. He expects,
however. to get in ouch with this sta
tfon before long. Puget Sound steam
ers nave often been heard flashing
their inland messages. The radius Of
the local station there covers prac-
tically the entire country.
Ni0lht Is Rcst Ti,no
Interesting and valuable experi-
ments have been carried on since the
first OF the year between the Universe
Ties of Michigan and North. Dakota.
While east about the first of the year
frof. Taylor arranged for these in
designations. and since this arrange
lm!elnt was perfected. interesting discov-
OF weather conditions on the wirelss.
IN night Ia the best time to transmit
messages. about three times better to
transmit then than in day time.
Diferent Instruments and systems
are in use at the university experi-
mental station. The best of the vari-
ous systems is used. The Marconi and
Telefunkin are the two leading. The
De Forest n F~essenden, American
Inventions. are rapidly forging to the
front. The De Forest system is the
n used In the high power govern
ment stations all over the country.
The university has Its own mechani-
clan and several Improvements have
already been made in the instruments
row in Use. Important inventions NAV
be filed. The local station is. OF
course. a public experimental station
and any improvements made will he
for the benefit of the public.
Wants Technical License.
The local station is endeavorinr tn
get what ts known as a technical
License" which will give 1t great free.
dom n liberty in operation. The
s~ixty-second congress passed very
stringent wireless regulations. diyid.
ing operators and stations into six
grades. Any operator transmitting
outside the state. or interfering with
out a federal license.
Other Stations in State.
Great interest is taken in wireless
telegraphN at different points in the
state. This is perhaps due to the ex.
next of which will he held at Langdon
on ~April-l1. There are several wire
less stations in the state. II. a. Crit
tenden at Inkster. t%hirty-fve miles
from here. is in constant communica.
ton with Prof. Taylor at the univer-
sity. At Fargo there are three sta.
tions now in operation. Earl Reinecka
Is the only one who has a. government
License. The other operators are al
the agricultural college and at Fargo
college. There are two stations al
Hatton. n in the high school sinner.
Intended by Oscar Erickson, a former
university man. the other by Marcus
!Toss.- ~
other towns in the state interested