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Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-08-07

Mrs. w. R. Carter entertained at
noon day luncheon Wednesday the
following: Mrs. J. w. Squires, Mrs.
Arthur, Mrs. Joe lessee, Mr. and Mrs.
G. E. La Force, and Mrs. J z. Kerby
Of Cleveland, Okla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Elliott, Mr.. and
Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Hardin Rixey, Mrs.
G. B. Miller, Mrs. Undertake, DR..
Miller, Miss Willie Robnett, Miss Paul
inc Van Ness, Frances Rixey, Harold
Rixey, Ben Undertake, Alfred Elliott,
Miss Robnett, of st. Louis and Miss
Shock, of Iowa enjoyed a Splash" at
the Hardin pool Tuesday evening.
Miss Elizabeth White entertained
Wednesday night with a rock party
and dance for her house guest, Miss
Estelle Robnett, of st. Louis. Be-
side the hostess and her guest the
part included Miss Marjorie Barnes,
Martha Green, Elizabeth Wilson,
Frances Williams, Lucille Dozier, Car
olyn Brarer, of Fl. Worth, Texas;
Theodore Winans, Gibson Winans,
Berry Azdell, Edwin Winans, Ace
Johnson, Ralph Jesse, Cadet Paul
Chandler and Gordon Pearson, Of st,
Louis.
Miss Helen Heller, Barbara Reavi2
and Hazel Mcintyre returned Tuesday
from Wellsville where they attended a
house party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-08-07
Ralph Mason, of Fayetteville, Ark,

is in Mexico visiting his mother who is
III.
DR.. C. L. Blanks has received his
final discharge from service and is
located in the second story Of the
Kemper Building on the northwest
corner Of the square. During the war
DIR. Blanks was stationed at Camp
Grant, Ill, where he did eye, ear and
nose practice in the army base hosri-
tai.
J. S. Trimble, Of Kansas City, is
here to spend Sunday.
Herbert Gibbs, of Auxvasse, was in
Mexico on business Saturday.
Miss Neva Rockwell, was in Mexico
Saturday.
Victor Victor and wife of C2lum-
bia, visited in this city Saturday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-08-07

Ralph Wayne who has been a
ager of the United Press office at
Oklahoma City, Okla, arrived in Mex
leo Monday for a short visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Wayne.
Fay Bass, Of Louisiana, visited his
aunt, Miss Emma Bass, enroute to
Huntsville, Sunday.
Miss Frances Parker will leave the
latter part of this week to visit her
sister, Mrs. L. John Weber, of Kirk
wood.
Mrs. Frank Parker, arrived in Mex
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-08-07

leo Sunday after a two-weeks visit In
Colorado Springs.
Miss Maudie Mae Dye, of Rush HE
and Demas ]. Satterlee, Of 0kerrfns
Oklahoma, were married Saturday by
Rev. A. A. Wallace. Miss Dye, is weR
known in this city having visited here
many times.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. G. ]. Fecht, a
lovely little daughter Saturday.
Howard Haggard and daughter, Cd
Dallas, Texas, are the guests Of MRS
Earl Haggard of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-08-07

Mrs. C. C. Grimes has returned from
a delightful trip in the north.
Miss Mildred Franks is much bet
ter.
o. C. H~atton, of Laddonia was in
Mexico, on business Saturday.
Miss Frances Mason is visiting
Mrs. H. P. Atkins at Lake Geneva.
Frank Morris, of Auxvasse, who has
been overseas for over a year has re-
ceived his discharge. He was in Mex
ice Friday for a short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hayden and
daughter, and Frank CAN'T, who have
been visiting relatives in this city de-
parted Monday morning for Green
field, Ind.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-08-07
RENTERS. OWN YOU A FARM.

rs acres improved fenced and cross
fenced with hog-tight, woven wire
fencing; 4-room house, large barn,
good cistern, outbuildings, about $50
bearing peach trees; about 40 acres
in cultivation; ~ mile from DIXON,
MO. Good roads. Price $500; $1,000
down, balance in 5 years at 6 per cent.
WALTER J. SANNEBECK &
wit CO., Owners.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-08-07

every '"Ds" NN'~O ""~ ~
o" 'e a"'p0" "a 81"
""""s ""u "''Ae "
We all realize that something must be done now
+o rIace Hardin College on a higher plane, where
che can successfully compete with other colleges
demand tna' we no" s"o" oui "
Nesting In TINS campaign, 0u' u"'S '" '''
". ..,. bee. liberia, an. ,...... !. til. pas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-08-07
Hardin College

The welfare of a city, county, :
state. or nation depends upon the :
Moral fibre of its people. One of =
the strongest factors toward =
shaping the lives of young men :
and women, into lives of the best :
men and women. is a first class
school. Hardin College has been
a school of this type, always Civ
ing the best possible in an edu-
tational way, and always lending
hat moral support which re-
mains long after the lighter
things have gone.
Hardin College is worth in a
commercial way, to Mexico and
Audrain County, thousands of g.
dollars annually. She now needs
your support and is asking it
To refuse to support her would
not only be against the better
things of life but against your
own community.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-08-07

The Greater Hardin Campaign should appeal
to every citizen of Mexico and Audrain County
from the standpoint of an opportunity to make a
strong and lasting investment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29
USED FARMERS OWN
PLANS FOR Moline

The "two-heads-are-bette
idea was adopted by the Moline Plow
company in the designing and build
ing it's Moline Universal tractor ac-
cording to f. l. Johnson, Of Irwin Reed
and Son. who sells the Moline Univer-
sal.
Before the first Moline Universal
tractor was built, over five years ago,
the Moline company determined the
power requirements of the average
farm and just what the average farm
er desired most in tractor. The
Moline engineering department used
as a basis from which to work inform
alton gained through a questionnaire
answered by more than 10000 farm
ers.
When all the information was SUD-
med up it was shown beyond doubt
that a tractor to be successful must
be able to do all farm work including
cultivating, and that one man must be
able to operate both tractor and i'm
plement in all operations
1t was shown that the total horse
and man power hours required dur
ing the cultivating season were equal
TO those required for blowing and har-
rowing. The farm tractor must do
light as well as heavy work or other
wise the number Of horses cannot be
materially reduced. and it is too ex-
pensive to have two tractors, one for
heavy work and the other for Hight
duty.
THE Moline Universal, we believe,
gives to the farmer, the man who
pays for and uses the tractor, what he
wants rather than what he or some
one else might arbitrarily decide that,
he should want"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29

In the six cylinder, however, six
cylinders fire in two revolutions, or
three in one revolutions; thus the
cranks must be one-thiTd of a revolu-
ton, or 100 degrees apart. A six
cylinder crank shaft is shown in Fig.
8. Note that in this crank shaft, crank
pins / and 6, 2 and 5, and and are
in line, and therefore pictons l and 6,
2 and 5, or 3 and 4, must be up to-
gether. Noticing that these all add to
seven will help you to remember the
combination.
While there are a great many pos
sible firing orders for six, the usual
ones are either 1886 2 4 or 1-4-2-6-3-5.
You can check up the firing order
you have found, by seeing if, when the
first three are subtracted from III,
they will leave the last three.
AS l and pistons come up together
on six cylinder engine, if we We're to
set cylinder No. l ready to fire, we
should look at the exhaust valve OF
No. 6, and not No. 4, as we did in the
four cylinder engine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29

There are some miscellaneous rules
with which not all drivers are famil-
lar, but the observance of which viii
often simplify driving even under
the most trying conditions.
When driving in snow or sleet, and
even in heavy rain, ii is of course nee
essary to have the side curtains
closed, for comfort. In this case,
vision through the windshield is often
seriously INSTRUCTED by the snow or
rain on the glass.
There are some patented Windshield
cleaners on the market that assist
greatly in overcoming this condition,
but if your car does not happen to be
equipped with one of them you can
get around the difficulty by adjusting
the windshield. Leave the lower half
entirely closed and adjust the upper
half so that it slants out enough to
give you clear vision between the
upper and lower glasses-an inch or
two will suffice. In this way the
snow or rain that beats in viii not
bother you to any extent
When the streets are slippery the
safest practice it to use tire chains,
particularly on the rear wheels. But
should you be driving without them
be careful how you handle the brakes.
Never apply the brakes suddenly
under these conditions. The best
method is to keep your foot off the
clutch pedal, leaving the clutch in en-
gagement and then when you wish TO
apply the brakes take your foot off the
throttle, close the hand throttle en-
tirely, and apply the brake gradually.
This causes the motor to help you
slow down and keeps the pressure
perfectly equalized on both rear
wheels. Do not apply the power sud-
denly on slippery streets Open the
throttle gradually.
If you happen to be driving down
hill you can use the motor as a brake
by shifting into second or first speed
on sleeper grades, then close the
throttle. You will rarely have to use
the brake if you follow this method.
When the road is slippery, summer
or winter, always drive at such a
speed that you can stop with reason
able quickness without danger of skid
ding. You have always got to figure
on the other fellow" and you never
know what he is going to do.
A car suddenly turning into the
mann tnoFOuSLldTe from sue street,
or a careless pedestrian who steps in
to your path from behind the curb,
will make it necessary for you to act
quickly to prevent accident, and you
can do this if you have your car per-
fectly under control.
1t is more important to be able to
stop your car than to start it, and the
careful driver viii be guided by this
rule.
Observe the traffic rules to the let
ter. They are founded on good COM
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29

are in line, SO that they will be up or
down at the same time; thus pistons l
and will always be up at the same
time. Likewise crank pins and are
in line, and therefore pistons 2 and 3
will be up together
Let us see why we cannot have the
power strokes came in numerical or.
der, that is, why the firing order can
not be 1924. Imagine the crank
shaft to be set as shown in Fig. /. No.
l crank is now up and likewise No. 1
piston, and we can therefore fire in
cylinder No. 1, thus driving down the
piston, and so the crank pin. At the
be down and 2 and 3 up, as shown in
Fig. 2, so that we can next fire cylin-
der No. 2, but at the completion of this
second power stroke 2 and will be
down, the crank shaft being again as
shown in Fig. l. AS 8 is now down
we cannot fire it, and must therefore
go to No. 4 for the third firing stroke
At the completion of this third power
stroke the crank shaft will again be as
shown in Fig. 2; No will be up, and
can now be flied. Thus we have fir
ing order of 1-2-4-3. BY the same
can get a firing order of 1-342.
I have gone into this question of the
firing order rather in detail for the
reason that there will probably come
time (and the time may be while
you are on the ROAD when you will
have to know what the firing order Of
your engine is.
From the above we see that the fir
ing order is the order in which the
power strokes come, and you can read
lily understand that the compression,
exhaust and suction strokes must also
come in this same order, the same
being true of the sparks at the spark
plugs.
By arranging the cams on the cam
shaft in such way that the inlet and
exhaust valves are made to open in a
certain order, the manufacturer deter
mines what the firing order of the
engine is to be and you cannot change
it. The sparks, however, are made to
come in the firing order by arranging
the wires, running from the electric
current control instrument to the
plugs, so that the current will be led
or distributed to the plugs in this or
der. You may have to disconnect
these wires at times, and when you
replace them, they must be put back
in the proper. firing order. Thus you
should know the firing order of your
engine.
How to Find Firing Order.
Many manufacturers mark the fir
ing order somewhere on the engine,
while practically all give it in their
instruction books. Failing to have
these guides you can find the firing
order as follows:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29

Determine, by studying the mani
folds, which are the inlet and which
the exhaust valves. Decide to go by
one of these, say the inlet, and have
some one slowly crank the engine,
while you watch the order in which
the valve lifters raise. This will tell
you the order of the suction strokes.
AS the power strokes must come in
the same order, 1t will also tel, you the
firing order.
Dead Center.
When the crank pin, and therefore
the piston, is as high up as it can
go, we say that 1t is on its upper dead
center, while when down, 1t is on it's
lower dead center. Thus In Fig. /,
and are shown on upper lead cen
ter, and 8 are on lower dead center
Setting No. Ready to Fire
Should you by chance have to do
some work on your ignition system, so
as to be forced to time it, or should
your timer have slipped, you will have
to, as will be explained under ignition,
set piston No. 1 ready to fire, that is,
at the top dead center on the compile
ton of the compression stroke, as this
is the point where the spark must
come. A word as to how this is done.
To set piston No. / at top center the
manufacturer usually marks the fly
wheel with a mark, D. c., which when
up means that No 1 piston is on top
center. In newer cars the fly-wheel
is generally enclosed, but the mark
can be seen by unscrewing the plug
or cover on top of the flywheel cas-
ing Or housing. 1t it be announcement
n of fryx
screw valve cap and through the
opening thus made, either see the pis-
ton when it is up or feel it with a
bent wire
When we have the piston on top
dead center, we must be sure that it
is between the compression and power
stroke, and not between the exhaust
end suction. AS the four strokes take
place during two revolutions, you can
see that when the piston is up it can
be between either of the two up
strokes and their following down
strokes, that is between compression
and power, or exhaust and suction
We can determine by looking at the
valves which stroke the piston is on.
When No. is up between compression
and power, No. will be up between
the other up stroke and the following
down stroke, or the exhaust and sue
ton stroke, or vice-versa. No valves
will be open on the compression stroke
but the exhaust valve will be open
during the exhaust stroke
The best way to set cylinder No. /
ready to fire then, is to crank the en-
CINE slowly, and watch the No. 4 ex-
haust valve. When this is raised and
therefore opened, we know that No.
piston is coming up on it's exhaust
stroke and therefore No on it's COM
preston stroke. If we now get the
piston on top center, No. 1 will be be-
tween compVession and power, and
therefore ready to start on it's power
stroke and so ready for the spark.
The Six Cylinder Engine
All the cylinders Of an engine, no
matter how many cylinders it may
nave, fire while No. 1 cylinder goes
through its cycle, that is during two
revolutions of the crank shaft. Thus
there being four cranks in a four cy-
Under engine, these cranks must be
one-half revolution apart, or. there
being $50 degrees in a circle, $50 de-
grees apart.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29
LESSON No. 2.
The No. a Cylinder Engine.


In our last lesson we saw that dur
Ing the four strokes of the engine cy-
Gle, that is, the Suction, Compression,
Power and Exhaust Strokes, there
was but one stroke which gave out
power, and that we had to have a
heavy fly wheel in order to keep the
engine going during the other three
strokes.
A single cylinder engine was found
to be very heavy for it's power and
vibrated so badly as to make riding
in car equipped with one uncomfort-
able. The result was that designers
conceived the idea of having four en-
gines, one of which would give the
power stroke while the first was on
suction, another while the first was
on compression, then the first would
give its power stroke, the remaining
engine giving it's power while the first
is exhausting. Thus you will notice
that for each of the four strokes of
the cycle through which any of the
engines is passing, one of the other
engines will be giving a power stroke,
also that while one engine is on sue
ton, another will be on compression,
another on power and the other on
exhaust.
Having conceived the idea of hav-
ing the four engines, the designers
had next to find way to combine
them. This proved simple, as while
each engine must have it's own cylin-
der, piston, connecting rod, crank pin
and arm, it's own valves, valve lifters,
cams, ETC., 1t was easy to set the four
cylinders in a row on common crank
case to mt the fOur crank DinS and
arms in a row on common crank
shaft, and to do likewise with the
cams. Thus we have the four engine,
or as it is called four cylinder engine.
Note the difference between a four
cylinder engine and four cycle en-
CINE. A four cycle engine may be a
single cylinder, four, six, an eight
or twelve cylinder engine. In fact
in the automobile, all of these engines
are four cycle engines.
Firing Order.
Having now four cylinders in a row,
each to give a power stroke at differ
ent time, in what order shall these
power strokes come? Shall it be in
1924 order calling the cylinder on
the front of the car No. u or other
wise? By studying the drawing of the
four cylinder crank shaft herewith,
you will see that the above order of
the power strokes, or firing order, as
II is termed, is impossible The only
possible firing orders for a four cylin-
der engine being 1-2-4-3 or l 3-4-2.
Practically all four cylinder crank
shafts are built as the one shown here
with. You will notice (and this you
should know that crank pins l and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29
DEPENDS ON TRUCK.

Ray Mcnamara says anybody can
drive a loaded truck from one ocean
to the other-about 1900 miles-if he
is a good driver and has as a compan-
ion good truck. Mcnamara did it
in a MAXWELL truck and was only a
little over seventeen days on the road
good travelling for a touring car.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29

Clip these articles as they appear
in The Palladium only, and save them,
as one forms the connecting link to the
other-they will make a complete in
teligent discussion on all the impor-
tant units of the automobile. Order
The Palladium in advance of your
newsdealer, so as not to miss any of
the articles Of the series.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29
OBSERVANCE OF THESE RULES MAY
Save YOUR LIFE-F0LL0W THEM

mon sense in most cases, as are the
rules governing courtesy OF the
road" Know the streets and roads IN
your locality that have the right OF
way" and then do not in all cases, De
too insistent on maintaining your
right of way.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29
SOME JOB.

Sponsors of a projected Theodore
Roosevelt international highway"
launched last month at a meeting in
Duluth, Mimi. announces blandly that
it is their intention ito secure the
blazing and signboarding of the entire
highway from Portland, Maine, to
Portland, Oregon, before the 1919
touring season begins" 1t will be
some achievement if they do it.
Passport regulations will prevent
the deported American "undesirables"
from entering Australia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-29
How to Find Firing Order.

Many manufacturers mark the fir
ing order somewhere on the engine,
while practically all give it in their
instruction books. Failing to have
these guides you can find the firing
order as follows:
Deming graphic., 1919-12-23
influence, their language and charaet.

influence, their language and eharaet-
or. 49,
The meeting was also for the purpose
Of effeeting a temporary organization
Of the League Of Women voters In New
Mexico in anticipation Of the new re-
spOnsibiliiies. Committees were then
named and chairmen appointed for the
several branches Of the work. II Is
interesting to note the scope of the
interest Of women throughout the ma
/ ti0n-the new voters 10 be--as repre-
scented by the speakers from the ma.
tiOnal headquarterE. DIR. Naleria
Parker represents the department OF
sOfial. hygiene, or national health,
such rs has been carried out by our
government. among the soldiers, but Is
now 20 be extended 30 the women and
children Of the nation; Miss SchuleI
of the child welfare department. inter
Of thee hild welfare department, inter
ested in the reducing Of infant NOR
taliiy and In the developing a strOngcl
and better race: and Miss Haven o.
the consumers league, national or
ganization interested In food, its con
servation. preparation and distribution
These women, who are all experts Il
their chosen work., were briilian
speakers who outlined practical meth
DDS.
Deming graphic., 1919-12-23

The statement that Enver Pasha.
late OF Turkey, has been traced to
Transcaucasia. where he Is reported
to be living among the Tartars. will
hardly lead anybody to congratulate
the Tartars on their new nelghbor.
Enver Pasha Is not a desirable citi-
zen. and Just at present the new gov
ernment OF Turkey has an account to
settle with him as well as the British,
for In addition to crimes committed
1 in the name Of his country, Enver
Pasha's career In Turkey was com
pleted by the discovery, after his
flight. that he had plundered the
county OF a huge sum Of money which
had been deposited In the banks by
the Committee OF Union and Prog
ress. But then. Enver Pasha. In sym
pathy. education and upbringing Il
more than half German.-Christiar
Science Monitor.
Deming graphic., 1919-12-23
WOMEN OF NEW MEXICO ARE
PREPARING FOR THE BALLOT

There was held in Albuquerque the
first week in September n meeting
that in the years TO come viii be
hacked upon as one Of the memorable
oecasions marking a step forward in
the march Of progress for New Mexico.
Thi, was the conference between Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait Of the National
Suffrage Association and the women
cf New Mexico who are leading the
forees for ratification Of the Federal
Suffrage Amendment at the coming
session Of the special session of the
legislature which Is TO meet in Santa
fe in January.
Mrs Gait called attention 10 the I'M
poriance Of New Mexico In the endeay.
or 10 secure sufficient numebr OF
state 10 ratify In order that women
might participate In the 1920 national
election which Is TO be one OF the mos'
Important elections ever held In Amer
lea. II Is important for the natlor
that wOmans voice be heard at thi'
critical time In the history OF the eoun
try, and that woman's viewpoint botl
upon home and upon world questions
be recognized. This much is due won
en- In recognition Of her unselfish de
yoiion 10 our cause In ihe world wal
II is with great pride that the won
en- informed Mrs. Gait that Govern0
IarrazOlo had agreed TO call a spoeia
session Of the legislature, and they a'
mred the national leader OF their eI
tire confidence that the legislatuT
would raiify the amendment and
put the state In the van guard OF 81
really progressive state Of the unio
- The nation Is going 10 need 10y
Y support Of the women in upholdiI
The integrity Of the country on u
Western hemisphere during the reeo
EtFuetiOn period immediatly ahead
rs, and Mrs. Gait asserted that the o
nortunity for service Of the New Me
ieO women was monumental becau
of their understanding OF the SPANS