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New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21

floor plan visualizes it much better.
A careful study Of the first and sec.
ond floor plans given herewith will
reveal to the reader how many are the
fine features Of this brick house.
Home Is Good Investment.
Owning home Of this character Is
as great an asset as being the owner
investment any man can make. The
former provides place for the fam
lily to live in the years to come and
the latter provide the wherewithal to
maintain it. Prosperity begets pros.
perity and there is no place more pros
porous than community that Is made
up of hOme-owners and not renters.
The quicker man gets into the former
class, the better citizen he becomes
and the better chance he has to be
prosperous.
The principal reason why the mod.
ern American head Of family does
not own his home is that he feels
that assuming the responsibility of
paying for 1t Is not worth the effor
A talk with any hOme-Owner will soon
dissipate this idea. The banks are
filled with money that the prosperity
of the country has brought and they
are looking for sound investments.
And there is no investment bank
would rather make than fOaning
money to man who wants to build
a home. A small percentage Of the
cost is all that Is needed to get
home; the balance can be paid In
place Of the rent that the tenant pays
to his landlord.
With the government urging build.
ing, just as it urged everyone to buy
Liberty bonds, there is added to the
investment in home the feeling that
he who builds Is good patriot.
Build a home" this spring and next
spring see how much happier you are,
and, what is better, how happy your
family will be.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21

case and becoming a part Of the lub.
ricant.
Very Poor Lubricant.
"Oil, diluted with gasoline, becomes
q mighty poor lubricant and will
leave the cylinders dry IL allowed to
continue unchecked. This will cause
wear and necessltate the replacing OF
some vital part Of the internal mech
anism Of the motor. Wrist pins, CYL
inders and pistons are very apt to suf-
fer from this gasoline leakage-with
great danger of burnt out connecting
rods and main bearings.
Motorists can avoid this trouble
and gain assurance Of perfect seal
between piston and cylinder walls by
the use Of good motor oil, Of course,
and the frequent draining of the oil
In the crank case.
"If owners will drain off the old oil
In a crank case often-say once every
two weeks in cold weather, and once
q month during the summer-and re-
plenish with fresh oil, there need be
no fear Of the oil deteriorating and
losing its original lubricating qualities.
Five dollars spent this way may save
a bill Of from fifty to one hundred
dollars in season for necessary re-
pairs. The frequent changing Of oil
In the crank case during period Of
seven months would not amount to the
price Of one pistOn-and 1t only takes
ten minutes time to make the change"
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21

through the generous openings, the re-
ceptiOn hall. living room and dining
room, are practically one room. CIV
Ing a sense Of spaciOusne which
would not be obtained II each room
was shut off.
The dining room Is also of good
size, being II by IA feet. As this
also Is corner room, 1t is extraOr-
dinarily light and cheerful. there being
three windows mt the end and one
at the back. on the dining room and
back Of the reception hall is the
kitchen. II to 13 feet. A good sized
pantry opens of the kitchen at the
back, making the refrigerator acces.
sible for icing from the back porch.
The upstairs arrangement Of rooms
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
GAS LEAKAGE IS
VERY DANGEROUS
Liquid Going Into Crank Case b.
lutes lubrlcating Oil Within
Very Short Period.
KNOWLEDGE OF luBRIcATloN
Motorists Can Avoid Trouble by Upe
Of Good Motor 0il-Nsed Be no
Fear OF Deterioration II OIL
10 Changed Frequently.

II am not at all anxious that mo-
tOrists should consider me crank
or a calamity hOwler," said Max Hag-
elstine, who has attracted considerable
attention through the country by his
frequent pertinent tips to automobile
owners, "but l certainly do want
folks to know more about their cars
and the proper care Of them.
II believe motorists cannot know
too much about fabrication and lu.
bricating oils. Lack Of knowledge
means loss Of pleasure. loss Of time
and oftentimes. considerable loss Of
money. And there is one underlying
phase of the subject which Is often
overlooked by motorists and yet which
Is the base Of many lubr1cating trOu-
bles. l refer to what Is commonly
known as gasoline leakage
cause Of Leakage.
"GasOline leakage Is generally
caused by a certain amount Of mix.
ture which Is not burned and finds its
way into the crank case, dlluting the
oil and destroying its lubricating quail
ties from 10 per cent to 80 per cent In
from two weeks to months time, de-
pending upon weather conditions. This
means that on the compression stroke
some of the gaseous mixture from the
combustion chamber leaks past the
piston rings and cOndenses in the
crank case. This action is due to the
fact that the oil does not perfectly
seal the space between the cylinder
walls and the piston rings. In some
instances this leakage has been so
marked that oil taken from a crank
case, due to the large amount of gaso-
line present, exploded when touched
with a match.
"Of course 1t Is obvious that gaso-
line Is not good lubricant. And 1t
does not take much speculation to de-
termine what will happen to a motor
II no steps are taken to prevent the
gasoline from leaking into the crank
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
Carburetor Uses Kerosene.

An automatic carburelOr has been
developed in England for which aston
ishing claims are made. The details
of its construction are withheld, but
its performance is said on good au-
thOrity to be remarkable. During a
demonstration test 1t was used on a
twO-cylinder, siX-hOrsepOwer motor
cycle. The start was made with the
engine cold and the float chamber half
filled with gasoline. The change to
kerosene. while under way, produced
no noticeable difference In the per-
fOrmance of the engine. There was no
knocking on grades, no smoke. no
odOr. The cylinders fired crisply, the
pickup was quick the firing regular at
all speeds, and the power all that could
be desired. 1t is even claimed that,
with the new carburetOr. a gallon of
kerosene will drive the motorcycle
and sldecar the unheard-of distance of
0S miles. but there Is no official con-
frmatiOn Of this statement.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
BRICK HOUSES
ARE SUBSTANTIAL
Provide Homes That Will Last
for Generations.
COST NEED NOT BE LARGE
Design Shows Attractive Building That
10 Modern In Design and at the
Same Time Economical In
Construction.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFoRo.

oy WILLIAM ~ HAOTOHO.
Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
paper. On account of his wide experience
q Editor. Author and Manufacturer, hs
10. without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. 1927 Prairie
avenue. Chicago. ILL.,. and only enclose
three-cent stamp for reply.
Everyone who lives or has lived In
q small town knows or can remember
"the brick house." The owner usually
was the most affluent member Of the
community. Not that the brick house
cost so much more than the others,
but just the word "brick" conveyed
the thought Of stability.
Bricks and brick houses are almost
as old as civilization. True, the bricks
of centuries ago did not compare with
the bricks of today, but the ancients
fashioned blocks Of clay in the warmer
climates, allowed them to bake in the
sun and constructed houses of them.
And they lasted and supplied home
for generation after generation.
These are the reasons that brick
houses are popular. They give an mir
of stability, because they are stable
themselves. The man who builds a
brick house builds not only for him
self and his family, but for genera.
tiOns to come.
In the era of home building that Is
opening this spring, there will be
erected homes Of all types. There
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
LEARNING Deadly Aim,

The skill with which American gun
ners frustrated the attacks of U.bOuts
was due, In large measure. to the
use Of an ingenious target for gun
practice during the voyages. The de
vice consisted Of framework. about
thirty feet long and five feet wide,
built to be drawn through the water.
with an imitation coming tower and
periscope mounted on the upper side.
1t was drawn behind the ship by
means of two cables attached one above
the other. BY pulling on the upper one.
the upper side Of the frame was made
to project forward. causing the target
to rise to the. surface. while by pull
ing on the lower cable the device
would quickly submerge. officers out
of sight of the gunners manipulated
the apparatus. frequently changing
the range by paying out or taking in
the cables.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
Iron Coins in History,

Iron coins. which have been intro.
duced into II " through the scarcity
Of copper, were first revived for mod.
ern Europe by Austria soon after the
great war began. They are no novelty,
but kind of Darwinian "reversion to
type" In the evolution of numislnat-
les. Cumbrous iron and bronze ingots
formed a medium of exchange long
before Pheidon. king Of Argos, struck
the first silver coins in the temple Of
the love-goddess at Aegina. which was
the earliest European mint. Coins Of
iron circulated for centuries among
the Chinese, but finally fell 70 third
Of their value owing to the dishOn-
esty Of the government.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
ALWAYS TEEmINe WITH LIFE
Noises Of Animals, Birds, or insects
Never Completely stiiied In the
Jun0les Of Malay.

One may as well try to describe with
Justice the crater of an active volcano
as to describe the jungle Of Malay.
From without one sees a dense for
est of very irregular height and of the
most vivid green Imaginable. Here
and there towering above the 0thers
one sees immense trees 200 feet high
or more. From without the jungle
looks impenetrable. and so II is. except
by well-defined tracks, or by hacking
ones way through. as have done. for
$50 miles.
Within the Jungle all is gloom. ex.
cept overhead. where one can see u
misty light that filters up through the
delicate foliage. All the trees shoot
straight up, there being practically no
horizontal branches from them. In
fact. there are no trees that resemble
the oak or other short-trunked trees.
The ground is nearly always damp
or even slushy In places, and infested
with land leeches that crawl up ones
clothing and gorge themselves on your
blood. The atmosphere is steamy. but
far cooler than out In the open. have
taken the temperature Just within the
jungle, and found 1t to be about so de-
grees. but on placing the thermometer
out in the sun 1t has rapidly reached
the temperature of 14S degrees.
Early in the morning the jungle re-
sounds with the cries Of the monkeys
just waking up. About 9:3O these
cease and the ordinary day noises of
birds, and the steady hum Of insects
prevail. The frequent tap of wOOdpeck-
ers. the croak of huge treefrogs and
the call of the peacock and argus
pheasant re-echO through the jungle.
Every now and then one hears fam''.
lar cOck-o-dOOdle-dOo and the clucking
of a hen and imagines one must he
near farm. until 1t Is realized that
1t is only the jungle fowl. the ancestor
Of all domestic poultry.
Toward sunset. about six o'clock.
there suddenly bursts out perfectly
deafening din of buzzing and shrieking
insects. 1t Is no exaggeratlOn to stats
that the noise of the insect life at SUM-
set makes 1t practically impossible to
hear oneself speak. This continues un-
til about seven o'clock, when darkness
has set in and then 1t dies away con-
siderably Throughout the night one
hears all kinds Of queer noises that
were absent during the day.
With luck. you may hear the growl
and roar of tiger. hunting some poor
animal. Frequently one hears great
cOmmOtiOn among the birds and mOu-
keys that had been sleeping in some
tall tree. as their slumber Is disturbed
by snake that has climbed up amt
caught one of them. A common sound
Is the despairing shrek Of a jungle
fowl caught by some wildcat. Occa-
sionally ones sleep is disturbed by a
loud crashing of trees and the trum-
peting Of herd Of elephants. In fact,
the jungle teens with life and death.
day and night.-G. Carveth Wells. III
Oregon Journal.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
ADJUSTMENT OF CARBURET0R
Necessary to Insure Gasoline Economy
Rich Mixture Will Cause
Loss Of Power.

Keep your carburetor properly ad-
justed to insure gasoline economy. A
rich mixture will overhead the engine
and cause carbon in cylinder heads. be-
sides losing power. A lean mixture
will give loss of power and may set fire
to the carburetOr.
To test for rich mixture open the air
valve slightly, admitting more air. II
the engine speeds up the mixture Is
too rich. Close down slightly on spray
nozzle or low speed adjustment.
To test for lean mixture pull out
the choke knob on dash short dis
tance. II engine speeds up the mix
ture is too lean, and needs to have
the low speed adjustment opened
slightly.
Having adjusted these to your sat.
isfaction throttle down engine and
then open throttle suddenly. Engine
should pick up speed smoothly and
rapidly and should not backfire at
carburetor. II 1t backfires the mix
ture should be made richer from high
speed adjustment.
In winter the mixture should be
slightly richer. but the above tests
should be used to make sure the
change is in the right direction and
that the mixture does not become too
rich.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
cettino Rid Of Marble Waste.

The waste of Vermont marble
quarry is reduced by crushers and
rolls to fragments of one-half inch or
less, and is then burned into Quickllme.
The rotary kiln for this purpose is
feet in diameter and 20 feet long, In.
clined 4 per cent from the horizontal.
It is driven by a belt from a 3O-horse
power motor. and has speed of O.5 to
1.5 revolutions per second. Producer
gas introduced at the lower end yields
q temperature of 200 degrees +.
This converts the rock fragments into
quicklime by driving OF the carbon.c
acid gas, and the hot material drops
from the lower end Of the kiln into O
rotating cooling cylinder. In this
cylinder the drs', of air passing to
the burning gas cools the product for
the storage bins.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21

Of the stump high in the air indicate
an excessive charge.
Firing Charges by Electricity.
The electrical method of firing blasts
Is beginning to be extensively used. In
firing charges by this method the fol-
lowing equipment is needed: One
blasting machine, 800 feet of double
leading wire to reach from the stumps
to the blasting machine, some connect
Ing wire to connect the stumps togeth-
er In series, and electric detonators
In place of the caps and fuses used In
ordinary blasting. Firing by electric
ity has many advantages over the cap
and fuse method. The danger Of pre-
mature explosions is greatly reduced
and the danger from delayed explo.
siOns is entirely eliminated. PrOba-
bly, more people have been injured In
stump blasting by too hasty investiga-
tion Of delayed explosion than from
any other cause. When using the cap
and fuse method, the safe rule to fol-
low when a charge does not explode
as expected is to keep away from the
locality until the next day. Where
the stumps have been severely burned.
are badly decayed hollow, have several
large spreading roots or where 1t Is
necessary to blast stumps so near to
each other that the explosion Of
charge under one stump would loosen
the earth under the adjacent one, the
use Of the blasting machine will save
dynamite and result in better work
being done than if the cap and fuse
are used. If the stumps have been
partially burned out by any Of the
burning processes previously described,
the roots can best be blown out by fir
ing the charges with blasting ma
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
VARIETIES OF FRUIT
FOR HOME ORCHARDS
Selection Is One of Most Impor.
tant Considerations.
Prospective Planter Should Avail Him.
self Of Suggestions Of Experienced
Growers in His Community
Place Orders Early.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
One of the most important consider
atlons in planting a home orchard Is
the selection Of kinds of fruits and
varieties Of those kinds which will do
well in the locality where they are to
be grown. While many of the long
established nurseries are selling their
stock through travelling agents whose
integrity is unquestloned, 1t is better
as rule for a grower to deal directly
with nurserymen than through agents.
Place orders early and deal only with
reliable nurserymen.
In selecting varieties a prospective
planter should avail himself of the
suggestions Of experienced fruit grow
ers in his community. his state agri-
cultural college or the United States
department Of agriculture. In Farm
ers' Bulletin 1901, recently published
by the department, the country Is d.
.vided into IA districts and the most
desirable fruit varieties are given for
each district. 1t will be sent free on
application.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21

EARM11N0rES

Plenty Of vegetable matter helps
hold moisture.
Land should be properly drained be-
fore putting in crop.
No farmer can afford to plant seed
corn that will not grow.
The corn crop will always tell wheth-
er or not the seed corn was tested.
The man who tests his seed corn
is the one upon whom the nation can
depend.
The farmer who tests his seed corn
is several notches above the farmer
who does not.
You can depend upon it that the man
who tests his seed corn, selects his
seed corn from the field in the fall Of
the year.
OF all the factors that contribute
to large yields in field crops and pas
ture grasses. none are more potential
than vegetable matter.
Plenty of vegetable matter in the
soil will hasten the maturity Of the
crop, whether it be corn, oats, wheat,
meadow or pasture grasses.
Manure will add nitrogen at % cents
pound. phosphorus at 20 cents
pound, potassium at 10 cents a pound.
besides adding humus or vegetable
matter.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21

Is unique. There is one large bed.
room IA by IL feet. over a portion Of
both the living and dining room. This
has three windows at the end and Is
delightful sleeping and sitting room.
Large closets on either side Of the
room will appeal to the housekeeper.
The hall leads directly to this large
room and Off it Is bedroom at the
front and another at the rear of the
house. The bathroom opens off the
end of the hall.
While a description of the arrange.
ment of house and the dimensions
Of the rooms does not always give
a very good idea of its interior, the
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
CAPTAIN Rene Fonek's Record.

The highest official score for bring
ing down Hun flyers, according to Fly
ing, goes to Captain Rene Fonck of
the French army. Before the armis
tice was signed he was officially cred
ited with 75 Boche planes. but vir.
tually he brought down over 100. On
two different occasions he brought
down six machines IN a few minutes
Fonck was a wonderful flyer and was
among the first to perform the bar
rel maneuver during an aerial battle
The French government has conferred
on him nearly every decoration In Its
power to eive.-Scientific American.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
IreIand,s Many Beauties.

There is something in the soil of Ire.
land, in its lakes and woods, its rocks
and hills. that carries long. long men,
ory. So 1t is that many Of its natural
beauties have been chronicled in legend
or poem, and the world is familiar by
picture with spots unseen. So the
world forms idealized pictures Of Xii.
larney, Of the great Shannon. of Tara.
of the Rock of Cashel. Of Galway, Of
the Races, Of Tipperary, Of Barney
castle, of Drogheda, Kerry. Killaloe,
Derry and the many sweet remembered
spots enshrined in the songs of devot.
ed Irish hearts.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
MANURE IS OF GREAT VALUE
Garden Soil Should Be Rich in Plant
food Constituents and in Good
Condition.

Manure is of great value in making
the land ready for garden plants. Un-
less the land is virgin or lately heav-
lily dressed with manure it is apt to
need an application now. Remember
that the soil should be rich in plant
food constituents as well as in state
of good mechanical condition.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
Proper Gasoline Level.

If the gasoline level is too high the
carburetor will be flooded, while II 1t
Is too low there will be tendency to-
ward lean mixture and difficult start
ing. For satisfactory operation it is
important that the carbureter float be
adjusted so that the gasoline level Is
about one-thirty-second Of an inch be-
low the outlet of the lowest nozzle.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21

will be the bungalow for the small
family; the larger frame house fOr
the large family, and the head Of the
family who wants something different
and at the same time wishes to build
for the future will select brick
house.
The accompanying illustration
shows style Of brick house that has
the advantage of being constructed
of well-nigh permanent material,
and is planned to provide all the COM
forts of the modern home. There are
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
VENT FOR MUFFLER CUT.0UT
Trouble Frequently Experienced Can
Be Avoided by Following d.
reetions Given.

Trouble Is frequently experienced in
cutting the vent for a muffler cut-Out.
A Y.shaped vent prevents free move
ment of the butterfly valve used on so
many cut-outs. Here is a way Of cut
ting a satisfactory vent: Cut the ex-
haust pipe with hacksaw through
half of the pipe diameter. Then saw
q parallel slit and finally another di,
agonally across. In this way two
points can be bent and sawed off. A
little asbestos packing makes a tight
cut-Out Joint.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
FlRST FLOOR PLAN

no frills about this architectural de-
sign, but the house has the air of
sOlidity, the convenience Of arrange
ment and the graceful exterior that
everyone wants in this type Of
home.
Square Appearance Removed.
While the front porch and the gable
above it have taken away the effect.
the house itself is practically square.
There are no angles to the walls.
which makes for economy in cOnstruc-
tion. However. by the additions noted,
the square appearance has been taken
away and an economical. solid and
attractive home has been designed.
The dimensions of the house, ex-
elusive of the porch projections, are
% feet inches by 26 feet 5 inches.
The front porch is of good size and
with the broad door opening makes
an attractive appearance.
The hovse contains six rooms, a
large reception hall and bathroom.
Downstairs are living and dining
rooms, reception hall and Kitchen, and
upstairs are three bedrooms and the
bath.
The reception hall is 10 feet 6
inches by o feet @ inches. The stair
way to the second floor is at one side.
while double doors lead into the liv-
ing room, which is 16 feet inches
by IL feet 6 inches. Three windows
at the front and one at the side make
II a bright and pleasant room. While
no fireplace has been provided in this
design, it will be noticed in the ac-
companying floor plan that the fiues
run through the wall at one corner
and 1t will be an easy matter to pro-
vide one.
Sense Of spaeiousness.
The dining room Is connected with
the livinr room nv q colonnade. thus.
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
PACKING FOR PUMP GLANDS
Asbestos Rope Thoroughly Soaked In
Cylinder Oil and Covered With
Graphite 10 Favored.

Either wicking, lead or graphite or
lOose-twisted asbestos rope packing
should be used for packing water
pump glands. When the asbestos is
used 1t should be soaked thoroughly
in cylinder oil and covered with fine
flake graphite. 1t should be coiled
around the shaft in the direction of
turn Of the gland nut, and this latter
should not be frightened more than
enough to prevent leakage Of water.
The wrench should not be put on this
nut,
New Mexico state record., 1919-03-21
NOVEL VEHICLE WHEEL TIRE
Construction So Designed That Re-
slIlency Can Be Readily Regulated
for Cushion Effect.

The Scientific American In illustrat-
ing and describing vehicle wheel
tire, the invention Of G. Lezcano Y.
Mercy Of New York, says:
This invention relates to tires Of
that type in which the tread Is formed
by a plurality Of separate tire Sec