Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-09
Several Amateur Radio Opera
tors Enjoying Pittsburg
Concerts
RADIO FOR FARMERS
GREAT ADVANTAGE
Weather Reports and Market Quota
iions Free Service Daily
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I.adySmith is right up with the
times i'm radio world 1t is wonderful,
not 10 say almost unbelievable, that
poople in this city are listening almost
daily TO concerts and speeches III New
York and Pittsburg Cincinnati and
81. Paul and learning what the wealth
or is going to be for twenty t0urs III
advance from Madison. and what hogs
are selling for in Chicago. all by wire
less telephone and wireless telegraphy.
But it is a fact.
How many Ladysmith people are en-
ioying these privileges the NeWs-Buf-
get does not know. but has learned Oh
several. Young Leonard Vaughan Is
probably the pioneer wireless telegraph
operator of LadySmith. He has been
studying radio for several years, though
only - years Of age. Three years ago
he erected his first apparatus on the
roof Of his fathers store on Mlner-aY.
More recently he connected receiving
wires on the high water tank and has
a station in garage on the rear OF the
Robbins lot. near hy. 70 Get the tele-
graph messages one must understand
the tele@raphic code Young Vaughan
has been able to pick up whole or par
tial messages from many sources, n0t-
ably from Superior and Chicago. le
is emulating Il cousin who is Il govern
ment radio expert employed at high
salary.
GGing to BE a Professional
Glenn Bell. a Junior in the high
school and residing on +. Lake-av., has
had Il wireless outfit for about two
wears. and has been interested in ia
dio study for considerably longer than
thar. He tolls Of enjoying Il concert
given in st. Paul by radio-phOne re-
Gently. When he completes his school
education he intends to take up the
radio work and become Il regular op-
erator
Claire Robeia and Harold Will
Jams. living on r. Miner-ay., have Il
wireless telephone receiver and the
necessary apparatus that goes with 1t,
and they are among the most enthu-
eia.tic young amateur operators III THIS
city. spending much time out OF high
school hours in radio study and Oper-
alton. Recently they have been de-
lighted with concerts held in New York
and in Pittsburg 1t is from Pittsburg,
where the great Westinghouse cleo
trical works are located, that much OF
the entertaining music and speeches
are grabbed out Of the thin air. The
concerts are heard as distinctly rs il
They were played right here in Lady
smith. \ Salvation army address was
also received very dearly, and 4 rath-
~ interesting message intercepted ~
fhe bows was the police report OF
stolen Buick automobile. taken from
its parking place on one Of the Pitts
hlrgS streets. in which the car was
described quite minutcly. Later the
ear was reported as having been re-
covered.
If is interesting to know. too, that
at the Salvation army meeting it was
announced that one thousand baskets
OF food and presents for the poor or
Pittsburg would be distributed. The
bows picked off radio the other day
which they think came from Denver,
though they were not sure.
Get Time BY Radio
Page & Zimmerman jewelers.. cor
ner Miner-av. and w Second-st., have
had receiving instrument in their
store. with connecting apparatus on the
roof Of the building, for some months
and have been setting their time reg
ulator' by standard time messages re-
ceiycd through the air.
With proper receivers, telegraph ana
telephone messages may he caught
with the same subordinate parts. The
simpler receivers may be purchased for
about fifty dollars, but prices range up
to one thousand dollars.
Amateur wireless operators through
out Wisconsin and i'll other states as
far away as New York listened to the
Cincinnati symphony orchestra con-
cert held at the University OF Wiscon-
sin gymnasium a week ago Tuesday.
1t was sent out by radio-phone by the
wireless station of the university ply
sizes department. The wireless con-
certs from the university are becoming
widely known among wireless opera
tors, as are the daily market and
weather reports
Advantage to the Farmer
The market reports were started on
Sept. 20, in cooperation with the Wis
consin department of markets and crop
estimates The chief advantage of this
system of sending out market informa-