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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16
VASHON HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Alice Eaton, Editor

we have been trying to develop
With two hours a day practice,
the boys will soon be round INTO
shape. We expect a successful
season and have already a good
schedule of games arranged.
Miss David, who has been on
the sick list for several days, re-
turned to school Tuesday. We
trust she will remain we'll in the
future.
The debators who went to the
public library Saturday for de.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

The boys basket ball practice
is coming in nice shape, coach
Crewdsen reports that he has six
brand new basket suits he wants
to fill with about six good V. Fl.
S. huskies. He expects to be able
to have the suits all out some
time after Christmas.
The boys brought home the
small era of 81 to "a last Monday
against the town vets, in a prac.
tice game. They showed signs
of clever team work, the thing
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

All That Was Left of Frame Dwelling Built by Old Methods
plumbers Correspond to Those Sketch)
~ Fire stopping all partitions oor
ceilings and roof.
C Hrrng-bone stopping partitions midway
levels.
(3) Partition and wall framed solid.
CD Wall between porch attic, and house sheathed solid
( Header beams inches from the fireplace breast Inombusblo
hearth.
(6) Wooden members inches from chimney between filled with
loose incombustible material
"a Plaster applied directly to chimney breast,
(s) Flue lining in chinneys
C9) Top of chimney feet above peak of roof
Qo) Protection over heating plant
framing inches from chimney flashed permitting free
of chimney
(1O Top Of heating plant IS inches from ceiling
(lS Furnace feet from air riser,
C4) Smoke pipe ~ times its diameter below the ceiling,
dS Heat pipes 6 inches below ceiling.
Doubled tin Hnch air between In partitions kept
Inch from all woodwork Steam and hot water pipes inch
from woodwork
m Heat pipes running through floors fire stopped with loose nco-
bustibe material
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

batting material reported a yer!
profitable time. The debating
question is-Resolved, that the
principle of the sales shall be
adopted and added to the general
tariff system of the Federal Gov
eminent.
Our fire drill Tuesday was ac-
complished in three-fourths of a
minute, one-fourth of a minute
more than it took last time.
Fifth and sixth grades are
practicing on Dicken' S Christmas
Carol for Wednesday, December
Dist, the last day before the holi-
days. The other grades are also
planning to hold programs in the
several rooms.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16
CENTER
Mrs, Jack Woods

Mrs. Horns of Seattle is spend
ing the week visiting her daugh-
Mrs, h. p. Huston and her son
Rex.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

Mrs. George Dowd was a Seat,
tie shopper on Tuesday
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

Captain and Mrs. John Cam
ion have sold their home on the
island and left Wednesday for
Seattle. They are registered at
the Imperial hotel, but will leave
there next week for California
points, and plan to spend a year
or more in travel.
Louis Larsen is studying mar
inc engineering in Seattle, but
spends his Sundays on Maury is
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. NJ. Rushton
were called to Seattle Monday
by the death Of Mrs. C. c. Wer.
L"cke.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Johnson
are the guests of their son and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank John
son Of Seattle.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

The little child of Mr.. Ed.
Tucker who was so i'll in Tacoma
is very much better and was brot
home recently.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

George Nc Cormick spent the
week end at home.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

Mrs. Anna Fault is on the sick
list this week.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

7. Therkelsen made a trip to
Seattle on Wednesday to meet
his daughter and two children.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

Last weeks rain storm was the
worst in the history of the wealth!
er bureau. The precipitation for
the week is as follows: Saturday,
December 10th, 1.15 inches; Sun
day, 2.6l inches and Monday, 2.47,
making a total of 6.23 inches.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

The bridge just south of the
Beall greenhouses was quite badly
demolished by our recent flood,
making the road impossible even
for pedestrians.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16

Mrs. Elizabeth Hearst was in
Tacoma last Wednesday doing
some of her Christmas shopping.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-12-16
MAURY HILL
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Evening star., 1921-11-27
AUTO ITEMS.

Exports of motor cars and trucks to
Mexico for the first eight months of
1921 are 237 per cent Of the same
period last year, says United States
| Department Of Commerce
General business is langufshing in
johannesburg, but there is an up
ward trend in the demand for motor
! cars. with country districts display
ing, more interest. according to the
National Bank of South Africa Ltd
No one will steal horse today.
according to the New York Sun. The
Horse Thief Detecting Society of
Mamakating. Waikiki and Crawford.
~. Y. has been abandoned. The
twsnty.one members of the society
has remained unexpended because
there are no horse thieves left to
catch.
Two hundred and sixty-three thou
sand nine hundred new automobiles
| will be bought by readers OF the Lit
OF the magazine subscription list.
Thirty-seven per cent of these will be
persons who did not own a car in
1920. Boston gives promise of lead
ing the list of buyers, with Chicago
| in line for second honors.
Charles Seeger. Harvard, '0S. COM
poser and brother of Alan Seeger.
late war poet, has become a motor
lied minstrel, according to the New
York Times. He and his wife, VINO
is a violinist, have been touring the
country with their three boys in an
automobile with caravan trailer. They
! have been giving concerts along the
broad highway from North CaroliHa
| to Maine.
Motor vehicles are buildingap the
schools in North Carolina. in the opin-
| ion Of the Fayetteville Observer.
who ever thought this paper OBJ
serves, that education and gasoline
would hitch up together in the cause
of the country school? And yet such
has come to pass in the consolidated
school plan. The children Of the dis
trict are conveyed to and from the
school in motor trucks, called kid
wagons which hold comfortably from
twenty to twenty-five children" /.
| Motor buses are being operated by
highly organized methods. reports
a London dispatch to the Boston
News Bureau. There are 5000 omni-
buses in regular operation in Eng
land. carrying twenty-five to thirty
persons, with an average speed of
twenty miles per hour. They make
fourteen days trips through Wales at
charge Of $112. They are now TAX
ing passengers from London to the
Scottish Highlands, seventeen-day
trip, with the best hotel service, for
a fare of $3.50. - -
There are 900 motor trucking COM
panies in Great Britain, according to
the Boston News Bureau. Some carry
freight for distances Of over 100 miles
at a lower rate than the railroads.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FOR THE AUIOMOBZLLSTS
Answer. to Last Week. Questions.

Answers to Last Weeks Questions.
l. Although specific gravity read
ings of storage battery should be
made when testing the battery. the
readings should not be relied upon en-
tirely as indicating the battery's con-
dition. For instance. battery may
show a hydrometer reading Of 1.275
to 1900, the proper indication for a
fully charged battery, but the same
battery may drop rapidly in voltage
while used in the car. This would be
caused by the condition Of the plates
within the battery, either In one or
more cells, or Of the individual sets
of plates, either positive or negative.
If only few plates are defective, the
battery may prove satisfactory for or
dinary use, but will become weakera
If larger number of plates or an en-
tire set are weak, the battery will not
possess energy enough to deliver stead
lily the full amount of current de-
manded of it.
2. If the spark is not advanced a
when engine speed is accelerated, the
result would be loss of power. AS the
fuel charges in cylinders require time
to fully ignite, the spark occurring
late would not explode the charges soon
enough to expand and exert their
greatest power before the piston be-
gan it's downward stroke. Therefore
part of each power stroke in the en-
gine would be lost, when that part
should be the most powerful
8. The rear cantilever spring is
mounted to the car with it's center at
tached to bearing on the car frame.
the forward end of. the spring is
shackled and the rear end attached to
the rear axle. The semi-elliptic
spring. used mainly for front springs
of a car. is shackled at both ends
and fastened to the axle at the GEN.
ter The elliptic consists of two
springs bowed in away from each
other. The top part or spring Is
fastened to the car frame at the
springs center. the bottom spring
secured at the center to the rear
axle and ends of both springs are
fastened together. The latter type
was formerly used to a great extent
as a rear spring, and occasionally
as front spring.
4. Exhaust pipes of an engine are
extended as straight as possible from
engine to muffier. Sharp bends in the
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Indian Curios.
From the Brooklyn Standard Union.


The Hudson Bay Company has pur-
chased the collection of Eskimo relics
and Indian curios owned by DR.. w. E.
Anderson of Portage la Prarie. The
collection consists Of more than 500
pieces of the handiwork of many
tribes, including Crees. Blood, Piegan,
Sarces, Sioux, Chippewyan. Locheux
and the Eskimos Of the western Arctic
coast
The acquisition of these relics by the
company with the Dagg collection of
Calgary. which was purchased last
fall, and the specimens gathered by
r. D. Wilson at old fur posts OF the
interior in 1920, will become the nue.
leus of museum to be established by
the Hudson Bay Company in Win
nipeg.
For 200 years the history of the
Hudson Bay Company was the history
Of western Canada. Under it's charter
granted in, 1870 by King Charles II.
the company until 1870. when it sur
rendered its rights to the government,
owned in fee simple practically all
western Canada. When it closes out to
farm settlers all the rich lands re-
naming to it south of the North Sas-
katchewan river in the prarie prov
inces- some 100000 acres-the last
vestiges OF it's old empire will have
passed out Of it's possession.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
NO LONGER
DEPENDENT ON TRAINS
Travelling Men Take to Light
Autos-Not Afraid of
Strikes.

If there is any one branch of en-
deavor apparently at the mercy of
efficient train service it would appear
to be the travelling statesmen. Yet. in
the opinion of Harry Olmstead. local
bort dealer, the average travelling
representative has made himself
strikingly Independent of railroad
service.
Here are his reasons for this belief:
THE threatened strike was naturally
the subject of much discussion and
when the matter was touched upon
the other day I was surprised to find
one Of the party I knew to be travel
ing salesman did not SEEM to be in
the least perturbed as far as his
business was concerned. Naturally j
asked him what he expected to do in
the event of rail tieup and his re-
ply was that he expected to keep
right on going.
According to this mans story the
travelling fraternity. and particularly
that portion Of it whose territory is
in any degree compact, has long
ago solved the transportation problem
with the aid of the motor car. Con-
Evening star., 1921-11-27

tinually increasing railroad rates
with continually greater automobile
economy and enforced waits on train
schedules have automatically forced
the issue. Literally thousands of
travelling statesmen today have found
a light. low cost car the best invest
ment they could make and not only is
this true of individuals, but of large
companies which have purchased
whole fleets of cars for the use of
salesmen. n.
Consequently, not nearly SO many
statesmen are found swapping stories
in the smoker or waiting on the plat
form of the railroad station. You now
encounter them seated comfortably
behind the wheel of an automobile,
running their own roads, setting their
own schedules. covering more terri
tory in fewer hours and at great
saving in time and expense
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Authorized
M11diiiijjFiiS;d; iiiiji;d; iijiSd :
Service Stations

sradburn Battery & EIec. Service
GIG Pa. Ave. Sc. Lincoln 1901
=. Modern Auto Supply
9f7 n St. NE. Lincoln 1896
The John A. Wineberser Co., Inc.
500 Ga. Ave. NV. Columbia 565
Smiths Battery & EIee. Service
2119 18th st. NV. North 1928
e. J. Pennin9
174o 14th St. NV. North 1898
Standard Service Station
5t1 & r SITS. NV. North s6s1
Brookland Garage
1000 Mich. Ave. NE. North 1921
Evening star., 1921-11-27
SYSTEM Of COOLING
AUTOS ESSENTIAL
Car Owners Attention Di-
rected to Safety Measures
Needed in Winter.

with the approach of winter, at
tention to the cooling system of cars
is required by automobile owners"
says the Studebaker company. This.
Of course. is especially true in north
ern climates where the rigors of cold
weather are experienced. and owners
should take precautions, because care
lessness or forgetfulness may mean
trouble. The question of anti-freeZe
solutions, therefore, becomes impor-
tant.
Three Substances In Use.
There are three substances in gen.
lutions. each of which can be pre-
pared by the owner himself and used
without having to consult the pro-
fessional mechanic Alcohol is prob
ably the most popular Of all anti
freeze agents. Glycerin has proven
very effective, but it's cost during the
war made its use almost prohibitive
chloride is perhaps the most easily
prepared solution Of all and. for that
reason. is widely used. But to my
mind it is absolutely wrong. CAL
cium chloride is a mighty dangerous
solution to use. The commercial prod
solutions as an anti-freeze mixture.
is highly injurious because of the
action on the components of the cool
ing system. Such alkaline solutions
are productive of an electrical action
wherever two dissimilar metals are
utilized. such as the brass tubing of
radiator and the solder used at the
joints. the iron water jackets and
the brass or copper plates. 1t is
strongly advised against the use of
all soluble salts because of their
harmful action on the metal.
"A summary of the opinions of mo-
tor car manufacturers as to the value
of various anti-freeze solutions shows
decided preference for alcohol and
glycerin. Neutral alcohol does not
act on metal or on the rubber con-
nections. But the alcohol in the So
luton will evaporate more rapidly
than the water The solution should
be watched carefully and the alco-
hol replenished from time to time.
One Solution Found Adequate.
"1f 96 per cent alcohol is used, the
following solution will be found ade-
quate for all ordinary Temperatures:
Alco'l Water by ...
by vol. vol. approx. Spec grav. viii freeze at
part part parts parts SsS SsS zsra 70, above zero
part part p,s part S.ss5 @ 3! sss1 below zero
Neutral glycerin does not act on
metal. but does act on rubber connec-
tions. If used the hose connections
should be examined frequently to pre-
vent disintegration and consequent
leaks. 1t can be prepared as follows:
Glyc'e Water by
by vol. vol. approx. Spec grav. Will freeze at
part parts los TO- above zero
1 part 2parts 10 Zero
parts parts 113 2Oo below zero
1T has been found that the un-
bleached variety of glycerin, which
may be procured at practically any
drug store. is not only cheapest, but
best"
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Dreary Outlook.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
An unhappily married Scot was met
by friend, who said: "Mon, Sandy.
this is an awfu' thing, that has befallen
you. It's a great pity that your wife
has gone and left you"
"Deed, mon." said Sandy. She'll dae
waur than that yet"
what waur can she dae than that?"
She'll come back" replied Sandy,
ruefully,
Evening star., 1921-11-27
2e3, $500 Car Buyers.

Two hundred and sixty-three thou
sand nine hundred new automobiles
will be bought by readers Of the
Literary Digest. according, to a sur
vey of the ma gazine subscription list.
Thirty-seven per cent of these will be
persons who did not own a car in
1920. Boston gives promise Of leading
the list of buyers, with Chicago in
line for second honors. -s-~~s,s', :
Evening star., 1921-11-27

1T has been found that the un-
bleached variety of glycerin. which
may be procured at practically any
drug store, is not only cheapest, but
best"
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Right on the Job.

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
sJust because she was married a
woman the other day undertook to lec-
ture me on the way l ought to behave"
''Why didn't you tell her to mind her
own business?"
''SheM say that was what she was
doing-you see, she was my wife,"
Evening star., 1921-11-27

ness woman, Nine. La Framboise, who
successfully managed q trading post
in the Grand river valley more than
100 years ago.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

The myrtle and the leek are re-
garded as luck bringers, and in
Wales they say leek growing on a
wall will keep off witches.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-05

nomination were confirmed before forced out of the army unless his March f.
 Senator Robinson, of Arkansas. ask ed that all army nominations be sent to the military committee for con sideration and when Senator Shoot, Republican of Utah, objected, charged that. politics was being injected" in to army promotions.
 Tt is the first time in our history g said Robinson, that promotions in the army and for the senate when promotions are made the subject of political influence"
 Senator Robinson declared that re fusal to consider the nominations of generals was "a humiliation and dis grace, a reflection on every gallant soldier in the list
 Senator Swanson said that all the generals named had given gallant service" overseas and yet. he added, their promotions have been held up two years
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-05
Senate Votes Four Amendments
 To Tariff Bill; Measure May
 Pass Neat Week Penrose Says
Consideration Of Duty On Imported Meats Brings Vigorous Debate;. Leaders Fail In Attempt To Fix Definite
 Date For Vote; Livestock Duty Is Lifted

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.lThe sen Fordney emergency tariff bill today vened at II o'clock ended, four amendments had been adopted. Votes on the amendments where record was made. showed supporters of the bill to have a majority ranging from 10 to l3
 As the situation stood tonight it appeaEed- that the bill would be for the most part actually, as well as technically. under consideration until final vote was reached. Senator Penrose, Republican of Pennsylvania in charge of the bill, declared that it had good prospects of passage next week.
 Under the program. the early part of the sessions probably will be de voted to consideration of appropria- tion bills. but later the tariff meas ure will be debated, as it was today, to the exclusion of all else.
 The committee amendment to estab- fish an import duty of 40 cents bush- el on wheat was twice adopted to- day. It was first taken up with only nine senators in the chamber and ac- cepted without a dissenting voice. Then Senator Harrison, Democrat of Mississippi, one of the bitterest op- ponents of the measure. discovered what had happened and forced call for a quorum He said he was under the impression the senate still was considering a minor Indian bill.
 After the quorum call and an hour of desultory debate, Senator McCumb- CT. Republican of North Dakota. ask ed for reconsideration of the wheat amendment and it again was agreed to by a vote of 3S to 2S.
 The amendment, also from the committee, exempting from a tariff duty rice to be used in the manufac- tiIre of canned goods, likewise was adopted.
 ] The committee amendments fixing
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-05

duties of two cents a pound on fresh and frozen meats and Of 9 per cent ad valorem, on prepared or preserved meats and eXempting from import duties all livestock imported exclu- sively for breeding purposes also was approved.
 Consideration of the duty on meats brought from Senator Underwood. Of Alabama. Democratic leader. an at tack on what he described as the ini- qulties Of the proposed legislation. He assaulted the Republican position, in- quiring whether Republican senators had absolutely forgotten that the government had need for revenue" and whether the present bill could be ac- cepted as an indication Of their inten- tion to build tariff wall about the country durina the extra session
 The Fordney bill, Underwood as serted, could be construed as none other than a consumption tax. He accused supporters of the bill of be ing willing to legislate money from the consumers into the pockets of speculatOrs and quoted figures from a summary of tariff informatiOn, com piled by the Republican house ways and means cmomittee, to show that imports so much complaint of exist only in the air"
 The program of the leaders to at tempt the fixing of date for vote went into the discard, temporarily with the arrival of Senator Williams, Democrat of Mississippi, who renewed his declaration that ne would not be bound by any private agreements. Williams spoke heatedly of 'machin- ations going on around here" adding:
 T would be fool 10 agree to some thing I do not believe in and some thing the result of which 1 already know"
 The house ways and means com mittee concluded hearings on the silk schedule in its consideration of a revision of the permanent tariff It plans tomorrow to hear discussion of tariff rates on paper and books.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-05
SENATOR FLAYS COLLEAGUES FOR
 HOLDING UP APPOINTMENTS ARMY
 OFFICERS MADE BY PRESIDENT

WASHINGTO-s, Feb. 4.-Steps look ing to the confirmation by the senate of proposed promotion of army off cers below the grade of brigadier gen. eral were taken late today by Repub- lican leaders. who indicated, howev- CT, that confirmation could not be expected of II major and p brigadier generals selected by President Will son.
 Nominations of several thousand army officers of the grade of colonel and below, upon request of Senator Wadsworth, Republican of New York. were referred to the military commit tee. of which he is chairman Their early confirmation. at least in part, is planned. Senator Wadsworth also se- cured reference to his committee of the nomination of Brigadier General Frank Mcintyre. chief of the insular affairs bureau. to similar rank in the line. A specific exception of General Mclntyre's case was made, Senator Wadsworth said, because he would be