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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-23

of; and finally, by tardily realizing
that Alaska, unfettered and given an
honest chance, will populate itself and
go ahead and wax opulent and develop
grandly and luxuriousiy, just as the
western domain of the union, in spite
OF Uaniel Webster's obs. ure vision
and dark foreboding progressed and
prospered and grew into state ahd
added bright stars to Ola Glory.
Then, and not until then, will Alaska
become known to the world, and the
truths about Alaska prevail undis-
puted and endure for all time.
AS a first step toward all this Uncle.
Sam has just completed the construc-
ton of a railroad from the coast line
into the interior, from Seward to
Fairbanks, at a cost of 50-odd millions,
and he has been spending additional
millions in the building of roads and
trails. This means the opening up Of
Alaska-that it is no longer to be
Theoretically sealed. Moreover, Uncle
Sam is proposing, through congress,
to substitute a workable system Of
administration in Alaska for the cum
bersome, unavoidable, hating, ineffi-
cient and utterly impossible system
of bureaucratic government.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-23
MILK PROBLEMS

At the first blush 1t would not seem
likely that Bookings, a model city
in a model agricultural community,
would have a milk problem to cope
with, but IL Is nevertheless a fact. The
recent discovery by a local veterinar-
ian of the presence Of tuberculosis In
dairy COWS in the city from whom
milk Is sold and fed to children and
grownups, brought a sudden realiza-
ton that the milk supply OF Brookings
should be protected by an ordinance.
The dangers of infected milk are too
numerous and too frightful to be per-
mitted to 60 on without %precaution
being made to guard the sources Of
milk supply. 1t would require but a
few simple regulations to protect the
health of the community from the
dangers of contaminated milk.
An ordinance covering four import
ant points should be passed by the
city commission. The ordinance would
first require that all dairy cows sup
plying milk for the city be tubercllin
tested. 1t should require ~pasteuriza-
ton OF all milk which from
cows which are not positively disease
free. Stables should be inspected
and be required to comply with the
first principles of sanitation. They
should have ample light and venti-
lation. The fourth section should
stipulate that all containers used for
the sale Of milk or cream be steril-
lied and covered in a manner to pro-
tect them from contamination. If
these provisions were carried out,
milk would feel free from
worry of disease from milk infection.
tuberculosis is not the only disease
that can be communicated through
milk, in fact, there is a long list of
diseases that are communicable In
this manner This adds to the neces.
sity for guarding and regulating the
milk supply for a city of this size.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-23

and that only by granting that aid
can other nations be prevented from
cornering the worlds commerce.
In a number of states the issue is
being raised against senator's seeking
reelection that they voted for New
berry" Senator Townsend of Michi-
gan, is facing formidable opposition
for this reason. Republican senators
are declaring that they threshed out
this question with their leaders and
that those leaders, including the presi-
dent, decided to seat Senator New
berry. Just how well this explana-
ton will satisfy the voters remains to
be seen. The situation is one that e
causing the senatorial toga to rustic
uncomfortably about the frames Of
many Of those who are wearing that
precious garment.
While congress was engaged in
creating a foreign debt funding bill,
a Boston writer in the Stone & Web
ster Journal, furnished the illuminat-
ing information that "at the moment
those foreign debts appear to be about
as good an asset as corner lots in an
~undeveloped prairie town. Our
creditors are honorable nations and
intend to pay u.s." the article con-
tinues, lust as soon as circumstances
permit. But, apparently, circum-
stances are not going to permit any
thing like that in the immediate fu-
ture. Our foreign creditors are all
decidedly hard up as a result of cir
cumstances over which they have had
very little control. The debts were a
sheer necessity. There was as much
necessity on our part in lending the
money as there was on their part in
borrowing it. We cannot with safety
force or attempt to force payment
p~rematurely. This nation is in the
same position as that Of the other al,
lied nations; to change the figure we
must all hang together if we don't
want to hang separately"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-23
NEWSPAPER AND POPULATION

Sioux Falls Observation-Disclosures
the meeting last week Of the South
Dakota Press association here. /. d
Aldrich, state immigration commits.
siOner told the convention that the
printing industry Of the state which
employs GIL people, ranks fourth in
the state in the value Of manufac.
tured product nearly $3,500,0 900 and
first in the value added to raw mater.
ial by manufacture with $2,615, 900.
Day after day or week after week,
the newspapers Of this state sing the
glories Of South Dakota. All Of them
have some circulation outside the
state, some more than others, but this
means that those outside who happen
to be in the right frame Of mind to
consider locating here are given valu.
able information about the state at
almost no cost to themselves.
1t is often true that outsiders think.
ing Of some other location, judge a
community by it's newspaper. They
iioNC SohlC 1 iC6dlu IL 90 liz iuuCA
Of the people there and If it is pro
gressive, readable, attractive, well
patronized with advertising and seek
ing to serve it's readers, they are
usually inclined to size up that par
ticular community rather favorably in
advance of seeing it. Everywhere
newspapers are considered one Of the
most important factors in building up
a state as we'll as their own commun.
ity because Of the constant invitation
they express to people in other states
to investigate.
BY means Of cooperation, the state
immigration department watches the
states newspapers and sends to the
outside copies of issues containing
some advantageous article, in this way
answering directly and concisely many
inquiries from strangers. Often this
gives the stranger a much more com
~prehensible idea of what he wants to
know than a letter would do which is
one type Of service a newspaper gives
for which it is not always credited by
the people at large.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-23
ON WITH

Sioux City Journal-DeclaratiOnS of
building material concerns that prices
have dropped from 80 to so per cent
below what they were two years ago
ought to encourage prospective build
ers in going ahead with their plans.
If the figures given out are supported
by investigation Of both prices and
quality, there should be no good rea-
son for further delay Of the necessary
building program which every city
has faced for several years.
Lumber costs, it Is represented in
Sioux City. are lower than they were
in 1917, before the era Of high war
prices. Some examples Of drastic
cuts are offered, oak flooring that sold
two years ago at 1854 per 1000 now
being quoted at $40, dimension lum-
Der costing 20 per e n less than 1t
sold for in 1920, glass selling for one
half its former cost, phenomenal re.
auctions in millwork and high grade
lumber, lower prices on cement and
other essentials. OF course 1t is ad
mitted that materials alone do not
make a house. Labor also goes into b
and the prospective builder must re.
member that wages are not back t.
the same levels claimed for the ma
~terials. So 1t does not mean that o
house can be built as cheaply now as
in 1917 just because lumber is lower
than 1t was then. nor would It II all
other materials were at correspond
ing low figures.
Notwithstanding tho difference, l.
would appear that now is . good time
to 60 on with the building. Programs
launched in every city that IL short Of
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
BY J. E. Jones.

BY J. E. Jones.
How different Is the measure of
the Washington Of today from that
recorded by the yard stick a quarter
of a century ago. In those former
days the fiction writer's unraveled
skeins of yarns about the "~intrigues
of society" Milady had flocks of
maids, a butler, a team Of dancing,
dashing horses with silver bits in their
teeth and gaudy harness decorations:
and at the end of Milady's party dress
there was a trail as long as they are
short nowadays.
Social distinctions still exist In
Washington, just as they exist in
Gotham or on Main Street. And they
always will! But impossible social
barriers, IL they ever were a reality
outside the sob stories" have gone
to the discard. Writers who send
stories to their papers about social
caste" in Washington usually do so
because they have not been in town
long enough to know what Is going
IN. or to get acquainted with the in.
habitants Of what is in reality one
Of the most democratic and cosmopoli-
AN cities In the nation.
During the war more than half the
wives Of cabinet officers. senators and
representatives. literally mingled and
worked day after day with the most
humble members Of their sex. proving
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-23
UNCLE JOE PASSES

Regardless of political opinion OF
utilization, the country generally will
feel a common regret when Uncle
Joe" Cannon passes into private life
at the end Of the present session OF
congress. Eighty-six years old and
serving his twenty-third term, Uncle
Joe" has stood out as the last Of the
picturesque figures that marked the
American congress Of a decade or two
ago as something different in the
world Of legislation. His record Of
service to his constituency and to his
party is unequalled. Uncle Joe was
asked to run again for still another
term but he declined, 1t is said, be-
cause he was afraid it would develop
into a habit and he was afraid people
politician.
Uncle Joe's saving grace lay in his
sense of humor. He took events more
seriously than men. Himself he
never seemed to take seriously at all.
When two years ago his friends gath
cred to honor him there was a delight
full charm in his brief remarks.
"The year 1872 was a memorable
one in many respects" said Uncle Joe.
"Vesuvius had a violent eruption,
General Isaac Sherwood and I were
elected to the house and there were
other happenings-the organization Of
the German empire, and the French
republic, the emancipation Of the
slaves in Porto Rico, the connection
of Australia with the rest Of the world
by cable. the great Boston fire and
the Geneva award. But these things
concerned the world at large while
the election Of my friend and colleague
and myself was personal" Uncle Joe
has never considered himself a world
figure. Perhaps he Is not, but when
he shall pass to the slippers and the
fireside it will not be without having
left his stamp upon American life and
Hesitation. At least he has taught us
not to be too deeply impressed by the
sensation of the hour, but to realize
that the sudden and seeming vital
things in life are but Of passing mo-
ment and often unimportant In the
light OF time. Some of more
hi.tent legislators might well read a
raga from the life of Uncle Joe"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-23

every publisher in the state. The ex-
change in ideas and the promotion Of
of better business methods among
members of the fraternity is some
thing badly needed by a lot that don't
attend. The Sioux Falls bunch are
ideal entertainers and good advertise
ers. The publisher who didn't have
a good time and enjoy the occasion is
certainly hard to please and should
not be at the head OF a newspaper.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-23
GOVERNOR TELLS NEW FACTS
Continued From Page u

millions of acres of lands senselessly
reserved; by silencing and shunting
aside the Missionaries and theorists
who succeed in bottling up Alaska
and whose ideas have been expen,
sively tried and clearly found want.
ing; by proceeding with the develop
ment of Alaska as a big business
proposition; by dismissing the fool
ish, demagogical fear that any So
called predatory interest ever can or
ever will gobble up so huge a land
as Alaska or a material section there.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-23

Look up the incubators and see that
they are cleaned, disinfectei and in
good running order.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-23

The meeting Of the South Dakota
p-.ss association at Sioux Falls last
10y vas one Of the best winter
~sst,nrs that has been held for years,
80 hetter business methods that
ssor,d spread until It includes
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07
SPARKS

When our concerts cone over
the "wired-wireless" and we
plug into the lamp socket, light
music VIII be given added pop.
ularity.
The railroads recently broad
casted safety message from sta
tons in Pittsburgh, Chicago,
Newark and Springfield, Mass,
calling attention to the fact that
$4,000 people have been killed
or injured the last year in this
country while trespassing on
railroad property.
If you do not know the code
and wish to receive messages,
there Is a device on the market
at the present time which
records the incoming signals on
a piece of paper. The paper
may be then read at the will of
the operator. This method
gives the person unacquuinted
with the code the privilege of
hearing from stations which
would otherwise pass over in
the usual "buzz, buzz" style so
unintelligible to the radiophone
fans.
While lying in the harbor of
IQuique, Chile, on the west
coast Of South America, the
radio operator of the steamship
Santa Luisa clearly heard the
entire broadcast program Of
Station WIZ. The distance
separating Newark's station
from the steamship In IN air
line was 1000 miles.
AS result of the widespread
interest in wireless telephony
one manufacturer has brought
out set of six double-faced
records for teaching the tele.
graph code, Many persons, af-
Ter listening 10 the radiO-tele.
phone concerns, have tuned in
and heard the familiar "buz2,
buzz" of the wireless telegraph
messages being sent. Curious
TO know the meaning of the
sounds they have cast about for
some means of learning the
code phonograph records.
The Canadian government is
considering the question of the
amateur radio field. Present
plans are to allow the amateur
using spark transmission n
wave length up TO POO meters,
while those using continuous
wave transmission would be
permitted a wave length up to
$50 meters.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07
APPLIED
GRID POTENTIAL
CHARGE ON GRID
"A WITH RESpEcT
10 FiLhrtENT
RE DUCTiON ~
pLATE CuRRLhr
- NOTION OF
y RECEIVER
DlA PhRan

with respect TO the tiament. Being
positive with respect to the filament,
causes certain number Of electrOns,
which are negative charges, to be
attracted and caused to give up their
negative charges to the grid. During
the next or negative half of the cycle
Of the applied grid potential the grid
Is made negative with respect to the
filament but does not lose the cleo
irons again. Thus negative charge
Is built up on grid during the posi-.
tive portion Of each cycle, the cumu-
lative effect Of which Is to produce n
decrease Of the plate current during
the period that the alternating differ
ence OF potential called wave train
is applied to the grid.
After the alternating difference Of
potential applied to the grid has
ceased the grid does not Immediately
lose its negative charge. The grid
leak forms n high resistance path for
the negative charge Of the grid to
leak off down to the flament slowly.
If no grid leak were used, the grid
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

transposing this equation the imped-
ance Is equal to the applied voltage
divided by the current The lmpcd-
ance Of vacuum tube plate circuit,
Internally between the filament and
the plate, when the grid Is at zero
potential is an important constant Of
a vacuum tube and is called the in
ternal plate impedance.
The Internal grid Importance of a
vacuum tube used In radio set as
a detect0r determines the impedance
Of the telephones that will give best
results when connected In the plate
circuit OF that particular tube.
1t Is then not only the resistance OF
a pair of telephones, but also the In
ductance and the distributed capacity
Of the. winding that cause the maxi
mum current to flow in the telephones
for a given change in grid potential.
The internal plate impedance of a
vacuum tube varies only slightly with
different plate voltage. 1t Is more an
inherent characteristic OF the tube
which Is determined by the design.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

would soon collect n sufficient mega.
tive charge TO reduce the plnte cur.
rent TO zero and the tube would cease
TO function.
A grid leak having too low resist.
hncc viii not allow n sufficiently high
negative charge TO collect on the grid.
resulting IN n very smnll plate cur
rent reduction and weak response IN
the telephone receivers
On the other hand, II the grid leak
is OF too high resistance, too high
negative charge VIII collect on the
grid and the condition Of no grid leak
will be approached,
In any electrical circuit that hns
n difference Of potential applied Ia
IT, the current that will llow depends
upon the "Impednnce' Of that circuit {;
Just AZ in the flow Of water through
II pipe, the quantity OF water that
VIII flow when any given pressure
Is applied depends upon how much
the flow through the pipe IL Impeded
by the friction Of the particles Of
water against the sides Of the pipe
ana against one another.
In the electrical circuit, the rela.
tlOn between these three quantities
is that the current which will flow
IL equal to the applied differences Of
potential divided by the lmpcdnnce
where the current Is In nmperes, the
applied difference Of potential Is IN
volts and the Importance In ohms. On
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07
CIRCUIT WITH GRID
LEAK RESISTANCE
Takes Place Of "C' Battery
How Importance Of Flow
Is Determined.

Fig ~ shows set Of curves for
n three'clcctr0dc vacuum tube circuit
containing n grid leak resistance ns
shown IN Fig. II Instead Of n "C'
battery with the came symmetrical
alternating difference Of potential mp
piled TO the grid circuit
There being no &c" battery poten-
tlnl applied to the grid the grid IN
Fig u Is normally mt zero potential
with respect TO the hnmcnt. As the
positive hnlr Of the first cycle Of the
alternating difference Of potential ls
impressed upon the grid clrculi--see
Zig. 13--thc grid Is made positive
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07
"Ground Antennae."

Some relief from bothcrsome radio
"strays' In summertime can be OBJ
tanned with sets having good nmpli-
fiers by using ground antennae."
This is long insulated wire run In
shallow trench or on the surface OF
the ground. The ground wire should
be run in the direction of the station
from which the most signals are to be
received, and should preferably be sew
eral hundred feet long.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07
To Regulate Wave Lengths.

A variable condenser when properly
connected in the antenna circuit may
he used either to lengthen or
shorten the wave length range Be
sides this, the degree Of regulation is
much finer, for at best the loading
coil can tune in only to within single
turn. II n loading coil of the tuniur
coil type is used.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ringdahl
and son, Elmer, attended a bar
becue at Colby the 4th. Elmer
left on Thursday with his ear for
Mott, Oregon, where his brother,
Sidney has been the past six
months. Albert Scheckle is 60
ing along on his motorcycle.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

Jay Monday evening IN the form
.oi party. The young people,
email IN number, report a spicn-
aid time and WISH hm many more
mle stones.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

The Van Olindas and Bibbins. OF
Portage, Faults and McCormachs
Of Center, Garvins, Goodmans and
'Bridgmans Of Vashon, Priggs,
Maces and Van Olindas Of Glen
Acres and Lindleys of Vashon
Heights enjoyed a picnic dinner
at Cedarhurst on the 18th.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth John
stone and Miss Helen Stolten OF
Harper spent the 4th with Mrs.
II. Stevenson and family.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

The Missionary meeting at Mrs
Tonneson's summer home, Casa
Iona, Thursday, was well attend.
ed, it being probably the last
meeting Of the season. Mrs. Geo.
b. Whitman was present and
gave a very interesting talk on
her work in China, where she will
return in October to resume teach.
ing. A delightful social hour.
with refreshments was enjoyed
by all present.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

Miss Agnes johnson, Frank
johnson, Martin and Clarence
Hansen visited Esther johnson at
Bellingham Normal. Miss John
son came home Tuesday, the 9th.
ers came Sunday.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07
(Olficial Publication
Report of the Financial Condition
of the
VaShon State Bank

located at Vashon, King County, State
of Washington, at the close of business
Oh the Both day of June, 1922.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

Mrs. Frank Smith and little
daughters, Lucille and Virginia
are guests of the week at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Frank
Sigrist. They expect to return
to their home in Bellingham Sat
urday.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

Mr.. and Mrs. p. i. Small and
son were over from Black Dia.
mond Friday until Monday with
their parents in Burton. Mr.
Small is in the mining business
and was taking a few days off
on account Of an accident to his
foot.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

Mrs. William King and daugh-
ter, Esther, are occupying the
Beeson cottage for the summer.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

Miss Sheila Butter h visiting
ner grand parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
RGnOul.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

A 2Sxi0 colonial bungalow
cement basement is IN the course
Of construction al the Whitfield
ranch west Of Burton, under the
management Of A. j. Lewis aud
son. While laying the cement
foundation, a box containing the
Vashon Island News Record, Ia.
coma Tribune and other records
were placed IN one corner by Miss
Ethel Whitfield for future gen.
erations to pcrusc when the fom.
datiOn IL no more.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Brock Reed went
to Seattle for the 4th Of July cele-
bration.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

Mrs. Louise E. Henning of
Everett visited last week at the
Olson home. She is an old
friend of the Olsons.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07
GLEN ACRES NEWS
ITEMS

(Mrs. O.S. Van Olinda)
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Of Seattle
and Mr.. and Mrs. Miller Of Bell
lngham spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. viii Mcclure.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-07

Mr.. Louie Statelen was down
IRON Mount Vernon looking over
the ranch. lie came sunday
morning and returned Monday
morning TO his duties with the
nnglIsh Logging and Lumber COM
paEy.