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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-02
Unusual Situation Created By
Long Winter and Late Be-
ginning OF Spring Work
Resulted In Extension OF
Activitie. For the Benefit
OF People With Small
Means.

City welfare agencies have been
called upon to exert their influence
ana assistance to a greater degree
during the year just passed, than Tor
some time previous, it Is said by those
closely in touch with the situation.
The fact that the winter Of 1s20-21
was = long one with spring work
opening late, made 1t necessary for
persons with small financial resources.
to draw whatever reserve fund
n had, n the result was that the
summer earnings were eaten UP al
most before they were earned.
AS a result there were many fam
lies In need when the fall set in, and
according to Mrs. E. M. Pierce, city
social service commissioner, the
month Of November held a record
with assistance rendered to 46 fam
'ikes. Funds for the work carried on
by the citv social service commission
err are appropriated by the city Of
Grand Forks, and Grand Forks
county.
New features Of the work carried
on during h last year by the social
service department which serves as
q clearing house for the charity and
welfare activities Of the city include
the establishment OF an employment
bureau. Through this bureau, where
persons desiring work, may list their
names. addresses. and the kind of
work they desire and can do, it Is
possible for the social service COM
missioner to get in close touch with
the unemployment, and to determine
their capability for any work that
may be available. The bureau has
proved worthwhile. in many RESPECTS.
Mrs. Pierce states.
y Another feature hat has been es-
tabhshed. and which has worked out
well, Is the work in connection with
the wood-pile, on third street, where
wood is sawed and cut Tor needy
widows and their families. Formerly
Mrs. Pierce had the wood delivered.
and then. Il wa necessary to send men
around to cut the wood. The work
ment who are listed with the social
service department. n who are thus
given employment, at a saving to the
department.. y
Through the city department milk
is being furnished for under nourish-
ed children, and this phase OF the
work has grown in importance during
the last year. .
The Public Welfare association. one
o. the agencies devoting its existence
Ito city welfare work, annually holds
q tag day to raise funds for the cup
mort OF a visiting nurse in the city.
The city however, provides a car. and
pays for drugs, ETC.. used in this part
OF the work. The Public Welfare as
ISOLATION during the last year, has
maintained the visiting nurses salary,
a. usdal,t and during the Christmas
season Just passed, organized q COM
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-02
OF Price Re-adjustments
Now Believed To Have
Passed, and Period Of
Taking Losses On Goods
Bought At Peak Thought
Over. Profits Have Been
Small During Year Just
Ended.

When Grand Forks merchants close
their 1921 books during the next week
or ten days, they will discover several
very Interesting things.
They will learn. for instance, that
the volume of business has been much
more than in 1920. but that the actu-
al returns in dollars and cents have
been less.
They will see. too. that the buying
public has changed it's attitude during
the year. especially during the last
tour or five months. The wild orgy Of
buying. which came during the high
wartime wages, is over, and the peo-
pie are looking more to their needs
and more to their pocketbooks. They
Will learn this. however: The buyers
are demanding a higher grade of
goods than they thought necessary in
the days before the war. This is a
result, perhaps. of the wartime pro-
fligacy. When wages were high ana
every n was making good money,
buyers purchased the very highest
priced things, thus learning to ap-
preciate and value the better class
goods. Many of them have come to
the conclusion that it pays to buy
higher class things.
All merchants agree that business
will be dull from about January Is
TO April 4. when a decided change for
the better is anticipated: All agree
that 1922 will be as good. if not a
better year than-1921. Several things
point to this. they say. First. the
merchants will have come face to face
with and met the bulk of the loss
which has been the inevitable result
of a readjustment of economic at
fairs following the war. Goods which
were purchased at the peak of the
high prices and sold on a declining
market at a loss have been pretty
much disposed of. and prices. both
wholesale and retail. will be more sta.
BILE and nearer the average for the
last eight or ten years. There will bt
eases, Of course where prices viii
drop again. catching a merchant will
d stock that must be sold at a loss
but these will not be nearly as fire.
ruent as heretofore.
All merchants agree. too, that 1921
has not been a money-making year
Very few, if any. will show a profit
The cost of operating business hal
not decreased in this city. and prices
of the commodities offered for salt
have declined. Then. too. much o
the material sold was purchased a
the high prices and turned over at {
loss. Department stores have had tt
face these difficulties. and SO have tn
shoe stores. In the case Of shoes. TO,
instance. prices declined from IS to 81
per cent. and while there have beef
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-02
Many Demands on Welfare
Agencies of City During 1921

cellent piano recital by Dummesnil
French pianist. The musical public is
invited to hear these artists. the re-
citals being open to all music patrons.
Miss Adelaide Okell. q member of
the Wesley College faculty. gave a
lecture recital on Tannhauser, last
March. and various choir organiza.
tions of the city have presented con-
cert programs for the public.
The year has brought Grand Forks
two visits from Anna Case. famous
Metropolitan opera star. visit
from the much beloved ,Schumann-
Heink.5 and one visit from Pavlowa.
with her. ballet company and SYM
phony orchestral: also the New York
Philharmonic orchestra gave a con-
cert here during the year Fiske
O'Hara. Irish singer and actor. Lam
bert Murphy. tenor. Allen McQuhae,
tenor. Phillip Gordon. pianist, Betsy
Lane Sheppard( Harold Henry, plan
list. and other artists have visited
Grand Forks during the year.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-02

That the merchants OF North >Dako-
ia have ample opportunity to serve
the public and put Into practice DUR
ing the year, that spirit OF giving
prevalent during the Yuletide season.,
communication from Governor r. A.:
Nestos to the retail merchants of
North Dakota, just issued.
Along with the message from Cow
ernor Nestos Is a communication from
Fred p. Mann of Devils Lake. to.
membe rs of the North Dakota Retail
Merchants association. of which he IS
Mann points out the need Of using
better business methods than ever be-
fore. "
Following is Governor Nestos' mes
sage: p;
The Christmas season has now
passed and gone. 1t is during the
Yuletide a that the thought OF
giving, claims the attention Of the
Christian world. If this thought were
made permanent during the coming
year in u business, social and polit-
icalrlifc. much good would surely re-
;sult-not the giving of merchandise
but the giving of service. the giving
OF ourselves in all our activities and
endeavors. 1t would mean more
moro LTlenQllneSS. more
h%elpfulness and as a result more
cheer and happiness. The state would
be 81 brighter and better place if this
! philosophy of life were controlling.
Il know Of no. one who could put
this into practice more continuously
and effectively than the retail mer-
chant of our state. He ONE in daily
contact with the great majority Of IA
people and in selling goods he can dc
it in such a way as to make the GUS
toner feel that a real service is beina
rendered to him and the community
BY practising this philosophy. the
merchant and his clerks can give
part of themselves in every sale and
in SO doing radiate a good will. &
cheerfulness and an optimism tina
would be quite contagious and would
do much to make this a better state.
May success. with its resulting
prosperity and happiness. crown you
labCrs during the months to come.
"Yours very sincerely,
r. A. Nestos.
@ "GOvernOr.''
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-02
AIRED
LETTER DAY

IN Tuesday. Jan. 8. 1922, our new
term starts. Make it a red letter day
in your life by gaining a knowledge
Of accounting, banking. business meth
DDS. Eecretarial work, shorthand, type
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that will help you to get a start. The
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for others.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-02
mfr. Mann's Message.

NNF.' MdUl1 Says. +u- 81
t'Another year has passed and we
have experienced a great many trials
and tribulations in the merchandise
ing game. Very fortunate are those
who have needed the warning and
taken advise Of your president and
secretary to adopt modern merchan-
dis:ng methods, such as doing bust
ness for cash only, or on a strictly
thirty day basis. the installation ...of
modern accounting methods. also in
putting on a strong advertising cam
paign. :
"It is estimated that at least 65
per eel of the merchants in North
Dakota are today ~i%nsolvent for the
reason that they have been doing
business under the old slip-shod man
l1er, using the open book account sys-
tenn ofrcredits and that today the ay-
craze book/account is not worth 50
cents on. the dollar. and in many in
stances it IS estimated hat rs per
cent of the average book accounts
will not be collected.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-02
GRAND FORKS MERCHANTS EXPECT BUSINESS REVIVAL IN 1922

American Legion, though not. having
given any public affairs forsSa CHART
able purpose, has carried out a more
or, less steady program of assistance
for ex~-service men. An employment
committee is maintained, and other
items are included in n welfare
rogram Of the post.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-02
State. Attorney OF
Towner County Is Dead.

Cando, N. D., Dec. 31.-Funeral
services were held here last Wednes-
day for Wayne T. Moseley. states at
torney for Towner county, who died
Sunday night from cerebro
Attorney Moseley was born at
Sparta, Wisconsin, fortt-hve years
ago, he was educated at the Cniver1
sity of Wisconsin and at Georgetown
University, Washington, d. c. He
came to Condo in 1907 and formed a
partnership with c. c. Converse. later
Of winston; in 1912 he formed q
partnership with j. j. kehoe which
partnership confined until Mr.. Nose
ley's death.
The deceased leaves a wife and two
children. a
nv. -.oo%o~ tho sh0rt41ye in a man S
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-02

The greater the shortage IN a man ;
account the longer it taxes 10 nno
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
SEEK MISSING WIFE
WEARING $1,000 GEMS
Mrs. Catherine Lockwood Leaves
Photos Over Desk in Office of
Husband.

Wearing jewelry valued a approx
mately $4,000, Mrs. Catherine Lock-
wood. wife of W. P. Lockwood, at
torney. with offices in the Ames build
ing. disappeared Wednesday morning
and efforts of the police and her hus-
band to locate her were fruitless up
to noon today.
A peculiar angle appeared today.
when it was discovered that Mrs.
Lockwood had entered the office of
her husband Wednesday, before he
arrived, and placed two pictures of
herself in a frame hanging over his
desk The photographs had been
taken recently, according to an en-
ploye Of the Office. and Lockwood
knew nothing about them when his
attention was called to them.
these photographs taken. it was
learned later, that Mrs. Lockwood had
gone to her bank and extracted a dia-
mond sunburst and a jeweled brace
let watch, with other items of jew
elry from her safe deposit box.
Wednesday morning Mrs. Lockwood
reported for work at the W. F.
Roberts printing plant, 1415 L street.
where she was employed as a bindery
worker, and received a telephone call
about 9 o'clock. She told fellow en-
ployes that she was going out for a
few moments and would return short
~. Since that time she has not been
seen or heard of by friends.
Police were notified by the husband
late yesterday and asked for aid in
locating her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
How to Build a Radio Set
No. l2.-Making a Transmitter.

ing properly. and no set method Of
procedure can be given that will per-
nit assembling the apparatus and
having it work absolutely the first
time. 1t will also be necessary to
obtain from the radio inspector both
operator and station licenses if it is
in tended to keep the set in use.
First wind the 4-inch tube with
the No. 20 wire, taking taps off every
six turns. Then wind the smaller
tube with about twenty turns. no
taps being taken off. The exact num-
Der of turns is not consequential.
Around the winding of the larger
tubing wind one turn of lamp cord
Some experimenting will be needed
to find the exact amount of the lamp
cord to wind on, as this is very criti-
cal and the exact amount Of wire to
be wound will have to be found by
trying. AS quite a lot OF varying
of connections, etc. will be neces-
sary. 1t will be well for the builder
to spread the apparatus out on the
table for the initial tryout
A grid condenser should be mado
by clamping two pieces of tinfoil
by inches between three pieces
OF mica Az by u inches and bring
ing tabs out for Ahe connections. Use
glue or shelIac =, fasten the foil to
the mica. For the microphone an
ordinary transmitter such as is used
by the local telephone companies will
do the work very well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
THE CURRENT INDICATOR.

The pulsatinG direct current ioW-
ing in receiving antenna circuit
cannot be seen, heard. smelled or In
any way detected by a human sense
without some kind of an indicator or
translating device. There are many
devices which might come to mind
as being possible. But any device
suitable for the purpose must be
capable Of responding well to very
feeble currents. A highly satisfac-
tory device is the magnetic telephone
receiver, which contains two electro
magnets wound with rather fine In
sulated wire and SO arranged that
they act upon a rather thin metal
diaphragm.
When the electric current flows
through the magnet winnings the
diaphragm is pulled toward the mag
nets, and the degree of diaphragm
DETECTION depends upon the strength
of the current flowing. When no
current flows the diaphragm assumes
a normal position. This normal posi-
tion Is that determined by the.amount
phragm by the permanent magnets
of the receiver. An increase and
decrease of the strength of current
moving through the magnet windings
produce a corresponding pull and re-
lease of the diaphragm. If the cur
rent is a pulsatinE one the dla-
phragms are pulled and released once
for each pulsation and will be forced
to vibrate at the frequency of the
pulsations. If the pulsations are at
such a rate that the diaphragm vibra-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
RADIO AMATEURS
IN $500 CONTEST
Many Seek Prizes for Handi-
work in Construction of
Entire Set.

NEW YORK, May 13.-Progress
made by amateur radio enthusiasts
throughout the eastern part of the
United States is strikingly reflected
in the responses made to the prize
offers to amateurs by the manage
ment of the radio show to be held IN
the Seventy first Regiment Armory
here the week of May %. Managing
Director E c. Bushignani has set
aside $500 in gold for prizes. which
will be won by the cleverest amateurs
for their handiwork in the construc-
ton of complete sets.
Headquarters of the show. in the
Hotel Alpine. have received during
the past week scores of applications
for entrance blanks for the competl-
ton, and they have come IRON as iar
west as Detroit, showing the wide in
terest which the show. the largest eX-
hibition of its kind ever held. has en-
listed among the amateurs.
Application Time Extended.
Time for applying for blanks has
been extended until Thursday. May Il.
by Director Buchienaui. and simple
postcard request TO the show manage
ment here will bring the blanks TO
the contestants. with full conditions
of the competition. when IS open 10
all amateurs.
The committee OF technical experts.
headed by DIR. Miller Reese Hutchinson.
who will serve as the judges. have
adopted a point system for their scor-
ing. in which efficient operation. ap-
pearance, simplicity. wiring and con-
nection. economical cost and hook
up" diagrams will be the factors In
addition to DIR. Hutchinson. the scien-
fist who was chief engineer for Thomas
A. Edison, these experts Will serve on
the judges committee: j. Andrew
White, editor Wireless Age; H. Germs
bach. editor Radio News; Kendall
Banning, editor Popular Radio, and
Roy Mason. editor Radio Broadcast
A large area has been reserved on
the big floor of the armory FOR the
display of the amateurs handiwork.
and also an exchange booth where
the young radio enthusiasts can
swap" their spare parts to their mu-
tual advantage.
Radio Cadets to Exhibit.
Among the most extensive exhib-
ftors in this competition will be the
fifty boys of the Sorelle Radio Cadet
Battalion, whose headquarters are at
765 Home avenue, the Bronx. They
will display. in addition to complete
radio receiving sets, blinker lights,
an Ardois board and other apparatus
built by themselves. They also have
loaned to the show an exhibition of
German field radio sets. picked up on
the battlefields during the war.
Maj. George Heerwagen of the Hotel
Plaza, commandant of the battalion,
owns the largest set constructed by
an amateur in Greater New York.
This also will be on display.
Every member of the newly formed
National Radio Chamber of Commerce
is an exhibitor. Many new devices in
radio, which. it is predicted, Will
amaze the industry. have been held
from public announcement until the
show, which will Signalize their dis
closures for the first time.
Jobbers and dealers in radio appa-
ratus from scores of cities have made
reservations at the hotels for radio
show week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
300 GIRL SCOUTS RECRUIT
FOR FLY SWATTER ARMY

Eight hundred Girl Scouts Of the
District have volunteered as recruit
ing officers to enlist every family in
the city in the army OF fly swatters.
In this latest drive against the
fly the Chapin-Sacks Corporation
has furnished 100000 swatters and
the District health department has
obtained a supply Of elaborate post
ers, illustrating forcefully how tho
fly collects germs on his feet and
then carries them into the kitchen,
the dinner table and the baby's crib
Beginning May %, each Girl Scout
will be given a supply Of swatters
and posters and will deliver one to
each home In her neiGhborhood. In
this way it is hoped to bring the
ny-killing campaign directly to tho
attention of every household in the
city.
The handle OF the swatter will
bear the following announcement:
delivered by Girl Scouts for your
health. One fly can carry enough
germs to kill youths may be tho
one"
Literature against the fly also will
be widely distributed by the food
and sanitary inspectors of the health
department in their daily rounds of
the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
RADIO EXPLAINED
~ By F. II. LEWIS
INSTRUCTOR NEW YORK YMC.A. RADIO SCHOOL
BY E. LII. LEWIS

lions produce audible sound then
response which Is perceived by the
sense of hearing is procured. The
tone of the sound depends on the rate
of diaphragm vibration which. In
turn, depends upon the frequency of
the pulsations.
The effective resistance Of the mag
net windings to very high frequency
currents is very great, and currents
of such frequencies cannot pass.
| This Is the reason for rectifying the
oscillations into pulsations of direct
current But again, II the pulsations
are OF a frequency which Is beyond
the ability of the human ear to de-
tect. no sound is heard. even though
the diaphragm should be capable OF
of fact. the diaphragm is not capable
Of vibrating to any extent whatever
at such a high frequency.
If the rada' waves sweeping across
the receiving antenna system are
damped there are groups of high fire.
quency ether oscillations. and the fire.
quency of the group production Is
made an audible frequency at the
sending station. This, then, cause:
groups of pulsatins current in the re-
ceiving antenna circuit. which con-
tains a rectifier in series with the
current indicator telephone re-
ceiver).
Take one group as an illustration.
The rectifier allows current to pass.
| let us say, from the ground to the
end of the antenna. This charges the
antenna, since no current flows in
the opposite direction during the
; group of pulsations. At the end of
the group the antenna will attempt
to discharge to ground through the
Tectifier and telephone. If the rec
tifier allows small current to flow
to ground this can be accomplished,
; but in practice it is advisable to con-
meet the telephones around the recti-
| fer so that the antenna charge can
! leak to ground through the. magnet
! windings. For each group OF oscilla-
| tions. then. there is an accumulation
! of electric charge on the antenna
which discharges to ground at the
end of the group. The discharge
takes place through the telephone re-
ceiver since it cannot take place
/ readily through the rectifier. which
| is in shunt to it. The groups are
| at an audible frequency rate. and.
since there is one pull and release
| of the diaphragm for each group. the
diaphragm will vibrate comparatively
strongly at the group frequency.
1t matters little what 1t is that You
| want-whether a situation or a servant
"A want ad in The Star will reach the
perSop vho will fill yOur need
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
by WAYNE sHAFFER.

. The following instructions will en-
able the average person to build a
radiophone TRANSMITTED which Will
carry the voice over a range of two
or three miles or more, depending
upon the ability of the operator who
is handling the apparatus.
The following list OF apparatus is
needed: One .OO1 variable condenser.
microphone transmitter, five inches
Of 4-inch tubing, three inches Of az
inch tubing, one pound No. 20 cotton
covered wire, one socket, one rheo-
stat two feet lamp cord and one
tube (either amplifier or swat
transmitting).
A swat transmitting tube will
give the best results, but an ordinary
amplifier tube may be used with
success. The plate voltage of $50
volts can be supplied either by regu-
lar B" batteries, connected together,
or by storage B. battery. A 6-volt
storage battery is necessary to light
the filament of the tube if an ampli-
fer tube is used. If a transmitter
tube is used, eight volts will be
necessary on the filament. In con-
structing a phone set some expert
menting will be necessary on the part
OF the operator to get the set work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-13
ATTACK TROLLEY CREW.

A party of colored base ball play.
ers returning from a game Of bal
and dance at Rockville. Nd. yesterday
morning about lis o'clock becant
involved in a row with Motormar
Edward Sylvester and Conductor
william Daniels on a Columbia linz
car near 4Sth street northeast. Blowt
were passed and stones thrown, hut
members of the cars crew were not
seriously wounded.
It is stated that members OF thu
party asked that a stop be made al
point not designated as a stop
Conductor Daniels. twenty-one yeari
old and residing at 1913 Rosedalt
street northeast, was not willing "a
violate tho company's rule and de.
clined to make the stop.
One OF the colored passengers, thu
police were told, pulled down thu
trolley. Then the trouble started and
the motorman and conductor We're IN.
jured.- Warrants will be procured
for members Of tho base ball ag'
gregation.