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The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-03-16
FORMER OAKEs GIRL Is DEAD
Miss Esther Caldwell Passes Away at
Home in Chillicothe, Ill.

Esther Caldwell, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Caldwell, formerly Of
this city and now residing at Chilli
cothe, Illinois, passed away at the
family home March l.. Miss Cald-
well left here about year and half
ago, accompanying the family to their
new Illinois home. She grew to young
womanhood here and was great fav-
orite among the young folks, to whom
news Of her death came as a sad
shock. We are indebted to the Chilli
cothe Bulletin for the obituary, which
follows:
esther Alice Caldwell was born in
LaPrairie township, Marshall county,
Oct. II, 1902, and passed from this
life on March l, 1922, 10 years, 4
months and 18 days of age.
"She was the youngest daughter Of
Adelbert and Caroline Caldwell, who
resided in LaPrairie until 1912, when
the family moved to North Dakota,
where her girlhood days were spent.
They returned to Illinois in October,
1920, since which time the family has
resided in Chillicothe. At the time
Of their return Miss Esther was a
member Of the senior class Of the
Oakes state high school, also a men,
Der Of the girls glee club.
"Upon her arrival in Illinois, she at
once entered Mrs. Carpenters school
Of shorthand in Peoria and remained
Ea student there until March II, 1921,
when NE entered the employ Of Drs.
Miller and Nystrom as stenographer,
where she remained until illness COM
PEELED her to remain at home.
"She was an active members Of the
Cakes, N. D., Standard Bearers, the
largest unit Of the same, outside the
largest cities in North Dakota. She
was; also q member Of the BUSY Bee''
class in the NJ. E. Sunday school Of
that place and a member Of the East
ern Star. Everybody loved her, and
her friends were numbered by her &C.
quaintances.
."She leaves to mourn her loss, her
parents, one brother, Ransom B. Cald-
well Of Chillicothe, and a sister, Alma
Rastion of, Peoria. She had been Of
the greatest comfort unto those who
now mourn her untimely death.
Continued on last page)
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-03-16

city hall, Second warders at the Cash
Flour & Feed store and Third warders
at the school house.
Ladies have just as much voice in
the management Of city affairs now
as the men folks, and it 10 expected
that a large number Of the fair sex
will exercise their right Of suffrage.
II weather conditions permit, il. il ex-
pected that large vote will be cast.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-03-16
WORK
r EXPLAINED
Grand Lecturer C. E. Boyden of Fargo
Holds Meetings in Oakes Monday
Afternoon and Evening
MANY VISITORS IN ATTENDANCE
Lodge Opened and Closed by Team
Picked by Deputy Naylor

An interesting meeting was held by
the Masons last Monday, sessions be-
ing necessary both afternoon and
evening in order to finish the work.
Grand Lecturer Boyden Of Fargo, who
intended to get here some time ago
but was prevented by illness, had
charge Of the school of instruction,
which was held especially for men,
bers Of the seventh district, compris-
ing the lodges Of Wahpeton, Minor,
Forman, Paramount, Cogswell, Lidger-
wood, Hankinson and Oakes.
Lodge was opened and closed by a
team chosen by District Deputy Grand
Master Naylor, the following acting
as officers: L. N. Abbott, Fairmount,
w. NJ; w. ]. Chaplin of Hankinson,
S. W.; w. F. Rathman, j. w.; M. o.
Jacobs, S. D.; o. L. Savold, ]. D.; By
ron Gibbs, tyler.
Brother Boyden went through the
work from the beginning of the first
degree to the end Of the third degree,
taking up and explaining each section
as he came to it. He pointed out COM
mon mistakes in interpreting the
work, at the same time offering sug-
gestions for their correction. The in
formation gained will be a great help
to local officers and members, as they
have received and absorbed instruc-
tion from grand lodge representative
who is thoroughly familiar with his
subject.
Mr.. >Naylor took occasion at this
time to outline the Masonic service
which the grand lodge wishes to get
under way before June.
All lodges Of the district were rep
resented at the meetings with the ex-
ception Of Minor, Wahpeton and For
man. Fairmount sent L. N. Abbott; !;
Hankinson was represented by w. ].
Chaplin; F. E. Prentice, F. Ashley and
w. D. Sullivan came over from Cogs-
well, and F. w. Gertson appeared for
Lidgerwood. Out of town visitors not
belonging to lodges in the district
were Mr.. Dean Of Minnesota, Lysle
Coleman of Crete, L. A. Snyder of
Fargo. and A. Z. Newton Of James
town.
Mr.. Boyden went to LaMoure Tues
day. From there he goes to James
town, Bismarck, Dickinson and New
England, ct all Of which places he will
conduct meetings similar to the ones
held here.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-03-16

Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Rathmati were
pleasantly surprised last Wednesday
evening when a few Of their friends
arrived to help Mrs. Rathman cele-
brate her birthday. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
j. Seifert, Mr.. and Mrs. J.. E. Bum
day, DR.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Gale, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. Moe, Mrs. Florence Bast,
DR.. E. Christensen and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Bush made up the party.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-03-16
SELLS HAY BY THE CARLOAD
Commissions, Freight and Taxes Eat
Up Half the Price Obtained

the leader of the farm bloc to succeed
Senator Kenyon Of Iowa, who resigned
from the senate to accept appointment
ION the federal bench, promises to put
even more pep into the bloc by bring
ing sharply to public attention con-
crete cases showing the exploitation Of
farmers and the necessity for noppar-
tisan support for agriculture.
Almost before he has settled him.
self for action the senator points out
the case of farmer named Kantz,
who sent carload of alfalfa hay to
Kansas City, Mo-, for sale. Quoting
from the report of the commission
merchant these facts come to light:
"The hay sold for $196.20. War
tax, freight, plucking, watching and
commission footed up to $685."
The balance left for Kantz was
$96.81, or SO a ton, the exact price it
cost the farmer to bale the hay. The
hauling cost him $1.50 ton. The cost
of cutting, stacking and irrigating the
crop also had to be paid. The farmer
did all the work. When he got down
to figures, not counting his own time
or the value Of his land, Kantz found
he had sold 21,s00 pounds Of hay in
the Kansas City market through the
regular markets and had lost $3.50 a
ton in the transaction.
The railroad made money hauling
the hay, the commission man made
money handling the hay, an army Of
small employees made money in con-
nection with the transaction, the gov
ernment made money taxing the trans
action, and the man who did all the
work lost $3.50 ton.
Other startling facts are fast being
absorbed by the public. For instance,
cowhide sells for about 3 cents q
pound. After it has passed through
the business machinery of the packers
it is found that the shoemaker pays 81
pound wholesale for the leather. By
the time the farmer needs pair Of
shoes he learns that his income from
an entire cowhide does not come any,
where near being enough to pay for
them.
Concrete facts of this kind are win
ming stronger support for the farm
bloc.
"The agricultural bloc is nonparti-
san" says Senator Harris of Georgia.
ut has in view as it's purposes only
those things in legislation which are
for the best interests of the whole
country. It has been mainly concern
ed in legislation to help agricultural
conditions, and where successful it has
helped all lines Of industry. The far
mers and live stock raisers Of this
country do not hoard their earnings,
but their success means prosperity for
all lines of business.
ITO show that the so-called bloc
is nonpartisan it is only necessary to
cite the legislation which has been
passed during the present congress,
with the main support Of the demo-
Gratis and . few republicans who want
ed to help in the agricultural troubles.
Two important bills which have be-
come laws were the Norris agricul-
tural credit relief bill and the Kenyon
Kendrick meat packer legislation. II
the democrats had cared for party ad-
vantages rather than the welfare Of
the country those two measures would
Concluded on last page)
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-03-16
NO CLAIMS FILED AFTER AUG. 8
Disabled Veterans Must Make Appli.
cation Before that Time


erans' bureau operates is very apt to
appear rather technical to the aver
age person and the likelihood Of over
looking certain benefits is highly prob
able under the circumstances. It is
desirable that all persons formerly
identified with the military or naval
forces Of the United States during
the late war have knowledge of what
they are entitled to, and what limi-
tations are in force with regard to
its application. A very important
provision Of the law is to the effect
that all those suffering from injury
or disease contracted in or aggravated
by their connection with the service,
have only until August 9, 1922, to file
a claim with the government. As the
law now stands, no application will be
received after that date.
The principal feature to be empha-
sized is the filing of the claim before
that date. If the claimant, at the
time of filing his application, does not
suffer a disability sufficient to be COM
pensable under the law but has dis
ability incurred in or aggravated by
his military or naval service, he is
furnished certificate of injury by the
director, which entities him to COM
pensation, disqualification or vocation
al training, if in the future his SER
vice disability develops so as to be Of
compensate degree. Every person
receiving notice of disability Of de-
gree less than 10es should request a
certificate Of injury from the repre-
sentatives of the bureau.
The section of the act applicable to
the situation above discussed is az
follows:
"No compensation shall be payable
for death or disability which does not
occur prior to or within one year after
discharge or resignation from the SER
vice, except that where, after a med
ical examination made pursuant to
regulations, certificate has been OBJ
tanned from the director at the time
Of discharge or resignation from the
service, or within one year thereafter,
or within one year after the passage
OF this amendatory act, whichever is
the later, to the effect that the injured
person at the time of his discharge or
resignation was suffering from injury
likely to result in death or disability,
compensation shall be payable for
death or disability whenever occur
ring, proximately resulting from such
injury"
A recent case illustrates how much
disabled men and their families may
lose by failing to take advantage of
this provision. In this case soldier
was discharged from the service with
an advanced case Of tuberculosis. Two
years after his discharge he died as q
result of this disease, but had failed
to apply for either certificate Of in
jury or for compensation. No inquiry
or claim was ever made or filed with
the Veterans bureau until three and
one-hah years after the soldiers dis
charge, when his relatives filed q claim
for insurance. The bureau immed-
lately set out to procure evidence ne
cessary to bring the case to final
adjudication and information then re-
ceived, both through official channels
and otherwise, established the fact
that the soldier was permanently or
Continued on page 81
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There is a great deal of sickness
about town. Influenza and scarlet fe-
yer are quite prevalent, so many peo-
pie being i'll that it is impossible to.
publish list Of their names. Most
of the patients are reported to be re-
covering nicely, which is one mighty
good feature anyway. i.
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Woman's Club
Date, March 81.
Hostess, Mrs. Mueller.
Program, as published for meeting
for March z.

Carl Bowerman expects to go to the
cities Saturday evening to visit his
little daughter, Mazda, who recently
submitted to a double mastoid opera
tion. Late reports say that the little
miss stands a good chance Of recov-
cry, and she will not lose her hearing
as was feared at first.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-03-16

Mrs. Math. Pfeifer and son Carl
returned Tuesday from Aberdeen,
where they visited their son and
brother, Herman. who is a patient in
q hospital at that place.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-15

meters, a OOO05 microfarad condenser
is shunted across the leads Of the loop.
The closed oscillating circuit formed
by the loop and the shunt condenser
can be connected by any detecting
circuit as shown In Fig. l or can b<
used with radio-frequency amplifiers
When used with receiving sets employ
Ing a variocouple and two variometers,
the loop h connected. and the shunt
condenser Is omitted. The tuning ID
accomplished by means of the grid
variometer.
A loop antenna will pick up maxi
mum amount Of energy when the
transmitting station is In the plane OF
the loop, and a minimum amount Of
energy when the transmitting station
is in direction at right angles to the
plane Of the loop. In Fig. II, the looT
viii pick up maximum amount OF
energy from Station A and minimum
amount from Station b.
Care must be taken In setting up q
loop to see that II will not be shielded.
The energy picked up by loop an
tenna Is small at best, especially II
the loop is not oriented to Its maxi
mum position, and any reduction In
received energy will decrease the sig
nails below audibility. For example,
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-15

!,ents ettfyfnz OF into the side streets
and alleys
Il the srGrss rocr6 te beard ths
crisp wra,rtnx q pager. TIE enutinu
ous hilrs ef harzs- and taking ~ -0y
pianos, anrt wsa-T sHssp E-ls s<rTznz
patrons efpIaIT wsf-T. OT-sa3= 1zi
wind and srsw- I1rs ys,s-19-g r@-o,ss
loaded down WITH saass Az .sz-s1ses
Of Christmas zrvgsn4e.t
In the possstt..s -se uae<ss gers
turning fast, vhLIs E-sa8T s-rxa-- d,
letters and pae6axss y.sE--. 81 t1rOczfl
the mailing ch1tss, on sTe-T hand.
Clerks at the various windows we're
busy handing out stamps. weighing
bundles and making change.
In the center Of the room a man was
pushing long, horizontal row Of let
ters along a table into a cancelling
machine; three others were steadily
pounding packages with a rubber
stamp. Still another man. nervous and
working under pressure, stood just
within a horseshoe railing OF iron
pipe, on which hung canvas mail sacks.
With swift, trained hands he tossed
letters and packages, from his central
position In the horseshoe, into the
open mail sacks, with unerring GER
tainty.
Suddenly scooping up a small hand
ful Of letters, clerk called out,
"SpecialW A small boy arose from a
Iile Of mail sacks with a jump. Rub.
hing the sleep out Of his eyes, he went
across the room and entered the ad-
dresses Of the specials" In his book
"Gee, but my feet hurt" he confided
to one of the clerks. 1t was an oft-re-
peated story to the clerk, but ne
stopped his hurried work and regard-
ed the boy with kindly eyes as he said /:
LAST trip, son; 1t is after ten
o'clock now, and II anything should
come In later, we will hold It until
morning. I know how It is; used to
carry them myself"
The boy went out into the night, and
riade his way towards the outskirts
01 the town, wheie there were no streef
cars: where the way was often dark.
and the sidewalks worn and broken. II
was tn negro quarters, where broken
windos. panes were stuffed with old
rags cad the window curtains were of
pspey. dirty muslin or pieces Of faded
red sablecioth.
To Heavenly Messenger plodded
do~f side street. stamping his feet
to keep the snow from caking on his
skpe,. He CAME out Of the dark under
tie rustling trees, whose ice-covered
limbs creaked and crackled in the wind
dole.-ully, past an electric light
dimraed by millions Of swirIlng white
fakes. then into the dark again.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-15

"You will find him In room three
forty-two," said the night clerk at the
Commercial hotel. And the Christmas
Angel found him, young athletic
travelling man. He was just unpacking
his grips and the very first thing he
took out was a picture In silver
frame. The Angel studied this picture
as the travelling man looked at his
special"
"Pve seen that lady before" volun-
teered the Heavenly Messenger.
"What?" shouted the travelling man.
"Where is she?"
II just took letter to her over at
the opera house." explained the boy.
"She's lady in show"
"And I've looked for her for nineteen
months" said the travelling man
slowly. "How strange that I should
find her on Christmas Eve. 1t Is sure
the glad tidings' they tell US about"
And the next moment he had his coat
and hat on, and was rushing for the
elevator, on his way to the opera house
and the girl he had sought rnavailing-
ly for nineteen months.
The Heavenly Messenger whistled
softly as he plodded through the drift
ed snow and pulled the knvs which
caused bell to ring in the interior
Of an old-fashioned house. Light
shone from the frost-coated windows
Of the front room, though 1t was now
far past midnight. An old gentleman
came to the door and pulled the Angel
into the room abreast Of a strong gust
Of wind and a binding furry of snow.
"Make yourself right at home, my
little friend" he insisted warmly.
Take that chair up close to the fire.
Emily! Emily here's a letter from
the British consul in New York. What?
as 1 live, Charles Is safe. He was
shipwrecked off the coast Of France,
but he is not seriously injured and is
on his way home"
The motherly woman who had come
into the room cried little over the
news from her son, but she did not for
get to turn to the bearer of the good
tidings and say: "Poor boy, it is a
bad night for such little fellow to be
out. Are your feet wet? Take your
shoes Off and we will dry them"
More warmth came from the old
gentleman than came from the fire.
place, as he pictured to the boy Christ
mas time in England. The wife brought
a plate Of cookies shaped like animals
and covered with pink and white
frosting.
Merry Christmas" she called soft
ly, holding lamp high over her head,
as the Christmas Angel slowly made
his way down the walk, and out into
the night. "Giff my luff to your ma"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-15

were the parting words the Angel
heard. as he turned the corner Of A
street and lost sight Of the little house
Of the kindly German folk.
When the Special Delivery Angel
awakened Christmas morning - or
rather Christmas noon--his mother.
sitting at his bedside, and stroking his
hair, said to him In regretful tone.
II had planned to have turkey for
dinner today, but / copld not quite
manage 1t. You have your fathers
eyes, dear. My, but be would have
been proud Of you'll"
"Td rather have chicken than
turkey answered tho boy. 'The
gravy Is better"
"Teli me about las. night"
"Nothing but glsd tidlngs, ma.
Everyone seemed to BE almost tickled
to death at their r1atl. / guess folks
don't send any other kind Of letters
|but cheerful ones on Christmas Eve"
1sr - ~ n pa ~ 4t ft' ~ |-ef.. AZ - ~
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-15
RADIO
HOW AN INDOOR LOOP
ANTENNA Is BUILT
Has Advantages in Size and Di-
rectional Properties but
Picks Up Little Energy.

II you live In a section Of the coun-
try infested with radio fans who send
"CQ" or send some station call by the
hour while you are trying to catch
the music from a broadcasting station,
a loop antenna may help solve your
difficulty. Or IL you live in an apart
ment or very congested section Of
the city where there is no room to
erect an antenna, or where the land
lord objects, loop antenna can be
used In lieu of an outdoor one. Let
1t be thoroughly understood, however,
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-15

don't set up loop antenna inside Q
steel framed building or up in the
attic directly under well grounded
metal roof.
Capacity effect due to the body Of
the operator is quite noticeable with
loop antenna. The operator must
not get close to the loop or the ca
pacity effect Of his body will detune
the osclllating circuit. While the loop
is rather difficult to handle In some
instances and can only be used to re-
place an outdoor antenna at loss In
received energy, Its directional proper
ties are very advantageous In the
reduction of interference.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-15

that the energy picked up by loop
antenna only approaches that Of an
outdoor antenna when the physical
dimensions of the loop antenna ap-
proach those Of the outdoor antenna.
Don't wind hundred feet of wire on
Mothers Oats" box and expect a
loop antenna so constructed to give
the same signal strength rs the same
hundred feet Of wire stretched out
side as single-wire outdoor antenna.
The two advantages of loop an
tenna, then, are its small physical d.
mensions and It's directional proper
ties. The most serious disadvantage
Of the loop antenna is the small
amount Of energy picked up. If loop
antenna Is used for the reception Of
close, high-powered stations, ordinary
regeneratlve receivers with audiofre-
quency amplifiers will give good re.
suits. However, II long-dlstance re-
ception Of medium and low power
transmitting stations Is desired, then
radio-frequency amplification must be
used.
There has been placed on the market
radlo-frequency ampllfying trans
former, type UC-1714, to be used in
conjunction with Radiotrons type UC-
2O1. Such a combination is claimed to
give an audIbilIty amplificatlon Of 20
per stage. A loop antenna with two
or three stage audio-frequency ampli.
fer, employing type UC-714 coupling
transformers In conjunction with ones
present set, will give practically the
same signal strength that Is now being
received from the outdoor antenna.
Though a loop antenna Of larger
section and fewer turns would be
more directional. the antenna described
here will give good results for its size.
and is small enough to be easily trans
ported. The material required for the
two-loop antenna is as follows:
Two strips Of wood, 5h feet long Ivy
2 inches wide by inch thick. Straight,
close-grained wood should be used In
order to guard against warping.
One hundred feet of No. IA bare an
tenna wire, preferably stranded phos-
phor bronze.
-Four pieces Of bakelite. 2 inches
square by 3-16 inch thick.
Four small brass angles of the type
that can be purchased In the 5 and 10
cent stores.
One dozen IN inch long 6-32 brass
machine screws with nuts.
Notch the two pieces of wood In the
center and at the ends, as shown In
Figure III. Then with No. IS drill
bore three holes in each piece Of wood,
rs shown. The notches In the center
part OF the two pieces Of wood should
allow the two pieces to be fitted to-
gether to form a perfect right angle.
The notches should be just wide
enough so that one Of the four pinch
equare pieces Of bakeIite will Just fit.
After the notches have been checked
20 see that they are of the proper size,
At the two strips Of wood together,
putting little furniture glue in the
JOINT and boiling It fast withfa long
bolt. The brass angles should now be
lifted in che corners Of the Joint to
make the two strips Of wood form a
right angle. To prevent warping and
for the sake Of appearance. the wood
work should Be siyen several coats Of
shellac.
g The natural p4riod Of this loop an
senna Is approximately 175 meters To
tune 70 wsvs fensths IN ne4ssss q 17c'