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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
CEDAR RAPIDS
OUTBREAKS ALL
IN ATTENDANCE
Rock Island Lowest Of Mississippi
Valley League Clubs In
Receipts.

Rock Island drew the lowest at
tendance in the Mississippi Valley
league during the recent season.
This city attracted only 1888 adult
admissions, only slightly more than
half of Cedar Rapids mark of
1898 and nearly 5000 less than
Ottumwa, which ranked fifth. Mar
shalltown, Waterloo and Dubuque
follow Cedar Rapids in order nam
ed. The total league attendance.
adult admissions only considered.
was 1861. In addition there were
6,S96 classed as children's admis-
Sions.
The following figures have been
presented by Nj. H. Sexton, league
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
BOWLING
Telephone Go. League.

Captain Pierce's Leaky Condens-
ers took two games out of three
from the Loose Joints and Captain
Johnson's Grounded Sleeves were
too much for the Wood Peckers in
all three games. A. B. Eddy took
high score, 1872. Oral Defrates took
high average with 1853. Scores:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
DIEGEL BEATS nTrCHKIr.

Wasaington.-Leo Diegel, former
New Orleans professional. beat Abe
Mitchell, British professional, five
up and four in . special IS hole
golf match --s1e
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18

Lane Bridgeford has drawn q
vacation for two or three
weeks. Handicapped by a bad
case OF b0ils and cArbuncles,
Lane has not been able to get
properly started this fall, and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18

The management has adopted
ao-cent charge for both end sec
tions Of the north bleachers az a
means OF getting back in part the
losses thus far. This still leaves
space for approximately 1900 gen
eral admission patrons. The scale
for reserved seats now is IS and rs
cents for the north bleachers. IS
cents and $1.10 for the grandstand.
and $1.10 for box seats, all exclu-
sive of the general admission Of
$1.1G.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
GEORGIA MARKSMEN PIRsT

New Orleans.-Georgia marks
men won first place in the American
Legion rifle matches, with Minne-
sofa second, and Louisiana third
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
LEGION IN TRACK MEET.

New Orleans. - Louisiana bea.
New York, 1919 to At, with Miss
issippi third with 4312 points in the
American Legion track and field
meet.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18

DR.. Joe Alexander, physician with
Offices in Rochester. is the captain
of the Rochester Jeffs. famous pro-
fessional football team, which is to
meet the Roc. Island Independents
at Douglas park next Sunday.
Doc, as he is known. was ALL
American center while at Syracuse
university in 1920. He is 6 feet l
inch and weighs 220 pounds. He is
said to be one. of the greatest roam
ing centers in the game today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18

Davenport fans are already talk
ing about "our team" meaning, of
course, the Jeffs. Davenport is
glad Of the chance to entertain the
fasteners this week. and is show
ing it. The fans from the Iowa
city will turn out en- masse to
cheer the Jeffs on to victory against
the Islanders next Sunday
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18

Use the classified sd section like you
use the telephone book. The ads are all
indexed under their correct. specific classt.
hcasion headings
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18

Total war tax paid over to the
government by all clubs was &c.
377.3S. Cedar Rapids furnished the
bulk of this, $1,368.72, while Rock
Islands amounted to $709.33.
The league, cutting in forsits 10
per cent, received $5,S13.74, divided
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18

Visiting clubs received on the
basis Of $50 per game. The
amounts paid out to visiting clubs
were $1,000 by each Of Cedar Rap
ids, Waterloo and Rock Island, and
$3.50 by each Of the three other
teams.
The holiday pool was far from
being a juicy melon. 1t totaled 3d.
1851, Of which $2,9S27S was turn
ed back to club Golfers in equal
shares of $49713. The holiday
pool was formed by receipts of five
teams, Ottumwa failing to contrib
ute, due to rain. Cedar Rapids was
high with $966.20. followed by Wa
terloo with $795.S3 and Rock Island
with $726.49.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
he agrees that two or three
weeks Of rest will be best for
him. With Jerry johnson back
In shape, the team will not lack
for backfield material,

Walter Brindley has Joined the
Independents in practice. He work
ed out one day last week, but was
allowed to go with the Moline In
dams to Evansville last Sunday
Walters ability as a passer, kick.
er and field general should serve
the Independents we'll.
No new players are likely to 1ofu
the team this week.
The limiting of general nd.
mission seats does not come Is
q surprise to fans who have
kept close tab on the attend.
ance situation. The contest
with Green Ray lost money.
This was made up in part by
the large crowd out to see the
Chicago Bears. but last Sun. ,
day another deficit was record.
ed. The paid admissions to SEE
Evansville were slightly more
than loo. which was not
enough even to meet the guar.
antee. not to mention the cost
OF putting the Rock Island team
on the field and the cost Of
staging the game.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
6he SPORT-0-GRAPh
Joe Alexander, chief of the
Rochester Jeffs, Is affectiOnate.
" called doc" by his team
BY JAMES L. HUGHES.

Rochester Jeffs, Is affectionate.
~ called doc" by his team
mates. And he is q real doc"
at that. He maintains q physi.
clan and surgery practice in
Rochester. He plays football
because Of his great love for
the game, and not merely be-
cause of the remuneration
which he receives.
The Jeffs are comfortably estab-
lished at the Dempsey hotel in Dav-
export. Those who were on hand
to welcome them yesterday say
they are one of the finest appear
ing groups of athletes it is possi-
BILE to see. All are of the clean-cut
type and all are college men.
Benny B0yntoh, quarterback,
returned east after the Bear,'
game, but plans to reiOih the
team here Thursday. He re.
ceivcd . severe charley horse in
the third quarter at Chicago
Sunday, and had to 60 back for
treatment. 1t Is said he will be
in fine shape, however, to start
against the Independents.
Davenport fans are already talk
ing about ''Our team" meaning, OF
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20

denser q, the natural period Of the
circuit between X and Y can be made
to have the same frequency electri-
cally as the alternating current sup
piled to the grid at TT by the alter
nator. When this condition Is reached
the tuned circuit between the points
x and becomes an infinite induct-
ance In the external plate circuit. The
potential variations between x and Y
are now a maximum and are exact
amplified reproductions Of the poten-
tial variations applied to the grid cir
cult by the alternator.
Going back to the simple type Of
standard loose coupler hookup for
vacuum tube, we will have circuit
arrangement as shown in Fig. G. Sup
pose that the principle of the circuit
of Fig. f be applied to the circuit ur-
rangement Of Fig. G. The result will
be Fig. II. In Fig. Fl the inductance
M has been placed In the secondary
circuit and the inductance N has been
placed In the plate circuit.
When the coils NJ and N are widely
sepdrated rlg. n 10 essehuuiy lhe
same as Fig. @. An incoming radio
signal impresses small difference Of
potential on the grid of the tube In
Fig. H which In turn liberates a large
amount Of energy In. the plate circuit.
AS the coil N is brought nearer the
coil NJ some of this plate circuit ener-
~ is transferred to the grid circuit.
This reinforcement, electrically, Of the
Incoming signal by energy transferred
from the plate circuit to the grid cir
cult by the coupling between the two
coils M and N. causes an increase In
the energy liberated in the plate cir
cult. Coupling the two coils M and
" closer and closer viii cause great
" ana greater amplif,cation Of the In
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20

coming signal unn point Is reached
where the energy fed back from the
plate circuit is just equal to the losses
In the secondary circuit.
An increase In the coupling be-
tween the two coils M and N will
cause the tube to oscillate. BY chang
ing the tuning of the secondary cir
cult, the frequency Of the tube oscil-
lations will be slightly different from
the frequency Of the incoming oscil-
lations due to the received signals,
and the beat note will be heard In
the phones. The pitch Of the beat
note will be the arithmetic difference
between the frequency of the incom
ing oscillations and the oscillations
furnished by the oscillating detector
tube.
The human ear is most sensitive to
note corresponding to 1000 vibra-
tions per second or electrically to a
note produced by 500 cycles. Suppose
the received signal was on 200-me<er
wave length Of 100000 cycles. By
adjusting the circuits so that the tube
would oscillate at frequency of L.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20

However, 1t was not until Edwin III.
Armstrong made his great discovery
of circuit arrangement which fed
back a portion of the large local plate
current into the circuit through which
the incoming signals arrived, thereby
greatly amplifying the strength Of the
signal, that the vacuum tube reached
It's now recognized position of superb
ority as detector of radio signals.
The circuit arrangement by which
energy from the plate circuit of a
three-electrode vacuum tube is fed
back to the grid circuit is known by
a different name, though, on account
of the different names used and the
different circuit arrangements used to
accomplish the same results, amateurs
are very apt to become confused. Some
OF the names given to the circuits
which feed energy from the plate cir
cult to the grid circuit are "Feed
Back" "Regenerative," "Tickler,"
"Tuned Plate" and "Ultra-Audion."
In Fig. + is shown a three-elec-
trode vacuum tube with an alterna-
tor furnishing an alternating differ
ence of potential to the grid circuit
at TT. The plate circuit Of the tube
Is connected TO circuit containing
an inductance L and a capacity @
which together form tuned circuit
between the points X and Y. By ad-
justing the value Of the variable con-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20

So far the developments have been
largely In the hands of mining en-
gineers or of men without technical
training. Only lately have chemical
engineers taken an active hand in the
industry.
In concluding, DR.. Mckee says:
"The demands for petroleum are In
creasing in this country at the rate Of
about 50,0OO,000 bbls. year. We
have in prospect no source Of fuel
oil, gasoline, or gasoline substitute
other than oil shale that promises to
furnish even a minor part Of this de-
mand. To meet this, even without
making any allowances for the ex-
pected decrease in production from
oil wells will require each year the
building Of 20 shale oil plants, each
handling 1000 tons Of oil shale daily,
and each representing an investment
Of nearly million dollars. And yet
some men feel that the Industrial need
for chemical engineers and chemists
is limited -
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20
PERFORMANCE TEST METHODS
Rules Are Drawn Up by Bureau Of
Standards for Investigation Of
New Apparatus.

Owing to the very large demand
which has arisen for simple radio re-
ceiving sets, many retail dealers In
other lines of work have taken up the
handling of such equipment. 1t Is very
difficult for such dealers to decide
1whether sets offered by the manufac-
turers are Of good or poor quality.
says Radio Merchandising. The whole
art is so new and some of the ques-
tions involved are so technical that
the problem presents considerable DIFF
ficulties.
AS consequence, the Department
Of Commerce, and particularly the bu-
reau of standards, has received
great many requests for tests of such
apparatus. AS 1t is impossible for the
bureau to conduct oil the work Of this
nature which Il would be called upon
to perform, 1t has drawn up rules cov-
ering performance test methods which
are to be carried out by the Electrical
Testing Laboratories of New York in
cooperation with the National Retail
Dry Goods association, the latter rep
resenting the retailers of radio receiv-
Ing sets. AS the work develops, sug-
gestions regarding improvements Of
methods of testing will be subject to
the approval Of the bureau Of stand
ards.
The tests outlined include: Inves-
tigation as to the material and work
manship. the mechanical and electrical
design, simplicity OF adjustment, rug
gedness, sensitivity, sharpness of tun-
Ing, wave length range and faithful
ness Of reproduction in radio telephone
reception.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20
TIPS TO THE RADIoIsT

DR.. Marconi cites as one Of the
future benefits of radio the abil-
ity of a man to talk with his
wife without others being able to
listen In. Some Of us who live
In apartments and have to listen
to the nightly dialogues Of the
Jnrr family will hope that they
will arrange to use radio at no
late date.
No better example Of the YER
satility Of radio can be cited
than Its use for transmitting
Chinese music.
The city fathers of Newark,
N. j., are framing law to tax
all possessors Of radio aerials
81 year.
4. 1t Is reported from Washing
ton that President Harding has
a powerful radio set installed in
the White House.
The BARRIERS have evidently
talked themselves out and are
now resortIng to redIo so that
their customers may feei at
home. The wave with the shave.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20

a delegation of prominent Masons
from Cuba journeyed to Washington
to attend the unveiling of marble
tablet TO the memory of Gen. Calixto
Garcia Iniquez Cuban patriot, the
ceremonies taking place at the Raleigh
hotel, where the tablet was placed and
where the general died. Photograph
shows Felix V. Prevail, grand secre-
tary of the grand lodge of the Cuban
Masonic bodies, and V. Gonzalez, inter-
prefer, speaking to the gathered Ma
sons.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20
Rides 5000 Miles to See
His 'Long-Lost" Sisters

Lynn. Mass.-Like a character
out Of n Western painting,
George NORM, COW puncher,
swung out Of his saddle In front
of the rectory OF st. Jean Bap-
tiste's church and saluted Father
Lacroix with a query as to where
the NORM sisters might be. II
was the end Of n 3,000-mile jour-
ney on the back of Skeeter. a
cayuse full of tricks, from Raw
lins, Wyo. NORM came to meet
his sisters, whom he had not
seen for 38 years.
The priest did not know, but
neighbor said one Of the sisters
might be Mrs. Annie NORM Rous-
sin. Mrs. Roussin recognized the
brother, who ran away from his
home In Suncock. N. H., and
went West with an uncle after
the father died.
"a Another sister. Mrs. Ida Ken
.nedy, lived short distance
away, wnIe three others i've In
Suncock. N. VI. There was a
family reunion.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20

100000 or 1,499,5OO. the best note
would be 500 cycle pitch or 1000
vibration note.
This beat method of reception is
used to receive undamped or contin-
uous wave signals and is called the
"heterodyne" method. When the same
tube is used to perform the functions
Of detector and an oscillator, the
method Is termed the "antodyne"
method.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20
New Source of Motor Fuel
Awaits Development by Chem
lists, Says DR.. Mckee.
USE MORE THAN WE PRODUCE
Shortage Of Petroleum Is Made Up by
Large Importations From Mexico
Big Source Of Supply Seen
In Shale.

Washington.-In the last six years
the gasoline used in the United States
per automobile has decreased from 600
gallons per year to approximately 400
gallons per year, owing not to de-
crease of mileage per car, but to an in
creased efficiency of carburetors and
engines. Were II not for this in
creased efficiency we should already
have reached our limit Of gasoline con-
sumption and with it probably price
Of at least 40 cents a gallon.
Since 1921 the United States has
been consuming more petroleum than
1t produces. The excess has been
largely provided by Mexico and last
year showed an importation of more
than 120O00,000 barrels, that is, ap-
proximately 20 per cent of the Amer
lean production. Moreover, about a
year ago the geological survey called
attention to the fact that we should
not expect to find any more large
fields of petroleum In the United
States-in other words, that practi-
cally all of the possibilities In the
way of large petroleum fields In this
country have been well protected and
that now we can calculate fairly close
ly what the production will be in the
future.
Continually Increasing.
On the other hand, the use of motor
vehicles in this country is continually
increasing At present there are about
100000 passenger cars, trucks and
tractors In use, and 1t is certain that
the saturation point Is more than 15,-
100000, and perhaps will exceed 20-
100000 machines. With this expected
larger demand for gasoline on one
hand, and on the other, even less PEE
troleum available In a few years than
we have at present, there arises a
question as to how the motor fuel def
icit is TO be met. OF course, importa-
tions of oil can be made from Russia,
Persia, MesopOtamia, and South Amer
lea. The consumer will purchase his
gasoline at from 60 to IS cents gal
Ion. We must have domestic supply
Of motor fuel and at price more rea-
sonable than 60 cents gallon. Thir-
ty-five or forty cents gallon will prob
ably be considered fair price by the
consumer.
Alcohol and benzol and the synthet-
ic motor fuels having q mixture Of
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20
u. S. Is Rich
in Oil ShaleS

these two as their base, will meet
small, but only very small portion
of the needs. The total amount of
these two motor fuels available In
America Is but small percentage Of
the 20O00,000 gallons Of gasoline now
used daily.
Oil shaIe Resources.
In the last two years another source
of motor fuel has begun to be consid-
cred seriously in America. In Europe
oil shale has been used for nearly a
century for the obtaining of petroleum.
Indeed, the word petroleum" was
used for shale oil for generation be-
fore Colonel Drake drilled the first Oil
well (Titusville, Pa, 1850. Oil shale
does not contain petroleum, but by
heating oil shale a petroleum distils
from which motor spirit similar to
ordinary gasoline may be obtained.
The European oil shale yields 20 to
% gallons of oil per ron of shale mined.
In this country we have large deposits
of shales that give double this yield of
oil. The largest of these are the Green
River deposits in Colorado, Utah and
Wyoming, but there are also deposits
in Kentucky. Indiana and Ohio, and
some of equal extent in New Bruins
wick and Nova Scotia. Many of these
will yield Il barrel (42 gallons) of oil
per ton of rock. 1t is not commonly ap-
preciated how large these oil shale de-
posits are. In the Green River section
alone there are known deposits yield
ing barrel or more of petroleum per
ton. These are sufficient to furnish
more than five times the total world
production since the commercial deve-
opment Of well petroleum GO years ago.
Experimental Work.
In the last two years "conversa-
tions' regarding shale oil possibilities
have been followed by real experiment
tai and small plant operations, so that
today we have several processes In
course Of trial. 1t Is as yet "a question
whether we have found the best meth.
cd Of obtaining oil from the shale. Ii
should be said in passing that the
American shales do not work satisfac-
torily when retorted in the standard
Scotch ret0rt, and that, accordingly,
notifications Of this retort, or retorts
on new principles must be designed.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20
GREAT DISCOVERY OF
EDWIN H. ARMSTRONG
Arrangement by Which Local
Plate Current Is Fed Back
to Grid Circuit.

An ordinary three-electrode vacu-
nm tube used as detector In cir
cult where the input Is connected to
the grid and the output taken from
the plate circuit will give amplifica-
tion of from to Is. Adding to
this amplifying action the stability Of
adjustment of the tube gave the tube
preference over the crystal detector.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-10-20

The gimlet screw, the idea Of little
girl, brought many millions of dollars
to It's inventor.
The Bottineau courant., 1922-12-28
Snobbery.

The Woman was lunching with a
friend who had just gone into one Of
the large stores ns u "saleslady' She
has keen sense "f humor, and when
the Woman saw IL merry twinkle in
her eye and slight curve at the cor
ner Of her mouth she asked, "What
now?"
so many funny things happen at
the shop!" answered the friend. ITO
day was called to walt upon woman
who lived In q little town where /
lived when l was first married. She
had no social position, but l was al
ways kind to her, and she seemed de-
lighted with my at entions. She had
married fairly we'll and has been taken
up by semi-social set, and, like oil
upstarts, thinks the way to lady is
to look down on working girls said,
cordially, How do You do, So and So?'
She looked round III frightened man.
ner to see if anyone had heard such
familiarity with shopgirl, then with
the stiffest kind of a bow rushed off
to a safer part of the store!"
And this "shopgirl" is connected
with the finest families in America
Chicago Journal.
The Bottineau courant., 1922-12-28
Tasting Electricity.

If you put two fingers ON the ter.
minals of an ordinary dry cell, such
as Is used to work an electric bell, you
will feel nothing at all, for the cur
rent Is so small that it gives nothing
in the nature of a shock. But you
can taste it quite easily by connect.
ing a wire to each terminal and plac'
ing them on your tongue.
Try first Of all with the wires not
Joined up to the battery, then attach
them and notice the difference. You
do not feel anything, but you are con-
scious of little sharp taste.
Electricians who are engaged in
tracing leaks in wires that carry very
light currents often use this method,
which saves a great deal Of trouble
Do not, however, try it with the light.
ing circuit, or you will receive con.
siderably more than taste!
The tongue is one Of the most sensi-
tive parts of the body, and its natu'
raj wetness makes it splendid con-
ductor Of electricity, so that it can
detect the presence Of currents too
small to be felt in any other way.
The Bottineau courant., 1922-12-28
DAIR
FACTS
Some Good Dairy 1Don'ts'

Don't forget to wipe the cows
udder and TANKS before milking.
Don't milk with wet hands.
Don't run cold milk through
the separator. @$s.<%s
Don't forget to cool the cream
Immediately after separation 10.
completed. @s.>s ,=
Don't mix warm and cool
!. cream. nj
Don't put milk or cream into
dirty vessels.
Don't forget to wash the sep
arator after each separation.
Don't separate the milk with
out first straining it.
Don't fail to operate the sep
arator according to directions.
Don't expect the cream can to
reach destination unless it is
plainly addressed.
Don't feed dusty hay or III
smelling feeds just before milk
ing. 49,
Don't expect the milk or cream
to be cooler than the surround
ings where it. Is kept.
l., Don't skim too thin cream.
Don't expect to get top price
for cream unless cows, stable,
utensils, separator, and mixers
are kept clean.
Don't forget that there Is good
money In dairying If it is prop
erly done.
The Bottineau courant., 1922-12-28

j. st. Loe Strachey, famous editor
of the Spectator. tells this John Hay
story In "The Adventure Of Living" +"
just published:
II remember his (Hay's) telling me
twenty years ago-that is, during the
Spanish war-how the German am
bassador In London had approached
him officially with the request that
portion of the Philippine islands
should be ceded-heavens knows why
Ito the kaiser. / can well recall his
contemptuous imitation of the manner
Of the request. YOU hat so many
islands; why could you not give US
ssomeT asked Hay what he had
replied. With somewhat grim
smile he answered. IT fold him: Not
an fsland--not one."" s.