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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
AUTO NOTES.

Pacific coast motors bus is large
enough to seat 40 passengers.
Line slipping fan belt with ad-
hesive tape SO it will grip easily.
Washing the car too often dulls
the finish.
Remove the dust before washing
the car.
In 1899 the Investment in the
motor car industry was s5,76S,000.
A 80 by 31a tire contains 1923
miles of cotton fiber.
Forty-eight makers of automo-
biles use four-cylinder engines.
Only one chassis is produced by
each of lib manufacturers.
Inspect the rims occasionally and
free them from rust.
Use aluminium paint or special
rim paint for rims.
Don't fill the oil reservoir above
the proper level.
Wash tenders underneath to keep
them from rusting at the fasten-
ings.
Clean distributor points fire.
quently.
Do not overlook small or thin
cuts in the tires.
Life of the car depends on proper
fabrication of the parts.
United States has more than 500
motor express lines operating up
to $50 miles.
British Columbia has abandoned
the English left side drive system
for the American way.
Unnecessary strains are put on
clutch and transmission by starting
in high gear.
Capital investment OF motor car
industry today is estimated at
81 500, 0O0. 900.
An elevated motor car road is
planned between Chicago and Mil
waukee.
Smaller wheels are the latest, 70
hold the road and give more rakish
lines.
There are now ISL motor car
manufacturers in this country as
compared with 160 at the beginning
of last year.
Largest number of motor car
nIants vet recorded was in 1911
when there were 375.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
HALL RECORDER
TAKES MESSAGE
NPAPER TAPE
Greatest Help in Wireless Field
Amateurs Advantage; Signals
In Permanent Form.

The Hall recording relay is one OF
the great accomplishments of wire
less world. Signals. not audible on
the ordinary wireless receiver, and
signals which might be blurred on
account of interference and ordi-
nary wireless communications, are
recorded in dots and dashes with
out the presence of an operator to
take the message.
Incoming signals are linked on
paper tape which moves through
the machine and may be deciphered
at the convenience of anyone able
to read the dot and dash code
The Hall relay works well I'M
der all sorts of conditions and
records can be made daily from
many stations such as Lyons,
France; Carnarvon, Wales; Straw
enger, Norway; Nauen, Germany;
Rome, Italy, and the Philippine is
lands.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
Building An Amateur Receiving Station

be cut at a length sufficient to
reach between the two supports,
and good soldered connection
made to the exact center of the hor-
izontal wire
In case one or more ends of the
antenna are fastened to trees, it is
advisable to insert a three or four
foot length of Inner tube" at each
end between the rope and the in
sulators, to take up any strain, thus
protecting the antenna from COM
ing down in a strong wind.
The following materials will be
required for the construction of
the above antenna: about 200 feet
"copperweld" antenna wire, two
"electrose" ball insulators, two
small pulleys and about 100 feet Of
good rope to fit pulleys.
Part 2 will describe the construc-
ton of very simple receiving set.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
NEXT TWO YEARS
| TO TELL STORY
OF HARD ROADS
Over $4,000 Miles of Paved High
ways VIII be Constructed Under
Present Appropriations.
By HENRY LEE BOWLBY.
President, American Road Builders
ASC0riatiOO

Association.
Chicago. Feb. 25.-The next two
EARS will determine whether Amer
Ca is to become a nation with first
lass interlinking highways or a
country befuddled in a morass OF
aodge-podge cow paths.
IN the hands of the present gen
asaon hangs the balance by which
u offspring will judge us as
sncient road builders or markers
The dirt.
At the present time legislation
2 been enacted encompassing the
'uldlng of some $4,000 miles OF
AFed highways.
his is a colossal task calling
spoa and for the best of engineer
y talent and the most perfect har-
-Oag and cooperation of every com
~uMsy wherein the road chains
se to pass.
from the dawn of civilization
sosn to the present the highway
- made nations great. The road
ue pioneer of progress and de-
bought.
Aany things are needed to make
Eiea a leading power insofar
soaos are concerned.
Ssaools must be opened and
sSperiy endowed to give instruc-
N road building.
soperly erected grade crossings
aeaVily travelled highways
III. .saia be free of grade crossings
h ely and legislation looking
r,;s ara to this is making rapid
= ~ years we shall see at least
4. eloss-country lanes of travel
A m automobiles over paved surface.
m me- AZ least four more highways
~. hnk the north and south to-
NJ NJ IN uninterrupted stretches.
se arteries of travel will bind
uhitles together, foster great
wmmunity spirit, develop ma
ps -, unity and weld the American
we INTO a cohesive whole.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
Addresses and Music Are Heard
Almost MysteriousIy From Long
Distances by Radio Telephones

Imagine yourself seated in a
little room before a table with sew
eral small black box-shaped instru-
ments mounted with knobs, plugs
and dials before you-a few wires
strung here and there-and listen
ing to an inaugural address by
chief executive of the United States
a concert by Nine. Galli-Curci
baseball results play by play in
Chicago or New York, summaries
OF each round of distant prize
fights, musical concerts by Sousa's
band or an address given by some
prominent man at either coast.
This-is what can be accomplish
ed by wireless, by means of the
wireless telephone. Plainly speak
ing. it is bringing the distant notes
OF music or addresses, whatever it
may be, right to your very door. 1t
seems impossible, but yet we must
accept it as the real thing" when
1t is being done by hundreds of
stations located in all parts of the
United States and all corners of
the globe.
To the farmer located any dis
lance from a city or town, whom
the musical concerts or addresses
might not especially interest, the
daily reports that are being sent
out telling of the weather condi-
tons, storm warnings or sudden
changes in temperature and market
reports, might almost be termed
priceless.
What would be more interesting
than TO be sitting alone in a room
miles from where the din of street
cars and the moving traffic disturbs
the peaceful train of thought and
hear a clear voice ring out, "The
next selection of our evening pro-
gram will be a piano solo, entitled
-?" Then we could lean
back leisurely in our chair and the
music would strike our ears as if
the piano were in the next room
There. is no mystery in the way
the sounds, some of them in the
minutest detail, are received. The
listener can hear an address as
quickly as The people in the audi
ence at the actual performance and
in a much clearer fashion. The
waves upon which the sound travels
connect two points as efficiently
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25

and more quickly than do the wires
Of the telegraph.
How 1T Is Done.
This is how the music is sent
and how it is received:
The selection is electrically intro
duced into the transmitter circuit
of the radio telephone which con-
verts it into a high frequency cur
rent which is liberated into the
ether. 1t is then picked up by the
receiving sets within its range and
converted into electrical currents
by the receiving set. The electrical
currents make it audible in the
phone Feeivers worn by the person
operating the set.
For the purposes of making the
sound audible in the entire room,
loud talking horns are used so that
the entertainment. The receiving
sets are so simplified that a novice,
with little knowledge of the work
ings Of wireless, can operate them
without the least trouble.
Tests Provo Distances.
In tests that have been made it
has been found that by means of
the large horn which magnifies the
sound manifold that the sound of
the human voice or music can be
heard by the naked ear at a dis
lance of a half mile or even a mile.
By means of several of these large
horns a speaker giving a talk in
a large building can be heard in
three or four of the rooms by a
connection of the equipment. The
audience in the other rooms can
hear the talk at the same time it
is spoken in as clear and distinct
tones as are heard in the room in
which the address is being made.
This has been done to a large ex-
tent in colleges and schools where
it is impossible to crowd the stu
dent body into one room or where
the auditorium is not large enough
to accommodate the group of people
for which the address is intended.
In the radio telephone, it is pos
sible for the beginner to communi-
cate and get in communication with
other parts of the radio world be-
fore mastering the code and the
intricate operations of wireless. The
message may be received with the
same ease and efficiency as a mes
sage over the modern telephone in
the home.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
YELLOW TAIL LIGHTS.

Yellow for tail lights is suggest
ed by writer in Railway Age"
The use of red, it is argued, is
confusing to a driver at night and
the writer cites a case in which a
chauffeur had been following the
red lights of cars ahead for some
time. Approaching a railroad
crossing he took it for granted that
the red light on the gate was that
of a car ahead and he turned out
to shoot ahead. The car ran
through the gates and was struck
by train.
Use of yellow lights for the rear
of automobiles is the remedy to
avoid such accidents, says the
writer.
Red should be restricted for use
at dangerous locations, such as rail
way and hazardous street crossings
and places where material is piled
up in the street.
Farmers in this country own
10000 motor trucks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
Accessibility and COIorfng of
Wires Suggested.

Another step to make things
easier for the motorist viii be
taken if recommendation made re-
Gently before the Society OF Auto
motive Engineers are followed
That concerns improvements IN
the automobile wiring system.
First among the plans to improve
the wiring system is that OF max
ing the instruments on the dash
more accessible.
That can be done, it is suggest
ed, by lengthening the wires leading
to these instruments, so that the
instrument board might be hinged
and turned down to allow easy
access to the wires.
Slightly longer wires on the
switch, ammeter, fuse block, and
other electric attachments on the
dash would mean a large saving OF
time and effort for the mechanic.
AS il is now the mechanic mas
trouble getting behind the instru-
ment board.
Another improvement is that or
colorfne the various wire insula-
lions. a specific color for each CIR
emit. so that on every make OF car
the same circuit could be identlhed
readily. This could be standard
lied by rule of the S. A. T., SO that
all automobile manufacturers
would follow the same system Oh
coloring. 80,
AS a result, there would be little
necessity for wiring diagrams IL
mechanic knew that all black wires
for instance, meant the .startlfg
motor circuit; red wires, the lgnl-
ton; green wires, the lamp circuit
and so on, he would have little dli-
ficulty in going ahead with his 1on;
Some makers are using coioreo
Insulation on the wires for the var
ious circuits, but no attempt mas
vet been made to standardlze the
colors for all cars.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
RADIO
is LARGEST IN
/ ninth DISTRICT
.-vtary Covers IL States; is Of
6ciaI Weather Forecast
Station.

-,a Ka-lowa Radio station in the
- building is the only CONNER
4 station within radius of $50
~ broadcasting news and musi-
Entertainments. A week ago the
40 was authorized to be the Of
s-.f weather broadcasting station
me weather bureau in the terri
~ covered by the forecast prepar-
Nv the local weather bureau.
me local office is the largest in
H.. ninth district which includes
n states of Illinois, Iowa, Indi-
"a Minnesota, Wisconsin, North
3mtota. South Dakota, Missouri, Ne
3s-aska. Kansas, Kentucky and Col
5aadc.
There are $4,000 receiving sta
3tous in this district, according to
i, conservative estimate made by
pobert Karlowa. To the stations
ne local office is known as W &C.
since 4 commercial license has
Ssn obtained by Mr.. Karlowa, daily
reports including weather forecast,
dorrn warnings, radical changes
4, the temperature and musical
eoncerts are broadcasted daily. A
1 commercial operator from Chicago
has been engaged and each day
/ sends out the program of events
yhich starts at noon and continues
uutiE9 o'clock in the evening. Spe-
cal time signals are also received
daily from Arlington, Va.
Reach Government Station.
Arrangements have also been
made by the Karlowa company to
establish communication with the
government station at 1906 PERISH
ing Road, Chicago. The purpose of
this station, known as w Y c F, is
to serve officers in charge by de-
liYering any word that they may
have for the Rock Island Arsenal.
This communication was establish
ed at the request of the Chicago
station and the first message from
there was completed Thursday
night This program will also be
on regular schedule time.
Aregular radio telephone sched-
ule is also carried out with the
University of Iowa. The communi-
cation with the university consists
|d tests and special experiments.
The entire radio equipment of the
University was furnished by the
Mrlowa company.
KarlOwa q Veteran.
Mr.. Karlowa has had 16 years OF
Eperience in the radio work and
first started in active business as
nsnager of the Tri-City Radio COM
ANY, before the World war. During
The war stations all over the coun-
|ry were taken over by the gov
|gnment. After the close of the
var, Mr. Karlowa opened up one
d the first radio departments ever
Opened in a department store, in the
IOung & McCombs store. On Jan.
!, 1921, he moved in independent
quarters en- the sixth floor of the
Best building, where he has since
Maintained offices and service
work. The station is modern in
very detail with the latest and
p-to-date instruments used in the
sireless world. Scores of amateur
operators and men experienced in
/ he line visit his office daily to re-
teiVe instruction and advice rela-
I've to wireless and its operation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
The Argus RadoNews Views and Suggestions for Amateur Operate
AMATEURS, THIS IS YOUR PAGE

Public interest in radio
operation, not only as an
entertainment but for sci
entific study and as an ave-
nue. of limitless instruction,
has created such a gen.
eral demand for informative
articles upon operation, care
and development of wire
less that The Argus has Sc
cured services of Robert
Karlowa, president of the
karlowa Radio Co., to su-
pervise a weekly page of
news, comment and advice.
Aim of The Argus will be
to treat wireless in a pop
ular manner SO that anna
teur and professional oper-
ators will be able to pre-
sent illuminative news in
+ comprehensive terms and
interesting manner.
You are invited to send to
The Radio your problems
for suggestion and advice.
Accounts of your expert
ences which may guide 9TH
ers in meeting their prob
lens is sought. Address,
The Argus Radio.
What's Your TROUBLED
Do you have difficulty in
operation of your set? Just
a hint from an operator who
knows will set you right.
! the Droblem- In your letter
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
PRIMARY NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given in the
township primary election to be
held in Rock Island township on
Tuesday, Feb. 2S, the color of the
primary ballots will be: Republic
can, pink; Democratic, blue
Polls will be open from 6 a. m.
until 5 o'clock p. m, on that date.
w. A. FREWERT,
ADVERTISEMENT Town Clerk
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
EAST MOLINE'S
CITY HALL WILL
BE READY SOON
Especial Moline servioeO

East Molfne's new city hall will
be ready for occupancy by March
10. Fixtures, formerly used in ths
old State bank have been purchased
by the city for equipping the Offices
of the municipal building. After
these have been installed and the
walls finished, the building viii be
ready to receive the occupants This
work will occupy about a week.
The mayor, the city clerk, city en-
gineer and the police magistrate
will occupy the building. Also
there are rooms for committee
meetings and council meetings.
WHILE YOU STOP AND SHOP
have your car washed at Schaab &
Sons Observation-Disclosures.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25

r. S. S.-Mendota, Ill. How large
an aerial will 1 require to receive
radiophone musics?
Answer-A single wire about 70
feet long and 25 feet or higher, we'll
insulated from surrounding objects,
is suitable.
W. ]. M.-Davenport, Iowa. What
radiophone station will l be able to
hear?
Answer-The Karlowa Radio
company, Rock Island, ILL.,, station
woo, sends government weather
forecasts and music daily. Other
stations are in Chicago, Pittsburgh,
Detroit and many other towns.
S. M.-Moline, Ill. Where can l
buy receiving set for music sent
out every evening, and how much
would it cost?
Answer-See our advertising COL
umns.
W. d. F.-Davenport, Iowa. What
schools have radio sets within a
cities?
Answer-St. Ambrose college
Davenport; University of Iowa
Iowa City; Wartburg college, Gin
ton; Rock Island high school.
A. S. E.-Rock Island, Ill. How
! long will it take me to learn to read
wireless telegraph signals?
| AnsEer-It is no longer neces-
sary to learn the code, as records
can now be made Of the incoming
telegraph signal by the Hall Relay
| and Recorder.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
HOW TO TEST OIL.

A simple method to test the pur-
;tv Of oil is to place drop of the
finid on a clean white blotter. :.
If the drop disappears over nlgnI
and leaves no dark stain, the OH
is quite free of carbon. A STAN
shows there is certain amount OF
free carbon in the oil which woulo
later be left in the engine.
Fluidity of oil in cold weather
may be ascertained by placing :
small bottle OF the oil outdoors on a
cold day. After a short time turn
the hottie upside down quickly and
mole the rise Of air bubbles.
IF the bubbles rise quickly, the
oil will flow at the existing TEN
nerature. If the bubbles DO not rise
The oil is too thick for use.
shift gears quickly and delio-
erately- ,v- ore
now being made of rubber.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
Radio Queries

Amateur operators confront many
difficulties and simple understand
ing of the technical problems involved
will assure success in this interest
ing field. From the correspondence
files of the KarIowa Radio company
this group of questions has been
complied.
Operators are invited to submit
their problems to The Argus Radio
and answers will be made by The
Radio expert.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25


what receiving
other
sideng installation Questions
will
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25

Detroit. Cleveland and Indian
.noIis are the three largest centers
of motor car production.
Garage. exclusively used TOT
onan in Brookline, Mass, has
closed for lack of patrons,
Carefully follow manufacturer
instructions to enjoy smooth run
ming engine
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-25
SLOAN'S EASES PAIN
RELIEVES THE ACHE

TORMENTING, agonizing rheu--
matte aches are quickly relieved
by Sioan's Liniment. Apply it
freely and enjoy comforting sense OF
warmth. Upe7tetrotes scsthoat rubbing.
Good also for sciatica, lumbago,
neuralgia, oyer-exerted muscles, stiff
Joints, external aches and pains, back
aches, strains and sprains.
Don't let pain lay you up. Keep
Sloan's Liniment handy and at the
first sign of an ache or pain, use 1T
for it certainly does produce results.
At all druggists-35c, 7Oc, $l.4O.
S1O611s$
Lini111e11tGssssd%%))
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The Hickman courier., 1922-12-21
Starlight Drives Motor.

motor driven 10y starlight has
been invented by an American scIen-
tist. DIR. W W. COhlentz Of Washing.
ton, II. G. SAYS the Mentor Magazine
So sensitive j. the Instrument, which
measures heat radiation from the
stars. that u viii detect an electric
current OF one-biilionth of an anpere.
or o. put "a more graphically. II is
possible o. measure the heat given
OF hy The most distant star by meaus
n electricity generated by its heat
n fne heat froru n certain nebula
corrlrc~ei q iu5 sfars hundreds or
millions - miles from tire earth. were
coucenfrliei N sixty dr-ps % water
fer hundred years. TIE temperature
- tle water would - rasss-s one d.
gree orlg. isscfor Cotienfz sayx
The Hickman courier., 1922-12-21
ROBBERS AT CLINTON

Thieves who entered the Margrave-
Flood store some time Saturday night
or SUNDAY morning outGued themselves
with choice suits of clothing. shoes. I'M
derwear and other wearing apparel.
Two leather suit cases We're also in
cluded IN the loot Entrance was made
10 The store by forcing rear window
after iron bars protecting the window
had been cut with hack saw. An uu-
used saw blade WAS left hy The intrud-
crs Discovery Of the robbery was not
made until about 10 O'Clock Suud r
morning. Bluodhounds were secured
from Wafer Valley ard tine dogs follow
pd an indefinite trail TO the railroad.
hut uo arrests were made. However. Of
ficers are still working on the case. and
suspicion points at local talent. az the
robbery appears to have been the work
Of some one familiar with the store and
the stock of Clinton Gazette.
The Hickman courier., 1922-12-21
Causes Of Climatic channe.

Tyndall was one Of the first 10 sug-
gest that the cause OF tie great
changes that the climate of the earth
has undergone In the past might con
ceivably be the formation Of thin can
opies OF gas in the atmosphere. ca
pable Of Transmitting the luminous
heat 81 the sun. but imper, ious 20 The
dark heat rays radiated back from
the earth. Wheeler. seeking new
expianaiion of the Earia periais.
suegesi~ that such eauories could be
aori.led hy the fau OF ring. OF matter
exfsrnal o. tire afmo-IHtre. Being
sffeFu ar'i r.-aire3 inrn belts fhs-y
mIz.f 1ite rise fn -fron- climatic
rens.s. until st~ir mai ll~. .pi-.lrane-
- d.-sc.u- fe tlt .ara iu fle form
q dust fle pirtur.-. iuf.it -url.--f-
hat rriUIilift n-n SAN geo laIs--f
.s.sud l-It~ nhlea Save rr fa the
nysi- - ~eu-nr- tslu.i ahelt The
~arfh
The Hickman courier., 1922-12-21
Join Our Christmas Savings Club

Some people naturally thrifty. With them
ing is second nature-but there others-every
penny they get seems to slip through their fingers,
Easy come, easy go" they try to them
selves. All is well long the of prosperity
shines, but where they when the clouds gather
and the rainy days set in? "How grand it would be
fill had only saved instead of wasted you
hear Mr.. Easyspender remark.
The Hickman courier., 1922-12-21
A lin 70 the Mise.

II was the beginning of the second
semester. and We were 10 have new
Instructor I'm the English department.
I rushed into the classroom and. seeing
n supposed fellow student in one Of
the seats said: "Well. guess we'u
have 10 give the old girl good well
come this morning. but be rather dumb
SO she wont expect too much" In a
moment the young woman began call
Ing the roll. proving To be the instruc-
tor herself.-Chicago Tribune.
The Hickman courier., 1922-12-21

Realizing this condition organized Christ
Savings Club under the Goodman plan With
this system it is easy-very easy-to start and easy
to keep up the weekly payments. Out of the
change" formerly squandered, the deposits are
made-so gradually it is not missed, and at the next
Christmas plump check is ready. Interest helps
to increase the amount of the deposits and, more
than anything else, the habit of systematic saving
is formed.