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Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-01-02
Weather Not A Damper

The threatening conditions OF wcs-
ther, which later gave way 10 a gale
from the southeast and a torrential
rain. did not dampen tho ardor of the
crowds that made their way about the
streets during the Eve. Firing OF re-
yolvers marked the principal means
Of noise-making. and in some sections
fire-crackers and pyrotechnics also
were exploded. The real demonstra-
ton began along about li:45 o'clock.
From then until long after the mid
night hour there was a constant din
(CoDfinued On PagA ~
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-01-02
NDSF0R RED
jHlN INCREASE

Lr.,. Reports From A II
I.,ees In Annual Drive Have
l. Compiled And Net Pro-
/. Amount To $2,6a4.o5-
Inb,rship Dues Big Item.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-01-02
BABY NEW YEAR
USHERED IN BY
BIG NOISY DIN
Residents Of Annapolis Pursued
Time-Honored Customs In
Marking Pass Of One Span Of
Time To Another-Gun- Firing
And Bell-Ringing.
SERVICES IN CHURCHES
WERE WELL ATTENDED

Staid old Annapolis gave a right
noisy welcome 10 the advent OF tho
New Year. and the dying OF the old
year. And there was a good bit or
merry-making on the side, too, with
out conduct of the bcisterous nature,
however
The celebrants began TO move
about the streets from early Sunday
evening until long after midnight, and
not few. remained up and about
all night. Occasionally one would
hear a loud howl. or the crack OF
pistol shot ring out over the stiffness
of the night. as some of the folks
finally wended their way homeward.
Many Attended swatch Nights.
AS the moments sped closer to the
great divide of time between one an
nual span and the next. hundreds OF
residents either walked the streets or
gathered about fresides in homes.
and bade fond adieu to 1922. or as
sembled in the several churches for
the watch night services touch OF
the more solemn celebration in well
coming the next year with its 800 days.
The services in the churches were
largely attended. There was the re-
Prospect over the passing year. its
trials. its difficulties. its blessings,
and causes for thankfulness or not.
and the silent prayer that the New
Year will be full OF hope.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-01-02
SSOCIATED PRESS

ln,sna' hes OF ] a I {
p'' are published in
kS' ry,ring Capital.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-06-28

specialist, office in Thompson's Javv.,
ry store. opposite Bank Of Cam
Prairie, Main Street, Grangeville. IA
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-06-28
AFTER FORTY YEARS

For forty years, Boise has waited
for the main line of the Oregon Short
line, and now, after all this time
Bosses hopes of almost half cen
Jury are to be realized. Construc-
ton shortly will commence on a Sec
ton of railroad from Orchard and
Boise which will place IdahO's cap
ital city on the main artery Of com
merce between Chicago and Portland.
During all these forty years, Boise
has not been passive toward the pros
pect of the city being on the main
line, but has been active i'm its efforts
TO improve its railroad facilities
Even hoping against hope, in times
when the outlook for main line was
most unfavorable, Boise has persist
ed in her effort and at last has won.
Idaho county has no main line
railroad, and it is not likely that In
many years a main line will pene-
trate the mountains of central Idaho.
Our prospects of main line are even
more remote than were those of
Boise in the days when a main line
was merely dream, whereas now 1t
will soon be an accomplished fact.
But we in Idaho county are serious
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-06-28
NO DOCTOR-AND WHY

William A. Edwards, of Edwards
burg, in Valley county, recently wrote
to an eastern philanthropic organiza-
ton. telling of conditions In the
mountains Of central Idaho, an area
larger by 40 percent than the state Of
Massachusetts, where there is no doc
tor, dentist, church, nor minister Of
the gospel. The Pictorial Review, for
July. takes up the matter in an edi-
tOrial and adds: "How can we let
this letter pass without doing some
thing about it?"
Edwards, in mis- letter to the east
ern philanthropic organization in part
set forth:
A man who was working on
wagon road near here had his
leg broken in an accident A doc
tor had to come eighty miles on
horseback before the leg could
be set Another man suffering
from acute appendicitis, had to
be hauled by wagon 100 miles over
rough mountain roads and then
by train to Boise. A young marri-
ed woman who was about to be :.
confined had to make trip of
ninety miles over the snow in
the dead of winter to reach
doctor. A 2-year-old child who
fell in campfire and was badly
burned was saved only by such
rough-and-re treatment as we
were able to give it.
Edwards then goes on to say that
America sends millions of dollars to
Europe to help suffering people there,
but neglects the needs of its own peo-
pie. ''We are almost a people with
out a country" he comments.
The conditions which this man
describes are regrettable, but they
cannot be helped. The country is I'M
developed, and is populated by wide
y-scattered settlers and mining men,
many of whom are in the area only
Turing the summer months. Those who
make their homes in this vast region
IN central Idaho, comprising a part
If Idaho county and a part of Valley
county, are pioneers of the west.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-06-28

ly in need of better transportation
faciIities-railroads automobile roads
and wagon roads-in order that the
latent resources of the county may be
opened to the world, and the heri-
tage with which the Creator has en-
dowed this great county-its miner
ais, its timber, its waterpower, It's
meadows and agricultural lands, and
its myriads of undiscovered resources,
any one of which has been merely
scratched-may be more fully utilized
for the benefit of mankind
This development this opening up
of the interior country, will not come
automatically. 1t viii not come mere
Iy as matter of course, but only by
persistent effort on the part OF the
people of Idalhb county, whose m
terests here lie.
The task which confronts us Is
great, and often appears almost insur-
so unyielding are the
monarchs that tower In
their grandeur above us, and so ghast-
" the yawning chasms that separate
Them.
Truly, our county is no greater
man we make it, in point OF indus
rial development. By far the larg-
II portion of it will lie here until the
md of time, virtually a forbidding
unless we, who have come
ere to make our homes, and to carve
ur niche in the affairs of men, fol-
ow in the footsteps of the brave
ioneers, and carry on with relent-
.ss vigor. We In Idaho county need
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-06-28
WHAT'S YOUR SCORE?

Exercise for health OF course we
do. But down in our hearts we know
that the thrill lies in our proficiency
in making the best score and in land
ing the biggest string. What DON'T
We do to give ourselves that thrill
We pinch our pocket books for
clubs, tackle. gear, equipment-all in
order to increase our proficiency. Yet,
if we stop to think a minute, we know
that in golf, tennis, fishing, hunting,
motoring-any outdoor pastime-de-
fectiye eyesight will spoil our form
and take the edge off our enjoyment.
We sigh for Roosevelt's gun when
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-06-28

not look for new worlds to conquer.
Our opportunities are in our door
yard. but until we have str1yen and
labored as never before has man in
these rich mountains and on these
fertile prairies, even in the face of
great odds, which the Almighty has
placed in our paths in order that life
NAV not be ttoo easy, may we; too,
expect a 'main line"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-06-28

They have, for the most part, fol
lowed the life of the mountaineer for
years; they are strong, resourceful,
ACCOMMODATING, and happy. They
would be the last people on earth to
ask for OF accept charity from an
eastern philanthropic organization
Bur who is to blame for the social
condition which exists in this sparse
Unsettled part of central Idaho Who
is responsible for the lack Of physic-
ians. doctors, preachers, none of whom
could exc out an existence by fol-
lowing their professions there?
! To number of contributing
causes may be ascribed failure of the
country to develop and populate, but
tho chief cause is the handicap exer-
cised by the congress of the United
States and eastern conseryationists
who have insisted in swallowing up
more and more of this area in forest
reserves until virtually every part of
it is engulfed in the national forest
set apart for the use of future gener-
ations, quite ignoring the handful of
of people who today reside within the
area. and the thousands of others
who would come, were the forest
areas opened to commercial develop
ment
And in other ways the federal gov
eminent has its finger in the muddle-
After congress has completely hem
med the region in, by national forest
boundary lines, it fails TO aid in the
development of its waterpower, its
minerals and its agricultural land. 1t
doesn't even provide decent wagon
transportation.
Instead of assisting these worthy
in the development of a
great mountain country, in order that
more and more people from crowded
eastern centers may find homes and
in the peaceful valleys of
the west-when doctors and dentists
and preachers would come-the gov
wastes millions in dredging
inland waterways on which is prac-
tically no traffic. it spends vast for
tunes in educating the savage Igor
rote in the Philippine islands, and
sums in a vain effort to
enforce an unpopular prohibition law.
Persons who enter the mountain
to make their homes, do so
With the knowledge that all convent
snces of civilization do not come to
heir door. And also, in going into
his region to reside, they should be
aware of the fact that the federal
government has placed upon the c0un-
,ry that they have chosen for their
ZONES severe handicap, with little
likelihood of relief.
The inhabitants of the mountain
regions do, not want doctors and
preachers in their midst who are paid
" eastern charitable institutions.
What tney do desire, is that the fed
raj ban be lifted on settlement and
development of the noun
,ainous west. Then and then only
will the central Idaho frontier disap-
bear. and the conditions of which Mr..
Edwards writes be no more.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-06-28
we should BE- thinking Of his glasses.

we should be thinking Of his glasses
Even If you already wear glasses,
have your eyes examineo Many who
need special lenses 1Dr outdoors aren't
aware of it. Perhaps another pre-
scription would improve your game
immensely. To judge your distances,
put stipg in your strokes, land the fish,
bag the game-to get from outdoors
the thrill that outdoors owes you
have your eyes examined without de
lay.
DIR. w. S. Jackson, the eyesight
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1923-06-28
FOR OVER 40 YEARS

HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE has
been used successfully in the treatment
of Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH. MEDICINE con-
sists of an Ointmeit which Quickly
Relieves by local application. and the
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces. thus reducing the Inflammation.
Sold by all druggists.
F. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20

The variable condenser used in this
circuit is of small capacity. 1t is a
l3-plate panel type condenser. The
writer uses a 13-plate illinois, con-
denser, which can be purchased for
$2.15, and is of good construction.
G in Fig. is a fixed condenser. This
is made by covering piece of mica
2 by 3 inches on each side with tinfoil.
A wire is soldered to each of the two
pieces of tinfoil and serves as termi-
nails. The whole thing is soaked In
paraffin.
In Fig. 3 is shown the arrangement
of the panel; this may be made Of
wood or bakelite-bakelite making a
heater and better insulated panel. At
the left is the dial controlling the
variocoupler while at the right is the
dial for the variable condenser. There
are two switches between the dials,
the upper one is for the coupler and
the lower one for the loading coil.
Fig. shows the arrangement of
the back of the panel, the way in
which the set is laid out. Since every
builder will use parts different in
size, no dimensions are given for the
panel or cabinet.
Operation Of the Set.
The next and very important point
to consider is that of operating the set.
A good receiver is worth little to its
owner If he knows nothing about op-
Grating it. The kind of tubes Cor
bulbs or audions or detectors) to use
with this set are the soft tubes, such
as the double filament audiOtrons, the
radiOtrOns, and MoOrhead electron re-
lay tubes. The last named tube is
the best, but it has a very critical
adjustment The radiOtron, while moi
bringing in distant signals as WELL is
easier to operate. when working q
set, always adjust the plate voltage
and filament rheOstat carefully until
the set oscllates; this is indicated
when a click is heard in the phones.
The oscillating of the set described in
this article is controlled by the dials
of the coupler and of the variable con-
denser. Also, the operator will find
that the coupler has great effect on
the strength of the received signals.
Success will be attained If the fore
going specifications are followed with
some degree of care. On one tube DEB
of Colorado, GEN of California and
hundreds of Fights have been heard.
If a two-step amplifier is added to this
set, it will bring in music which can
be heard at great distance from the
phones.
20 Radio News) #
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
Navy Building Program Is Outlined

ity of the American craft, notably the
rs" boats, have never reached the
operating efficiency which would per-
nit their being considered for other
than coast defense.
AS to submarines of more than one
thousand tons, the United States has
three built and three building; Great
ing, and Japan, none in service and
twenty-five building After the World
war all of the first power admiralties
agreed that naval submersibles should
be of more than one thousand tons,
in order TO operate out of touch with
their nearest base.
1t has been predicted that Mr.. Den
by would make some recommendation
as TO aircraft carrier tonnage, of which
the treaty permits the United States
and Great Britain to maintain 10000
tons and Japan $1,000 tons. The
Langley of 12,700 tons is the sole rep
Preventative of the type in the United
States navy. and the addition Of the
Lexington and Saratoga, being con-
verified from battle cruisers. will raise
such tonnage to $4,000 tons. The Brit
ish navy has $4,000 tons in service,
and 3S.500 tons on the ways. Japan
has one ship of about ten thousand
tons in service, two under construction
and is converting the battle cruisers
Amagi and Akagi.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
Find Variocoupler Is
an Important Device

One Of the old-time devices used for
tuning radio signals is the tuning coil
having one, two or three sliders. Many
of these tuners are in use today, prob
ably because they can be easily con-
structed, but their efficiency is not to
be compared with variocouplers, vario-
meters and loose couplers. The latter
are the outgrowth Of the tuning coil
and with their use much finer tuning
and more selective tuning is possible.
A tuning coil can be made by SIM
ply winding a coil of wire any size
from No. 10 to "a on cardboard tube
or wooden form of any dimension, plac-
ing slider on square brass rod and
arranging it so as to make contact
with any one of the turns of wire. This
permits very close tuning with mini
mum of interference.
Loose coupler secOndaries, and
variocoupler primaries are always
raped, that Is, pigtails are taken off
very angle turn for the-first ten turns
md then every tenth turn thereafter
" this means stations are brought In
by adjusting the ten-turn switch with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
Cabbage Will Respond
Nicely to Use of Lime

The gardener and Orchardist is
constantly surprised at the responsive
ness OF plant life. Some plants re-
spond to one treatment and some an
other, but certain it Is that the
requirements of each kind of crop
grown must be studied rather than
to treat all alike.
In the study of fertilizer require
ments by the Ohio experiment station
Doth at Wooster and Marietta 1t is an
outstanding fact that cabbage will re-
spond markedly to the use of lime.
Where one ton of ground limestone
is applied to the land each year, and
no other treatment is given there has
been an average increase for eight
years OF IL tons of cabbage. In con-
trast to this the tomatoes have given
only little over one-fourth ton in
crease. Likewise, when lime Is used
with either. manure or chemicals the
increase from lime is striking. 1t is
a coincidence that lime is also a spe-
cific for club-root CT cabbage and
gives additional reason for applying it.
Spinach is another crop that will
give a big return for the use Of lime
on an acid SOIL The difference be-
tween lined and unlimed spinach Is
so great as to lead one to think heavy
manuring or fertilizing was the cause
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
Makes an Efficient
Lightning Switch

Nowadays when many are thinking
of installing radio sets, one of the first
questions to be solved is the installa-
ton of a ground or lightning switch.
Obtain double pole, single throw
switch similar to, those used in resi-
dences for power MAINS The base is
not needed. The blades of the switch
are joined together to lengthen the dis
lance between the jaws. Two small
pieces Of copper can be placed on each
side of the blades and drilled through,
after which they are securely riveted,
or the ends can be welded.
The handle is attached to the single
blade by threading the machine screw
into the place formerly used to hold
the blade TO the fiber end. The hinge
of the switch is secured to strip of
bakelite three and one-half inches long
and three-quarters inch wide. The size
varies with the size of the switch used.
A hole is drilled at each end of the
strip to pass the top threaded screw
of a spark plug core. Two pieces of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
Discarded Spark Plugs May Be Used to
Improve Standard Lightning Switch.

bakelite or other good insulating ma
terial are used to hold the jaws out
from the spark plug cores, as shown.
If greater insulation is required use
two cores at each end and mount the
Jaws in the center. Three-SiXteenth
holes are drilled in the wood base at
the proper points. After drilling these
a larger drill is used to countersink the
lower end of the cores in the base,
which should fit snug up to the shoulder
of the core. The cores are held firmly
to the base by forcing the top nut over
the lower tip and spreading it with
a hammer, after which il is passed up
through the base, core and bakelite,
to be held firmly in place by the top
lock nut.
If the switch is to be placed where
it is unprotected from the weather
waterproof housing should enclose it,
which can be mounted with wood
screws. Porcelain cleats should also
be placed under the base at each end
to keep it free from all dampness.
90 Science and Invention and Radio News.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
Wins Pilots Wings at the Age of Sixty

ice is happy over General Patrick's
acquisition of flying wings, pilots gen.
orally contending that no matter how
excellent an officers other qualifica-
tions, unless he knows actual flying
he cannot have the real sympathy Of
men who make business of it.
Secretary Weeks also announced
that he has authorized General Patrick
to detail two air service officers TO
make preliminary survey of the route
for the proposed around-the-world
flight. These officers will make
reconnaissance of the coast of Alaska
and the Aleutian islands and touch
Japan. The general plan is to pick
up on the Asiatic continent the route
followed by British pilots on their
flight from London to Australia.
The around-the-world flight has not
yet been formally authorized, and con-
gress probably will be asked for a
specific appropriation to cover the ex-
pense, which will be considerable. espe-
cially if small squadron makes the
flight instead Of single plane.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20
Fertilizers Should Not
Be Used as Substitute

Fertilizers should be employed in
ADDITION to and not in place of other
good acknowledgement practices" saws
Prof. A. I. Wiancko of the Purdue
experiment station. "Legulnes in the
rotation, the use of manure or other
organic matter, drainage and lining
where needed are all perquisites to
the most satisfactory use of fertiliz-
ers."
Results of longtime experiment
on a corn-wheat-clover rotation at the
Purdue station illustrates this point.
The treatment and results, were as
follows:
Plot LINED 1912 and 1920, six
tons manure on corn crop, 1872 bushels
wheat per acre.
Plot 2-Same as, plot with 200
pounds per acre acid phosphate on
corn crop, 20.5 bushels wheat per acre.
Plot 3-Same as plot with 200
pounds per acre 2-S-4 on wheat crop.
26.7 bushels wheat per acre.
The significant thing about these
results is that in plot 8, the combina-
ton of good rotation, legumes, lime
and manure produced conditions re-
sulting in large returns from the use
of suitable complete fertilizer. In
other words, as shown by plot 1, the
rotation, legumes, lime and manure
produced a favorable condition but,
compared to the others small crop.
The addition of complete fertilizer on
plot 3 was all that was needed to
push the crop into a new field Of
profits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-07-20

appointed by congress in October 30,
1888, 'to repair TO the lower falls of
the Potomac, to view the situation of
the country in the vicinity of the
same, and to report a proper district
for the residence of congress.
"In letter to Thomas Jefferson on
the 25th of the following May, he says,
My letter by the last post will inform
you of the occasion which pointed that
as the favorable moment for q trip to
Georgetown and of our availing our
selves of it. Yesterday evening we
returned. Our report will be in favor
of the Maryland side and of posi-
ton near the town The site so ia
vored was that now occupied by the
city of Washington, which shows how
tremendously he worked with Wash
ington and Jefferson in furthering his
founding of the national capital"
The house was built in 1902 and for
six months it served as the nations
White House after the burning of the
original one by the British in 1914.
Many distinguished persons, in addi-
ton to President Monroe, have resided
there.