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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15

VIC Is 13-plate variable condenser. x
is a grid condenser such as Is on the
market today. G is a fixed condenser
of special construction. B is the high
voltage battery and A the filament or
so-called storage battery. PHI desig-
mates the phones.
Construction of the Coupler.
The coupler used In this set Is a
sort of variocoupler and Is Of very
simple construction. The primary Is
made from a cardboard or formica
tube Az inches in diameter by 21a
inches In length. If a cardboard tube
is used, 1t should be shellacked well
(before winding on the wire) to pre-
vent it from shrinking; 81 turns of No.
"a double cotton-covered wire are
wound tightly on the tube. Taps are
taken out every third turn and brought
out to the 9-point switch on the panel
as seen in Fig. 8. The set functions
better without shellacked windings,
but If the wire will come loose with
out 1t, apply a very thin coating Of
shellac.
The secondary Is wound on a tube
81 inches in diameter by IL inches
In length, and is wound with 80 turns
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
Radio In cxechoslovakia.

One company, "Radioslavia," has OBJ
tanned license for the manufacture Of
radio equipment in Czechoslovakia-
1t Is reported that the manufacture,
sale, storage and importation of radio
telephone and telegraph equipment in
Czechoslovakia is only permitted I'M
der license from the state. Licenses
for the operation of receiving sets
will be granted only to institutions,
companies and those regularly taking
reports transmitted either by the state
telegraph office or by companies au-
thorized to transmit such messages.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15

OF No. &c double cotton-covered wire /;
no taps are taken off.
Fig. 2 shows the method Of mount
ing the coupler. AS is seen, the pri-
mary Is fastened to the panel and to
the base by screws. A disk of one
fourth-inch wood is fitted inside the
secondary tubing Of the coupler and to
this a copper arm Is fastened by
means Of screws. As the dial con-
trolling the coupler is moved. the arm
moves, thus drawing the secondary in
and out of the primary.
The loading coil L in. Fig. Is made
on tube AZ inches in diameter by 5
inches long. 1t Is wound with 100
turns Of No. 20 double cotton-covered
wire and taps are taken off every ten
turns and brought out to the ten-point
switch on the panel. In Fig. 1 Is
shown a wire connecting the last tap
Of the loading coil with the switch.
This Is a device that eliminates the
"dead-end" effect
The Condenser Used.
The variable condenser used in this
circuit is of small capacity. 1t Is a
1S-plate panel type condenser. The
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15

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 nus over
the lower tip and spreading 1t with
hammer, after which II 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 1t,
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 Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
POOR PIANIST

Mrs. z L. writes that she had the
piano tuner at her home for several
hours recently and after he had gone
her laundry woman, who had been
working In the basement just below,
said to her: You know that man In
the parlorT'
yes, Annie
well, want to tell you one thing:
/ no Ike to hear him He rotten play
er."-Boston Evening Transcript
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
Front and Back Views of the Receiver
Showing Location Of the Apparatus.

writer uses 13-plate illinois" con-
denser, which can be purchased for
$215, and is of good construction.
G in Fig. l is fixed condenser. This
Is made by covering a piece Of mica
q by inches on each side with tinfoil.
A wire is soldered to each of the two
pieces of tinfoil and serves as termi-
mails. The whole thing is soaked In
parafin.
In Fig. Is shown the arrangement
of the panel; this may be made Of
wood or bakelite-bSkelite making q
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
Radio to Cut Use of Narcotics.

A complete radio outfit with more
than $50 headsets is installed in Beth
Israel hospital for use Of the patients.
Louis ]. Frank, superintendent. said he
believed radio would diminish the CIV
ing Of narcotics and sleeping potons
and ease the patients mind
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
Spoke From Experience.

"a burnt child breads the fire.
read the teacher. Now who can give
me a sentence different in wording
but meaning the same thingT
There was silence for q while; then
little fellow piped up: Please.
teacher, a washed child breads the
wate-."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
IN BOSTON TOWN

Western UncleI suppose you 60
TO bed with the chickens. Waldoz
Waldo presume, Uncle, you use
the term bed" In a purely metaphor
ical sense; Of course, go 10 bed early
chickens 90 10 roOst.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
Patient la. Alec : suaa.s.Ien.

Patient Has AIso a Suggestion
Mr. Littlerest-Doctor what did yos
tell me WIS your special treatment
for sleeplessness.
Doctor strike at the cause or the
origin of the trouble.
Mr.. Littlerest-You don't say sol
Well, you'll find the baby IL the Other
room Only don't spank him too
hardr-London Tft-Bita.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
A Pun on the Bank.

well. dad. 1 just ran up TO say
hello"
TOO late. son; your mother ran up
to say good-by and got all the change"
Dartmouth Jack-o-LanteTn-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
What's the Next DAVIS Menu7

Housewife Ito beggar Just furnished
with meaD-Well. did it taste good?
Beggar-Y es'm-what are We going
10 have tomorrow?
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
sh. Must Be NEWLY wed.

Wife-Why, john you promised 70
be up in time TO go to church with ne.
Hub turning over)-I meant in time
for evening Servica-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
Detective PLUMBING

I've come TO fix that old tub in
the kitchen"
"Oh, mamma, Here's the doctor 10
see the cook Harvard Lampoon-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15

Hub spend all my money on you
No nsan can do more than that
Pouting Wife-n you really loved
me you'd be willing TO run Into debt
for me.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
II VIII End up the Same.

$50 your son will not become an
aviator after all?"
mo. he's taking up chemistry now"
-Ah. eventually he'll fly in the air
anyway"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
Where the Rub Comes.

Marry money. my boy It's just a.
easy TO love a rich girl as poor one
Yes, but ii isn't as easy TO get EN-
TO marry you"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
ThumbnaiI History.

Niece-Whar are the really tmpor.
tant dates in Egyptian history?
Uncle-B- C. 1477-funeral rites A.
D., 1923-movie rights"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
IN HER DEFENSE

Il don't like Addie Adder. She's
two-faced-"
"She never impressed me that way.
I always thought 1t was the same old
face with q different makeup"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15

Fig. 1 shows the circuit employed.
A Is the aerial and G Is the ground.
LIP is the primary and LIS the sec
ondary Of the variocoupler employed.
l. Is a secondary loading coil, while
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
Old Truth Brought Home

What did you realize from thA
sale of your stockE
u realized that there is one Of u
born every minute Judge
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15
He found it
in Valparaiso
Then he headed north and
found it up near the
'jumping-off place"

No matter what part Of the world
you may find yourself In, few things
make you feel more at home than to
walk into a store and discover your
favorite smoking tobacco for sale.
You get a great thrill from seeing
your home newspaper In . strange
Land and an even greater thrill on
meeting someone from the old homo
town But tobacco certainly comes
next IN the order OF importance In
aEay-from-home thrilh-
With your favorite tobacco In your
favofite pipe, Life Is worth living In
almost any corner Of the globe
This thought was inspired by the
following interesting letter from Mr.
WE. Bromley, an Edgevorth smoker
from Fort Wayne, Ind:
LArus 4 Brothsr Co
Richmond. Va
Centienan:
In some Of your advertisen<1ts from
time to tine I have noticed ls<tszs from
different users Of Edgevortk Smoking
Tobacco and I vcndersd II anyone ever
had . moro wired expsrisnee than havs
lad
When Ia Valparaiso. South Aneziea,I
could get IT. and vhea vas far north
~ q man could vel 90 without going to
the "jumpiax-o1 place." could ss<
Edxeworrh Re4dy-Rubbed-
have an old bsiar that have had for
ten yea-s and il never had = e-un5 Of any
but Edgevorth in it
II that isu't going sone, you tel ne--
Your truly.
lSxred) " z Bromley.
If Mr.. Bromley makes frequent
skips from continent to continent, his
record of keeping all tobacco but
Edgeworth out of his briar IS indeed
noteworthy.
Although Edgeworth does reach the
far corners Of the earth, there must be
times when the supply runs low In
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15

smoker but would Ike an opportu-
nifty TO find out If you want 10 De one,
send your name and address 10 Larus
& Brother Company, "a South 21st
Street, Richmond, Va
You VIII receive almost immedi-
ately free samples of both Edgeworth
Plug Slice and Ready-Rubbed- Then
you can judge for yourself what you
think about this tobacco that SO
many smokers claim gives complese
pipe-satisfaction-
If you VIII include the name and
address of your regular tobacco dealer
with your request for the free samples,
your courtesy VIII be appreciated
To Retail Tobacco Merchants: II
your jobber cannot supply you with
Edgeworth, Larus Brother Company
viii gladly send you prepaid by parcel
post one or two-dozen carton OF any
size of Edgsworth Plug Slice or Ready
Rubbed for the same price you would
pay the jobber.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15

There is a vast difference betwees
theoretical and practical religion
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15

The broadcasting Of news, weather
reports, music and even plays by the
large radiophone stations of this coun-
try. has turned many people to radio
as a form Of entertainment. Young
boys and old men have become inter-
ested In this great utility. The set here
described is an excellent receptor of
music, is Of simple construction, and
is Of low cost-$13 In all. Materials
noodod innII1da.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-15

'emote districts
But as 4 rule
sdgeworth smokers,
wherever they are,
generally manage to
ind a way to get
sdgexorth, for they
don't feel as If
L they are really
smoking unless
the [ 20 b z C %
4 comes from a lit
tie blue can
If you are not
an Edgeworth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
AN ENDLESS CONTEST

The defense of warships against aerial at tack is engaging the attention of naval ar chitects in practically all the countries which have navies It is gradually being recognized in naval circles that the chief menace to the warships is not other warshps or submarines, but bombing planes. The British are con- structing two 35,000-ton vessels with decks especially armored against attack from the air Inasmuch as the powerful and de- structive depth bombs of the American navy were so effective against the submarine, however, it may well be assumed that simi- lar bombs of still more powerful effect may be constructed to be dropped from the air and to cripple monster warships even if they strike the water nearby and do not make a direct hit. No matter how well vessel may be defended there will always be found some way of beating that defense, particu- larly with the infinitely more mobile air plane The Jest thought would counsel some surcease of this race for supremacy, for otherwise it will be amending. Surely men have not become so daft that they cannot enter into a covenant to cease this destruc- tive effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
DIPPING TO CONTINUE

It appears that the opponents of further appropriations for the eradication of tha cattle tick have come into a nine-hole. If the appropriation were to be discontinued in any county, the cattlemen would at once be penalized by being refused permission to ship their stock If they refuse to dip, the lines are being drawn so tightly that soon they will be obliged to dip or behold their cattle impounded and held until the law is compiled with. It should be of great sig nificance to opponents of dipping that stock men in the tck-free communities are stoutly in favor of continuation of the work in neighboring communities until all danger of reinfestation is past. Once herd has been freed of the tick it loses it's immunity and falls easy prey to the disease if it is re-introduced. The commission of Jeffer son is commended for it's decision to con tinue the work. It is well the decision was voluntary, for the time is coming when 1t will not be voluntary for those counties that do not keep step with the general state progress in this direction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
HOUSE EVADES ITS DUTY

Chairman Campbell of the house rules committee has a very peculiar idea of his duty. He partly explains failure to include the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals in the house program by saying that in any event house action would be loss of time because there was no prospect of senate vote on the question. If the house were regularly to act on that principle there would be little legislation accomplished Indeed, it would be quite logically the next step for the house to regard no measure as worth de- ciding until the senate had already passed on it. The question is pertinent whether MT. Campbell believes that the house has discharged it's duty towards any measure when it fails to act merely on the presump- tion that the senate also would not act
 There is only one proper way to regard the houses duty on Muscle Shoals. The body should act, and should thus discharge it's own responsibility in the premises The burden of action would then be shifted to the senate which, if it failed to act, would be forced to take the censure for such in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18

million dollars year would be a cheap rate at which to insure this important war pro- tection. It is less than the price of two warships and far more permanent in its re- suits. Yet it is estimated that the subsidy will amount to much less than fifty million dollars year, the amount now appropriated for government administration of our mer- chant fleet.
 The question of the subsidy is just now of especial importance as the congressional session draws to a close and the fate of the measure becomes more critical. The presi- dent has intimated that he will not again present the question to congress, and that if action is not now taken the executive will proceed to take such steps as will diminish the governments annual expenditures in behalf of the merchant fleet. This probably means some degree of sacrifice of the na- tional ambition for a merchant marine commensurate with our commercial import ance. How much better and more business like it would be to follow the proposed plan of turning our fleet over to prlya'e opera tors on such basis as tends to insure con tinued operation. If the Republican con- gress does not determine this issue it will have added greatly to the long score against
 it of inefficieney and indifference to ques- tions of highest public moment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
ROMANCE OF LOST ISLANDS

An English survey ship, which recently arrived at San Francisco, brought news of the discovery of lost island in the South Seas, where several hundred natives are ruled by white woman. According to the story told, she is the widow of an Australian who went to the South Pacific years ago, hoping that missionary work would assuage the grief over the loss of her husband. She is now supreme ruler and high priestess of tiny atoll, so small and so remote from ocean steamship routes that it is cut off from the rest of the world. Most of us have dreamed, at one time or another, when the cares of everyday life and the complexi- ties of civilization weighed upon our spirits, of seeking forgetfulness on one of those romantic islands of the Pacific. We pie tured to ourselves a vista of suniit seas, gleaming sands and palms that afforded food and shelter. To be the king, or queen, of a tropical isle, where every prospect pleases, was consummation devoutly to be wished for, and not even the absurdties of musical comedy could shatter our illusions of the ease and delights of such an exist ence.
 Perhaps it is just as well that few of these dreams ever materialize. They might lead to bitter disappointment. Man is gre garious by habit and instinct; he is also the creature of custom and environment. There have been restless souls who have found nepenthe in the South Seas, but they were exceptional characters, unfitted by temper ament, or lacking in ability, to lead normal lives. And not even the most glowing de- scriptions of the South Seas have quite ob scured the loneliness that the alien and the outlander feels when he thinks of home. Nostalgia is a very old complaint. Granted that there were no objections of this sort, the South Sea islands might not be such a desirable place of residence as some or us have been lead to suppose. Irwin Cobb un- dertook to show, in one of his stories, that conditions there are far from being ideal, and insect life flourishes along with luxu- rant vegetation. Nevertheless, most of us will continue to be enthralled by the yarns of Frederick O'Bren and other imaginative writers who have painted the South Sea islands in unforgettable splendor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
SHIP SITUATION CRITICAL

Although the merchant marine is usually regarded and spoken of as the chief sup. port of our efforts to market our goods in foreign lands, yet that is not the foremost national argument in it's favor. The mer- chant marine is the main reliance of a navy in time of war. Nothing proves this more conclusively than the part played by mer- chant vessels in the war with Germany. Navies have their uses, but in a prolonged contest it is the movement of supplies and troops that counts most heavily. That is why, after our entrance into the combat, we began to build ships so feverishly and at such great cost. The most experienced army and navy officers earnestly attest the military necessity of an adequate merchant marine as an indispensable supplement to the navy. Any course that will tend to preserve our present tonnage capacity will
 be worth all it may cost A subsidy of fifty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD sUNpAY FEBRUARY 1s,

highly profitable The poultrymen of Ten nessee for decade have been demonstrat- ing the profit of cooperative poultry pro- duction, and have been cashing in regularly on that basis. In other communities similar success has been attained in greater or less degree, according to the number actively engaged in the industry and in proportion to the efficiency with which the product has heen grown and marketed There is no reason why the industry locally should not eventually mount up to the hundreds of thousand and even millions of dollars an- nually.
 Among the items leading to success arc proper feeding and housing, attention to sanitary conditions raising of purebred stock and strains mated for laying qualities, trapnesting, rigorous weeding-out Of non producers, and such advertising as will bring the product, whether$ stock or eggs, and whether for eating or breeding, most prominently before the desired market or custom. Most of these items lend them selves well to soluti op through cooperative and community organization and policy. The climate of Jefferson county is well-adapted to the industry, as is so convincingly shown by the many successful poultry establish ments already here and thriving. It is a potential source of wealth that even this wealthy county cannot afford to disregard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
By THOMAS R. MARSHALL Former Vice President of the United
 States

In the earlier years of the ap- plication of electricity to supplying the comforts and conveniences of life it was the custom to string the transmission lines on poles. As the use of the subtle influence grew, these lines were fuond to sag, strike each other, create short circuits and disorganize things generally. Out of this condition of affairs was evolved the idea of running the lines underground in tubes or join ing them in cables to secure trans
 mission directly from the initial source of the power 70 the point of utilization. This change helped amazingly. Another development of advantage to both producer and consumer was p,an to hook up many little plants into one. Fms still further lessened the chance of interruptlon of business. Qulte re- gently the American people have UdQ OPpol eO cSNA'N -
 ing instance of the crossing of lines of thought, a short-circulting of brain current, which may have put many of us temporarily in the dark.
 Each age discovers what 1t thinks to be something new, al- though it may prove to be the re- discovery of a forgotten principle. Dr. Coue braved the storms of the Atlantic to convey to us his re-dis- covery of the principle of autosug- gestion. Every day sn every way the lame and halt are getting linn berer and limberer. Who am l to say that they will not continue agile to the very grave? Yet 1 remem- Der seeing man propelled Tn a wheelchair to wagon, where an al legged doctor was selling sure cure for rheumatism. 1 saw the remedy applied, the rheumatism disappear, the chair abandoned and the man walk home. I saw :.:m again the next day with most of the outer skin off his body and his rheuma-