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The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20
DIG! THE ROTARIANS
ARE AFTER THAT BOY
SCOUT DONATION

1t was mostly Boy Scout work that
occupied the attention of the Rotary
club at Tuesdays luncheon. At that,
time was taken for short and interest
ing talks by Messrs. LaRue and Free
man and Colonel Birdseye, who are
getting ready to shoot the rapids scat
tered along the still unsurveyed 28O-
mile stretch of the Colorado river be-
low Lees Ferry through Marble and
Grand Canyons.
President M. I. Powers being about
to leave for Los Angeles, and not be-
ing able to stay all through the meet
ing, Vice President Fred Breen hand
led the gavel. He introduced DR.. Mart
Fronske, chairman for the day. Mart
told them about the necessity for
quickly raising the rest of the $4,000
budget for the coming years scout
work.
Yale McFate, boy scout, told in a
manner both interesting and witty OF
the recent scout encampment at Lake
Mary.
Then /. B. Koch directed the work
of assigning to each of the 10 Rotary
teams a lot of names. Each two-man
team is to see the men and women on
their list and get their donations to
the Boy Scouts. Thus every Rotarian
in the club is made a member of the
soliciting committee in the drive that
is now on.
DR.. Adams of the University of III
inois congratulated the club on its
boys work and said he believed 1t was
effort and money extremely well
spent.
Mr.. LaRue said before many years
the Colorado river will have one of
the largest dams in the world. He said
it is too early to say where the first
dam will be built, but he believes it
will not be long before it will be built
and it and subsequent dams in the riv-
er will involve an expenditure of from
six to eight hundred million dollars.
Mr.. Freeman's interesting talk COW
cred ground that is covered in the
river story this week.
= Colonel Birdseye expressed his cor
dial thanks for the hearty reception
given him and his associates hese,
both last summer and this, and said
/ they all have a warm place in their
hearts for Flagstaff.
Miss Elsa Myers graciously furnish
ed the piano music.
Visiting Rotarians: Billy Ritten-
house of Williams, John Thompson Of
Needles and John B. Brown, president
of the Phoenix Indian school.
Other guests, other than those
mentioned: Roger Birdseye, Tom l..
Rees, R. M. Gassman, A. A. Johnston,
Flagstaff; w. H. Larson, Lakeside;
Emory Kolb, Grand Canyon; 7. M.
Donahey. Albuquerque; Frank Word,
Los Angeles; F.. B. Dodge, Hawaii; l..
B. Lint, Idaho; H. E. Blake, Jr., Mon
ticello, Utah; Charles E. Fisk, Grand
Canyon; DR.. R. c. Moore, Kansas state
university; v. O. Wallingford, Phoe-
nix,
The ladies of the Woman's club, who
served a repast that was SO good it
was all too soon past, were: Mrs. Carl
Dickinson, chairman; Mrs. e. G. Mil
Ter, Mrs. Earl Slipher, Mrs. Herb As
selin, Mrs. Billy Roden, Mrs. Walter
Dickinson, Mrs. Rex Goble.
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20
ROY SCANLON NEW JAIL
CLERK SUCCEEDING KINSEY

DR.. Roy v. Scanlon has succeeded
AL Kinsey as deputy sheriff and clerk
at the county jail, Flagstaff, and has
assumed his new duties. Doc is fitting
in with his new job very nicely and is
a good man for it.
It is understood that Mr.. Kinsey has
accepted another position from several
offers he had and took it because of
its greater permanency. He has been
a good, conscientious officer, as any
of his many friends could have guar
anteed he would have been.
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20

Percy Mcdonald Of San Diego, who
with his mother, also of that city, had
been here for some time visiting Mrs.
Frank Patton, who is Mrs. McDonald's
daughter, left yesterday to return
home. Mrs. Mcdonald will remain
here some time. Mr.. Mcdonald is
senior member of a San Diego firm
Of engrayers.
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20

Mrs. George Nee, daughter of
Mayor and Mrs. T. E. Pulliam, who
came up from her home in Wilcox
right after the mayors operation for
appendicitis, left few days ago for
Southern California to join her hus-
band, who is selling cattle along the
coast. She left her little children here
with her parents until her return,
which will be within few weeks.
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20

CASTOR Aubineau of Phoenix arrived
the first of the week to visit here
for ten days or so with his mother,
Mrs. Fred Hensing. His wife is visit
ing in California.
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20

N. J. Berry Of Phoenix, son-in-law
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Caring, and
brother Of Mrs. Charlie Burton of
Ashfork, is dividing his vacation days
between Flagstaff and Williams.
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20

Hon. Frank r. Stewart, u. S, in
ternal revenue collector of Phoenix,
was in Flagstaff couple of days the
first of the week conferring with
District Agent r. B. Walton,
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20

Congressman Carl Hayden and Mrs.
Hayden are in Flagstaff for a few
days. They returned yesterday from
the White Mountains and expect to
remain in Flagstaff for short time.
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20

T. A. Stahl, who went to Coronado
Beach last week to attend confer
ence of Santa Fe railway executives,
was taken sick on the train and is in
Los Angeles hospital. Reports of his
present condition are encouraging.
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20

State Highway Engineer Frank
Goodman and Mrs. Goodman, who had
been attending highway meeting in
Salt Lake City, got back here Tues
day night. Mr.. Goodman went on to
Phoenix but viii be back again the
first Of next week.
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20
July 16, 1923
The Honorable Secretary of the In
IITooL:ar-4o,. u q


The Honorable Secretary of the In
terror, Washington, D. c.
Dear Sir: Referring to the tenta-
tive agreement between Chairman
Cramton and other members of the
appropriation committee, and officials
of the national park service, and the
board of supervisors of Coconino
county, Arizona, for the sale by Coco
nino county to the United States, of
the Bright Angel toll road and trail,
in the Grand Canyon national park.
Our attention has been called, by our
county attorney to subdivision 10 of
Paragraph 2418, of Civil Code, Ari-
zona 1913, page 848, reading as fol-
lows: "To sell at public auction at
the court house door, after thirty days
previous notice given by publication in
a newspaper of the county, and con-
vey to the highest bidder, for. cash,
any property, real or personal, belong
The Coconino sun., 1923-07-20

The question of making deal with
government officials by which Coco
nino county cedes its interest in the
Bright Angel trail at Grand Canyon
for an appropriation of 100000 to be
spent on the Maine-Grand Canyon
highway was agreed upon by the board
Of supervisors Monday.
On March 31st of this year, Con-
gressmen Hayden, Cramton and Car
ter, with the supervisors, came to a
tentative agreement as basis upon
which the trail would revert to the
national park, the government to ap~
propriate 100000 to be used as a
part of a fund for the completion of
the Maine Grand Canyon ro2d. 1t
was generally understood that since
all of this road with the exception
of ten or twelve miles was over gov
ernment land, it was in effect gov
ernment road to government property
the Grand Canyon national park.
This being the case, an exception
should be made in securing direct gov
ernment appropriations to repair 1t
and maintain it.
For some reason there was slip
at this end of the line until informa-
ton reached here that the government
proposed to secure an appropriation
of 100000 to use on the Maine-Grand
Canyon road in event the county car
ried out their agreement, if not, then
this 100000 would be used to build
new trail into the canyon.
The following letter from the SUI
pervisors fully explains the nature of
the proposal, which seems to meet
with the approval of a great majority
of the people of the county.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
CLEANING LONDON BIG JOB
Great City Gets Almost Incredibly
Dirty in the Course of Twelve
Months.

Cleaning is gigantic task for a
city like London, England. Daily 5000
tons of rubbish are collected by 1920
vehicles, at a cost of ten cents hun
dred weight Cleaning Victoria sta
ton takes six months and forty-tive
tons of paint (thirty-four white lead,
eleven linseed oil at $500 toni. One
of the biggest spring cleaning jobs
ever undertaken was the busting and
renovating of the British Museum
library. Two hundred and fifty men
were kept busy for fourteen months.
Redecorating the dome and walls of
the great reading room took 100000
leaves Of beaten gold. Another big
renovating job carried out periodical
ly is spring Tower bridge.
Twenty tons of paint are used in the
process, which occupies roughly five
months. Big hotels like the Savoy and
the Carlton are thoroughly spring
cleaned every year, although the work
Is so well organized that few visitors
to the hotels know that it is going on.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
Small Tube Adapter
TO Fit Standard Socket

Did you ever want to use Westing-
house "WD-11" tube on another set
than the "Aeriola, Sr?" 1t will not fit
any socket you can buy and supply
houses want S1.25 to $50 for an
adapter which looks like makeshift at
best.
Try this; 1t makes a good looking
Job and works as well as it looks.
Break up any old burned-out de-
tector or amplif1er tube. All you need
is the brass tube Of the base. Try not
to burr this and do not remove, or dam
age. the little lug or pin on the side
which is used to lock the tube IN the
socket.
Fitting this standard base over the
smaller base of the other tube you will
find leaves a space between them Of
about one-sixteenth inch all around.
Wrap strip Of cardboard or blotter
(one-half inch wide is plenty around
the upper part of the base of the small
tube so as to hold it in the center of
the standard base. Put them together
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
Connecting the Receiver.

tential to operate detectors- Three
schemes are shown in Fig. A, all of
which possess some advantages when
used with certain lengths of receivers.
However, the scheme at d and in Fig.
2 Is simplest and most effective for
spark and crystal reception The exact
center Of the rod includes very small
helical coil Of several turns across
which is small fixed condenser of
500 m-mfds and crystal detector, as
shown in Fig. 4 d. The potential dis
tribution is maximum at the extremes
of the coil during reception and is,
therefore, zero at the center, so by en-
ploying thissmall coil sufficient drop
to operate the detector is provided
without destroying the effect as an os-
cillator. Another scheme is shown at
B, where a small inductance is placed
In inductive relation to the current
(current carrying rod) of the oscillator.
B is a rectangular block Of wood sup
porting 80 turns of No. 80 enameled
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
SWAMP ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed IN thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp Root makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect is
soon realized in most cases. 1t IS gen.
tie, healing vegetable compound
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medium
and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents TO DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper-Advertisement.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23

again and place in the socket you pro
pose to use, being sure lug is In
locked" position. Push down bulb
until all contacts press firmly on
socket contacts and mark on small base
where top of large base comes to.
Turn whole thing upside down and turn
bulb until bulb contacts are directly
over socket contacts. marking both
bases with line to show relative posi-
zion of the two bases.
Take out of socket and I'll space be
tween the two bases with thick paste
made Of plaster Of paris and water.
Fill the large base up flush to the bot
tom with the plaster. Now remove
cardboard or blotter from the top and
fill the resulting space with plaster.
After the plaster has stood about an
hour 1t win have hardened somewhat
and you can clean off the surplus plas-
ter without danger of changing the
relative positions OF the two bases.
After this is done. stand in safe place
over night
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23

wire, the terminals being connected to
the detector unit. One side is placed
to the rod, as shown. Another coil is
shown at G. consisting Of a wooden ring
with toroidal winding of 30 turns of No.
30 enameled wire inclosing the rod.
The Transmitter.
Fig. shows the transmitter; e is
wooden handle ten inches long, carry
ing two rectangular blocks of wood or
bakelite, d. Two choke coils, G.
are wound upon a three-quarter-inch
diameter fiber tube and consist of sew
eral hundred turns of No. 36 enameled
copper terminating at binding posts
for attaching to coil and oscillator rod
shown. Rods, A, may be of three thirty
second inch diameter brass rod, each
Is inches long. The receiver in Fig. 2
is constructed similarly, with the addl-
ton of small platform to support
fixed condenser. @, and detector, d.
Receivers rod, A, Is also Of brass. 30
inches long, including coil, B.
These instruments win be found
quite critical to length. Generally the
receiver will be shorter, difference Of
one inch in length being sufficient to
vary the strength considerably. For
experimenters desiring more effective
instruments the system In Fig. s is sug-
gested. Here seamless brass tele-
scope tube Of one-eighth inch inside d.
ameter is cut 10 inches long for each
rod of the transmitter go inches for
receiver). A slot at provides fric-
ton junction upon the one-eighth inch
brass rod G Is inches long that slides
into the tube. These rods may be
pulled out so that either of the systems
may be extended for critical tuning or
changing of wave-length.
When operating with such short
waye-lengths many interesting expert
ments may be performed. With such
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23

by soldering, preferably. The eight
terminals are then spread out in fan
fashion. as shown, and buried In the
earth.
If the ground is not hard a good
way to place them is as follows:
Untwist the lightning rod for six or
seven feet. Then take a three-quar-
ter-inch pipe and drive it down for a
distance Of six feet Pull 1t out and
the carbon can then be pushed in. By
keeping the holes close together at
the top the ground wire can go down to
the surface of the earth before being
spread, thus making more solid job,
less liable to be broken or pulled out
of place.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23

TOW TIC tTdtcttiLlCF 10 OOtlUCSkSQs
coil, G, is connected through two small
choke coils, r, to the rods. The coil
energies the rods. one positively and
the other negatively, until the gap
breaks down, after which the energy
becomes oscillatory until damped out.
Chokes, R, prevent the capacity be-
tween leads and coil from becoming
defective by retarding high-frequency
currents tending to move back into that
circuit.
Figs. 2 and are Of the receiving
unit. Since this must be tuned to the
transmitter. its length will be approx
mately the same, except that the rod is
continuous and undivided.
Detecting Received Energy.
The problem of detecting received
energy is quite difficult one, since the
energy at a distance is very small and
the addition of extra apparatus in the
circuit prohibitive. The rod being open
makes 1t difficult to obtain sufficient po-
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
Method of Mounting
the Spider-Web Coils

The following method of mounting
the spider-web coils allows rapid in
terchange of the coils for reception at
various wave-lengths.
First make pieces "a" of thin
brass. Then drill holes through them;
also in the coil forms. Fasten these
pieces to the forms with short ma
chine screws. The parts to be Sc
cured to the panel are quite simple.
Put machine screws through the
panel and solder to the heads Of the
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
cutIeura soothes Baby Rashes

That itch and burn, by hot baths
Of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cuticura Ointment
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe-
cially if a little of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum is busted on at the fin
ish. 25c each.-Advertiseme
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
Misplaced Confidence.
TO- b. Flint. Mich.

Miserly-Well. Thomas, you have
cleaned up the place in great shape.
What shall l pay you?
Hired Man-What's agreeable to you
Is agreeable to me, sir.
Misery (handlng him quarter)-
It seems to me you work awfully
cheap, Thomas, but of course that's
none of my business. Boston Tran
script.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
His Tribute.

my stars :" supposedly calculated
a tourist who had stopped in the big
road to ask a direction. What makes
that lad scratch himself so vigorous
ly?"
His last years ehiggers, Ep'tu-
reckon" replied Gap johnson of
Rumpus Ridge.-Kansas City Star.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23

crude receivers a distance of several
hundred feet may be covered when en-
ploying one-sixteenth inch spark-coil
at the sending unit. The devices pos
sess remarkably sharp directional prop
critics and provide an excellent method
of studying the angle of propagated
waves where they are originating from
different heights and angles.
"a. Radio News)
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
Ground Connection
Uses Old Material
Eight Stranded Wires OBJ
tanned by Untwisting a
Copper Lightning Rod.

This novel ground connection en-
bodies clever idea to make use Of
old material in a new way. The woven
or twisted copper lightning rod is
usually made up of about thirty-two
No. II wires twisted in groups of four,
first. When UNFINISHED we have eight
stranded wires. To the end of each
attach the carbon from an old dry cell
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23

by q n. OLEWVN0
Very short wave lengths Of several
meters were employed by early investi-
gators In the radio field. The expert
menter can easily repeat simple and In
structive experiments with simple APP
sparatus.
The simplest radio oscillator is the
oren lineal type composed Of straight
metallic rod suspended freely In space.
If the rod Is separated at the center to
provide a small gap 1t will radiate
energy when energized by small
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
Method of Shorting
a Murdoch Condenser

The sketch shows simple method
of cutting out Murdoch condenser
at the zero position. This does away
with an off-and-on switch and the in
convenience of taking the hand off the
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
ud-speaker War.

Out in Sierra Madre, the radio fans
and the nonradio fans are having a
scrap over the loud-speaker nuisance"
Seems the town is infested with them.
and the fans who like to keep them
running are organizing to prevent the
passage OF any contrary ordinance.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
Novel Mounting.

screws short pieces of No. II copper
wire, extending up for about one-half
inch. The general arrangement Of
the parts is shown at "B." The ends
of the coils may be soldered TO the
brass pieces. The connections to the
coils may be taken from the back Of
the panel.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23

Uncle Bill-How do you like going
to school, While?
Willie-It amt so bad. Teacher
sends me home most every day on &C
count of something er other
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
Eor RrevltN.

Guy-"Do you believe in short en-
gagements?" Surely. And mar
riages to match"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
Neat and Efficient
Lead-In InsuIator

A piece of conduit %-inch longer
than the wall is thick and two con-
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
The Obstacle.

"Ah, now, really, little boy" said a
lady motorist, hating her car in front
of the Johnson residence on Rumpus
Ridge, don't you think you ought to
take a bathY'
Reckon so" replied young Greedy
johnson, who seemed to be sadly
soiled, ''if can ever fine one that4l
fit me."-Kansas City Star.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23

Special Receiver and Transmitter fer
Short Wave Work.
spark coil The wave-length of such an
oscillator is mainly dependent upon the
length of the system, but can be in
creased slightly by foreign material in
the field.
Wave Length Increased.
In the ideal lineal system the energy
distribution Is such that the wave
length will be twice the length Of the
oscillator, but since this is only true
for rod free in space necessary leads
to spark coil, mountings, detecting de-
vices and phones all tend to increase
the wave-length considerably. There
fore 1t may be necessary to tune the
receiver to the transmitter by accurate
adjustments of length.
Fig. shows a diagram of the trans
mitter. A straight rod is divided into
two sections of equal length. adjacent
ends being separated by small air
gap, or spark gap" A small spark
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23

Breach of Etiquette.
$50 there was a gap in the CONVEX
sation?"
Eyes. we We're all yawning"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
Beet brass strip

condenser. 1t In no way interferes
with the working properties Of the con-
denser. A bent brass strip is slipped
over the binding post Of the stationary
plates and fastened In such way that
when the pointer swings around it
makes contact.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23

wANTED-sALESNAN OR BROKER
to sell issue units Of going company. Drill
ing four wells proven property Address
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23

Sqo Tnferest-$35, 000 Methodist church build
ing bonds Denominations of $50 soc. $500.
Security: Church, parsonage, grounds worth
$73. eco, in thriving Oklahoma county seat.
Order bonds and full description from H. 3.
Swan. 1918 Cocord Bldg, Okla City. Okla
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-23
BY D. r. cLEMoNs

Merchandising
, 1923-02-08
READ EN- and Weep
Howcome Arc You In Wyoming?

When Horace Greeley says go
West, Kid. go West" he said a
mouthful. However, he didn't say
where in the west, which is to be
regretted muchly, Gentle Reader,
for had he stopt to think and ad-
vised which was at that time the
most promising section of the west
many young men would have come
to Wyoming. ION their way through
to the coast) and early citizens
would have had a profitable tourist
trade.
We will not stop and bark too
long on the mistakes of II. Greeley,
however, but continue to make some
of our own and also to print some
of the astounding revelations which
has come to us since interviewing
a few of our leading citizens on the
following observation-disclosures are
you in wyoming" The many and
varied that have been bel
lowed back at us from young and
old, male and female are mostly
brief and where they amt we have
made them that way. We print
three:
Mr.. |. NJ. Broke when Intercepted
as to "Howcome are o in Wyo."
stood first on n foot and then
or the other. At no time did he
stand on both feet at the same time.
Il came to Wyoming at the age
of 10 years. 1 am now 10. I be-
came financially embarrassed i'm
n,ediately after I arrived in Rawlins.
Since then I have never had enough
inc to get even as far as Green
River and at my age I am begin
nirg to loose hope-I fear l never
shall. That's howcome l am in
Wyoming" Whereupon we turned
and left. being overcome at the sight
of an old man in tears.
But II next interview was much
more cheerful. 1t was no other than
III young friend Miss Lamp A.
Flspper. Miss Flapper WIS busy
wedding on. her eyebrows (T lucking
we believe is the word) when we
was shown In to ask her the ques-
tion. Sla rin out Ct eyebrows soon
after We arrived and Sc ,n,cd nervous
and i'll at aas the rest Of TIC time
we were ,lere-'t must Lp awful
for an eyebrow weeder to run out
OF eye brows and have nothing left
to weed. miss Flapper" we asks
in u most polished manner chow
come are you in wyoming" BE
cause" she confesses, unthinkingly,
Il am a great believer In Woman
Suffrage and at the time I came to
Wyoming this state was the only
state in the Union what would allow
women to vote" We were thunder
struck. But that was years ago!"
we exclaims catching ourselves all
too late.