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The Coconino sun., 1924-01-18

We forgot to mention last week that
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Stevenson and
family are now living in Morton hall
Mrs. Stevenson will be the new pre-
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Give The Sun your Job Printing
KEEP SIDEWALKS CLEAN

City ordinance requires that snow
must be shoveled from sidewalks
within six hours after storm has
ceased. The city authorities hope that
the people are living up to this or
dinance, and if not, wish to say that
the ordinance will be strictly enforced.
.1-4-tf Council, Town of Flagstaff.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-18

The domestic science department is
serving a special Friday luncheon. The
humber. Of covers are limited, Mrs.
Jessup tells US.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-18

we get up on a soap box and deliver
discourse on the why's and where
fores of defeat and victory of the
Normal cage aggregations on their
recent invasion to the north and
southeast.
At Holbrook "Ducky" Brakes squad
unanswered the oval through the loop
and came out on the long end of the
tally by a score of 20 to 20. But Miss
Maxwell's sextette must have taken
along book-keeper and an adding
machine operator to keep tab on the
tally. The Wells sisters from Mayer
played brilliant offensive game and
registered So points against their
femme opponents 20.
The fracas with Winslow was nip
and tuck affair from the beginning to
The final whistle The official score
was: Normal 18, Winslow 20.
The Winslow girls proved they had
too much experience for Captain Hell
en- Raitt's teammates. They played a
faster game and won by 80 to 5. -Four
of last seasons veterans have been
graduated and we really thought that
Miss MaxwelPs proteges didn't have
the experience to wallop Winslow.
st. Johns crack boys quintet gave
the Normalites substantial drubbing
34 to 7. The Mormons usually place
a clever aggregation on the courts and
the results showed that they were
running true to form. But Miss Max
Wells crew turned the tables on the
st. Johns girls coming out on top
40 N coo1o
At Round Valley our warriors play
ed fast game and registered VIC
tory over the Mormons by 16 to IL.
The Normal girls didn't fare SO well,
although they played hard against
their sister opponents. Score 20 to
Is in favor of Round Valley.
Flagstaff followers of basketball
will be entertained Saturday night
with two fine games on the Normal
courts when the Holbrook clubs come
here. "Ducly" brakes boys defeated
the upstate quintet In their initial
struggle this season while Miss Max
wells sextette quietly handed their
opponents a neat trimming.
This game will give the fans a
chance to compare the local teams.
The contests will get away around 8
o'clock, so bring dad, ma and the
kids along.
Jack Heckathorne, product of
Flagstaff, and one of Normal's crack
athletes, was elected captain Of the
1924 basketball team last week by un-
naimous vote. Heckathorne has play
ed both defensive and offensive posi-
tions on the Lumberjack squad and is
capable eager. He was captain of
the 1922 football team.
Robert Powers of the training
school junior high faculty is daily
putting his diminutive basketball as
pirants through their PAGES in prep
aration for their initial struggle with
the Winslow grammar school quin-
tet. Powers has about % youngsters
trying out for positions on the team.
We are anxious to see how his pro-
teges perform in public.
Recently we were introduced to Rob
ert Bean, editor Of the Pine Cone,
Flagstaff Normal's junior high school
quarterly publication. This lad is in
the 9Th grade and diligent scholar
He is a hustler. We noticed particular
" his keen sense of appreciation of
what is and what is not news. We are
going to watch you, Robert. Keep the
good work. Miss Mary G. Boyer SUI
pervises the work on the paper. An
other hustler, tool
While Flagstaff Normal has always
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-18

been considered an outdoor school,
there is a growing need for a gymnas-
ium building to care for the enlarged
program of the physical education de-
partment. Ashurst auditorium is the
scene of basketball games, volley ball
contests, aesthetic and folk dancing,
assemblies, concerts and the like.
There are no shower bath facilities
in the main building, which makes
the present condition a little less
than abominable. The student body
recently dedicated the new McMullen
athletic field, and on this property
would be the suitable and logical place
to build a gymnasium. Flagstaff
Normal needs hospital and gym
building.
In order to stimulate a greater in
terest and vary the daily assembly
programs, the faculty and student
body of the school are at work on a
new schedule for the assembly periods.
1t is planned to give orchestra con-
certs on Fridays. The general pub
lie are always invited to attend these
daily exercises which begin promptly
at 11:35.
Miss Lucretia McMullen more than
pleased the Wednesday assembly
goers with a neat and trim dance
fThe Irish Lit" Herbert Coe, Nor
mails new popular yell leader, gave
the students an opportunity to exer-
else their lungs in singing some peppy
school songs.
The domestic science department is
serving a special Friday luncheon. The
humber. of covers are limited, Mrs.
Jessup tells US.
We forgot to mention last week that
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Stevenson and
family are now living in Morton hall
Mrs. Stevenson will be the new pre-
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-18
ORDINANCE NO. 255

AN ORDINANCE VACATING ALL
OF CHAUTAUQUA AVENUE, IN
THE TOWN OF FLAGSTAFF,
COUNTY OF COCONINO, STATE
OF ARIZONA.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-18

ceptress of the hall in the absence of
Mrs. Helen Hanshue, who is on leave
during the winter quarters.
The four pedigreed Holstein cows
that the school bought last month
have arrived and are quartered in the
new barn. Milk and honey will soon
be plenty for the Normal students.
be plentiful for Normal students.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
Canada Replies to Waterway Proposal

larged it should further consider the
technical aspects of the problem in de-
tail and decide upon the plan which
should be adopted.
My government is still considering
the suggestions made by the secretary
of state of the United States, but con-
siders that, without awaiting decision
upon them, the proposal made by the
International joint commission might
be acted upon. 1t is accordingly pre-
pared to appoint additional engineers
to enlarge the joint engineering board.
with view of having the board so en-
larged prepare final report covering
the engineering features of the whole
project, including its cost.
my government would welcome a
suggestion from the government of the
United States and would also be ready
to nominate one or more technical Of
ficers to discuss with technical officers
of the United States the terms In
which they would recommend that the
instructions to the enlarged joint en-
cheering board should be couched and
the time within which it should be
directed to report.
"My government trusts that these pro-
posals will receive the favorable con-
sideration of the government of the
United States"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29

IF 80 ohms is introduced tor the UV-199
tube. The only tiials or posts that
need come out on the panel are those
for LIB and CT, a phone Jack, and
antenna and ground poscs. In fact, the
ground may be left off, results being
practically the same. The batteries
may be connected through the rear of
the set. Everything is mounted on
the panel, so that the entire affair may
be removed and the set repaired If
necessary.
If the builder does not care TO listen
TO 100 meter stuff and wishes to in
crease his wave length raEge, he may
make the grid coil Is turns instead Of
10. Everything else should remain the
same The range will then be from
about rs to 300 meters.
There may be one spot where the
set will not oscillate-it is at the
fundamental of the antenna, showing
that energy is being taken from the
grid circuit at that wave, leaving not
energy enough TO make it oscillate free
ly. This may be remedied by one of
two ways, either remove the ground
connection or place coil Of ten to
twenty turns in series with the anten-
ma. This will change its natural wave
length, and the outfit will Immediately
oscillate freely again.-New York
Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
Duplicate Liberty Bonds in Existence?

Implications of bonds; that the treas
ury had suppressed knowledge of
them; that treasury officers had
-thwarted Brewer in his attempts to
uncover the condition and that dupli-
Gates of bonds had been destroyed In
the treasury.
Secretary Mellon, on learning that
Brewers charges had been made pub
lie, said that for every bond which has
been issued, its face value had found
its way into the treasury vaults. He
added that there had been duplica-
tons Of numbers, but there had been
no loss to the public or the govern
mert. He attributed the duplication
of numbers to mechanical errors, which
Brewer had said was not the case.
Brewers charges covered a wide
range, the main features Of which,
treasury officials said, had been under
investigation and disproved.
Among the conclusions Brewer drew
from his investigation, the report said,
was that there are between about 1900
known pairs of duplicate bonds and
about 1000 pairs of duplicate cou-
pons. with duplicates still coming in.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
Sea-Level Channel at Panama Canal

been brought down even with the next
level. This, in turn, is TO be deepened,
until at last the entire canal is at sea
level and has been broadened sufi-
GENTLY TO permit the free and uninter-
rupted passage of ships of all sizes
at all times. In this manner the canal
would be made safe in peace and war,
he argues No accidental sinking of a
vessel could then obstruct the naviga-
ton of the canal, and no damage to
the locks could put 1t out Of commits
sion for sufficient time to interfere
with commercial traffic or to prevent
the Atlantic and Pacific fleets from
joining.
The probable need of such an en-
larged canal is brought out by the rate
Of traffic increase during the last
decade To the pertinent question,
How much will the new canal cost
and who will pay for 1t? the French
engineer makes this answer: He esti-
mates the total cost, spread over a
period of 20 years. to be about S1,OOO,-
100000. 1t will be needed only in In
stallments. They can be raised with
out any cost to the taxpayer, inasmuch
as the canal already has surplus OF
earnings. .~ s>>
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
WlaS1pir@8 fe,rN
NSiS3e1is1fpfS
Monopoly in Radio Apparatus Charged

trans-oceanic radio communication ana
broadcasting."
The complaint cites that to attain
the present control alleged the re-
spondents:
Acquired collectively patents cover
ing all devices used in all branches or
radio, and pooled these rights to manu-
facture. use and sell radio devices. and
then allotted certain of the rights ex-
clusively TO certain respondents.
Granted to the Radio Corporation Of
America the exclusive right to sell the
devices controlled and required the
Radio corporation TO restrict its pur-
chases to certain respondents
Restricted the competition of GER
tain respondents in the fields occupied
by other respondents.
Attempted to restrict the use of ap-
paratus in the radio art manufactured
and sold under patents controlled by
the respondents.
Acquired existing essential equip
ment for trans-oceanic communication
and refused to supply TO others neces-
sary equipment for such communica-
ton, and also excluded others from the
trans-oceanic field by preferential con-
tracts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
Ships Bells Give Away to the Clock

or development made kind of hemp
or grass rope which they dampened
and knotted in regular spaces. When
this was lighted. the slowly and regu-
larry creeping spark told off the flight
of time. 1t is said that these primitive
time-markers are used in parts of
Chosen (Korea) today.
Though some students believe that
the early japanese had no method of
reckoning time, others claim that
primitive Japanese and Chinese used
almost the same thing as the rope.
though their device more nearly re-
sembled wick which smouIdered out
the hours One of these ancient wicks
Is now in a museum in Paris.
Even before $500 B. C. the spark
ling stars over Eastern deserts had
made astronomers of men who had be-
gun TO reckon time by the cycles of
the planets No one knows when they
first divided the time from sun to sun
into 24-hour parts nor when the hours
were first divided ito minutes. but
Ptoiemy adopted the method in the
Second century and gave II to his
world"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
Grid Leak Important;
Should Give Results

When selecting the grid condenser
several things should always be taken
into consideration. In the first place,
the grid condenser should be constant
IN capacity; |. e, a change in the
weather conditions or pressure on the
condenser should not change the ca
pacity of the condenser. A second re-
quirement Of grid condenser is that
il be waterproof. A condenser that
will fill the requirements outlined
above should have mica insulation.
and the plates should be placed I'M
der the pressure Of a hydraulic press
and sealed together. In order to pre-
vent the condenser from absorbing
moisture should be impregnated with
parafn-
The principal requirement of a good
grid leak is that ii should have a con-
slant resistance OF the correct value.
In the case of variable grid leak the
resistance should remain constant at
ter being adjusted. A grid leak that
does not have this quality will cause
cracking sounds similar to those
caused by the use Of dead 'sB. batter
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29

THE reply of the Canadian gov
eminent to Secretary Hughes in
the matter of the ST Lawrence
river power and deep-waterway
scheme includes the following:
My government has had under con-
sideration the note of the secretary of
state of the United States transmitted
on the 18th day of November last,
which refers to an earlier note trans
mitted on May %, 1922.
1T is observed that the secretary of
state in the latter suggests either the
immediate conclusion of a treaty look
ing to the development of the st. Law
renee waterway along the lines recon-
mended by the international joint COM
mission in its report and providing for
the constitution of joint commission,
doubtless a special one, charged with
the formulation Of a complete plan
which would be subject TO the approval
of the two governments, or alterna-
lively the constitution of a joint COM
mission of experts to make preliminary
studies and investigations and frame a
project of a treaty. The report of the
international joint commission, recon-
mended that before any work was gone
on with the joint engineering board.
whose proposals it generally approved,
should be enlarged and that as so en-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
BY LEON BISHOP


Procure any standard make Of 100
degree variOcoupler. rewind the stator
with 40 turns of No. 20 double cotton
covered magnet wire. AT point eight
turns from the ground side of the stat
or take off a tap which goes TO the
antenna- Across this coil connect a
COOS variable condenser This con-
denser must not be over .0O05 in ca
pacity, but under that value il any
thing.
The grid condenser has a capacity of
.oO02o mid. and the grid leak a resist
anee of 8 megohms. The bypass con-
denser is :O02 mid. The audio frequen-
cy simplifying transformer may be any
Of the so-called high ratio types.
The first or detector- tube rheostat
should have a resistance of 80 ohms.,
while that of the second or simplifying
rheostat should be 10 ohms. The de-
tector tube B battery voltage is varia-
bic from % to "a volts.
1t is important that the outside wind
ings Of the secondary be connected TO
the grid, and that the inner side of the
secondary shall be connected TO the
negative side of the A battery, and not
TO the negative side Of the filament.
This circuit. when working properly,
will not only regenerate but will spill
over when the rotor windings become
parallel with the stator.
Most of the tuning is Gone with the
rotor at almost right angles to the stat
or. This circuit will operate almost
any type Of loud speaker with wonder
full volume. 1t is even possible TO put
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
Short Wave Sets
Produce Results
Extreme Simplicity and Sc
lectivity Are Features
I Worth While.

Most every operator is interested In
the other fellows receiver If he gets
good distance with Ii and for that rea-
son description OF the tuner at $40
Is given.
The following Is description of the
set used by 3Yo Lafayette college) in
tuning in four European stations with
In two hours in one evening during the
recent transatlantic tests. These four
stations were located in three different
European countries, SAB and 8BF of
France, PA9 OF Netherlands and 2SZ
Of London.
An antenna $50 feet long was used.
For that reason il was thought better
results could be obtained if the aperi-
odic system were used. To do this two
turns were wrapped around the grid
coil Of ten turns. The stator was GA
inches in diameter This gave good
coupling and eliminated tuning the
antenna circuit. Various numbers OF
turns were tried in the grid coil LII
until ten was decided upon. The con-
denser across this coil, CT. was a
.0OO5 inf. with a vernier attachment.
The ticker coil, LIB, was made of 80
turns of small wire on the rotor of the
variocoupler, which was 21a inches in
diameter. When arranged as de-
scribed, and the ticker L-3 adjusted
SO that oscillation would barely take
place, the range of the tuner was from
80 meters to 220 meters as carefully
checked by laboratory oscillator and
wave meter which was at hand.
Its beauty lies in its extreme sim
plieity and selectivity. 1t has no taps,
and so does away with dead end losses.
For amateur work the operators at
3YO believe it is unexceiled. The opera
tor has complete control without TAX
ing his hands off the two dials. An
other feature is the elimination of the
filament rheostat. A fixed resistance
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29

wv 7 ASHINGTON.- federal
N trade commission has issued
Wv a complaint, charging that a
monopoly has been formed in
radio apparatus, both domestic and
foreign. and that efforts are being
made to perpetuate the present control
beyond the life of existing patents.
The Radio Corporation Of America.
General Electric company. American
Telephone & Telegraph company,
Western Electric company. Inc, West
inghouse Electric & Manufacturing
company, the International Radio Tele-
graph company, United Fruit company
and Wireless Speciality Apparatus
company are named as respondents,
and are alleged to have violated the
law against unfair competition in
trade to the prejudice of the general
public.
In the language of the complainant,
the respondents have combined and
conspired for the purpose of, and with
the effect of, restraining competition
and creating monopoly in the manu-
faeture, purchase and sale in inter
state commerce of radio devices and
apparatus and other electrical devices
and apparatus, and in domestic and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
Pencil Mark Grid Leak
Absorbs Much Moisture

Opinions differ as to the value of
variable grid leaks and as to the COM
parative merits of various makes of
variable leaks. Tubular fixed leaks
find many friends. as the leak, after be-
ing adjusted TO one tube. remains I'M
changed until another tube is used
Some experimenters make a pencil
mark across the grid leak from one fer
minaI TO the other. This can be varied
with an eraser. This form of leak.
however, while fairly stable in a set
kept indoors. is rot suited for a porta-
Bile set which is taken out of doors.
Pencil mark leaks absorb moisture to
a high degree, changing their value
from hour TO hour, with consequent up-
setting of the proper operation of tube
and set
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29

n" AK DEPARTMENT. en-
A gineers are giving considera-
" Bile thought to the idea of a
sea-level canal without locks
at Panama. 1000 feet wide and 30 feet
deep, for which Col Philippe Bunau-
Varilla has been pleading The pro-
posai is all the more interesting in
that it comes from man who for 40
years has been identified with Pana-
ma, and who has been styled the ''Fa-
ther of the Panama Revolution" As
an engineer, Colonel Bunau-Varilla
knows the canal and its problems in
all its technical details. As a diplo-
mat, and the Trainer with John Hay
of the so-called Hay-Bunau-yarilla
treaty recognizing the independence Of
Panama and the rights Of the United
States In the Canal Zone, he is thor
oughly familiar with the strategic and
commercial questions involved.
His plan provides for the progress
sive deepening and widening of the
present route. Beginning at the high
est level, the bottom is to be dredged
in stages of five feet at time, and
new locks built to meet the require
ments of the lowered water level and
to serve until the highest level has
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
Bakelite Regarded as
One of Best Insuiators

The insulating material, bakelite.
that is used so extensively for radio
panels and parts, is really very COM
plicated substance, and when the
scientific man wants to talk about 1t
he has TO call 1t by the tongue-twisting
and misunderstanding name, oxybezyl-
densation product of phenol and for
maldehyde, is a very fine fnsuIator and
has great heat, moisture and acid-re-
sisting qualities. Its brothers go un-
der such trade names as formica and
condensfte. These materials are high
of insulation is needed, both In radio
and electrical work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
Such a Set Gives Volume and Distance.

over loud speaker reception with sta
lions 1900 miles distant.
The multi-audi-plex circuit is not
only extremely sensitive but wonderful
~ selective
The best results are obtained by
using UV-201A tubes.
Following several valuable sugges-
tons, these improvements in the multi
audi-plex circuits are advised:
Instead of variometer in the plate
circuit 10 produce regeneration, much
snappier action may be obtained by
using a standard variocoupler, the 1SO-
degree type preferred. The rotor wind
ing need not be changed, as the aver
age yariocoupler has a sufficient num-
Der of turns to produce regeneration
over the frequency used in the music
band.
In this circuit the antenna Is connect
ed eight turns from the ground, as
shown in the diagram. This eliminates
a tremendous amount of code interior
ence, and il will be easily possible to
listen TO the shorter wave stations,
even through the local interference OF
station WEAF.
1t must be remembered when using
the 1S0-degree type Of variocoupler
that ii may be necessary to reverse the
connections TO the rotor. When the
proper connections are obtained and
the rotor is turned parallel to that stat
or winding, terrific screech should
be heard in the phones. In other words,
the best point of tuning is arrived at
with the rotor at about right angles to
the stator.-New York Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-02-29
Flexible Leads Save
Breaks In Portable Set

When building that portable set for
the summer vacation and other trips,
use of flexible wire for connections in
side the set will probably save lots of
trouble from broken connections due to
lars and other causes. These connec-
tons are not quite so efficient, due to
capacity effect from the insulation, but
they are safer and broken connection
out In the woods, miles from a solder
ing iron, is a calamity. Keep them
short but not taut enough TO be under
a strain. Copper Tugs should be sol
dered to each end to go over the bind
ing post spindle.