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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17

specified voltage on the plates of the
tubes.
You would use a lower ratio trans
former for the second stage, if the
second stage simplifying tube is the
same as the first.
You would use a five-watt tube for
the second stage, increase the 3 bat
terry voltage and use the proper c
battery voltage for this tube.
You would see to it that the proper
voltage was being applied to filalnents
of the tube
You would make all the connections
perfect joints, and well soldered.
You would see to ii that all the con-
nections between the tube prongs and
the socket contacts are perfect.
You connect the grid and plate to
the proper leads of the transformer.
i. e., when the outside lead of the
primary is connected to the plate the
outside lead of the secondary should
be connected to the grid.
You shunted the primary of the first
stage with fixed condenser of about
.001 mid.
You shunted both the A and B bats
teries with large fixed capacity,
say, 3 MID.
Have you ever considered how much
longer you could use the storage bat
terry before recharging if
You would not demonstrate the
power of the battery by shortcircuit-
ing the terminals and showing the
heavy spark you can thus obtain?
You would make perfect connections
between the filament leads and the
battery terminals?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
TyndaU Appreciotive

In bulletin read before the officers
and men of the Thirty-eighth division
and One Hundred and Fiftieth field
artillery of Indiana. Maj. Gen. Robert
III. Tyndall. national treasurer of the
American Legion, expressed his APP
probation TO the men of his command
for their efficient and enthusiastic CO.
operation in the recent field maneuv-
ers held at Camp Knox. KY. The
Cyclone" division took an important
part IN the maneuvers which were I'M
dertaken in preparation for National
Defense day, September u.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
kRM kCTN]e

Scrub bulls make scrub farmers.
Feeding high-value feed TO low-value
live stock is like walking on quick
sand.
Many words won't fill a busheI."
but few dollars for legume seed will
fill the soil with fertility.
Get cover crop started in the
orchard as soon as possible. Use
what does best on your farm. prefera-
bly, legume such as crimson clover
or vetch.
Scatter few handfuls of millet seed
in the litter occasionally. The hens
will dig after the tiny grains for hours
and it helps keep them from becoming
overfat.
When a breed of chickens, or a feed.
or a system of culling. or a house
goes wrong. il is well to consider
whether the chance to go right has
been given. or vice versa.
To be successful in turkey raising.
one must give the most careful consid-
GRAFTON to certain fundamental fac
tors. Growing stock must be kept un-
der the best possible conditions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
Large Marketing
Costs and Waste

basket carrier. The approximate
weight of the fruit in such carrier
is 3715 pounds. If this were sold
at 20 cents per pound, the retail price
mentioned by the writer, the carrier
brought total of $3.50. This repre-
Sents the total amount paid by the
consumer out of which must come
the following items: The producers
returns, package cost, packing and
loading expense, freight and icing
charges, and the wholesalers gross
profit or commission-making a total
of S2.T5-and the cost, profits and
waste of city distribution which
amounted to $4.75. Were the peaches
delivered to piers in New York free
of charge and distributed to the con-
sumner through the present channels
OF trade and at normal charges and
profits only, the consumer would
have had to pay approximately 60
per cent of the price he did pay.
Distribution Is Costly.
The distribution of fruits and
vegetables in New York city is cost
ly operation at best and this cost is
greatly Increased by the ungraded
condition of much of the stock which
is delivered TO this market In order
that buyers may inspect the fruit, it
is necessary that 1t be moved to
central point where work may be done
as quickly as possible. In New York
nj &c a
the cars are centralized and distri-
button begins. A car of peaches is
delivered to a carlOt receiver at a
pier in New York The receiver I'M
loads the car on the pier and splits
it into units of to 100 carriers,
each jobber buying according to his
needs. The jobber has his purchase
delivered to trucks which haul it to
his place of business in one of the
five or six secondary markets. Here
the jobber splits his supply into units
that will meet the needs of the re-
tailers. Again the truck is used to
deliver the retailers purchase to his
place of business. Here the last
splittings of purchases are made and
range in size, according to the con-
sumer's desires which may be one
peach or one or more baskets. Often
there is another truck delivery which
takes the product to the consumer.
Each Step Adds to Cost.
Each step in this distribution is an
added cost and each handler must
To 81
suit is the consumers price 1t has
been estimated that the initial NOV
ing charge from pier to truck, a dis
lance of 500 yards, is $4,000 per car.
From pier to the large distributing
points will range from $24.OO to $500
per car. Each handler must exact a
profit, which may be small, but the
total expense is large Peaches are
highly perishable product and the
various landings along the route
from producer to consumer entail con-
siderable loss through physical injury
while changes in temperature aggra-
vate these and other defects. This
loss is the consumers loss as the re-
tail price of the merchantable fruit
must cover the expenses and profits
| in all the transactions.
These figures and facts which ex-
plain rather convincingly the reasons
for the so-called waste of fruit at
the production end, while the con-
sumner must pay considerable, price
have been prepared by the depart
| nj INV
Similar conditions are to be found in
the handling of practically all perish
able food products.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17

tract from the appearance of any set.
The ideu is Gas may best be seen by
the drawingS) to cut thin piece of
metal so that it is as wide as the head
of the switch points are high, and as
long as the circumference of the
points. A place should be left in the
center. bullying up in the shape of a
semi-circle. The piece of brass should
new be bent tightly around the switch
point where the stop is required. These
switch stops will be found very neat
in appearance, can be put on without
drilling holes in the panel and can be
removed at any time so that the switch
point may be cleaned or the tension of
the switch lever adjusted.-Radio
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
Way to Make Grid Leak
That Will Give Results

A very satisfactory homemade grill
leak may be made by scraping off the
wax between the terminals of a Dubi-
lier micadon condenser and filling this
space with a light coat of India ink.
The resistance of grid leak of this
type may be varied by applying a
thicker coat of ink or by scraping off
the ink. The grid leak has the cor
rect resistance when the tube goes
into an oscillating state with a hiss
rather than with a whistle or squeal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
Your Ampli6ers Would
Do Better Work If

You would use the proper trans
former on a certain tube.
You would ground the cores of the
transformers. even if they are shield
ed, separate the transformers about
3 or inches and place the cores at
right angles TO each other
You would not apply more than the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
Standard Tubes Best

When you buy vacuum tubes for re-
ceiving sets be sure that you get one
of the standard. licensed makes.
They run more uniform and give con-
sistent results. Besides this, they can
be replaced if they develop defects
that are not the result of misuse. Do
not use bootleg tubes. as you will
almost always experience trouble with
them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17

c battery should be from 3 to 10
volts. When the plate voltage is 60
the c battery voltage should be be-
tween 10 and 80 volts. If the vol
tage is so the @ battery should be
from 80 TO As volts, and when the
plate voltage is 100 the C battery
should be from As TO so volts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
Efficiency of Batteries

A radio set will not work satisfac-
torily when the storage battery or B
batteries are nearly run down. Have
the storage battery charged and get
new batteries. B batteries should
last at leas. six months, and in many
instances several years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
Donated SilUer Cup

Mrs. Frederick w. Vanderbilt of
New York occupied box at the water
sports carnival and ''gymkbana"
given at Bar Harbor, Maine, under the
auspices of the American Legion. Mrs.
Vanderbilt donated silver cup for the
chariot race, the concluding feature.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
The Weaker Sex

.aThey tell me Simpson had quite a
scrap with his wife last night"
what was wrong with him?'
81 didn't hear"
Liquor, do you suppose?'
mo, she licked him."-American
Legion Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17

A vibrating wire has mechanical
properties almost analogous to the
electrical properties of radio receiv-
ing circuit. If a wire is placed be-
tween two points and plucked ii will
vlbrate at particular rate, no matter
how vigorously it is plucked. If the
resistance is small, due to friction both
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17

adjustment
of resonance very little change is pro-
duced.
Tuning Not Sharp.
First, the tuning is not sharp, and
second, the effect on the detector cir
cult is greatly reduced. 1t would not
be so undesirable if it were only the
decrease in the signal strength, be-
cause we could probably hear signals
in the phones even though they were
not strong, but it would be extremely
bothersome to hear great variety Of
signals produced by waves of differ
ent lengths which the circuit is in
capable of eliminating, and which
could be eliminated by better tuner.
New York Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
For Clear Reception

A .001 fixed condenser from the
grid leak on the secondary of the
second audio-frequency transformer
to the negative side of the filament
of the first tube will give clearer and
sometimes louder reception.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
Took IL to Heart

Wife-Did you miss your train?
Husband-Rather. i didn't know
what to do without it-American Lee
gion Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-10-17
BIZ e. 4. ARMSTRONG

GATED by G. Douglas wardrop Editor
Evening star., 1924-01-05
CIVIC BODIES UNITE IN DEMAND
FOR ORIGINAL RECIPROCITY BILL
Attempt to Change Measure So Motorists OF Wash.
ii ington viii Haze to Pay More Meets
VIGOROUS Protest.

That Washington motorists want
reciprocity with Maryland If it can
be obtained with sthe original pro-
tax in lieu OF the tag fee and per-
sonal property tax-but that the i'm
portance of reciprocity and elimina-
tion OF the automobile war with
Maryland fades into insignificance IL
the original bill is changed and the
personal property tax retained, fs
the sconcensus Of opinion of District
civic organizations.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association. the Washington Auto
motive Trade Association, the Amer
tcan Automobile Association, the Ma
tionai Motorists Association and the
Washington Board of Trade are some
have adopted the slogan, "Reciproc-
ity is wanted, but not at the $500. .000-
a-year price demanded" All Of these
organizations have approved the origi-
nal bill. which. it is pointed out.
merely changed the method of col-
lecting the same automobile revenue
and not the amount of revenue, and
all Of them are vigorous in their pro-
tests against the attempt to change
the bill 80 that motorists in WASH
4
they ever did before.
Trade Board Protest.
The Board of Trade, through ite
special traffic committee. added its
protest at u meeting yesterday after
noon. The committee, which Is
| authorized to act for tho orgRniza-
| ton, unanimously adopted a resolu-
tio1 asking that the bill be killed IL
Me amendment with the personal
property retention fs incorpo rated.
'It Is to be regretted" said w
Pearce Raynor, chairman Of the COM
mittee, that thia effort OF Washing
tonians and MArylanders to end an
annoying and harassing automobile
war. which has been going on foi
years should end in such q disastrous
manner. Every one wants reciprocity
Every one wants the elimination oi
| bad feeling between the two com
monwealths. Every one wants tc
eliminate also the buying OF two tags
and the people Washington, and,
am sure, those in Maryland, want &c
promote friendship and harmony be-
| tween two great communities.
But as much as the people OIL
Washington want this ideal state OF
| affairs to be brought about, they &c
not want 1t enough to pay almost
| 100000 a year for 1t, especially with
! the knowledge that the additional
! taxes do not meet any apparent neec
and will be put to no use
Evening star., 1924-01-05

| This committee sincerely hopes
that IL the personal property TAX is
finally Incorporated into the bill, that
the bill be killed Immediately. 1t Is
far better to go along in the same
old way than to have an additional
burden put on the motorists OF wash :
ington, who, with the necessity or
n iand reEissration, Maryiand title and
Maryland drivers permit, are Dur
dened enough"
adopted:
coporate into the gasoline tax bill an
amendment to retain the personal
property tax on automobiles In the
district Of Columbia.
such an amendment would increase
the taxation of District motorists to
the amount of approximately $780,
This additional burdensome and
unnecessary taxation is not In accord
ance with the original proposal OF the
District Commissioners. which was
merely to change the method OF col
\ lectinR motor revenue and not to de-
| crease or increase that revenue.
| The purpose of the original bill
4 was to secure reciprocity with Mary
/ land through a two-cent gas tax
| Protest Against Change.
"The Washington Board of Trade.
! therefore, protests against any change
in the original bill and urges that in
the event any change is contemplated,
that the bill Immediately be killed"
! Commenting on the reciprocity sit
| uation and the difficulties that had
been encountered In seeking TO obtai in
! peace and harmony with Maryland
| over the automobile question, Paul
Lum, president of the Washington
/ AutomOtive Trade Association, said:
| :sThe people of Washington want
| reciprocity by means of gas tax, but
4 they do not want It by means or a
| personal property tax added to a gas
4 tax. The gas tax alone would mean
| hardship to many companies In
| Washington, who deliver goods only
| In Washington and are not concerned
| in any way with the Maryland con-
| troversy. But these companies and
| individuals have realized that the gas
tax and reciprocity means great
| deal to the large majority of local
| motorists, and to bring about this
| state of affairs have been willing to
| sacrifice their interests to the inter
| ests of the majority. This was fine
thing to do, and the people OF Wash
| ington, who are interested in seeing
| reciprocity arrangement brought
| about appreciate 1t. But no one, j an
| sure. wants reciprocity with an added
| tax burden of 100000 a year"
Evening star., 1924-01-05
FREEZE SAVES PITTSBURGH.
By the Associated PreSa.

By the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, January 5.-After
rea ching a crest OF twenty-seven feet
four inches yesterday the Ohio river
here began to recede and last night
the stage was officially reported at
twenty-five feet and still falling. BY
Monday a twelve-foot stage will be
reached, If the cold weather continues.
! 1t was said at the Office of the United
States engineer of the Pittsburgh
district
Thousands Of workers in plants
along the Ohio, Allegheny and Monon-
gahela rivers have been temporarily
thrown out Of employment by the rise
of waters. The heaviest damage In
the city was done on the north side
district where a number of streets
were inundated and the tracks of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad sub
merged.
Scores Of families Of the north side
and suburban districts last night were
occupying temporary shelter, having
been, in a great many instances,
| taken from their homes In rowboats.
Erie railroad on the south side Sec
tion Of the city were also inundated
in many places.
From many towns along the Ohio
river in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West
Virginia come reports of submerged
streets and waters sweeping through
been no report Of loss Of life.
United States Weather Forecaster
w. 8. Brotzman stated that the timely
drop in temperature prevented q much
1 higher river stage. The present flood
| is the most disastrous since 1913.
Evening star., 1924-01-05
WORK TURNS DOWN
COAL DEALERS PLEA
TO CLOSE u. S. YARD
Continued from First Page. ,

cents per ton. should be interpreted
coal trucked. Il / am in error In this
and you do in fact propose out of the
% cents to assume all the charges
enumerated as still being left for the
government to meet, would be glad
to be set right"
The dealers claimed in their pro-
posal submitted three weeks ago that
any reduction in the cost of coal at
the dealers yards, in overhead, operat-
ing expenses and fair profit. would
Secretary Works informants, as
being vague and giving no promise
of protection to the private consumer.
The Interior Secretary was alse in
formed that instead of the govern
ment realizing a gain of about mil
lion dollars over the nye-year period
covered by the dealers proposal, the
loss to the government over a hve-
year period by acceptance of the pro-
posals OF a 90 per cent margin (Which
he was Informed covers but part or
the total cost would be $3.50, ,4s7.43.
Dealer. Cite Claims.
Regarding coal receiving facilities,
the dealers claimed they have a re-
ceiving capacity Of more than two
million tons of coal a year, which
they estimated to be twice the annual
tonnage OF government, District and
household and commercial needs.
Their eighteen coal dumps are on
several railroads entering Washing
ton, their brief said, while the gov
eminent fuel yard dump is on but
one-the Pennsylvania-and In case
of a tie-up on the latter road, deliv-
cries Of coal to the government yard
would be suspended.
The brief of the local retail dealers
was prepared by the Coal Merchants
Board Of Trade. OF which practically
all local dealers are members, and
went into the position Of the local
trade at great length Figures were
submitted by the dealers detailing g
operating costs OF the government
| fuel yard brought up at hearings be-
before the budget bureau. The pro-
| posals were turned over by Score
1 tary Work to officials OF the govern
ment fuel yard and the bureau OF
plies were made to the Interior De-
partment head by these officials to
! the proposals and subject matter of
| the Dealers arguments
The 92-cent margin includes all the
| costs questinoed by Secretary Work.
| the head OF one Of the large coal
companies declared this afternoon.
whether tho government buys the
coal or not from the mines and de-
Nvers through DEALERS yards. the
margin covers all costs. this dealer
! said. Although the government is
REQUIRED BY statute to check care
fully ali deliveries, and must pay the
salaries of. employees to do this, this
| dealer declared himself willing to
loan his own men for the lob.
The dealer also declared that he
and his associates probably could bind
themselves not to accept q margin on
! sales to private consumers over GER
/ tain price, but could not set stand
ard price at which coal would be sold
over q five-ysar period.
Evening star., 1924-01-05
TWO LINCOLN LETTERS
BRING $1,25O EACH
Hitherto Unknown and Important
Documents Are Sold in Phila-
delphia Collection.
FoREsAw DEFEAT AT POLLS
Emancipator Predicted Union
Would Be Dissolved.
Special Dispatch to Tho star.

special Disp&tch TO The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. January .
Abraham Lincoln's letter in which he
predicted the election of his opponent
Gen. George B. Mcclellan, and fore
cast the dissolution of the Union has
been sold for $3.50.
The letter was written a few weeks
before the election of 1864. and
hitherto has escaped discovery by
biographers. It was found among the
papers Of Gideon welles, the famous
editor Of the Hartford Times and Sec
rotary of the Navy In both Lincoln
cabinets. These papers, containing
many documents of great historical
interest concerning the policies and
personages of the civil war and re-
construction periods, were put on sale
! by Stan ". Henkels.
| An equal amount was paid for an
other letter almost as remarkable.
This was Lincoln's letter written TO
| Welles prior to the defeat of the Con-
| federate ironclad Merrimac, in which
| the President expresses a doubtf III
! opinion Of the prowess of the Monitor.
| Both letters were bought by dealers.
| Forty-six other autographs by Presi-
| dent Lincoln brought prices between
| 81 and $3T5. Ex-Gov. Sproul paid $50
| for letter containing the rather rare
| autographic frank of Lincoln on the
| envelope.
Feared Publication.
| This letter evidently referred 10 the
Mason and Slidell episode. 1t reads:
'I fear that the publication OF q
part of the intercepted correspond
ence just now may do harm, and ]
| have to request you that, so far as IN
yorr pnwer YOU will suppress any
| further publication of any part OF il,
| either here, at New York or elsewhere
/ for a few days. "A. LINCOIN.
| Mr.. Sproul also bought letter by
Andrew G.. Curtin, war Governor OF
Pennsylvania, TO which Lincoln had
| added an autograph Endorsement He
paid $50.
Admiral Farragut's account OF the
New Orleans expedition went for $1lo,
while q letter by Admiral Foote, in
which he announced his intention of
| attacking the Mississippi forts,
| brought $3.50.
Evening star., 1924-01-05
this should be done, and 20 far as lies
In the latters power he will insure
that this wish, which exactly inter-
ptets the late Lord CArnarvon's feel-
ings, 10 carried into effect.
CARTER NEAR COLLAPSE.

By the Associated Press. s go !
LONDON, January s5.--The corr
respondent Of the Exchange Tele4
graph at Luxor, Egypt. forwarded
the following dispatch: I.
Following Howard Carters mag
nificent discoveries OF the contenta
of the second and successive shrtnes
In the Tut-anleh-Amen tomb there has
come sudden slump. Mr.. Carter
has been working under the highest
tension lately and the culminatiou
OF his braghtsst hopes ha1 been FOL.
lowed by . reaction.
"As he walked through the VALLEY
Of Kings yesterday afternoon In the
blessing sunlight. wsarinE heavy
oyercoat. his face was drawn with
the heavy strain Of the last few days.
The correspondent has excellent rea-
son to believe that hta relations with
the Egyptian government are getting
more intolerable all the time, which,
coupled with the eyer-increAsing re-
sponsibility OF the tomb, IL affecting
his constitution. which has not been
robust for some years.
Nevertheless he was continuing his
work, which for the next few days
must Be robbed Of its glamour.
.Nr. Carter believes he viii be able
TO reach the point whore Il will be
possible to raise the lid OF the
Vsarcophaxus . fortnight hence, when
further and more dramatic diecoy-
cries Afo cortA1n.M