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Smyrna times., 1924-10-15
KENT HOME BUREAU FORMED
Women Of Kent County First in State
to Form Complete Organization

To the women of Kent County be-
longs the honor of farming the first
Home Bureau in the State Of Della
ware
The organization was completed at
a meeting held in-the State House in
Dover, October seventh. Dean Char
les McCue, spoke telling of the help
the University Of Delaware would
give to the Home Bureau thru the
Extension Department. Miss Kath
ryn Woods, State Home DemOnstra-
tion Agent presented types of pro-
grams of work.
The object Of the organization is
just what the name implies a Bu
reau whose activities will be centered
around the needs and activities of the
home. The following program of
work was adopted.
/. Food and Health.
Food in relation to age.
Healthful cooking.
Food judging.
2. Clothing.
Construction.
Renovation and remodeling.
Clothing budgets.
8. Household Management.
Kitchen contests.
Testing circles.
Exterior and interior decoration
A. Social Activities.
Community Celebrations.
Amateur Plays.
The organization of the work is to
be carried on by an executive com
mittee composed of the officers and
county project leaders. instruction in
subject matter will be obtained thru
the Home Demonstration Agent of
the Extension Service Of Delaware
University. Any woman in Kent
County is eligible TO become a mem
Der Of the Home Bureau.
Mrs. Harry Smith of Fox Plains
Farms was chosen for president of
the Home Bureau; Mrs. David Metz
Of Camden, vice-president, and Mrs.
Lockwood Cowgirl Of Dover, as Secre-
tary-T Treasurer.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15
tex SHOOTING OCTOBER 16

tatiOns Point to a Good Season on
eayare River and Bay Marshes
morrow, Thursday, October 10Th,
lT will open on wild ducks, geese
pts coOts, gallinules and snipe in
Eue. Although the state law al
: these birds to be shot on Octo-
2 the Federal law does not per
: 1em to be shot until the 10th,
Pm case Of this kind the Feder-
lE takes precedence over the state
Bother provision in which the
2 and Federal laws conflict is in
hours in which sportsmen may
u the fowl. Federal hours are
ole-haf hour before sunrise un-
sl-s.:., While The tatc law allows
ting from one hour before sunrise
one hour after sunset. The
a2- law has to be observed in
ase as in the opening Of the sea
iAn all indications, the coming
@ should be good one for the
as thousands Of the fowl have
been seen flying over the
marshes. Thousands Of black
' we're hatched in the marshes
V spring and have never left this
y. The number Of ducks that
IN IN the locality the year around
-easing each year, according to
S@ilen ~, and marsh owners.
wa The arrival from the north of
0aef species common about here,
,,- -'ia' teal, sprig, gray and a few
.N9acks, there should be plenty
.1 ga shooting, when the season Of
oI7 opens. '0'' u
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15
:" 'HANGES IN FORD SEDAN

g.,1 Oeakyne Are Telling Their
R,.' '' OIL Some Welcome Changes
IT, ., = Deakyne Of this town, as
~ O'ner local Ford dealers, are
\, ',5. ls change in the Ford Fordor
! ~, .llca has been effected lately.
~, .'n !. the ear a most attractive
"a XII ialS Ford type, which has
AN :nly popular since its intro
s@.53 3i.o 'ne Ford line, is now up-
lsJ,.l. 'l N a soft, durable cloth Of
aa NJ. background relieved bv a
d, ras .s stripe. Head lining and
q M : .,n ,anarmonize nicely in color
q vi,a..' ..'l curtains on the three
as,o to"S ! give an added tone Of
b, I, y :. Ine interior, equally ef-
8 O par s 'le day time and under the
ss,tr,...' !. 'ne dome light at night.
Ggbt are complete, the Ford
nj, .ni-.'. windshield wiper and rear
.,la5 ao.,, 'or now being part Of the
a Wi,s i.sslpment n of the Fordor
he elos.S me change in uphols-
no,s s'osed '. car buyer is given a
ior faTiIl' GiiIlety in the selection of
l0aor, MO, mn Or the always attrac-
@Iasy asy Il ibplSlstered ,Sa e in dark brown
~ me Ford coupe also re-
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15
'fIII8NTENT .!3lI COUNTY, II,
THAN YEAR AGO
.rOp Of MUCH BENEFIT
gG G,g5 EBEI EGIoSCORDS SC RIPENED
,.,., Than Ever Before as
" b's.Sl SsId This Year as High
Sbl'' 'O'T Ton as Against S72

NJ O'd SsId This Year as Hlgh
5'9e' soo 'a'1 q Ton as Against S72
'..s,ting NV Of the luscious Con-
DE- in's'ra cached its peak last
aP'3 5bs grapes, owing to the
ill -. at a time they were rip
%. i5a5 llsii, much to their appearance
.s1Jng llrSl to the growers made
s3.e1"I o,i.isr and sweeter. Earlier in
..,.o1 l.1r'r the members Of the .l:r.t Kent
sl'Cr C,.ne Growers Association
.. .ss+.J J'dl that the crop this year
y llsa !. obout 50 carloads from the
/. y ~. y IN vineyards. This estimate
lSS. lt.Ssred. e. from shipments already
, l, s.5 what it is anticipated will
Z. .ia 1s' -bis week, will be realized
~, .sioments by rail will be about
aroad. and the remaining third
mon is going forward by motor
r.or there has been a market
'. -,,5s. from Delaware in Pitts
I, Ike lew York, Providence and ID
last season practically all
W. Y. cranes we're sold in Philadel-
y his wear the growers have
having their grapes inspected
.,rsmment inspectors and this
n the fruit has done much to
sits from the Delaware crop this
J, will be better than ever before.
I rear grapes sold at about S72 a
Tns year as high as 500 is be-
v,li7ei. But, this is not due to
nslity of the Delaware grapes
IN /. excellent, but because Wis
In and New York grapes have
ate. Grapes from the west and
I from New York state will be just
a starting in heavy this week.
4 enabled Delaware growers to
,he market for the past two
4 practically to themselves and
had the advantage of obtaining
inv price for them. Other years
al things being equal, the price
h not be 50 good.
nrary to sensational newspaper
uts from lower Delaware, the
1 rot did not destroy the crop
rear. The growers who use in
gzce and scientific methods in
nton sprayed their grapes and
III the black rot to a standstill.
@ who didn't spray had a hard
haory to tell.
Vile the government inspector
lei grapes that were examined
a guarantee of class, it was not
Bed 50 much this year as it will
d subsequent years when New
/ and western grapes vie with
sETe fruit in the market.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15

mains in brown cloth, affording the
most practical and pleasing effect un-
der the wide variety of uses to which
this popular Ford closed type is
adapted.-See advertisement
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15

THE PUBLIC ANSWERS By approval Of
the method established for the past so year
Of making the longest wearing Pure Paint.
See our advertisement in this paper and
that L & M sEMI-PASTE PAINT costs s" CO
per gallon and a gallon costs nothing II ~
satisfactory.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15

Nov that the hunting season is coming on, there's
IN lot of pleasure in anticipation-fun in getting
ready for it.
That's why your dealer and Remington Incorporating
to give you Remington Sportsmens Week-a chance for
youtosee what's Whatfor hunting, camping and trapping
And the show is not held in New York, off in
Chicago, but right in your store, in your town.
So drop in chat with your dealer. He likes to talk
hunting, too.
Take time look things just the Remington
exhibit but the hunting coats cooking and camping
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15

aster bIade, Clip blade,
punch blade, screw
driver, can opener,
bottle opener and
corkscreW,
Evening star., 1924-09-07

This BIZ. powerful, enclosed Pd&esolls
for hundreds less than several smaller,
lesspowesful, ,encaosedoarsfTh ThesesmalleI
less able closed cars cost. $228-$238S-
S249S-S2850. You can drive the biz. smart,
powerful Paige BrouSham for only s2175!
Evening star., 1924-09-07
0RS and MOTORING - -
Writer Aduocotes Bypassing
To Relieve Traffic Congestion
Diversion of Through Tourists From
Cities Downtown Centers Suggested as
Satisfactory to Motorists and To,Uns.

"Our cities have just begun to wake
up to the fact that it is not an ad-
vantage, but a decided disadvantage,
to debouch into the malestrom of
their downtown traffic. the through
travel which has no desire whatever
to be tangled up in city congestion.
hampered and delayed by its neces-
sary regulations and led by devious
windings through main streets of
business blocks where 1t does not
wish to stop. Through traffic and
intra-city traffic should be, in SO far
as possible, absolutely separated, and
it is odd that this apparently simple
truth is only now beginning to be ap-
preciated by the business and civic
authorities Of the average American
community
According to the view taken by Mr..
Macauley, a main route that leads
straight through the business and
shopping section Of a city is as unde-
sirable as a main line of a railroad
that cuts through the heart of a COM
munity. Cities that are well planned
allow the through traffic to pass by
without business interruption. the
article shows. yet allow for conve-
nience of entrance into the business
section If the steam road traveller de-
sires to stop over.
Making cities way stations in
, stead of terminals is the way Mr..
Macauley sums up the subject A
recent census taken in downtown
Pittsburgh on the Lincoln Highway,
he contends, showed that some 20
per cent of the vehicles represented
| the through travel which did not
| want to be in that part Of the city
| at all and which, had it been possi-
| BILE, would probably never have en-
| tered the city.
| Live Issue in New York.
| '"The way-station ideal is alive in
| New York" the writer adds, with
| talk of elevated marginal ways to
make midtown New York a way sta
tion for traffic from lower to upper
| Manhattan. On varying scales all
| cities need to study and work along
| these lines"
In commenting upon the article
| President Thomas p. Henry of the
American Automobile Association says
that with the tremendous appropti-
| ations now available for highways it
| is vitally important for every city
and town to take up this matter
of routing the through motor traffic
| and that city authorities and business
| inerests can save time and effort by
cooperating with their local auto
| mobile club.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Economy in Car Ownership
Orerdone, Is Experts View
Cites Effort to Get Too Many Miles
to the Gallon Of Gas as
One Mistake.

be bitten by. the economy bug. ne
may be tempted to go to some me-
chanic who does not know the cir
cumStanceS, and ask him to make a
close adjustment. The result is that
the valve stems expand too mulch ana
hold open the valves so that they
burn and require having the JOB done
over again.
There is no economy in carrying
economy to extremes. When you nave
your eye always on the gas tank you
are in danger of losing all you save
on fuel and more besides. 1t is 4 mis-
fortune that gas mileage should be
confused with economy in the opera
ton of the car itself, and the sooner
car owners look to economy OF the
more important feature of car owner
ship the better off they will be.
In an effort to save lot of gas by
coasting, for instance, one owner used
his cluth excessively until one day 1t
failed him entirely and steered him
straight to a repair shop, where he
dropped more money than he had
ever saved on fuel. He had wasted
lot of brake lining as we'll, but he
was not to know this until he had to
have the brake refined after half the
usual mileage.
Much false economy is practiced
with tires. A motorist is certainly
justified in trying to get the best pos
sible mileage from his tires, but
there is a lot in knowing how to be
economical. The matter of transfer
ring the older and weaker tires to
the front wheels prolongs the life of
the average tire, but it is not a safe
feature if the motorist is accustomed
to fast driving. Old tires will give
remarkably good mileage when the
car is Just driven around the city, but
they are no economy for a long trip.
Manner OF Driving n Factor.
Whether to economize by using old
tires for spares depends upon your
particular way of driving. If you are
never in a hurry to get anywhere an
old tire will always take you to your
destination, because you will drive at
a moderate speed. On the other hand
if you are inclined to try to make up
for lost time after being delayed for
a puncture the chances are that the
old spare will never see you through.
An old tire will not stand speed.
Despite many experiences to sug-
geSt the contrary a blowout patch
can be used with success. Here again
the matter of economy has something
to do with liberality in the invest
ment process. There are old blowou,
patches and new, good tire members
and bad, shoes that will be strength
ened by a patch and those that won't
Sometimes we've got to spend little
more to get real results.
No wise motorist ever allows the
matter of oil or grease economy tc
occupy his serious thought for he
knows that while fabrication is one
of the least expenses in motoring il
is the most vital factor in service
and dividends. However, fabrication
Evening star., 1924-09-07

BypassinG automobile express
traffic by developing turnouts and
runarounds for the motor tourist who
is not interested in making a stop
over, and who is thus a liability to
the community, is advocated as
civic necessity by Alvan Macauley,
writing In the September issue Of
American Motorist, official publica-
tion of the American Automobile As
sociation.
Mr.. Macauley, speaking as a men,
Der of the traffic planning and safety
committee of the National Automobile
Chamber Of Commerce, says that be-
cause the modern tourist knows where
he Is going and travels on schedule
which calls for stop at noon and
another at night, he is not necessarily
a potential customer in every COM
munity he traverses, and that heavy
through traffic has not been an asset
to those merchants and business in
terests who have insisted on leading
it by their doors.
'"The laying out Of Americas State
and Federal highways, now rapidly
progressing, has a vital influence on
city traffic congestion, on the con-
venience Of tourist travel, on freight
transport costs and on local busi-
ness" Mr.. Macauley explains. Proper
location OF TOulCS C1h 81 CdIiy
aid solution Of municipal problems in
which all motorists are greatly con-
cerned. Civic bodies now deplore
what five years ago they demanded
interurban traffic through their busi-
ness centers."
Cities Fail to Cooperate.
The article stresses the importance
| of interlocking the arterial road sys-
tenn, as now being laid out, with the
routing of through motor travel. II
| Is pointed out that with the corolla.
| ton of State systems into an inter
state system of national benefit State
| and Federal road authorities have
| been engaged in laying out road!
| which will carry over so per cent o.
| the highway traffic of the Nation, bu
| that despite the vision behind thi.
great national movement very little
active cooperation is being had from
American cities.
Left alone" says Mr.. Macauley
| "the majority of our State highwa
| departments, with the aid and co
| operation Of the Federal Government
| can, with a State and National view
point on the traffic situation, lay ou
| a system of arterial highways which
in addition to serving interurba
traffic most efficiently, will go far to
| ward relieving many of the ills fror
| which the majority Of cities suffer.
Evening star., 1924-09-07

weight Of the vehicle and the radius
of the curve and proportional to the
square of its velocity. If the power
is applied in rounding a curve, the
tendency to rip off the tires is fur
ther aggravated by the backward
drag due to traction. If the clutch is
released, however, that factor is elm
mated and the strain is thereby re-
duced
Evening star., 1924-09-07
ny FREDERICK {. RUSSELL.

Economy in the ownership of car
can bt oNerdUne like anything else.
Furth. rmorc, it is being oNcrdone.
In an effort 10 get too many miles
TO the gallon of gas. too many miles
of serl iCc from tires and too many
miles of riding per dollar investcr in
repairs. Ercasing and adjustments car
owners are paying the piper to the
tune of millions of dollars annually.
Many a motorist is forced to buy
an inferior tire because he can't get
any other when some old shoe that
he has tried to rejuvenate blows out
while he is far from home. Many
a man pays a double repair bill for
work that could have been done as
far less expense and trouble months
before.
Striking Instance of Folly.
One of the most striking instances
of the folly of straining for econ
omy is in postponing valve grinding
work. It is not unusual for motor
ist to run 10000 miles without TAX
ing off the head of the engine, and
there are cases where twenty-five
thousand miles still finds a motor de-
livering the goods, but it is rare to
find an owner who appreciates the
fact that it is not a matter of eXtraV-
agance to have valves ground in reg
ularly, but of avoiding false economy.
When valves are allowed to go for
long periods of time without atten-
ton their seats become badly pitted
and burned. 1t is easy enough to re-
face the valves or substitute new ones
but ordinary grinding will not suffice
to bring back seats that are so badly
damaged. 1t is necessary to ream out
the seats with great care and then
grind in the usual way This doubles
the time required for the work and
lowers the valves to a point where
they do not lift quite as high as be-
fore. This means a shade less power.
which may be very noticeable in a
motor that is growing feeble through
neglect.
Item of Wasted Gas.
Few car owners figure how much
it is costing them in wasted gas to
drive around with an engine that
needs attention. If car ordinarily
does II miles to the gallon of gas re-
failing a. 20 cents and does 10 miles
to the gallon when it needs valves
ground and carbon cleaned out the
owner pays $50 in extra gas to post
pone the job for 5000 miles.
1t is true that loose tappets-that
is. tappets with too much clearance
are a source of power loss and, there
fore, of fuel Wastage. 1t is slight
but usually sufficient, to interest the
man who wants to have his engine
running as efficiently as possible.
After grinding in valves it is Gus
tomary to leave more than the usual
amount of clearance in order to allow
the valves TO pound down and seat
better, and if the owner happens te
Evening star., 1924-09-07
MOTOR CAN DO 1T.
Will Force Water Out When Drain
Is Stopped Up.

1t frequently happens that when
the radiator drain cock is opened
there will be enough sediment in the
system to keep the water from drain
ing off While the drain plug can
economy is not always a matter of
stinting the car. 1t is often the re-
suit of failing to make an investment
in good oil and of taking the trouble
to find out what grades of lubricant
are most appropriate for the car. The
only economy in lubricating a car is
to give it the right kind of oil or
grease at the right time. in the right
place and in the right quantities.
Whenever a motorist feels that he
has had wonderful service from some
particular part of the car and that 1t
Evening star., 1924-09-07

has been unusually economical that
Is the time when he should drive into
a repair. shop and have the particular
unit looked over. The chances are
that a few dollars invested at this
point will forestall a big repair bill
that is just beyond the horizon.
More fines are paid for exceeding
the economy limit than are collected
by all the police courts in the coun-
try. So why be caught?
Copyright, 1924. by the Jllman Feature
Service.)
Evening star., 1924-09-07
RULE TO GOVERN CLUTCH.
Precaution at Corner Beneficial in
Two Ways.

While 1t is a wise precaution to
throw out the clutch when rounding
a sharp corner. it also has beneficial
effect upon the tires. Whenever the
car tends to skid, due to its DETECTION
from a straight course, a cross strain
is brought to bear on the tire treads,
which is directly proportional to the
Evening star., 1924-09-07

usually be opened and closed by
means Of a stick or rod. removal Of
the sediment is a more laborious job
that requires reaching under the
front axle and inserting a match.
stick or a nail through the plug
opening. This annoyance can be OBJ
waited by running the engine with
the plug open. Vibration and pres
sure Of the circulating water will
usually suffice TO disturb the sedi-
ment and start the water flowing out
Evening star., 1924-09-07

The main trouble with saying "Give
me a quart Of oil" is that usually the
motorist ought to be asking Give me
two quarts of oil"
Evening star., 1924-09-07

Heresresps,moded prioesofearsequal-
Ling P9keinpowera and size: 26S-275O
-$895-$38S-snd up. Pai&e equals or
surpasses them in size and power. Yet
the Paige Brousham costs many hun
dreds of dollars less than these 49, carsl
Evening star., 1924-09-07

4ZZ6S-1ZyOS-
249SS850 You biz the Paige BrouSh
,oweul Paige Brom for only 25! dred of dollars less
Compare this Paige with cheaper or more ex-
pensive cars-you can't escape the facts. Paige
closed car value is unmatchable! This fine, big,
powerful Paige 4-Door Broueham- only $2l75
Smartly fnishedin ebony and maroon. Fine-gram
leather finish Oh upper rear. Gray mohar up
holstery.
Just think of the great power, thrilling per-
Torrance, ideal comfort this Paige offers. Paige's
big motor has 70h. p.-more than ample for climb
ing steep hills in high where others stall or shift;
slow going in high over bad stretches; speed for
emergencies; pulling away first IN traffic. Yes,
do all these thinss-and do them without ever
strainins the big Paige motor.
Evening star., 1924-09-07

How comfortable Is Paige! You'll laugh at
roads that stopped you before. Paise's rear
springs more than S feet long, snubbers, E1-inch
wheelbase, staunch weight-all combine to give
you comfort that's unbeatable!
All this marvellous power, performance and
comfort-in the smartest enclosed car on the
street-for only $2175!
Come in. See this stunning enclosed Paige.
Note the long wheelbase and long springs. The
big motor. The grace of lines. The fneness of
finish. Drive it. Mark the ease of control, riding
comfort, exhilaratng performance. Just figure
how many hundreds of dollars more you must
pay to match Paigei Why pay it?
Evening star., 1924-03-31

successful. Norway and Germany
Jared better and turned out some
thousands of tons of synthetic
nitrogen compounds in pre-war days.
During the war Germany was
completely cut off from the Chile
nitrate fields and necessity compelled
her to develop the artificial nitrogen
industry if she were to have enough
explosives 10 keep up the fight.
Counting all synthetic nitrates and
ammonium suiphate from the coke
industry, Germany produced in 1913
uitrogenous materials with a nitro
gcR content of slightly moro than
100 900 tons BY the end of the war
The country'S output of nitrogenous
materials, mostly synthetic nitrates.
contained over 50O,ee tons of nitro
gen. Tremendous plants were built
and operated by steam power near
coal fields. But most of the precious
Evening star., 1924-03-31
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BY WEBSTER.

price of the Chilean product DOM
mates the whole industry.
1T costs comparatively little to
dig up, wash out and crystalize the
sodium nitrate from Chiles vast beds
If lowest cost of production ruled the
price might be only a. few dollars
ton. But tho cost of production at
the poorest mines really sets the
starting point for the price, and then
the Chilean government raises il
greatly by putting on an export tax
OF about s12 ton. Manufacturing
synthetic nitrate with electric power
and expensive machinery is rather a
costly procedure. If Chile suddenly
took the export tax off nitrates il
might come close to wrecking the
cntire synthetic industry. unless a
protective tariff were applied by the
countries whose plants were i'm
periled."