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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
HEAVY SILK Grapes
SHOULD BE REPLACED
BY COTTON PRINTS
Bright Chintzes, Linens and
CretonRes Favored for
Spring Decorating.

The wise old philosopher, did not
speak lightly when he said: "There is
a time for all things" This is just
as naturally the time for furnishing
and refurnishing the house as it is
the time for recarpeting the earth with
grass, and hanging it with new gar
lands and shrubs. New furniture for
the porch, perhaps one or two new
pieces for the living room, or one Of
the bedrooms seem TO be particularly
tempting when people are putting
aside the winter dress of cold weather
and looking forward to spring and
summer. The housewife should re-
member, however, that while it Is
perfectly natural and sensible to buy
new furniture at this time of the
year, it is not advisable to purchase
heavy draperies which will be dust
catchers during the summer months.
If it is desired to make the home
bright and beautiful with fresh spring
draperies, only those chintz, voiles or
some other washable material should
be chosen. The heavy damask or vel
vet portiers which have given so much
warmth and color to the home during
the winter should be taken down and
carefully packed away until the fall
These silk draperies can be replaced
with lovely. and cool-appearing cotton
curtains which need not be expensive
to be effective. There are many bright
ly hued "sunfast" materials for sale,
both in solid and striped effects which
can be chosen to harmonic perfectly
with the color scheme of any room.
FTha IL IL =.
ed patterns are particularly appealing
for spring, and their backgrounds
which are usually of green. give them
a refreshing GOODNESS which no other
color can give. The vogue for chintzes
on a solid-colored ground, such ss
green, yellow. or blue is growing. In
the past the majority Of cretonnes or
chintzes were on a white or natural
ground. but with the renewed knowl-
edge Of color and its use. the solid
colored background is finding more
favor.
For those who care to put a little
more money in the spring draperics
there are blocked linens which are
truly lovely. both in their patterns AMI
in their coloring. There is nothing
more beautiful than the hand-blocked
linens, but their price prohibits them
for most homes. There are, however.
many beautiful machiae-blocked or
roller printed linens on the market
which while not as expensive nor as
aristocratic. are equally as effective
and as artistic.
Glazed chintz il still gaining in fs-
vor and hold a first place for sum
mer decoration. because its highly
glazed surface always looks fresh and
cool, and does not catch dust. nor har-
Dor dirt. Many of the glazed chintz
patterns are imported from France
and England. and these designs are
particularly desirable for the room
which conforms TO a certain period
but there is also q great deal Of
glazed chintz being manufactured in
this country. Many of the designs
from the big manufacturers can be
ordered either glazed or unglazed. the
glazing being done Mt the factory.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13

Judge Ito elderly witnessl-Your age.
madam? Witross-Thirty. Judge-Thir-
ty what Witness-Years. OF course.
Judge-Thanks. l thought It might be
morths.-Detroit Free Press.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23

thought he was-endeared him to her
She asked him occasionally to dinner
or supper and oftener to play cards OF
nah jong with them on the long sum
mer evenings.
And every week Alice handed her
aunt three dollars, which she gave her
to understand came from their garage
tenant, George Weston. Meantime
Alice's family in town began to wonder
why she prolonged her visit, but Alice
didn't like to explain.
1t was eight weeks after their first
meeting that Alice decided that some
thing ought to be done about it. She
had paid $24 out of her slim purse
already, and she felt that she couldn't
go on indefinitely.
How long are you going to stay?"
she asked George Weston that eve
ming when he paused on the broad
veranda of the Burton house to talk
with her.
George laughed with some embar-
rassment. THAT somewhat depends
on how long you are going to stay"
he said. ITO tell the truth, I've fin
ished all | really have to do on that
dam-but I've sort of spun things out.
/ didn't want to accept any proposition
somewhere else so long as by staying
here | could be near you. You know.
I've been around quite a bit since /
left college and I've never found peo-
pie like you and your aunt before.
You've been so generous-that day
when you came to offer me the space
in the garage | first realized it-and.
well, hang it all, I've been admiring
you and thinking how wonderful you
were, until now I'm in love with you.
I'm going to stay here as long as you
do"
Alice looked very much embarrassed
Tive had a wonderful summer" she
began, lamely. But | really think I'd
better start home-that is if you are
going, too"
Then you haven't wanted to go
home so long as | was here, either?"
George Weston asked, eagerly.
Indeed, l haven't" assured Alice.
to herself. And then she laid
one of her small hands on one of the
hands held out to her.
Aunt Dora is really a good Sort" she
said, "and you're an old dear. l think
love you little, too."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23

The plug which feeds this house cir
cult can be plugged into the radio set
directly, for operating headphones
only, or can also be plugged into a
Jack on the amplifier, when it is desir-
able to build up volume for the loud
speakers in the various rooms. All
the circuits are in series, with short
circuiting jacks, except the pair feed
ing the various bedrooms, which is a
pair in the 10-wire cable for the vari-
GUS house accommodating tele
phones. Outlets tapped from this pair
are bridging connect sns, with jacks
that remain open-circulted on removal
of the plugs
The radio outlets" as improvised,
consist of standard jacks mounted il
single-hole switch faceplates. These
plates are made for use with switches
having one push-button Zone push te
light, and one to extinguish), and are
available at the electrical supply
store. The hole exactly fits the stand
ard jack.
At all points for interconnection in
the Bronxville house, standard multi
jacks and duplicating plugs have been
used, affording the greatest f1exibility
of connections. But the prayers of
millions of future laymen broadcast
listeners will doubtless go up to the
radio manufacturer who replaces the
present Ito the layman) complicated
system of battery binding posts, by a
simple arrangement of polarized plugs
which cannot be incorrectly connected
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23
DUST GREAT FOE OF WATCH
Even the Most Minute Particle of Dirt
in the Modern Timepiece Will
Cause Trouble.

Dust, dirt and its owner are the
three greatest enemies of the average
watch. Few people take the slightest
trouble to insure that the elaborate
mechanism is given fair chance to do
its work properly.
The big, old-fashioned "turnips"
would stand fair amount of rough
wear, but the modern craze for tiny
wrist watches and miniature hunt.
ers" has led to the works being com.
pressed into the smallest possible
space, with the result that even the
most minute particle of dust will
cause something to go wrong.
If you treat your watch well, it will
be your trusty friend for years, but
you must remember that it works very
hard. TIE balance wheel revolves 49,
600 times an hour, which means that
if it is one-third of an inch in diameter
it travels 500 yards in that time, or
about $500 miles a year if constantly
in use.
This being the case, it is obvious
that an occasional visit to the watch
maker for cleaning and adjusting is
necessary.
Wind your watch in the morning in
stead of at night. During the daytime
you are moving about and jolting the
works, so that your watch-spring
needs to be at its highest tension. 1t
does not matter so much if it becomes
slightly slack as it unwinds at night.
Watches are sensitive to sudden
changes of temperature, so that if you
take one out of your warm pocket
when you undress and place 1t on
cold marble slab you must not be sur
prised if something goes wrong, or
even if the spring snaps. If the |
is cold you should not place |
your watch on a mantelpiece under |
meath which roaring fire is burning. |
Remember, too, that an occasional |
drop Of oil will be welcomed by the |
bearings.-London Tit-Bits.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23

Room ETC. The House Circuits
Radio Receiving the Ampfe Building
the
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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23
The Cockney Dialect

Joseph Conrad, the English novel
list, told at Il dinner in Washington d
cockney dialect story.
"A lady" he said, was visiting a
London tenement. She asked a small
boy:
Which is Block ~
"'Block I-fust block. loidy,' said
he.
mo said the lady. 1T can't be
the first block. Don't you know your
letters. childY
And she repeated the alphabet
down to T..
THE small boy gave her a look of
contempt.
"'That amt II. loidy. he said.
That's 'Oy.'"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23

There are lots of homes without
electric service and electric utility out
let's, but there is no reason why every
home should not have radio outlets"
wherever there is a radio receiving
set.
Think for a moment just what it
| means to have q radio outlet series
for distributing radio music and enter
tainment to every room in the house.
The children in their upstairs
nursery can have bedtime stories de-
livered right to their own little beds.
After listening to the tales of "Star
Man" and BILLY Cottontail," they drop
off to sleep to the strains of distant
melody. And knowledge of the fact
that the Bedtime Story Man tells his
delectable tales on schedule by the
clock, means promptness in getting to
bed fright on the minute" so that no
word will be lost. A special switch,
downstairs, cuts off the nursery Cir
cult, after the hour when little eye
lids should be closed.
And for the older people in the fam
lily who prefer to retire early to the
privacy of their own rooms, yet dis
like to be shut out of the cheerful mu-
sic and interesting addresses coming
in over the radio in the living room
the whole evenings program can be
carried upstairs and alongside easy
chair or bed, so that comfortable
deshabille does not interfere with shar-
ing the music being enjoyed below.
And for the maid-of-all-work who,
the dinner dishes done, ascends to
the barren comforts of her attic cham
ber-that attic instantly becomes an
anteroom of the liveliest jazz ballroom
in the distant metropolis, so that even
going out to the movie" will, for
her, lose much of its appeal. Where
indeed, is the housewife or household
er who would not authorize any rea-
sonable expense that will more tightly
secure Katie, Olga or Hilma?
go to Sleep by Radio"
And when bedtime for the whole
away from those best programs of |
the evening" of the distant broadcast |
ing stations which always come in |
clearest after midnight-if every one |
in the family knows that these con-
certs will follow him or her to bed
room and guestroom, so that ones last
drowsy memory between cool cover
lets, is of Indiana Moon" or THE
Golden Shore"
Right here, of course, it should be
explained that the secret of letting the
family 'go to sleep by radio" is a
clock switch (of the type used on cleo
-ric cookers), which is inserted in the
A-battery circuit, and opens that cir
,uit after the elapse of any predeter-
mined time. from ten minutes to two
lourS. For the womenfolk who are
Usually at home all Gay long, radio
throughout the house offers relief from
edium of household tasks, kitchen
work, sewing, ETC., when those hours
an be lightened with the music of
metropolitan concert or lecture
which would otherwise take half or
Whole, day to attend
How all the possibilities described
ave been actually worked out in
mall home in the suburbs of New
,ork city, is shown in the accompany
ng diagram of the radio secondary
ircuits in use in the home of the edi-
or of Electrical Merchandising, at
N. Y.
To Reach All Rooms.
The various house circuits are con-
rolled by group switch. which short
ircuits the lines not to be operated.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23
An Infant in the Kingdom.

To colOred convert a Southport
clergyman said: Suppose you were
walking along the road and saw a
lowhanging branch and on that branch
nice fat chicken. what would you
do?"
please don't ask that question,
boss" begged the convert.
20. yes. tell me what you would
do"
"Well. boss you know Use only an
infant In the kingdom"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23
This Side Up.

Sam, on board the transport, had
just been issued his first pair of hob
nailed Shoes
Zone thing, suah," he ruminated.
IF All falls overheard All suttinly
will go down at 'tenshun."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23
Use of Duo-Lateral or
Pancake Coil Mounting

1t is customary to mount duo-lat-
eral and pancake coils on the front
and outside of cabinets. This results
in somewhat clumsy appearance of
coils continually exposed to the ca
pacity effects of the body when tun-
ing. BY the simple arrangement
shown, it is possible to place these
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23
Thump Print.

Indian chiefs in their dealings with
the United States government now use
the finger and thumb print instead
of their witnessed mark. This applies
only to those Indians who cannot
read or write
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23
Bees Not So Busy.

A honeybee's work consumes about
half the hours of daylight, the remain
Ing hours of the twenty-four being
spent in rest, according to tests made
by the United States Department of
Agriculture.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23

coils inside the cabinet where they
can be efficiently shielded in the same
manner, and their exact position con
trolled and determined by dials
mounted on the front panel AS the
tops of practically all cabinets are
hinged. coils can be changed so as to
work on different wavelengths with
practically the same ease as when the
old-style mounting was used. The
accompanying sketches, showing the
manner Of construction. are self-ey
planatory.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23

In honorable dealing we must con-
slider what we intended not what we
said.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23

A man may be the architect of his
own fortune, but lots of people help
him lay up the walls.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23

The average back yard by any other
name would inspire no landscape
painter
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-23

There were number of heroes
among the Biblical characters, but
Daniel was the only one lionized.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-17
Apple Growing East
of the Mississippi
Fundamental Principles Dis
cussed in Bulletin.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agrioulture.)
The fundamental principles of apple
growing are discussed in new bulle-
tin Just issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture which
treats In particular of apple growing
east of the Mississippi river. The
fruit grower. says the department.
who best understands the principles
involved and applies them wisely is
the one who usually succeeds because
he best meets the conditions of nature
with which he contends. There Is no
rule OF thumb" method of procedure
which can be laid down to fit all local
tiles and conditions.
From their inception. says the de
partment, many orchards are doomed
to failure or to mediocrity of success
only, because they are poorly located
with respect to soil, local temperature
conditions, or for some other reason
which is inherent In the surroundings
and which might easily have been
avoided had the principles of good
orcharding been observed In the be-
ginning.
With the high costs that enter into
the development and maintenance OF
apple orchards, any advantages of site
and location and of favorable condt
lions with respect to regularity OF
crops abundant yields and perfection
Of development of the fruit may make
wide difference in the financial as
poets of an orchard enterprise, as
compared with one where adverse con
ditions occur.
The aim Of Farmers Bulletin 1890
is to help the grower in meeting some
Of the problems Of apple orchard
planting and maintenance. A copy
may be secured upon request, as long
as the supply lasts, from the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Washington. D. @.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-17
Make Stack Silage When
No Silo Is Available

Andrew Boss, vice director Of the
that farmers without silos can pre-
serve green and immature corn by the
stack method of making silage.
G. L. McNelly, Minnesota county
agent, has made stack silage for four
seasons on his farm at Mcintosh,
Mimi, and recommends it In prefer
ence to bundle fodder corn. He makes
the stack about 20 feet In diameter
and 20 feet high, keeping the center
lower than the outside until the top Is
reached when it should be filled full.
The bundles must be distributed even
ly over the surface with the butts
laid to the outside.
During the winter the top Of the
stack is kept covered with a foot or
two of wild hay which can be thrown
back as the silage Is taken Off In
order to prevent extreme freezing this
covering should be replaced after the
days feed has been thrown down.
Corn preserved in this way will rot
In for about eight inches on the out
side of the stack, but as the butts of
the stalks only are affected the loss is
not serious. According to Messrs.
Boss and McNelly the silage cures
somewhat differently from the COM
mon corn silage in that 1t seems to
develop less acid. There is q sweet
molasses odor and flavor which make
1t palatable for all kinds Of live stock.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-17
Most Important to Keep
Sheep Free From Worms

1t is most important to keep sheep
free from tapeworms. These worms
come from ripe segments dropped by
infested sheep on the pastures so that
old, or permanent pastures soon
become tainted for sheep. Lambs
should, so far as possible, have new,
clean grass to go on each spring and
before turning the ewes and lambs
out to grass the ewes should be treat
ed to free them of worms, especially
stomach worms (strongylus haemon-
chus). When sheep are known to be
infested with tapeworms starve them
for "a hours. then give each sheep one
to two drains Of freshly powdered
kamala, washed down with water.
After administering the medicine turn
the sheep into pen on the floor Of
which slaked lime has been spread to
the depth of one inch or more. Keep
the sheep there for "a hours.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-17
Dairy Products Perfect
and Economical Food

1t has always been known that milk
and other dairy products were very
healthful and economical foods, but
these facts were not fully realized I'M
til scientists made their startling dis
coveries, within recent years. con-
corning those mysterious substances
known as vitamins, which are con-
tanned in milk. butter, ETC., and which
are absolutely essential to the growth
and health Of the old as well as the
young. Milk and other dairy products
are the most perfect of all foods, and
the dairy COW is the most economical
producer of such food.
Various agencies and organizations,
such as the United States Department
of Agriculture, national, state and
local health organizations, doctors
nurses, ETC., the national dairy coun-
ell and many commercial organiza-
lions, have given these facts enormous
publicity and advertising, and have
educated the public to a greater ap-
probation and knowledge of the value
Of dairy products.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-17
Lay Poison for
Borers in Fall
Most Serious Pest of Trees
and Must Be Combated
to Get Good Fruit.

| prepared by the United States Department
Of A9riculture.)
Throughout much of the peach grow
Ing district east of the Rocky noun
tains from Canada to Florida. orchard
lists are troubled with the damaging
work of the peach borer, the most i'm
trees and one that must be combated
relentlessly il the peach is to be
grown. Its injuries each year. includ-
Ing the cost Of control measures,
amount probably to not less than &c.
100000, says the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
This pest has been known for more
than $50 years, is native American
Insect, and has demanded the atten-
ton Of horticultural men continuous
ly. Many methods have been tried
for its eradication and control, but
not until 1915, when the bureau of
entomology began experiments in the
use of various toxic gasses as a pos
sible means of control, was any very
practical method found.
Use Paradichlorobenzlne.
In these experiments it was found
that the chemical paradichlorobenzine
for which the abbreviated name para
dichlor" is suggested when referred
to as an insecticide, could be used
successfully in control of the insect.
This chemical is a white crystalline
substance having an etherlike odor
which, while harmless to persons and
domestic animals under ordinary con-
ditions, is poisonous to insects
Application of this chemical to
peach trees for the control of the peach
borer should be made in the fall after
most of the moths have finished their
egg-laying activities, to avoid late in
festation of the trees. The method
consists simply Of applying the chem
ical to the soil around the base of the
tree In a circular band an inch or two
wide, care being taken that the inner
part Of the band is about two inches
from the, tree trunk. AS soon as the
chemical has been applied, cover 1t
carefully with several shovelfuls OF
dirt, making a cone-shaped mound
around the tree trunk by packing the
earth with the back of the shovel.
Remove Dirt Mounds.
Under average fall weather condi-
lions most of the chemical under the
soil covering will have evaporated In
four to six weeks, killing from 80 to
100 per cent of the borers. 1t is a
good practice to remove the mounds
Of dirt some five or six weeks after
application of the chemical.
The "paradichlor," in the experience
Of the bureau Of entomology, can be
used without danger of injury on trees
four years of age and over-the dose
on four and five-year trees being three
fourths of an ounce per tree, on trees
six years of age and older one ounce
per tree, or, If the trees are unusual
y large one and one-quarter ounces
nay be used.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-17
Improve Marketing Plans

More farmers adopted improved
practices in marketing their products
IN 1928 than In any other single phase
of farm activity In which better meth
DDS established by experience and ex-
pertinent were demonstrated by CO
operative agricultural extension work
ers. The number of farmers adopting
improved marketing methods through
the influence of extension work during
the year, according to the United
States Department of Agriculture, was
e39, 29O.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-17
FARM kCTNr

Pull out and burn all bean vines In
fected with rust.
Give special feeding and attention to
hogs to be shown at fairs.
The successful dairyman must weed.
feed and breed. and keep continually
at 1t.
The average American COW gives
but half of the milk of the average
COW In Denmark.
Whitewash looks good on the out
side of poultry houses and pig pens
but on the inside 1t does good.
Testing cows is a good deal like
matrimony from the mans viewpoint
you always get the best results Ii
you humor every whim.
A bookkeeping system Of the farm is
like speedometer on the fiivver; 10
tells you how fast you're going and
lets you figure the costs.
A high producing dairy cow, or any
dairy COW for that matter. should
never be forced to drink water below
q temperature of So degrees.
Don't let the woodlot be used as
grazing ground. The feet of the cat
tie bruise the roots at the base OF the
trees and this gives entrance to In
sects and disease spores.