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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Seems Logical

Blinks-"I don't see why you don't
call them hay widows?" Jinks-"Why
! that?" Blinks-"Because grass is
green and grass widows are anything
but. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Find "Yorth Fountni,1n

Johns Hopkins experts have found
a fountain of youth but only for
tadpoles. A gland in the brain is
cut away when the egg tadpole is
Matching and this prevents it from
aging In any way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Canaries Once Green

Canaries In their wild state were
green and had louder and clearer
voices than the domestic variety. They
were first brought to Europe in the
Sixteenth century.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-12-04
Tuning Vines

A given species Of twining vine
turns in the same direction.-Scienes
Service.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
Worn Piston Rings VIII.
Cause Overheated Motor

The average motOrist, when he be-
comes aware Of an overheated engine,
usually thinks Immediately of such
common causes of motor heat as the
lack of oil or water. There are, how
ever, still other reasons that are just
as potent and dangerous. One Of these
is the worn piston ring.
AutomOtiye experts tell us that, on
each compression stroke, part of the
gas vapor passes down past the loose
fitting piston rings into the crank case
and there condenses and mixes with
the oil, thus causing a gradual thinning
out of the lubricant. Consequently the
rubbing steel parts are starved of
oil, and friction at once begins. The
mixture of oil and gas, the function
of which Is to form the film
of oil between the cylinder walls
and pistons, is soon broken down
under the intense cylinder tempara-
ture. The gasoline Immediately burns
under high temperature, leaving a car
bon deposit and leaving the rubbing
surfaces hard and dry. This. cannot
help but create heat. which at once
registers on the heat indicating device
placed on the radiator cap, thereby
warning the motorist to act before it is
too late.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
Connecting Good Roads
Important to Drivers

Good roads are multiplying In this
country, even faster than trucks can
smash them. Long stretches Of fine
paving are found now in almost every
section, running from city to city, and
sometimes for amazing distances
through the open country.
But there is always one obstacle
that the driver. be he local resident or
tourist, runs up against sooner or later.
He comes to a jumping-om place where
there Is an almost impossible gap be-
tween two good roads. It is like q
sudden drop back into the dark ages
of transportation.
A member of n Of the state high
way commissions makes the very SEN
sible suggestion that in road-building
programs, attention be given first TO
hard-surfacing these one-mile and two
mile gaps, before building any more
long pavements that don't quite reach,
says the Madison (Ind.) Courier. Link
ing up the sound pavements makes the
whole present good road system avail
able. Further progress may well start
from there. 1t would transform road
transportation in most of the states If
this simple policy were adopted.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
.'Had

lated to the recent war, and thus must
hide his real identity. How perfectly
absurd 70
Mrs. Swellbeigh simply laughed at
gossip of this sort. 1t always came
back to her. Why shouldn't she laugh?
Baron Dumdum was her guest and had
promised to continue as her guest.
though bids for him had been made
even by persons In a circle Mrs. Swell
beigh could not penetrate, especially
by mothers with daughters who smiled
upon him. For the baron was hand
some withal.
The riches Of the S~wellbetghs car
ried them triumphantly in the newer
Newport set. Even the exclusive few
gasped at the display Mrs. Swell
beigh made of jewels. And her collec-
tion of gems was as famous in Lon
don ana Paris as 1t was at Newport.
Even Baron Dumdum gasped at them.
And yet no IN outside of the family
ever saw all of Mrs. S~wellbeigh's gems
together-that is, no one but Felice,
the paragon Of a maid, whose attrac-
tiveness and worth even Mrs. Arbour
and Mrs. Delevere had admitted. To
Felice, in fact, the jewels were in
trusted when not in a safety vault and
when Mrs. Swellbeigh had them at
hand for personal adornment on great
social occasions. And Felice was even
trusted to take them to and from their
seclusfon.
Baron Dumdum danced divinely.
and among his other accomplishments
and of this he seemed proud-was
his ability to drive a car. No racing
chauffeur could take a motor through
dangerous mazes of traffic with great
er skill, and none could drive at speed
more safely. He often drove Mrs.
S~wellbeigh. as much TO her pride as
her exhilaration.
One morning, after a late function,
Mrs. S~wellbeigh woke within an hour
of the time she was to take a spin
with the baron. She called Felice, but
the maid did not respond. She called
Mimi, a second maid, who could give
no account of the favorite. Mrs. Swell
beigh>had performed her toilet in days
gone by without assistance, and she
did it this morning, frequently giving
word that Felice should be sent in the
moment she appeared.
Mrs. S~welIbeigh, at that stage OF
dressing that called for ornamental.
ton, could not find her jewels. A ter
rible thought came to her. Had Felice
disappeared with them? Hysterical.
she sent word to the baron's apart.
ment for counsel.
The baron had also Disappeared
(copyrisht.l
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
GOOD Is
ROADS.
NATIONAL SYSTEM
OF ROADS NEEDED

Under the urge of necessity rural
highways are being merged into a ma
tionaI system very much the anne way
as our railways were standardized and
connected up throughout the country.
Roads in each township are being
standardized as to type and connected
up with roads In the county. These
county trunk lines are being connect
ed up into state systems, and from
there on with c-ross-continent routes
north, east, south and west, with the
national government aiding In con-
struction.
AS In the case of the n~arrow-gauge
railroad, the earth road is being broad
ened and improved with durable mate
rial under force Of traffic developments.
As railroad traffic grew, larger en-
gines were required to pull heavier
trains at greater speed. Grades were
reduced, stronger roadbeds were built
and heavier steel rails were put Into
service. The st~andardizing and merg-
ing of railways into great trunk lines
went ON until the country's needs, so
far as railway mileage was concerned
were met. Then a cessation IN rail-
way building came. Main line con-
struction fell off until mileage Of new
roads in 1915 was only 1,157.79 miles.
In the 90 years prior to 1915, new
construction had reached as high as
5000 miles in one year. Today the
construction of new railroads mas de-
creased to such an extent that the
building of sldings and spurs IS
greater than the mileage Of new main
line track.
1t is but a step from the railway
siding to the country road. ROAD
building, rail and wagon, has whip
sawed around in the United States un-
til the country road in its develop
ment into a national system has taken
the lead in the field of construction.
The linking together of cities and I'M
portant manufacturing centers by
steel rails was once the great need In
the evolution of transportation. To-
day railroad construction Is ecl1psed
by the itensifed work of building per-
manent rural highways between towns
and forging the local roads into
strong, serviceable links In a nation
wide system.
An outstanding fact in this connec-
ton Is that the public has been edu-
Gated to demand types of construction
for highways that insure adequate re-
turns on the expenditures; in other
words, road funds must o be In
vested instead Of spent. 1t is not in
frequently found that certain
stretches of highway have been I'M
proved at a cost comparable to that
of steam railways. Motor-truck traffic,
which has been a prominent develop
mento on our highways during the past
two years, has proved that the best
and cheapest road is one so well built
that it will take the pounding Of this
traffic and anticipate an unexpected
growth Of such traffic without requir-
ing costly maintenance.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
Knocks Indicate Trouble
Somewhere in Engine

Ability to tell one knock from an
other forms an important part In the
education of the motorist. They may
be classified under the four general
heads: Spark too far advanced. over
heating, carbon in cylinder head, and
loose or worn parts.
A spark knock occurs only when
the engine is pulling against heavy
load, as on a hill. If the knock dis
appears when the spark is retarded
and comes on again when the spark is
advanced, 1t Is evident that excess
carbon is thestroubIe.
A.knock due to Overheating will also
be noticed on a hill, but it occurs on
level roads. AS 1t Is always accom-
panied by steam from the radiator,
1t is not difficult to identify.
Carbon knocks may be mistaken
for a knock due to overheating, as It
increases in loudness on a hill and
has another symptom in common, that
of causing the engine to u after
the switch has Teen opened. To make
sure of this trouble remove q spark
plug or a valve cap and look into the
cylinder. If the parts are slightly
discolored there is nothing to fear, but
If there is much carbon it will be OBJ
vious.
Having eliminated all three above,
there remains the possibility Of piston
slap or of some bearing working
loose. Piston sian occurs mostly In
old engines and cannot be removed
without reg-inding cylinders and fit
ting new pistons and rings. This
knock is not dangerous. But a part
coming loose may wreck the engine,
so do not experiment, but have al
expert take up the search at this
point.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
Finance in Afghoniston

An ingenious scheme has been de-
vised for financing the Afghan en-
bassies abroad. Every embassy in
Kabul has to pay the same rent there
for accommodation as the Afghan min
lister in the corresponding foreign cap
ital. Colonel Humphreys mud bunga-
low, for instance, costs his govern
ment as much as the house In Gros-
venor gardens, London, where the
Afghan envoy resides.-LoweIl Thomas
ia Asia Magazine.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
Dancing Old as Race

The Oldest people known to have in
habited the earth had forms of dane
ing not unlike those which still exist.
The first ballet, however, was given
in Italy in 1439, and was introduced
into France a century after.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
Saving on Tires

The saving on tires has been partly
investigated at the University of Hi
nois, and it has been found that I'M
Improved roads wear out tires four
times faster than the best types Of inn
proved roads. Let US take W. as the
average ratio for the various types,
This means that where 1t would re
quire two tires to travel a certain dis
lance on an unimproved road, 1t would
require only one tire for the same dis.
lance on the average improved road
The cost of tires comprises about s
per cent of the total operating cost
SO that the saving thus made become;
4 per cent Of the total.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
IN ON'T you thlnk the swelIbeIgha

a H0Z0T0 OF HO&Ptk0tktY
UD ONT you think the Swellbeighs
are a bit vulgar, dear7"
How can anyone who gets rich SO
quickly help being vulgar2'
all at once"
"And they seldom come at all to per-
sons not born to them"
How truel"
Thus gossiped Mrs. Arbour and Mrs.
Delevere over their afternoon tea.
They belonged to old families at New
port, a few OF whom had not died out
or sold ri Newport. the wiseacres
said, was "going back"
The tide Of new wealth and attend
ant g~aucheries had driven many Of
these first families away. It was only
six months before that the Lestors
had sold their elaborate place and all
its belongings to the newcoming Swell
beighs.
The entrance Of Mrs. Swellbeigh
into the Casino at the moment, expos
ing every detail of the latest mode In
dress, had started this conversation
between Mrs. Arbour and Mrs. Dele
we're, both Of whom threw up their
lorgnettes to a naughty trajectory that
carried over Mrs. Sw~ellbelgh's head,
while the unobstructed eye Of each
took in the sartorIal variety Of an
overdressed woman.
"But their servants are marvels.
dear. Mrs. Swellbeigh's newest maid
Is just the most chic creature I've
ever Scent"
"She's pretty. and no doubt clever.
But don't you observe that their do
nestle star serves only to make their
own shortcomings the more pro-
nounced? The contrast. my dear, is
something DREADFUL I"
'Do you believe-I don't-that this
Baron Dumdum they parade with such
e~ffrontery is a real person Of title7
They say there is no such name In the
Almanach de Gotha.'
"But surely you've heard how Mrs.
~Swellbeigh accounts for thati She in
sists he's even more than a baron.
Hints that he's a minor royalty owe
here incog. on a political mission re-
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
Cars and Roads Race

Throughout the United States there
are now only about twenty-five miles
OF improved road surface for each
1000 automobiles registered. Back In
1919 figures show the country offered
some forty miles Of paved highways
fer each 1000 ears in operation.
Since 1910 motor-vehicle registration
has Increased $500 per cent. while
highway improvements. measured in
terms of road expenditures. have In
creased q little more than 500 pei
cent.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
His Rusiness Size

Two Of his friends were discussing
Dick, as friends will. II hear" re-
marked one, ''that Dick is doing a big
business" There was a silence, as
there often is under such circum-
stances. "Well, isn't he?' persisted the
first friend. There was another silence
and then the second friend replied:
"a big business? I'd hardly say that,
but he's doing a near-mahogany desk
size business"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
Contracting a Rim With a New Tool
for Tire Removal: The Tool Is Ad-
Unstable to Any Size Of Rim.

ends of the bars. The tool may be adj
justed to various-sized rims by merely
changing the thumbscrews to different
holes spaced along each bar. 1t is
made to ft any one-piece split, de-
mountable auto rim, and enables the
tire to be removed without injury
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
Adjustable Rim Tool

A new tool for the removal of auto
mobile tires consists Of two adjustable
bars connected with thumbscrews to
a handlebar, by which the tool is ex-
panded or contracted when the rim is
engaged by lug hooks at the outer
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-09-17
Silence MOI AIrunps Good

There may be times when silence is
gold, and speech silver; but there are
times, also, when silence is death, and
speech is life-the very life of Pente-
cost.-Max Miller.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-11
Education Week Comes
Nov. Is to 20 This Year

| The United State Bureau of Edu-
| cation is again promoting a week S
campaign for the furtherance of I'D
ucational interests throughout the
! United, known as "Amc
/ cational Week." which will be observ-
ed this year from November 16 to %,
| inclusive.
/ This is the sixth annual observan e
of American Education Week, which
was -inaugurated by the United
States Commissioner of Education in
| 1920.
American Education Week has be-
come permanent institution states
g. preamble to the program. at deals
with problems so fundamental that it
appeals to all the people and becomes
more successful each year as parents
and teachers understand that educa-
ton touches the whole life.
1.-The following program is project
ed by the American Legion, the Ma
tional Education Association anl the
United States Bureau of Education.
1t can easily be modified to fit into
| the plans o. i4t
end communities. Many communities
! and States WI follov y !;
1t stands. Others will provide for
special days and topics TO meet parti-
cular needs.
"Plans for pro"lar,ntio~~ hv thu
PRESIDENT of the United States, by
State Governors and city mayors haze
already been made more extensively
than q year ago. Newspapers, edu-
cational journals. General m
and radio managers are planning
father ahead for the Observance o.
the Week
During this Week let every con-.
munity study not only its educational
plant. but also its educational ideals
and the community and atmosphere
in which the children are brought W.
Let parents visit teachers and teach
ers visit PARENTS in an effort t. solve
the common problems of children.
Let the Week be time of deepe-
understandings on the part of the
people of the role education has play /.
ed, is playing and must play in tn (
ne Of our great democracy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-11

direct cause of very few drownings
An easy way to relieve them is to
go under the water for a moment
and pinch the cramped muscles quick
ly with both hands. This will gen
orally effect an immediate relief.
The cramps which are often dead
ly and much easier prevented than
relieved are stomach cramps. Gen
orally they are caused by swimming
too far after eating. When they at
tack swimmer it is time he began
thinking pious THOUGHTS. A safe rule
is never to go into water until two
hours after eating. If this is follow
ed there is little danger from stomach
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-11
ps.- Saturday Evening Post.

There is a demand voiced by many
newspapers of this state that con-
gress repeal the present bankruptcy
law. In most cases it SIMPLY offers
dishonest persons a means to avoid
paying their honest debts. The
sooner it is repealed the better.-
Waseca Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-11
FEAR CAUSES MOST DROwNINGs

Fear Judge John Barton Pavna
told me after his recent nationwide
inquiry into the causes of accidents,
drownings, "is the swimmers worst
enemy. 1t is a contributary cause
OF the majority of downings. Many
swimmer has gone to a waterv
grave who could have reached safely
if he had kept cool.
Fear in itself sapes ones strength
When swimming, it makes the prope:.
coordination of muscular effort al
most impossible. Indicative of this
is the fact that most drownings occ.r.
within twenty feet of safety. A COM
mon place for them is just outside the
edge of standing bathers at beaches.
! The timid swimmer unknowinglv
gets beyond his depth When he
nnds that he is over his head he be-
comes panic stricken. He beats and
Kicks the water in swift, Ineffective
strokes, and before he has covered
half the distance he is really capable
of swimming be finds himself COM
rIetely unnerved and exhausted. In
the water one must hold his head or
lose his life.
me average person, if asked what
he thought was the most FREQUENT
case OF drowning would reply, Mus
Gle cramps. Except for the naralyzZ
ing effect by terrorizing swimmer.
they are comparatively harmless
Newspaper accounts of drowninps
have so often given the innocent
muscle cramps an unfair deal that
when the swimmer experiences them
he Immediately prepares to meet his
Maker.
Although they may temporarily
incapacitate leg, they have Been the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-11

In spite of the billions of money
end millions of men sent to Europe in
its time of dire need, Uncle Sam
seems about as popular ever there as
a baseball umpire in the ninth inn
ing Worthington Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-11
HELPING THE PEDDLER

SOutlleran Minnesota is the scene
CT operations of an Ctire.y new
specie Of the itinerant Jeddler, other
wise enown as the bell ringer" this
fall. This hoofer merchant is apply
ing the modern methods of business
organization to his sales He doe
not repeatedly plod YEARLY from
home to home, face the discouraginc
barrier of locked screen doors and en-
dure the disappointment and curt re
fusals of housewives.
Instead he enlists milady to per-
form the feat of craftsmanship for
him. That is he does in seventy-fiv,
per cent of the cases-n the other
twenty-five per cent of sales the "beli
ringer" presents a plan so simple. so
pleasing and to all appearances So
profitable to the housewife that she
elects to erform the little service with
pleasure. In other words chN oereoc
to take the place of the bell ringer"
and sell his product 70 thee, Just
three close friends.
In brief the scheme works soma-
wat thus: Mr.. Bell Ringer sells mi
lady five pairs of hosiery, silk or
"said-so" silk, for the sum of 81. In
addition to this if milady will get
three friends to purchase the 81 or
der of hosiery also she NAV retain
from their. remittance 81 for each
order, or So in all. Thus her fou.
pairs of silk, or "said-so" silk, hosn
will cost but a dollar. It's an en-
trancing plan. From all reports il
has appealed to women in some To-
calities in this vicinity.
Where Joker Comes In.
But like all selling schemes of he
itinerate peddler, milady was sole
the plan and not the merchandise.
From house to house this same little
plan was presented. Not alone was
milady sold but all her friends as
well. AS a result when the telephone
tangled merrily and she enthueiaS+i /
cally started to explain the wonderful
to MARY" she found that
Mary" already had been sold and
was counting on her as one of the
three to make up her Club" of buyers. {
And so it has gone down the line
everyone trying to sell everyone else
someone else's hosiery.
The result is that the bell ringer
mas put over another selling scheme
He hasn't sold merchandise he
las sold" quite number of house.
wives. He has adopted new metl
ID of approach--but his merchandise
S the same as all merchandise of the
tlnerant peddler-higher priced in
actual comparison than in the same
product offered by merchants.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-13
ALIENS DENIED
RIGHT TO FISH
Judge UpholdS State Law
Refusing Them Licenses

FIFTY alien fishermen were denied
tho right 60 take salmon from Pur
get Sound waters by Judge Calvin
:. Han Wednesday,
The so had been granted nm n,
Junction los Judge Mitchell Gillian
to prevent the state fish deputies
from arrcstiug them pendin. the
outcome or "A suit 90 test the law
denying licenses 90 aliens All OF
tho so had taken out first papers.
Judge Hall said that the fisher,
men should sue tho state 90 compel
Issuance Of tho licenses n they be
iievo they have redress,
Tho suit brought by Attorney
George Olson and Frank Grifnth,
held that the fishermen would be
deprived nf their livelihood II tho
law Is upheld Tho Investments in
boats and seines would be los,, they
alleged. The law WAS passed last
year
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-13
LODGE MEMBERS
TO VISIT CITY.
Odd Fellows TO Stop in Sc
attic on Way to Conclave

The national convention Of odd
Fellows. opening at Portland ON Sep
TENDER u. u expected 20 bring
many visitors thru Seattle on their
way 20 and from tho oregon city,
Arrangements for their entertain
g,ent were perfected 10 n meeting
a, the Odd Fellows temple Wednes.
day night. Every lodge 81 the order
In Seattle Was represented nj the
gathering,
Automobile accommodations for
sightseeing are In charge Of a com
mittss headed by George Blanchard,
Between 1000 and 1900 visiting
brothers arc expected 20 DO in Seat
tie, according 10 W, sirohy. Deere
tnry Of tho odd Fellows Temple nB,
aocintion and OF Golden Link lodge,
No, 4
Principal celebrations here will be
on September Is. when Seattle odd
Fellows viii help dedicate a TEN
pie in Tacoma. and on September
rs and n. whom national officers
viii be welcomed at big meetings To
Seattle