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The Republican., 1925-12-31
ACCIDENT

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kamp,
on Christmas Day, son.
The following are spending their
Christmas vacations here at their re-
spective homes: Misses Ola King, Oma
Friend, Hildegarde Miller, Ruth
Speicher, Irene Margroff and nellie
Alexander and Mr.. Arthur Speicher,
all of the Frostburg State Normal;
Messrs. Glenn Speicher, University
of Maryland; Howard Englehart, Get
tysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa; and
Foster Speicher, Western Maryland
College, Westminster, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Speicher are
spending the holidays with Mrs.
Speicher's parents, of near New Wind
sor, Md.
The Christmas programs held in
our midst were great successes, and
were well attended in spite of the in
clemency of the weather.
The Ladies' Aid of Zion Lutheran
CIIuICI IGIu lueH DGCGIHDeT meeting
at the home of Mrs. Edwin Georg,
with the latter and Mrs. Frank Georg
as joint hOstesses. At this meeting
the annual donation of Christmas
cookies for the orphans home at Nor
wood, Pa, was packed for immediate
shipment Election of officers for the
coming year was the main business
of the meeting and resulted with the
following elections: President, Pas
tor George Luecke; vice-president,
Mrs. George Luecke; secretary, Mrs.
F. E. Spoerlein; treasurer, Mrs. Ed
win Georg. The next meeting will
take place on the second Thursday
afternoon of January.
Miss Hildegarde Miller entertained
informally a number of her friends
on Christmas evening. Her guests
were Misses Ruth Speicher, Grace and
Bernadette Hetrick, Pat Luecke and
Amelia Miller and Messrs. Samuel
Winterberg, Harvey Stanton and Merl
Hershberger, all of Grantsville; Oscar
Luecke, Carl and George Miller and
Jacob Oester.
The Republican., 1925-12-31
FIFTY-CENT CLASS

Requires a deposit of 50 cents
each week for the next so
weeks. On December /, 1926,
you will receive a check for
S25. 90. plus interest.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-18
Bus Riding Women
Inhale Much Smoke

Even the most ardent feminist
must have had moments when she
doubted if the ballot and emancipa-
ton for women were a compensation
for some of the things that have had
to go by the boards. In the old days,
when women were called 'ladies,"
and, as members Of the weaker sex,
were bound to be protected by the
lords of creation, no man smoked in
their presence without permission or
an apology. But today, with many
women Trolling their own" the fe-
male of the species who does not
smoke has much to endure in the way
of tobacco-laden atmospheres.
A few nights ago one Of the large
buses coming into Duluth from the
ranges carried five women passen-
gers with about three times as many
men. Soon after the bus door was
closed and the passengers settled
down to breathing and rebreathirg
the limited amount of air, several of
the men lighted up. In short time
cigars of various grades, cigarettes
and pipes were all busy and the
already close air was laden with
enough smoke to run an old-fashioned
smokehouse.
1t was a cold night and there was
an objection to having a window
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-18

lowered a bit, SO almost Theoretically
sealed the bus forged ahead at a
rapid pace and the heat came pour
ing forth in greater volume from the
registers until the overheated air and
tobacco smoke would have put lady
of the Victorian era into a swoon.
But swooning being out of style, the
modern women passengers simply
left the bus during the n-minute
wait at the halfway house and paced
up and down the walk, filling their
lungs with cold, fresh air.
Evidently many of the men pro-
vided themselves with fresh smok-
ing supplies during the interval of
waiting, and when the passengers
were again sardined into the bus new
brands of tobacco could be disting-
uished. For the rest of the journey
the smoking went on and the women
began to wonder why the bus COM
panies did not copy the railroads
and provide smoking compartment
for the men and women who wanted
to while away the time in that way.
When one Of the women passen-
gers, reached home she discovered
her coat and dress were so saturated
with tobacco smoke that they had to
be hung out of doors for the rest OF
the night. But that did not quite solve
the problem. Her hair was so laden
with a varied assortment of tobacco
odors that it had to be shampooed
before she could retire. And right
then and there that woman saw an
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-18

ness and forced to pay heavy taxes
for the support of the city, should be
protected by heavy license fee on
: house to house peddlers.
/ This comedies with Willmar's idea
and there they have fee of SIS day,
exempting persons who sell or ped
die the products of farm or garden
occupied and cultivated by him.
Red Wing keeps close check on
peddlers and the fee runs from So to
$25, varying according to the con-
dition the peddlers wish to employ.
The residents of that place are ad-
vised by the Chamber of Commerce
to refrain from purchasing from itin-
Grant statesmen, unless they possess
the proper credentials from the Cham
Der of Commerce. This is a practice
quite general in Minnesota.
At Luverne the license fee is fixed
at $3.50. While there is no concert
ed or organized attempt on the part
of Minnesota merchants to discourage
peddling, individual organizations are
working toward that end and the sur
vey shows activity against the peddler
has increased considerably in the past
few months.
Two strangers giving their names
as Robert Robertson and Ray Ken
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-18

while the permit secured is good for
a year, a much longer time than is
desired by the average "hawker.'
Mankato merchants have adopted a
unique method of campaigning. The
Chamber of Commerce had distribut-
ed cards tc. every home in the city
The card bears the following: mo
tice to peddlers, agents and order
takers: No admittance. We don't
need your goods. Mankato merchants
carry complete stocks and we trade at
home"
Mcorhead comes very close to the
high license mark established by
New UIm, for at that place they
charge $25 a day to canvass or peddle.
However, Moodhead exempts former
service men from the payment of the
fee.
A sliding scale of licensing the
peddlers is in vogue in several places,
especially at Albert Lea where the
fee ranges from So to $40 a day.
Not only is the fee high but the
mayor has authority to deny any
license he wishes.
The merchants at Window have
taken the position that the merchants
of the city, long established in bust
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-18
Minnesota Towns
"Treat EN- Rough

A survey of 25 Minnesota towns
and cities, representing scattered dis
tricts of the state as we'll as the
populated centers, discloses that the
peddler is gradually being forced
from business in Minnesota.
A general practice has been adopt
ed by most of the municipalities to
combat, what they term the "peddling
evil" This is license fee, and the
survey discloses that these fees range
from So a day to 500 a day.
At New .Ulm the fee is so high as
to make peddling almost prohibitive.
The fee there is $50 to $100, depend
ing upon the activity engaged in,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-18

JAS. Watson Says, 'Pll Never Forget
When Fathers Hogs Got Cholera"
Zone morning he found 20 hogs
dead and several sick He called in
the Vet. who after dissecting a rat
caught on the premises, decided that
the rodents had conveyed germs.
Since then / am never with RAT
SNAP. It's the surest, quickest rac
destroyer l know" Three sizes, 35c,
65c, 1925. Sold and guaranteed by
Farrell e. Keefe and Public Drug
Store. 12-2ts
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-18

Lake Shetek will be saved to the
people of Murray county and south
western Minnesota. Following a
weeks investigation, the state finance
commission finally authorized the ex-
penditure, and entered into contact
with Theodore Jensen of Tracy, the
low bidder, for the immediate con-
struction of dam, channel and spill
way.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-18

Just what sport, we have often
wondered, do men find in killing the
beautiful, wild feathered creatures Z?
Some may argue that they will SIM
ply become pest if permitted to
multiply unhindered, but it seems
that the tendency is altogether in the
other direction and, were it not for
strlngen game protective laws in
most states, wild game would have
been thing of the past long ago.
Minnesota Mascot
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-18

dali were arrested here last Friday
by Sheriff l.. j. Kise. Thirty-two
pints of alcohol was found in their
car while it was parked on the street
of Redwood Falls. The men both
pleaded guilty and will be taken to
Marshall this week to be sentenced
by Judge A. B. Gislason. In the
meantime they are in the Redwood
county Jail.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-11-18

excellent argument for bobbed hair.
IT women are to ride in busses filed
with tobacco smoke they need a
single bob that can be shampooed
and dried in the quickest possible
time.
Evening star., 1925-07-19
WGY Bills Novel Feature.

AS a means of educating the public
in traffic laws. particularly as applied
TO the operation of motor cars, WG9,
the Schenectady station of the Cen
eral Electric Co., will offer "A Night
in Magistrates Court" Wednesday
evening.
The cast of this three-act tragedy.
with a moral in every act, will consist
of the Schenectady police magistrate,
chief of police, court attendants. po-
licemen, counsel and prisoners. Each
act of the tense realistic production
will be a complete story in itself and
each will point the same mora1-the
hazard of breaking traffic laws where
the police are alert.
Those who have said Good morn
ing, Judge" after parking on the
wrong side of the street, or parking
without lights, will enjoy the re-en-
actment of an unpleasant scene. Those
who have yet to learn the inner work
ings of a magistrates court will find
this drama educational and perhaps,
if the warning is remembered, the pro
duction will mean a saving in fines.
Three violations of traffic laws will
be tried before the magistrate. Court
procedure will be re-enacted as faith
fully as those who are engaged in the
job every day can make 1t. The Of
tenders will be represented by counsel
Arrangements will be made on a
charge of operating car while intoxi-
Gated, of reckless driving and of
speeding At the conclusion of each
action Magistrate Charles F. Fryer
will give a short dissertation on the
law covering the particular case.
If the broadcasting of these traffic
cases proves of Sufficient interest and
value, it is proposed to present other
actions from time to time. Each will
illustrate some phase of the various
laws and ordinances which govern
traffic on State highways and city
streets.
In addition to Magistrate Fryer, the
cast will include. William H. Funston,
chief of police Of Schenectady and Off
GERS William NJ. Tooley, Edward
Flynn and Ira Couthey. Counsel will
be Roy Peters and Mitchell Kohn.
Evening star., 1925-07-19
RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS

Broadcasting experiences at Denver
further reveal that static is not the
only problem of radio fans.
To compute the correct time else
where and to know when and how~
to calculate differences between East
ern. Central, Mountain and Pacific
coast time, to say nothing of daylight
saving, when DX-ing, is a unique
problem in itself.
The puzzle is made all the more
complex by the growing number of
broadca sters Government records
now indicate an excess of 100 class
B stations in this country alone.
How many hours difference be-
tween here and Honolulu, Chicago
and Dallas, Sitka, Alaska, and Rich
mond. Va.?" are typical of the many
questions raised by inquirers among
KOA'S vast audience.
Astronomers, science professors,
railroad officials and weather forecast
ers, as well as broadcasting officials,
declare an everlasting avalanche of
time questions has been raised since
the overwhelming popularity Of radio
as a Summer diversion.
'I am a profound radio enthusiast"
reads a recent communication to the
Denver station from a student OF
leading Western university. My
greatest bugaboo. however. is knowing
when to listen for a 10 o'clock pro
gram in Wisconsin or a 6 pm. pro-
gram in Mexico.
II am fully aware that pm. i'll
London and Paris is around ~ o'clock
noon, standard time, in New York, 10
am. in Denver and 8 am. in Oak
land, Calf, but how am l to know
which of the other cities are embraced
in the Eastern time group and which
in the Central, Mountain and Pacific
Goa ST groups2''
Evening star., 1925-07-19

three-tube set This station is over
400 miles distant from the mine. The
other set, a five- tube radio frequency
receiver, failed to bring in any sig
nails.
Moving up to the 1,400-foot level,
they again used the same aerial ant
brought in NPL and also two ships
on the Pacific with the regenerative
receiver. The five-tube set still re
fused TO function.
In describing their experiments,
Powell says they chose Sunday night
so as to be free from the interference
of the electric trolley cars used To
bring out ore. Although the trolley
current was off, the electric-driven
pumps On the 2,2OO-foot level We're
operating at the time of the success
full radio tests.
At an early date, Powell and Isa-
bell hope TO carry out further tests in
the same levels with the hope OF
bringing IN Pacific Coast broadcast
ers. which they realize is even more
difficult to accomplish. They plan
to test out their sets prior to use in
the mine and may construct a new
receiver better adapted to conditions
While governmental radio experts
are somewhat inclined to believe the
results were freak reception, having
little practical application, they ad-
nit that the experiment is interesting
in that it established the fact that
powerful radio waves penetrate TO
great depths into the earth and may
he picked up.
The Bureau of Mines problems are
complicated because the safety sec
tion desires continuous two-way
communication in the interest of saw
ing lives in mine disasters and keep
ing in touch with the entombed min
ers. They seem disposed to place
more confidence in wired wireless
than in pure radio. and they point Out
that radio apparatus used within Il
mine is subject to rapid deterioration
due to the dampneSs. which breaks
down insulation The amateur eX-
perimenters, however. claim they
held NPL successfully, copying mes
sages for half hour, which is the
record 20 date.
Evening star., 1925-07-19
SHORT-WAVE RADIO
PROGRAM EXTENDED
Far North Tests by KDKA and
WBZ in Cooperation to Include
Canadian Ship Arctic.

Cooperating with her sister station,
KDKA at Pittsburgh, in continuing
the short-wave experiments in the
Far North which were started last
year by the pioneer broadcasting sta
ton of the Westinghouse Co, WBZ
will also carry on a series of short
wave tests with the Canadian govern
ment ship Arctic, sending out short
wave signals from the Springfield
transmitter on a definite regular
schedule.
A new high-power short-wave
transmitter working on 49 meters has
recently been installed at the East
Springfield works of the Westinghouse
Co, where the main standard wave
length transmitter of WBZ is located.
1t was originally planned to send out
only occasionally short-wave mes
sages from the new transmitter to
the Arctic, but. through the Canadian
Westinghouse Co, the Radiotelegraph
branch at Ottawa has arranged with
the Westinghouse Co. TO transmit
signals for experimental purposes
from WBZ on a similar schedule as
KDKA has drawn up for the coming
Summer months.
These special short-waVe messages
will be sent out from the Springfield
transmitter every Wednesday night
from 1890 until II o'clock, Eastern
standard time, until the ship returns.
The messages viii go out on 49
meters and. at the present time no
other wave length is contemplated.
Last year KDKA established the
"farthest North" reception record
when the short-wave signals from the
Pittsburgh transmitter were received
at Cape Sabine, within II degrees Of
the North Pole AS a result of the
success of the tranSmissionS between
the Arctic and KDKA, it was arrang-
ed to carry on similar experiments
again this year.
The Pittsburgh station VIII trans
nit to the Arctic during the vessel 5
stay in the Arctic regions every Mon
day and Friday night from 1870 TO
IL o'clock. Eastern standard time, on
the same wave length of 63 meters
which was so successful in maintain
ing constant contact with the boat
last year 1t is also anticipated that
KDKA will make special test trans
missions to the boat on 40 and 2412
meters.
Evening star., 1925-07-19
Prize for Diana of the Air.

International fame awaits America S
greatest feminine radio enthusiast.
Who is the Diana of the air, the
fair huntress of elusive DIX stations,
who has been thrilled by the success
of her experiments and who can Wis
ualize the joy of hstening-in to others
by describing her experiences in the
best letter? Who is the pretty listen
er who can tell a real story of radios
appeal the joy it brings and the serv
ice it renders?
Recognizing that women are now
taking the deepest interest in radio,
by virtue of the beautifully designed
sets that now adorn their parlors
and also by reason of the fine infor-
nation they are receiving each day
on household affairs and beauty hints,
not to mention other factors to en-
gage their attention, the second radio
worlds fair management has an
nounced this special contest in an eff
fort to discover the greatest lady fan
of the country, and asks the co-opera
ton of husbands, brothers and friends
TO make this competition one of the
most interesting in the history of
radio.
The winner will be the girl or
woman who presents the most inn
pressive accredited log of stations
with the best description of her career
as a Bel. First prize in the contest
will be a silver cup and invitation to
come to New York as the guest of the
second radio worlds fair (all expenses
paid during the week it is open
September IA to 10, inclusive. The
cup will be presented as a feature of
opening night. OF course, royal en-
tertainment will be accorded the win
rer in the way of theater parties and
receptions
Two other prizes will be awarded
for second and third best logs and
letters, also cups of handsome design
suitably inscribed. All entries in the
Radio Diana" contest should be sent
to the Second Radio Worlds Fair
Evening star., 1925-07-19
Arizonian Gets Code in Mine.

Meade w. Powell, an amateur of
Warren, Ariz., and operator of sta
ton 6GS, reports the reception of a
distant naval radio station while 1900
feet below the earth's surface, in the
Junction copper mine of the Calumet
and Arizona Mining Co., at Warren,
Ariz.
Reception at this great depth is be-
lieved to be a record for underground
listening-in, especially getting a sta
ton located 400 miles away. Bureau
of Mines officials fail to recall any
thing similar, although successful ex-
periments 1000 feet below the sur
face have brought in medium distant
broadcasting stations which they be-
lieVe is more difficult
Experimenting with the aid of Dell
Isabel of Lowell, late one Sunday
night in June, Powell took two re-
ceiving sets down to the 1900 foot
level in the mine, but was unable to
pick up any station with either set
with either a 100-foot copper trolley
wire antenna or q 10-wire loop. Us
ing a 100-foot lead covered No. ID
copper wire cable strung along a g.
foot gallery midway between the roof
and the ground, however, they picked
up NPL, the Naval Point Iona,
Calf, station, on a regenerative
Evening star., 1925-07-19
MOVIES NOW IN ACCORD
WITH RADIO PROMOTERS
Silver Screen and "Unseen Voice"
to Celebrate Allegiance With
Mammoth Broadcast.

The movies have stopped looking
askance at radio and have decided
definitely to be good friends. With
Win Hays, the grand mogul of Movie
land, heartily in accord, the silver
screen and the unseen voice will cele-
brate their alliance with mammoth
broadcast program, in which all of
the outstanding movie broadcasters
of Manhattan will take part
This program is to be held in New
York some time within the next two
months, and it will officially open the
fall campaign for bigger and better
movies. The plan is to give the con-
cert to the Nation at large through
the chain tie-up made famous by the
american Telephone and Telegraph
Co.
II was not SO long ago that many
u the leading film producers and ex-
hIbitors thought they saw In radio a
great menace and began preparing an
;fttempt to kill 1t off. S. l.. Rothafel
csTboxie'0 was one of the first to
realize the advantage of working with
radio and then others followed, in.
Guiding Warner Brothers, who not
only co-operated, but built their own
station on the Pacific coast and are
exploiting the radio voice with as
much ardor as they exploit their
latest film. Practically every city to-
day has its exhibitors who have ar
ranged a tie-up with one or more
hroadcasting stations.
Evening star., 1925-07-19
No. 25-Twisting the Dials.

Smith was sitting before the receiv-
ing set twisting the dfals slowly and
deliberately, despite the fact that he
had not even switched on the storage
battery. 1t appeared as though the
thing had gone to his head. But re-
called our conversation of few days
previous and concluded that he was
merely taking an opportunity to find
out what really happened when the
dials were twisted.
II am quite sane" he volunteered,
but I don't mind confessing that I'll
be a little queer pretty soon If L don't
find out the essentials of this tuning
business. I realize that any receiving
set has to be regulated so as to get in
tune with the length of the waves be-
ing intercepted by the aerial, but III
be hanged if 1 can see why coil Of
wire and one of these variable con-
densers will do it."
He could understand readily that
crystal or a tube will convert the
highly oscillating or alternating cur
rent of the radio wave into pulsating
direct current, and he could see how,
by making the faint radio current con-
troll the "B" battery current, he could
get something to operate a loud
speaker. But this tuning business
left him nonplussed.
AT tTlS point L dSheu soHlilh " az
cept one fact as the basis of his radio
education, namely, that radio fire.
quency is determined by what are
known as inductance and capacity.
The same thing applies to the trans
mitter, as we'll as to the receiver.
Radio frequency is governed by
inductance and capacity" he repeated.
Good enough l believe you said
capacity was the name given to tne
storage ability of an electrical circuit.
But what is inductance?"
l explained that inductance, for his
purpose, could be considered as the
length of the conductor in the radio
circuit, although this is a loose defini-
ton for something that is really far
more complicated. Inductance is also
the peculiar habit an electrified or
magnetized coil of wire has of induct-
ing current in a non-electrified coil
which does not even touch 1t. 1t is
common, however, to regard the tun-
ing coil or apparatus of the radio set
as the inductance, probably because
the inducting is accomplished therein.
Explains Inductance.
when / refer to the length of the
conductor as determining the amount
of inductance in the circuit" l added,
remember that the term length in
cludes other factors. Generally speak
ing, there Is ten times as much tnduc-
tance in wire 100 feet long as in one
just 10 feet long, but the size of the
wire used and the way the wire is
coiled also make difference. Unless
you are building a set. it isn't neces-
sary to consider all these points, but
perhaps the general idea will help you
to see why there are number of diff
| ferent tuning units for different sets.
! There are plain tuning coils, variom.
eters, vario-couplers, honeycomh
coils, duo-lateral coils and others. Ano
! in all of these, when used with more