The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 4, Ed. 1 Monday, May 29, 1922 Page: 3 of 8
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
In The Wichita Mountains
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CRYSTAL DETECTOR
EASY TO CONSTRUCT
t'ruterville ['ark CatTyon and Bathing I'ool in Hie Wichita Mountlaris,
three miles north of Cache, Okla, just outside of the National Wichita flame
Reserve, where many Boy Scouts will spend two weeks this summer in
a camp equipped hy the Oklahoma (Jiand Lodge ol Masons on live acres
of land deeded to them by Frank Rush for this specific purpose, there will
be a new group each two weeks all summer of from 80 to 2f>0 Scouts.
PREPARE FOR GREAT CROP
Shows Oklah'ma's Average Yield is
on Decline
Stillwater. The average yield of
crops in Oklahoma is on Ihe decline,
according lo a survey of farm statis
lies jnst competed by experts of the
extension division of Ihe Oklahoma
Agricultural ami Mechanical college.
But while the average farmer is rais-
ing less an acre, those planters who
are working under Ihe supervision of
farm demonstration agents — those
adopting more improved practices,
both adults and juniors are pointing
Ihe way to increased yields, the sur
vey shows.
The survey, which covers a period
of twenty-five years going back to
Ihe earliest decade for which figures
arc available- compares ihe average
yield for Ihe I en year period, 1S0K
1905, with Ihe average for 1911 1920,
I hen adds a comparison with the av-
erage yield of Oklahoma farms in 1921,
the. yield of demonstrators for thai
iame year and Ihe yield of junior club
members.
Grady County To "Swat the Rooster"
Chickasha. "Swat the Rooster.
Thai's the slogan for a countywide
campaign to he conducted here dur
ing Ihe week beginning Monday, May
29, under the direction of Ihe county
home demons! ration agent's office.
Chickasha poultry houses are assist-
ing the farm club women of Grady
county in the "Swat I lie Rooster
campaign, lifting Ihe week, they will
pay a premium of two cents a pound
for roosters.
EVENTS OF INTEREST TO ALL
OF THIS STATE
HUGE BRIDGE IS DEDICATED
New Structure is Last on Postal Hist'
way System to be Completed
It is Announced
Calvin, Okla. Hundreds of persons
from all towns of Oklahoma along
the Postal highway and scores from
Arkansas and Texas were at Calvin,
Hughes county, recently to witness
the dedication of the new steel bridge
across the South Canadian river on
the Postal highway.
An extensive program was rendered
and continued the entire day. .1 A.
Whitehurst, president of the Postal
Highway association, delivered the
dedication address, it. E. Clark, state
highway commissioner, and E. S. Ai
derman. state engineer, participated
in the program.
The bridge was erected by county,
state and federal aid at a cost of |
$90,000. it is. nearly KftO feet long and
built on concrete substructures sunk
to bedrock. Construction was started
June 1, 1921), and completed May 1,
1922.
Among the entertainment attrac-
tions was a barbecue, athletic events
and band concerts. The program was
arranged by a committee represent
ing Hughes county and public road
officials.
With the dedication of Ihe bridge
the opening of all bridges on the Pos
tal highway between El Paso. Texas,
and Little Hock, Ark., will have been
completed..
Telephone Condenser and Re-
ceivers Can Better Be Pur-
' chased—Mounting the Set.
The material needed to construct a
simple crystal detector is us follows:
I'iece of silicon or galena molded
In a metal button, 26 cents.
Two binding posts, 20 cents.
A block of shellacked or stained
wood 3 by li'/a Inches.
A thin strip of sheetf copper or
brass % Inches wide by two inches
long.
Mount the two binding posts on the
block of wood as shown, fastening un-
der one binding post a strip of copper
or bruss -see sketch—and under the
other binding post n colled up spring
of fine springy copper or brass wire.
By placing the button of metal con
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ST. COTTON GROWERS MEET
New Directors Are to be Etecteed
Next Week.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—'The first an
"Dual convention of the Oklahoma Cot
ton Growers' association closed with
a banquet, at. which Carl Williams
•was the principal speaker.
The new board of directors, which
was to have organized and elected of-
ficers, will not meet until next week.
The association recommended to
congress enactment of a permanent
agricultural credit law so co-operative
farmers' associations may finance
their operations on a basis of collat
erar loans; that the banks loaning
money to cotton farmers arrange the
maturity of the loans to coincide with
the time growers will receive returns
from their crops; that a field service
department be added to the associa
tion.
PLAN ARMY TRAINING CAMP
Committee of Ten Named to Arouse
Interest in This Movement
inents, the tuner, the crystal detector
and the telephone condenser, can be
mounter^ on a stained base of wood,
say, eiglK Inches square and one-half
Inch thick. This will keep the com-
ponent parts of the set together, mak-
ing a compact unit of the whole and
also be advantageous in that it will
hold the instruments while* adjust-
ments are being made.
Tlie sketch shows how the instru-
ments are connected with each other
and to the ground. The condenser is
connected to one side of the tuner and
to the crystal detector. The ground J
Is connected to the other side of the j
phones and the condenser and the
tuner.
Lamp cord is excellent for connect- j
Ing up small radio sets of this kind—
it being a good conductor, well insu- I
luted and easy to handle.
HOW TO LISTEN IN
There are two variables in our radio
receiver that require adjustment
when it Is desired to listen-in; first,
the detector, and second, the slide po-
sition on the tuner. Once the slider
position has been determined for any
given transmitting station, It Is only !
necessary to adjust the detector to j
pick up that same station again.
To operate the receiver for the first j
time It is best to wait until some |
station like KDKA Is transmitting be- ;
tween S:iM) and !*;.'!(* p. in. Then ad- ]
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP-ROOT
Mothers!!
\A/rifp for ^7 ®r°r many yparB druggists have witched
W rue lOr much interest the remarkable record
paee Booklet maintained by Dr Kilmer's Swamp Hoot,
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Mothers of cine.
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PLUG TOBACCO
Known as
"that good kind"
c7n/ it—andyou
will know why
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It is a physician's prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi-
cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended the?
should do.
Swamp Root has stood the test of yean.
It is sold by all druggists on its merit
and it should help you No other kidney
medicine bus so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish tirst to test this
great preparation wend ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.— Advertisement.
Golden Guineas Hatched.
(jSiMCe'8 father keeps u flock of tint
guineas 011 his Bartholomew eouuty
farm, but (Jrace, a pupil in Columbus
high school, was ready to turn over
all the blue ribbons for guinea raising
to Silas Marner. She made the ac-
quaintance of "The Weaver of ltave-
toe" in her English class and she read
with wonder the story of his golden
guineas, for all of her father's guineas
were of a dull gray color. Then test
time came and Grace, describing tlm
miser's Joy with his gold pieces, wrote
bravely: "That morning Silas was
happy for lie had hatched a new brood
of golden guineas to add^to his flock.'*
Indianapolis News.
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Tough.
Two negroes were lying behind a
packing case on the docks at Brent
taking the labor out of the alleged
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The Crystal Detector.
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DC.TC.CTOR
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Set Mounted on Base, With Connections Shown.
TO EXCIIANCJK—WIIAT YOl W \NT
FOH W ll.\T YOU DON'T WANT
If you are tired of farm drudgery and want
to turn your laixl holding foi better than
cftBh, let me give you a Chicago Income
paying property that will pay you 10% on
the Investment, rain or shine, without work
on your pait. I have clear buildings and
buildings with valuable cquitlcH, the owners
of which have genuine requirements for i
farms Let me nolve the problem of a deal labor battalion. Said Olltf boastfully:
C. A. Moore. Ill N. Denrbwrn St., Chicago, III. "Boy, All COlllCS f 11 111 a tOllgll breed.
i My ole man done cut his nails wlf
PLACED ANYWHEUE
Arm ACTS AND KILLS
ALL FI-IES. Neat.
clenn, ornamental, con-
venient, checn. L«u>ts
all season. Made of
metal, can't spill or
tip over ; will n<«t soil
or Injure anytMng.
Guaranteed encctivo.
Solil by dealers, or
6 by EX1UESS,
prepaid, $1.25.
HAKOLD bUMEKS, 160 l>o Kalb Ave., llrooklyn, N. Y.
OAISY FLY KILLER
Cuticura Soap
Imparts
The Velvet Touch
Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50c, Talcum 25c.
a a* an' brash his teef wit' a tile."
"Huh, ain't so tough. Mali ole man
am a plumber, an' twice a week he
done shave hlsself wlf a blow torch."
—American Legion Weekly.
BR ■ need not be thin
%7 gj± I H si Ll A ■ md or atreaked with
lour n sir ^
■ ^ ■ mm wmmm kesTORKK will
qu{ckly revive It and brlug back all Its original
color and luxuriance. At all good druiririMts, 75c, or
direct from HESSIG - ELLIS. Chemists. MEMPHIS, TENN.
W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No. 21-1922.
Oklahoma City. Okla.—Efforts to
arouse Interest among young men of
Oklahoma City and surrounding terrt
tory in the citizens' military training
camp to he conducted at Fort Sill un
der the direction of the regular army
July 27 to August 2t> will be begun iin
mediately by the Chamber of Com-
merce, it was announced by Stanley
C. Draper, acting manager. A com
tnittee of ten men was appointed b\
the president, \V. J. Pettee, lo lake
charge of the work.
Applications for entrance to the
camp will be accepted by any mem
ber of the committee.
Won to Purebred Hons by Son's Work
Pawhuska, Okla. A. I. Copeland
farmer living ten miles north of Paw
huska, Osage county, has been won
over to purebred hogs by the < work
of his son, Leslie Copeland, in pig
club work, according to S. M. McCuis
ton, farm demonstration agent. Mc
Culston had been talking purebred
Values At Old Figures
Valuation lor permanent 1A22 as
cessment on property of the HonrU
western Bell Telephone company was
fixed at $14,128,170 by the state board
of equalization. This is the same
valuation fixed for 1921.
Other permanent assessment vnlu
Htions were also reached American
Pipeline company, valuation for 1921
$249,240; return for 1922, $208,030;
valuation fixed by board, $225,000;
Blackwell Oil and Gas company
permanent assessment for 1922 fixed
at $320.112. or an increase over 1921
of $26,112. Empire Pipeline com
pany. valuation for 1921, $1,546,183
return for 1S22, $1,388,034; assessed
as returned. Empire Gas and Pipe
line company, valuation for 1921, $72.-
222; return for 1922, <57,086; ifxed for
1922, assessment, at $63,914 Km [lire
Natural Gas company, valuation for
1921, $2,524,295'; return 1922, $2,522,-
696; fixed for 1922 assessment at $2,-
522,700. Okmulgee Northern Rail
way company, valuation fixed bv
board for 1921 at $207,161; fixed for
assessment at $185,000.
A number of tentative assessment
valuations were reached, Ihe amounts
In stand over a ten day period after
which interested parlies may appeal
before the board to show why such
valuations should not be made per
manent.
I.awton Gas company, returned at
$206,277, tentative valuation set by
board, $300,000. Lawlon H Duncan
Electric company, returned at $365,
715; tentative valuation, $500,000.
Mangum Electric company, returned
at $78,605; tentative valuation, $100,-
000 Ripley Gas company, Teturned
at $3,371; tenlnlive assessment, $11,-
614. Washita Electric company, re-
lumed at $11751; tentative valuation
$76,000 Yale Natural Gas company,
returned at $19,185; tentative- vain
at ion. $10,000 Guthrie Railway com-
pain, returned nt $17,070; tentative
valuation, $35,000; Oklahoma Railway
company, returned at $2,665,680; ten
tative valuation, $3,000.00n
taining (lie crystal of silicon or gale-
na ou the strip of metal and allowing
tiie spring to make contact with the
surface of the crystal the detector is
complete .und ready for operation.
A complete crystal detector can be
purchased from 75 cents to $2, de-
pending upon the type.
Two other pieces of apparatus are
necessary that cannot be readily con-
structed—they lire the telephone coi^
denser and the receivers. A tele-
phone condenser to be used in shunt-
ing across the phones can be pur-
chased for about i>0 cents.
For us.1 with a radio receiver of
this type It is recommended that a
pair of 3,000 ohm, Murdoch type, No.
50 receivers, costing $0, be purchased.
These are all the necessary parts
needed for the complete receiver.
If it is desired, the three instru-
Best Wheat Is In Southwest
"The wheat of the northwest has
<o .deteriorated that the ouly really
■oorf virgin wheat upon which millers
"to Copeland for two years, without may now depend is being produced in
results. Last year the boj took up the southwestern wheat belt, s.iiii
club work and, in the one year, made J A Whitehurst, president of ihe
more money on one gill and her far- state board ol agriculture, upon lii?
row than his father did'on his whole j return from Topeke, where he attend i . means of cunmuulea-
ed Ihe meeting of the Soulhwes |
tern Wheat Improvement association
VAGARIES OF VACUUM TUBES
Peculiar Actions That Always Astonish
and Sometimes Frighten the
Amateur Radioist.
Everybody who has had anything to
do with vacuum tubes lias from time
lo time had them do unexpected things
and give results that at the moment
seem beyond explanation.
The explanation of several charac-
teristics of these miniature giants
which are met with In daily operation
Is sure to prove of great interest to
the amateur. In cases where the ac-
tions of the tube are not understood
these peculiarities have sometimes
frightened people.
One Instance of a newborn fan's
fright was brought to attention in a
letter of Inquiry. The instrument had
Just been set up and was being oper-
ated for the first time. The tubes had
been firmly adjusted and were just at
the spilling point und—over they went,
giving vent to the most unearthly
sounds. The embryo enthusiast who
looked upon the million tube us 1111
electric light, thought it was going to
explode. He jumped away from the
instrument und out of the room, and
did not venture near It. for several
hours, anil then only after reaching
round the corner of the door with a
long stick and polling the battery
switch off.
Similar instances have come to at-
tention when bulbs generate vari col-
ored vapors in the vacuum chamber.
herd of'scrubs.
Moonshiners Using Radio.
Revenue officers seeking distillers of
the far-famed and hardhitting "white |
llghtnin'," in the mountains of Ken-
tucky say that many raids maile in
the lust few months have' proven un-
successful. due to the adoption of ra-
tion among the moonshiners.
just the detector by changing the
point at which the spring and ciys-
tal of the detector make contact until,
when a nearby electric light is snapped j
011 and off, a click is heard in j
the head phones. The detector Is now j
adjusted on a sensitive spot on the I
crystal. By changing the slider po-
sition, the transmitting station should
be picked up.
After a station is once picked up
it is an easy matter to adjust the de-
tector and slider position until maxi-
mum response is obtained in the tel-
ephone receiver. With a simple set
of the kind described in this and pre-
ceding articles and u little practice
one soon becomes adept at picking up
a given stntlon. The entertainment
derived from listening in is usually
well worth the time spent and the
money Invested.
TIPS TO THE RADIOIST
Fired .22 caliber rille shells
make good switch points for tun-
ing oils and receiving trans-
formers.
A single wire aerial 100 to
150 feet long is sufficient for
local and long distance reception
of IjriTadcasting stations.
I>o not string aerials across
the street or across electric
wires. Keep antenna wires otT
electric light and telephone
; poles.
Slraiidyd copper or solid cop-
\ per wire should be used. Pltos
' phot' bronze wire if obtainable
| Is stronger but not superior to
! copper.
[ Good contact with a piece of
j mineral like galena can be had
[ hy wrapping it in tinfoil. Of
i course, the top of the crystal
i is left exposed.
| The brass ends of large car
j t ridge shells make splendid
| crystal detector cups They
! should he cleaned out thoroughly
( before they are used.
? The winding of eardtToaril
i tubes from oatmeal boxes may
• be Improved greatly if the tube
i Is first heated in an oven for
; about 15.minutes to take out
i the moisture and then wound;"
| or better still shellac It while
t it is still warm and leave ll
I to soak I11.
lu winding tuning coils with
J bare wire a thread should be
r wound on with the wire. This
I * will separate each turn. When
the coll ifPfinished the thread
can he taken olf. Shellac should
he applied Immediately. When
the shellac Is dry the copper
wire will hold Its place.
Insanity Laid to Microbes.
After more thaii twenty years
work among lunatics an Edinburgh
doctor has
that many
caused by the action of microbes.
Conscience Bothers Them.
The rain falls upon the unjust n
well us the Jest but the unjust do uot
I enjoy It because of their irritating con-
science. A Just 1111111 lias peace with
his conscience.
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES
And sprinkle in the foot-battl ALLEN 3
FOOT EASE, tile nntlxeptlc, heating pow-
der for l'alntul, Swollen. Smarting Feet.
II prevents blisters and sore apots and takes
the sting out of corns and bunions Atways
use Allen's Foot - Ease to break in nr-w shoe#
and enjoy the bliss of feet without ao
iche.—-Advertisement.
T rouble-Seekers.
Soyie people cross bridges before
they nre reached; others go to the
trouble of building bridges where It
isn't likely there will ever be any
water.
Snowy linens are the pride of every
oine to the conclusion 1 housewife. Keep them In that condl-
forms of insanity are tion by using Red Cross Hall Blue in
your laundry. At all grocers.—Adver-
tisement.
No Labor Saved.
"Why did you quit going around
with that labor-saving device?"
"Had to work too hard trying to
sell It."
The Safest Plan.
"How did the criminal evade the de-
tective so long?" "Why, he rented a
room In the same fiat with him."
spirm
WARNING! Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin.
Unless you see the name "Bayer" on tablets, you are
not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians
over 22 years and proved safe by millions for
Headache Colds Rheumatism
Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis
Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain
Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proper directions.
Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets—Also bottles of 24 and 100—DrugffiBU.
Aiiplrln la tLe tride mark of Bajer Manufacture of Monoacetlcacldeater of SaUcyllcacld
P Thedford's .
(Vegetable)
Liver Medicine
Not Only For
Chills and Fever
vicars
Chill Tonic But * Fine General Tonic
Wards Off Malaria and Restores Strength. i ry It
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