i
1
1
3Sks .'Frontier, |2.00 per year.
fFwaa fiQANS—R. H. PARKER.—37tf
FILMS, KODOK FINISH
.acsf - W B. Graves, O’Neill. 30-tf
OR RENT—6-room house.
_JF. W. Hickey. 39-tf
'.*73K- GIRLS WANTED AT ONCE
Hr. Iw Western Hotel. 6-tf
MU. 1 VKAWKEYE CAMERA, SPEC
> jfcf Si.Sk, Graves Jewelry Store. 27tf
SALE — MODERN HOUSE,
reseed to sell—L. G. Gillespie. 7tf
SALE—100-lb. ICE BOX, 7x7
•imii.-2 army cots.—Mrs. J. J.
rSlanyi 6-2p
. > ’•* SALE- WELL IMPROVED 400
asrr* farm. See Gustav Dahms,
iCnav-t, Nebr. 6-3
'II-WIO HUNDRED DOLLARS WILL
ittnh » ^-cylinder Reo automobile.—
:*«* it, H. Parker. 3-tf
FEET OF 8-IN. SHIPLAP FOR
oaie at a big discount.—O’Neill
Band, E. D. Henry, Secy, Tr.
. . r£iT SOLD TWO FARMS. POS
dr*Jjr V can sell more. List your
fer.r ft ifn me and I will try.—R. H.
Jif*»Ktoar, O’Neill, Nebr. 52-tf
MONEY BY INSURING
•vnr tuto, Farm and Town I’rop
with L. G. Gillespie, O'Neill,
tM*wru.-ka. 5-tf
m»JSE FOR SALE—SEVEN Rooms
wuio Bath. All modern. Southeast
iuMs-jM-? of same block as public libra
r —Mrs. Jessie Ashley. 6-tf
¥ *■* tl'Y AND RANCH LOANS, 5 AND
rce-fourth per cent, no commis
a-wt -F. J. Dlshner, County Agent
Jfc- Stock Land Hank. 17-tf
B Ift OPTIONAL, ANNUAL IN
S4Wi*8t. Farm Loans at (5*4 % , in
« x v:ltog commission, see L. G. Gilles
. O’Neill, Nebrska. 6-tf
i: /i OR STRAYED—A BLACK
jsex-Ji white collie with sable head,
rtneh of M. P. Sullivan. Infor
as to whereabouts appro
6-tf
:£,.OTSFACTION WITH YOUR
©lawses remain long after the price
a. forgotten, if you have your eyes
-. •eriumned by Perrigo Optical Co. at
'I’uM-ti Hotel, Tuesday, July 28. 7-2
OKTSXNG MY FOURTEEN YEARS
loaning money on farms this is
'$»>• lowest interest rate I ever had.
.O uti.ii now loan money on good farms
•• i t* % interest.—R. H. Parker,
*.,?!• X-ill, Nebr. 40-tf
KW YOU NEED THE OLD LOAN ON
axAUr farm renewed for anothtor 5 or
*SV smars, of If you need a larger loan
’ ? okb make It for you.—It H. Parker,
Nebraska. 21-tf
FOR SALE.
I wo building Lots, size 100x120,
■waaJdheast corner of my acreage. Nice
m** rrns lawn, evergreen shade
r&re*. cement walk on three sides;
* U water and sewer. Buy this and
'.m will furnish the money to build
house.
hmi me if you want to by a home
::«arg». or small. Can locate you in
jy, art of the city.
* .1. H. SHULTZ, O’Neill, Neb.
TAKEN UP.
li red, long yearling, steer, no
Htariir ds, came to my place about May
Owner cun have same by prov
htf property and paying for adver
*S*u*«g and keep.
SIMON SIMONSON,
S !4 mi. Northeast of O’Neill.
t^Firat publication July 16.)
*W. J. Hammond, Attorney)
NOTICE,
Notice is hereby given that by
\witJR of a chattel mortgage, dated
4 uni G, 1923, and copy of which was
for record in the office of the
cfStmmy Clerk, of Holt County, Ne
AtrieJea, on May 18, 1923, and by
-(Mines** of a chattel mortgage dated
-Aar* 22, 1924, hnd copy of which was
rBfcad for record in the office of the
dauaty Clerk of Holt County, Ne
druca, on July 26, 1924, which mort
-4PH5** were given by Matt Dugan to
mamas Griffin, and of which Thomas
CM&n is still the owner, and which
’■Mortgages were given to secure the
.{Moment of a note of $2,970 dated
AprS 6, 1923, and which became due
April 6, 1925, and on which on
UtaBy AC, 1925, there was due the sum
<af $2,941.05, there will be sold to the
l«i«|jbt!St bidder for cash, on the 5th
4hv of August, 1925, at the hour of
o’clock P. M. at the barn lot on
the farm of Thomas Griffin on the
^bidiiwest Quarter of Section 18,
T*«ensbip 29 North, Range 11 West
f4MkVhrincipal Meridian in Holt County,
i^fcsbiaska, the following personal
jjprpperty, conveyed by said chattel
immr^aie’ea, towit:
&V cows, various colors and ages;
22 MBt; 1 yearling bull calf; 2 suck
ycalves; 1 bay mare; 1 black
jflBMne; 1 team of mules; 2 ponies; 1
less? xmke; 1 hay rack and gears.
' flaked this 16th day of July. 1925.
THOMAS GRIFFIN,
■ 7tAI Mortgagee.
I
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(Edited by O Douglas Wardrop, Editor of Radio Merchandising.)
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■ ms « w«vc ii«p i ri«i wgrw. ouen a i rap is Being used by One of the
Government Receiving Stations Which Operates on 450 Meters and Up
ward, Less Than a Mile from a 400-Meter Broadcasting Station.
At the present time there Is no prac
tical solution for every Interference
problem thnt a radio fan may have.
However, there are a great many cases
of Interference that can be solved by
the use of a properly constructed wave
trap. It Is the purpose of this article
to give the results of tests which have
been made and to explain exactly the
construction of n trap which the writer
believes will bo of much help to many
of the fans.
Just such a trap Is being used by one
of the government receiving stations
which operates on 450 meters and up
ward and Is less than a mile from one
of the large 400-meter broadcasting sta
tions. Before the trap was put Into
service, signals from the broadcasting
station could not be tuned out, regard
less of how the government receiving
set was tuned. In fact, the Interfering
concerts could he heard for many feet
from the 'phones. Before the broad
casting station was finally ullowed to
begin regular operations the problem
of Interference had to he solved. Sev
eral traps were made and tried out,
and finally one was developed which
cleared the trouble.
Conditions Wore Rigorous.
The conditions which the trap had
to meet wore very rigorous. When the
broadcasting station was In operation
It was necessary that It should not he
heard In the least when the govern
ment set was tuned to 450 meters or
more. For this test the receiving set
was tuned to 450 meters, the lowest
wave length used In the reception of
messages at that particular station.
Also the regeneration was set at a min
imum and two amplifier tubes In addi
tion to the detector were employed.
The fact that no regeneration was used
made the receiving set much less selec
tive, even though It was a loose-coupled
type. Also, It was required that the
use of the trap would not noticeably
cut the signal strength of any messages
that the operator desired to receive.
Finally, after building several traps,
using various sizes of wire, Inductance
and capacitance, an arrangement was
found which met the specified condi
tions. It was possible to tune the re
ceiving set as low ns 430 meters before
the 400-meter broadonstlng signals
were nudible. There was no notice
able change In Intensity of 450-meter
stations when the trap was cut In and
out of circuit. When the receiving
set was adjusted to 400 meters about
90 per cent of the interfering siguuls
was eliminated.
The accompanying diagram Illus
trates how the trap should he con
nected In circuit. When the condenser
Is adjusted so tliut the circuit resonates
at 400 meters, for example, the trap
offers, theoretically, an Infinite Imped
ance to any incoming signal of the
same wave length. In actual practice
the impedance of the trap at resonance
Is not infinite, due to the fact that a
coll cannot he made which has no re
sistance, but It Is, however, very high.
All other signals above or below 400
meters find their way Into the receiv
ing set, since the trap Is not in res
onance with them.
How Inductance Is Made.
The Inductance is made by winding
17 turns of No. 15 or No. 16 D. O. C.
copper wire on a 4%-lneh bakelite tube
The variable condenser Is .001 infd.,
or the usual 43-plate type. The fixed
condensers are also .001 mfd. of mica
dielectric. Two single-pole switches
make It possible to cut In or out the
fixed condensers In order that broader
range of tuning may be had on the
trap. The other single-pole switch
makes It possible to cut In or out the
wave trap ns desired. After the prop
er capacity lias been determined for
any particular receiving station, It Is
probable that switches will be unnec
essary for cutting the condensers In
and out of circuit.
The trap will cut out 400-meter stn
' tlons when one fixed condenser Is In
circuit and the variable condenser Is
placed approximately at mid-setting.
To eliminate higher waves, Increase
the condenser capacity, and for shorter
waves, decrease It, cutting In or out the
fixed condensers ns necessary. If a
loose coupler or varlocoupler arrange
ment Is used In the receiving set, very
close coupling must he employed; oth
erwise the trap will not be at all effec
tive. The trap will slightly alter the
previous settings of the receiving set.
hflt not to nn appreciable extent. This
particular apparatus will undoubted h
he of most service In eliminating 400
meter stations when one desires tr
hear 360-meter stations, and vice versa
Those who have trouble from cominer
dal spark sets will also find It a grenl
addtion to a radio set.
Bracing Aerial Pole
at End of Ridge Roof
The accompanying diagram shows
tui excellent way of bracing an aerial
pole where nn anchor for a fourth guy
wire Is not available.'. The aerial con
sists of a 20-foot two-by-four on the
end of a 20-foot building, it Is braced
In the manner described and has with
stood several storms that have torn
other aerials down.
This Is a truss brace. When a turn
buckle Is placed near the ground It pro
vides an easy method of keeping the
guy wires taut.
Arctic Explorer to
Take Airphone Along
Donald MacMillan, the Arctic ex
plorer, Is planning to take a powerful
radio receiving and transmitting outfit
with his expedition on the ship Bow
doln, this summer. No m itter how far
north the party penetrates, the re
ceiving part of the outfit at least will
gp with them, and while they are sit
ting Inside their snow Igloos in the
frozen North, they can be listening to
the latest Jazz broadcasts from civili
sation.
Not only will the explorer's ship be
•quipped with a powerful receiving set,
hot it is planned to have a powerful
sending set also, and there will be
dally chats between the Bowdoin, which
sails from Eastport, Me., In June and
the Chicago broadcasting station at the
Bdgewater Beach hotel. E. F. Mc
Donald, a millionaire Chicago radio
plian, is in Maine to oversee the In
stalling of apparatus on the Bowdoin.
Radiophans will be asked to "stand
by" each night for the voice of Mac
Millan from the Arctic. It is believed
that he may he received better in some
parts of the country than in others,
owing to various forms of interference.
"If we have the same experience
with the Eskimos regarding radio that
we did with the regular wire telephone,
it will be interesting and amusing,"
said Mr. MacMillan. I found one Es
kimo at one end of the wire. He would
yell and then run to the other end of
the wire to try to hear the sound of
his own voice. When I caught up with
him he explained gravely that It could
not be done. There was no hole In the
wire.”
The next expedition will have a crew
of seven men aboard, to go within 720
miles of the pole. Five phonographs
will be taken, one to be given to each
of the Eskimo tribes. Two thousand
pounds of pemmlcan, a highly concen
trated food, will be taken along to
avoid any possible food shortage
ashore.
Wire End Connection
Takes Place of a Lug
Number 14 or larger copper wire or
busbar Is easily flattened at the end
and a hole of suitable size drilled in It.
This takes the place of soldering a lug
to the end of the wire and It makes a
permanent connection that will slip
under a small nut or binding post with
out a bunch of solder or the flaps of
the lug sticking up in the way.
DX-FIex Tuning May
Be Done by Coupling
It may surprise some fans to know
:lhat it is' possible with the DX-Flex
to accomplish practically all of the
tuning by means of the coupling con
trol alone. It is true that this is not
the most efficient method of tuning,
but it certainly is an easy scheme and,
as far as local work is concerned,
gives excellent results.
It is known that the wave length,
to which two separate circuits may
be tuned, varies very much as the
two circuits are brought in relation
with each other. When the circuits
are closely coupled the wave length
of each Is reduced, while the opposite
effect takes place as the circuits are
drawn apart.
Hence, in the primary setting of
the I>X-Flex for this tuning stunt, the
coupling should be set at about the
20-degree position. This means that
the rotor of the coupler is near the
maximum or parallel position with re
spect to the primary. When this has
been done the primary taps and the
secondary condenser are tuned care
fully for 360 meters. It will then be
found that as the coupling is reduced
ttie wave length goes up uniformly
on both circuits and there is very lit
tle difference in effect between tills
method of tuning and one which is
usually recommended where the coup
ling is left fixed and the primary and
secondary are varied.
It Is entirely possible to adjust a
bit below 360 meters for KDKA, then
to reduce the coupling a little bit and
come across the wave length of WJZ.
A little further reduction and WOY
is picked up, while near the minimum
In comes WEAF and some of the other
400-meter stations.
Some may question the selectivity
If this method is followed, but a little
thought will show that interference
from code stations operating on 600
meters will not be great on the 400
meter adjustment, Inasmuch as the
coupling Is greatly reduced. The ten
dency for Interference on 360 meters
is least there, and therefore an in
crease of coupling on this wave is not
troublesome.
This scheme is most satisfactory for
the use of those who are not familiar
with radio apparatus, for it reduces
the tuning controls to one and Is there
fore eminently fitted for the use of
members of the family not versed in
the Intricacies of primary and second
ary adjustments.
Potentiometer Needed
for Selective Tuning
The word potentiometer is a big
word. No matter what the circuit is
this little Instrument is the goods. Dis
tance and perfect reception are as
sured by the employment of such an
instrument. It is generally placed
across the filament battery. The ac
companying sketch shows the proper
connection for one of these instru
ments In the circuit. The reason for
the potentiometer is that the gas con
tent vacuum tube demands close ad
justment of the plate circuit battery
potential. It consumes 0.02 amperes,
which is negligible.
Proper Shape for
Resistance Spring
When laying out the phosphor
bronze contact piece for the Flewel
llng variable leak care should be taken
to have this piece of the proper shape.
This is to make the change of resist
ance gradual.
It is quite evident to students of
mechanics that a beam supported at
one end and of uniform thickness
should have the shape of a triangle,
If the stress Is to be uniform. Fur
thermore, It Is best to go one step
further and make the contact piece so
that the end nearest the adjusting
screw will be raised from contact with
the resistance unit before the support
ing end Is raised.
Ohms Resistance Found
ii^ Radio Circuits
Units of apparatus varying widely in
their values of ohmic resistance are
connected in radio circuits. For exam
ple, the resistance of the filament rheo
stat for amplifier and detector tubes
has a maximum value of approximately
six ohms, mechanically arranged to be
variable In order that a filament cur
rent of 1.2 amperes may ba drawn
from the storage battery.
With the new UV201-A tubes on the
market a special rheostat Is needed to
secure the best results. The ohmage
of this rheostat should be approximate
ly 20 to 25 ohms.
The regenerative action is accom
plished by feeding back to the grid
circuit a portion of the plate circuit
energy and thus balancing out the ef
fect of the circuit resistance.
Scientists Maf Claim
Improvement on Nature
If experiments at present in prog
ress prove satisfactory, in time to
come steam boilers will not be used
to work big power plants—mercury or
sulphur vapors will be employed in
stead.
The idea Is that such vapors Involve
much higher temperatures than even
superheated steam, and the higher
the temperature, of course, the great
er the power produced.
The hot vapors, after driving a tur
bine, will be condensed, yielding their
heat to water, thus generating steam
for use in its turn.
This century has been a wonderful
one for the chemical industry.
Even new materials have been pro
duced, writes Mr. Harrison E. Howe
in “These Eventful Years.” The de
mand for silk at a low price has
brought about the production of arti
ficial silk. The fiber looks like silk,
and answers the purpose of silk; yet
it is made from wood pulp or even
cotton.
In the plant world science is im
proving on nature. On sugar cane
plantations it has been found that a
certain kind of paper, when spread
over the rows, discourages weeds and
thus minimizes hoeing.
The cane shoots can push through
this specially prepared paper, which is
tough enough to prevent quite effec
tively the growth of soft-topped
weeds.
**Getting Into Scrape”
Has Various Meanings
The phrase ‘‘get Into a scrape” can
be traced back as far as 1709. Rich
ard Steele used It in "The Tatler” and
it is said to have originated from the
notion of having been scraped In go
ing through a narrow passageway, but
this is pure conjecture. Scrape in
dialectical English designates a trap
and is much older, and to this day the
word is used for a lure for birds in
cold weather, says the Family Her
ald.
According to Lowsley’s "Glossary of
Berkshire Words and Phrases,” scrapes
are of two kinds: the first is an old
door supported by a stick under which
corn i£ placed, and the stick being
pulled by a long string the door falls
on the birds. The second is made by
placing corn where snow has been
swept away, and birds, when congre
gated, are shot in numbers, being en
filaded along the scrape.
Worlidge in his dictionary, edited
In 1681, describes a scrape as "a place
baited with chaff or corn to entice
birds.” To get into a scrape is to get
Into an awkward, embarrassing or
troublesome predicament.
Church's Modest Beginning
In about the year 1780 the first
Methodist church in the United States
was built in Kent county, Delaware. It
was called Barratt's chapel and is as
solid today as on the day it was opened
for divine worship. The land it occu
pies was deeded for the purpose by
Philip Bnrratt, in Murderklll Hundred.
Here in 1774 Bishop Thomas Coke
the Methodist church met Bishop Fran
cis Asbury, the latter the first man in
America ordained by the Methodists
to the Episcopal office. Out of the
meeting grew a plan to carry Method
ism all over the United States. The
first native Methodist minister in
America Is said to have been Richard
Owen of Maryland. One of the most
famous of such ministers was “Father"
Joshua Thomas, who for the better
part of a half-century traveled up and
down the Chesapeake in a big “bug
yye,” as the long, narrow, and very
staunch boats of a certain type are
called, preaching to the islanders, most
of whom were and are fishermen.
Traditions Long Kept
Baddesley Clinton is one of the beau
tiful ancient moated granges of Eng
land. It possesses a private chapel
where, with one or two short periods
of interruption, mass has been said
ever since the days of the Reformation.
But the Roman Catholic traditions of
another country house, the chronicles
of which have just been published, are
even more remarkable than those of
Baddesley Clinton. At East Hundred
house, near Abingdon, there is a pri
vate chapel in the grounds which has
stood there from the Thirteenth cen
tury. Here the Eyston family, who
have a private entrance from the li
brary of the house, have worshiped
century after century ; and it is accept
ed as a historical fact that the lamp
before the altar has never ceased to
burn for 000 years. No Protestant
service has ever been held there; und
It was left quite intact by Cronnven's
•oldiery when they visited Eust Hun
dred.—Family Herald.
* __________
Conscience Ruled Him
One of the witnesses at a royal com
mission appointed to inquire into a
case of alleged bribery in an election
stated that he had received $25 to vote
Conservative, and in cross-examina
tion it was elicited that he had also
received $25 to vote Liberal.
Mr. Justice Matthew, in amazement,
repeated;
“You say you received $25 to vote
Conservative?”
‘‘Yes, my lord.”
“And you also received $25 to vote
Liberalr
“Yes, my lord.”
“And for whom did you vote at the
finish?” asked the astonished Judge,
throwing himself back in the chair.
And the witness, with injured dig
nity in every line of his face, answered
with great earnestness:
‘1 voted, my lord, according to my
conscience 1”—Vancouver Province.
The Frontier, $2.00 per year.
(First publication July 16.)
(Julius D. Cronin, Attorney.)
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL.
Estate No. 1771.
In the County court of Holt County,
Nebraska, July 13, 1925.
In the matter of the Estate of Mary
Harrington, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a pe
tition has been filed in said Court for
the probate of a written instrument
purporting to be the last will and
testament of Mary Harrington, De
ceased, and for the appointment of
Dan Harrington, as executor thereof;
that August 6, 1925, at 10 o’clock A.
M., has been set for hearing said pe
tition and proving said instrument
in said Court when all persons con
cerned may appear and contest the
probate thereof.
(County Court Seal.)
C. J. MALONE,
7-3 County Judge.
(First publication July 9.)
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed bids will be received at the
Department of Public Works in the
State House at Lincoln, Nebraska, on
July 30th, 1925, until 9:00 o’clock A.
M., and at that time publicly opened
and read for GRADING, CULVERTS,
and incidental work on the EWING
O’NEILL Project No. 200, Federal
Aid Road.
The proposed work consists of con
structing 28.8 miles of EARTH road.
The approximate quantities are:
209,324 Cu. Yds. Earth Excavation.
62,929 Cu. Yds. Clay exc. for sur
facing.
494 Cu. Yds. Excavation, Class
A—Culverts.
20 Cu. Yds. Excavation, Class
B—Culverts.
500 Cu. Yds. Channel excavation.
150,000 Cu. Yds. Station overhaul.
45,379 Cu. Yds. Mi. Hauling clay.
162.1 Cu. Yds. Concrete for Box
Culverts.
112.3 Cu. Yds. Concrete for Head
walls.
3,000 Lin. ft. Guard Rail.
418 Lin. ft. 18 in. Culvert Pipe.
840 Lin. ft. 24 in. Culvert Pipe.
84 Lin. ft. 30 in. Culvert Pipe.
56 Lin. ft. 36 in. Culvert Pipe.
20 Each Anchors for Guard Rail.
20 Each Braces for guard rail.
Certified check for five per cent
(5%) of the amount of the bid will
be required.
This work must be started previous
to August 15th, 1925, and be com
pleted by July 1st, 1926.
Plans and specifications for the
work may be seen and information
secured at the office of the County
Clerk at O’Neill, Nebraska, or at the
office of the State Department of
Public Works at Lincoln, Nebraska.
_ The State and County reserve the
right to waive all technicalities and
reject any or all bids.
E. F. PORTER,
County Clerk Holt County.
R. L. COCHRAN,
State Engineer. 6-3
Nebraska Culvert and
Mfg. Co.
Austin-Western Road
Armco Culverts
Everything in Road
Machinery. Western
Representative.
L. C. PETERS
O’Neill :: Nebraska
THE
O’NEILL ABSTRACT
COMPANY
—Compiles—
“Abstract of Title”
The only complete set of Ab- j
stract Books in Holt County, j
DR. L. A. CARTER i
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ]
Glasses Correctly Fitted. I
Office and Residence, Naylor Blk. j
-Phone 72
O’NEILL :: :: NEBRASKA j
DR. J. P. GILLIGAN j
Physician and Surgeon j
Special attention given to
disease of the eye and cor
rect fitting of glasses.
H. L. BENNETT
Graduate Veterinarian
Phone 304. Day or Night.
O’Neill, Nebraska
C. H. Lubker M. E. Lubker
DRS. LUBKER
Chiropractic Specialists in
Chronic, Nervous and Femals
Diseases.
Phone 316. O’Neill, Nebr.
W. F. FINLEY, M. D.
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