Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1922 — Page 2

® RICHARD HUDNUT TNKIt HOWERS TWIN CQMPN7 Me Xate»t Caution us Rk hard 'Mudnut C**n*«UU«M POWMR IN FIVE TIMES QUANTITY OF ROUGE 5fR 5 mart ‘tlu'fcst fo/Hund'lUa or'OnMinjGaH* *-"• (-.ioua) *H»fttkn may'tw «bu,«| THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

Northern Indiana FAIR 4inw? August 1,2, 3, 4 EXHIBITORS AND CONCESSIONS: — In order to be able to take care of ouj patrons who require tents for their exhibits or concession stands at the Fair Ground, it will be necessary that we have a list of such tents required not later than Thursday night, July 20th. The Fair Association has contraet- , ed with the Indianapolis Tent Hi Awning Co., of Indianapolis, Indiana for all tents required on the ‘ Fair ground and will in turn sub rent all tents used by our patrons at actual cost to us as per our contract. Let us hear from you qiiickly if you need a tent. Quite a few booths in the Merchant’s Exhibit under the Grand Stand are still available at a nominal price. Exhibit at the Fair and boost your game. u

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OIL BOOM DAYS IN MEXICO ARE OVER, PRODUCERS SAY Tampico, Moxi< <> • Oil boom days in Mexico aro over, In the opinion of American oil men here, as a result ot j finding emulsion and water in the To-teco-Curro Azul pool. Oil industry in Mexico has entered the period of stabilization, American oil men say.

-> "The time has come when the same group of capitalists controlling sever ial subsidiary concerns whl quit duplicating plants and develop on a coI operative plan." A resident manager 'of one of the largest organizations told me. "The prospective oil production in ! Mexico is absolutely unknown, but there is every Indication from a geo ilogical point of view that it will still 'maintain its lead as one of the greatest oil producing countries of the ' I world. "Future production of oil in Mexico : will not in all probability be of a I spectnrw's- ” Oil men here pointed out, however, that there is no reason why the development in the Mid-Continent field in I the United States, because practically the same organizations are working both fields. Tampico, as a result of the new developments in this field, has reached the end of its "mushroom' growth in i the opinion of the Americans here. [From this time on. it is expected that this city and district will develop along more comparative lines, with 'agriculture being an important factor. This development along agrlcultuI ral lines will also affect the Americana in this district, because of the fact that probably as high as thirty percent of the land holders between this city and Monterey along the railroad lines are Americans, The finding of emulsion and waler ■in the Toteco-Cerro Azul pool will probably moan a decrease of approximately 10000000 barrels in th- month lly production of light crude beginning (about September 1, oil men estimate., 1 It also means, it is said, a decrease of approximately fifty per cent in the jofl taxes receipts by the Mexican government

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MDii MORE ABOUT VACUUM TUBEAS A DETECTOR How a “Three*Electrode” Is Connected in a Simple Radio Receiving Circuit. /• Obviously working the tube nt n point on the upper bend of Juioe of the characteristic curve would produce the same symmetrical changes In the plate circuit by symmetrical changes In the grid potential as It will If the tube is worked at the lower end of

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knee ot the curve. However, the alternating current applied to the grid would now produce a large decrease and a small Increase of the plate current, the reverse of that shown in Fig, 9, The objection to working the tube on the upper bend of knee of the curve Is that when no potential Is applied to the grid a relatively large

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current would flow in the plate circult and rapidly exhaust the “B” battery. Should the' tube, by means of the potential applied to the grid, be made to operate at a point on the characteristic curve midway between the upper and lower bends —that is, on the straight part of the. curve, rymmetri- • cal variations in the grid potential would cause symmetrical change in the

« USING ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRE Experts Tell the Safe Way to Employ This System for Radio Receiving. Since the announcement that the | bureau of standards of the departl ment of commerce had perfected a j method of employing electric light i wires in place of aerials, considerable I experimenting has been done by vari- | ous amateurs, some of w-hom have had i good luck while others succeeded only in blowing a large number of fuses. Engineers of an eastern electric light company have offered the following suggestions to amateurs: “First —Successful results have been obtained so far only with audion bulb sets. Crystal sets receive the signals, but for some reason they are’ very weak and indistinct. “Second—‘No set should be used on this system without air or oil filled condensers, placed In series with either the antenna circuit or the ground circuit—preferably in the antenna circuit. “Third —A fuse not heavier than , one-half ampere should be used in series and just ahead of the antenna connection. “Fourth—An ordinary separate detachment plug—l. e., one with two blades connecting the two separate halves of the plug—ls used. Only one wire is run from this plug, the other binding screw loft undisturbed. This single conductor wire should be long enough to reach from a handy electric light socket to the table where the Instrument is located and sltoufil terminate in the fuse mentioned above. In case an externally connected condenser is used, the circuit should be ; run from the fuse to the condenser i and from the condenser to the anten- I na binding post of the receiving set. ; “In sets where the condenser is Vuilt into the Instrument the connection from the,fuse Is run directly to tb.e antenna binding post. All other connections / should be exactly the i same as Tor conventional overhead aerial receiving. ■ “Screw the attachment plug Into ■ the electric light socket ami tune as tisuai. in case no signals are received > everse the blades in the attachment I plug by simply pulling the attachment ( IJ" I x I N

■ plate ctreult <• lbe would imt function oa a detector. Hg. 10:|diows how a three-electrode vacuum tube is connected in a simple radio receiving circuit. The "B buttery furnishing the necessary plate potential 1s connected with its positive side through the phones to the plate. ’U’bQ filament is Meted to the required temperature by the buttery "A.” The incoming radio frequency alterauUtig current is applied to the grid and the negative side of the filament through the “C” buttery. By connecting the negative side of the filament to the midpoint of the "O" battery a positive potential can be applied to the grid by moving the slider on the "C” battery potentiometer up, or the grid can be made negative with respect to the filament, by moving the slider on the M C" battery potentiometer down. In practice a “0" battery Is not used to force a three-electrode vacuum tube to function as a detector.

Fig, U shows how a so-called grid condenser and a grid leak resistance are used In conjunction with a threeelement vacuum tube so that it will function as a detector in a radio receiving circuit. The grid condenser is connected In series v 'th the grid of the tube and shunted the grid leak resistance.

The grid condenser will allow alternating current to flow to the grid but will not allow any charge that might coll ct an the grid to flow through it to the filament. The only way a charge that might collect on the grid could flow to the filament would be through the high resistance of about 500,000 to 2,000,000 ohms and would allow the charge on the grid to leak off slowly.

plug apart and turning the lower half half-way around. “Caution—Under no consideration should the connection from the electric light socket be brought directly into contact with the ground connection, or fuses will be blown In the house circuit and the whole house left without light. Operators should also be I careful about making contact themselves bodily with the electric light wire and ground at the same time, in order to avoid shock.” <

SHORT FLASHES ft The first national radio com- ' pass station on the Great Lakes ; U was recently Installed. Other : ft stations will shortly be in serv- < ft ice when the “graveyard" of the ■ L lakes will have lost its terrors. : It is claimed that John Hayes Hammond, Jr., and Dr. E. L. :i ft Chaffee have Invented an appli- h ance that insures secrecy in ■ U wireless. The system is based : ft on principle of producing char- !i i« acteristlc waves to which only < Z especially equipped receivers ; Z arc resjfonslve. : z Secretary Hoover’s force of ; Z “ether cops" may take the form ? <• of special government detect- ■ » Ing stations where aerial com- ■ 1Z passes could be arranged so as : ft to detect the direction from ! ft which interruptions come. By a Zz series of relays, the government ! ft station nearest the violating ftamateur could be notified and Z ftThe source of trouble stopped, y ft Now the fans in England are ft having a hard time with their air. According to a report from (England there are only 8,000 authorized amateur operators in ! the United Kingdom. The London Daily Mail states that the reason for the art's tardy .a growth Is the fact that “ham- :: pering and senseless restric- ; > tions in this eountry prevent !? wireless amateurs from getting practice. The old fogies of the ft ■ ■ army and navy air forces are ft :? afraid of the amateurs and use ft Z their influence in having the ft ■: postofflee authorities impose Im- ft < possible and vexatious restric- ft :z'tions that limit the field." i’

*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦** ♦ doings in society ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ CLUB CALENDAR Thursday Auction Bridge-Miss Madge Hite. Evangelical Ladles' Aid Society At Church Parlors. The Tri Kappa meeting scheduled for next Tuesday, July 25th has been postponed Indefinitely. Members please take notice. + The Psi lota Xi sorority will furnish a room in the County Hospital. This was decided at the regular meeting last night held at the home of Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp. It was also decided that they would conduct a stand at the Fair and would handle watermelons. At their annual initial tion held recently the following werej initiated into membership: Helen Swearengen Dora Marie Magley, Fan Haminell, Mrs. John Baumgartner and Mrs. A. It. Holthouse. ♦ Mrs. R. J. Holthouse, Mrs. Arthur Holthouse, Mrs. Charles Voglewede, and Mrs. Bernard Terveer will entertain a number of invited guests at a dinner party this evening at the home of Mrs. R. J. Holthouse on West Madison street. ♦ Mr. and Mrs. William Shoaf entertained Sunday in honor of her nieces, Miss Alta Benedict and Mrs Cora Kahlert and daughter and son, Merilynn and Edwin, from Oak Harbor, Ohio. The following guests were: there: Mrs. Cora Kahlert and son and daughter, Edwin and Merilynn; Miss Alta Benedict, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Liniger and son. Vaun, of Ft. Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Shoaf and son. Junior, of Ft. Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Noah Egley and daughters, Deloris. \rct-i and Milita; Mr. and Mrs. Tris Perkins, of Blucton; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shoaf, of near Monroe; Mr. Wayne Wagner, Frank Shoaf, Miss Ireta Shoaf, Miss Mae Shoaf. The afternoon was spent in taking picind listening to music. W. W. Driggs, postmaster at Geneva, was a visitor in this city this as-

ternoon. BIISICKRINERIL AT 2 P. M„ FRIDAY' Funeral Services for Fred Busick to Be Held From St. Peters Church Funeral services for Fred Busick, : rominent Root township farmer who lied yesterday, will be held from the St. Peters Lutheran church at 2 p. m. Friday. Burial will be held in the St.

Peters cemetery. Mr. Busick suffered a stroke of paralysis about two weeks ago and has been unable to talk since that time. He has been in a very serious condition but seemed to be feeling as well is common yesterday morning. He grew worse suddenly and died shortly after eating his dinner yesterday. The deceased was born in Root township near tho scene of his death, on October 18, 1843, being 79 years old at the time of his death. His par- , ents came to America from Germany | three months before his birth. Mr. Dusick's wife died on January 3, 1901. Since that time he has been livinfc on the home place with his son Edward. Seven children survive. They ar<, Henry, of Michigan; and William, August, Frederick, Edward, Theodore, and Mrs. Ernest Fuelling, all of this county.

: DIVORCE CASE BEING HEARD IN ADAMS CIRCUIT COURT TODAY : The divorce case of Frank Spillner against' Rosclla Spillner, venued to : Adams county from the Allen Super- ! ior court, was begun in the local court this morning. The divorce is being contested by Mrs. Spillner. Tho plaintiff claimed that his wife placed their children in an orphan's home without his sanction or knowledge and , that she spent money, .which he g ive to her for the children’s support, for her own pleasure. KINGS DAUGHTERS CLASS OF THE UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH HELD A PICNIC The Kings Daughters Sunday ■School class of thp United Brethren church with their teacher, Mrs. C; J. Miner, had an exceedingly fine time picnicking on the church lawn last evening. The eats consisted of cake, pickles, buns, bananas, noodles, baked beaus and roasted weiners There was a little social time after eating was over and each girl gave a' Pledge of one dollar to be raised with-; in sixty days for the building fund. ! (

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