The Syracuse Journal, Volume 18, Number 12, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 July 1925 — Page 7

Wire Pictures of Destruction of Santa Barbara

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Arlington Hotel Ruined by the Earthquake

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Boys’ Band From lowa on Long Tour

Undtaurwood ft U&dArwood Twenty-two youngsters from a children s home In Des Moines, lowa, who are on •year's tour throughout the United States, photographed in New York. Tbe band Is la charge of H. M. Draper, superintendent of the home, who is in the Mt foreground. . g.

SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST

Compared with KngUshaMn, Scots«mb. and Welshmen, the Irish have eaneh the largest head*. Ninety-five per cent of the genuine hair aetouaed by w«m» throughout the wojM are made by band in Chinese too** The 1.800 beekeepers in tbe Provtoce of Manitoba, Canada, with 22.113 eotoatea produced MBMOO pounds of tooner. valued p la ISM.

Captain Robert Gray, aa American navigator, entered the month of the Columbia rteer tn 1792 and returned | with the first accurate knowledge of the Oregon territory.’ Cattlemen in New Zealand are treating hay with double citrate of iron and ammonia tn order to prevent the "bush sickness” or “iron hunger* disease among canto duo to lack of iron to toe

WON TRIP TO EUROPE immKMMBMBBMMBBBMBI Mary Louise MeC’achrrti. an orphan whose home has been the Presbyterian Mission school at Concord, N. C. sailed on the Leviathan from New York July 4 on a free voyage which she won ir a contest of Bible mory-telUng. Mary Louise is a stxteen-year-otd mountain girt whose parents died in the flu epidemic some years age. The contest was open to all Sunday school pupils In the country and the first prize. Won by Mary, was a 57-day trip to Europe. .. . Lott Faith “Dad, do you know the story ot Jack and his quick-growing beanatnlkr “ Y es-” “Is it a fairy taier , 1 guess all bean stories are fairy tales.” replied dad. glancing at Bite garden plot.—Louisville CourlerJournal. The Roman Collar The clerical collar, which tastens in the back, often called the Roman collar. Is of modern and secular origin. It was probably adopted by the clergy at certain churches because of tta ■tapUdty. Haman A Frenchman at Marseilles, who has ft OOfIXl&l Ift iate tt «t wffl. can swallow four quarts at water end eject it like a wkaie IB a fMt high. . V,* .. ’ • . ... r -.,... ±

TH® SYRACUSE JOURXAU

T v TSuildixicj Home Owner Always Makes Good Citizen Home ownership is a big factor in the making of a good citizen. A man who owns his own home, or has started to pay for one. is a much more stable and dependable person than the one who rents his living quarters, because he feels himself a member of the community, writes Allene Lyle in the Chicago Evening Post. He expects to make it his permanent home and he is interested in improving it. The man who lives in a rented house or apartment can always move on short notice if there Is something in the community which is not to his liking, and be is quite apt to do so, but the man who lives in a house which he owns himself is much more apt to try to bring the community up to his standards and Ideals. A home owner feels that he belongs to the community and it belongs to him. He pays taxes and he Is concerned about how this public money is spent. He wants good etreets and highways; he is Interested in transportation facilities, lighting and improvements in sanitation; be demands good laws and their enforcement for the protection of his property and his family he is vitally concerned in his community's schools and churches. Over/ooAt Chances to Redeem Blighted Spots While they are centering their attention on the conservation, protection and improvement of Illinois’ beauty spots nature lovers and others interested in the staters natural beautyshould not lose sight of the manyblighted spots that have almost unlimited possibilities for improvement, in the opinion of Karl B. Lohmanq. in charge of landscape gardening at the college of agriculture. University of Illinois. Many of the farm building groups in the state, hundreds of school grounds and miles of so-called Improved roads unfortunately come within this class of blighted features, he said. “Despite the luxurious acreage which they command.” he explained, -■•thousands of farm building groups in Illinois are desolate because they are not in good order, they are not arranged efficiently for maximum convenience, they are not compactly and well disposed about agreeably shaped and effectively paved courts and they lose the picturesqueness that is possible with suitably placed trees, shrubs and lawns, hedges and fences. “Stretches of grass should school structures and trees slmtffd be Introduced.” Thought Comes Too Late Formal and official city planning is comparatively a new art in this country. Most American cities have been allowed to grow in a haphazard way. and the way Is usually to their disadvantage in attractiveness and convenience. It is only after they are well established that residents usually begin to think of the future development and to regret earlier mistakes. To correct all the unwise features and to remove or reconstruct obstructive and ugly buildings Is too costly an undertaking, and for the most part the planning that can then be done looks to the suburban growth and to public and business structures that, as time and progress go on, are necessary to replace old ones. Plant Flowers “The tenant who has flowers growing In bis front yard Is the future home owner," observes O. H. Funston, first president of the Richmond (Pa-) Real Estate exchange. Esthetic decoration of the home, and the deep-root-ed Instinct to merge the house with its surrounding's through the planting of shrubbery probably date back to the nicely trained vines near the opening of the first cave, the National Association of Rea) Estate Boards suggests. Wasn’t it the vine and the fig tree that announced to the primitive world In general, “This abode belongs to someone”? /mportance of Prosperity There is nothing of more importance to any of us than the prosperity of our own town and community, so let’s get together and work to that end. The more proeperous the town or community Is as a whole the more prosperous will be each Individual. And the only way any community can be really prosperous Is by a cooperation on the part of all In making it so. We can never expect to a meant to much if we persist In the Idea of “going it alone.” Let’s work together.—Marion County (Ala.) News. Economy in Building Tho actual value of the house, its upkeep, and 4he health and comfort of the family, are to a very large extent dependent on the character and quality of its heating, lighting, plumbing, and mechanical equipment. Home builders are advised not to select poor equipment because it seems cheap. True economy lies first In careful planning, second In buying good materials as cheaply as possible, and third In seeing that the equipment is properly installed.—lndianapolis Star. Fnrit Trees on Highways ■i v In some of the countries of Europe, the idea of planting fruit trees along the highways, to beautify the roads, has become a success. Travelers have teamed to restrain themselves from robbing the trees of their fruit Cans and Weeds Tin cans and weeds won’t help ts « i ixi lipn tinl loti — A guilty conscience may become Its own excuser. ,

HIGHWAY BOARD TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS (Prepares by the United State* Department of Agriculture.) Tentative agreement on the form and color of .warning and signs to mark the principal interstate roads of the country was reached by the joint board of interstate highways in session held at Washington. Highways to be marked as interstate roads, for which the name United States highways has been proposed, will be selected after a series of regional meetings of members of the board with highway officials of groups of states. As the membership of the board is made up of state and federal officials in charge of highways and is representative of the departments in control of the roads of all states, it Is anticipated that the recommendations of the board will be translated into definite action within a few months. The routes selected as United States highways will be numbered and marked uniformly in all states with a standard marker. AH state highway departments will be asked to submit proposals for the design of the marker. The design tent proposed by the board consists of a United States shield with a white background bearing in black letters “U. S.”, the number of the route in large numerals. and the name of the state in which the marker is erected. Differences which now exist between the warning and danger signs in use by the various states wilt also be eliminated when the recommendations of the board are adopted, at least so far as the interstate roads are concerned. Tentative proposals adopted at the first meeting of the board call for the adoption of a standard round sign for marking all railroad crossings; an octagonal sign to indicate danger or stop: a diamond-shaped sign for caution or slow; a square sign to indicate “look” or attention: and a rectangular shape for directional or informational signs. Colors tentatively adopted for noniuminous signs are yellow for warning and danger signs and white for directional and informational signs, including the route markers. Lettering on both classes of signs will be in black. For luminous or reflecting signs the colors tentatively selected are red for danger, yellow for caution and green to indicate “go.” ’ Standardization of the sizes of all signs and the lettering on them will be referred to a subcommittee of the board. All recommendations of the board with regard to the shape, size and color of signs will be submitted to the highway departments of all states for consideration before the final adoption by the board. " Eliminate Guesswork in Construction of Roads With the determination to have the best roads that its funds will build and to see that its roads are constructed in accordance with specifications the North Carolina highway department. with the help of its chemist. R. L. Oberbolser. has advanced the science of road construction to the point where all guesswork has been eliminated as to uniform, density In pavement construction. Even when the materials are mixed according to specifications and the surface looks good, the mixture which has gone into the road may fail through lack of proper compression. Mr. Oberholser meets this situation insisting upon daily density tests of the finished pavement. From each road project In the state the chemical laboratory of the state highway department at Raleigh receives daily a piece of the pavement drilled from the day’s lay. If the lab’oratory test reveals that the workmen have been there is Insufficient density, the work on the project under investigation is stopped immediately. Poor construction cannot continue on any road lodger than 24 hours. After the cause of the trouble is ascertained the work proceeds. If necessary the stretch of roadway showing insufficient density is torn up and relaid. The tests sometimes save, -ft is estimated, as much as >12.000 a mile later In ro«d repairs. As a result of methods such as these North Carolina now has some of the best bituminous motor roads In the world. Trucks Speed Road Work While the motor bus and the motor truck accentuate the demand for improved highways, It is also true that the motor truck makes rapid road building possible and materially cuts down the cost of such construction. The old Roman paved roads were built kt the rate of about a mile in 14 months, while today s miie of paved road is laid in 14 days or better. Improvement of Roads In our country, the issue of good roads has passed the point of eoniro- , versy. Our roads now have not only the dimensions of great length, hut also the dimensions of greater width for ever-increasing traffic, and of greater thickness to bear the heavier loads. The public is now on wheels and wherever the question of good roads ts raised we find the public decisively expressing itself in favor of steady development Money Spent in Kansas Kansas used slightly more than three million dollars of federal aid in road building last year. Waiter V. Buck, state highway engineer announced in a statement -of the work ■done in the counties. There was a road cost of J5.1575Q2J5. The cost of the bridge work was >940,088.75. making a total of 56j097.292.10 for road and bridge improvement in the state. owe-hslf of the total cost of construe tton.

FOREST FIRES ARE BIG SUMMER MENACE

Do you know that hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of valtiabl* land is spoiled due to smoldering fires left burning after campers break camp and move to a new site? Forest fires are one of the greatest menace! in summer, and the majority are from carelessness. Photograph shows mem bers of the forest commission, en route to a reported fire.

PROPER AMOUNT OF AIR IN TIRE Amount Is Determined by Experts Whose Judgment Should Rule. In the course of tire development, tire experiments have proven that among the most important factors in the proper treatment of tires is the ad- ! justmeut as the ratio between the air pressure of the tires and the load to :be carried. The engineers have made i long and comprehensive studies of the proper amount of air to be used with certain loads. The life of the tires is actually lengthened and the service given is improved if these observations of the engineers are regarded. Overloading Fault. Overloading is a common fault, and I the disregard for careful adjustment of air pressure In the tires causes all sorts of tire troubles which are not attributable to the construction of the tire but to their use. The engineers and chemists are at work constantly 1 Improving the materials from which tires are made and the. machinery for their production, but all of the principles back of the construction of the tire are based on maintaining an air pressure commensurate with the load to be carried and the design of the tire. If the loads are increased, the air i pressure must be made to conform. I otherwise there is an insufficient ■ amount of air in the tires for the ' load carried and this produces underinflation. which causes an unnatural wear on the tires. If the load i is too light for the air pressure carried there is not the resiliency or buoyancy to the tires that there should be. This is particularly true of balloon tires, in which the varia- ; tlon of the air pressure is a matter to I be carefully attended. Good Treatment. Tires, like the motor of the automobile, respond to good treatment, and the good motorist is the one who will heed the best advice as to the care <rf i the engine. He will use his automobile for years and the engine will actually Improve in his hands, while In the handy jbe poor motorist the en- • glue will develop a feultitude of troubles. So it te with tires. Pyopef care acI tually will give maximuffi mileage. Con- • differing that the tires carry fhS load • of th# ear and the contents, as well , as protectififi the whole mechanism of the car against the road blows, there are no more Important elements tn I the operation of the car than proper tire adjustment, inflation and load. Watch Your Water Pump to Prevent Motor Heat Os the 16 reasons for motor beating, perhaps one of the most obscure and least thought of is the small pin that holds the paddle wheel on the water pump to the shaft. This is a frequent reason for engine overheating, and because of its very obscureness, is one of the reasons for this series of articles. As everyone knows, the water pump is attached to the water pump shaft. Within this pump is a paddle wheel that assists in circulating the water from the radiator entirely through the water passage system. A small steel pin bolds this paddle wheel fast to the pump, and many times, after some montbs of usage, this pin becomes worn or rusted, and shears off as. ■monthly as if cut by a knife. The pump at once becomes inoperative, the water does *ot circulate and the terrific heat of the engine soon boils away the water that remains in the radiator. Here again the heat indicator on your car immediately tells the story, as the vapor temperature of the boiling water In the radiator will warn the motorist, through this instrument. that he must investigate at once, or suffer the penalty: a large garage bill. AUTOMOBILE FACTS Carry spare headlight bulbs with you. • • • To enjoy motoring, get off the main traveled roads. Still, on side roads, garages are not so numerous. Th* complete skip at the ignition is a wanting that the breaker points need attention. When one spark plug baa gone bad skipping will be but partial and qffie regular.

! * Farm Efficiency Is J t Increased by Truck 1 ♦ There are many angled from ♦ X which farmers can view the mo- $ ♦ tor truck, says the Michigan ♦ 4> Farmer. It is apparent, how- e J ever, that in the great majority J ♦ of instances the truck has in- * J creased farm efficiency. It has J ♦ shortened and cheapened the ♦ ♦ transportation of many farm J ♦ producta from the field to the ♦ 4 city. It frequently makes pos- J ♦ slble for farmers to take advan- ♦ 4. tage of variations in demand for A ♦ certain products at different ♦ {markets. It speeds up the de- * livery of perishables, so giving 4 ♦ distributors a longer period in + J which to market! It simplifies J ♦ delivery by eliminating trans- o J fers, carrying goods all the way J ♦ to the receiver; ♦ J In taking a long view of our * ♦ farming business the opportuni- ♦ £ ties afforded by the truck should 2 ♦ Save the thoughtful considers- ♦ * tion of every operative farmer. X Blocks for Automobile Jacks Are Convenient A handy pair of blocks shown in the drawing will more than repay the slight cost and trouble of making them, pi the convenience that attends their application as indicated. The blocks can either be made from solid four-inch timbers, or may be built up Hag, OCTAft. Off JACK BLOCK & v_——————————w— A Set as Jack Blocks, to Provide S Firm and Even Base for the Jack on 80ft or Uneven Grounds and te Speed Up the Work. -.n from two-inch planks In the mannes shown, and besides serving as a base for the op soft or uneven ground, they may be used for blocking the wheels of the car.—C. C. Spreen. Birmingham, Mich., in Popular Mechanics Magazine. Things One Should Know About Replacing Tubes Undue haste in replacing a punctured or blown-out tube. Is responsible for a multitude of trouble*. The must common mistake is pinching the'tube. The tube Is inserted in an uneven or twisted manner. This causes it to overlap or wrinkle, with the result that in a short time It will cut through where It has been overlapped and produce a leak. The same trouble is also . caused sometimes by putting a new tube Imo the tire just as It is taken from the oox. When the tube Is applied after mounting, there is such an inrush of air that it will often buckle up the tubes, thereby forcing a tiny section beneath the head spreader. Especially will this occur if the valve stem is not pulled out to its proper position. The operator should proceed slowly when applying the tube. Before putting it into the easing it. should be given a couple of “shots” of air. then it should be applied carefully, the inside —the side on which the stem occurs—always being kept Inside. When it is in the casing it should be “talced” carefully and the fingers forced all around the tire to make sure that the talc has been evenly distributed, and then, before the loose bead is applied the tire should be given a little more air—enough to round it out nicely and prevent pinching. In buying an automobile the average European figures cost of operation first and price of car afterward. The front drive automobile must be a novelty for the fellow whose wife always ha* driv en from the back seat : - ■ ‘. e • • A motorist snggeeta that all th* small license numbers be reserved tot wllO tICCIS El£