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rPr F-irrtl th- Natlnnal OoRraphic So ci?i>. '.VaHhiiiK i'?n 1? C ) 1'1>S(>N r.AV ami its ? ^ ' nrles H?t c< cistliiie art- bavins their annual steamship contact with the rest of the world at this M,:lSI n. Kxeept in the suiimier months ihe pensile of the hay region live to themselves, shut in by lee along their water lanes, and. on the lan. I side, by rough and frozen terrain that the ,rans|M?rtaiio:i devices of the modern world have not yet conquered. There are more people and more ac tivity around Hudson hay and its sup {Mise'dly dreary hinterland than is gen erally sup|M?sed. For two and a half centuries permanent settlements of whiles have heen maintained along the coast. The first. Kuoert House, near the .southernmost lip of the hay. was established as a post of the Hudson Kav company soon after that corpor ation of romantic history came into existence in U?70. Since ,then the trading posts have grown in nutnher, until nearly a score ur*' seatteted .ilotii, the east and west coasts. At each of the Hudson Hay company posts a Ca nadian. Knglish or Scotch "factor is in charge. Assistant factors resident the larger posts, ami many ot the otli ri:i!s have families with them. Ln re cent years posts of a rival fur com pany, lievillon i'reres. a French con cern. have heen established beside the older posts ur in entirely new loca tions. 111 charge of French managers. ? The typical trading post ill the Hud son hay country consists of a substan tial st"re stocked with fond supplies, fahrn s. tools, guns, ammunition' and miscelaiienus goods; the home or lioines nf company officials; a church, a few cabins of settled Indians, and perhaps a mission school building where instruction in trades is given by niissitjRiries. At the posts in spring And early summer Indian and Kskimo tra p|iers and hunters gather to trade the furs of their winter catch for need ed supplies. Great Sea Rather Than a Bay. "Hudson bay" is a misnomer. This huge body of water. JHH> miles long and nearly tHK) wide, is more than a bay nr even a gulf. It is really a great inland sea, an arm at once of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, which bites deep into the vast bulk of the North American continent. It is one of the most characteristic features on the map of the continent, standing out as strikingly as the (Julf of Mexico and cnvering almost as great an area. Hit i ly in August of each year steal ers belonging to the fur companies, from New fnundlaml and the St. I.aw ence ports, push through Hudson strait north of Labrador and nose their way down into the b;yy. They are loaded with miscellaneous cargoes of trade goods which they distribute to several of the major posts. There sail boats from the smaller posts meet the *t earners. bringing the past winter's accumulation of furs, which are to be replaced by cargoes of trade goods. When the steamers have made their round? and are ready to steam home ward. they are loaded with furs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The visit of the steamers from the outside world is the event of the year at the posts where they touch. The posts are not isolated at other times, however, for there is considerable movement of small boats along the coast in the open season from post to post. Kven in winter sledge journeys by dog teams may be made to the nearer posts. On the map, Hudson bay does not feppear to be exceedingly inaccessible from the 'more settled parts of Canada to the south. The Canadian National railway, extending east and west, passes only 17."> miles south of the southern tip of the bay, a ({{stance roughly equal to that between New York and Host on. From Cochrane, one , of the stations on the Canadian Na- j tiotial. a rail line has been pushed down ] the Abitibi river, nearly half-way to the bay. It i-? extremely difficult to construct a railway over the rough, forested wilderness, however, and the completion of the line at an early date does not seem assured. This railway will eventually reach Moose Factory, near the mouth of the Moose river, one of the oldest and most important of ! the Hudson Hay company posts. Moose Factory gains added importance by the fact that it is one of the few Hud son Hay communities that can com municate with the outside in* winter. After the Moose and Abitibi rivers are frozen over early in I December they constitute highways along which don teams sometimes make the trip to Cochrane. Around James Bay. The southern miles of Hudson bay is a narrow tongue of ? water ' known as .lames bay. A rouiid James | bay the fur trailing, posts are most j numerous and there and in the conn- | try farther inland the Indian popula tion gives way to the F.skimns who hunt, in much of the country between Hudson bay and Labrador. On the west coast the Indian population per sists as far north as Fort Churchill, o'H? miles north of James bay. Civilization has affected very differ ently the Indians and the Fskimos of the Hudson bay region. The Indians, having adopted the clothing, food and to ;i certain extent the housing of the whites, without their methods of sani tation, have fallen prey to the dis eases of civilization and are rapidly degenerating and dying out. In the face of contacts with the whites the Kskimo has stuck pretty closely to his mode of life, and he is still a com Bad Company Little Chniies, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. I-'rohnian of Co lun. bus, had been rather naughty early in the day and was told he was u bad boy. Later in the day he grew lonesome and asked bis mother wnether he couldn't find some one to play with him. After some beg ging his mother told him he didn't have to have anyone to play with, he could play by himself. Charles did not like this idea and quickly replied : I ? petent. upstanding individual, thor oughly able to take good care of him self ami his family l?. Ids bleak en vironment. Civilization's chief con tributions to him have been hrearms and steel traps. The climate of Hudson bay is very cold in winter. I>ue to its high tides, however ? about 12 feet on the average ?the bay does not freeze over solidly, hut has large fields of broken ice, with rough iee barriers along the shores, in summer the days become long and hot and most of the ice has mHted hy August, l.ocal navigation is pos sible much earlier. The bay Is shal low and heats up rapidly, so that the summer water temperature is higher than that of Lake Superior. There Is good soil around .Tames bay. especially on the east side. It is not Improbable that when a railroad I penetrates 40 the southern end of the bay. settlers move in and necessary machinery becomes available, the James bay country may become an agricultural and dairy region. Excel lent gardens are grown at Moose fac tory, K 11 pert House, Hast Main River and Fort (ieorge. The vegetables that thrive in these plots are potatoes and ; practically all root crops, cabbage, let- , tore, rhubarb, and berries. Oats have been grown successfully at sc\eral j posts, maturing perfectly. There are, no facilities in the region, however, | fur threshing grain. Crass grows lux uriantly near .lames bay and in valleys even farther north, and at several of the posts cows and horses aire kept. I'nder the sun of July and August tlowers spring up everywhere. It is 1 no uncommon thing to see acres of wild roses, wild sweet peas. viWets and other blossoms. The one doinl nantly important factor in agiiculture in this region seems to be to drain, the soil adequately. Whites Live Comfortably. The white residents at the little fur 1 trading posts of Hudson bay do nM j live In the rough way that might be supposed. Thanks to transportation through Hudson strait in summer, many of the factors have well-built j houses that would not be out of place ( architecturally in American or ('ana- j dlan towns. Within are pianos. Ameri- 1 can and European furniture, well tilled bookcases, paintings, china, sil- j ver and linen. Besides canned and ! bottled goods of every description, the | post families have fresh vegetables summer and winter (from their root! cellars in the latter case) while tish j and wild game are abundant. Christianity has taken a strong hold j on the Indians anil some of the Es- j kimos of Hudson bay. There is a j modest little ? cathedral" at Moose ( Factory, the see of a bishop of the j Anglican church ; and at all of 'he posts are churches or missions. Not every church edifice has a pastor, but j there iVre several ministers in the. re- j uion who go from place to place, and | in their absence services nre con ducted by the lay readers. In these posts 011 the edge of the wilderness | Sundays are scrupulously observed, j The post store is closed. 110 journeys ' nre started or work done, and the en- | tire population goes to church. In the south the services are conducted in the local Indian tongue, farther north. | in Eskimo. The summer visits of the bishop are events that share impor tance with the arrival of the annual ship. So far Hudson bay has played the role of furrier to the world. In the years to come it may add other parts to its repertory. Agriculture, It has seen, is not out of the question in the south. Three hundred miles 1 north of .lames bay on the east coast j a large river plunges 170 feet almost lit the shore line. Undoubtedly there is much water power going to waste 1 behind the great cliffs of the north- ? eastern coast. Some day it may be * feasible to harness this power to fur nish light and heat and power to tffo , southern settlements. Reconnolssance | has disclosed considerable quantities 1 of iron ore and other minerals along I the east coast that it may some time I be profitable to work? perhaps with the aid of nearby water power. Hudson bay's greatest opportunity for future service, however, seems to 1* as a short salt water route to Europe for the grain of the western Canadian provinces. Port Nelson and Fort Churchill, both nt the mouths of rivers on the west coast, have been urged as the future great port of the bay. Shortly before the World war this project was being rushed through, and a railway, connecting with the ex isting system near I.ake Winnipeg, was pushing toward Port Nelson. It actually reached within 03 miles of Its , destination when work was abandoned i because of the war. Since peace came [ funds have been unavailable to resume j work, and the track, through northern plain and muskeg, is falling into dis- ? repair. From Regina and points west | in the Canadian grain country a rail : liftul of miles or more would be saved by shipping grain through Port Nelson. The project would involve the ereuiion of large elevators on the edge of Hudson bay in which to store grain and dairy products during the winter, for they would have to be ready for a short, strenuous^ shipping season. I'nder this plan Scores of ships, preferably built to withstand ?ice pressure during the early and late seasons, would ply in and out of the bay between mid-July and the last of October hauling foodstuffs for Eng land where th?ir predecessors have carried only furs. think I better play with myself."? Indianapolis News. Indian Village Unearthed While we are interested in the ex cavation of ancient cities in Egypt and fur places of the world, we are finding some at home. The other day C. B. Cosgrove. un American archeologigt, discovered a buried Indian village on a ranch near Three Rivers. N. M. Two perfect rooms have been excavated so far. Skeletons were found In ono of the rooms. ? Popular Science Monthly. > THE MYSTERY OF SALLY ; -V- * # * -.y. * -A- # By CHARLES S. REID UC) by Short Story Tub Co.) SALLY whs a hired girl, the sev enteen! I) since the baby came, about thirteen months before. But we realized that at last we had found a treasure. Sally was in ventive. The kaleidoscopic repertoire of amusement which she furnished for our tooisy-wooffy was something to command the admiration of the most callous-brained pessimist of the ne\?r smiles. This aggregation of inventive genius had been purchased at a weekly In st ailment of four dollars. Cheerfully, we should have made it Ave on de mand, within a week after her ar rival. But Sally seemed to he devoid of the graft contamination and, indeed, she spent her money like a lord, more than half of her weekly pay going for glmcrocks of one kind or another for the amusement of our little one. A car ride to the park each day for the pleasure of our baby formed one of her personal extravagances. Babj soon became so much attached to her that "Mamma" was no longer Interest ing, except at certain periods during the day, and these periods Sally man aged so cleverly that no disturbance came to the household serenit} through baby's impatient demands. One thing soon became apparent. Sally had the going habit. She want ed to be away from the house more than half of the time. but. as our lit tle one always came back from these little excursions in excellent spirits, and, barring the harassing fears that Baby might contract some of the many contagious or Infectious dis eases of childhood? such as measles, chicken-pox. whooping-cough or some other horrifying thing ? this habit of Sally's was not at all Inconvenient to the household. Another thing which recommended Sally was the habitual neatness of her person, and what became an Interest ing mystery to as was the matter of how she could spend from two to three dollars per week solely ;and un selfishly for the amusement of our little one, and dress herself with such aste on the, remainder. Finally, we decided that Sally must he getting credit somewhere, and that we should raise her wages. In order that she might he enabled to meet her obligations. But about this time I saw Sally emerging from a hank <>ne day. I had been some distam-e away and unob served by her. "All," I ?'xrlulmed under my breath, "she is borrowing ?>f the bank." The cashier of this hank was a par ticular friend of mine, and 'I deter mined t<> learn something of Sally"* financial operations. This I had no trouble in doing, and soon learned to , my amazement that Sally was not a borrower, but a depositor, to the ex tent of forty or fifty dollars n week. My wife and I held a consultation over the matter, for the mystery had deepened. Why one '..ho could indulge j the daily extravagances of Sally, and yet deposit forty djllars per week, should hire herself out at a wage of four dollars per week was amazingly mysterious ? and yet.' Sally was not :i thief. Not the smallest Iterp of any thing of value had been missed from the house, and no coins or hills ever were kept about the place. So the mystery of Sally deepened. But, notwithstanding this, Sally was by Incalculable odds the best nurse we ever had possessed, or ever could hope to have, and we determined that nothing should dispossess us of her services ? no, not if it became neces sary to raise her wages to ten dollars ' per week, which extravagance I could of course 111 afford. So Sally remained, keeping np hep usual program, only Inventing new means of amusement each day. How long we should have kept her; I do not know. But accident plays a large part in the movement of human affairs, and it was an accident which led to the separation of our Sally from us. An employee from our mills had been seriously crushed In a dray col lision over on the East side, and I had gone over to Investigate the re sponsibility for tJle accident. This matter being soon concluded, I was returning to the office, when I met Jenkins, a friend of mine. Jenkins likes a faker, or a side-show perform ance better than anything; and the East side was noted for its attraction for fakers and showmen of one kind or another. "Hello, old man!" called Jenkins from across the street, "wait a mo ment." I waited, and Jenkins came over. "I>o you know," he began,' "I have found one of the smoothest artists in the show line down here that I've seen in a long while." "What's his class?" l asked. "Wild animal tamer, and he hai been playing to crowded houses hert for the pn.'t six weeks. You want vo see this, especially the afternoon pei' formance, IL? V.as lending. and we soon camf to the entrance way of a large *ent which occupied a portion of the area usually tulfen up hy the showmen. Outride welre a number of big posters announcing, botn hy word and illus tration, the wonderful feats performed by the map inside, among them being one which litis being lite special had secure me Inside Our soa was especially horrifying (announced in big letters as afternoon feature. Jenkins il tickets and was hurrjinK ,s proved to be in a good position, and we had not long to wait for the beginning of the show. The performer soon appeared in the caged arena, and the various features of the program scon were passing before us. Tigers, leopards and lions, one ofter another, h id been Introduced, and at last King Leo, a tremendous lion, stood beside his master in the arena. "Now ve get the star perform ance," whimpered Jenkins. The showman advanced to the front of the cag\ where he opened a small wicket window. "Now," te began, "if some mother in the audience will bring me her baby for a few moments, I will show you that Leo will hold the little one in his grent mouth as tenderly as lt? mother car hold it In her arms. Trust me. some t lother? your little one shall receive no harm whatever." "We ha\|e only to waJt a moment," declared Jpnkins. "There is a young woman in the audience who furnishes the baby each afternoon; and Tor reili, the showman, pays her ten dol lars on the side after each perform ance." "Horrors!" I exclaimed. And Just] at this moment the young woman ar >se from somewhere near j the front and advanced, with the baby in her arris. I got one glimpse of them? and the next instant I was on j my feet, t lough almost transfixed in j my lndignti tion. The woman was our i Sally ? and the baby was our boy. I sumni med strength enough to draw my revolver, and the man who was not a 'raid of the whole African Jungle cowered before my aim. In the meantime I somehow reached the side of Sally and seized the boy In my arms, allowing Sally to make a pre cipitate exit. No doubt she Is now working her some other city where Tor >w!ng. And we ? well, we |quiring the services of a more. Also, we are serl scheme in relll 1 8 shi are not re nurse any ously thinking of calling our boy Dan iel, the lit : le one having been deliv ered from i he lion's mouth, you know. Small Pipint About Game Jane Didn't Understand .Tane always insisted that she want ed to share all my pleasures. I was not quite so sure about it, but diplo maM" has lis uses, so I said nothing. At lengtljt It became Impossible to postpone aijrain taking her to the ball w a lonir breath, m tittered r ?iiidance, and gave In. n ont there on the mound e pitcher. He pitches." I game, t drf a prayer f< "That mri is railed ill began. "That mi club ? Is tli ball. . . "Why?" 4 "It doesnl didn't hit however, h that sack, and If he he Is safe.'! "Hut I tl| was not da "Only to < I responded "Oh!" sa! "If a ma sumed, "thd n with the bat ? with the e batter, lie hits the * sked Jane. t matter." I continued. "He lit. If lie had succeeded. would have run toward which Is called first base, jets there before the ball ought you said this game igerous," Jane objected, therwise happy marriages," d Jane. 1 gets to first base," I re succeeding batters try to advance hltji by hitting the ball. If he goes all th?f way around, past second bases, and reaches home |tit being put out, a run Is and third plate wlthol sequent cruel ty. Star. -"J de ui i An art u few dinln| an impe< still life of being unus wanted to furnish the| would. "And the "Yes, bu to paint tli to eat it." scort-d for Mils team. "When three men are put out, the other side comes to the bat, and when each side has had nine turns at bat the game Is over. The team that makes the most ri n.s wins. "Is that clear?" I asked. "Perfectly," Jane assured me. "But one thing I don't understand." "What Is it?" I Inquired. "Why is it," Jane queried, "why Is it that the men wear mittens only on one hand? It seems so sill>." A senile ||udge decided that my sub remarks constituted mental K. M.t" In Kansas City Was Taking No Chances aler had a chance to place (g room pieces. So he asked ous artist to paint him a a salad in oil. The artist, tally haVd up at the time, know if the dealer would salad. The dealer said he oils?" no vinegar. I want you s salad. I don't want you Art Works to Order for American Tourist Iii Slc'ly n new business has devel oped ? that of painting carts for tour ists. Not that the tourists want to ride in the carts. They are not look ing for locomotion, but for souvenirs. For centuries it has been the custom of Sicilian carters to have their ve hicles adorned with pictures in colors as gay as the trappings they put on their donkeys. For a few lire profes sional cart painters would depict on the sides of u cart the entrance of Julius Caesar into Rome,, or the slaughter of the Gauls, or the defeat of tte Saracens, carving hideous ^nom-?s and ravishing mermaids on the axles and filling every other bit of avalMble space with flowers. One day, a few years ago, an American tourist started the mode for this vivacious art by J^uylng Fome cast-off bits of an old cart for his dining room walls. Soon thereafter tourists were literal ly tearing carts to pieces and there were no more carts to be had. Now the professional painters make cart sides and axles expressly for the tour f 1st trade, rubbing them in the mud to make them look old and selling them through hxfal shops as "genuine." Waller 1 Chicago : "Musical hard to hearsals. hearsing s a concert rehearsals, that the k member of them all. "Saint-Sa rehearsal ful kettle "'I than steady att all these r "'Oh, tH drummer your concl will take at t ball.' Vain Gratitude amrosch said at a dinner in conductors always find it get enough orchestra re Saint-Saens^as once re bme of his o\in pieces for to Lille. There were seven and Salnt-Saens noticed ^ttle-druinmer was the only the orchestra wbo,attended lens at the seventh and final Said gratefully to the faith rirummer : k you, friend, for your ^ndance, and good work at ^hearsals of mine.' at's all right,' the kettle answered carelessly. 'At ert, though, another chap ny place. I have to drum - ? ? ? J< Search for Wild $ >) Honey Costs Life ft Louisville, Ky. ? A hunt for l$f will] honey cost the life of Wal- $ ?? ter Hall, farmer of New Albany, >J Iml. $ J1 Tying an oily cloth about hf* ^ .?? head for protection from bees, ?J Hall thrust a torch Into a hoi- }?{ low tree to smoke out the bees. +1 He tiien stuck his head In to >?, V see what progress the smoke VJ & was making. A draft sent the flame frdin the torch against ?< ills head covering and ignited it. ??J He dropped from the tree as his A y clothing blazed, and for several ??? minutes his two companions <?? tried to beat out the flames ?? while IiaJl rolled on the ground. .<?? His body was seared by the fire. X $ He died in a Louisville hospitai. "J ? V'* y SHOWS HIS BRAVERY IN FACE OF DEATH "I Won't Cry," Says Dying Boy, Pinned Under Car. Jersey City, N. J.? Wadeslaw Kowal skl, nine years old, was so busy play ing at Grand and Washington streets that he did not see a surface car coming. He ran In front of the ve hicle, was knocked down and caught under the forward trucks and dragged more than a hundred feet. Fire truck No. 1, In command or Capt. Joseph Fox, came on the run. The flremen put jacks under the car and began to raise it off the boy's body. Wadeslaw was still conscious and as the trolley slowly began to rise he asked Cnptain Fox: "Will you get me out?" "We'll have you out of there In no time," said Captain Fox. "All right, mister, I won't cry," said Wadeslaw, and a moment later a fireman lifted him In his arms and carried him to the curb. An ambu lance with a doctor was on its way, hut before It readied there the boy died in the arms of the fireman, after :he last rites of the Catholic church had been administered. ? ? Demented Girl Kept in Cage by Parents Los Angeles, Cal. ? Two attendants Ui the psychopathic ward of the Gen eral hospital here are spending most i>f their time trying to keep clothes on twenty-three-year-old Josefa Saenz, Mexican girl, who was found dement ed. naked, and Imprisoned in a wooden cage in the cellar of her parents' home. The girl is in good physical condi tion, is exceptionally muscular, and shows no sign of 111 treatment, but i she tears off clothes as fast as they are put on. For more than ten years Josefa had ! Meen kept in a cage, Mrs. Maria Saenz, the mother, said. They came here Prom Kl I 'ago a year and a half aero, ?artinK the cape with them, Mrs. Saenz declared. The condition in the Saenz home was discovered by charity workers. Investigating officers said evidences were that the girl had re ceived kind care. The father is a peddler. Boy Runs Away From Home on Skates to Escape Uncle Waterloo, N. Y. ? Arthur Davis, ihlrteen years old, colored, of Chicago, tired of alleged ill treatment at the lands of an uncle In New York, where his parents had left him, al ternately roller-skated, walked and -ode as far west toward home as Ge neva. He was picked up by State Trooper C. h. Fletcher of Waterloo and and turned over to the county igent, Miss Eva McCleary, who has communicated with Chicago. Davis had a pair of roller skates, >v/eralls ani*-$1.50 in money. He said tie had earned money en route work ing for farmers and was saving it to pay his .fare home from Buffalo. When he could not catch a ride and reached 'i good stretch of road he roller-skated. Herder Tells of Hard Fight With Female Bear Del Norte, Colo. ? Manuel Gallegos, i sheep-herder, met a grizzly bear In i hand-to-hand encounter apd lives to tell the tale. Gallegos limped into town wlthNi broken wrist, severe body cruises and a fractured cheekbone. While searching for a stray sheep, Gallegos stumbled on a sleeping fe male grizzly. He was severely cuffed by the en raged animal before his dog distracted the bear's attention long enough to allow his master to escape. Gallegos' wrist was broken when he plunged his hand into the bear's mouth in attempting to ward off the attack. Bottle Takes Five Months to Drift Across Pacific Long Beach, Wash. ? A bottle con taining a note thrown into the Pacific off Tokyo, Japan, required a little more than five months to be carried to the beach here, it is indicated in a letter just received by Wellington Marsh, Long Beach business man, from N. N'emura, rear admiral in the Japanese navy. Marsh picked up the bottle last March 30, the note inside asking the tinder to return it with notation as to where aud when found. Admiral Ne mura's letter stated that the bottle was thrown into the Pacific October 17, 1924. Murderer Showed Coolness Newburgh, N. Y. ? Jansen C. Wells, deputy sheriff here, kicked his wif< to death and then called the under taker. He said that after a drinklnj. bout in which they both participate! they quarreled. Ht fired at her an< missed, and when she taunted him fo; his poor shooting he knocked he down, stripped her and beat her. H( then madev a ten-year-old girl, j boarder, help him dress the corpse In a wrapper, after which he notified th< authorities LIGHTING HINTS FOR CAR SAFETY Laws Require Adjustment and Operation to Insure Protection on Roads. (By S- J- Williams. Director Public Safety ? Divlsio?, National Safety Council.) Laws in most states now require that 30 minutes after sunset until 30 minutes before sunrise no automobile shall be operated unless it lias suf ficient lights, so adjusted and operat ed as to make the highway safe for the public. Motor vehicle headlights should enable the driver to distinguish clearly a person, vehicle or obstruc tion at least 200 feet ahead. Danger ous glare or dazzle should be avoided. Lights to Display. Cars should display: (A) Two head lights when In motion, one on each side, both lights of equal power. Head lights should be white or tinted but never red. (B) Headlights or side parking light when motionless. Lights should be visible at a distance of at least 500 feet. (C) One tail-light, red. that is visible at a distance of at least .">00 feet. Lights should be displayed whether car Is in motion or standing. Tail-light should be at left or center of car and illuminate license number plate with a white light. The Illuminating Engineering soci ety, after considerable investigation and experimentation, has formulated h table of headlight intensities at dif ferent angles which lias been widely circulated. If headlights conform to this table, all dangerous or dazzling glare will be eliminated. Many stares now require headlights to conform to these specifications and most manufac turers are able to furnish such head lights. Some of the patented devices now on the market, however, do not necessarily make t tie headlight intensi ties conform to the standard. When purchasing such devices, buyers should ask for a .guaranty. This warranty should state the size bt the lamp to be used, the tilt of fhe headlight, focal adjustment required and instructions how to get these adjustments. A home-luade arrangement can lie devised to give satisfactory results if lens is properly covered, frosted or painted (not red). If ligbt Is at or back of focus, paint upper half of lens; if ahead of focus, light rays cross?? so paint lower half of lens. Sizes of Bulbs. Different devices require different sizes of bulbs. Headlight bulbs in some states are not allowed to ex ceed a rating of '-'4 candle-power; in other states the maximum is 32 candle-power. The bulb in some headlights can be moved slightly backward or forward by adjusting a small set-screw. To focus a bulb, allow light to shine on a wall 25 feet away. Move bulb back ward or forward until the circle of light on wall is of smallest possible diameter. The majority of headlight devices call for this adjustment. A few call for an adjustment either be hind or ahead of the focal center; correct adjustment for either posi tion gives largest possible spot of light without a dark or shaded cen ter. Headlights should be tilted up or down as reqnired by the different types of headlight devices. Car vi bration easily changes the tilt and focal adjustments; frequent tests and readjustments are necessary. Spotlight should be installed as high up on the car as practicable. It should be impossible to make the cen ter of its beam of Jight strike the level highway more than 50 feet ahead of , the car; except when swung 30 de- j grees to light or left of straight ahead i position, then np limitation is placed , on the height to which the beam ray ' may be raised. Size of lamp used in spotlight should not exceed a rating i of 21 candle-power. Always carry a spare -bulb for your headlights, the same as you do a spare tire. Headlight lens may loosen and ro tate In the frame; inspect it frequent ly, adjust and tighten if necessary. Reflectors need careful attention. i Knocks Indicat. T N Somewhere Ability to ?? tfoj of her fi ? n! ? *? . a a\ educat i"ti i>i hp "'J heads S|.;.< . heating. 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Iliountahle ant" iv.,, j- . ? .?< tire to In* re:a \.-| Popular .Mi?<ili;i!,.. > M . Worn Piston Rings W'\W Cause Overheated Mcf The average -? ey comes aware ??f a a usually thinks fomtlloti causes ?*??? '-i lack of oil .?r ua'er l'? ever, sriil other n as potent ait'i danger--;* is the worn r.:i,* Automotive experts "> each compression s""k? gas vapor passes ?|-.tra ; ?' ' fitting piston nru's " ? and there ci.ndeii?e$ a'! *'? the oil. thus '?at>j.; i out of the lahriean: ?' :>- ? rul)hin^ steel parts ? ?"i oil. and friotien ?' mixture ??f <>ii nni of which js ti' of oil hetweeti f!r ? and pistons, is ^ under the inrerse ture. The ^as. >!:!??? ? under hi^rh ? t#*tii['?*r:t: :r*. k? hon deposit afi'l n-' surfaces hard ati'i ^r.v ' ? help hut create l.-;i'. " registers on file I ? ? ? ? r placed on Hie r:i<ii"'"r warning the :aitr?ir.si '*? 1 ' too late. SMALLEST AUTOMOBILE EVER CONSTRUE! A miniature motor oar which ran tr.ivl been built by an English amateur enthusiast n it. Thej engine, which is only 1V4 horse power graph shows passengers on the antiquated !? Man, much amused at this example of modet;? I ? ? AUTOMOBILE HINTS Drain the gasoline tank of sediment regularly. ? ? i There are 200,785 motor cars owned by the farmers In Iowa. ? ? ? A Detroit automobile thief has been sent to Jackson prison for three years. Parked. ? ? ? Crude rubber at more than a dollar a und will call for a more elastic In come f"i : their u ' tlieir w ' ? '< and tli- ; ! ill" under* ! : ceils w i A i j ? ? 1 ? ' ! 1 the c:irt)"i| sey rr> >? but it ui!" hogs UUi iu* . . 1 v\ ^ r their , -?
Polk County News and The Tryon Bee (Tryon, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 17, 1925, edition 1
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