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Lubrication is First Essential in Car
Operation,
,Ptutoluabile owners should de every-
thing to provide thorohlgh and efficient
inbrieation. Just imagine trying to
run the world's work without lubrica..
tion. The result would; be a complete
'w -rade. Naturally, proper lubrication
of an automobile b absolutely neoes.
nary. In fact, mare of en essential
than gasoline. The only caution re-
,quired is tet use good judgment in se-
•locting the particular grade for your
ear,
The grade of ell selected, should net
be too hetj .e1' too light, The heavier
or thicker oils i'eta1n considerable
carbon that je apt to accumulate. on
the pistons, valves and cylinder wane,
Too light a grade has much of the
carbon extracted and may lack the
viscosity ueccesery for your particu-
lar engine;
Manufacturers as ~a rule are eager
to advise motorists es to the'proper
grade of oil to use in their engines, as
their experience with the problemof
correct engine lubrication has, been
gained by years of exhaustive tests.
In `breaking in a new ear all the
parts must be well oiled to start -them
on the way for the most •efficient
work. Then the good work, once
stt4rted, should bo continued regularly.
Some of the best and well known
lubricants are put up in sealed con-
tainers. These brands are scientifical-
ly graded for the particular purpose
for which they are prepared.
The experienced motorist never seg-
leets to look over his oil and grease
cups every day to he sure that they
are filled and operating. When the oil
indicator on the dash ceases to show
that the oiI is being fed—stop! Some
indicators are dials with hands which
indicate the pressure. If no pressure
is indicated then the pump is not
working. The feed to the pump is
clogged or the outlet from it to the
pipe, the pressure of \which the gauge
indicate%, is broken or leaking. Other
indicators show that the oil is feeding
by a drip in a glass aightfeed. If no
oil drips then it is likely for one of
the reasons mentioned in the fore-
going that no oil is being fed to the
parts that should receive it:
Another type of indicator is in the
form of a small rod whose movement
up and dawn .or in and out indicates
the paesr.ge of oil. Others show the
levet in the crank case. Whatever
kind the gauge is, the first thing to do
when it ceases to show any further
feed is to stop the engine and go care-!
fully aver tate whole system. First'
see if there is the required amount of{
oil in the reservoir. Then see if the
pump, provided there is one, is work-;
Ing and receiving a supply of oil from,
the strainer. find one of the outlets'
of the feed and von the engine just+
long enough to see if the oil is flowing.
Go over the gauge to make certain
Chet the fault is not there instead of
in the oiling system, Note the exhaust
smoke, It should have a slight bluish
tinge v'hen the engine is accelerated,
If the tinge does not appear you can
be saUsfled that the engine is not re-
ceiving enough oil. But above all de
not run the engine unless you are sure
that the oiling system is working.
Make It a habit to go over the ear
perlodieally. '.]'his le the custom of
those expert few who ulwaye have
then' cars reedy ter an, emt.*rgcnzy,
Remember that the neglect to lubrl-
eato ail the wanting parts is a "kiln
of omission."
Practical' Paragraphs,
Spare Latch—Ing battery ignition.
systems there is usually employed a
notched rotor against which pre^ses
the latch or tripper with short springs
attached. When this latah becomes
worn the entire system will fail to op-
erate properly and it is a wise pre-
caution to Barry a' spare latch in the
tool box. It is not difficult "to remove
and replace this latch, which fits in
but one way, so that there is no danger
of placing it wrong.
Spring Shackles—The shackles of
truck springs or hangers as they are
frequently called, must 'be kept care-
fully lubricated. Rust often clogs up
the small vents and keeps the oil from
performingjts function. The urs of a
little kerosene at intervals will tend
to keep these oil holes open.
Locking the Car --Many modern cars
are fitted with a battery ignition sys-
tem,in which the distributer arm is
removable, By removing this arm the
ear owner makes it poesibleto steal
his vehicle only by towing it away or
by fitting another distributing arta.
The arm :may be renewed simply by
unclasping the distributer cover to
which the wires are attached. It usu-
ally happens that there is only one
way in which this arm will fit, so that
there need be no worry about replace-
ment.
Use of Ammonia—There used to be
a common practice of trying to
brighten up the finish of the hood by
the use on it of a solution of ammonia.
This is about the worst thing that
could be clone, as ammonia eventually
destroys the finish. Unfortunately the
ammonia gives a little temporary bril-
liance to the finieh, bu' in the long run
it ruins it. In fact, car manufacturers
recommend that no car be kept in a
stable or barn, as the ammonia from
manure gradually destroys the en-
amelled surface. -
Scat Covers --,Scat covers may usu-
ally be cicaned.very well with a non -
alkaline soap and warm water. The
best way to carry cut this job is to
take the rovers off and give theist a
good scruhlying• on the board.
Peace Time Use for Peris-
copes.
Periscopes, when the clays of sub-
marine and treneh warfare are de-
finitely forgotten, will still be useful,
hut for humanitarian purposes, is the
suggestion made by Dr. Costremoulins,
chief of the Paris Hospital's radio-
logical service, wha has now entered
the ranks of those trying to solve the
problem of avoiding the dreaded radio
dermatitis.
Taking as a basis for his theory the
fact that lead alone offers sufficient
insulation against the harmful rays,
he would have the operators 'caged in
double walled closets, the exterior
containing the dangerous apparatus,
but separated from the interior by
switchbotu'ds, while the patient as
well as the machinery would be
watched through a. series of reflecting
mirrors, Just as the doughboys watch-
ed the eneut3 outposts during the war.
Dr, Costremoitiins was a victim of
X-rays tweuty-flve years ago, when he
burned his left hand, but by great cave
since then, despite the fact that ho has
maclo hundreds of thousands of exami-
nations and experiments, he has pre-
vented the spread of the disease which
already has robbed Prance of Dr. In-
troit, Dr, Leroy and other X-ray ex-
perts.
The high cost of living is increased
by forest fires. Every citizen should
help to keep down fires.
J. H. Whitley, M.P.
Mr. Lowther's successor as Speaker
in the British House of Commons,
Exempted by illness.
A little girl was being asked by an
elderly gentleman "bow old she was."
She replied in a shy way:
"1 am only seven, but I ought to be
nine."
"How do you snake that out?" asked
the old gentleman,
"Well," she said, "I have been 111 in
bed on two of lay birthdays, so that 0
missed those two years."
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ANOTHER BRIDGE PIER LISTING AND CRACKING
Twisted Terms!
AVG Britons are the most shameless
robbers and mutilators of words in
the world. We take a foreign word,
but are not content to use it as taken;
we must change and corrupt. 11. Take
"vinegar" as an example. We stole,
or borrowed "vin aigre" (sour wine)
from the French, and promptlyniade
t up, on the phonetic principle, the one
word "vinegar."
We could not let "gorseberries"
alone, but must needs corrupt a re-
spectable - and sensible word into
"gooseberries" The bush on which
this fruit grows is a variety of gorse,
and so the name held sense., But—
"gooseberries 1"
ut—"gooseberries!"
W minder what the "verdict" will
be in a certain case, but where did we
get the word? By jumbling the two.
latin words "vero dictum"—a true
saying—,into "verdict."
We have behaved worse to sacred
words, posihly, than to any others.
Many might think that"The Bible," as
the name for the Scriptures, was all
right and uncorrupted. Not so! We
tock the Greek name "Ta 13lh11e,"
which means "The Hooke," and twist-
ed it into "The Bible"—one book!
The silliest of all our corruptions is
that connected with the word "Ger.
men " We have "German measles"—
rind wish the Hun wouldn't send them
over here. We may even feel ashamed
that we own "German silver." But
"German" should be •germane"—tike,
or akin to. There are no German
measles, and no German silver! Hun-
drecae of other exainkiles could we give.
Sthall wonder is it that .English fa a
pueziing language to learn!
Flying Machine.
Italy is ahead in the construction of
airplane, of huge size. A Caproni fly-
ing machine, newly completed, carries
100 passengers in a luxuriously equip-
ped cabin. 1t cost $800,000.
The machine is a flying boat, seven-
ty-five feet long, 108 feet wide, and
with a lifting capacity of twenty-six
tons. It is driven by eight twelve -cyl-
inder motors, and is shaped like a fish,
but without a tail,
Wished to See Him Cry.
A captain of an Atlantic liner was
bothered by a woman passenger who
was always enquiring about the possi-
bility of seeing a whale. A dozen times
a day she besought him to have het'
called if one hove in sight. "But, nut -
dam," the captain asked her, rather
Impatiently, after 1.0218 suffering in
silence, "why are yea so eager to see
a whale?" "Captain," she answered,
"my desire in 111e is to see a whale
blubber. It must be very impressive
to watch such an enormous creature
cry,"
Rippling r•#hit os
t f 4 Walt Mason
,10 S_
OBLIGATIONS
Wizen lay old cow was lying ill, my neighbor, Chester White,
came from his cottage on the hill, and watched throughout the
night. He placed a poultice on her brow, and hushed her
anguished groaro, and helped to save that valued cow, which
cost. the forty bones. And when the long sad night was done,
its hours of sorrow spent, and I produced any roll cf mon, he
would Rat take a cent, "Nay, nay," he said, "we neighbors are,
es neighbors long we've stood, and talk of pay would only mar
the joy of doing good." And I admired him as he went, and said,
"He beats two bands, the man who would not take a cent for
lending helping hands!" And he restored the healthy faith 1
knew when I tvac youngmy faith in man had grown a wraith,
so often id' been stung. But now he comes to get my plow, my
grindstone and my spade, reminding me tliat my old cow had
died but for his aid. He borrows everything I have, MY stove
and rubber plant, my bitters and my beeswax salve, my washtub
and my. aunt. And now 1 don't allow a gent to work and draw
no pay; thoughhe has only earned a cent, he takes tint cent
away,' If seine one helps me crank my Ford, or get the butter
churned, I take hint where my, coin is stored, and Pay him what
he's earned.
Feeding a City Afloat
50 far 118 Isere eating rind drinking
goes, 080 usually lived better as a pus- 1
veneer tit feu then auywhero else MI
the world. On most boats tbe fare 18
good, but camtparatively tow hotels
r S e ,! !
keep such n 11 tell "table" to 0 0
1 1
1 d n
finis in the big Atlantic liner.
For supplying their c afer'lug depart -
melds 111e vempaniea owning these
vessels maintain large bonded stores..
f1 acerb 25120518, atul such -like eetablish-
menl�. 100011 of (hese must be well
nchc'd. for the little army qt cooks
tt al'c It each litter Parries has every y day
uhtlst elle to at sea to prepare qs
Muth feed as weep] 250fde0 for a fair•
dl:ti tt1w11,
'L'ahn a well•kuewn elilp like the
Mauretania. Site is Attie) wilt huge
11 )t Ua„
equipped with L
t MOM Up•
io date'piant; Amongst: the latter are
Oset110 grille that cookfear h"..lied.
crops or eteall c per hour.
If yeti am lucky enough to 11e malt-
ing a trip in. her, ami deetre a chop of
a steak far your lunch, all yeti leave to.
do is to choose your "cut;' rind in a
few minutes' time it will be served up
to 7011 "done 115 yen tram it."
As to bread, you may select what
you fancy. Everything front plain
"las- i ,120' " to the ces:mit of tads
baked In the ship. And if you have a
dainty troth --well, there's a confect.
Goners. shop at your service, from
which ycu can obtain all starts of
toelhsotlle things, from lee cream to
fancy cakes.
Turning out such a variety of edibles
net. eeeitatt,3 a 111ree ,:tuff being em-
pluyed. Cooks by the settee are car-
ried in all liners that ply to rind fro
across the 'herring pond." On the re-
gulur entehiug stuff of the Aquitania
there are eevcuty-live Books, fourteen
halters, and nine butebote, 'Serving
the food prepared liy bbese, and other•
wlee attending to tiro noes' or Paseo-
glare, keeps busy 485 stewards and
thirty etswal'dessee.
As 10 the table equipm001, that Dins
into huge figures. la a vessel of the
Aiauh etault t s size there are In regular
1180 many thousands : of cloths and
other pieces 01• linen, together with
20,000 rips and saucers, 22,000 platee
and cover's, 12,000 glasses and tumb-
lers, 15,000 spoons, mon knives,
Narks, art]. 4"ar'Ve1'a, 5,000 jugs, sugar
baslu8, etc., 4,250 of such al'tltaee as
('ruet1t and eggcups, 10,000 dishes, and.
11,000 toast -racks ail] escallop shells.
Ifeephtg up the crockery supply must
provide. enough work for a fait*sized
p0tt0ry .
IL Is 4uite certain that no single
farmyard could keep a liner's larder
1211011. i,;very time she crosses the At.
lamb, titre is consumed aboard the
Aquitunia 50 oxen, 15 calves, 200
sheep, 70 lambs, 100 pigs, 350 ducks,
180 turkeys, 90 geese, 3,000 chickens,
400 peel:sante, 400 pigeons, 400 grouse,
550 partridges, 000 quail, and 200
snipe, to say nothing of tons of flour,
groceries, .:nd ,other foodstuffs.
Just imagine what this totals to in
a year. Thank, too, of tbe number of
times the "herring pond” is ereeee0
In drat period, and you will getsome
idea of the amount of fool that is cote
sane11 upon it in a twelvemonth.
Another pointof interest is that
feeding the sihfps is almost as big a
business as feeding the people they
carry. 7dvory time the Mauretania
crosses the Atlantic she eats up 660
ten -ton truckloads of rot), whilst the
Aqultania, which is fed by suction,
swallows 7,000 tons of fuel oil on each
trip,
Wisdomettes.
In debt—in a net.
Better for the foot to slip than the
tongue.
He who in most careful ismost free
of care,
.\ good headpiece will always get it-
self a hat.
Hush -money may explain why sil-
ence is golden.
None so fond of secret: .., chase
who cannot keep them.
The most irreparable ruins are those
of a tumble.] relactation.
He who persists in trying will pro-
gressto proficiency.
It's a spiritless dignity that permits
its owner to stand on it.
Mary McCallum
Of 'Winnipeg, has been appointed as-
sistant secretary to the C,'rad!an
Council of .Agriculture.
Simple Slope Indicator.
A knowledge of 111e actual tempo of
a road is often of considerable impart•
ante to autonrcbiles, because :t afturtls
an explanation of the varying achee
of the motor and a means of quickly
adjusting the mechanism.
One of the simplest slope indir.ators
is that of the French, a vertical tube
fixed on the front of a graduated scale
like n thermometer, and c,alrtailting a
column of liquid which is so adjusted
118 to stand at zero in the middle of
the tube when the road is level, and
to indicate either an upward or deem -
ward slope by its rise or fall along
the scale.
Theelitiuid in the tube is eonneeted
with a reservoir placed behind the
scale, and rises or falls as the :automo-
bile ascends or descends a slope, show-
ing both the fact and the degree of
inclination,
The 'University Dynamic.
A time there was when universities
were regarded as the preserve of the
few but, happily, that time is past
and now universities not only wel-
come all who come but they go out
offering their wares to inose whom
cireumetances prevent Pram coming
within the walls. Their wares consist
of- higher education. In the old days
a university was static; now it is
dynamic.
Pro -eminent in this most impor'tart
movement in Canada is the University
of Toronto. With its special courses
for farmers, .for urban workingmen
and women, for teachers, with its ex
tension lectures, courses of lectures,
and tutorial classes, it extends its
activity over the whole Province. No
man or woman, boy or girt, in Ontario
need fail to take advantage of the
opportunities offered by the Provin-
cial. University; this Univer t v is. in
the most real sense, the "University
of the People."
The Report of the Royal Commis-
sion says:—"Without educated ],rain
and skilled hands, the fertile e5 1, the
timbered land, . water powers. and
mineral deposits must lie idle or be
ignorantly squandered. National
wealth and industry are dire tly re
lated to education and mutt l,e:ume
more and more dependent upon it as
civilization advances." To answer this.
national need is the purpose of the',
extension work of the University of
Toronto; for this it requires the most!
generous support of the Government,
of the Province.
A Tug Questicn. I
Jimmie AIM walking along the coast
near the mouth of a river with his
father one clay, and the was very in-
terested In the ,hipping.
- But at last lie was very distressed I
to see quite ,t small tug pulling a great,
heavy :ship beh'nd it. •
Lvory now and 115(11)1 tine tug would
givr ' ;Mill yeti ft,.n its siren.
when at hast the tag :.iron gave a'
more than axial pitiful screech, Jim-
mie suddenly burst into tears.
Father took his lacy into his arms In
snrprlse,
"\\'bat's my little man crying for?" 1
he inquired.
''Beeshuol" mrd Jimmie. "I don't.!
Hite that big ship tattling that little'
:'teduhbeat's 12501 and making it scream
so:
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Ambassador's House,
The home of an ambassador is re
garde] as being part of the country
to which the ambassador belongs, and
he does not, therefore, have to con-
form to the law of the state to which ;
he is appointed, 1 t
CANADIAN FARM
VALUES ON TIIE
RISE
TENDENCY MARKED IH;,l
THE WEST.
Increase in Cultivation war
Still Further Elevate Land
Prices and Values.
Perhaps 1138 most attavictiVt1 feature
or Canadian land to farmers and in-
tending settler's 111 other lands le• the
low price at which 1t may be acquired,
coupled with its high fertility and, pro.
ductivlty. When as rich and bounti-
tul a crop can be gimlet on land Pie"
curable at less than $50 per aero as.
on that valued at $100 or amem per
acre, there is no qu0stio11 as to which
a farmer, i:eng ,conversent'witil, •
the 'situation, is going to decide upen
in the matter of investment. Yet '.ins
dications tend toshow that the cheap
Mods of Canada, are speedlly Weenie
flag not so cheap,, and that the effects.
of rapid settlement and abundant
yields aro being experieneed In a
steady elevation of the prices, at which
farmer,; and other owners hold their
land.
The latest report of the Dominion,
Bureau of Statistics, covering a sur.
vey of fah'n values tltrottghout rho
Dominion for the year 1020, intiicatt s
the further progress of this upward
trend. The average value of occupied.
farm laud in Canada, including both
Improved and unimproved land, es $43
per acre, whereas in 1915, but five
years previous, the same acro 10115'
worth only 535. The eonsdstent rise
maintained Se, exltibited in the figures
of $30 in 1910, $38 in 1917, $41 in 1918,
and $40 in 1919,
Western Lands Highest and Lowect.
Many factors enter into an estlma-
tiou Of the value of farm land, and
naturally this figure eniloot be applied
indiscriminately to any ane province,
the average in some being inueh high-
er and in others lower. Land, it may
be generally accepted. Is held at high-
er prices in the older eastern pro•
ti,nf,es, or in the 1,'ult raising :tis-.
trios such as those of British Colum-
bia, where eultivtctinn is more inten-
sive and an dere therefore (tamable of
producing greater revenue.
The small ranches of 111101sh Colr +-
bia naturally come high. and this Pr:l-
vtnce easily leads by a wide margin
all other previneea in the value of 1+s
farm land, its 01.75 per acre indicating
how much lower land uimy be pur-
chase] in other parts of Canada. on -
(aria and. Qu -hoc adjacent arras
w-llere conditions 1llge y similar
rail :end where t f :ming of !:e
sante cr0115 is car iea eut 11111'i: '.:•y
11:ur r. t r.:. have t` .,0 :1C7,•.•• •a
rAue -470.. The 1 .' t` vita• f
1 rlarc tiaward 1; i l follows 1:al a
v,,1110 of 0.011, an.! tar Maritime i`re-
vince of Nova S:":1•r ,:;111 $419. 'rhes
earliest tttle•I \ p 0t l:,•c,,
Man t,th takes •,•,t,, + wit. sa
ave.age v.tv0 r" q cx a
older pu,virce 7rf N.,w
which come; net with 11 ,-a: -
katclhew•an and A ,b which in • ;a.
ar
beal,:tccclsideiel,au.,
,: e1 "!125
of exte.nl and imig!11 of
bracketed totrethee as he!::g e ::..
est loca',ilie,, in which to but '.::i,'. in
Canada, t $32 p.,r aere.p., t a ,11uNi-
ca11y, these Ia:=t tao previ l c s have
for some years new tied with e;:cli
other in their efforts to se' arc. to
Canada the W0^ -as wheat champion.
ship, with the rt.su!t that it has d,tio
no more than eros,' the ].r"vi,e•'tl
border separating the two.
Land Returning in Excess cf Price.
Items occur periodically in the news-
papers of farmers in elder settled
ccun.tries abandoning their tart); be-
cause of inability to pay the rent on
them, which in many cases exceeds
in its annual rate the a)lcu:t 1;11 ,',i
would give them a Canadian farm 11,0
ail time. And in the Canadian We.:kit
there are still thou_enls of erre.; me
productive, of doubtless a greet0,' fer-
tility tban those otter tomb, atv.t 1.aa;
the men with the plough. The ewe --
age acre sown, fcr 'matinee, in the t•eo-
vluee of Alberta in 1920. where Cie
emerage erre is ev rill $32, ere . eel
20.00 bu,hel8 of wheat aceoroing to
government figures. flet wars harvest
ani Ghn n.-.:; hit's w,i:cat wa tteaang
around $2.00 per bushel, winch w0u1d
give the farmer a return 01' mare than
$40, or nearly $10 in excess of the
price at which the acre was value I.
This lends credence to statements
hat farnhet,a in the Canadian west
have paid for their purchased forme
with the first crop.
Farm lands in Canada are un;lnitbt•
edly rising In value, and this tenduucy
is especially ]narked 111 the Western
provinces. Whilst there are yet-
thousands
etthousands of acres which Dan 1.10 se-
cured et price;; lower than the. taV•
-
ermneni s estimated average Value in
the provinces, there are also many
thousands of acres held by their own-
ers at three or four times this
amount, When free goVernInetIi lunar -
steads and lands purchased at ]eras •
than $20 per acre sell o few years
later around the $100 figure, se;liP-
ment becomes not billy a Paulo -1a11..
au effect, and the increase In cultiva-
tion must 01111 .further elevate land
valu08 and prices.
117oWANPIA `ams
Gro OUT! l'k WAI'TtN'
FOR MY An4,e. l 14e.
PRoMiSE.D ME A Dille
'FOR A SODA 4,1l4E1-
tiE comes Home.
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REGLAR FE.iL,LERS—By Gene Byrnes
IF FOP ASKS
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There are now four forest sehecls
organized as departments of (lamellae
universities, These in the order o0
their establishment are, Toronto, La.
yg), New Brunswick and British Col.
tunbia, The last named school watt
organized in the past few months,