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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-05-12, Page 7PRiPms,ifiand :yep to come What Does Your Car Look Like From • Beneath? the bolts are all tight and that the nuts are properly held with cotter pine' 1,1That does the worm think of your or with Stiff wire. • Very often they car as he crawls under it and looks are wired together. Unless you, can up at the curious collection of rods fill the universal with grease better and bolts and other parts? Dow.s the from above you should use the grease worm class you as a careful fellow, gun and put in enough to fill thejoint, who looks after these things seen only or in accordance with the.manufactur- from below, or as a slovenly guy, er's instructions. As a matter of fact, who cares only for the outward ap- you should have studied the Manu- pearance of thine's? Do you really facturer's lubrication chart and .in know what is down under there? If structions before; getting under the you have not inspected it take a little car at all, so that you know just' which time and look it over. places to be lubricated and how the You will need overalls nivd jumper, lubricationiedone. or old clothes, because maybe your You may find a brake drum on the ear has dropped oil and grease. If you transmission shaft. Ifso, this_ must have a creeper on which to lie while be gone` over and cleaned and exam making the journey underneath, so ined, with its linkage. Do not make much the 'better. You can make a the mistake of oiling the drum or creeper in an hour with four slats as long as you are tall, and a couple of cross pieces on which are fastened good ball-bearing casters, You can double up. a coat or make a cushioned head rest. Better put ou an old cap with the visor turner' to the back to keep dust and grease out of your hair, and perhaps goggles to keep these things out of .yam. eyes. But if you are one of those fas- tidious fellows who do not like the feel of grease on their handsand a smudge on the nose gives you a con- niption, better stay out from under and give the garage mechanic a job. For it is going to be a dirty hour's of any kind. As fast as a part Is work. 'Gloves will protect your hands, ttleaned it should be lubricated in of course. You can expect to have accordance with instructions given in gasoline, oil, grease and dirt showered the manufacturer's book. In fact, the down on you, though perhaps your car manufacturer's instruction book is in such order that you will escape should be the chart, compass, pilot brake liming, because you need fric- tion rather than slipping in this place. Work back aloirg the transmissiion shaft to the differential, cleaning as you go, everything as far as you can reach on either side. A dripping of ,oil at the differential indicates that something needs tightening unless the ease is cracked. Toward the Rear. The axle housing and the inside of the -brake drums and every other part which is to be seen from beneath should be gone over very carefully, looking for we.ar, poor adjustment, broken parts, or other undue looseness• all of these evils. Getting Ready to Explore. Before you go under it would be a good thing to -set the car up six or eight inches on skids. You need an extension lamp., -or a flash light, and a equirt can of oil, a can of grease for and running lights for your voyage under the car. For you can be sure that the man who wrote it knew what he was writing about. By following it you wi11 know where to examine to see if the torque tube is loosening, that the radius rods, if there are any, the cups, and if you are finicky a knifeare doing their work. #o fill the cups and a gun to force in After going over the mechanism, over to each side of the car, grease where there are no cups and work grease is used. And then; all the teals where the bolts which fasten the body :you have in your car and a lot more to the frame will be found; usually they will be in the channel of the if you can borrow them. all lying frame. Every one of these must be within reach of your hand. You are kept tight to avoid the squeal=s and going to make a job of it. Then you rattles which come when there ie play. heed some waste or rags, and a little Going over these is more or less tedi- ous, _but it is very necessary and it is well to get !acquainted with these things, since usually here is where you must look for the cause of the can of kerosene or kerosene and oil mixed, for cleaning. You are . to clean everything in 'sight. It is- to be assumed that the .car has been washed off first to re- noise which annoys. move as much mud as possible. You it will have to do e' rest with the If there is a seconduniversal; needs the same inspection and 'case eleaning rags. Clean everything, and as the first, although in many of the be extra particular about every place that is lubricated. Get the dirt out of the joints. Screw down the grease cups until you can see it oozing out around and wipe off all the dirt and gum with it, and as you clean each part examine for signs of wear, indi- cated by play or lost motion, and for breakages. You will note that nearly every nut under there has a cotter pin, or per- haps a piece of wire as a substitute. These should all be examined to see whether they are about to shear off and ivhether the pins are properly spread, so that they will not drop out from vibration. If the nuts have recent models the rear universal is nothing more than two flanges with a piece of rubber •or composition be- tween. It merely requires- that the bolts be kept properly tightened. You will probably emerge from the car a good deal dirtier than you have ever been, but a good deal wiser as to the way things look down there, and' the condition of the important parts which can be seen in no other way. Steering by Sound. • Unusual interest has been aroused by the working of the "radio" piloting cable laid at the bottom of the Eng - worked loose and cannot be drawn up lisp Channel leading to Portsmouth, tight, put a lock washer under each, which enables tog -bound vessels: to but do not expect this to take the steer an accurate course into the har- place of the cotter pine. Examine the bor by means of sound. brake linkage very carefully for play This cable, which is about twenty visible supply of raw material last?bird, won't get the cherry, and neither or worn parts. These will usually miles long:, is laid frolic the entrance Frankly, we do not know, Fortunete- ohow up readily when they are thor- to Portsmouth harbor to the Warner i the' cherry,the farmer. The worm: nwg, get ly, we are trying to find ods, the' the aphis, the slug, the rsel,I�ay✓.a . .•..B \\` \\\.\\ i ILO" asaasaaV\\\\\ iii c-` 4. �lli�lll6•� „Ark- BR. k Ba COLUMBIA'S TIMBER SUPPLY MINISTER OF LANDS RE- VIEWS SITUATION. Enquiry As to Visible Supply and As to Best Methods 'of Conservation. Writing in a recent number of the Canadian Forestry Journal •on the "Maintenance of British Columbia's Forests," the . Hon. T. D. Pattullo, Minister of Lands, says: of the better clans, have bathrooms. How much merchantable timber This is true of London to -day, here the have we? This question is being portable tin tub with a jug of hot asked to -day the world over. ` While I write, an Imperial Forestry Confer- ence- in London, England, is trying to find the answer, so far as, the British Empire is concerned. To the south of us, State Foreters and timber exlerts• are seeking to pro- vide Congress with, an: answer to the same question, as w.e14 as answers to further . questions arising out of the leading query. There has been considerable con - Maces will have been shortened, year by year. Tho important point is that the timber is there, while it is equally important that it should remain there. Ancient Bathtubs. Seine day somebody will write a tis - tote' of the evolution of the bathtub. It is certainly a very ancient institu- tion. In the . ruins of the palace at Tiryns (which antedated Troy) has been found a much -damaged bathtub of terra-cotta, which had a plug in the bottom, to be removed after use, in order that the water might escape through a hole in the floor. During the Middle Ages bathing does not seem to have been fashion- able; and in Europe at the present time comparatively few houses, even water usually serves the purposes of ablution. The modern bathroom, indeed, with its porcelain tub and other luxurious equipments, owes its development to Americans. Within the present gen- eration it has been evolved. • •• The •ah:ewest.style of tub, devised by a clever manufacturer of plumbers' supplies and designed especially for flats, is provided at one end with a ledge on which the bather may sit troversy in the various trade journals, down while in the tub—half of the both as to stands of timber and the tub, that le to say, being twice as deep best methods of handling them econo- as the other half, and the total length mically. One expert makes an esti- mate, and another immediately pro- duces widely different figures•. That the experts differ is not the important point—that they are both snaking a genuine effort to arrive • at a fair esti mate, is the vital fact. One of the good results of the war is that a general stocktaking of natur al resources is going on, and it has been found that this is particularly necessary in regard to timber. After -four years of destruction, during which ordinary work was at a stand- still, the world is hungry for timber and its products. How long will : our being only fourty-fnur inches. Thus the tub occupies a' minimum of space and, if only the sleeper part be filled with water, the arrangement is con- venient for a foot bath or for the bath- ing of a child. Birds and Cherries. Of course, there wouldn't be any cherries if there were no song birds. The bird mutes the cherry on the tree; why shouldn't he eat his own cherry? The farmer only holds a second mort- gage on that cherry. He may think otherwise and kill the bird; then the sughly cleatied. Light ou the. Channel side of the Isle Where to Begin. of Wight. It is beneath the exact In doing this work be.g'in at one end course to be followed by vessels, and of the ear and go through to the its "free"end is out at sea. The liiglt- other. It is not a bad idea to work frequency eloetric current in the cable 'wayupunder the engine,first re- emits a certain "note" in Morse Code. g The navigatin • officer ;on board a stead of..cro pPing it, as is lease, for iu- nothing, and if the performance moving; the drip pan and laying that' eiiip wears a set of ordinary wireless stance, in Sweden, where every avail- should ever be acted with a full cast, outside to be cleaned before it is re - telephone receivers. These are con-; able stick of timber is utilized. The the. farmer himself, avers Mr. Bur - placed, While removing the drip pan.netted to a battery, a set of "midi- i unlimited supply: idea has depleted roughs; who will in the enol shrink to examine it pretty carefully; you may Reforestation Methods. It lies been i habit for years past to think and speak of our timber re- sources as being. unlimited, with the result that we have been mining in - mite,. the blight, will getthe cherry and the.. farmer's second mortgage will, according to John Burroughs, shrink not to inchoate right of dower, not to a contingent remainder, but to tiers" similar to those used h wireless Wisconsin forests; has left very little Find that missing cylrndet• or some telephony, and two coils, the latter be - other part down there. lug hung over each side of, the vessel; .Looking up where the drip pan was, above the water -line. nothing. timber in M chigan, and is rapidly de- In other words, were the millions of pleting the stands of the Southern bushels of bugs which the song birds States. Itis e=stimated that theof. the country consume for food iu ono you will see the base of the engine, When approaching the harbor the I original stand of '650 billion feet- in season released, the forests and crops Mich the o'll is held which Ii I -would be presently wipecl..out, and the part in w officer listc,ns first through one coil! Southern States has been reducedh life of the people. Colne lubricates the moving parts. This is and then. through- t:' after for the to 139 billion feet. with them the l p p hold tothe rest of the engine by bolts,! "note" df the guiding Lable. It may There is no occasion for hysteria bads. with the spray. One might as Usuallywith castellated nuts and cot-! conte to him through the starboard , but we, in British Columbia must look' well undertake to moisten Arizona g f ,d ., with a medicine dropper as to clean ter pins to hold thein tight. See if the coil; if so he knows his vessel is to cotter pins are all in place, if the the left of the cable• nuts are really tight•,' If they are net,' As soon as Ile hears the "note" 'oil will surely work out from the, equally loud tln•ougli both port and gasket, not only causung wear, buts starboard coils he knows tli.:t buss ship absorbing the road dust and making! is directly above the cable, and in the a mess generally. ( correct channel. • 'Look over the oil leads fot: leakage A similar cable has been laid in oue or 'damage of any kind. :See if the. of the channels of New York Harbor, g, hose con sections to the radiator are and these eee the only two in use at dripping and then look over every bolt present. and nut within range of your vision, ineluding the. feeder bolts and run- ning board bolts. While you are clean- ing the frame, see if there are any bends or cracks. As you work back, of the' clutch or transtnissiert case is dripping oil, wipe it off and discover p Where the oil .is coming from, It may trnean a ,new gasket or Merely tighten- ,nng''up the bolts that hold the thing together. If you can get some : one g to manipulate the clutch lever you tan study its workingfrons an WI - UMW point and may detect something about to go wrong while you arc leering it. The universal ,joint, is apiece where 'there is sometimes a great Ileal of Wear. - Pro pea lubrie'aLion 0110ilttizes A stranger .strolled into the office of a small town .paper. "I wonder' if yeti could put. me ,in touch with the writer, of this ad?" he' said, handing the clerk a clipping which read; "Young man, itiilustrlous; reliable,, wants work as ehauffer, cook, stenog: replier: painter, carpenter, handy man or laborer, P.O. 130x 13P 'Got a job for him?" "No. but I'm a stranger 111 f.his burg and I want to meet hip with an ex. army 11150 " A leading New Yost shop has in- stalled stn ingenious Y•ray outfit,whieh this; likewise keeping it clean Helps, perteits. its cusito1 ei:r to see how their Inspect this very carefully; see that feet fit any I:li.`ir of dudes. facts calmly to ;the ace an lay ou.. all the trees of all outdoors with a plans accordingly. decide must, after spray, and if it were possible, how careful survey, decide On the best methods o.ftimber •conservatiou, Minh is being said these days of re- forestation, and extensive experiments along this lithe are being made by some of the large plslp and paper com- panies' in Eastern Canada. Experts are not agreed that the hope for the future lies entirely in reforostin•g. They seem inclined to the belief that it will prove rather as an assistance to the forest to reproduce naturally. in other, words, thathelmet reproduc- tion of the species native, to each lo- eality is the goal to: be aimed at, but that, where necessary, nature' should he helped 011e by artificial tneaus.• In natural reproduction and vapid 'growth, the coast of British Columbia is peculiarly fortunate, thanks to her moist climate and mild winter. It is estimated that we hitiro 97,000 srivare miles of productiveforest land and that on most of that area, young tim- ber is growing alterprevious ttestruc- tioa of the crop by 'fire and logging, 'C'(%-ltile it is true that much of this young forest is at some distance 'from lyiraserit means o f operation, by the time it lute teethed rnattirity, tils�. would the cost compare wih the value of what the birds eat! Better feed the birds and spray the cats. "Majestic Almighty." A new story of the Prince of `Vales is told by ltlr. John Storey, the Pre• mier of New South Wales, who was once a boilermaker. During his world tour, the Prince- could not get accustomed to the re- serve of it section of the people in New South Walesa The link between himself, altd the workers was :found in John Storey, 'to• IV 11 the ;?ince said, "Your people are sincere and kind, Solan, but I arts no•longer a boy; ask them to treat me a,s e man rather than es "Majesty Al- n1ighty." The message was conveyed to the people, with the result that the Piinee's back ached for 'days after• wards with .the enthusiastc smaolks he received from the "Biggers." ' Man • • telly anntnal that is t e o y hat,eau be stained more than 'Mee." �u d ng Ca o hi 1920 Building in Canada be 1920 exhibited a gratifying .increase over the yeai'a iinmettiately'precedieg it both in reef- deutial, business and industrial eon- streetion, and indicated a steady ln- sistent movement towards the ener- getie activities of pre-war years. Building was practically at a stand- still during the years of hostilities, due not only to a dearth of labor but a dis- couraging mounting of prices of all the materials used in construction. An energetic attempt to alleviate the situation was made in the first post- war ostwar year, 1919, to meet the enormous shortage which the situation had evolved, with the result that twice as much construction was undertaken and put through as in 1918, the last year of the conflict, The activities of 1920, though still hamperedlargely by the high prices which prevailed for construction materials and labor, saw a very large increase in the amount of. building performed which has had some salutary effect upon the acute housing problem which has been seri- ous since the war, and the, return of the army from overseas. Construction contracts awarded in Canada during 1920, including all cities, towns, villages and rural dis- tricts, amounted to $255,605,500, com- paring with $189,821,300 in 1919 .and $99,842,300 in 1918. Of this total, $21,- 395,000 21;395,000 contracts were awarded in the Maritime provinces, $54,904,600 in Quebec, $108,120,800 in Ontario and $71,185,100 in the Western provinces. The value of contracts in residences was 854,891,100; business construc- tion, $96,073,200; industrial, $64,42tlp 900; and engipeering, $00,015,300. A review' of building in Canada far the past decade reveals the fact that upon the estimated normal inereeee of thirty-five cities, the amount of 0011- struotion in the past few years has been oonsiderably below that required. Tbat this is entirely a war. condition Is made certain by the- fiat that in 1912, when construction readied :its zenith in the ten-year period,it was very much above the necessary nor- mal, and though declining somewhat in 1913, maintained this ascendancy over requisition and did not go below the line of normal increase until 1914. Though the past two years have wit- nessed considerable activity in an at- tempt to get back to the normal amount of annual construction, and the result in the face of the' difficul- ties with which the situation was fraught has been in the main satisfac- tory, the amount of deferred building in Canada is stated by authorities to be enormous. Many public buildings are needed, Federal, Provincial and Municipal, which have been held up all over the country first on account of the war, and since then an account of the increased cost of construction. A large number of corporations re- quire new buildings, such as stations, offices and hotels. Almost every muni- cipality is iu immediate need of build- ing roads, bridges, sewers, water- works, sidewalks, etc. The housing problem is still serious and the num- ber of houses, apartments, and other residential dwellings required is a very large one, and covers all sections of the Dominion. "WANTED" MAN WOR S MOST MICHAEL COLLINS, M.P., SINN F EINER. Chief of the Irish Republican Army and Minister- of Fin- ance to the "Republic." Michael Collins, M.P., chief of the "Irish Republican Army" and Minis- ter of Finance to the "Republic," Is the most sinister •figure conected with the Irish republican Movement. He is the most "wanted" man in the world. No character in fiction has surpassed his record for audacity and there is no man living about whom so many tales of narrow escapes can be told. It is probable that when history comes to be written his namewill sink into iusignifecance;, for he is nut• statesman and does not believe in a peaceable solution to .Irish problerns. Bat to -day his name is mentioned in whispers throughout the land of tears and he holds complete sway over several thousands of young men -who, having taken the oath of allegiance to the I, R. A., dare not disobey his or- ders. Even loyalists are s=orted by sheer terror of his name into helping the republican cause. Nor is his influence felt in Ireland alone. His power extends all over the British Isles and in the heart of Lan- don his agents are known to be at work planning deeds of violence to be committed in the name of the repub- lic he represents. Details of his early life are little known. He was born 39 years ago of humble parents in County Kerry. He had an ordinary elementary school education and after working with his brother, in the grocery business, en- tered the postal service. At one time he was employed at the G. P. 0, in London as a sorter. where he as- tounded every one by his extremist views on the Irish question. He is a man of more than average height, rather strongly built His face is at once intellectual and cruel, he has a square jaw and his eyes are strangely piercing. Connected With Casement. He was first heard of officially ite connection with the Sinn Fein move- ment in October, 1914. Strangely enough this first official report proves him to have been living under dis- guise. The white paper on Sinn Fein's plot with Germany describes him as "a priest named Michael Collins," who accompanied Sir Roger Casement on a mission to Germany to visit the Irish prisoners, of war. He beoame notorious in the rebellion of 1916, where he commanded part of the re- bel army, of which P. H. Pearce (exe- cuted May 3, 1916) was Commandant LikeGeneral all other Sinn Fein M. P.'s, he land in the event of his capture will has never sat at Westminster, but le be able to find another pian so daring an important member of Dail Birean, and resourceful as the ehtsive Michael the. Irish Republican Parliament. He Collins. Males his lteaticivarters in Dublin, al though he has of necessity to be pre- pared 10 move from one district to an- other at a moment's notice, Many houses used 1by Michael Collins for Meetings have been raided by the mili- tary, the R. I. C., the Auxiliary cadets end the "l3laeit and Tans," but always "Mysterious. Mike" has menaged to elude 1110111. Py bis ve1'Y boldness ho succeeds Information was received some time ago that he was attending a wake in the Dublin district, and when the house was raided he evaded capture by taking refuge in the coffin after re- moving the body. The military, out of respect for the dead, made a cur- sory examination of the room contain- ing the coffin. Rules by Terrorism. Many men have been arrested in mistake for Michael Collins, and he has been reported killed on several occasions. It is believed by many that if he were captured the extremist move- ment would cease to have any import- ance, as a large number of his then are bound to him solely by dread of the consequences if they attempted to evade service. Because of the large price on his head there are men in Dublin, in addi- tion to the Crown forces, who are mak- ing it their business to track him down in the hope of getting the re- ward. Recently two of these amateur sleuths met him walking alone in one of the many squares of Dublin. They approaelsed'htm with vevo1vers'' point ed toward his heart, "You are Michael Collins and you must come with us," they challenged him. The chief of the I. R. A. smiled in assent. "You are quite right," he replied. "I am Michael Collins, but"—pointing to a spot a hundred yards in the rear —"do you see those linen?" There were two men standing still and looking iu Collinsts direction. "They are with me,' he said, and in- dicating two more men a hiindred yards in the other direction, "so are they,. as well as the two looking in the shop across the road. Every one of them is armed, and if you dare touch ine you will not live five seconds from now," Needless to say he escaped once more. Daring and Resourceful. His "eyes" are everywhere. Day after day . and night after night the combined forces of the Crown carryall their ceaseless search, now among the slum byeways of Dublin and now to some stately mansion on the outskirts of the city. When loading their rifles the inert make it a practice to put in "one extra for Mike." Always the buildings chosen by hint for his meetings have some ounning emergency exit arranged apart from the froth and rear doors. A large house at Rathmines, in witch he is reported to have stayed, was raided recently and was found to contain countless secret doors, sliding peuels and hidden corridors, But no man could stand the terrible strain of such a life for an indefinite period, and the most recent reports say that he Is beginning to show signs of fatigue. It is prophesied that it is now only a matter of weeks before he will be caught. "No man is :indispensable," was a saying that gained great popularity during the war, but it is a matter for doubt whetlier the extremists of Tre Great Achievement. A traveller saw an Irishman on the river bane: and watched: lulu hauling up water. "Ilow long have you been doing this?" be aslted. "Tin years, sore." "And how irielty bucketfuls do yell carry off hi an hour?" continued the where other mien would fail. He' Is a traveller, Peet mastetein the art of disguise, and "Tin to .fifteen, sorr," replied the it is saki that he Stever goes into the Irishman. street without a bodyguard of six gun - met, He employs n large number of scouts and intelligence men, who keep hilts supplied with iuformetton regard- ilhg the -movements" of. the Crown forces, "And how much water would you say yoih had carried 511100 you start- ed??"" pursued the inquisitive gentle- man, don't see "Ali the water youthere now, sorr."