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.11oly to Increase Life of Your Tires.
Tires form one of the greatest
single items f)f expenee in motorcar
Upkeep They are, therefore, worthy
of the most intelligent 'attention) on
the part of the automobile owner.
Tire conservation has a great deal
to do With raeclieme-weight 'ear design.
Their balanced construction, even dis-
tribution of right weight, affircl un-
usual mileage from each shoe and
tube.
And they are equipped at the start
with high-quality tires. They are built
to stand long, hard weal!. Like every
other essential part of the •car, they
are especially selected for the Sunebion
they perform.
But by practicing proper care you
„ can obtain even greater mileage. You
can cut tire costs to a sninimaen•. In
the first place, tires should always be
kept properly inflated. Twenty pounds
pressure to the inch is a good rule to
f ollow. For insrbance, in the 3% -itch
tires, seventy pounds pressure should
be maintained; in 4 -.inch tires., eighty
pounds.
TOO much pressure 'creates an over -
grain from within as well as without.
Aside from discomfort to the passen-
ger, it results in greater wear and
tenr from each obstacle encouraered.
Tco little inflation causes the 'side wall
of the tire ---its weakest part—to bend
back and forth until it cracks and
breaks. The correct amount of air
insures distribution—uniform resis-
tance at all points. •
• In driving, keep your eyes on the
road and your mind on the 'controls.
Guard against sudden stops, quick
starts and skidding. Avoid 'severe
jolts and sheep Obstructions.
You know these things cause blow-
• outs, also stone bruises that clo not
always show on the surface. Theashock
of them often breaks an inner layer
of the fabric. By preventing these
things you will escape most of the
common tire troubles. When they do
occur, tread cuts and sand boils
should be quickly cleaned out and re-
paired. •
Otherwise they will expose the in-
ner f abric to air and contact with the
road. Dirt and oil will 'collect and
enlarge them. Small bruises may be
temporarily 'healed with mastie.
Grease, oll..anct acids should be rem,ov-
ed from tires at once by means. of a
cloth moistened in gasoline.
It isetanportant to the life of a tire
• that you should keep wheels in align-
ment. If the wheel is out of line the
whole tire is distorted. Strain at all
points results. Moreover, a wobbly
wheel causes friction from several di-
• rections instead oftthe direction pro -
The greatest wear takes place on
the tread—it is .built to withstand it.
The sides of a tire have only a thin
• 'coating of rubber to protect the fabric.
Care should be taken to guard them.
Be sure that nothing on the ma-
chine scrapes the tires as they revolve.
Save the side walls by keeping out of
ruts in the road. Above all, •do not
drive it ear tracke—they 'eat ski the •.
way eround the *e.
You Have experienced the need of. •
spare tires he an emergency. Protect
therm • Carry the tubes in a beg. Pro-
vide eoveriag for shoes.
Be Careful it applying new tabes.
Be sere they Ap: in flat* them '.slight-
•
Ly beforehand and see that they are
snugly in place,
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After the First Trip.
After the first trip in your car make
a careful inspection and note that
everything is as it should be. The
engine parts should be given special
attention, fox the slightest defect in
them result in trouble. Make your
inspections frequently for the first
thousand miles then you can relax
yone vigilance 'a bit.
• Make .a thorough .stud k of the in-
struction book. Look at the luibrication
chart and familiarize yourself with
the location of every grease �p and
oil bole, then see that they are kept
properly filled. This will insure you
against worn parts or scored, bearings
and, incidentally, allow oyu to learn
the lubrication system. When= auto-
mobile is built, the engine has been
run but little, and every part is fitted
tight to make it snug after the rough-
ness has worn off. Consequently the
oar is very stiff and will not •shoW
much speed until these parts wear 1.
So do not exceed; 25 miles an ham
until your speedometer registers 1,000
miles. By so ;doing each part will
"find itself" and you will be perfectly
safe in exceeding 30 milesan hour.
If you force a ear before it has run
1,000 miles the result may total a
noisy engine and premature repairs.
Drain off the oil every 500 miles and
replace it with fresh. -You will be..sur-
prised at the quantity of grit end dirt
that 'acmes from the crankcase. The
bearings and pistons throw •ofsmall
particles of metal which, if you'd() not
remove with the old oil, will work into
the bearings and cause 'serious re-
sults.
Perhaps your meter will show a
tendency to overheat when mew. Do
nit permit this to worry you, for it
is merely the friction of newness.
Give it plenty of oil and water and
soon this trouble will disappear.
Every now and then the new car
should be jacked up, the wheels
shaken and the looseness removed. As
the bearings become accustomed to
their work the need for adjustment
will go away as do the other ills.
Be carefui. of your gasoline adjust-
ment.. the dash. - Do not?leeveit
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"rich" any lengek then'ieece,sary,
for this allow an extra ,amount of
gascilane to get into the engine base,
which will thin the oil.
The 'body cleaning should be done
very carefully for the first month or
so. Use a Simple flow of water, with-
out .spray or force, so as not to mar
the finish. The longer you drive with-
out unnecessary cleaning the harder
the varnish will becoxne.
Be Kind to Your Neck,
If only people would be kind to
their necks there would be far less
trouble in the world.
Tight collars are very bad for the
health. They obstruct the ilow of
blood to the head, and increase the
flow of money to the laundry. The
men who invented stiff collars' ought
to have been shot at dawn. But very
likely there was no need. If he didn't
cl. ite, he prabably fell down in a fit,
ana by the time, they had sawn six
laches off his collar he was dead.
Watch, as you walk along the street,
what a number of people wear spec-
tacles. Eye specialists are of opinion
that stiff collars have much to do with
our low standard of eyesight,
Therefore, if you are a wise person
you Will be good to your neck. Give
it room Don't wear a collar that's
too small for you.
To be disappointed in love is, e cruel
blow, but to be 'disappointed in .mar -
liege is a •continuous performance.
NoAregian 'Government experi-
mentee:e'. have succeeded in producing
a loreattentainting 20 per cent of fish.
Some men carry con-
quest in their very pres-
ence; they .win our confi.-.
dence the first time we see
them. We believe in their
power because they radiate
it.
Too Good to Be True.
Wife—"John, a man called this af-
ternoon and said he would supply us
with enough electricity to light our
house, do all our cooking and run the
washing machine for only $1 a month.
What do you think of that?"
• Hub—"You should have told him
that when we want current fiction
we'll get it at a bookstore."
Population of Paris.
According te the Le Petit Parisien,
the present population of Paris is 2,-
856,000, which is an increase of only
16,000 over the figure for the year
1911.
Canada's Co al Situation
Canada created a record for coal
produotion in 1920, when she produced
16,968,658 short tone, as against 13,-
919,096 Short tone in the preceding
year, or an • increase of 21.9 per cent.
The previous high mark as set in 1913,
when the output totalled 15,532,878
short tons. Exports increased to 2e
558,223 tone, as compared with 2070-
00, but this was counter -balanced by
the increase in imparts from the
• 'Chatted States, from 16,982,773 to 20,-
815,596. The total value of production
• i estimated at about $7,0000,000,
With only one exception, that of
e Saskatchewan, every presence of the
•• Dominion exhibited an in:crease in pro -
(faction, during the year over the 1919
figures. A 'particularly interesting
feature of the year was the wrestling
trona kl'ove, Scotia by Alberta; of the
boner of premier producer, the West -
eta province leading the austerit by
lowly four per cent, Alberta ' Pro,
at lauded 41 Per cent. of the total output,
orrOughle 6,700,000 tons; NOVA .80otia,
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ammodker.
37.8 per cent., or 6,500,000; British
Columbia, 18.3 per cent., or 2,550,000
tons; Saskatchewan, 1.9 per cent., or
330,000 tons; and New Brunswick, 1
per cent., or 170,000 tons. The reduc-
tion in Smtkatchewan's output iseet-
tributed to the , greatly increased use
of Alberta, coal in Manitoba and that
province.
A both interesting and gratifying
feature of the Coal situation in 1920
was the increased use of native deal,
especially In the Prairie Provinces.
The war. which Out down shipments of
anthracite Erten the United States to
Manitoba, gaite Alberta her opportuni-
ty to introduce her product, on the
qualities of which there was a lack of
education. She was not slow to hate
her way, and is maintaining .the posi-
tion assumed with every indloaton of
increasing her market. This is 'shown
very deerly in the shipments efeoal
from Alberta eastward, which In 1920
totalled about 500,000 teas, tie coin -
pared with approximately 250,000
tons in 1019.
Fihning
100 Tons of Molten Steel
A most remarkable moving picture
was recentiy taken by the United
States Bureau of Mines. In reprodur-
ing the various processes in the -manu-
facture of iron and steel sheets at the
plant•Of a large A.mericau company it
was desired to show not only each me-
chanical step but the actual making as
well as the handling of the molten
steel or iron. When pig iron and
scrap steel are subjected to a high
temperature in au open hearth fur-
nace, using producer gas or oil as fuel,
the iron and metals gradually melt
until an immense liquid bath, like a
small lake or pond, is formed, which
boils like water at a temperature of
over 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit. The
actual melting and boiling of .the met-
al is interesting as seen through blue
glasses, but a close up view is not
possible because of the heat.
The promoters of the moving pic-
tures referred to conceived the idea .inena not already known were reveal -
that the value of the picture would be ad by this achievement it is conies -
decidedly enhanced if it were possible- tured that with the use of the speed
to take a moving picture of the acteal camera., involving the slowing down
meltingetatiel boiling 'of the steel. In ot operatiens and with probable ini-
this case they had to deal with an provements in the camera itself, new
open hearth furnace holding 100 tons facts Of vital value to industry may
or 200,000 pounds of metal melting some time result from. the application
down to finally boiling. The result of of the moving picture to metallurgical
their efforts was the production of a operation.s. From an educational point
picttre of this process, which has of view the making of such pictures is
never been aceoutplished before. of almost inestimable value.
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A regular •moving picture camera
was so fitted up that it was water-
jacketed—that is, encased in a water
cooled fireproof box. This was placed
just Weide the furnace. The opera-
tor of the camera wore an asbestos
stet and stood just outside or almost
•in the door of the seething furnace.
The attempt was eminently success-
ful, and a picture has resulted which
is 'a revelation to behold. Not only is
the hard metal, the pig iron and the
steel, seen gradually melting, together
with the formation of the slag which
floats on top, but the actual boiling of
this 100 tons of molten steel is seen
in all its phases. It is a beautiful
sight and an instructive one. The
metal boils like water on a stove, the
bubbles growing gradually larger and
larger.
,While no actual scientific pheno-
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WIRELESS SERVICE •
IN THE DOMINION
SECOND TO NONE IN THE
WORLD.
Being Successfully Used Not
Only in Navigation but in
Forest and Fisheries.
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Wireless is coming to be the world's
great transmitter of news and method
of rapid communication, and a nation
desirous of keeping pace with world
progress in all respects mutt laity con-
tinuous attention to bettering their
systems of this most modern. method
of long distance conversing. Canada
has not been slow in recognizing the
importance of wireless in her econo-
mit existence, in her shipping and
trade, even in, her forests and fisheries
and in the bearing of this important
factor on the hole of future Dominion
development, and she has kept well
to the fore in this regard.
The wireless service on the Great
Lakes, in the Gulf. of St. Larence, and
on, the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts is
second to tone in the world in the
opinion of navigators. The Canadian
trans-Atlantic wireless service, in com-
petition with the cables, which has
been. in operation for seine thirteen
years,has been very successful, and is
still improving in, speed and accuracy.
Autherities consider that no series of
verelessidireetion-fincling stations have
given such help and satisfaction to
mariners as that established by the
Canadian Government pn the Atlantic
Coast.
Scope and Object of Service.
Government wiveless in Canada,
comer under the Radiotelegraph.
Brandi ot the Naval Department which,
hawever, whilst owning the station*
has let several by contract, far opera-
tion, to the Marconi Wireless Tele-
graph Company of Canada. The
primary object of the Governmeet ser -
Vice is to provide facilities for emu-
municatlou with ships at eea, and thus
assist in their navigation, and the safe-
guarding of the lives of the people
they °area Incideutally, the service
undertakes the handling •of col -tenet -
dal Messages with ships and also pro.
aides Mealsof communication with
....mgmWegocarmawq
point's not reached by existing land
telegraphs, :an instance of the latter
being the Queeu Charlotte Islands in
Brittsh Columbia.
The total number of stations in
operation in the Dorainion and on
ships registered therein in 1920 was
563. Of these, twenty-seven are lo-
cated on the east coast, and have
ranges of.from 100 to 1,500 nautical
miles'; eight are in Ontario, an the
Greet Lakes, having 'ranges of 350
nautical miles each; ten in British
Columbia -on the west coast have
ranges of from 150 to 350 miles; two
public commercial stations in. Cape
Breton and ane in New Brunswick
have ranges of 3,000 miles and 2,500
miles—the third being for reception
only; two in Hudeon Bay have a range
of 750 miles each; elevea private com-
mercial stations 'with ranges of from
100 to 200 miles; and there are teirty-
Mee Canadian Government steamers
equipped with wireless capable of
transmitting from. 100 to 400 miles.
With the exception of the small sta-
tion at Pictou, Nova Scotia, all of the
forty-seven coast stations in the Do -
,minion are owned by the Government.
Those on the Padfic Coast, Hudson
Bay, Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia,
and the three direction -finding stations
on the east coast, eixteenstations in
all, are operated directly by the De-
partment of ,Naval Service. The sta-
tions on the Great Lakes and the re-
maining stations on the east coast,
thirtytone in all, whilst owned by the
Government, are operated by the Mar -
core Wireless Telegraph Company of
Canada, under contract, and under the
terms, of which the Company receives
a total annual subsidy of $89,200 and
retains all tolls collected on messages
;except on Governmeat meesages,
which are handled free.
The Government-owned and operated
station at Barrington Passage, Nova
Scotia, maintains a commercial sea
vice. with Bermuda. The Marconi sta-
tion at Glace Bay has a continuous
trans-Atlantic commercial service with
Clifden, in Ireland, and, as far as act-
ual handling of traffic is concerned, is
considered .one of the best traits -At-
lantic circuits. The use of the Hud-
son. Bay stations is in suspense until
the policy respecting the Hudson Bay
etailway is decided upon. The s•ta-
tioia on the 13ritisb. Cole/tibia coast
are unceasingly in touch With Pacifie
boutel Steamers,
eix Million Words Transmitted,
A total of 341,833 luessages, con.
A sunbeam failing upon a sheet ok
paper wUl make it Wartn, but it will
never bring, the paper to such a heat
that it begins to smoulder,
It however, we bring all the rays
of the sunbeam to a single Point by
rueens of a naagnifying glass, we can
produce heat great enough •to set the
paper on fire.
All that we have done is to foeus or
concentrate these rays', with the result
that, we obtain vastly Increased power.
It is just the same with the mind.
If we can concentrate all our energies
upon the work that is in hand, we shall
do it far more easily and quickly.
Concentration demands a great et -
fort, and me e who have this power
would soon be worn out if they had
not also the gift of resting their
minds at times by 'throwing off entire-
ly their cares and woeriee.
Really great men have the power of
focusing their minds upon the subject
that demands attention at the mo-
ment; but when the work is done you
will fled them playing golf as if they
had not a care in the world., or laugh-
ing at an amusing play.
Those who are always concentrating
become, absent-minded; they are quite
unable to take a mental holiday when
necessary, with the result that they
lack vigor and freshness.
Allied with concentration is will-
power. Many people iniagin•e that the
strong man, is a kind of cinema hero
who bends others to his will by the
steely glatce of his flashing eye. Such
men do not exist iTh real life! If they
did they would be unpleasant crea-
tures whose unpopularity would soon
bring about tlitete' downfall,
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The secret Of IMa'!"
hd strong-willed
is that he uses his will to make him-
delf do the thingshe ought to do, We
are all 'laterally lazy, potting oft
everything that we possibly can till
the to-merrow that never comes, The
strong man 11,2,0Shis' will to overcome
his natural laziness; once he has sac-
eeeded in this he is able to make
others de a,s he wishes, simply be-
cause he call make up their minds for
them.
Concentration can be developed by
anyone who will tette the necessary
pains. Here is a simple method, If
you are reading a "dry" book, you will
find every now and then that your at-
tention is wandering; you have read
a paragraph or a page, and after do-
ing so you have not the least idea of
what it was about. When you reach
that point, stop. Lay aside your book
and think of something else. 1)o not
go back to it until you feel sure that
you can give it your whole attention.
Do not attempt too much at first;
concentrate on quite a short passage,
then take a rest. In this way you will
soon find that you can give your whole
mind to a subject for longer and long-
er pentode. Half an hour's concentra-
tion will produce more result hen a
whole day of rambling, inattentive
work.
Wu:I-power and concentration run
hand in, hand, for concentration de-
mands an effort of will, and there can
be no will Without concentratioa. In
these two allied qualities lies the
whole secret of success and happiness
in life.
taining 6,128,990 words, were handled
at all the stations in Canada in the
year 1920. The total revenue collect-
ed during the year amounted to $50,-
822.29, as against $44,288.77 in. 1919.
The Canadian Marconi Company
has received its bigge•st expansion
from the Canadian Government Mer-
chant Marine, which has placed about
fifty operators on its vessels, all of
which are equipped with wireless ap-
paratus manufactured entirely in
Canada. A school for operators is car-
ried on by the Government, at whilch
about forty pupils are being trained
continuously, whilst many of the oper-
ators on the Government vessels are
returned soldiers', who reached their
positions by way of vocational courses
in the Deparment of Soldiers' Civil
Re -Establishment.
Steps are under way at the mesent
time to dot the expanse of the Do-
minion with a series of wireless eta:
tions, which will effectively cover it
from coast to coast, renderng the most
effective communication from the At-
lantic to the Pacific. This is part of
a seheme of the formation of an All
Red system of wireless communication
which Is to belt, the British Empire
and link up all the Dominions. A sta-
tion at Newcastle, New Brunswick,
teken over by the Marconi Company in
1919, is to be used as the connecting
station with dose -Atlantic stations,
and licenses have been issued to the
same company for point to point sta-
tions at Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal,
and other locations, which will act as
feeders fOT the trans-Atlantic service,
and at the same time carry on a com-
mercial service between these
Advantage In Forestry Operations.
Wireless within the Dominion itself
is undergoing a continual -expansion
and branchng ,out at the hands of both
provincial governments and business
corporations. A very fine service has
been built up by the forestry service
of the province of British Columbia as
part of their precautions against
forest fires and to keep rangers In in-
stant touch with each other and head-
quarters. A system of stations is ad-
vocated for Northern Manitoba to put
this region into communication with
Winnipeg. Several pulp and paper
companies have received licenses to
ferAIMMOTYPIfi'd 0., •
on....rhmaltormars,
The habit of dwelling on
difficulties and magnifying
thean weakens the charac-
ter and paralyzes the initia-
tive in such a way as to hin-
der one from ever daring
to undertake great things.
The man who sees the ob-
stacles more clearly than
anything ,else is not, the
man to attempt to do any
great thing.
operate systems, and last year the
Shawintgan• Water and Power Com-
pany at Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, re-
ceived a License to operate a station
there to communicate with their head
office at Montreal, a distance of
eighty-two miles.
The innovation of the Canadian Pa -
dee Ocean Services in starting a
Canadian news service by wireless to
their liners in the North Atlantic has,
cre,aed intense interest in Canadian,
United States, and British shipping •
ciroles, as bringing 'Canada into, that
select circle el nations which. gossip
by wireless. Not only is the news of
the Canadian infurkete, Dominion pro- •
grees, and general Canadian happen-
ings received by the Company's pas-
senger liners at sea, but Wireless eta -
tots situated elsewhere pick up the
messages, and Canadian news vies be
the importance of its appeal with that
of Great Britaia and the United States.
A review of the wireless situation in
Canada gives gratifying evidence of
the Dominion's progress with the
times, and of its recognition of the
necessity of keeping abreat in .the ex,
tension of the usee of this great in-
vention. It is being successfully used
in connection with Domixtion fisheries
and forests, and will undoubtedly in
the future be utilized to a greater ex-
tent in, bringing the rich regions of
the hinterland into touch with the
governmental and industrial centres.
Canada's fire less is very heavy—
$27,000,000 hi 1920, or $3.42 per eaeite
on an eight million population--ins
of the heaviest ,of any country, partly
due to .carelessness.
Marten and Fisher Ranching
The accession of Canada to her logi- cessfully breed these animals itt cap -
cal place among fur markets of the
world, by reason of her prominence
among preduceest has resulted in an
impetus and a greater devotion of in-
terest to other phases, of the fur in-
dustry, and in none, perhaps, so mach
as the domestic rearing of fur -bear-
ers. Success had been achieved,
covering many years, in fox ranching
and other branches of fur farming, the
absolute feasibility of the venture in
Canada proven, and all that had been
accomplished justified confident hone
of expansion. Thus has come about
a widening of the field, not only as re-
gards the establishment of ranches
but in the variety of animals so rear-
ed. Canada is the natural habitat of
nearly every species of marketable
fur -bearer, and has, the finest if cli-
matic conditions for producing the
richest, gloseteet, and heaviest furs.
The trapping of fur -bearing al -dames
in• Canada 15 a profitable industry, but
it must be borne in mind that the do-
mestic rancher has the advantage over
the trapper, inasmuch as he is able to
kill his animale, when the furs are
prime, and thus realize the best
prices.
There may' be a very peofita,blie fut-
ure le %store for pioneers in the breed-
ing of fisher and marten, a, field which
as yet has scarcely been entered. As
the best fisher pelts are selling for
$100. each, whilst marten. May bring
$50, there is every induct/tient to an
tee into the breeding of theeeoWild
cot/eine." Up tothe present; it has
been found somewhat dfflcU1t te Sue-
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tivity, due, it is thought, to lack of
provision of facilities for exercise.
A successful beginning, however, to
a marten ranch is to be found at Louis
Creek, British Columbia, where G. H.
DeLey, as reported by the Commission
of Con.servation, has succeeded itt
raising two generations of the animals.
From a pair of wild martens, he raised
a litter of three, two females and one
male. When one year old, die young
fernutles gave birth to two •and, four
young respectively, and all of them
have been successfully raised to ma-
turity.
• Success in the rearing of marten
and fisher itt the past would seem to
have been largely, if not wholly, de-
feated by lack of general knowledge
of wild- animal breeding, whichresult-
ed in a failure to provide conditions
and environment correspondng to the
natural haunts. Large rune MItSt be
provided, with obstacles and hiding
places such es hollow lags, and, in
general, the animals permitted to live
their natural life. Unlike foxes, mar-
ten do not thrive so well when the wild
state is left behind, and they should
not be induced to become tame.
Fisher and marten raising is in the
experimental stage, through which the
breeding of Other 'wild animals, had
to pass before prosperous issue was
reached. There is ho reason to doubt
but that the causes which have hithea
to res led in failure will be overcome;
and the domestic, breeding of these
profitable little emir/tale be placed on,
the .tame sueceseful tooting as that of
other ter -bearers in Canada,
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