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I.lqSRATH, ALASKA. OGT. 11..1S22
Just Dots and Dashes
Radio and the possibilities of radio
bate become in the last three or four
years an all-absorbing and widely*
interesting point towards which the,
eyes of millions of people have been
turned expectantly.
Gigantic strides have been made in
th e direction of the unattainable per
'ection.
There are at present approximately
.100,000 radio phones and radio sets in
operation in the United States, or
owned by amateurs and various .com
pares- . -
Chief among those who carry on con
tinuous research and investigation in
this line are the army and navy of the
Jnited States. This governmental su
pervision has placed this country far
ahead of all others of the world in this
line of work.
The laboratories of the chief signal
office are responsible for the small,
compact and efficient continuous wave
sets which were lately Installed in
Alaska. That which was installed at
Phis place has proven itself eminently
satisfactory and efficient. Vladivostok,
Russia; Nauen, Germany; Madrid,
Spain; Manila, P. Honolulu, San
crancisoo, Seattle, and many other
high powered stations being easily
read. Practically all stations in upper
Alaska can be communicated with, as
^ests from here to Anchorage. Bethel
and Nome proved. Not satisfied with
merely evolvmg a set which is satisfac
tory at present, however, these inves
tigations have been carried on until at
present a set has been designed which
Is lighter in weight* more compact and
has a-transmitting radius of some five
times the distance covered by the pres
ent continuous wave equipment.
Immense credit, too, is due to the
PROFESSIONAL
AlbreeM and Taylor
LAWYERS
Iditarod. Alaska
and at
TOp L. C. Smith Bldg., Seattle, Wash
Practice in all Courts.
manner in which the American people
have taken radio, the study of rsdio,
and the radio telephone into their
hearts. As an institution in the home,
it is fast becoming a necessary luxury.
Consider for yourself if you will care
to inconvenience vourstlf by attending
the opera if the radio phone will bring
it to your favorite easy chair. No!
Then we oelieve you human; yes, and
we are inclined to belive you handling
the truth carelessly.
Next in its order will come the radio
movie for those whose taste may not
run to operatic airs, or who desire
more .vivid action. To this end, ex
perimenters were lately successful in
transmitting pictures ftom Paris to
New York. Ultimately we shall find
our ability to gather i>ower from the
ether and to transmit it from point to
point as we now transmit messages. To
the realisation of this end to further
advancement let us all look forward
expectantly
iou who have sods who evince signs
of being bitten by the radio bug, hinder
him not in his stringing of wires and
constructing of slide tuners and ampli
fiers, but render him what assistance
you may that in the days to come you
may sneak chestilv and loudly of him
as '-‘a chip off the old block.”
Housewives aDd mothers, be not dis
mayed when the youngest son stretcheth
many wires overhead and connecteth
even unto the water pipes in the bath
room in order that he may have the
proper ground connections, for he
evinceth learning beyond his years and
a desire that his set shall function
properly.
Bear counsel with him and speak
gently unto him, and remind him to
abide within the limits of his wave
length and power input.
Ere long, to the joy of your heart,
you mav read wonderfully well unto
the ladies of the local Tbanatopsis club
on “Modern Radio and Its Achieve
ments,” wherein you may allude with
pardonable pride unt^ the sod of your
heart’s affection. For doth not the
17th chapter of the amateur’s hand
book state:
“Yea, verily, out of the brain of the
amateur there cometh many a wise and
a curious hookup, even tho unto the
many which hearken he mangleth his
dots and dashes.”
Skrgt X.. W. Bundy.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Germany continues to play a loan
hand.—Philadelphia Evening Public
Ledger.
With China unified, Japan will"have
to mail but one set of demands.—Dallas
News.
If war operated its business on a C.
O. D. basis there might be fewer wars.
Asheville Times.
Books on etiquette are painfully
silem concermng the graceful way to
scratch a mosquito bite in public.—
Palatka News.
“It i3 a great thing to come from a
state of poverty.” says an industrial
magnate- It is if you come far enough
from it.—Waterbury Democrat.
Specialists, says headline, pronounce
Lenin’s ailment curable. Unfortunate
ly, these specialists are medical, not
economic.—New York Evening Post.
Just as soon as we learn to spell the
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Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. Private rooms.
New dog kennels, and the best of. lower river fish
for dog feed.
Diamond i Dick
Proprietor
Dame of the Chinese president he re
signs, and tne whole job has’to be done
over again.—San Francisco Chronicle.
It’s a hard life. If you live in the
lowlands, the floods will get you; and
if you live in the mountains the reve
nue men will get you.—Fort Wayne
News.
Our idea of dangerous occupations is
the attempt of some newspapers to se
lect the twelve greatest women in
America.—Asheville Times.
Big Rivers*
General Supplies Fresh; From the
Outside
Furs Bought and Sold
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotaa.)
Best, of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention.
New Dog Houses Under Construction.
Mrs. Frank Larson - Proprietor i
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer ‘'Trader .of the Kuskokwim, Valley
Napamute, .Alaska
New Goods Have Arrived
&
One of the best stocks ever brought into the
Kuskokwim Valley. Yes, the prices are right
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.'
Captv Wallaee Langley, Manager.
John E., Baker
Independent Candidate
for
Territorial Representative.
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