tor Marvel ay, Salem, N. ‘H.,, a ecently attained a speed an hour over a 50-mile was officially timed. engine that has accom- records is the power d in the perfected “Whip- ered at the lowest price of the Willys-Overland. pet” ‘was the first light uipped with four wheel 2 a new trend in the . The braking area of 's” brakes is greater r ear. he perfected “Whippet” ler range of colors, em- full crown fenders, a n visor that imparts a effect, and the addition windshield cleaner, rear ind a eombination rear and stop light. These ce the “Whippet” the lipped light car built in der field. eld Tea ‘as Your ther’s Remedy For every stomach and intestinal {ll This good old-fash- ioned herb home remedy for consti- pation, stomach ills and other derange- ® ments of the sys- nt these days is in even as a family medicine erandmother’s day. ble Method Quickly in stipation m becomes clogged with sult of chronic constipa- mplete action is neces ious results. At folks resort to s or harsh “salts. A way is through the use lan Vegetable Pills. The action thus established em. At druggists or 372 City. eet — fectiveaction Dr. Peery’s no equal. One dose only rms. 50c. All druggists, I'ercentenary ire being made for a ion of the three hun ary of the birth of hich takes place this in honor of the event ted, be performed all ne IN THE PATTON COURIER | INSIST! hysicians for imbago leumatism EART yer”? package ven directions. 3 of 12 tablets 100—Druggists. ter of Salicylicacid EE — NE Ol! QE. 4) 3 = 7 By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Drawing by Ray Walters. FF-HAND, how many of \/} z relati ae Vy their relations to each tetris | f/f other? If you can do ) that for all of them, 1 =, you're a most exceptional © person, And if you should set out to learn them—beware | It was Sir Hiram Maxim, the great inventor, who once said, “I cannot un- derstand why we stick to these weights and measures. There was only one man who knew the English weights and measures; he studied them for thirty years and he just knew them all when the poor fellow went mad pod died!” { Jong ago we simplified the currency system and in 1786 led the world in adopting the decimal units of money in place of an absurd coinage of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings. But for some strange reason, we have lagged behind the rest of the world in extending the decimal system, which is so simple and easily com- puted, to other factors in our daily life, When James Watt, the Scotch inventor, announced the plan in 1783 upon which the metric system is based, Washington, Jefferson, Robert Morris and Gouverneur Morris immedi- ately indorsed its adoption for our - : ? weights, measures and coinage. Wash- ington, in his first message to con- gress, urged its adoption, but its ap- plication to our coinage only was made. In 1866, through the efforts of Charles Sumner of Massachusetts the metric system was made the legal system in the United States, But the average American, seeming. ly wedded to an outgrown tradition, has preferred to go on using the old cumbersome system. In the mean- time more than 100 countries of the world have adopted the metric 8ys- tem and are enjoying a great advan- tage in commerce, education and com. mon world understanding thereby. Only in Great Britain and America are there human beings who are out of step, commercially and economical ly, with more than 1,000,000,000 of the people of the world who are trad- ing on the metric basis. That we are conscious of this handicap is shown by the agitation by various organiza tions and individuals which has been under way for some time for general adoption of the metric system. The states of [llinois, California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Utah, with a combined population of 16.,000.000, through their state legislatures. have memorialized congress to adopt metric standards, The General Federation of Women’s Clubs, which has a member- ship of 3,000,000, at its national eon vention at Grand Rapids, Mich.. last year, passed a resolution calling upon congress to enact metric legislation as soon as possible, More than 100,000 petitions, urging the same legislation are pending before congress and some time ago Congressman Fred Britten of Illinois announced that he expected to introduce in this session of con gress a liberal metric standards bill and press its passage. The need for a new set of standards our present units of \\ weights jand measures Alf can you name and give Troy Weight ee i aime iim ieioriimiivvieieoleeiocdeviocloclofoocforiofocfonforonecorenforfonforfontect: eteuteutetetodo to tonto tout, 2.9.1 Friel fled 3 . 3 ich Do You Prefer: # * . ole SONY ZR I 3 THIS: OR THIS: + 3 Apothecaries Weight oo o 20 grains = 1 scruple ote » 8 scruples = 1 dram be od ol 8 drams = 1 ounce 3 x 12 ounces = 1 pound i 1. Avoirdupois Weight (Short Ton) “ J 27 11-32 grains = 1 dram ole o 16 drams = 1 ounce bY g ode » 16 ounces = 1 pound Metric Weight : + , 25 pounds = 1 quarter 10 milligrams = 1 centigram » 3 4 quarters = 1 hundredweight 10 centigrams = 1 decigram - o 20 bundredweights = 1 ton 10 decigrams = 1 gram oe K 10 grams = 1 dekagram ole * Avoirdupois Weight (Long Ton) 10 deckagrams = 1 hectogram xe o 27 11-82 grains = 1 dram 10 hectograms = 1 kilogram 5 x 16 drams =. 1 ounce My : K 16 ounces = "1 pound x »! o 112 pounds = 1 hundredweight “3 * 20 hundredweights= 1 ton “3 FETA TT is shown by the fact that this coun: try suffers a loss of millions of dol lars every year in its world trade be cause of delays and losses due to the inequality between our standards and the metric standards of other nations and the difficulty in translating one in terms of the other. The purpose of the proposed metric standards bill, as stated by Congressman Britten, is to give to Americans “the world language of quantity.” [It proposes to estab lish a standardization of terms, so that our units of weights and mea: sures may be alike and invariable throughout our land, and also fortu nately in accordance with those of 24 grams = 1 pennyweight us i 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce a * 12 ounces = 1 pound o THIS: OR THIS: : o Long Measure 4 “i 12 inches = 1 foot : . 8 feet =] yar 3 o 14 yards = 1 rod or pole 3 o = hy = 1 furlong Metric Length o * 8 furlongs = 1 statute mile 10 millimeters = 1 centimeter = " 1,760 yards = 1 mile 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter > K 820 rods = 1 mile 10 decimeters = 1 meter 3 » 8 miles = 1 league 10 meters = 1 dekameter oe o . » 10 dekameters = 1 heetometer ope o Mariners’ Measure 10 hectometers = 1 kilometer T E 6 feet = 1 fathom ole * 120 fathoms = 1 cable length 1 3 7% cable lengths = 1 mile : 3 . 5,280 feet = 1 statute mile = . 6,085 feet = 1 nautical mile 3 + THIS: OR THIS: 5 % Dry Measure + fe i = 1 quart 4 z TF . Sse gai Metric Capacity T Tr k = 1 bushel 10 milliliters = 1 centiliter > oil iA, pecay 10 centiliters = 1 deciliter x x Liquid Measure 10 deciliters = 1 liter + 5 4 gills = 1 pint 10 liters = 1 dekaliter %5e + 2 pints = 1 quart 10 dekaliters = 1 hectoliter 5 + 4 quarts = 1 gallon 10 hectoliters = 1 kiloliter 3 I 811 gallons = 1 barrel 3 ogo 2 barrels = 1 hogshead T enterprise bribed the world at large, The advance to the metric system under this bill wil not so much affect the making of things as it will govern the merchan- dising of things by measure. In contrast to our present stand- ards, which are complex and unrelat ed, the metric system is simple and based upen the decimal system like our currency, its units are logically inter-related. There are three fun damental units, the meter, the liter and the gram. and all three are deci mally divided or decimally multiplied Joth multiplication and division are automatic. You move the decimal point and—presto! you have it. Record Tree Planting CG. C. lau. or of the American Neat Gust Relief at Athens, Greece, reports to the American Tree association, of Washington, 60.000 trees were planted in one day on the slopes of Hymettus, School children and orphans made the pilgrimage following the preparations a week In advance by the army In his work Director Thurber is using the forestry primer published by the Americans. The association has tree planting instruction ready and it wel comes all tree planters to membership in the tree planting ary Slingshot Days The country boy who uses a sling shot to knock some unwary sparrow off a limb has little thought that he Is practicing one of mankind's earliest arts. Not alone is rhe story of David an Instance. There were long cen turfes of the Stone age when slung association. 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