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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16
THOSE 0PEN.WIND0W CRANKS
Writer oIvss Il a. HE Opinion That
They Are Aetuatsd Solely BY
Soiflohnoss.

One Of the most pronounced nuts.
ances with which seasoned travellers on
railroad trains have to contend is the
"open-window crank" This fellow
for he is usually male instead Of q
female-persists In having his window
open, no matter whether other occu.
pants Of the car dislike it or not; and
it usually results in the other passen.
gers thereabout receiving liberal sup.
ply Of dust and fine cinders, Us we'll
as enough soft coal smoke to last them
the remainder of their lives. These
open-window cranks are almost always
occasional travellers. It is noticed by
those who have taken the pains to OBJ.
serve that the regular traveler-that
is, the man who rides every dry in
summer-never opens the window be!
side the seat In which he is riding. 1t
does not mean any more comfort for
him to do so, as he long ago discov.
cred, but much discomfort instead.
AS soon as railroad car starts to
move there is more or less air stirring
and II the Open-window cranks would
only compose themselves q few mo.
ments they would be far more com.
Portable than they would to breathe
coal dust, smoke and cinders. But the
average occasional traveller will push
up his window as soon as he enters the
car.
1t makes no difference to him how
much the rest Of the car suffers-he is
the only one to be considered. 1t Is a
practice that causes great discomfort
to passengers who have the necessary
sense to know that everybody is better
of If the windows are closed on hot
days. And 1t Is always noticed that
these open-window artists invariably
leave the window open when they de.
part. The first, last and only thought
is for themselves-no one else counts
Hartford Courant.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16

The pilots saluted and filed out. BY
nine o'clock the next morning two
trains had been derailed, one ammuni-
ton train was on fire and still explod-
ing and two railway stations lay In
ruins. The infantry, thanks, in part.
to the work of the airmen in hamper
ing the movements of the German re-
serves, advanced a mile on ten
mile front.
The official aviation report for the
day said: some Of our machines is
missing, two German machines were
destroyed"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16

the rail- River Line pier at New.
port, X. /. And especially not on a
dismal evening. The dingy, low
buildings and sheds were wrapped
IN the raw murk swept in from the
sea. The fog almost hid the lights
or the torpedo station across a stretch
or mack water from the pier. Up
the bay red lighthouse eye winked
dimly through the mist. A cold driz-
zle kept the few early arrivals for
the New York boat in the waiting
room. Outside dozen loungers hug.
gee sheltering walls, coat collars
turned up against the wet.
1t was getting. along toward $780,
few more passengers appeared,
growing at the weather. Then, down
Long wharf from the city. came swing
Ing long line Of blue. They were
new-made sailors from the training
station, 100 Of them. bound for New
York and thence to sea off on their
first service. The men broke ranks
when they reached the wharf. and
scattered about with pea-coat collars
around their ears, laughing, skylark-
ing, their youthful exuberance proof
for time against a night like this.
School was dOne-and their work lay
before them.
Here and there lucky boy had
somebody to tell him good-by-a friend
made in town. perhaps; sometimes n
mother or father who lived near
enough to be on hand for the parting.
But most of them had nobody. In
little while the laughter died, though
few irrepressibles kept up their
horseplay. They We're very young,
these boys. And they were going some
where very far away. 1t was the big
adventure really beginning, and hard
ly one failed to be touched little by
the seriousness Of It.
Into the crowd on the wharf there
came a khakiclad figure. He was
dressed like an officer, except that
his cap bore no insignia. nor his sleeve
any braid. From group to group he
went. with CHEEKY "Hello, boys"
and the men, with shouts and calls
one to another, flocked after him as
If following some new sort of military
Pied Piper. The man In khaki climbed
on baggage truck. He raised his
hand and silence came upon the blue
clad throng gathered before him.
"'The Long, Long Trail" he called.
"Ready -"
no fhr{11 Inf pf
thick night. out over the old harbOr,
floated the strains Of that wistful chO-
rus. borne by those earnest, boyish
voices:
"There's long, long trail unwinding
Into the land Of my dreams;
Where the nightingales are singing
And the white moon beams;
There's long. long night Of waiting
Until my dreams all come true,
Till the day when I'll he going down
The long, long trail with you"
And after that, the old. simple melo-
dies of the South and the swinging
tunes of another, and different, war
-"Suwanee River" "Old Black Joe"
"Tramp, Tramp. Tramp. the Boys Are
Marching" and the stirring. meas
ured:
mine eyes have seen the glory Of the
coming of the Lord,
He is tramp'ing out the vintage where
the grapes Of wrath are
stored"
carried inspiringly by the full vol
ume of those fresh voices.
The man in khaki, beating time
from his truck. under the dim lights
vi the freight shed, sang too. And
the mass of faces, turned up to his
beneath the fiat blue caps. shone with
the fervor he inspired in them.
Through the fog up the bay doomed
the wri'a. lighted bulk Of the boat,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16
Army Of students in Line.

More than 10000 men were added
10 Americas fighting strength when
members of the students army train
Ing corps were formally mustered in
at the colleges throughout the country.
The impressive ceremony arranged for
the occasion was set for eleven o'clock
October l. A message from President
Wilson was read on every campus.
Collegians in the training corps draw
the pay of army privates, and are
housed. clothed, and fed BY the gov
eminent. There is no tuition fee. Each
student is allowed only three subjectA
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16
PILOTS GET ORDERS, RESULTS
Two American Flyers Wreck Trains
Fire Rail Stations In
One Day.

Al American AerOdrOme Some
where in France.-Twelve pllots
stood in n semicircle around desk
ON which was spread large map.
"The push starts tomorrow, said
the colonel. 1--WE have allotted to us
this zone. It Is our job to wreck sta
lions. trains and bridges In there"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16
President Draws Number 322 in
Registration Lottery at
Washington.
ONLY FIRST 100 NUMBERS
MADE PUBLIC BY WIRE
Practically Impossible to Forward the
Full Result Of the DrawinQ-Ar-
ranoements Made for District Boards
Announce This Later.

The president in person opened the
ceremony of drawing numbers for the
100000 men registered in the new
draft. The capsule he drew contained
the number 800.
Amid ceremonies profoundly Inn
pressive and of transcendent historical
significance, Gen. Peyton G. March,
chief Of staff Of the army, received in
person this vast force of as yet ununi-
formed reserves. on behalf of the mill
itary branch of the government.
4,000, 900 in Arms by July.
And from this reservoir of man pow
er-the largest body of citizen soldiers
ever offered by the people Of any ma
ton to their ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
March is to recruit the army Of 4.OOO,-
600 men which he has promised to
have overseas by July 1 next to back
up General Pershing on the battlefelds
of Europe.
Every man in the registration is af-
fected, as from those who are not
called for active military duty the
comtry's war managers propose to
mobilize great industrial army Of
| war workers to make certain of con-
stantly flowing stream of men and mu-
nitions to the field of battle.
The roll call. which is to assign to
each Of the 100000 men a military
number determining the order in
which he is to be called, was begun by
President Wilson himself, and not I'm
| lot RI in hn off
day.
AS the tally sheets were filled they
were rushed over to the government
printing Office for the official master
list, which, when completed, were sent
| by General Crowder to all district
boards throughout the country, which.
in turn were to make them public
through the newspapers. In that way
the country at large was informed Of
the order of all the numbers within a
few days.
| Wilson Is Applauded.
There was hearty round of ap-
plause as the president, blindfolded
with a piece of cloth taken from the
covering Of one of the chairs used
at the signing of the Declaration Of
Independence. approached the table
on which rested the famous glass
bowl used upon the first drawing.
Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder guild
ed his hand as he reached down into
the bowl to pick one of the 1900 blue
capsules containing the numbers.
There was increased handclapping
when it was announced that the first
number of the drawing was 800, for
the number which the president drew
has registrant representing it in
every one of the 1857 local boards in
the country. Every man whose serial
/ number corresponds to it may there
fore consider that the command to
march or work. comes from the
| commander in chief himself.
Vice President Marshall, similarly
blindfolded, picked out the second
number. 1t proved to be high num-
ber-7,277-which will be order No. 2
for all boards having registrants bear
ing that number. The average number
of registrants to board ranges only
from $500 to 5000.
The number which President Will
SOY drew has registrant represent
ing it in practically every district in
the United States. Other numbers fol-
low:
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16
Nomination Costs Dime,

Urbana, O.-Lieut. David Moore OF
this city is congratulating himself that
his expense account for being nominal,
ed for county coroner Is small. He is
going to war. Fhe lieutenant probably
broke record in Ohio. The law says
how much you shall spend, but it does
not say how little. Moore spent Just
one dime for his honor.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16

'nys'ea' Exertion and Heart Trouble
me only way of surely determining
"hether sufferer from an irritable
"rt can bear extensive exert;on is
~. put MIN through a series of gradu
a.y increasing exercises, states Brit.
..n Medical Journal, with careful ex.
animation after exercise.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16
DefylnQ the Coal Man.

neumatlc regulation Of the tenn.
p'Ature Of residences is provided by
t,, new thermostat that switches cleo
S...y to motor to open or close
sits In the heating apparatus.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16
Busy With His Buos,

Maid Ito professor in study)-Mad.
am has returned from her weeks trim
sir.
Professor-Ah! Remind me by and
by to give her a kiss.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16

Portable electric machinery has
been invented to screen coal and load
It in wagons.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16
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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16
Z4CHZkS S/yG;lyG SzzR, SfAn1IkD
4HX/Ze12.

i WAS not a place to expect thrills,
the Fall River Line pier at New.
port, Il. /. And especially not on a
dismal evening The dingy. low
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

A real classic written by a Kan
san was a ninety-word Christman
greeting to his friends by Carl
Ballweg, German-bOrn, and print
ed in the Emp0ria Gazette. This
viii bear repetition. Here il is:
II speak from the viewpoint OF
the foreign-bOrn. and millions
of Others like me, came to this
country alone, without friends.
We spOnged ON all America had,
her free lands, her free schools,
and, above all her spirit Of open
handed e0mradship. She owed US
nothing, but she gave us all. We
swOre allegiance to her flag, her
constitution, and her laws. We
would be reereants. ingrates, per-
Jurers, and ours If, in the hour Of
her need, we eounseled with her
enemies ana were dislOyal TO her
eause.-Lyons Daily News
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02
Lincoln's Doctrine.

The man who stands by and
says nothing when the peril OF
his government is discussed can
not be misunderstood. II not
hlndered he is sure to help the
enemy; much more if he talks
ambiguously-talks for his eoun-
try with butts and ifs and
ands
That is pretty strong doctrine.
iSome of us would hesitate to ORA"
the line of disloyalty with any
such rigor. Merely talking Tor
the country with sfbufs" and
tifs" and lands" is regarded by
many people as comparatively m
nocent.
The ruthless tyrant who uttered
the doctrine quoted above was
Abraham Lincoln.
Lord Charnwood. certainly an
0pen-minded student. sums up has
impression of this phase of the
great President Is career with the
statement "In any case, Lincoln
stood clearly and boldly for re-
pressing speech Of act that could
help the enemy, with extreme VI
gor and total disregard for the le-
galities Of peaeetime.
Lincoln had summoned men 70
die for cause. Unquestionably
any liberation Of speech or act
that tended in any way 10 undo
their work would have seemed 70 /
him contemplate and criminal.
But Lincoln is not remembered az |
an enemy Of freedom Of mind or
body.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02
At Rose hin school May 8.

Rose Hill and MeRae school dis
triets will hold q big community
meeting at the former school
house tomorrow friday. 1t will
be an all-day good time, with the
program by the schools in the
morning, big dinner at noon and
talks in the afternoon by Prof. H.
p. Lewis, of the Idaho University,
Miss Dorothy Taylor, of the Uni
versity Home Economies depart
ment, and Miss Martin, county SUI
perintendent Of schools.
The program by the pupils is as
follows:
Patriotic exercise; recitation,
Watermelon, Charles Steinhaus;
recitation, What s IN a Name, Ker-
init Olson; song, Break the News
to Mother, Francis Jacobs, Alta
Bell; recitation, The Naughty
Robin, Helen Sehmidlkofer; reel
tation, Old Folks Visiting, Cliff
ford Bell; ArbOr Day Fairies,
Rose Hill school: recitation, The
Dolls Lesson, Gladys Swartz;
'dialog, The War Heroines; reel
tation, Hoover Pancakes, Curtis
Bell; song, Smile and Sing, Eva
Wright; recitation, Don't Give
Up, Johnny Sehmidlkofer; song,
In the Cleaning, Miss Lehman
recitation, Make Bill Wish He d
Never Been Born, Francis Jacobs
The Self Satisfied Little Nurser;
recitation, The Names of the Pres
idents; song, Merry Sunshine
recitation, ] want to Go Tomor-
row, Kathryn Jacobs; dialog,
Hans and Gretchen; recitation,
Miss Importance, Angela Schmidt
|zofer; song, The Boy Scout reci-
Iation, How His Garment Got
Turned, Carl Hess recitation, The
School House Flag, Clarence Oh
son; dialOg, Why Sambd Went
Home; song, The Battle Cry Of
Freedom; recitation, The Photo
graph Album; recitation, The /
Wreck Of the Hesperes, Maud
4utchins; song, Misses Leona
Hess and Ester Lehman, a Flag
Yer Every School House; reeita-
ion, Miss Edith Helps Things
Along; play, Hiawatha; song,
tar Spangled Banner.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

Bring this to the Harbke school
house Saturday night and help the
Red Cross TO pay expenses, help
to win the war, and to make it a
little more comfortable for the
boys over there. Admission to the
following program rs and SO
cents.
America, audience; flag drill,
children; recitation, Lenora Harb-
Ike; flag song drill, girls; song,
Keep the Home Fires Burning.
Mrs. Thompson and Albert Lar
son; tableau, Somewhere, Fred
Shawley song, Where Do We Go
From Here Boys, hoys; dialog
Yankee Doodle, boys; recitation,
Dorothy Harbke; song, Irish
Rose; recitation, Woman's Suf-
frage, Susie Jones; dialog, Column
bia 5 Banner, children; song,
Hawaii, Hawaiian Quartette; rec
itati0n, Soldier OF the Gunless
Legion, Neil Sweet; dial0g, The
little Patriots, children; reclta,
ton, Louise Sehlader; recitation,
Our Flag, children; instrumental
music, Albert Larson; dialog, Adj
vertising for Servant; reeita-
ton, Lena Sehlader; recitation,
Joseph Lanby song, Rainbow, big /
chief and tribe; recitation, Mrs. 4
Lyons; song, S0-Long Mother,
Emma Sehlader and Geo. Sehla-
der; guitar solo, Bart Williams
recitation, Lily Schafer; song,
darkies; instrumental music, Ed
wards and Hogan; song, Wen I
Never Let the Old Flag Fall, Lily
recitation, Curry Felt.
Jr., song, Alice Gates; reading,
Mrs. Browning song, Millions for
Defense, Mrs. Lyons and Albert
Larson; dial0g, The Rough Dia-
nOnd; tableau, Despair, Hope,
Trust; song, Star Spangled Ban
ler, audience.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02
We CAN AND WE WILLIE


The United States has always
heretofore been 4 land of plenty
IN fact land of SURPRISES Up
TO two or three years ago we have
always had a fair balance to run
ON TO the end of each year, and had
no need to practice real economy.
There was plenty of every eOmmo-
dity and a reasonable plenty of
money with which to buy it.
Now the only commodity of
which the United States has plen-
ty is money. OF the things which
money will buy she finds herself
alarmingly short. Wheat, meat,
wool, coal-the four great requi-
sites of life, she is called on to
conserve and to use as sparingly
as possible. The serious phase of
the matter is that in all these lines
the erstwhile margins of plenty
have been completely wiped out
and in their place IS positive de-
felt.
1t was estimated during the fuel
saving period that the country
was actually short fifty million
tons of coal; that we lacked that
much Of having enough fuel to
carry on normal activities. Prac-
tically the same condition prevails
in the other lines.
What is the answer.
Conservation
Waste must be absolutely elm
mated.
Production must be speeded up
by every means in our power.
And wherever a substitute for
either of these four articles can
by any means be made to serve the /
purpose, it is the patriotic duty of /
every true American man and wo-
man to make use Of that substi- [
tute.
The time for discussing the war
has passed. The problems grow
ing out Of the war are pressing
for attention, and should be met
as live Americans have always
met the stern problems of life
with a smiling courage and a firm
determination to solve them and
solve them correctly.
The war must be won, so let
every American say from the bot
tom Of his heart, eve can and
we viii. I"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

See Douglas Fairbanks In
Down to Earth, " at the Artic
Tuesday, May Z. This shows a ty.
pical American youth whose
'twanderlust" and ideas Of living
close to nature are not in accord
with the views Of life assumed by
his sweetheart who is a society
bud, whose time is taken up in
dancing, playing cards, and at
tending tea parties. How the per-
sistant youth takes her away from
her surroundings and wins her ov-
err to his way If thinking offers
one Of the most amusing tOnics
given for some time. Many climes
are visited and many surprises are
presented, which makes this one
Of the best Fairbanks pictures 70
date. Features, 6 reels; comedy,
2 reels.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

A friendly church; Claude b.
Martin, minister.
Sunday school 10. One hour a
week for definite training in NOR.
ais and eharaeter-yOu ehould not
rob your child Of that.
Morning service IL. Sermon
What We Owe To God" Even
ing service: "A Hunters Shack. {"
Ask yourself this question-"If
every citizen was just like me,
what kind Of churches would our
bet" If the church is
a good thing. let's all boost il.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

"a timely hit.)
Johnnie, get your hoe, get your
hoe, get your hoe;
Mary dig your row, dig your
row, dig your row;
Down to business, girls and boys,
Learn TO know the garden s
joys,
Uncle Sans in need, pull the
weed, plant the seed,
While the sunheamS Turk do not
shirk, get to work.
All the lads must spade the
ground.
All the girls must hustle round.
Chorus.
Over there, over there;
Send the word, send the word
over there,
That the lads are hOeing, the lads
are hoeing,
The girls are sowing every
where,
Each a garden to prepare,
Do your bit 90 that we all can
share
With the boys, with the boys, the
brave boys,
Who viii not come back till
it's over, over there.
Tune, Johnnie, Get Your Gun,
Composed by Joe Lee Davis, a
Kentucky lad.)
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

That Nezperce viii now sat up
and take notice Of It's fire equip
ment.
That the Nezperce- vollmer auto
road is in fine shape-at the Volt,
mer end.
That the safety frs" slogan
certainly had its inception among
the conscientious directors OF
this country.
That bandage or something you
can make for the Red Cross is
sorely needed by the boys who are
dying for us in France.
That the Hindenburg line is
changing with diseoneertlng "a
pidity, but the bread line IN Ger
many keeps its place from day TO
day.
That Nobody but the farmer
knows how oats, peas, beans, ana
barley grow" but the nation IS
getting a good idea how they
taste.
That in calling Schwab to the
Shipbuilding job the government
is calling wide knowledge and
trained experience. Our SHIPS
win sail.
That a headline reads, Digest
Of Food Prepared by the Govern
ment. " We don t need it. Wen
attend to the digestion process II
we can only get the food
That a few miles of shel-torn
terrain may be lost, but il can be
When human lives are
lost they can never he replaced.
We like the allied strategy best
That Germany having fixed the
'mount of the allies indemnify az
one hundred billion marks. Foeh
and his army are proceeding to
lnfliet as many of the marks
rs possible.
That 500 gallons of oil had to
be applied on the hides of Ring
ing Brothers twenty-seven ele-
phants to get them ready for the
season. Why not Hoover
re on elephants.
That with her quota OF the
Third Liberty Loan some 50. OOO
'versubseribed and still climbing,
lewis county can again welcome
Ter furloughed soldiers with a
cal loyal hand-elasp.
That it's rather puzzling to
NOW whether It would be best TO
20 by Mexico on our way to Eu-
ope, or wait and come home there
n our return. Thst trouble spot IS 4
Iue for visit before long.
That if autoists would carry
mall trench shovel Tor q large ID
mel and spend a minute on the T
hug holes here and there, now n
nd then, these rough places d
TOuld soon disappear. Why not d
That political discussions are 2
aking second place these days. 2
What is the use of going so lar ,
field for topic, when even snen i
simple thing IS a loaf of bread 2
FINISHES an opportunity for argu- Q
tent as to what il eOntainsY j
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02
aospel Meetlnes.

The subjects TO be taken up in
the hall ON Maple street up to
next Sunday night arc as follows
Thursday niaht-The Arranged
dom The Last War. Friday night
Other Side of Death. Sat-
urday 3 p. m.-Repentence and
Conversion. Saturday night
Gods Message for To-day-The
Last Message to the World. Sun
day night-The Saints Inheri-
lance. All are welcome.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02
Road to Happiness.

BE amiable, cheerful and good
natured and you are much more
likely TO be happy. You will find
this difficult If not impossible,
however, when you are constantly
troubled with constipation. Take
chamberlain : Tablets and get rid
Of that and It will be easy. These
tablets not only move the bowels,
but improve the appetite and
strengthen the digestion. At all
drug stores.