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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-01-02
LETTERS

Sorego coveted possessions or even NO.
cess.ties. The work must' go on. be-
cause there Is no cIe thing that con-
tributes 30 much to the spirit and eff
fciency OF the troops. The Y. n. c.
A. is working night and day TO help
the government win this war. And
evsry penny that Is given to aid the
work is direct assistance to the
health, happiness and strength OF your
boy and mine.
snapshots Of kaleidoscope Work.
In all the big cities in France where
our men pass through in large num-
bers, the Y. M. c. A. Is operating
hostels, where they can get beds and
meals at a minimum cost. In London
the American Y. M. c. A. mas erected
q large building for our soldiers and
clubhouse for American officers.
There arc Y. NJ. G. A. dugoutS right
behind the front line trenches, where
the soldiers can get hot drinks, crack
ers and other comforts at all hours.
Over 1000 men who had been reject
ed ON account OF physical disability
have been able to get into the British
army by reason Of the physical work
OF the British Y. NJ. G. A.
A feet Of motor cars leaves the big
Y. M. G. A. headquarters in London at
midnight every night to pick up sol.
diers who are wandering about the
streets without any wholesome lodging
in which to spend the night. These
cars are operated by Englishwomen
of position and refinement. who report
that they never meet any discourtesy
at the hands Of the soldiers. The I'M
portance OF this service can be esti-
mated by the fact that at least $4,000
soldiers are on leave in London every
week. Over half OF these sleep in Y.
NJ. G. A. beds every night.
Entertainment o. Vast Scale.
The Y. M. C. A. has erected a big
auditorium, seating 5000. In each OF
the big draft camps, and huge chautau-
qua tents, seating $500 in the other
encampments. The association is rum
ming 2l week entertainment circuit
among the camps and is paying Is
companies OF entertainers, who are
travelling to 30 camps performing be-,
fore the men.
In each Of the draft camps the Y.
M. G. A. has tan secretaries engaged
In educational work. The association
q seeing to It that every man who
cannot speak English Is taught to do
So In many OF the camps the asso-
citation has a singing director, who is
teaching the men to sing the popular
and martial airs chat do 80 much to
keep up their spirits. =
OF "a Y. M. G. A. men at. Camp
Dix only three are being paid full sal
aries. In all the camps the majority
Of the Y. M. q. A. men have left 1ucra-
tive positions to do this work simply
because its appeal Is i-resiStible to
any red blooded man. Harry Lauder,
the famous Scotch singer and come,
dian, now on his farewell concert tour
in the United States, Is giving all his
spare time to the service of the asso.
citation and is Singing to the soldiers
at all the camps he can reach.
In one Of the draft camps the T.. M.
G. A. IL supervising athletics on 100
playing fields, providing full ATHLETIC
equipment. The winners Of the inter-.
regimental games will play the cham :.
pions of the other camps.
One of the greatest services render.
ed by the association is the making
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-01-02
NOTICE ZOE PUBLICATION
Notice Of Proof Of Application o, ~.
ter To Beneficial Jsa

Notice is ''Eety s'ver i:hat at 10,
~. GA the 18th dIT OF January ,e,.
at Chaiis, Iouaty OF Custer. Stat.
Idaho, before Il. L. Eawo-tb. No..
Public, proof will bc So emitted on,
Application t. ber ahc,al use Of az :"
tic feet per se:ond u the water,
r4hfamar.. r.'-r in accordance ri,l
tho terms ard condioons Of Permi, "
127l2 heretofore 'ssrel by tho s,,,'
Engineer Of the State Of Idaho
l. The name and poe.cfTics .sa,..
81 The perso. or e,r-ora,ion bols,,.
eaid remit arc George Hamno,s
May, Idaho.
2. The use to which said water h,.
been applied is irrigation and soro..
ticus
3. The amount applied to beneficial !
use is As cubic feet per second
The place whore said water is uys
is the SEA Me-. OF Sc. 20. Trn !,
north OF h. 81, 4. i. n. 40 acres.
Tie raIas cf Shc eseal or ditch o,
other v"r':. - walsh ..ii wafer i,
conducted t" sIrh place Of nee Is .,,
ply Ditch. Palsanaroi vallev. 'Id,bo
u. The right 20 take water from
such works is bused upon PRINT a
1?7l2.
7 The source Of supply from which
such ws Ter is Inverted is Pahsamsm
river, tributary OF Salmon river.
The date Of TN r,!.1.ty which Ii,
said user is prepared 10 tstabli,h n 4
Dsc. y, 1910. :. y. SMITH +.
Dl"' :tate engineer
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-01-02

Lost, strayed or stolen One
red heller. Both ears partly
frozen off and about third Of
tail frozen off. Branded CT on
the right hip. Anyone having
this animal in their possession
please notify the undersigned
who will pay pasture bill for
time in their field. c. Bassett
'Challis, Idaho.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-01-02

ton Company, Ltd, will be held
at the Office OF the Company at
Challis, Idaho, on Wednesday,
December 26th., 1917, at 2 o clock
p. M, of said DAY to elect Direc-
tors for the onsuing year and to
transact such other business as
may come before said meeting.
Dated at. Challis, Idaho, De
cembsr 4th., 1917.
Milton A. Brown,
D5-26 Secretary
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s. ga t.
Notice of Election

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting Of the stockhol-
ders of the Round Valley Irriga-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-01-02
coNTRARlWlsE.

"Look !! the man is under the ma.
chine!'
Eyes. he is under it because he is
looking it over"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-01-02
DiScoURAGiNG.

Jones-cannot I arbitrate this
matter?
;. Dispntant-If You think you can
Hck us both you might try.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-01-02

Christmas night. mot Xmas eve
at the Dodge hall at the show
and dance celored slides Of as
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-15

Resolved. by the members OF Ash
land. Medford and Gold Hill G. A. r.
and w. r. c. corps and members OF
the Southern Oregon Old Soldiers
and Soldiers Association.
That we extend our sincere thanks
to the citizens, G. A. n. and W. r. G.
OF Grants Pass for their untiring ef-
forts in making our 26th annual en-
campment a pleasant. as well as sue
cessful reunion.
ADAM c. SPENCER
d. r. ANDRUS
Committee
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a. A. r.. and ". r. c. Appreciation

q. A. X. and ". X. G. Appreciation
General Logan post q. A. r. and
w. n. c. wishes to express their
sincere thanks and appreciation for
the liberal aid and support given by
the loyal citizens OF the city In max
ing the reunion Of the week { sue
cess. for the money subscribed, for
the help given onthe evenings pro-
grams by Rev. Melville 7. Wire and
Rev. Chas. A. Drake. and to all 9TH
ers who so willingly assisted; to Mr.
Parsons for donations of wood Ia
the school board for the use Of the
camping grounds with all its conven-
iences. and to Mr.. voorhies for the
columns OF daily reports Of the re-
union.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-15

Fourth quarter communion service
at II q. m. The sacrament OF the
Lords Supper will be administered.
Brief communion address by the pas
tor. Solo by Mrs. Melville T. Wire.
Evening preaching service AZ S D. m,
Sermon topic, Christ and the SIN
ner." Epworth League at p. m.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. A cor
dial welcome TO all.
Melville T. Wire.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-15
First Church Of Christ scientist

First Church Of Christ Scientist
Christian Science services are held
every Sunday. in the w. o. W. hall.
at IL .. IN. Wednesday evening meet
Ings at s o'clock. The subject for
today Is, Substance"
Reading room is open from 2 to
4 p. m. daily except Sundays and
holidays. The public is cordially IN
vited to attend the services and to
visit the reading room.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-15
Church Of Christ

The reports at the "get-together''
meeting showed the work Of all de-
partments Of the church In a splen-
did condition. with all bills paid and
good margin OF surplus. Bible
school at 10. followed by commun-
ion and sermon. Subject, what
Constitutes a Christian" G. y. al
z. Evening meeting at s. Subject,
''The DEVILS Invitation"
chas. r. Drake, minister.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-15
WANTED

wANTED-Second hand cook stove
or range. In good condition. Call
Fort vanoy Orchard. 606-F-12. IS
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-15

FOR SALE Homestead relinouish-
ment. Near Taylor creek Road
to place. II acres cleared. VIII
take team or Ford In part pay
ment. Fred Hamlin, Qalice, Ore
gon. -
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-15
Catholic Church

Masses on Sunday at 1880 and
$3.50 a. m.
Rev. Father J. O. Wien.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-15
This is Americas Year

It is Uncle Sans help that
will finish PrusSianiSm.
To do the job thoroughly
millions of American boys
are in France or on the way. /
They are there to help win !,
the war quickly to wipe
this hell from off the earth !
NOW, before it has deci- !,
mated the worlds remain ]
ing manhood. Will you do
your share today to furnish
an Overwhelming balance
of power?
1t is squarely up to you.
This is our year--yOur year
Americas year.
What will YOU do?
Buy Fourth Liberty Bonds
Any Bank Will Help You
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-15
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sunday school at 10 o'clock .. m.
to which a cordial invitation is CIV
en-. No other services today. Md
week prayer meeting Thursday even
ing at o'clock. everybody welcome.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-15

wANTED-1O0 cedar posts. also 16-
inch sulkey plow or gang with two
10 or 12-inch bottoms. Address
No. 1904 care Courier. 63
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
KNTTTOPHOBIA NEWEST WAR
DISEASE OF DAY.
BY WINIFRED BLACK.

The cardiac-no, | don't mean
anything related to the heart. Far
from it! l mean the bridge fend.
Haven't you seen them for years,
playing cards in the Grand Canyon
Of the Colorado, stopping the ma
chine at the top of the highest
peak Of the Yosemite to have a
quiet game, sitting up till four in
the morning to follow their part
ner's lead?
The reformiac-he, too, and his
wife, we have always with US.
Then want to reform things, to
tear things up, to turn things up
side down.
What things? Oh, anything at
all, just SO they can call meetings
and write papers and make ad-
dresses.
Knittophobia-it isn't a disease
at all, dear doctor-It's a symp-
tom. And behind it lies an empty
heart and a weak, easily infiu-
enced mind.
The women who do real knitting
for the real soldiers are doing
magnificent work. We all love
them, and we're proud of them.
them, but, oh, misery of time!
I'm getting so tired Of the young
persons who are too busy knit
ting to answer a decent question
or speak a decent word or think a
kind thought, or do a friendly
deed.
/ do wish the doctors would
really find out what is honestly
the matter with them, and find
some kind Of humane cure for
them.
1t would add so much to the
smelioration Of conditions among
the middle classes.
Copyright. 1918. BY Newspaper Feature Ser
vice. Ina Great Britain rights rsSerTsdl
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
)ther Happier Than I
By Beatrice Fairfax.

reactionary OF tb.m. thai re still
medieval in regard to woman's
suffrage, will vote for mothers
pensions" and maternity insur-
ance, and similar remedial legisla-
tion designed to meet the new con-
ditions that have become well-nigh
intolerable for people in modest
circumstances.
Better 10 Return to o Home.
II a woman has got to work in
an office eight hours a day
through youth and middle age. isn't
1t better for her to come home at
night to q home and-the meal
culable blessing Of children, per-
haps-than to a cheerless room
and solitude.
The care Of young children dur
ing the absence of the mother 10
not fraught with insuperable diff
flculties. II would require, of
course. an intelligent system OF ad-
justment such as has been sue
cessfully tried out by several pro-
fessional women OF my acquaint-
ance.
Everyone must settle this prob
lem according to her means and
The Washington times., 1918-04-11

THERE'S a new disease,
"Knittophobia"- the
name they are calling it
just now. It's brought on by too
much knitting, the doctors say,
and it has something to do with
the nerve centers.
If you get it, you knit day and
night and want to stop and can't,
and wish you'd never heard of a
knitting needle, and go right on
just the same. And your fingers
ache, and your elbows creak and
Your wrists are lame and you're
cross and snappish and nervous,
and you can't sleep, and you don't
eat as you should. And your fam
lily worries, and they get the doc
tor, and he says you're down with
a bad case of knittophobia.
Knittophobia is just the same az
danceophobia and cardophobia.
and reformophobia, and all the rest
OF the phohas that hav ebeen at
tacking this dreary world here in
America ever since We began to get
rich enough to have breakfast at
8 o'clock and dinner at 1880 and
not care whether the cook approved
of IL or not.
The knitting is Just q symptom
the disease is deep-seated.
The danciac-I've known him,
and her, too, by the hundreds.
Haven't you? They can't think Of
a thing but new dance steps and
different dips and glides. Nations
may decay, empires may rise and
fall, rents may come down, food
may go up, parents may die, sis
tiers may run away, brothers may
commit suicide = they should
IVORY! What they want is a new
dance step, and plenty Of music to
dance 70 It by.
The Washington times., 1918-04-11

situation. II would require, for in
stance, no great strain OF the
imagination to leave a group OF
such babies in charge of one or
more trained nurses who would
have specialized in regard to child
welfare. Roof gardens on apart
ment houses are not difficult or
expensive-they might easily be
converted into baby gardens or
Montessori schools.
What Would Grandma Have Said
To q Flatl
Could anything have seemed
wilder or more radical to our
grandmothers, with their ineXor-
able system Of keeping house. than
the conveniences OF the modern
fiat, the public laundry, the bakery,
the vacuum cleaner? Why, then,
should an apartment house with a
modern nursery in charge Of COM
petent nurses seem so cataclysmic?
Children reared in such environ
ment would certainly have better
chance OF living and acquiring the
foundations Of a good constitution
than the children reared by we'll
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
Home, and Children Are
Worth Working For
Mother Happier Than the Self-Supporting Spinster

to-do but unthinking mothers who
mean we'll but sin through ignor-
ance.
The average mother, be she ever
so conscientious, is rarely a dieti-
clan, and food continuing at its
present ruinous cost, she is more
apt to manage with what she has
on hand than to give the child q
balanced ration that cooperation
and training makes possible.
Cooperation the Aladdin's Lamp.
Cooperation will make possible
for the poor, the scientifically bal
anced meal that heretofore has
been the luxury OF the rich. 1t will
make possible children's gardens,
in charge of child experts. 1t has
already accomplished. for the
school children Of New York. the
inestimable benefit Of a hot, prop
erly balanced lunch supplied by the
city at cost Cooperation is the
Aladdin's Lamp that will eliminate
drudgery, and bring home life
within the grasp of everyone.
And furthermore, l don't feel so
deeply sympathetic for the mother
who goes out daily to work, the
chances are that contact with the
world will keep her younger look
ipg than massage. cold cream and
foor-rolling. Look at the differ
ence in the appearance Of women
to whom the war has given en-
ployment. Instead of that settled
expression of bored yacuity, that
peered from every other limousine,
the idle rich have taken a brace,
they begin to look human-almost
intelligent, as they rush about,
genuinely busy about something
for the first time in their lives.
Horrors of a Solitary Dinner.
Imagine a self-supporting wo-
man coming home after a long
days work to a home with chill
dren, and spending her evenings
with them till bedtime, telling
them their favorite stories, then
tucking them in with a goodnight
kiss. Or imagine the same wo-
man coming home to nothing but
her empty fiat and solitude. She
eats a lonely dinner, propping up
her newspaper against the caraffe
and reads about a world that
seems to include every one but her.
After dinner she has a choice of
book or perhaps going out, when
solitude will again greet her on
her return.
No Comparison Between Alter
natives.
No, there is no comparison be-
tween these two alternatives to the
normal woman. OF course Mrs.
Grundy will rave over the in
iquity OF giving up her baby to
someone else and going to a LOB"
like a man. But pray, what has
Mrs. Grundy been doing all these
years but turning her baby over
to a nurse and sometimes q very
unworthy one at that while she
went to a bridge party or made
calls or did something equally un-
profitable?
To conclude. Rosemary, / should
certainly advise you to marry If
you have an opportunity, even If
you marry poor man and add
your salary to his and together
found a real nome.
The Washington times., 1918-04-11

Instead of complaining about lack Of skilled men, great
manufacturers of the country should in each big enterprise
include department in which men may ACQUIRE SKILL.
This suggestion was made the other day in this column
Let big manufacturers do for the raw material Of
LABOR what they do for other material Develop it
for their own
Every big manufacturer takes in men, tries them,
throws them out takes in Others and wasting time
and money.
How much simpler to take trouble with human beings,
with human labor, you take trouble with other
products
Have one department under competent direction to
teach the to do the work that you want him to do
- Skilled labor scarce but human beings still fairly
plentiful
n The manufacturer is willing to devote effort, heat
pnse and thought the that he gets out Of the ground
he does not expect it suddenly to become finished steel
ready for his work
He should devote thought and effort also training
the that out of the crowds and able
transform themselves miraculousy into skilled workers
needed but have instruction and to machines
On this subject receive interesting letter from Mr.
r. Miles, who is chairman Of the section industrial
training for the War Emergency COMMITTEE in which Mr.
Gompers presides.
Mr. Miles writes:
The Washington times., 1918-04-11

factory and are Just moving into
. new factory, 1000 feet long,
four stories high, in which will
be employed thousands Of new
workers. They have a train
ing department such as we de-
scribed to you.
This company advertised for
300 women for machine opera
tions, Of high moral character,
no previous experience required,
preferably twenty-eight to thir-
ty-hve years Of age and with
relatives at the front. Sixteen
hundred answered. From this
number many were trained, as
Thousands more will be, and If
you could see their extreme
earnestness, their speed and ac-
curscy, you would know that
any war can be won IL only
enough such men and women are
prepared for their several
tasks.
Yours sincerely
n. E. MILES.
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
WHISPERS AT NIGHT.

In answer to George w. Spayth's
query, as to the proper manner OF
caring for whiskers upon retiring,
i would suggest the following
method:
Try putting them up in hair pins,
braiding them down the chest, or II
a discarded hair net is available 1t
might be pressed into service, II the
occasion is an especial one. On chilly
nights they no doubt would prove
acceptable in place Of extra bed
clothing, thus inaugurating q fur
ther economy.
This appears to me to be the OBJ
vious and natural solution of a per-
picking problem.
HAROLD P SToDDARD,
6S2 E st. n. E.
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
TAKE YOUR CHOICE

The Telephone Company de-
elares Il can no longer give a.
much service as Il has been Civ
ing, and that no longer can It
exist on the present rates, for
which 1t solicited business. The
Government offers to conduct
the telephone business in WASH
ington AT A REDUCED RATE
and at the same time promises
TO EXTEND THE SERVICE
Under private ownership you
will get LESS FOR MORE
MONEY. Under Government
ownership you will get MORE
FOR LESS MONEY.
The Washington times., 1918-04-11

Dear Mr.. Brisbane:
A thousand thanks for your
editorial Of the 23d on training
workers:
You will be interested to know
that great industries like Beth
1ehem Steel, the wright-Martin
Aircraft Company. Of New
Brunswick, N. J., the Standard
Aircraft, of Elizabeth, q half
dozen Of the leading factories in
Buffalo, including Che Curtiss
Aero9lane and Pierce Arrow,
the employers Of Rochester and
of Detroit, and many others are
instituting this training.
Their doing this is q COM
munity matter in many places,
so that employers will not prey
upon one another in the same
p community and communities Will
not prey upon one another to
the general disquiet and hurt.
The Lincoln Motor Company,
Of Detroit, have one good sized
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
The w. B. & A. DiScriminateS
Against Washington
By EARL GOODWIN.
And Anyone Who Doubts It Should Try Take Ride Camp
Meade to Washington.

Merchants in Washington claim that the Wash
ington Baltimore and Annapolis railroad dscrim-
mates against Washington in favor of Baltimore have
made the charge myself and about to make it again
and also remind Washington that this railroad
the one which at this minute is using FREE SPACE for
depot and terminal and has had the to ask for MORE
FREE STREET SPACE instead of buying its own prop
erty
The Washington times., 1918-04-11
The Self-SuppOrting
Love,

The following letter came to me
the other day, and as it implies a
slight misconception in regarl TO
some OF the things / haze written
about women continuing to work
after marriage, shall answer 1t at
length:
Ny Dear Miss Fairfax:
You have written so much lately
about women holding their jobs
after marriage. that / should like
to ask you a few questions.
Don't you think it is a better ar
raagement when the woman stays
home and keeps house and cares
for the children, when there are
any, instead of going out and help
ing to earn the family living?
That's the way It rsed to be in
my home, and ! hope it's going to
be like that with me some day, but
/ must say there are no such pros
poets at present / am employed
in a Government office, and I'm
not crazy" about It. Certainly, l
should not like TO continue there IL
! do marry. l am now twenty
eight, and there seems nothing
ahead for me, but work. Yours
sincerely, ROSEMARY.
The Old Arrangement Best.
To begin. Rosemary, do think
1t a better arrangement when the
woman stays home and keeps
house. the way your mother and
father did, and the man goes out
and earns the family living. But
that happy state of affairs is get
ting to be more and more difficult
for people OF moderate incomes,
owing to the high cost OF living.
Not very long ago. with strict
economy, a hundred dollars a
month would suffice for a small
family. That was about the aver
age salary for a Government en-
ploye, and, once on a time, It could
be stretched and squeezed into
covering the family budget, but now
It leaves in its wake a trail OF
debts and anxieties. when devoted
toward that end.
am speaking, OF course, OF the
cost OF living in big cities where
everything must be bought and
paid for, not life on a farm. where
foodstutfs may be raised.
The Two Alternatives.
But OF the two alternatives
lonely and sterile old age. or home
life where husband and wife both
work-the latter seems to me in
finitely preferable. With youth,
health, and love any miracle
Is possible, and you must not leave
out OF the question the tremendous
incentive to doing ones. best that
home and children bring. They
are the great spur that has made
the world take all the high hur-
dies.
Legislators all over the world
are awakening to these new eco
pomic conditions. Even the most