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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease. greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrn.
II Is taken internally and acts through
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
q composed of some of the best tones
known, combined with some of the best
blood purifiers. The perfect combination
Of the ingredients in HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is what produces such won
derful results in catarrhal conditions
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props. Toledo, o.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

~ shortage Of trained nurses con.
i''i''S the Red Cross and Young bioh
scilool and college women must sara
.'ie aay for the organization in This III.
ienma. Even though these vonng wom
vi nave no expectation Of follovine.
,iui sing as life vocation they mav
dement, themselves and show thei If will
ihgheSS to help when help is badly
needed by qualifying to do Red Grass
work The time spent in the nurses,
framing schools of the country, and in
actual nursing, viii prove a lifelong ne.
set-Droaden the vision and symua.
thles and make better and less anvious
mothers of the girls who undertake
such training.
we are to discontinue the knitting of
trench caps because the government is
10 include trench cap in every mans
equipment. And furthermore. we are
asked to use the yarn for socks and
more socks. The hand-knitted varie-
'ieS are most satisfactory and even
"hen the upper part is made by ma
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
Rich Japanese Was a Citizen.

U. S. keneko, Japanese who
amaSsed fortune in cotton growing in
the Imperial valley (Cal) and who died
recently, is believed to have been one
of only two foreign-born Japanese nat
uralized in the United States The 9TH
err japanese naturalized is said to live
in Chicago. Settlement of Keneko's af-
fairs brought this fact to light. Kene-
ko obtained his naturalization papers
from Judge Otis at San Bernardino in
1892. The case was investigated by
the federal naturalization bureau here
in 1913. and it is understood it was
found to be legal.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
Strange Doinqs for Pacifist.

Dasher-Do you think Jerome really
lives up to those pacifist sentiments c.
his?
Fanning-Judge for yourself. After
he made that saccharine pacifist talk
last night he went home and pounded
his ear for eight hours. got up and tore
off ten miles in his car. returned to
demOlish a huge breakfast, whipped a
rushed home and speared a few hasty
mOuthfuls. killed a runner regarding
his attitude and beat his wife at golf.
Puck.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been a household remedy all over
the civilized world for more than half
a century for constipation, intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling that accompanies
such disorders. 1t is most valuable
remedy for indigestion or nervous dys-
pepsia and liver trouble, bringing on
headache, coming up Of Good, palpita-
ton of heart and many other symp-
toms. A few doses of August Flower
will Immediately relieve you. 1t is a
gentle laxative. Ask your druggist.
Sold in all civilized cOuntries.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

cili'e the stitches may be taken up on
needles Of the correct size and tn,
loot knitted by hand.
About Supplies.
Every Red Cross worker in the cen.
tral division is to be congratulated on
tile very handsome total of articles
Sillpped during the month of January.
Can we make it 100000 for the
month of February?
Shipped dur Shipped dur
ing month of ing month of
Dec, 1917. jan, 1918.
Standard, special and
surgical dressings. 2,015,726 2,75S,9s1
Hospital linen, oper-
ating linen and pa
tents clothing.... 553,873 1886, 60I
knitted articles go. 81 $50 424,0S2
Christmas packets. 1l6l 56 -
Miscellaneous .... 72,76S 41,s25
Refugee clothing. 1856
3,130, 203 1908, ISL
FRANK HIBBARD,
Director Bureau of Supplies, Central
Division.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
One Man Who Drinks Alone.

Wherever there is oil. Jake Mettler
is known as the man who drinks crude
oil and really likes it. He has be-
come so expert in the taste of crude
oil, it is said, that he can actually tell
the state or Oil field from which it was
produced by simply tasting it. So far
as known, Mr.. Mett1er has not vet
found any one who was anxious to join
him in "Mettler cocktail" and when
Colonel Jake drinks crude, he drinks
alone.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
G.Ax. &zzzaA
OId-Fashioned Frocks.

Frocks of organdie in combinations
that harken back to the fifties give an
iukling to what may be expected this
season, and illustrated in model seen
of gray organdie, the skirt fulled
slightly into the waist is banded at the
foot with self color and finished at
the top with cord and narrow knife
plating of pale yellow. The quaint
tight-fitting waist, modified by mod
ern influence, depends upon knife
plaitings and cording to trim. A good
looking brown and white plaid ging-
ham dress is combined with white Or
candle and set off with brown suede
belt, which carries it above the rank
of the commonplace.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR,

To half pint of water add l or. Bay
Rum, small box of Barbo Compound,
and a OF. of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound. 1t will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. 1t will not color the scalp. is not
stisky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
Boy Strong for SoapIess Day.

A new war propaganda that is GER
tain to be taken up enthusiastically by
young America was given start in
Huntington, w. Va. by Jimmy Wallen,
schOolbOy, who has been active in
the different war activities. Wallen,
who is always spick and span. sug-
gests "soapless day" saying it is
easy to keep clean without using soap
one day week. The 'soapless day"
would help conserve fats so badly
needed by the allies. Jimmy declared.
Columbus Dispatch.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

Singular piece of news, that, of Il
Tartar army threatening Sebastopol.
It's long while since Tartars have
cut much of a figure in war. Once
they were the greatest fighting race
in the world and overran large share
Of Europe and Asia.-Buffalo Times.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
RIouses Without Sleeves.

Pumpkin yellow handkerchief linen
Is developed into mannish tucked
front. sleeveless blouse to wear with
~ navy suit, the jacket Of which Is
short and bOXlike.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
Opportunity.

Opportunity passes in the way of
every man."
Artist Soldier-Yes. but the con-
founded thing is almost invariably
CamOufaged.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
Heal Baby Rashes

That itch, burn and torture. A hot
Cuticura Soap bath gives instant re-
lief when followed by a gentle appli-
cation of Cuticura Ointment. For free
samples address. "Cuticura, Dept. X,
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap rs, Ointment 25 and 5O.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

a I can do my house work without any
diaiculty. / advise any woman who is
sfaicted with female troubles to give
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
hound trial and it will do as much for
fhem, Mrs. MARIE BOYD, 1921 9Th
s., N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi-
ions where q hospital operation is the
only alternative, but on the other hand
20 many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary every woman who wants
TO avoid an operation should give it a
fair trial before submitting to such a
trying ordeal
If complications exist, write to Lydia
E, Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
for advice. Tho result Of many years
experience is at your service.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

An old bachelor says that an opti-
mist is a married man who says that
he is glad of it.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
She Meant All RIGHT.

I'm hurrying to tell you this"
hastenS \. w. c.: "A woman came in
to our Red Cross branch, looked at the
surgical dressings aud asked, Is all
this gauZe cauterized?"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

Some men think that the proper
way to begin the day is to find fault
With wife at the breakfast table.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

1t is one thing to yell for freedom
and another to make the sacrifices
necessary to secure it.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
The Explanation.

Pop, what does 1t mean when they
say bills are laid on the table,"
1T means. son, that they are dshed."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

To keep clean and healthy take Dr..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

suffering, ana Two
doctors decided
that / would have
to 60 through an
operation before l
could get we'll.
"My mother, who
had been helped by
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vege table Com
pound, advised me
to try it before SUBJ
hitting to an opera.
ton. ltrelieved me
from nv frc,,bloc
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

When gossip tells you anything
you can make money by betting that
it isn't so.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children. and see that it
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

Some men work an empty honor for
all there is in it.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20

Beware of the friendly advice Of
your enemies.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
now MRS. BOYD
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION

canton. Ohio.--"I suffered from a
A.S.ls trouble which caused me much
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
He'd Paid the Bills.

"How did Weeds happen to marry
a dressmaker?" For her money. She
made all of his first wife's Clothes"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-03-20
Described.

"Pa. what is red taper
"Red tape, my boy, is the govern
ment string to efficiency's pocket
book"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-08

Except for the child school cons daily
lesson from his book the average human is apt to
be little vague in his geography New York, Chicago,
New Orleans and san Francisco his United
Canada and Mexico are mis- neghbors; Europe, Asia
and Africa. with light patch up north
east for Russia his overseas China and Japan
he would know if he them. because the wear
kmonos
Following the war news daily on the map offers a
wonderful opening for the escape from this perhaps
unconscious Ignorance
Cross the with the soldiers and travel
through the Holy Land with AIIenby; see in what
waters the German fleet is bottled; where Ger
many has been checked in the her for
mer possessions in Africa dream those ports and
islands Of the Pacific closed her ships the
distance from vadivostok Petrograd and ponder
the immensely of battle line reaching from the North
to the Black
The will be map the world, liv-
ing and unforgettable
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-08

spreading over the country. government hard
driven finance the war. intends to re-
sort TO the strong-arm method OF conhscating bank
deposits
The report is said. by a member OF the federal re-
serve board have gained wide credence among work
men with the result thousands are hoard
ing their savings instead OF depOsiting or investing
them.
OF nothing could be further from the truth.
The United States government is IN the business
confscating any honest possession any citizen or
resident alien, least OF all bank deposits
Even il the government inclined to do so
high-handed and illegal thing. would be deferred
by considerations OF practical The billions that
the American people have deposit in savings banks
chief basis Of credit To threaten them
would be TO upset our whole credit system drive
money into hiding. make it Impossible to float war
loans and preciptate business panic
Financial experts take pains explain that the gov
eminent wants those deposits in the banks II does
not even encourage the withdrawal Of old deposits
for the purchase OF Liberty bonds expects Liberty
bond investments TO be made mostly with new savings
from income
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-08
WE NEED \ UNIFORM DRESS.

Why fret and stew so much about
your clothes?
AS long as you are neatly dressed
you have nothing to worry about.
Only those short in mental ca
pacity think continually of dress.
and the ones who make remarks
about what other people wear are
in the same class
What do YOU care for the good
opinion Of the man and woman who
catalOg every one with whom they
come in contact by their style of
toys?
Successful men aim TO be attired
neatly. but clothes are not an OBJ
session.
Dress your part. whether il be the
hod carrier or the millionaire.
Not that dress should be the badge
of your occupation, but that it
should be suitable to the occasion
and the occupation.
Clothes should be as much a part
of the personality that they will not
be noticeable-that is. no one thing
would impress the eye.
Flashy clothing bespeaks vanity
Get right down 10 a sensible basis.
think more OF right living and ac-
complishing something worth while
than YOU do of clothes.
Copyright, 1879
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-08

model farm attached 20 *. an open
air country school for children. two
hospitals for consumptives. and "A
training school for tuberculosis
nurses.
This is 20 be taken as model by
the minister Of the interior, and sim
liar systems developed in at least
half OF the large provinces and de-
partments of France, which will he
linked up with the sanatoria and
the hospitals for soldiers discharged
from the army on account OF tuber-
culOsis. AS a result by the close OF
the war. they will have & chain of
( these sanatoria and hospitals all
over the country. linked up with the
( local dispensaries and hospitals ana
the childrens clinics which VIII be
adequate TO provide for the needs OF
the entire civilian population. In
Consequence. there viii, within q
very few years be far less tuber-
culosis in France than there was be
fore the war, and il will be quite
( possible within 10 years TO save as
Z many lives from tuberculosis as have
I been so deplorably sacrificed on the
( battle fields 70 the Hun greed for
/ conquest. Our American Red Cross
and a special commission Of some
of the most skilled and competent
/ experts in tuberculosis supported by
/ the Rockefeller foundation. are col
/ laborating with the French authOri-
! ties in this magnificent work. And
/ just recently they have equipped and
/ sent out a similar commission TO
/ conduct a campaign against tuber-
closis in italy, so that war is not
\ quite all hell
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-08
YOUR SHARE OF PEACE.

Former Pres't William II. Taft in recent speech
warned the public against listening glib prophecies
early peace with undue optimism whose reaction
disappointment undue pessmisn. This good
doctrine Our business is winning the war be it
short and sacken the effort in that direction is
more surely to defer the end.
The successful fighter keeps his head down ham
mers the other fellow until he knows he him
licked because he him his feet long enough for
the be finished.
Don't talk about peace, Don't think about peace!
Keep working and buying bonds and youn be too
busy be disappointed il peace deferred Then also
when il come you will share it,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-08
p PATRIOTISM MEANS
HARD WORK"
New Jersey War Organizations
Explaining To Women What
They Can DO TO Help the War.

.*e...
Patriotism is only one per cent
cheering and waving flags; patriot
ism is 90 per cent hard work"
This is the announcement with
which the New Jersey division OF
the women's committee of the coun-
ell of national defense introduces its
circular, Are You a Woman Slack
err"
The war services outlined for
women include: Red Cross work;
food conservation and production:
patriotic conservation and produc-
tor patriotic education and Ameri-
canization of aliens; protection, both
physical and moral. of the thousands
OF women who must be pushed into
new industries through the depart
ure of the men for the war; child
conservation. that the children shall
not suffer by the upheavals of war:
efficiency in home service; the Civ
ing of money, of strength. and Of de
votion in ungrudging spirit This
program will supplement work being
done by the department Of labor
THE attitude Of the woman with
soldier spirit is. stand at attention,
receive government, and obey de
clares the circular Remember the
war does not take any vacation"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-08
OCTOBER 8. 1918.
BEWARE! INDUSTRIAL WAR NEXT.


The fundamental mistake made ia The whole affair
the by the United States England. Belgium and
ven France was overesumatug the decency and honor
y the Hun. Because the decent-minded nations of
ne earth could imagine themselves the exist
nee OF nation absolutely lacking in decency and
onor. the Hun amuck through France and Bel
GUM.
In the Shiny. crafty and dishonorable way in
which prepared war the Hun is now preparing
business war. The same mistake of believing him
apable of honor decency this time in business
way. Of Understanding his strength, should
j. made again.
Isaac Marcosson one Of the shrewdest observers Of
foreign conditions now writing. in the saturday
evening Post how the German is ping up in Holland
of contracts, by the club of dire
Shy by Netherlands merchants deal only with
Germany for definite periods after the war.
Films. for example tooth paste. safety razors of
American make disappeared from Hollands shelves
soon after the embargo The demand these things
bad been built up by the expenditure Of years and
fortunes advertising by enterprsing American firms
The Germans made superfciaIy clever but intrinsi-
cay poor. limitations these and hundreds other
things and sold them TO Dutch merchants But they
would trade only with Germany the future. Also the
nferiority the products buyers dissatisfied
with the American or British goods they think they
are getting.
Although Germany is supposed be short of metals
other necessities yet. says Marcosson she
ages send Holland machinery parts. boilers, iron
tubes agricultural implements such pows and har-
rows bicycle parts cables electrical fittings and in
suators" Germany is willing part with these things
and many others she drely needs, because she looks
to the future. And string is tied to every sale.
vital that Germanys strength be not condemned
vital be trusted any slightest par
ticular in the future.
II is the easy habit of decent-minded people and
nations to beaten enemies generously This
their own safety. the allies
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-08
TO CHRISTMAS BUYERS.

Every patriotic citizen is ex-
pected 20 cooperate with the
patriotic merchants OF Indiana
in executing the program agreed
upon by representatives Of the
retail trade and the war indus
= tries board, by which IL is hoped
TO conserve man power and
transportation facilities. ordi-
narily required 20 handle the
rush OF Christmas business.
This program emphasizes the
following points:
I Christmas shoppers will
spread their buying over the
. months OF October and Novem-
Der. thus avoiding an eleventh
hour rush and congestion.
?. Shop during the early
hours OF the day. for the rea-
son given above.
3. Buy useful gifts. which
. does rot mean that toys are 10
be omitted
4 Send all packages through
the mails before December 5th
in order that there may be no
competition with the more es-
sential mails. The same applies
70 express packages
8. Avoid shipping or mailing
bulky articles
s Carry home your pur-
chases. avoid special deliveries.
pay cash and do not ask for
. spprovals.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-08
In me ARGONNE FOREST.

II YOU care to realize what our soldiers have bee
COINS through this little description of the hgh
ing IN the Argonne forest.
1T is raining and inky darkness prevails.
The boche Smelling is heavy and he is pouring
gas into all the valleys so our men must travel
on the hills. Those hills are being raked by
thousands of German us.
'The Americans in advance hit the barbed
wire. Their rifles slung across their
shoulders and the pliers are pulled out Busily
our men cut wires. The noise they make brings
a nasty rat-a-tat from "a Hun machine gun
from tree the other side of the wire.
Then another and another and 20 machine
guns are going.
cur doughboys pile through that wire
fence and through the underbrush and stack
up against another fence 10 feet farther away.
The range has been pushed back 10 the
boche and shells begin 10 fan an around
They that barbed wire and then stum-
bic on 10 concealed wire entanglements cover
ed with brush. They climb trees All the time
from the dark the German suipers and ma
chine gun men. always with time enough to
fall back. taking their toll
Now line comes upon broad trench
with more wire. In the dark our boys leap
across IL. some fan into it ard the mud Others
set over at the first attempt and pull out their
pliers 20 cut more wires All the time IL is
raining and cold very cold The nky black
ness there IN the forest is broken 10y streams
OF fire from Hun machine guns and the inter-
mittent flash Of some German sniper seeming
TO taunt the youthful Americans struggling
AGAINST such devilish odds as men seldom have
fought against.
one American division had TO deht through two an
a half miles Of this-a dense lunsIe Of barbed wiz
10 feet hich linking tree 10 tree catchinr men I'D
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-08

Several Of the provincial cities OF
France. notably in the department
OF the Loire, had established before
the war admirable systems for deal
ing with tuberculosis consisting Of
dispensaries. children's clinics. open
air schools. open-air sanatoria for
the curab BILE and hospitals for the
advanced cases of consumption The
organization OF the department of
the Loire excited the admiration Of
all the English and American tuber-
culosis experts who visited it, Il
had nine tuberculosis dispensaries. a
sanatoriUm with 400 beds and a