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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-26

Hose, Underwear, Yarns, Rib
bons, at Eagle River Millinery and
Art Store. Phone 10. 1927
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-26
FOR SHERIFF.


| wish to announce to the
voters of Villas county that /
will be a candidate for the nomi
nation for the office of Sheriff
at the September Primaries OH
the Republican ticket. Thank
ing you for any support that
you may favor me with on that
date, | am,
Yours very truly,
CHAS. H. HANKE,
Eagle River. Wis.
Clerk of Court.
| hereby announce myself as q
candidate for the office of Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Villas
County on the Republican ticket
at the September primary. !
ask your remembrance.
c. H. JOHNSON,
29-14t Conover, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-06-26
Subscriptions Taken.

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save you money on Magazine
and Newspaper subscriptions.
Call at their office. 22-tf.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
ONE MUTE STORY OF THE WAR
Sunny Nieuport on the User, a Little
City Of 1000, Among Others
Wiped Out Of Existence, ri

Nfeuport lies upon the User, the tidal
stream that stopped the German rush
for Calais, writes William Townsend
Porter in the Atlantic Monthly. That
June before the world went mad, the
peaceful town drowsed in the sun-the
pearly Belgian sun that painters love.
The men went down to the sea in their
fishing boats, or worked their fields:
old women, their lace upon their knees,
sat in patch of shade before the door
and piled their bobbins; children, with
shrill sweet voices, darted about like
birds; the creaking vain went to and
fro piled high with the harvest.
Four thousand simple folk! Not one
remains. Their houses, too. are gone.
Their ancient church, their historic
tower, are mounds Of ruin. And still
the kissing shells, hour by hour, day by
day, tear down the crumbling walls,
adding fresh ruin to a scene most DESC
late.
The people Of the sun are gone. An
other race inhabits there. They live
In holes beneath the ground. They
come not forth except to kill.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20

that govern profit. 1t seems to be we'll
established that the problem for the
farmer is to. produce and carry the
calves to weaving time as cheaply as
possible, as the calves produced cheap
" make just as good feeders and bring
just as good price per pound as the
more expensive ones. The weight at
the time of sale seems to have very
little effect on the profit, except that
they are usually heavier in the sum-
mer which is the time when heavier
calves are put upon the market. An
expense entailed in feeding the calves
up for weight in anticipation Of sale
is loss, as being sold for feeders,
their flesh and fat weight does not
count unless obtained without cost.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
SWINE NANCE NOT UNCOMMON
Parasite ls Microscopic in Size and
Looks Something Like Dat Grain
Hard to Cure.

We hear much about mango in horses
and cattle. and scah in sheep, but
mango in hogs Is not at all uncom-
mon. The parasite that causes mango
IN hogs is microscopic in size and looks
something like an oat grain. 1t imbeds
IN the region Of the hair follicles. es-
pecially around the snout, eyes and
iorelegs, causing the formation Of
small pustules. The skin becomes
thickened and rough. Where hog is
much affected the carcass should be
condemned for food.
This kind of mango is readily trans
United to other hogs and treatment is
uncut. Since there are some who
believe hog cholera may be transmit
TED by these and other external para
SITES, such as lice, 1t is we'll to keep
a lookout for hog mango.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20

In the district told me nothing had SO
angered and embittered his Poilus.
they accepted the rest as a natural
outcome OF the war, and what an ex-
traordinary rest" it was. One has
TO go far back to find anything to COM
pare with it. After Bannockburn the
Scots used to raid the adjacent parts
OF England, so that for years it was
impossible to raise crops, and the
houses were so systematically de-
stroyed that the buildings of wood and
stone were ultimately replaced by turf
and waffle. The desOlatiOn there in
the fourteenth century must have been
comparable to the desOlation produced
in the twentieth century by a nation
which counts itself cultured beyond
most. And what was worse than dam
age to property was the carrying away
into captivity of the whole population,
excepting such as were too old to
work. Into what various regions they
have been scattered no one knows.
Very few have found their way back.
1t was, however, the preparation for
subsequent misery that inflamed the
soldiery. l could see their eyes hard
en- and shine like steel at the bare
mention, and one effect has been that
the French army will not be content
with any end Of this war which is
not consummated on the further bank
of the Rhine.
lieutenant Traffaut, with a touch
of satire, remarked that the Germans
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20

A new spare tire rim is hinged at
four points SO that it can be folded
and carried in an automobile tool box.
THE messenger girl" for the first
time in the history of the government.
has made her appearance on the gov
ernment pay roll at Washington as a
result of the shortage of boys and men
in the capital for that work.
Mrs. William Nickerson of Orwell.
VT, has u hen which in the last few
weeks has laid two dozen eggs each
with double yolk, the weight Of
the two dozen being six pounds.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
Young Woman Who Was Almost Oes
titute, Learned True Meaning Of
the WeII-knoWn Phrase.

Once l knew a girl who was the
spoiled and only, daughter of rich
family, Margaret f. Sangster writes in
the Christian Herald. She had always
been in the position Of a fairy princess
with wishing ring. Anything that
she desired was brought to her as if
some magic genie waited for COM
mands.
And then her father failed in bust
ness and died. And her mother,
broken in health and spirits, soon fol-
lowed him. And the girl was left alone.
She had always had number of
friends-firm friends who accepted her
dinner invitations and her concert tick
cts. But when she lost her money and
was left alone, the girl found that her
friends were all marvelously busy
that they were too busy to see much
of her, to give her much advice and
help. With a little money left from
the wreck of things she took a secre-
tarial course in business college. She
had to hurry, for there wasn't much
money. so she finisheds the course in
half the prescribed time. Now she
has a very responsible position and a
very interesting salary.
Talking to me not long ago, she
laughed in Il not very humorous way
and said:
You know, 1 never knew the mean
ing of the term fair weather friends
until my great trouble; and then, when
l needed friends so very badly-when
life was so horrid and unfortunate and
sorry for me- found that there We're
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
Musical Conductors.

Really great musical conductors are
few, and of these Hans Richter stood
in the forefront. 1t is difficult, saws
the Christian Science Monitor, to de-
fine just what differentiates a good
conductor from a mere time beaten, but
story that is told of Richter NAV
help indirectly. In the prelude to
Tristan und Isolde" occurs beautiful
passage for the oboe, which rises.
swells and dies away to pianissimo
most effectively. To indicate the quail
ity of the playing which he wanted
from this instrument, Richter, beating
the time with his right hand, placed
his left hand over his heart, and the
oboe player at once responded to a
direction all-inclusive In its simplicity
and intelligibility.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
Cause Of Cold Feet.

Cold feet may be habitual. constitu-
tonal or from general i'll health, COM
monty they are so by habit. Tight
shoes, a sedentary life and overeating
are often guilty. asserts an authority.
When there is too little ventilation of
the feet or the stockings are too thick,
the relief isn't easy. The feet are
kept warm better by wearing thin hose
and low shoes, cold baths and vigorous
massage, active exercise outdoors es-
pecially walking-than by inactive in
door life. Frequent daily washing Of
the feet helps to restore their warmth.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
OUR FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS

very few who really showed up in a
real way. In time of trouble char
acter really shows!"
I've known you for long WHILE" ]
answered; "a very long while. When ]
knew you first you were butterfly,
with about as much feeling and as
much responsibility as a butterfly, ]
never thought you would amount to
anything! And then sorrow came, and
there wasn't any money. And thought
again, That girl will go to the WALL
When you finished ahead of time. we
could scarcely believe it. And now we
are still surprised-but we're getting
gladder about you every day!"
The girl looked at me quite speech.
lessly.
In time of trouble" I quoted.
character certainly shows!"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20

trees in the middle Of field. They
only put difficulties in the way OF
blowing, difficulties that Will De
greatly accumulated when the tractor
pillow comes into more general use.
He agreed with other experts with
whom had an opportunity OF con-
versation that the better plan was
to set about the planting of new trees,
which should be chosen with special
regard to their suitability to the soil
and the district. and to their useful
ness. For many years it has been
pointed out in vain to the French peas
ant, just as it mas been to English
farmers and gardeners, that the old
messy trees, picturesque though they
both countries, .,ould advantageously
be replaced by young saplings Of the
best varieties.
"But the French peasant is every bit
as conservative as the British farmer.
AS long as his trees carried annually
that he could make into very indiffer-
emit cider, nothing would persuade him
to remove them. He was equally deaf
to the argument that cultivation would
be easier if the trees were removed
from the middle Of the field and plant
ed along the sides. Out Of evil comes
good. A plan has been formed for re-
constructing these orchards on an en-
tirely new basis, with the cooperation
of the British public.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
OF Course

There's one thing I'd like to know"
said Mrs. Dubwaite.
well, my dear?" replied Mr.. Dub
waite.
why is it that when you leave the
house for your office in the morning
you get there in about twenty minutes,
out when you leave the Office at night
to come home it takes you anywhere
from forty-five minutes to three hours
to get here?"
"Why-er-that's easily explained.
Toward the close of day obstacles ac-
emulate"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
OLD IRON ON BATTLEFIELDS
Metals That Are Supposed to Aeeumu-
late in Great Quantities Being Sal
vaQed and Used Again.

Considerable speculation has been
going the rounds as to the amount Of
scrap iron and steel that is accumu-
lating on the battlefelds Of Europe,
and how 1t is to be disposed Of.
American companies which regularly
deal in such old material have for
some time been looking forward to the
harvest to be reaped from these bat
tlefields after the war, says London
Tit-Bits. These hopes have now been
re her rudely shocked by observers re
Gently returned from the front, who
state that this matter Is now being
handled by the respective govern
ments.
According to the systems now estab-
lished in modern warfare, it is stated.
a salvage corps is daily going over all
the ground near the battle front e1-
posed to fire, and is gathering all the
debris discarded by the contending
armies. None of the scrap is neglect
ed, with steel worth 1 pence to ~
pence per pound, and copper and other
metals in proportion. All the metals
are taken to shops in the rear, and
there worked into tie various NUM-
lions that modern army uses.
All the lead that is fred is practical
ly lost, as bullet travelling at a We
locity Of 1900 feet or more per sec
ond hurles itself so deep into any OBJ
ject 1t hits as to be lost entirely. 9th
er metals, however, such as tangled
steel from wrecked motor cars, large
pieces Of shells, bits of copper. pieces
of aluminium, ETC., are carefully col
lected and later turned into disable
condition.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
MUCH IN LITTLE

For modern requirements concrele
,,;las having section less than IA
inches square or equivalent area
should never be used if more than ~
feet long.
The South station at Boston mas
ohout 12,OOO.OOO more passengers
vsar than the North station.
manufacturers of rubber (hoes IN
Sweden have notified their customers
that no more of these goods can De
delivered for this winters trade.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
Management OF BROOD s0Ws
strong litters Secured II Preparation
Is Made Before Breeding
Ration Favored.

10 get strong filters of pigs begin
veiore the sow Is bred. If aged sows
,et Them be a little thin in flesh; then
irom two or three weeks before you
want to breed them Put them on ra-
uon OF middlings and tankage, con-
asting of nine parts middlings to one
+" 'ankage, made into slop. Add
sr corn and get them up to all they
WIN eat up clean each feed so they
Will get to gaining fast.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20

Deen wrested from German control.
Inc destruction of the orchards is
described by writer in Country Life
who went to France to learn what
plans were being made to restore to
prosperity the regions that have been
laid waste in war.
NO description in the newspapers
Drought home to me SO wildly as a
personal visit did the heavy hand
which has been laid upon these re-
gions,' says this writer. The one
phrase which kept rising in the mind
and ever coming to the lips was the
Scriptural one, There shall not be
left one stone standing upon another"
Before the war the region was one of
the most fertile in France. Agricul-
tural authorities assured me that the
best crops of wheat in the country
were raised on the wide fiat plains.
The land at present is growing only
thistles and other weeds. The ruin
here differs entirely from that seen in
such war-battered towns as Reims and
Verdun. These have been smashed
and Knocked about by shells and bombs
till they are but ruins of what they
once were. Still, there are houses
standing untouched amid the general
destruction, and they still are at least
the shells of towns. But, to take for
example the district around Noyon,
not only have the streets been wrecked
by fire and shell, but before leaving
them the Germans went methOdically
through a course Of destruction, blow
ing up roofs, gathering up implements
into heap for burning, and employ
ing a kind of battering ram for break
ing down the walls. So that to recur
again to the phrase that keeps we'll
ing up like the burden of a song. there
is really not one stone left to stand
upon another
More may be said about that here
after. The main point today is to di-
rect attention to what has actually
been done by the Germans in the way
of running gardens, orchards and
nurseries. Those who have been in
the country in peacetime will remem-
Der the rows of apple and pear trees
that were grown along the straight
roads running between unhedged
fields. They will remember, too, the
groups of plantations of trees in the
fields, as we'll as the orchards and
gardens near the pretty rustic houses
characteristic of that French district.
In preparation for evacuation, the Ger
man soldiers appear to have been Or
dered out with AK and saw to Level
these trees with the ground. Wheth-
err it is that nobody has found time
TO remove them or that the ruined
trees are preserved as monument to
German brutality, there they are iy-
ing as they fell. Some, and these the
most slender, have been clean sawn
through: others cut with the ak;
few have been attacked with both AK
and saw. But there they lie dead.
Whatever there was of nursery or gar
den has been swept away. Even the
hutches where the rabbits were kept
have not escaped destruction.
If one recognizes that these repre-
sent the chief elements in la petite
culture. in which considerable pro-
nortion of the inhabitants We're en-
yaped. il will not come as surprise
that the French officer commanding
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
Clear Consclence.

Say old fellow, don't carry the Joke
TOO far. Send the umbrella to Room
H. fraternity Building. If the owner
Is not In just set it up beside the door.
Or II you have that weak feeling and
are IN need of tonic. and NOT able
10 climb the stairway. you can Just
pitch the shower stick in at the lowe,
door entrance and return home. or snv
oid place you like. carrying a clear
conscience OF one having done a good
ana worthy deed. Try it once.-Win
chester Sun.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
Turn a Deaf Ear

To be able to hear well is a great
blessing, but one should be able to
turn a deaf ear" to what is unwise or
unfit to hear. If the angry words that
stir up strife, or the harsh, critical
words that hurt ones feelings. or de-
fame another, never found listeners,
how much less pain and trouble the
world would know. Learn to use the
hearing ear" and the "deaf ear" upon
the right Observation-Disclosures
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20

The disclosure
Of these condi-
items has result
ed in the forma-
tion Of plans in
London for the
raising Of funds
to be used In the
restoration of
t h e s e orchards
and nurseries. It
is estimated that
about $4,000
will be needed to
c o m p | e t e this
work of recon-
structiOn. Some
thousands of trees
a a e already
been dispatched
to France for
planting in the
district which has
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
ALFALFA VALUABLE.FOR HOGS
specially True This Year More Than
ever on Account Of the High
Price Of Alfalfa.

Ailaifa hay is especially valuable
' hogs, and that is true more than
.'er this year, with the price of tank
sse so high.
-, every farmer should be sure that
~ vi the waste leaves around the
eu'hg places Of the cattle and horses
as a.. saved carefully for the hogs or the
haN Aehs. Then 1t will pay to feed
10y 10 the hogs directly.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
Time to Concentrate

"Why, fell in love with first one
girl and then another before got mar
ried," said the susceptible young man.
II scattered my affections all over the
map"
THAT is all right, son." replied the
elderly philosopher. Nobody will OBJ
ject to what you did then, just so you
broke yourself of the scattering habit
on your wedding day"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
blanket COLTS IN STABLES
Inv Animal viii Not Do Well in
'"thy Stall Where He Is Com
PEELED to Stand.

A., colt cannot do we'll In wet,
m stall, where he will be inclined
N, and up most Of the time rather
NJ 10 lie down in the filth.
N ring extreme cold weather 1t pays
N. ''ahket the colt while standing In
=. .s'ao'e. unless It is warmer than
Tue majority Of stables.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
H1ZIZT UIEE5 an NE
10 LASNly/

who had gone out
to wreak mischief
on the peaceful
Inhabitants had
unwittingly done
them a good turn.
NJ a ny b a v e
pre- a c h e d for
years tn q t the
time had come to
destroy and re-
pl a mt h e or
chards. They were
much too old for
grating. The va
rietieS gr % " u
w ere not good
and, besides, it Is
inimical to mod
ern s y S t e m 8 OF
cultivation to
have up 8 OF
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
Superb Strategy.

Have you any geniuses IL this
town."
Il don't recall but one just now"
Poet, painter or musician?"
mo. He's chap who contriveS
to stay Illuminated week in aud week
out, despite the fact that this town
is dry"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
Long MINDED.

Lets GO
"No, Let's wait while longer.
believe the orator is reaching MS peru
ration" ,s
"You're mistaken. That's his hand
korcbief he's reaching for. Hell mop
his brow with it and start all over
again."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
The Riqht Advice.

what dc you suppose Miss Pert
said when l asked her if | was in
the market for matrimonial considera-
tion?"
what did she Say?'
THAT | must go to Par before she
could take any stock in my PROPOSE
ton"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
Mot That Kind.

"sir, your son made an assevera-
ton
"Rless the boyl He's always max
inc some, kind of an invention
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
Is II Mott

It's easy to say what another should dc
In the struggle for glory or pelf;
but when the same problems are put ur
to you
Amt it hard to decide for yourself?
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
french Orchards 81
Devastated @ Germans

{: !: :: !: !: !:
TTENTION has been direct.
| ed recently to the havoc
AZ which has been wrought by
M the Germans among the Or
chards, fruit farms and
u AZ nursery gardens of the de.
vastated portions of north
ern france, Belgium, Poland. Serbia
ana Roumania. The manner in which
the Ieutonic forces deliberately and
systematically carried out their policy
vi destruction has been disclosed in
!hose portions Of France which have
peen released from German occupa.
tlon during the past year. Not tree
was left standing or alive in the beau
u1ui orchards which were the pride
ana at the same time the means of
hVelhood of the people of this de-
vastated country.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
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PROBLEM WITH BABY BEEVEs
70 Produce and Carry Calves to Wean.
ina Time 10 Governing Factor
Weight Don't Count.

The producing Of baby beef has
been studied with much care to deter.
mine, if possible, what are the factors
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-10
PRIEST SUCCUMBS
TO THE INFLUENZA

Five deaths occurred at Keyser
from influenza Wednesday morning.
The Rev. Francis A. Theodo, pastor
OF the Catholic church of the AS
sumption, died at the rectory, aged
Y He was anative Of Columbus, O.,
Where he was educated for the priest
MOOD Ne was assigned to the do
eese OF Richmond and he came to
Asyser last January from Peters
burg. va. He is survived by his moth
e. two brothers and four sisters. all
nving at Columbus. Eleanor. aged 6,
laughter of the Rev. w. M. Meyers,
rector Of Emmanuel Protestant Epis-
sopai Church. Keyser. died from in
n ~ and the mother is seriously