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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20
=, ANIMATED SKELETON a
Scientist Thus Shows Life Action Of
the Spinal Column.

the Spinal Column.
The life action of the spinal column
illustrated by skeleton was the un-
usual demonstration presented before
the members Of the State Osteopathic
association at Toledo, o.. by DIR. Ii.
Virgil Halliday Of Kirksville, Mo.
BY means Of an embalming fluid the
process of which he discovered a year
ago, Doctor Halliday claims to be able
to retain the elasticity Of the yerte-
brae as in life. The action of death
and embalming fluids ordinarily brings
rigidity to the human frame, so that
this demonstration has heretofOre been
impossible.
Doctor Halliday's experiment was
one Of the features of the recent ma.
tional convention Of osteopaths at Chi.
cagO.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20
STREAM & RIMER
Luther A. Stream VIM. F. Rimer
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS

Farms and city property bought. sold
and exchanged. Properties rented and
rents collected. Fire insurance spe-
cialty. Representating IA old reliable
stock companies. Accident insurance,
live stock insurance. Plate glass In
surance, automobile insurance. in fact
we can insure any property you may
have. Surety bonds of all kinds. Call
and see us. Room ! Sipe bldg.. South
Main st. Cit. phone No. AT Black;
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20
SQC|E Y
Dinner Dance
At Country Club

Mr. w. b. Chapman had as his
guests Saturday evening at a dinner
dance at the Mt. Vernon country club,
the officials, of the G. and G. Cooper
company. After the dinner, which
was served in picnic style. dancing
was enjoyed.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20
Civil War Veterans
To De Entertained

All Civil war veterans, members Of
Joe Hooker post, No. 81, with their
wives VIII be guests of honor ut the
supper which viii be given Tuesday
evening IN the G. A. X. hall. by the
Daughters of Veterans, Supper will
be served nj q O'Clock. Mrs. William
Burnett is general chairman In charge
of the affair and Mrs, Charles Dowds
is arranging a very interesting pro.
gram for the evening.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20
TODAY 'SMARKETS
Cleveland Livestock

Cattle-Receipts 7C0; market slow.
Calves Receipts: 500; market
steady; good to choice veal calves 18
m19.
Sheep Receipts: 2lO0; market 81
higher; wool lambs 1919; wool
sheep 10M13.
Hogs Receipts: 1000; market soc
higher; y0rkers and mixed 1875;
heavies l6; pigs and lights 1875;
roughs 1875; stays 10.
Pittsburgh Livestock
Hogs - Receipts. 1000; market
higher; heavies 17.75 @ 18; heavy
workers. 19.25@19.5O; light yorkers
1S.50M19; pigs 1S@1S.5O.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts / 900;
market higher; top sheep 1G; top
lambs 20.
Calves Receipts: 200; market
higher; top 90.
Chicago Livestock
Hogs Receipts 10000; market 25c
to SOC higher; bulk of sales 15.4O@
1850.
Cattle Receipts: 21,0OO; market
steady heavy beef steers 15D1G
Sheep-Receipts: $1,000; market
slow; lambs, good to choice, 21.5O;
culls and common steady.
Toledo Grain
Cloverseed--Prime cash and April
$500; Oct. $500; Dec. 1900.
Alsike-Prime cash and APR. 2S.OO.
Timothy-Prime! cash old 535, new
$50; Apr. 5.55; May and Sept. $50;
Oct. 5.75; Dec. $40.
LOCAL PRODUCE
The following are prices paid by
II. V. Smoots for farm products, de-
livered at his warehouse:
FRESH EGGS ................... 35c
No. l Country Butter soc
No. Country Butter ........... 32c
Small Spring Chickens SIC
Heavy Spring Chickens 17c
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20
SATURDAY, APRIL "a. 1920

| viii offer for sale at o'clock, one
mile north of Mt. Vernon on the
Snowden place, three road horses.
G. II, MAYLE,
w. ID. OWEN, Auctioneer,
TUT x23 x23$
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20
Tier Smith
Wedding

At $3.50 o'clock Saturday afternoon
the marriage Of Mr.. Edward Smythe
Tier and Miss Margaret Smith. both
Of this city, was solemnized at the NJ.
j.. parsonage on North Mulberry
street, Rev. ID. G.. Coburn officiating.
They were unattended
The bride. who is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith of Utica,
formerly OF this city, has been EN-
ployed for some time as saleslady by
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
FRANK o. LEvERING

Al ATTORNEV.NT.CNW
All business OF legal nature given
prompt attention and especially to
practice in the Probate Court. Office
No. 0 East High street, Mt. Vernon. o.
Now Phone, Office 104.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20

FOR SALE-2h b. p. |. II. g. gaso.
line engine. F-l03, Gambler exchange.
x19
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20

FOR sALE-Six room cottage, good
furnace, large lot. Must be sold In
next three days, $4,000. Call S59 red
or 485 red. x19
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
FOR SALE

FOR sALE-Fivs room house OH
Columbus road. Phone 1881 blue. x2O
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20

WANTED - Several ex-
pericncedwoodpattern max
ers. Permanent work in
Columbus, Ohio. No labor
trouble. State experience
fully. Box No. b, care Dali
ly Banner. X19
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-04-20

FOR sALE-Delivery wagon. Mt.
Vernon Cooperative Store Co.. phone
3S9. tt
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
VANISHED WITH THE BUFFALO
Few Left Of the Pronshorn Antelope,
That Once Roamed the Plains In
Vast Numbers.

Next to the buffalo. the most nu-
merous animal in the United States
not more than 30 years ago was the
pronghorn antelope. About half the
size of a deer but a bit more com.
pactly built, 1t ranged the plains from
the Missouri river westward to the
Pacific In places.
Antelopes were dry-country animals.
and were always found wherever
sagebrush, bunch grass and the short,
curly buffalo grass existed. Their IA
vorite range was the plains country
Just east Of the Rocky mountains.
where they migrated with the seasons.
from Alberta to Mexico, and between
the Rocky and the west coast ranges
from the Big Bend of the Columbia in
Washington, southwark to the Gulf
Of California and the Mexican west
coast. 1t was the best runner of all
the plains animals, and had endurance
for long-distance running, being well
able to take care of itself when in dam
ger. Its meat is not very attractive to
the white mans palate, being stringy,
tough and dry. and having somewhat
the taste Of goat meat. Some are still
found, but only in widely scattered
areas.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER.

Constipation invites other troubles
which come speedily unless quickly
checked and overcome by Green's
August Flower which Is a gentle laxa-
tive. regulates digestion both in
stomach and intestines, cleans and
sweetens tn stomach and alimentary
canal, stimulates the liver to secrete
the bile and impurities from the blood.
It is a sovereign remedy used in many
thousands Of households all over the
civilized world for more than half q
century by those who have suffered
with Indigestion, nervous dyspepsia.
sluggish liver. coming up of food, pal
pitation, constipation and other in
festival troubles. Sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere. Try a bottle.
take no ubstitute.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
DECLARES FOOD is PLENTIFUL
Secretary of Agriculture Says Prices
Asked are Exorbtant

Asked are Exorbitant.
Chicago.-"Food today should be as
cheap. if not cheaper, than it was six
years ago. There is more food per
capita being produced, and the public
is foolish to pay eXorbitant prices"
This was part of the message
brought to Chicago by Edwin T. Mer-
edith, new secretary of agriculture,
who styles himself the advertising
manager of the department of agri-
culture"
According to Mr.. Meredith. the rube
who formerly bought the gold brick
or the gullible yokel who purchased
the Masonic Temple for SAT, or paid
So to see Marshall Fields building
turn round, We're wise guys as COM
pared with the general public today.
Ely its own cOmpla ency and lack of
fighting spirit, the public has fastened
and dollar worth only t;:'rty cents.
Mr.. Meredith says the blame for
the high cost of living must be laid
at the door of the distributor and he
has ii trunk full of figures to prove
it. To-day there is more grain, more
leather, more beef and hog meat, more
wool aid cotton, yet the gullible
American public is ed to believe, all
these commodities are short and
therefore costly.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect It
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there il one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healin0
influence Of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Roo i
soon realized. It stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one Of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an interview on the subject, made the q.
tonishing statement that one reason why
20 many applicants for insurance are ~
jected is because kidney trouble il %
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica.
tions are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease It il ON sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large.
However. if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
SEED TESTING WITH
SIMPLE EQUIPMENT
Sufficient Accuracy Can Be Made
by Beginner.
Younger Members Of Home Circle
Should Find Such Work Easy and
Acknowledgements Not
at All Expensive.

Seed tests sufficiently accurate to
answer all practical purposes can be
made by beginner with very little
practice. say specialists of the United
States department Of agriculture. The
younger members Of the home circle
should find such work not only COM
paratively easy but very interesting.
Testing Of locally grown seed is aid
ed by the possession of a correctly
named set of the seeds Of crops and
of weeds prevailing in the vicinity.
Only such apparatus Is needed in
making practical seed tests as enables
one to use weighed quantity of seed
from the sample, to separate the pure
seed from the foreign seeds and other
impurities. to distinguish the char
acter of the foreign seeds, and to make
the termination test.
Only by using a weighed quantity
Of seed can one determine the rela.
tive quantities of pure and Of impure
seeds in the sample. This requires q
balance sufficiently sensitive to be
moved by small weight, such as that
of few clover seed. But a balance
Of this kind, designed to rest on the
edge of knife blade. can be made
from two lead pencils. two cardboard
disks, two pieces Of wire, some rubber
bands, darning needle, a common
brass pin, and two bits of board. The
only equipment needed consists of a
few BIB shots, flattened, to be used al
weights. With this balance, If the
pure seed from a sample balances 9
shots and the impurities balance one
shot, the sample is shown to be 90
per cent pure. Some shots may be cut
into halves. quarters, Fights, and six.
teenths for fractional weights.
Such other apparatus as is desirable
can be made or bought at small cost.
A pair of forceps for picking up the
shots and for separating seeds can be
made Of two thin strips of hickory, OF
a piece Of spring wire bent into o..
shape and having the points flattened
A magnlfying glass is needed, but the
common reading glass to be found In
many homes or that can be bought al
a cost of 81 or 81 serves the purpose
well. Seed can be best examined over
white paper and, to prevent loss OF
seed, a paper tray Is desirable.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
Soap Bubbles Puzzle Doa.

A humorous happening is to get
dog to chase soap bubbles. He will be
highly interested If one is placed on
the floor. and If the breeze forces it to
move he will follow it, keeping a re-
spectful distance, however, at first.
After several bubbles are blown he
will gradually draw closer and very
soon will touch his nose to one of
them. Then is when a genuine look
Of establishment comes over his face
rs the bubble vanishes and perhaps he
gets tiny bit Of soap in his eye. The
dog gives ample evidence Of his per-
plexity whenever he sees anything that
excites his curiosity. for who of us has
not seen them pucker up their fore
heads and stare in q quizzical manner
at something they had not seen be.
fOre2
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
FEW REALLY UGLY PEOPLE
Many There Are Who May Do Unat.
traotive, but Not q Lot Denn-
ltely Unlocking.

Looking for beauty in the faces ana
forms passed on the street IL such q
liked habit with people In general that
1t was bit startling to hear Of man
In London who was looking for some
one ugly-the ugliest female, In fact.
that he could find. This man was an
American theatrical man and he de-
sired the ugliest woman to contrast
her In a production with . girl said
to be beautiful.
The Snowman found his ugliest
woman after looking over eight con-
testants. The prize winning "clock-
stopper was thirty-two years old and
4 music teacher. She entered the con-
test because her mother told her
"there would be no harm In trying"
On winning she at once insisted on
taking a stage name. as she did not
want all the neighbors to know about
It," The runner-up in the contest.
whose name was not given out. had
an unfortunate nose and an "out-
size" In mouths.
The contest really was of concern
to the theatrical producer, but 1t
served to impress upon Londoners in
general the old truth that few people.
after all. are really ugly, that every
individual looks good to some one.
Two people. who came upon the ad-
vertisement of the ugly contest, began
to amuse themselves in the genial way
Of human nature by examining their
friends and acquaintances to discover
which Of them had the best claim to
the job.
To their disappointment, says .
writer in the London Telegraph, they
could not think Of anybody, not even
their pet abomination. who was, con-
sidered impartially. very ugly. Plain
people-oh, yes. hosts of them; dis
agreeable-looking people-quite a lot;
silly-looking people-any amount; but
people definitely and conspicuously
ugly-not one.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
SAFEGUARDING SHEEP Flock
Year From Some Prevent
able Disorder.

Thousands upon thousands of sheep
die each year from great variety of
preventable causes. The killer dog
Is not the chief cause of loss. He may
cause perhaps per cent of the deaths
due to accidental causes, but the most
serious losses are attributable to igno-
rance and carelessness upon the part
of the owner or his shepherd. Among
the chief causes Of loss may be men,
toned lack of shelter for Landing
ewes and their newborn lambs. A sud-
den snow or rain storm coming at
lambing time often finds ewes and
lambs exposed, and many deaths re-
suit.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
PASTURAGE CUTS FEED BILLS
Cost Of Pork Production Can Be Re-
duced by Providing Suitable
Pasture for Hogs.

Farmers can reduce the cost of pork
production next year by providing
suitable pasture for their hogs. says
W. H. Peters Of the animal husbandry
division, University farm. Most pas
ture grasses are rich in protein. The
call for high grain rations is therefore
less urgent a matter to be taken into
consideration in these days of falling
prices for hogs and pigs. Alfalfa and
bronze grass are best for growing pigs,
but no matter how good a pasture is
some grain must be fed If the hogs
are to thrive and make profitable gains.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03

both ECONOMICALLY and economically.
Unfortunately, say the specialists, IA
cilities for experiments and demon
STATIONS are wholly inadequate in at
tempting to work out a system Of bet
ter handling of northern Pastures. On
the coastal plains of the South, unless
the soils are much affected by drought,
continue the experts, carpet grass sup
plemented with lespedeza makes ex-
cellent pasture. Golden crown grass
is also excellent. Efforts are being
made, with the aid Of a new stripping
machine, to place carpet grass seed on
the market in adequate quantity. Sew
eral newly introduced grasses are
promising as pasture possibilities.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
RAILWAY MEASURE
GOES TO PRESIDENT
ESCH-CUMMiNS BILL RECEIVES
APPROVAL OF THE SENATE
AND HOUSE.
Labor Leaders Who Oppose Measure
Will Now Endeavor to Convince
President That He Should Veto
Compromise Plan.

Washington-The compromise Esch-
Cummins railroad bill has been ap-
proved by the senate and the house
and is now before the president for
his approval.
The house adopted the measure by
Il vote of $50 to 15O-a clean margin
of 100 votes.
BY nearly three to one, the senate
on February % passed and sent to
the president the modified railroad
reorganization bill under which the
carriers will attempt to adjust them
selves to conditions arising with the
end of government control.
There was never any doubt as to
what the senate would do, in view of
the wide margin by which the Cum
Minis bill, more drastic than the COM
promise. was passed. The bill goes
to President Wilson, and the general
opinion was that he would sign it,
although labor leaders will urge a
veto.
Discussion in the senate related
idIScIy W IuDOT Idle LluhlHS pTOFlS-
ions. Senator Cummins, with feeling,
denounced widespread claims that in
fixing freight and passenger charges
calculated to give the roads return
of 5h per cent meant taking huge
sums of money from the public treas
ury. The bill, he declared, would not
take one dollar in that way. Such re-
ports, he said, were part of the propa-
ganda put forth in an effort to defeat
legislation on the eve of return Of the
roads to their owners, March 1.
During the debate in the house, in
which more than a score of represen-
tatives took part, Chairman Esch de-
clared that the roads would be hand
ed back to their owners on March I,
regardless of whether congress enact
ed legislation meanwhile, but he
warned the house that defeat of the
bill at this stage would put half the
roads of the country in the hands of
receivers in three months.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03

"red tape" has been reduced to a mini
mum and the emblems have been is
sued in most cases the day the blanks
were received,
Female Stock Need Not Be Purebred.
Though pointing out the foregoing
observations-aDd especially the ten
dency for purebred-sire owners to &C
quire purebred females-the depart
ment of agriculture does not urge pure
bred female stock on the average farm.
Whether purebred females should be
kept is a matter of individual judg.
ment, depending on circumstances
which the livestock owner is best able
to know. The successful breeding of
purebred live stock as business calls
for close attention and considerable
experience, both in production and
marketing. By contrast, the purpose Of
the better-sires movement is to raise
the average quality of all live stock
in the United States.
The department therefore goes no
further than to urge the use of good
purebred sires. It believes that after
having taken that step livestock own
ers will continue to improve their do
nestle animals. raising either grades.
crOssbreds, or purebreds-or some Of
each-whichever seems best suited to
the kind of farming followed and to
available markets.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
IL v E
STOCK
MORE AND BETTER PASTURES
Problem In Coastal Plain Section Of
South Has Become increasingly
Important.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.)
The pasture problem in tine coastal
plain section of the South must be
solved to bring about agricultural
utilization Of these lands. The prob
lem has become increasingly impOr-
tant since the high prices Of feeds are
more and more forcing attention to
the only cheap feed-pasturage. The
bureau Of plant industry las recently
done a great deal Of work along this
line. The investigators have con-
firmed the bluegrass experiments, in
which it was shown that heavy pas
turing was much the best method
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
SHE THOUGHT DYEING
WAS OLD FASHIONED
But "Diamond Dyes" Made Her Faded,
Shabby, Old Garments
Like New.

Don't worry about perfect results
Use diamond Dyes" guaranteed to
give a new. rich, fadeless color to any
fabric. whether 1t be wool. silk, linen.
cotton or mixed goods = dresses.
blouses, stockings, skirts, children's
coats, feathers-everything!
Direction Book in package tells how
to diamond dye over any color. To
match any material, have dealer show
you "Diamnrd Dive" Color Card.-Adv,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
Reason for Snakes Kissing.

The kissing Of a snake is caused BY
the long. sac-like lung being inflated
with air. which is forclbly expelled
through the CLOTHS and nostrlls. The
puff adder makes the loudest and most
prolonged hiss Of any snake. When
alarmed, snakes hiss with the object
0f frightening of their enemies. II
snakes were not able to make their
presence known they would be tre-
quently trodden upon and injured by
the various creatures Of veldt. forest
and mountain.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
LIVE STOCK
CD NOTES

Overlooking may cause azoturia
among horses.
Moldy or frozen silage is dangerous
when fed to sheep or horses.
Carrots are excellent as a feed for
horses. Use them not rs a substitute
for oats, but AZ q part of the ratioA
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
Back Handed Stroke,

MAY said you were fishing for Q
compliment the last time you were up
at her house, but that you didn't get
it."
'Why, don't recall having said
anything that sba could have con-
strued that way"
swell, she says you did,"
did she say what it was?
Eyes, she said that you asked her
if she considered monkeys intell!-
gent ?'-Dallas News.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
BULL OF CHANGEABLE MOODS
Wise Plan to Play Safe at All Times
by Keeping Animal Completely
li~der Control.

The bull IS of very changeable
moods, and one never can tell when
that mood is going to change. The only
wise plan is to take no chances with
his moods-play safe at all times by
keeping him wholly under control. or
where he cannot reach you.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
PASTURE FOR GROWING PIGS
Glover, Rye, Rape, Sorghum or Any.
thing Green 10 cood-Something
Else ls Needed.

Plenty Of good pasture is very i'm
portant in growing pigs. Clover. grass.
rye, rape, sorghum-in fact almost any
thing green that pigs will eat is good
for them while growing, but pasture
alone will not make b,g-boned. stocky
pigs.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-03-03
PEARY BURIED AT CAPITAL.
Body Of Noted Explorer Inferred in
Arlington National Cemetery.

WashingtOn.-The body of Rear Adj
miral Robert E. Peary discovered Of
the north pole. was laid to rest in
Arlington national cemetery on Febru-
airy % with full naval and military
honors, and with high officials and
Officers of the government and the
diplomatic corps present. The cere-
monies were in charge of the navy
department, and Captain Carroll d.
Wright, chaplain of the Washington
navy yard, conducted the religious
services.