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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
AZORES: MAY BE AERIAL
HALFWAY HOUSE

Inc Azores lSldDOS, III years 10
come, may be an established mid-At-
lantic rest station for airplane fights
across the ocean.
Farthest from a continent of any
Atlantic island group, the islands lie
$50 miles west of Cape da Roca, Portu-
gal, and more than thousand miles
southeast of Newfoundland, nearest
North American land.
Volcanic eruptiOns and earthquakes,
while the former were active, made
the Azores objects of scientific inter-
est akin to that evinced in the now
famous Mount Katmai region in Alas
ka. Suboceanic eruptiOns, sometimes
piling up islands which soon disappear
ed, were characteristic phenomena.
One early description of such an event
tells how the earth and waters were
rocked for eight days by earthquakes,
followed by vast caldron of fire that
seemed to sweep the seas surface and
consume the clouds, spewing enormous
masses of earth and rock. Then there
appeared a group Of rocks, ever grow
lA6 ulSACl anu WluCA uhlA Oil oA ca "a
several square miles was contained in
this mo mans land" Later 1t was
shattered, and subsidized, as the result
Of more earthquakes.
The Azores comprise three groups
of islands. Their total area is less
than that Of Rhode Island; their popu-
lation about equal to that Of Kansas
City, Mo. Most Of the inhabitants are
Portuguese. The rest are Flemish and
Moorish, with few immigrants frUtn
the United Kingdom.
Fruits and fish constitute the prln-
cipal exports. Oranges are supplant-
ing pineapples. but the other products
lemon, citron, Japanese medlar, and
bananas-maintain their popularity.
The principal fish are the mullet, tun-
ny. and bonitO.
Saint Michaels, largest island Of the
be traversed for miles. and a man.
moth crater with two jeweled lakes
one azure, the other emerald-at its
bottom.
On Santa Maria Is the church where
Columbus knelt. on Terceria SUBJ
marine volcano made its appearance
as recently as half century ago. On
Corvo have been unearthed coins
which suggest Carthaginian visits, and
an Arabian geographer of the twelfth
century described islands Of the ''West-
em Ocean" thought to have been the
Azores.
About the middle of the fifteenth
century the Portuguese sent expedi-
lions to settle upon them. One island
Fayal. was presented by Alphonso v
of Portugal. to his aunt, Isabella.
duchess Of Burgundy. It was upon
her marriage to Philip the Good. duke
Of Burgundy, that he founded the ia
nous knightly order of the Golden
Fleece.
In 1920 supporters Of Maria da
Gloria against Miguel. in the struggle
for the Portuguese crown. established
themselves on the islands, and for the
three years following Queen Maria
lived at Angra. one Of the seaports Of
Importance. Others are P0nta Delgada
and Horta.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
ONE GUESS ENOUGH.

Harold Lloyd doesn't know yet
whether Harry Pollard was kidding
him or not The comedians were dim
ing in a Los Angeles cafe when Pol
lard pointed to the menu card and
said:
"See that hors d'oeuvre thing? I've
always wondered what it means"
"Oh," said the Obliging Harold,
that's French and has to DO with the
beginning of a dinner; anything you
start off with"
81 get you" Harry Interrupted
knife and fork. eh?'-Minneapolis
Tribune.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19

brought forth lavish praise from the
hunters. "Your father couldn't do
that, I'll warrant" chuckled the elder
Armstrong, as he accepted a second
piece Of pie.
"You shall not take all Of dads
medals away from him, Mr.. Arm
strong" she protested. II am only Q
poor imitation Of him-but I can GER
tainly make good pie" she added con-
vIncingly.
They all laughed as Molly Basket
came to clear away the meal. The
next day they were going to start out,
but that evening the men. unpacked
their bags and prepared their guns.
In the evening Jane sat beside the
campfire and knitted while Ray Arm
strong explained his work to her. In
the intervals Mr.. Armstrong played
with the photograph until he fell
asleep.
At the end of six weeks there was a
light snow on the ground and the
Armatrongs were preparing to leave.
The elder Armstrong had gone over
the mountain to visit James father,
and the girl had one last tramp with
Ray before he departed. Molly Basket
was cooking and had promised them
wild pigeon pie for dinner.
"Time slips away SO fast in the
morning." sighed Jane as they reached
the vicinity Of the black rocks where
the honey lOcusts grew.
Ray looked at her adoringly. He
was careful that she never surprised
his glances, for he was very tender
Of his "girl o. the woods" as he called
her in secret. He looked away quick
~, interested at the terror exhibited
by gray squirrel In a tree near by.
At the same instant he felt a hot
breath upon his neck and heavy paw
clutched his shoulder.
'Do not move," rang James clear
voice. The claws dug deeper, a shot
rang out, there was snarl Of pain and
then muffled roar as bear and man
went down together. Ray extricated
himself from the dying struggles Of
the beast and Jane ended the bears
life with. another shot. Then she
turned to Ray. whose shoulder was
bleeding "Let me dress the wound"
she commanded. and he sat down on
rock and barred his shoulder.
There was an emergency kit
strapped about her waist, and from
this she produced the necessary re.
lief. Neither spoke a word more than
was necessary, but the girl was near to
tears and young Armstrong was quite
white.
At camp Molly Basket produced a
Drowned pigeon pie, but there was lit
tie appetite for Its toothsomeness
Then Ray rose to 60 and Jane walked
little way down the mountain with
him.
II can see you a long way from
here-it Is Lone Rock" she smiled
wistfully. II hope your arm will be
all right now"
He turned and caught her hand In
his. "Jane-my girl O. the woods
you saved my life," he said.
"Tm glad" she said gravely.
"Then-it Is yours for the asking"
he bent before her humbly-"r love
you. DEAR"
Jane said nothing-but words are
often superfluOus. There was no one
to see their parting save a chickadee,
who didn't tell q soul about 1t.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
Or on the Spinnet.

First Cobweb-WeIl, what are you
going to do in this cellar?
Second Cobweb-Me? I've picked
out nice resting place on that old
organ in the corner
First Cobweb-Very well. I'll ac-
company you on this ukulele.-Car-
toons Magazine.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
Neglected.

Friend Husband-l was in a guam
Diary today.
Mrs. knagg-It's like you to go Joy
riding without me and then come home
and bIag about it. No one ever takes
me out in Quandary.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
PALESTINE: PICMY LAND
WITH A GIANT HISTORY

the Nazarene whose birth will be COM
memorated around the world this
week. Is characterized as "a tiny lit
tie country" by viscount James Bryce,
In . communication to the National
Geography society:
Though the travellers hand books
prepare him to find Palestine small,
1t surprises him by being smaller than
hs expected. Taking 1t as the region
between the Mediterranean on the
west and the Jordan and Dead sea on
the east, from the spurs Of Lebanon
and Herm0n on the north to the desert
at Beersheba on the south, 1t is only
ITO miles long and 80 to 60 broad-that
Is to say. 1t is smaller than New
Jersey.
"Of this region large parts did not
really belong to ancient Israel. Their
hold on the southern and northern dis
tricts was but slight, while in the
southwest, wide and rich plain along
the Mediterranean was occupied by
the warlike Philistines. who were
sometimes more than a match for the
Hebrew armies. Israel had, in fact,
little more than the hill country, which
lay between the Jordan on the east
and the maritime plain on the west.
King David, in the days Of his power,
looked down from the hill cities of
Benjamin, just north Of Jerusalem, up
on Philistine enemies, only Is miles
of, on the one side, and looked across
the Jordan to Moabite enemies, about
as far of, on the other.
NEARLY all the events in the history
Of Israel that are recorded in the Old
Testament happened within territory
no bigger than the state of Connecti-
cut, whose area is 1890 square miles;
and into hardly any other country has
there been crowded from the days Of
Abraham till our own, so much history
that is to say, SO many events that
have been recorded and deserve to be
recorded in the annals Of mankind.
'Nor Is it only that Palestine is
really a small country. The traveller
constantly feels as he moves about
that 1t is small country. From the
uCISulS, lew ullES uOTtu VI JCTU.
salem. he sees, looking northward, a
far-off summit carrying snow for eight
months in the year. 1t is Hermon,
nearly 10000 feet high-Hermon,
whose fountains feed the rivers Of
Damascus.
"But Hermon Is outside the terri
tory Of Israel altogether, standing in
the land Of the Syrians; SO, too, it is
Of Lebanon. We are apt to think of
that mountain mass as within the
country, because it also is frequently
mentioned in the Psalms and the
Prophets; but the two ranges of Leb-
anon also rise beyond the frontiers
Of Israel, lying between the Syrians of
Damascus and the PhOenicians of the
West.
Perhaps it is because the maps
from which children used to learn
Bible geography. were on a large scale.
that most of us have failed to realize
how narrow were the limits within,
which took place, all those great do
ings that I'LL the books of Samuel and
Kings. Just in the same way the
classical scholar who visits Greece Is
surprised to find that SO small ter
ritory suficed for so many striking in
cidents and for the careers Of SO
many famous men,"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
Coincidence,

There was one queer thing about
our voyage"
"What was that?"
ut was just at the mouth of the
river that we ran into the teeth of
the gale"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19

1.-THE former livery stable loafers
don't seem to infest your garage"
mo. l insulted a couple of 'em the
other day. | asked 'em to help put on
a tire"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
A Disclplinarian,

=, 'Would you send your boy to q
school where they permitted hazing"
II would" replied Farmer Corntossel.
"JOsh is that bumptious an self
willed ! think mebbe the HAHN 'ud
be the most important part Of his edu.
cation"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
Usual Effect

Doctor-What was the most con-
fusing case you ever tried?
Judge-A case of champagne. |
hadn't got half way through it before
| was all muddled NO,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
A CASUALTY.

Mary had roadster swift.
She drove 1t like streak;
An ambulance gave her lift.
And she'll be out next week.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
The Correct Tern,

What do you do?"
II follow the races"
"FOllow?
,, ro''ow Is the term. I'm ,ever
AHEAD of them"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
THE WRONG Fuss

THE WRONG FUSS
She-l don't think you love me
any more, you never make a fuss
over me.
He-Tut, tut, had one with your
mother over you this morning.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
Elastic Size

Elastic Size.
"hat kind Of a figure Is Mrs.
Oressy?"
II you 60 by the quantity 1t takes
~ make her dresses. she is very tall,
out If you measure her by the tire
short"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19

Like = Baseball imp.
ohe way she's like an umpire,
. my wife is" said Bill sprout;
ohe never will believe that l
Am safe when | am out"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19
Taken Out of Him

James had a bossy disposition
VINE" ne was boy. Is he still so
dictatOrial?"
NO; he married very young"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-01-19

DIDN'T BELIEVE 1T
agnes SAYS she's perfect &c."
Oon't make me laugh. It must be
her figure"
, 1921-03-24
WAS NEW ONE ON KITCHENER
Great British Soldier Somewhat Out
Of His Element When u Came
to Chapiains.

Here is a Lord Kitchener story, told
by the anonymous author of The Mir
rors of Downing Street, Kitchener
was a soldier and absorbed In his pro-
fession. Details outside Of his ruling
passion annoyed him.
During the early days Of the war
Lloyd George went to him mt the war
office and asked the appointment of
UNCONVENTIONAL chaplains for the vari-
u sects OF the army.
Kitchener had no interest in chap
lains- He regarded them as n negli-
gible factor In the fighting machine.
He opposed the appointments. Lloyd
George insisted, especially with respect
to Presbyterians. Kitchener finally
yieledd and picked up his pen
Very we'll" he said. 'you shall have
a Presbyterian" Then a faint smile
lighted his serious face. ~Let me see.
Presbyterianf-how do you spell it7-
, 1921-03-24
Dawson Anticipating Rush.

Dawson, Y. T.-Dawson is nnticipat-
ing the busiest season In many years.
with the first Indication OF the spring
rush to the gold and silver fields Of
the valley. Many Of the old timers, un-
able to secure work outside, are re-
turning and many newcomers are ar
irving on the stnges and eve on foot
Work has been started on n machine
shop, where fifty men will be en-
Dloyed turning out dredges for the up
per dominion, Gold Run creek and me
nsadike valley.
, 1921-03-24
STOCKHOLDERS OF RAILROADS
WOULD MERGE ALL TRANS
PoRTATloN LINES.
ASK U. S. SUPERVISION
PLANS TO SOLVE OPERATION Ex,
PENsEs AND ADJUST RAIL
PROBLEMS.
western Newspaper Union New. Service,

Washington, March 21.-Co-ordina-
ton of the facilities and service of
the railroads under strict government
supervision is proposed by the nation
al association of owners of railway
securities as a way out of the trans
pOrtation crisis.
The plan has been submitted to
Chairman Cummins of the Senate in
terstate m committee, and S.
Davies Warfield, president of the as
ISOLATION, announced representatives
of his organization would appear
later before the committee.
Mr.. Warfield says that the plan will
save millions of dollars annually, in
crease facilities and service and lower
fares Ii rates. He adds that Ameri-
can transportation has outgrown its
present system and warns that the
railways must recognize that only
drastic measures twill save them from
being swallowed up in the demoraliza-
ton that government operation and
after-war adjustment has brought"
Unless intensive economical meth
DDS in administration are adopted" he
continues, there Is no alternative but
government operation, followed by
government ownership, although the
country has given evidence of being
opposed to it,"
The proposed plan is supplemental
to provisions of the transportation act
permitting regional consolidation of
physical properties by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The proposed coordination would be
brought about through a national rail-
way service, to be organized by an act
Of Congress, and which also would be
an agency to purchase equipment to
be furnished the railways without
profit.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion would select five OF its members
who would constitute the service dlvi-
sion. This division would have super
vision and initiatory and regulatory
powers to be exercised through tho
board of the national railway service.
The board would be composed of
forty members, subdivided into two d.
vislons-finance and administrative
and railway officials of twenty mem
bers each
Subordinate to the board would be
four group railway boards, one in each
Of the four rate terrltories-eastern,
southern, western and mountain-Paci-
fic. Each board would have seven
members. five to be selected by the
railways and we from the shippers.
The twenty railway officials serv-
Ing on these four boards would serve
rs the railway officials division Of
the national board.
Cooperating with the group board
would be ten committees, each select
* from the railways Of zach group
, 1921-03-24
One Would Be Happy.

1t raj the first night Of the new
pl0y.
u say" remarked the author to the
manager, "that sc~ene-shifter over there
is a most peculiar looking fellow"
"Yes; he's an Eskimo" said the
manager.
"An Eskimoi What on earth made
you take him on?"
"Oh, I thought 1t would be a com
fort to see n happy face IL the play
turns out to be n frost I"
, 1921-03-24
Work Animals In Demand.

Pennsylvania and the states east
and north do lot produce one-fourth
of the work animals they use and are
constantly drawing on the Central
West for their work stock. Many Of
these are farm chunks sold directly
to eastern farms, while others are
horses produced and worked on the
farms Of the Mississippi valley until
five or six years old, then passed to
eastern cities, where after six or eight
years of service they are resold as
sore-footed city-worn horses to deal
ers, who sell them at a very nominal
figure to farming sections Of Now Eng
land, to work he balance of their
days. Such horses represent a COM
plete cycle from farms to cities and
back to farms again. 1t Is more true
now than in the past, that the good
horse or mule pays a profit to the pro-
Queer, the dealer and ultimate user,
while the poor one loses money to all
concerned.-Exchange.
, 1921-03-24
Deb. Calls Off Pieksts.

Atlanta. Ga.-Eugene V. Debs, So
eialist leader, has halted the plans Of
Socialists TO picket the White House
in an effort to attract attention TO
their demands that he be released
from the Atlanta federal p~enitentiary,
his attorney, Samuel NJ. Castleton, nm
nouneed here. A nationwide cam
paign to obtain Debs' release will be
undertaken. however, the attorney
said.
, 1921-03-24

Rockdale, Texas. -Ablaze from
flames caused by an exploded gasoline
tank. rats a from the barn of II. G.
Sanders, a farmer, and dashed into a
cotton storage warehouse containing
ten bales of cotton, setting II afire.
, 1921-03-24

Much Of the work done in this world
a to be undone. Incompetency is
the greatest drawback to progress. In
competents are the most costly men,
bers of society, and always win be.
That's why there is always a premium
on brains and skill, which combine to
produce efficiency.-Exchange.
, 1921-03-24

Observation-Disclosures of n part
nership between Joseph p. Tumulty,
secretary to former President Wilson,
and Representative Randolph Perkins
of New Jersey has been formed for the
general practice of law In New Jersey.
, 1921-03-24

Detroit, Mich.-Two men were per-
haps fatally wounded and fourteen
others injured by an explosion of a
quantity of supposed T N T in the rear
Of a store here. Felix Jakulouski had
taken n five-gallon can from the store
and poured the contents on the ground.
He is believed TO have touched a
match to 1t. He was blown thirty feet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-02-10
ALIT7LE TRU7H

America is suffering from what
might be termed our national ailment
AN almost universal desire to OBJ
tain something for as near nothing as
possible
The manufacturer is not content
With moderate profit. He hungers
Cor continuance of the rich dividends
hat accrued during the war.
Railroad and corporation officials
would no doubt feel tremendously
7eeved if one were to suggest that
they accept reduction in their own
salaries, although they are keen on
cutting down the wages of their own
employees.
The employees themselves aspire to
the maximum wage, but are seldom
averse to reducing the amount of work
performed
It's the same in every line of bust
ness, in every walk of life.
Throw a scrap of meat into the hen
ward and the spryest of them will
grab it and duck for safety. It wants
to hog the whole thing.
Human beings are much the same
as chickens.
Each one wants to grab as much as
possible of everything in sight and
let the other fellow be content with
what is left.
We are eternally emitting roars of
protest over the continued high prices.
| But we are like nations that advocate
iisarmament-we wait for the other
fellow to step down first.
Everybody admits that something
must be done, but nobody feels that
he is the one to do it.
| We are inconsistent and illogical,
but no worse than the rest of the
world.
AS an illustration of the truth of
this statement, how many of you are
willing to admit that our remarks are
true insofar as other people are con-
cerned, but that you can not see where
they apply to you?
But cheer up-let your virtuous in
dignation cool off and ooze out. Per
haps the editor is as deep in the mud
as you are in the mire, for we frankly
own to hankering for more than we
get.
This ailment is not confined to
Americans alone. The whole human
ace is afflicted with it. 1t began when
Adam plucked the forbidden fruit
and has been growing upon us ever
ince. 1t will end only when human
life ceases to exist.
Everybody knows it, and many ad-
nit it.
Truth is stranger than fiction, some
times, and life is the greatest story OF
an
That's what ails us.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-02-10
EVERYBODY DAY

Clean up-look up-stay up!
1t is only matter of a few weeks
| when spring cleaning will be with us
again.
Let's be ready for it, improve upon
The work of past years, and make this
town place of beauty.
Let's make it everybody's day.
If everybody leaves it for somebody
else to do nothing will be done except
in a perfunctory manner, but if we
ali "go to i" with determination to
excel it will only require small
amount of work on the part of each in
dividual.
The logical way to do thing is to
oitcn right in and stick to it until it
allow any slipping or sliding back to
the old level.
Mediocre results may be good
enough for some localities, but they
are not satisfactory to the people of
this town. We want something bet
ter, something out of the ordinary,
quite in keeping with the thrift and
intelligence of our community.
Why can't we have a general spring
cleanup day, when every citizen will
get out and put the polish on our town
remove the debris from certain
streets, clean up back alleys and un-
used thoroughfares, and place the
stamp of cleanliness, sanitation and
beauty upon the whole community.
No one objects to closing the bust
ness houses for day in order to hold
town picnic or other celebration.
That is a common occurrence all over
the country, and everybody has a gala
time.
But who ever heard of town clos
ing up business in order to take a
municipal bath?
It's a good move for this town to
inaugurate.
We're for a cleanup holiday, with
everybody in action.
Are you? Say Eyes"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-02-10
NEKOOSA

Albert Ford of Saratoga, was a
business visitor at Nekoosa Saturday.
Ella Edwards of Nekoosa, was a
hopper in Wisconsin Rapids Satur-
lay.
Mr.. Cash was among the Nekoosa
,hoppers in Wisconsin Rapids Satur-
lay afternoon.
Mrs |. M. Johnson of Nekoosa, was
n Wisconsin Rapids on shopping
tour Saturday.
Marion Brandt, the -year-old
Brandt of Nekoosa is confined to her
home with scarlet fever. Mrs. Brandt
is staying with her daughter during
The quarantine which started Friday.
VIM. Ruskowsky of Nekoosa was i'll
IN Friday and was unable to be at
work but felt sufficiently recovered on
Saturday to resume his duties
John Westover of Saratoga, was in
Nekoosa on business Saturday.
Bessie and Alma Gilbert were
among the Nekoosa shoppers in Wis
consin Rapids Saturday afternoon
Robert Guildenzopf of Port Ed
wards was a business visitor in Ne
'Soosa Saturday.
Mrs. Julia VerBunker of Port Ed
wards entertained a number of guests
at her home Sunday afternoon with
a luncheon. Among the guests were:
Mrs. J. w. Nash, Mrs. J. E. Nash.
Mrs. V. Nash, Mrs Palmatier, Mrs.
Chandos, Mrs. j. Nellis, Mrs. Gouger
and Mrs. M. Nellis, of Wisconsin Rap
ids Josephine, Angelina, Earl and
John VerBunker were also present. 4
very enjoyable afternoon was spent
by all.
Mrs. A. Lutjean of Port Edwards,
was among the shoppers in Wisconsin
Rapids today.
Mrs. Frank Brazeau was among
the Port Edwards shoppers in Wis
eonsin Rapids Saturday.
Ella Leverance OF Port Edwards,
was visitor in Wisconsin Rapids Sat
lrday.
Mrs. Mullenback of Wisconsin Rap
ids was visiting in Port Edwards Sat
urday afternoon.