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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-08
NOTICE TO AUTOMOBILE AND MO.
TOR VEHICLE OWNERS

Notice is hereby given to all own.
ers OF automobiles or motor vehicles
that they must secure their license
for such automobiles or motor vehic.
les on or before the first day Of March
for the current year. Failure to com.
lily with the law governing the same
makes all such owners liable to ar.
rest and fined. M. BURNETT, As.
SCISSOR of Custer County. Idaho.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-08

opnion Of A. R. Erskine. president Of
the Studebaker Corporation. Compa
MES with ample facilities for eoonom
ical production will have. nothing 10
fear he believes. He continues: 1.-The
automobile industry is standardized
established business which suffered
no greater curtailment last year than
other industries, but in fact showed
less decline than several supposedly
more stable industries. The wide
spread and ever increasing use Of au
tomobiles insures progressively ex
panding demand for motor cars IN DO
nestle and foreign markts, and 1t is
probable that a minimum of 1,5OOOOO
automobiles will be produced and sold
by the industry this year,.
II believe that prosperity will re-
turn at a very leisurely pace, and dc
not expect any sudden or prolonged
movement either up or down. is the
opinio n of J. Ogden Armour, presi
dent of Armour & Company. SINH
lar expectations are expressed by
James s. Alexander, president Of the
National Bank of Commerce of New
York and George M. Reynolds, chair
man of the board of directors Of the
Continental & Commercial National
Bank of Chicago. Paul M. Warburg
chairman International Acceptance
Bank, declares that a general upward
trend of trade and prosperity cannot
be hoped for until the reparations
question is settled in a practical man
ner. Carl R Gray, president of the
Union Pacific system, believes that
there will be reductions in wages
which will, as a minimum, eliminate
the Increases made by order of the La
Dor Board two years ago.
Broadly speaking, the United States
controls about one-half the sugar OF
the world outside the former battle
lines of Europe. Earl D. Babst, pres
ident of the American Sugar Refining
Company, declares that there is still
little exportable surplus in the wal
area. ut is wholly desirable to keep
sugar prices down in order to hold
our foreign markets" he continues
"This is very important to the sugar
industry as a whole"
The United States Steel Corpora
ton did much better in 1921 than the
Independents, according to an expert
Of the corporation. He declares that
steel producers are looking forward
to buster year through 1922.
Foreign government financing is
becoming increasingly familiar to
American investors. A very few years
ago such a thing as foreign govern.
ment bond was practically unknown to
our markets. The first stable foreign
government financing done in this
country was the $25,OOO,OOO Argentine
Government notes brought out in May,
1915. 1t is interesting to note the
marked change that has taken place
in such a short time. We have now
reached a stage where It is safe to
assume that there is hardly an inves.
tor who does not either own a for
eign government or municipal Issue
or Is at least familiar with this type
OF security. Bonds of foreign govern.
ments will become a vital element in
our political, economical and financial
life. 1t is the opinion of the writer
that the future looks brighter TODAY
than 1t has for the past tweleye
and from the foregoing statements
made by undisputed fnanciers, we
may look forward to a gradual. heal.
thy growth Of return to good times
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-08

n ~Mcn : approves a fair prof,t
1 Exams will help to MAZE than ~,
regular patrons. >e"
The Adair County news., 1922-12-26

matchbox from his pocket, and glanc-
ing about at the three others as
though to select from them the one
one most likely to be an efficient aid
he handed it to Eaton. "Win you
help me, please? Strike "a light and
hold it as l direct-then draw 1t away
slowly"
He lifted the partly closed eyelid
from one of the eyes Of the uncon.
sciOus man and nodded to Eaton ::
"Hold the light in front of the pupil" !"
Eaton obeyed, drawing the light
slowly away as Sinclair had directed,
and the surgeon dropped the eyelid
and exposed the other pupil.
whats that for?" Avery now
asked.
81 was trying to determine the Sc
riousness of the injury to the brain.
/ was looking to see whether light
could cause the pupil to contract.
There was no reaction"
Avery started to speak, checked
himself-and then he said: "There
could be no reaction believe, Doctor
Sinclair"
"What do you meanP'
His optic nerve is destroyed."s
"Ah. He was blind?"
''Yes, he was blind Avery admit
ted
Blind :" Sinclair calculated. Blind,
and operated upon within two years
by Kuno Garrtl' Kuno CART Operat-
ed only upon the all-rich and powerful
or upon the completely powerless and
poor; the unconscious man in the
berth could belong only to the first
class of CARTS clientele. The sur
geon's gaze again searched the fea
The Adair County news., 1922-12-26
RIGHT sY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

the forward end Of the car, where he
had left the porter
Lock the rear door OF the car" he
commanded. "Then come back here"
He gave the negro the keys, and
himself waited to prevent anyone
from entering the car at his end
Looking through the glass of the door,
he saw the young man Eaton standing
in the vestibule of the car next ahead
Connery hesitated; then he opened
the door and beckOned Eaton to him
'Win you go forward, please" he
requested, "and see if there isn't a
doctor"
'YOu mean the man with red hair
in my carr" Eaton inquired.
"That's the one"
Eaton started off without asking
any questions. The porter, having
locked the rear door of the. car, re-
turned and gave Connery back the
keys Connery still waited, until Ea-
ton returned with the red-haired man.
He let them in and locked the door
behind them.
"You are a doctOr" COnnery ques-
toned the red-haired man.
81 am a surgeon; yes"
That's what's wanted. Doctor
"My name is Sinclair. l am Doug
las Sinclair of Chicago"
Connery nodded 81 have heard of
you" He turned then to Eaton. do
you know where the gentleman is who
belongs to Mr.. Dorne's party?-Avery,
I believe his name is"
HE is in the observation car" Ea-
ton answered.
"Will you 60 and get him? The car
door is locked. The porter will let
you in and out Something serious
has happened hereto Mr.. Dorne
Get Mr.. Avery, if you can: without
alarming Mr.. Dorne's daughter"
Eaton nodded understanding and
followed the porter, who, taking the
keys again from the conductor, let
him out at the rear door of the car
and reclOsed the door behind him
Eaton went on into the observation
car
Without alarming Harriet DOrne, he
got Avery away and out of the car
ais 1t something wrong with Mr..
Dorne?" Donald Avery demanded as
Eaton drew back to let Avery pre-
cede him into the open part OF the car.
$50 the conductor says"
Avery hurried forward toward the
berth where COnnery was standing
beside the surgeon. COnnery turned
toward him.
81 sent for you. sir, because you are
the companion of the man who had
this BERTH
Avery pushed past him, and leaped
forward as he looked past the sur
geOn. "What has happened to Mr..
DorneH"
you see him as we found him, sir. "
The Adair County news., 1922-12-26
CHAPTER vi
Msn,t This Basil santoine?"

1911 SdSil
The surgeon. having finished lOVs-
ening the pajamas, pulled open and
carefully removed the jacket part,
leaving the upper part of the body OF
the man in the berth exposed. Con-
ductor COnnery turned to Avery.
"YOu have no objection to my TAX
ing a list of the articles in the berth?'
Avery seemed to oppose; then, ap-
parently, he recognized that this was
an obvious part of the conductors
duty 'None at ALL" he replied.
Connery gathered up the clothing,
the glasses, the watch and purse, and
laid them on the seat across the aisle.
Sitting down. then. opposite them, he
examined them, and, taking every
thing from the pockets of the clothes.
he began to catalogue them before
Avery. He counted over the gold and
banknotes in the purse and entered
the amount upon his list.
"You know about what he had with
himr' he asked.
every closely. That is correct.
Nothing is missing" Avery answered.
The conductor opened the watch.
"The crystal is missing"
Avery nodded. "Yes; it always
that is, 1t was missing yesterday"
Connery looked up at him, as
though slightly puzzled by the manner
Of the reply; then, having finished his
list, he rejoined the surgeon.
Sinclair was still bending over the
naked torso 1t had been "a strong,
healthy body Sinclair guessed its age
at fifty As a boy, the man might
have been an athlete-a college track
runner or oarsman-and he had kept
himself in condition through middle
age. There was no mark or bruise
upon the body, except that on the
right side and just below the ribs
there now showed scar about an
inch and half long and of peculiar
crescent shape. 1t was evidently a
surgical scar and had completely
healed.
Sinclair scrutinized this carefully
and then looked up to Avery. "He
was operated on recently"
"About two years ago."
''For whatY'
"It was some operation on the gall
bladder
"Performed by Kuno Gart?"
Avery hesitated. Il believe so."
He watched Sinclair more closely
as he continued his examination. Con
merry touched the surgeon on the arm.
The Adair County news., 1922-12-26

the great western financier, Matthew
LatrOn. There had been nothing In
this affair which had in any way
shadOwed dishOnor upon Santoine. So
much as in his role Of a mind without
personality SantOine ever fought, he
had fought against LatrOn; but his
fight had been not against the man
but against methods. There had come
then a time of uncertainty and Un-
rest; public consciousness was in
the process of awakening to the
knowledge that strange things, ap-
preaching close to the likeness Of
what men call crime, had been being
done under the unaSsuming name Of
business. SCandal-fnanCial scandal
-breathed more strongly against La
trOn than perhaps against any of the
other western men. He had been
among their I.'..~"%t; he had his enc
mics. of whom impersOnally SantOine
might have been counted one, and he
had his friends. both in high places;
he was a world figure. Then. all Of
a sudden, the man had been struck
lO" u-hlllGO, DCCduSC VI SOLlC Dl " tAJC
quarrel, men whispered, by an obscure
and till then unheard-Of man.
The trembling wires and cables,
which should have carried to the wait
ing world the expected news Of La
irons conviction, carried instead the
news of LatrOn's death; and disorder
followed. The first public concern
had been Of course, for the stocks and
bonds Of the great LatrOn properties;
and LatrOn's bigneSs had seemed only
further evidenced by the stanchness
with which the LatrOn banks, the La
trOn railroads and mines and public
utilities stood firm even against the
shock of their builders death. As
sured of this, public interest had shift
ed to the trial, conviction and SEN
tence of LatrOn's murderer; and Il
was during this trial that Santoine's
name had become more publicly
known. Not that the blind man was
suspected of any knOwledge-much
: less Of any cOmplicity-In the crime;
the murder had been because OF
purely private matter; but in the ea-
ger questioning into Latron's circum-
stances and surroundings previous to
the crime. Santoine was summoned
into court as a witness.
The blind man, led into the court,
sitting sightless in the witness chair
revealing himself by his spoken, and
even more by his withheld, replies as
one Of the unknown guiders of the
destiny Of the Continent and as cOun-
selor 20 the most pOwerful-himseh
till then hardly heard Of but plainly
one of the nations "'uncrOwned rulers"
had caught the public sense. The
fate of the murderer, the crime. even
Latron himself. lost temporarily their
interest IN the public curiosity over
the personality of SantOine.
1t had been reported for some'Nays
that Santoine had come to Seattle di-
rectIy after Wa-jlcn's death; but
when this. was almi;ted his assoei-
ates had always been careful 70 add
that Santoine, having been a close
personal frieDl Of Gabriel Warden,
had come purely IN 2 personal capac-
ity. and the depression was given that
Santoine had retauied quietly some
CONF 9uEp on PAGE
The Adair County news., 1922-12-26
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I.-Gabriel Warden, Seattle
capitalist, tells his butler he is expecting
a caller, to be admitted without question.
He informs his wife of danger that
threatens him II he pursues course he
considers the only honorable one. War
den leaves the house in his car and meets
q man whom he takes into the machine
When the car returns home Warden is
found dead, murdered, and alone. The
caller, a young man, has been at War
oen's house, but leaves unobserved.
CHAPTER II.-Bob Connery, conductor
receives orders to hold train for a party
1--WE men and a girl board the train.
The father of the girl Mr.. Dorne, is the
person for whom the train was held.
Philip d. Eaton, a young man, also
boarded the train. Dorne tells his daugh-
ter and his secretary, Don Avery, to find
cut what they can concerning him.
CHAPTER III.-The two make Eaton's
acquaintance. The train is stopped by
Enowdrifts.
CHAPTER IV.-Eaton receives a tele-
Gram addressed to Lawrence Hillward,
which he claims. 1t warns him he is
being followed.
The Adair County news., 1922-12-26
COnnery stared down nervOuJy beside

Connery stared down nervOu1y beside
him.
Avery leaned inside the curtains
and recoiled. "He's been murdered !"
"It looks so, Mr.. Avery. 4 Yes; if
he's dead, he's certainly bS Sen MUIR
dered," Connery agreed. You can
telr'-Connery avoided mehtiOn of
President Jarvis name-"tel anyone
who asks you, Mr.. Avery, that you
saw him just as he was found"
He looked down again at the form
in the berth, and Avery's gaze fol-
lowed his; then, abruptly, it turned
away. Avery stood cIingins to the
curtain, his eyes darting from one to
another of the three men.
"WiIl you start your examination
now, Doctor SinclairT' Connery sug-
gested.
The surgeon, before examtning the
man in the berth more closely. lifted
the shades from the windows Every
thing about the berth was in place,
undisturbed; except for the mark of
the savage blow on the side of the
mans head, there was no evidence Of
anything uhIsaaY IT was self-eyident
that. Whatever h9d heen the motives
The Adair County news., 1922-12-26

lures In The berth; then IT shifted to
the men gathered about him in the
aisle.
"Who did you say this was?' he de-
manded of Avery.
Il said his name was Nathan
DOrne" Avery evaded.
'NO, no." Sinclair jerked out i'm
patiently. Isn't this" He hest
tated, and finished in voice suddenly
lowered: Isn't this Basil Santoine?"
Avery, if he still wished to do so,
found it impossible to deny.
Basil SantOine"" COnnery breathed
To the conductor alone, among the
four men standing by the berth, the
name seemed to have come with the
sharp shock of a surprise; with it had
come an added sense of responsibility
and horror over what had happened
to the passenger who had been con-
fded to his care, which made him
whiten as he once more repeated the
name to himself and stared down at
the man in the berth.
Conductor COnnery knew Basil San
tome only in the way that Santoine
was known to great numbers of other
people-that is, by name but not by
sight.
Basil SantOine at twenty-five hau
been graduated from Harvard, though
blind. His cOnnectiOns-th family
was of Well-tO-dO southern stOck-his
possession of enough money for his
own support, made it possible for him
to live idly if he wished; but Santoine
had not chosen to make his blindness
an excuse for doing this. He had
at once settled himself to his chosen
profession, which was law. He had
not found it easy to get a start in
this, and he had succeeded only after
great effort In getting place with a
small and unimpOrtant firm. Within
a short time, we'll within two years,
men had begun to recognize that in
this struggling law firm there was a
powerful, clear, compelling mind.
SantOine, a youth living In darkness,
unable to see the men with whom he
talked or the documents and books
which must be read to him; was be-
ginning to put the stamp Of his per-
sonality on the firms affairs. A year
later his name appeared with others
of the firm; at twenty-eight his was
the leading name. He had begun to
specialize long before that time, in
corporation law; he married shortly
after this, At thirty the firm name
represented to those who knew its
particulars only one personality, the
personality of Santoine; and at thirty
five-thOugh his indifference to money
was proverbial-he was many times a
millionaire. But except among the
small and powerful group of men who
had learned to consult him, Santoine
himself at that time was utterly I'M
known.
Consulted continually by men con
cerned in great projects, immersed
day and night in vast affairs, capable
Of living completely as he wished-he
had been, at the age of forty-six. great
but not famous, powerful but not pub
licly known At that time an event
had occurred which had forced the
blind man out unwillingly from his
Obscurity.
] This event had been the murder OF
The Adair County news., 1922-12-26


Of the attack, robbery was not one;
whoever had struck had done no more
than reach in and deliver his mur-
derous blow; ther he had gone on.
Sinclair made first an examination
Of the head; completing this, he un-
buttoned the pajamas upon the chest,
loOsened them at the waist and pre-
pared to make his examination of the
body.
"How long has he been deadT" Con-
merry asked.
"He is not dead yet. Life is still
present" Sinclair answered guardedly.
whether he will live or ever regain
consciousness is another question"
"One you can't answerF
"The blow. as you can see"-Sin-
clair touched the mans face with his
deft finger-tips-"fell mostly on the
cheek and temple. The cheekbone is
fractured. He is in a complete state
of coma (; and there may be some frac-
ture of the skull. OF course. there is
some concussion of the brain"
Any inference to be drawn from this
as to the seriousness of the injuries
was plainly beyond Connery. "How
long ago was he struck" he asked.
"Some hours. Since midnight, GER
tainly; and longer ago than five
o'clock this morning."
"Could he have revived half an hour
ago-say within the hour-enough to
have pressed the button and rung the
bell from his berth?"
Sinclair Strengthened and gazed at
the conductor curiOusly. mo, GER
tainly not" he replied. 'gThat is COM
pletely impossible. Why did you ask?"
Connery avoided answer. But Avery
pushed forward "What is that?
What's that?" he demanded.
"Will you go on with your exami-
nation, DOctor?" Connery urged.
"YOu said the bell from this berth
rang recently" Avery accused Con-
merry.
"The pointer I'm the washroOm, in
dicating a signal from this berth, was
turned down a minute ago." Connery
had to reply. "A few moments ear
lier all pointers had been set in the
position indicating no call"
''That was before you found the
bodyp'
''That was why / went to the berth
yes" COnnery replied; that was
before 1 found the body" \
"Then you mean you did not find
the body" Avery charged. Someone.
passing through this car a minute or
so before you, must have found him p
Connery attended without replying.
And evidently that man dared not
report it and could not wait longer
to know whether Mr,-Mr. Dorne was
really dead; so he rang the bell!"
"Ought we keep Doctor Sinclair any
longer from the examination, sir?'
COnnery now seized Avery's arm in
appeal. "The first thing for us to
know is whether Mr.. Dorne is dying
Isn't"
COnnery checked himself; he had
won his appeal. Eaton, standing qui.
etly watchful, observed that Avery's
eagerness to accuse now had been
replaced by another interest which
the conductors words had recalled.
Whether the man in the berth was to
live or die-evidently that was mo-
mentOusly to affect Donald Avery one
way or the other.
"Of course, by all means proceed
with your examination, Doctor"
Avery directed.
As Sinclair again bent over the
body Avery leaned over also; Eaton
gazed down, and COnnery-a little
paler than before and with lips tight
ly set.
The Adair County news., 1922-12-26

"What must be done, Doctor? And
where and when do you want to do
i:T'
Sinclair, however, 1t appeared, had
not yet finished his examination.
"Will you pull down the window cur
tains?' he directed.
AS Connery, reaching across the
body, complied the surgeon took a
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-07-14
MAc.DRY POPULAR
 BATTERY FOR DESERT

The motoring fraternity is fast learning that the cheapest for the car is not always the best, says Jay Nich- olas of the Star Motor Service, the Arizona distributors for the Mag Dry battery. MT. Nicholas had occasion to witness the sad plight of a few tour ists who endeavored to cross the desert between Needles and Barstow with inferior and cheap equipment.
 When the average tourist starts he fails to see if his battery is in first class shape, if it needs water, if it is a battery that will stand the hard ship of desert trip in midsummer, with the thermometer lowering around 120 in the shade and no shade or water to be had, it behooves the auto ist to play safe, in the selection of his battery.
 Mir. Nicholas who has been engaged in the battery business for years has after a long study taken over the Mac-Dry battery for Northern Ari- zona. Asked for his reason for select ing this particular battery he had the following to say:, ,.. V . .t d.,
 "The Mac-DryBattery is a revela- ton in storage batteries for automo- bile use insofar as it eliminates the constant inspection and attention nec- essary with the wet or acid battery. It will stand up under heat of any temperature. A torch applied to the compound will have no effect. In outward appearances it is identical with types of other batteries but with in, it has a greater supply of energy due to its simplified construction. No separators are used. Instead, the composition is poured in as a liquid, thereby penetrating every crevice. It forms concrete separation between the plates which prevents the plates from buckling or shorting in any way. There is no possibility of plate shedding its material if it is con stantly compressed by solid sub stance. These things taken into con sideration with three year guarantee with every battery that we sell are the reasons that We have taken the distributors agency for this battery, Any one who owns an automobile owe it to themselves as we'll as their pocketbook to inspect this battery and see just what may be. expected of a good battery. ,t r'' .Al..~
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-07-14
Second Page of the Automobile Secti0 ion
SAYS TOURISTS ARE SELF:
 APPOINTED ADVERTISERS

On the open road with the sky for roof and the whole outdoors for a play ground is a slogan of a good many automobile owners they are fol- lowing the instincts of us all, to hit the high spots, and roam to their hearts content. The highways are lined with cars, from the most ex- pensive to the lowly Ford, and yet they come, their numbers seem un- limited. :..:.
 Aubrey Sims of the Old Trails Garage and repair shop in speaking of the tourist trade made a few per tinent remarks. Mir: Sims said that there were many repair shops and garages that feel that the tourist trade should be charged according to the size and price of car they happen to be driving. He points out that the work done on cars for the tourist should be of the best, and the price charged not more than is paid by local people. The tourist has an un- derground channel of news that travels from Chicago to the coast, and if tn emen engaged in garage and re- pair service overcharges or put out 8 job that is not up to standard, it acts as boomerapg and word is passed