The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-09-13

(which would establish q special 400
meter wave length system to permit
those fans who desire to "listen in
to the best stations with less inter
ference from some of the lesser lights
in radio broadcasting.
As one effect of the coal strike, fuel
imports during August advanced sharp.
ly over the previous month. according
to foreign trade reports issued by the
commerce department.
An increase of $85,OO0,OOO in the
public debt during August Is announc.
cd by the treasury.
The Pomerene bill regulating cam.
paign expenditures Of candidates for
election to the senate and house has
passed the senate. The measure takes
the place Of the law held unconstitu
tional in the Newberry case. 1t now
goes to the house.
Honesty and truth-telling will be in.
jected into next falls campaign in
every state in the Union. Candidates
for public office must stand up and be
counted. Officials of the League Of
Women Voters made this very plain
at the Washington office. They assert
ed that their membership, country
wide has no intention Of voting blind.
All women frankly are curious, they
explained and as election day draws
near they will become more and more
SO.
Funds totalling 100000 have been
authorized by President Harding to
enable army engineers to begin con-
structiOn work on the Wilson dam,
at Muscle Shoals, Ala, on an extensive
scale, pending use Of the $7,5O0,OO0
appropriated by congress, which be.
comes available October l.
Since November, 1920, the refining
branch OF the oil industry has been
conducted at loss, according to evil
dence submitted to the state commit
tee on manufacturers, which is in
vestigating the oil business. The in.
dustry as a whole-prOducers, rein.
ers, transporters and jObbers-made
an average net profit in 1921 Of little
more than 4 per cent.
Congress is given an opportunity "to
do a grand thing in empire building
in connection with the soldiers bonus,
Senator McNary, republican, Oregon,
declared in the senate in urging his
reclamation amendment that measure.
Calling attention that in every war the
government had provided as aid, land
for the veterans, he argued that there
was no good reason for the abannon-
ment of this national policy at this
time"
The administration bill for control
ana distribution of coal during the
mining and transportation emergency
Wits passed by the house, PA to 81,
and sent to the senate with assurance
of early consideration.
FOREIGN
A British delegation headed by Sir
Charles Wakefield and organized by
the Sulgrave institution have sail for
an American tour, the principal pur-
pose of which is to take statue of
Burke and busts of Chatham and
Bryce. as gifts to the American PEG.
pie.
A new grain elevator is to be built
at Tarte Pier, Montreal, costing ST.
$4,000 with an initial capacity of q
100000 bushels to be ultimately in
creased to S.OOO,OOO bushels, accarding
to the announcement of the minister
of marines and fisheries.
Australian manufacturers have been
caused some perturbation by the Ger.
man catalogues now being circulated
throughout the country because of the
low prices quoted for goods which are
permitted to enter Australia.
Frank II. Dunn Of Outermount, a
revenue collector has been arrested
chared with stealing $2O0,OOO from the
province of Quebec. The money al
legged to have been stolen comprises
government receipts and taxes from
race tracks.
Following the official protest which
the Latvian government sent to Mos
COW regarding the unseemingly con.
duct Of seventy communists now
spending a vacation at the seaside ut
Riga. the Latvian police obtained evil
dence to support the note. The po-
lice possess photographs showing that
the communists are not wearing the
red bathing suits furnished them and
that they are Adam and Eveing in the
beautiful garden surrounding their pa
latial palace. The police say that the
Photographic negatives would be con-
fisicated in any other country in the
world except Russia.
The majority Of 44.545 against pro-
hibition Is shown by the unofficial
Humiliation of tho rntao coot In Suu.