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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19
Register.

Give us your printing.
Haying is on in full blast.
Join the Industrial Association.
News is quite scarce these days.
Pin your faith to Challis and you
will come out on top.
Many tourists have been in town dur
ing the past week.
c. L. Kirtley and family were Sal
mon visitors last Tuesday
FL. ludlow and E X Tunison and
wife were Salmon visitors last Tues
day
E. K Tunison was on the sick list
several days the latter part of last
week
See the Challis Hardware, F. L.
ludlow, Prop, for your wire rope,
pulleys, etc.
Lard at the City Meat Market is
800 for five pounds and $500 for ten
pounds.
G. A. Joslin and wife were here last
Saturday night from their home at
Bayhorse.
George Aldredge was in town sew
eral days this week from his home
at Stanley.
M. A. Dillingham; and wife were
in Salmon on business the fore part
of the week.
Flo Clyde was on the sick list last
week but is able to be out and a.
round again now
We turn out just as good printing
as you can get anywhere and give you
Salt Lake prices on 1t.
Daddy" Leaton has been quite Ill
for the past week or so but is report
ed some better at this writing.
Mrs. N. c. Jensen is visiting with
her daughter, Mrs Bert Macnab,, at
their ranch home below Salmon
Mrs. N. C Jensen went over to
Pahsamaroi last week for Visit WIN
her daughter, Mrs Roscoe Hamilton.
Never a single job has been turned
out on cheap stock for we surely
want our customers to have the best
N. Hovey and family and Harold
Hoyey and wife spent the last week
end at Robinson Bar and other up
river points
Mac McKoney came down from. Bay
horse last week to have medlcal at,
tention given an eye in Which he hao
gotten some acid
J. H. Marker passed throug town
the fore part of the week on his way
to his home at Bayhorse from a bus
mess trip to Mackay
Game Warden McGown left the lat.
ter mart of last week for the upper
country after q short visit with rela
tives and friends here -
David Laing and assistant distrlc.
forester of Ogden, left the latter p2rl
of last week on an inspection tour OF
the Challis National Forest.
A new idea show of the latest class
and the Primary Election Ball WIN
dandy music election night, at Dodge
Hall, Tuesday, August lst'
G. A.. and Mrs Joslin were in ,towr
last Friday evening from their home
at Bayhorse attending meeting o.
the Chautauqua contract signers'
Mrs. w. e. Smith went down u
Salmon last week where she took th'
civil service postal examination foi
postmaster of the Challls pos'olii'e
Pat Lynch, well known ana respec
ted pioneer of this section was IN tne
city last Saturday from his ranch II
Antelope valley. Mr.. Lynch mas ho
been feeling well since an attack o
the flu and he was here to consul
with DIR Kirtley relative to his con con
dition - .2s'
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19
So Different From Her Own.

Il do enjoy those films with children
IN EN-" remarked tired-looking little
woman. when the children romp
around on the screen they don't make
q particle. of noise
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19
FIGHTER Must Not Weaken.

This alone is tn concern, to fight
manfully, and never. however mani
fold thy wounds, to lay down thine
arms. OF to take flight.-LorenZo
Scupoli
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19

lno lusled V Iau IoI PIP az MON aql
AMI lou PIP sQs. esnG1su lsllu7p Ieq
naddlVM0sLou guIuoM NLoN NON
tluaHpd IsA paueA ruM
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19
RIIsSfuI Ignorance.

"a uucheior is but mali man and
uuesli ,,iiuM it, remarks an exchange.
"A married man is reminded OF II
often. "--Bustun Transcript.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19
EXPLAINING One Problem

Jud Tunkins says some of the mod
ern problems are due to the fact that
there are too many chefs and not
enough hired girls
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19
Ideal Combination.

Most of the girls think they would
rather have good husbands than rich
ones, but they can't see why good
men shouldn't cultivate the money
making habit
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19
Absence Defined.

Absence is like wind which fans
a confiagration but which extinguishes
a candle-M. Tinayre.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19
Salty.

Salt beds covering an area of forty
square miles exist in Nova Scotia. One
bed alone is said to be 500 feet wide
and eighty feet deep.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19
Sometimes.

As a husband the handy man mas
1t all over the handsome man.-Boston
Transcript
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-07-19
Join the Industrial Association.
PURELY PERSONAL

For Nice Smooth Shave-and fash
ionable hair cut call at the Pastime
Club Room Barber Shop.-Henry Mich
OILS. Prop. advertisement
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it-this reminder Of q rrasedy Of Z
quarter Of q century agone. Their
lips refused to utter the words that
stroye to travel past them: they were
two men dumb, dumb through dis
covery which they had forced them
selves to face. through a fact which
they hoped against. each more or less
silently, yet felt sure must. sooner or
later. come before them. And now It
was here.
And this was the reason that TWEEN.
ty years before, Thornton FaIrchild,
white, grim. had sought the aid Of
Harry and Of Mother Howard. This
was the reason that a woman had
played the part Of man. to all
appearances only one Of three dIsap-
pointed miners seeking new field.
And yet
Il know what you're thinking" 1t
was Harry's voice, strangely hoarse
and weak. "Im thinking the same
thing But II mustn't be. Dead men
don't always mean they've died-In a
wye to cast reflections on the man
that was with 'em. Do You get what
! mean? You've said" and he looked
hard into the cramped. suffering face
OF Robert Falrchild- that you were
going to old your father innocent.
So IN ]. We don't know, Boy. what
went on ere. And we've got to 'ope
for the best"
Then. while Fairchih stood motion
less and silent, the big Cornlshman
forced himself forward, to stoop by
the side Of the heap Of bones which
once had represented a man. to touch
gingerly the clothing, and then to
bend nearer and hold his carbide close
to some object which Falrchild could
not see. At last he rose and with old,
white features, approached his part
ner.
THE appearances are against u.s."
came quietly. There's ole In Is
skull that Jury'll say was made by
a single Jack. It'll seem like some
one 'ad killed I'm, and then cayed In
the mine with box Of powder. But
'e's gone, Boy-your ,father-I mean.
II can't defend 'imself. We've got to
take Is part"
Maybe" Fairch!ld was graspIng
at the final straw-'maybe it's not
the person we believe It to be at all.
1t might be somebody else-who had
come in here and set of a charge Of
powder by accident and"
But the shaking Of Harry's head
stlfied the momentary ray Of hope.
NO. looked. There was a watch
all covered with mold and widowed.
| pried II open. It's got Larsen's
name inslde!"
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was 4 determination to fight for that
innocence as long as 1t was humanity
possible. But gossip told what he did
not.
There were those who remem.
bered the departure of Thornton Fair.
child from Ohadi. There were others
who recollected perfectly that In the
center Of the rig was a man, appar.
emily "Sissle" Larsen And they asked
questions. They cornered Harry, they
shot their queries at him one after
another. But Harry was adamant.
II Amt got anything to sye! And
there's an end to itw
Late that night, as they were en-.
gagged at their usual occupation Of re-
lating the varied happenings Of the
day to Mother Howard. there came a
knock at the door. Instinctively. Fair.
child bent toward her:
Your names out Of this-as long
as possible"
She smiled In her mothering. know.
Ing way. Then she opened the door.
there to find deputy from the
sberIf's Office.
They've impaneled Jury up at the
courthouse" he announced. 1.-THE
coroner wants Mr.. Fairchild and Mr..
Harklns to come up there and tell
what they know about this here skele-
ton they found"
II was the expected. The two men
went forth. to find the street about
the courthouse thronged, for already
the news Of the finding Of the skele-
ton had Travelled far. even into the
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-11-09
Rev. B. M. Bridges
Gives Facts In
His Case

II ID doubtful II there has ever been
medicine endorsed by 80 many minis
tiers Of the Gospel as has Tanlac. In
deed. there is scarcely faith, creed
or denomination In all the land In
which one, or more. Of the clergyman
has not publicly expressed their To-
debtedness to the Premier Preparation
for the benefits they have derived from
Its use.
One Of the latest to speak out in
this connection Is Rev. B. II. Bridges.
widely known and beloved Baptist
preacher. residing at Mooresboro. N.
c., whose statement follows:
~Tanlac has given me q good appe-
tite. toned up my system and renewed
my strength In such q gratifying way
that am glad to recommend It to any
one who Is in a rundown condition.
For ten years past have had such
a severe case of indigestion that
could not find anything to eat that
agreed with me. Finally became
very nervous and could get but very
little sleep or rest.
1T seems that / took nearly every.
thing trying to get myself right, Rg&.
nothing helped me until ! ran across
Tanlac. My nerves are 80 much better
now that my sleep il sound and re-
freshing. l enjoy my meals and have
also gained weight. ! can say from
experience that Tanlac Ii splendid
medicine and tonic. for II has built
me up wonderfully"
Tanlac Is sold by all good druggists.
advertisement.
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CHAPTER XII

They started forward then. making
their way through the slime and silt
Of the drift flooring, slippery and wet
from years Of flooding. on-on-they
stopped.
Progress had become impossible. Be
fore them. twisted and torn and piled
about In muddy confusion. the tim.
bers Of the mine suddenly showed In
a perfect barricade, supplanted from
behind by piles OF. muck and rocky
refuse which left no opening to the
chamber Of the stOpe beyond. Har.
rvs carbide went high In the air. and
he slid forward. to stand a moment
In thought before the obstacle. At
place after place he surveyed 1t. finally
to turn with a shrug OF his shoulders.
ats going to mean moren a month
Of the 'ardest kind of work, Boy" came
his final announcement. low II could
ave caved In like that Is more than
know. I'm sure We timbered 1t
good"
There was only one thing to do
turn back Fifteen minutes more and
they were on the surface. making
their plans; projects which eDtaIled
work from morning until night for
many day TO come. Harry reached
for a new AK and Indicated another.
"We'li cut ties first" he announced.
And thus began the weeks OF effort,
weeks In which they worked with
crude appliances; weeks IN which they
dragged the heavy stulls and other
timbers into the tunnel and then low.
cred them down the shaft to the drift,
two hundred feet below, only TO follow
them In their counterbalanced bucket
and lahoriously pile them along the
sides of the drift, there to await use
later on. Weeks In which they worked
In mud and slime. as they shoveled
out the muck and with theirgad hooks
tore down loose portions OF the hang
Ing wall to form a roadbed for their
new tram.
II was slow. CALLING progress, but
they kept at II. Gradually the tram
line began to take shape. pieced to-
gether from old portions of the track
which still lay in the drift and supple
mented BY others bought cheaply at
that graveyard Of miners hopes-the
Junk yard 10 Ohadi. At last It was
finished; the work a moving the heavy
timbers became easier now as they
were shunted onto the small tram
truck from which the body had been
dismantled and trundled along the
rails to the caye-In. there to he piled
IN readiness for their use. And final.
y--
A pick swung in the air, to give
forth chunky, smacking sound, as II
struck water-softened, spongy wood.
The attack against the cave-in had be-
gun. A foot at time they tore away
the old, broken. splintered timbers and
the rocky refuse which lay. piled be-
hind each shIvered beam: only to stop.
carry away the muck. and then rebuild.
Cold and damp. In the moist air Of the
tunnel they labored. but there was a
Joy - n all. Down here they could
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THE CROSS-CuT

lOTstt SquIut AouuiHc Auu iub SHuiAy
faced son; down here they could feel
that they were working toward q goal
and lay aside the handicap which
humans might put In their path.
Day after day Of labor and the In.
dentation upon the cave-in grew from
a matter Of feet to one Of yards. A
week. Two. Then, as Harry swung
his pick, he lurched forward and went
to his knees. 1--WE gone through" he
announced In happy surprise. "rve
gone through. We're at the end Of :"
Up went FaIrchlld's carbide. Where
the pick still hung In the rocky mass.
a tiny hole showed, darker than the
surrounding refuse. There was Joy
In Harry's voice as he made momen-
tary survey.
Its fairly dry behind there" he an
n0unced otherwise we'd have been
scrambling, around In water up to our
necks. We're lucky there, any'ow."
Again the attack and again the hole
wldened. At last Harry Strengthened.
1--WE can go In now" came finally.
"Are you willing to 80 with met"
"You mean-T"
But Harry stopped him.
Lets don't talk about It till We
ave to. Come on"
Silently they crawled through the
opening, the silt and fine rock rattling
about them as they did so, to come
upon fairly dry earth on the other
side, and to start forward. Suddenly,
as they walked along, Harry took the
lead, holding his lantern far ahead Of
him, with one big hand behind II, as
though for reflector. Then, Just as
suddenly. he turned.
Lets 90 out" came shortly.
"WhyT
"It's there" In the light Of the
lantern, Harry's face was white, his
big lips llyId. lets go"
But FaIrchild stopped him.
Harry" he said, and there was de-
termination In his voice, IF It's there
we've got to face 1t. Don't you
think that certain people would make
an Investigation II we should happen
to quit the mine now1"
'Thc Rodalnes!"
Exactly. And how much worse
would It be for them to tell the news
than for u.s."
"Nobody as to tell It" Harry was
staring at his carbide flare-"there's
wye.'
"Bnt we can't take II, Harry. In
my fathers letter was the statement
that he made only one mIstake-that
OF fear. I'm going to believe him
and In spite of what l find here, I'm
going to hold him innocent, and I'm
going to be fair and square and above
board about II all. There's nothing on
my conscience-and I know that II my
father had not made the mistake Of
running away when he did. there
would have been nothing on his"
Harry shook his head.
"'E couldn't do much else, Boy. Ro-
daine was stronger In some ways then
than he Il now. That was In different
days That was In times when squirt
Rodalne could ave gotten a 'undred
men together quicker'n cats wink
and lynched man without i'm 'aving
trial or anything. And II I'd been
your father. I'd ave done the same as
e did. I'd ave run. too-'e'd ave paid
for 1t with Is life II e didn't. guilty or
not guilty. And" he looked sharply
toward the younger man you say
to go ONT"
go on" said Fairchlld, and he
spoke the words between tightly
clenched teeth. Harry turned his light
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before him. and once more shielded
It with his big hand. A step-two.
then:
"Look-there-over by the foot.
WALL"
Falrchlld forced his eyes in the d..
rection designated and stared intent.
ly. At first II appeared only like a
succession Of dlsjointed, broken
stones. lying In straggly fashion along
the footwall Of the drift where II
wldened into the slope. or upward
slant on the vein. Then, II came forth
clearer. the thin outlines Of something
which clutched at the heart Of Robert
FaIrchld. which sickened him, which
caused him to fight down a sudden,
pan,cky desire to shield his eyes and
to run--a heap Of age-denuded bones,
the scraps Of a miners costume still
cllnglng to them, the heavy shoes pro-
truding In comically tragic fashion
over bony feet; q huddled, crampsd
skeleton Of q human belngl
They could only stand and stare Of
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,y Courtney RYleq Cooper
"MURpEREo!"
Copyr,sh. By Li,.A. Blown 3 ca

sYNoPSIS.-A, Thornton Fair
child's death his son Robert learns
there has been q dark period In
his fathers life which for almost
thirty years ha. caused him suffer-
ing. The secre. is limited ut In q
document left By the elder Fair
child. which also informs Robert
he Is now owner OF a mining claim
Ia Colorado. and advising him
to see Henry Beamish. a lawyer.
Beamish tells Robert his claim. a
silver mine. is at Ohadi. thirty
eight miles from Denver. He also
warns him against a certain man.
''Sluint" RodaI"e. his fathers en-
eng. Robert decides to 90 to Ohadi.
On the road to Ohadi from Denver
F'airchiid assists a girl apparently
In q frenzy 0. haste, TO change a
tire on her auto. When she has
left. the sheriff and posse appear.
In pursuit OF bandit. Fairchild.
bswiidered. misIeads them rs to the
direction the .irl had taken. At
Ohadl Fairchi!& is warmly greeted
by Mother" Howard. boarding
house keeper. i.r his fathers sake.
From Mother Howard Fairchili
learns something Of the mystery
connected with the disa appearance
OF "sissie" Larsen. his fathers CO.
worker In the mine. He meets the
girl he had assisted. but she denies
her identity. She Is Anita Rich
mond. Judge Rlchmond's daughter.
Visiting his claim. F'airchild is
Swallowed by man he recognizes
from descriptions as "Sauint" Ro-
dame. Back In Ohadl. his fathers
old friend. Harry Harkins. Cor
nishman. summoned from England
by Beamlsh to help Fairchild.
halls him with Joy. The pair fnh
the mine flooded and have not SUM-
cient funds 10 have II pumped dry.
Later In the day "Squint" Rodaine
announces that he practically saw
Harkins fall into the flooded mine.
and evidently Is drowned. Harkins
being a general favorite. the entire
flooded mine. when the work is
practically uspe. Harry appears.
II had been a Yhrewd trick, and
tsS men take II =. good Joke.
FaIsghild learns that Judge Rich
mond Ia dying. and that he and
Anita ere In the power OF the Ro-
dnines They begin. a. partners,
TO work the mine. In 'heir hearts
both fear Larsen was killed by
ThorntoL .'slrchild and his body
buried by a cerc.sn which destroyed
the mine. At the "Old Times Ball.
Fairchild dances with Anita. to the
discontinue OF Maurice Rodaine,
son of "Sqnint." supposed to be
engaged to the girl. A bandit holds
up the dance and shoots a merry
maker. Maurice Rodalns claims he
recognized the bandit as HRrkins.
The latter In arrested. Fairchild
interferes 10 save Anita from the
bullying OF the two Rodaines, and
Ia mystiied at Anita's apparent
ingratitude. Fairchild puts up the
claim as bond. and secures Harry's
release from jail. They are offered
10000 for the claim. by an unknown
party. but agree TO disregard II.
Clearing the mine. they come to
where they fear to find Larsen's
rcmains
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little mining camps which skirted the
town. Everywhere were black crowds
under the faint street lamps. The
basement Of the courthouse was illu
minated; and there were clusters OF
curious persons about the stairways
Through the throngs started Harry
and FaIrchild, only to be drawn aside
BY Farrell, the attorney.
I'm not going to take part In
this unless have to-" he told them.
1T will look better for you II II Isn't
necessary for me to make an appear.
ance. How do you know but what
Thornton Fairchlld was attacked by
this man and forced 10 kill In self-de-
tense? It's penitentlary offense for
a man to strike another. without SUI.
ficient justification, beneath ground.
And had Sissie Larsen even 80 much
as slapped Thornton Fairchild. that
man would have been perfectly justi.
fed In killing him to protect himself.
Guide yourselves acknowledgement l
will be there only as a spectator, un.
less events should necessitate some
thing else"
They promised and went on. some.
what calmer In mind, to edge their
way to the steps and to enter the
basement Of the courthouse. The
coroner and his jury, composed Of six
miners picked up haphazard along the
street-acc0rding to the custom Of
coroners In general-were already
present. So was every person who
possibly could cram through the doors
Of the big room. To them all Fair.
child paid little attention-all but
three.
They were on back seat In the
long cOurtroom-Squint Rodaine and
his son, chalkier. yet blacker than
ever. while between them sat an old
woman with white hair which strag.
gled about her cheeks, a woman with
deep-set eyes, whose hands wandered
now and then vaguely before her; a
wrinkled woman. fidgetIrg about on
her seat. watching with craned neck
those who stuffed their way within
the already crammed room. her eyes
never still. her lips moving constant.
ly. as though mumbling some never
ending rote. Falrchild stared at her,
then turned to Harry.
"Who's that with the Rodalnes?"
Harry looked furtively. Gray
Laura-hls wife"
"But-"
"And she amt ere for anything
good" Harry's voice bore tone Of
nervousness. "Squint Rodaine don't
even recognize 'er on the street-much
less appear In company with 'er.
Something's 'appening"
"But what could she testify to-"
SOW should | knowf" Harry said
It almost petulantly. II didn't even
know she"
"Oyez. oyer, oyer" It was the
bailiff. using a regular district-court
introduction Of the fact that an In
quest was about to be held. The crowd.
ed room sighed and settled. The coro-
ner stepped forward.
ave are gathered here tonight to
inquire into the death Of man sup
posed to be L. A. Larsen, commonly
called 'Sissie.' whose skeleton was
found today in the Blue Poppy mine.
AS sworn and true members Of the
c6roner's Jury. I charge and command
you In the great usms Of the sovereign