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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-08
eHEAT SALE OF BLOOD.
ED SHORTHORNs
neao Cattle, Mostly Heifers, Sell
lot S44oo. and One Bull Brinos
the Top Price of s5.75

Desplte the rigorous weather yester
uay, 'he auction sale of blooded Short
iioins held at the Salmon Valley ranch
IN ~, - a. Norton was quite successful
nc attendance was not large, beine
composed of the men who wan.
lea cattle, as the weather was no,
ticuiarly genial for dsinterested snec
,a,ors. Velvet Supreme, the grand
Dull calf whose picture had graced
pages Of the Herald, was the topnotch.
ar OF the sale being bid in bv Minor
i}roWn Of Pahsamaroi for s575 One
heifer was so likely appearing that
she BROUGHT s4o0, and she was the
ueen of the sale. The average nrice
II stock was 1920. per head.
ollver Martini took eight females
all registered including the banner
yet Alexandrina S9191O, the highest
nriced of the stock.
mrs. Jessie Daniels bought one hul1
ma three heifers: Mrs. w. NJ Carmen
fAr two heifers Del Prowr two cows
as. Kerrigan NJ L Nulkey and Ber.
Lynch one heifer each.
Mr.. Norton is rllite encourag ged nv.
nr the results Of the sale. and saws
he NAV put on another at an earl,
date, Offering chiefly male stock ..
''h'"h time one mieht eypect IN strikc
hotter weather. --cn'mnn Herald
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-08

home in Italy. The return trip was
made on the steamer, Olympic. Mr..
and Mrs. Gini expressed themselves
as greatly pleased to be back home a.
gain for they found conditions in their
native land to be anything but salts
factory They left Immediately for
their home on East Fork, where they
are engaged in the livestock industry
and ranching.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Flappers.
The Word Traced to the Penguin.
like Walk Of Girls In London.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: A cor
respondent 'cslSs for q definition of the
word fiapper Here it is:
few years ago in London and the
suburbs girls about Is. 16 and II years
of age cultivated a silly walk. The
arms hung from the shoulders. the
elbows were stuck out straight from the
hips and the hands hung loose from
the wrist and Tapped as they walked.
That caused them TO amble along like
penguin, TO which they were llkened.
1t was like the Grecian bend OF much
earlier date. Then bicycles came into
fashion for women and girls and that
gave them something to do with their
hands and they Tapped no more.
This style OF walk gave much aniuse-
ment to the men, who gave the girls
the name OF happers, so that q girl now
who is not old enough to be termed a
woman Is a fiapper. am Londoner
myself. that is how know. suppose
the term has spread over here for girls
who are no longer children and are not
old enough to be termed women. That
is as we English understand the term
fapper. IoNpoNER.
CRoToN on HupsoN, February 25.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

New YORK HERALD that Americans
are all Yankees. Our Boston neigh
Dor argues that New Englanders, and
New Englanders alone. are entitled to
the distinction.
Admitting that DR.. OLIVER WENDELL
HoLMEs spoke of "the universal Yam
kee nation" the transcript ventures
the opinion that the kindly Autocrat
did not mean what he said. "The
context shows" remarks oTr neigh
bor that the idea which be sought
to convey was that the history, the
institutions, the enterprise and the
brain of New England had SC af-
fected the rest of the United States
that in that sense the country had
become a universal Yankee nation"
or course anybody is at liberty
to adopt the theory that when
DR.. HOLMES said something he meant
something which he did not say.
Others, likewise, are at liberty to be-
of very plain English he did not in
tend to say forty words in direct
contradiction of what the four words
mean. However that may be, some OF
the other bases of our contemporary
argument for New England's exclu-
sive ownership of the Yankee desig-
nation will scarcely bear scrutiny
1t implies, for instance, that it was
not until the time of the civil war
that foreigners began calling all
Americans Yankees. But is it not a
fact that Americans have been known
abroad as Yankees from the time of
the Revolutionary war to the days
of the great world war?
In this country it is very far from
being the case that only New Eng
landers have been called Yankees.
Even back in Colonial days the Penn
sylvania Dutch called all Americans
of English descent Yankees. Groups
in various sections of States have
been called Yankees by groups in
other sections.
1t is not to be wondered at that
New Englanders are proud to be
known as Yankees. So are we all Of
us, for that matter, so proud that
New England's claim to exclusive
ownership will not escape contest.
So when the Transcript asks is it
too late for New Englanders to at
tempt to reclaim the word as in
sense their peculiar designation we
are constrained to say that while it
may not be too late to make the at
tempt, it looks very much as though
it were far too late for the attempt
to succeed.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Sea CulIs Under a Ban.
Accused of Killing Fish and Robbing
WOrkmen of Their Lunches.

To THE New YORK HERALD: The Scc-
retary OF Agriculture issued an order
on January "a directing the destruction
in Alaska of the sea gulls ana
terms. which have devoured young
salmon and salmon eggs to such an ex-
tent as seriously to menace a great
commercial fisheries industry. As
there are millions of these predatory
birds along the Alaskan coasts the en-
ployees Of the Government will have a
very large contract on their hands. The
weak point of the order of the Secre-
tary, however, is his failure to allow
the utilization of the byproducts of the
birds, such as feathers. All birdie killed
must be destroyed on the spot as the
order stands.
The order of the Secretary OF Agrl-
culture should be extended to cover the
entire coasts Of salt and fresh water
of the United States. On our Atlantic
coast eternal millions OF gulls and terms.
protected by law, annually devour three
fourths of the eggs and young of our
food fishes. In summer one may see
thousands Of acres of fish eggs floating
on the surface of the salt water bays
and along the coast for several miles
out. The eggs spread out in vast wind
rows. a single species OF fish. such as
the bluefish In July, spawning areas of
eggs sometimes covering as much as
five square miles IN a nearly massea
body.
The young of our edible fishes. when
must be spawned and grown in the
bays for the first two years at least.
also go in immense swarms, massing in
the water as far down as the eye can
penetrate. Thousands of gulls and
terms in flocks are constantly feeding on
the young fry. devouring them In incon-
ceivable quantities.
II we are ever to resume a normal
food fish supply along our Atlantic
coast. now reduced to from per cent.
to 20 per cent. according to species. tho
bulk OF all the sea gulls and terms must
be slaughtered as quickly as possible.
1t is becoming a case Of contest as to
which shall survive, sea birds or man
kind. There should be q normal supply
of sea food equal to land food, and sea
food should always be sufficiently plen-
tiful to make up any deficiency caused
by failure of the worlds crops and meat
supplies.
That the sea birds are hostile to man
personally is shown in the reports from
San Francisco and other largo cities
that nocks of them hover in air and
when workmen pause for lunch attack
them. drive them away from their din
Eer pals and devour the contents.
We have had enough Of sentimentality
!
State and Federal laws prohibiting their
killing must be rescinded If we are to
have cheap fish for our tables. AS it
is sea food has advanced in price since
pre-war time from 80 to 800 per cent.
If we include shellfsh and crustaceans
DR.. w. ii. BALLoU,
Editor of the Science News Service.
New YORK, February 25.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
The Champion Word.
Five Letters From Which. Fiity.twO
Words Can Be Formed,

To THE New YORK HERALD: On your
editorial page last Sunday eight corre-
spondents gave eight different answers
to question somebody had raised as to
what five letter word in our language
contains the particular letters out of
which can, by alphabetic transpositions
be spelled the most words. The follow
ing were offered in solution: Heart, out
of which it was affirmed 33 different
words can be formed stare, %; times.
As; plate. 27; cream, 26; paste. 2S (;
steal, 2S; anger, 26.
Most OF your correspondents fell be-
low the actual number possible. For
instance, one claimed 81. one 2S recon-
binational word possibilities in stare.
According to my manuscriptal diction-
airy of anagrams listing nearly 5000
anagrammatizable words in the Amer
lean language. So words can be built
up from the five letters in stare.
According to my list the champion
five letter word for this emergency was
not mentioned by any one of your cor
respondents. This word is taper, out of
which so words can be formed, includ-
ing four proper nouns.
Recombining the letters OF short
words is of little value if you want
adapted practice to improve your spell
ing, enlarge your vocabulary, and make
you fgurewise. Here are a few man
size mental cocktails:
The seven letters in pershic can be
transposed into 5,039 additional combi-
nations, of which three combinations
spell actual words. What are the three
words?
The eight letters in elimscar can be
transposed into 40,319 additional combi-
nations, of which three spell actual
words What are the words?
The nine letters in ungemasir can be
transposed into 362,S79 additional COM
binations, of which two spell words.
What are the words?
The ten letters in cigarplens can be
transposed into 3.62s.799 additional COM
binations, OF which two form actual
words. What are the words?
The eleven letters in tilpenacous can
be transposed into 39.916,799 additional
combinations, OF which two spell Aneri-
can orthograms. What are they?
JACOB BAcKEs.
NEW YORK, February 25.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
The Close Of February.

Refulgent nights OF cold with tinted
Glitter in gorgeous pomp through naked
trees
Ger SHOWS that simmer ghostly pale
With luster from those far keen flames
or mngling spark blue with the rose of
wars,
OF phosphor green and drlftwood hre
hues.
Orion nings great Taurus to his knees
At midnight, then himself descends
The ladder OF the west, with flashing
mail
Now hidden to his belt that frames
A wide arc OF the hills, then leaving
Betelgeuse
Alone and ruddy ere the pageant ends.
And What OF day?
All, noble waning OF the winter sway!
Smooth shouldered clouds, with Tyrian
stain
Empurpling all their breadth, stoop to
the hills OF snow
That cleave the horizons turquoise
meath the rain
or morning gold between the shadow
bars.
And see how like chafed cheeks these
mantling bare twigs glow.
While wilding cherry buds show core OF
tender green.
The cold wind brings the busling OF a
chanticleer
And freight yard turmoil OF the distant
cars,
Then pauses, while the sun In that brief
respite smites
So potent on the shoulders that the men
or bleached grass and shorn gray trees
is fraught with surge
And tremor Of a hope. What torpor Of
the year
Was startled broad awake by that deli
cious sting
or fervor? What maid heart sweetness
OF far bridal rites
Surprised these marble cloisters of the
winter verge?--
Spring! ELIOT WHITE.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
AIarginalia.

What have l written?-Most that
would write
Lies in that reach of white
NAL script
Buried, as in a crypt!
Oh, very early Memory came to me:
Il send. as Muse, to thee
Mine eldest daughter; as she shall CON-
mand,
Follow her guiding hand"
/ had not known of her. or name she
bore,
Than all the Nine loved more
Memory's mute daughter-she who
touched no Tyre,
Yet nursed a secret fire,
Who from her singing sisters sat apart
Yet stored all things at heart.
With but her finger on scroll she
wrote.
But thence was nought to note,
Only her tracing finger-nought beside
Thus wrote she, shadow eyed.
Did Mnemosyne love her more (not less)
For this her helplessness?
o Muse enamored of the Silences.
l followed her DEGREES;
Sat tracing out in dreams so many q
screed,
Whereof is uought to read.
And long ago l found Gas still find)
My best remains behind;
For every thought that TO the world is
sent
Lives it's seal'd complement.
With days sublime and looming deeds
dwell,
Who little part may tell.
Take you on trust, that in this margin
white
Are legends recondite
or deep NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. drama
too.
With visions strange as new!
What! Do you say that all might come
to light
With touch of magic sleight--
Some chemic formula to oldtime known
(Now obsolescent grown)--
A sprinkled fluid and a gentle
Then stands the text complete!
EDITH NJ. THOMAS.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
In EehrnRrN.

y few lone snownakes loiter on the
bough:
Half sad the music OF the cold gray
wind,
The edges OF the sky are underlined,
And white mists blur the hilrs wood
crested brow
Silvery pale, the moon that rises now
Shines on a scene where sorrow seems
enshrined,
Beauty lies sleeping. all for which we
pined,
Yet Aprils blossoms shall the earth en-
dow.
still do remembered joys sweet solace
bring:
Hopes beacon light shines with a
steadfast ray
And cries across the dark Let
love abide.
Keep In your heart a vision OF the
spring,
Faint not, though rough and long the
future way,
Know this--that which once lived
has never died"
| ELrsArrrB SCOTLAND.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Not Through With Hettrick.

No sooner had one arm Of the law
released JOHN 7. HETrRICK from the
penitentiary than another arm took
him back TO face the machinery of
Justice For HErrRICK. while escap'
ing with a years Imprisonment for
one conviction of the offense of con
spiracy, is under Indictment on two
other counts relating to his evil work
in organizing contractors rings.
The law was unable to send
HErrRiCK to Sing Sing. where it sent
BEINDELL, the other big scamp whose
crimes were exposed by the Lock
wood committee HETTRICK had the
good fortune to be convicted of Il
misdemeanor only and to be put in
a position where, through the action
of the Parole Commission, he was set
free after he had served term one
fifth as long as BRINDELL's minimum
sentence.
But the engine of the law keeps
at work and those who are indignant
at EIETTRIcK' $ speedy release may see
him returned to prison. His crimes
were not in themselves as violent or
as crude as BRINDELL's, but their ef-
feet was further reaching. He was
the author OF system Of crooked
ness which preyed upon thousands
perhaps millions, of people, directly
or indirectly. There should be no
sympathy for such man. He got
no more and he got no less than he
deserved under his past conviction
for minor offense, and that was
right. 1t will be only right that, ii
he is found guilty of a greater Of
fense under which he remains in
dicted, he should get all he deserves
as BRINDELL got his.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Souvenir.

Although l did not meet her many times,
There lnger with me very clearly
still
Her bright hair, golden rs the daffodil,
Her laughter, like scale OF silver
chimes,
Her curved mouth that seemed made for
poets rhymes,
The grace of her unstudled attitudes,
The fresh surprises OF her ranging
moods.
Her gestures. vivid es some dainty
Mines.
And when, the other day chanced to
see
In some stray sheet the notice OF her
death.
II seemed as If | caught a fieeting
or far faint fragrance blown from mem
ory,
And, sensed. for those who once had
known her glance,
Her charm would last, eternal as ro-
nance CHARLOTTE BpcKgW.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
A Peep Behind the Scenes.
Pleasant Experience of a Stalled
MOtOrist Tn in The Bronx.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Has it
ever been your experience to be speeding
along some dark road out in The Bronx
or a night when the mercury was how
ering near zero and the chilling blasts
from the Sound were sweeping around
your unprotected ears, while before you
danced the vision of some roast chick
ems, table well laid and the family
circle waiting your return, and then to
have from a rear wheel of your blessed
tin Liz come the signal that further
advance is at an enc, that tire has
gone flop?
Such was my misfortune, or as II
turned out my good fortune. one night
recently when / was forced to spend
an anything but patient twenty min
utes seated on the most uncomfortable
of seats, a mound of gravel and ice. To
the right OF me was large red brick
building. i scowled at it many times.
rejecting that a gasoline station would
be better in that spot at that particu-
lar time.
However. my task being completed.
curiosity took possession of me. A
farmer, snugly imbedded in blankets
and hay. called out in response to my
query that the large, somber building
was Catholic institution for the deaf
and dumb. l went around to the front
to take a better look. The lower floor
was brilliantly lighted. The old school
boy spirit came over me to take O. peep.
Cautiously ! advanced to the windows
A sight presented itself which was diff
ferent from anything l had ever seen
ard not at all in accordance with my
ideas OF institution life.
There we're several tables of girls.
ranging from about real babies to young
ladies of fifteen or more. They were
very happy lot. They seemed to be
enjoying themselves to the full. How
their fingers few and their heads kept
time to the motion of their hands
They presented a picture of youngsters
thoroughly enjoying themselves.
over this happy bevy presided stout,
mothorly little lady. whose every ges-
ture showed kindness and patience
How she kept so many in order is
more than l can understand. But
order there was. One little one spilled
her milk thereupon an older girl went
to the matron to report. l was sure
that the cat-o'-nine-tails would come
out. but no; the motherly little lady
only shook her finger at the culprit
while she replenished the empty bowl.
She had a smile and caress for each
CT the babies and some of the older
ones too.
Many were her trips TO the larder
and each time she returned with aNdish
OF something different. Her last trip
brought forth glass OF jelly. Much
to my, surprise. as the glass went
around the table, each youngster made
u motion to her mouth. which l suppose
meant that she was incapable of hold
| ing more 1t was the first time I ever
knew OF children refusing jelly. That
little mother certainly had the hearts
OF her charges, afflicted as they are.
BY this time my cold and cramped
members and emptiness within reminded
me IL was time TO move on. SO / left
the kindly lady and her silent little
ones. intending some day to call and
make myself better acquainted. Il.
NEW YORK, February 25.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY &c, 1922.
A Phantom Avalanche.

The American Legion was incor-
porated by Congress September 16,
1919, as "a patriotic society of the
soldiers, sailors and marines of the
great war, 1917-191S." It's purpose,
set forth in its Federal charter, is:
Y "To promote peace and good will
ramong the peoples of the United
States and all the nations of the
Eearth; to preserve the memories and
incidents Of the great war Of 1917
t191S; to cement the ties of love and
tcomradeship born of service, and 10
tconsecrate the efforts of its mem
rbers to mutual helpfulness and SER
@'vice to their country. The organiza-
rtion shall be non-political and, as
IAN organization, shall not promote
@the candidacy of any person seeking
public Office"
4 Is there anything in this charter
of the American Legion that gives
latitude for the bonus raid members
Of the American Legion are now
naking? The charter specifically says
It's purpose is to "consecrate the ef-
forts of it's members to mutual help
fulness and service to their country"
Z Is a five billion dollar bonus raid
on the Treasury consecrated service
TO their country?
= HANFoRD MAcNIDEE is the national
mo fA ~ "a a mo II nuinr,
End HANFoRD MAcNrDER is using the
American Legion organization to
force through Congress the bonus
bill that would gouge five thousand
millions of dollars out of the Ameri-
can people with which to pay the
bonus.
Il Is this consecrated service to the
country? Does it reflect the spirit
of the charter of the American Legion
"a charter granted by the United
States Government, the Government
MAcNIpER and his organized followers
would now raid to the tune Of five
thousand millions of dollars?
The MacNider raiders, we say with
honor to the American Legion, do not
represent hundred per cent. of the
members of the American Legion
Neither do the MacNider raiders rep
resent one-half of the original mem
bership of the American Legion.
Neither do the MacNider raiders reps
resent even an impressive majority
OF the present depleted membership
OF the American Legion.
In view of this showing how is it
that this small organized band has so
fntimidated Congress-so filled Con-
gress with the vision of a phantom
political avalanche? And this phan-
tom political avalanche considered
in terms Of voters bulks less than
one per cent. of the voting population
of the country.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Cities Have Work for Horses.

( Many users Of horses in this city
will object to Commissioner HARR1ss's
suggestion to rid the streets of these
animals TO improve conditions.
There are a number of industries
In which the use OF horses remains
highly profitable. The ice and the
milk businesses, in which frequent
stops are necessary in making de-
Hveries, are examples OF lines in
which horses may be employed eco
nomically. For short freight hauls
trucking and transportation compa-
snies employ horses largely, and deal
ers In horses of the heavy draft type
say that the demand for such ami.
mails is increasing.
= With horses barred from the
streets OF New York city what would
become of the itnerant dealer in
fruits and vegetables? A return to
the pushcart from which many of
them we're graduated would greatly
increase congestion.
Horses have always been useful
In all large cities as they have been
elsewhere. They have served as an
advertising medium also, the fine
teams of some of the great business
enterprises attracting the attention
OF visitors as well as of those who
call New York their home and
thereby arousing interest in the
wares dealt in by the owners of the
horses. Whatever the automobile ac
compllshes the horse will retain