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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
Land Law Declared Vailed

San Francisco-The California ann.
alien land law, which forbids Japan.
csc owning or leasing California land,
was upheld in a decision of the feder-
al district court Of appeals, on record
Tuesday. The decision was In the suit
of W. L. Porterfield and Y. Mizuno Of
Los Angeles, who sought to enjoln
State Attorney General u. s. Webb
from enforcing the law. The court
held the law constitutional and ruled
Webb had the right to enforce it. The
case may be carried to the United
States supreme court.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
Washington-A final decision on I

WashingtOn-A final decision on tn,
offer of Henry Ford for the govern
ment nitrate and power plant ut Muscle
Shoals, Ala, will be made shortly, +
was indicated Monday at the war de
partment. Shortly after noon Monda,
Secretary Of War Weeks went into con
ference with w. B. Mayo and ]. w
Ford engineers; Secre
tary Of Commerce Hoover and Majo,
General Lansing Beach, chief of arm,
and Brigadier General Tay
lor. assistant chief Of army engineer
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
Rams PAPER Money

-Ta,,ur,de. Colo.-No more paper
money That's the slogan adopted os
the Rank OF Telluride. For the iirs'
tim. IN wears the teller's cage recent
" contained nothing but gold ana S''-
yer money. All checks were casheu
md all large change given in gold ana
silver coins. Silver dollars. fi'e' 10"
md twenty-dolar goldpieces were CIV
en- instead of paper money banA VI
r,c,.Is said metal money proved mort
satisfactory In handling.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11

Des Moines, Ia~Roscoe Saunders.
chief of police Wednesday removed
from office by the city council, was
reinstated. The action Of the council
in reconsidering their action Of We'd
nesday followed protests of Des Moinea
citizens who branded the removal pro-
ceedings as unfair" and part of a 10
cal political plot.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
Lands POSTPONE. Labor Case

ChicagO-Judge Lands postponed
until January 3 hearing in the case of
the Pennsylvania railroad. which seeks
to enjoin the United States railroad
labor board from making public a re-
port censoring the carrier for violation
of the boards DEGREES. The judge
two weeks ago granted a temporary
restraining order prohibiting pubAca-
ton Of the boards report.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
FRENCH DEMANDS
AST0UNDS MANY
SERIOUS TROUBLE TO nonv -
THREATENED BY PRopos.
ED NAVAL PROGRAM
''e"cnmen Ask Before Naval subcom
m'ttee For Authority To Build
Fifteen Capital Ships OF
$4,000 Ton capact,

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v pr,.
.'n spokesmen that France has asked
oeiore the naval subcommittee Of re.
Teen Tor authority In agreement with
the other four naval powers TO build
Ten oo,ooo-ton capital ships struck arms
conference circles Friday with stun.
ming force. "N
Ane proposal was SO wholly out of
accord with theories on which tho No.
val conference have proceeded I'M 70
this time that there was a strong IN.
cilnatlon in British and American cir.
cies not to take 1t seriously. The feel.
ing was said to rest in part on what
rreinler said at the second plenary
session In regard to the American pro-
posals for naval limitation.
referring to Secretary Hughes bold
stroke for an agreement for naval re-
auctions, NJ. BRAND suid:
You have shown US the way. van
nave shown US that it Is no longer
question Of cropping for way out OF
the difficulty; you have struck boldly
the opportunity for US by setting the
example. l may say Mr.. Secretary
that we are back Of YOU"
washington - Arthur J. Balfour
head of the British delegation gave no.
tice Friday that Great Britain would
propose to the arms conference the
total abolition Of submarines,
Inc announcement also said Mr..
balf0ur would take the submarine
question before an open session of the
conference.
British spokesman have said. how.
ever. that British acceptance of the
o-5-3 ratio plan was in no way con
tlngent upon favorable action by the
| conference on Great Britain's proposal
that submarines be abolished as law
full naval weapons.
The British contend THAI the cues
ton of the use at all OF submarines
involves world policy.
Naval opinion in American. Japa-
| 'AS-'St i ASHNh anu presumably IldIlull
groups is understood to be in onposi-
| ton TO the British contention that sub
marines are of necessity 'weapons of
assassination"
| Washington-The British Spokesman
said Friday that the French proposals.
If acceded to, would throw out the
whole naval program He declared
it had met with distinct disapproval
from the British delegation.
The British spokesman further de,
clared that Italy did not approve of
the French proposition, for if it were
carried out Italy would be obliged to
build in the same amount. This meant
he said, in addition of 100000 tons to
the European wsr fleets, and both
France and Italy would spend t100,-
1880, or half a billion dollars, in the
ten year period beginning in 1928.
The American delegates, the British
spokesman said, also had taken a
strong ground against the French pro
position, the first objecting for eco
monte reasons.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
Did She Admit III

swell. remarked a gentleman. ann
a long argument on the question z
mans superiority over woman, ~
least there is one good. sweet and pez>
feet thing which man can have an
a woman cannot"
"Never!" cried his wife, passionate
iy. Never! deny 1T What =
you mean?"
"A wife"-The Scotsman.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
Client of Lincoln Passes Away

Aston, COnn-CheSter Randolph
WoOdford, aged TOT, died Saturday of
pneumonia. He was born in the home
stead in which he died. In 1888 Abra-
ham Lincoln. as his lawyer, won
case for him in the Illinois courts.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
The Court Understood.

"YOu admit you were speedingr
Eyes, your honor"
"A frank confession goes a long
way in this court. What excuse have
y0u to offer for exceeding the speed.
Hmit?"
"a man in a little old rattletrap div--
yer drove up behind me and bawled
to me to get out of the way and let
somebody use the street who could
get more out of one cylinder than L.
could get out Of six"
"Umph! do little motoring my
self. I'll let you off with the minimum
fine this time. "-Birmingham Age-Her-
aid.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
Twenty Millions For Russia

Washintgon.-A bill authorizing the
president to expend $40, 100000 out OF
the funds out of the United States
Grain corporation for relief OF the dis
tressed and starved people OF Russia.
was passed Saturday by the house.
ia TO 81.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
Powerful OH

New York-Revenuers saw some
gents on an oil tanker pretty we'll
oiled up" They shifted the air and
followed their noses to 27,5OO gallons
of 100 proof alcohol hidden In thirty
eight oil drums.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
cutIcura for Pimply Faces.

cutlcura for Pimply Faees.
TO remove pimples and blackheadp
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuti-
eura Soap and hot water. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
1aiiy toilet purposes. Don't fail to il
:lEde Cuticura Talcum. Advertisement
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11

Cheap philosophy is the kind thak
expresses itself in platitudes; bot
.Ent is always time-trie<, and true.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11

ONasienally girl marries her
IDEAL. hut he soon outgrows II.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11

Washington - Ratification OF the
tourpower treaty became seriously en-
dangered Wednesday with official dis
closure Of the fact that President Har-
ding is at odds with Secretary Hughes
and other armament delegates over the
meaning Of the pact.
Hughes and other conference dele
gates have agreed that the treaty In
cludes Japan proper in the territory
which the four signatories agree to
safeguard.
Harding fatty disagreed with this
view, holding that only island posses
sions Of the bowers are meant. But
he announced officially that he Is will
ing to let the Hughes construction
stand for official purposes.
Furthermore, he announced he will
not permit his difference with Hughes
over the meaning Of the treaty to en-
barrass the conference or ratification
in the senate. Indications at the
White House, however, are that Hard
ing will refrain from any active CAM
paign to force the treaty through the
senate.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11
D|SAGREESW WITH
HUGHES OPINION
PRESIDENT HARDING FAILS TO
AGREE WITH SECRETARY OF
STATE ON VITAL MATTERS
President Will Not Let Difference
Interfere With Ratification; Brit
ish Delegation Cancel Sail
ing Date

Washngton-The British delegation
Wednesday Cancelled reservations It
had made on q steamer sailing from
New York on December 81. It was
stated members Of the delegation think
there is little chance Of their being
able to leave before the middle of jan
uary.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11

aer,a cohen. secretary of HALEY
linda, NO 634, f. o. F., was placed
ior ~ arrest being charger with felony
INN y. a"eged embezzlement Of funds
stsm '"e aerie. The total shortage II
'saated at about $1,000.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11

finn, ,,uf.S 10 a Telegram received
Good,.o "''ei States Senator Frank r
pre,,as' hH will appeal directly to
matt0" taarding for relief in the
Spota OF obtaining loans from the
ldaha federal farm loan bank for
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-11

Ths worlds Standard remedy for 6dnsyb
Hvsx, hlaAder and uric acid troubles an8
1satiDnal Remedy of Holland sincs 16o&
TMOs Gzss, an drugsistA
- aeeapG - Ao0AS~0
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24
VIEW OF THE EMPLOYEE

The employees are recruited under
law which provides test of
qualifications, and probably ninetenths
of the rank and file have satisfactorily
passed the entrance test. But the
better positions. say from $1,000 up
ward, are usually occupied by political
aDpointees. Another considerable
group of employees get their appoint
ments by executive order. waivinS
civil-seryice tests of fitness.
The newcomer in the service, there
fore. finds himself up against mini
mum of opportunity for promotion,
with the disheartening knowledge that
the advancement which is earned by
Ccmpeience is all too likely to be given
to the friend or political supporter Of
some congressman or executive who
wishes to pay political debt. And
the employee is subject to dismissal
at the will of the executive of his de-
partment, unless he can bring sufficient
political influence to bear.
In other words. the civil-service law
is not backed up by enforcing power in
the Civil Service commission. 1t
merely recruits the applicants for en-
trance. Thereafter the employees s
fate is largely matter of his own
luck and negative passive merit. There
is no system by which he may be
fitted to the job. and no protection
against dismissal, unless the employee
! himself can show that the reason is
political or religious. "For the good
| of the service" as the law reads,
covers every other charge which the
executive official may bring. There is
no court of appeal.
Such is the oppressive. incentiveess
vitiating atmosphere of the govern
ment service. 1t STILES initiative
illustrates ambitions and reduces the
mass of employees to a more or less
passive state. which is permeated by
| sense of fear.
In such an atmosphere, naturally
enough. the physical conditions Of en-
ployment are far from what they
should be, and the government loses
efficiency. as does any other employer
where the wage scale is inadequate
and unstandardiZed. where sanitary
conditions are bad and hours of wori
too long and irregular.
The wage scale is so low that the
Civil Service commission has difficulty
In securing properly qualified appli
cants, and throughout the service the
turnover is high. Employees doini
the same kind of work often receiv,
widely different rates of pay; ex
perienced workers often receive les
than beginners, and virtually ever.
kind of inequality and Injustice exists
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24
MI.
WHY GOOD MEN QUIT

Go today into the Treasury depart
mcnt, the Department of Agriculture,
the Department of Commerce. or into
any other establishment of the govern
ment doing important technical work,
and they will tell you that their chief
difficulty is to retain competent EN-
ployees in the supervisory and tech
nical positions. Their turnover is alb
normally high in these positions.
Every day men leave the service
TO accept private employment mt ma
terially increased salaries so that the
departments are continuously going
through process of selecting and
training executives and technical EN-
ployees, only to lose them. as they be-
come really valuable, on account of
the inadequacy of their compensation.
The second factor which contrib
utes to the present ineffectiveness of
the government as a business estab-
lishment is found in the improper or
ganization of the executive branch of
! the government for effective service
You are familiar, at least in a general
way, with the defects of the present
administrative machinery.
You know for example, that the In
| terror department now has jurisdiction
over great number of bureaus of IL
miscellaneous character that have
nothing to do with each other or with
the functions which the Interior de
| partment was originally established to
perform.
You know that many agencies have
| been located in the Treasury depart
ment, the great fiscal department of
the government, which are purely non
fiscal in character, such as the coast
guard. the public health service the
supervising architects Office and the
| bureau of war risk insurance.
You know that the great bulk of
the civil public works of the govern
ment are executed under the super
vision of the War department, although
the bureau of public roads is located
in the Department of Agriculture, and
the reclamation service in the Depart
ment of the Interior
You know, furthermore, of the in
dependent existence outside the juris
diction of any of the great executive
departments of some 4O-odd boards
commissions, offices and bureaus
These are merely examples of con
dition that would require volumes II
describe fully, but it is general!
known that the executive branch of thu
government is at the present time il
logically and uneconomically organ
lied in many important particulars.
1t should be remembered. however
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24

The obvious solution of the govern
ment's employment problem Is the
Standardization and readjustment oil
salaries. To be scientific, such re-
adjustment must rest upon carelul
reclasSification of the service. Con
uitions are very different now, both
in regard to the functions of offices
and the cost of living, from what they
were when positions in the govern
ment service were first classifed anu
salaries assigned to those positions.
1t struck me that an interested party
in this inquiry into how the govern
ment conducts its business was the
employee himself He ought to know
from actual daily experience some
thing about the mechanism or the
national business and the relations be
tween the working force and employer
1t was clearly impossible to talk to
the more than 100000 men and women
who work for the government, but l
learned that between 10000 and CO.
900 of them are banded together in an
association called the National Fedora
ton of Federal Employees. 1t is a
regular labor union, and is affiliated
with the American Federation OF
Labor 1t includes all classes of gov
ernment workers, technical ana
scientific men. as well as clerks and
unskilled workers.
| asked the president of this EN-
ployees' union, Luther c. Steward, II
he and his associates were authorized
to speak for all its membership. He
assured me that they were.
SO I asked him to tell me about the
conditions of government employment
and how the business was carried on.
| am glad | did, for what he told
me diSclOseS NOT only facts, but Il
state of mind existing among the EN-
ployees which necessarily must be
| taken into account in any consider;l-
ton of the efficiency and management
| of our common business. Here then
is what the employees. who speak
through Mr.. Steward. have to say, and
the constructive program they present
for the improvement of the service:
The civi, service on its human side
consists of about 50O.OOO men and
women engaged in the operation of ar
antiquated patched-up machine. Be
cause of the durability of Its vita
parts and the faith and ability of tht
mass Of the operatives the machine
still functions. But the parts are
iIl-fitted, and many of them are de
fective. The managers and superin
tendents of the establishment, ~bein'
too often chosen for political reasons
are frequently inexpert. and the operat
Ing system Is clumsy and disjointed.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24
Blanton on the "Scandals" of Congress
BLANTON of

ID REPRESENTATIVE BLANTON of
N Texas, whose recent narrow es-
cape from expulsion from the house
will be recalled, has bobbed up again
with all his old-time vigor. This time
he laid bare the ancient scandals OF
tbe house and senate restaurants; the
bouse barber shop, the mileage ana
the stationery room. Concerning the
latter he said, in part:
Mr.. Blanton. In every congress eacn
one of us has credited to his account
s375 for stationery. Let me show you
some of the things they keep there III
tbe stationery room for congressman
,f the United States to buy with gov
varnment money. Take, for instance
carving knifes and forks, with stee!s
ike this. Exhibiting them.) rms is
), leather-bound poker set, with four
docks of cards and full of red ana
White and blue poker chips. And they
furnish YOU with dozen extra decks
,f cards to 60 with 1t. (Exhibitihg
tbem) I.ady's manicure set; all these
n,aces every one of them with pearl
handles, that in the stores nf "hsh-
inpton would sell for about $4o' over
here II sells for about $50.
Now, YOU know they had SO much
asoand for this IVtle article (eAhipi''
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24
Military
Policy

Mass: Dix. n. j.; Meade. Md; Nc
Clennan. Ala; Knox, Ky: Custer,
Mich. Fort Riley, Kas.; Travis, Tex.
and Lewis, Wash.
Camp Grant at Rockford. H., and
Camp Dodge. Ia. were included In the
supplementary list The others are
Upton, n. Y; Lee. Va; Jackson. S.
c.; Sherman, o.. and Pike, Ark.
The War department program. Gen
eral Pershing said. proposes consoida-
ton Mt Camp Bragg, n. c., of all field
artillery schools east Of the AIississip'
nj. and the artillery center at Camp
Knox. Ky, SHOULD be moved to Bragg
next summer"
Under no circumstances, General
PerShing said, should the enlisted per.
sonnel of the army be reduced below
10000. and even If congress should
reduce appropriations to force cut to
100. 900, he said that this would not
Justify corresponding cut in officer
strength
General Pershing proposed creation
of Il board of five general officers to
pluck out the inefficient officer mate
rial, bringing the total down to about
1000. He would then complete the
officer quota of 1900 by appointment
of capable second lieutenants and by
rigid promotion requirements.
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24
Senator Hitchcock's Bank of Nations

CENATOR HITCHCOCK of Nebras-
~ ka proposes Bank of Nations
with the United States as majority
stakeholder, an international trade
dollar as n substitute for gold and
conduct of world business on credit,
instead of a cash basis. He has intro
duCed n bill In the senate providing for
establishing such bank of nations
with S2,iOO.0OO,OO0 capital. The Uni
ted States would hold 81 ,3OO, 900. 900 of
the stock.
He said concerning this proposed
bank IN the senate that this plan is to
apply to the international field the
same ideas that have been success
fully used in the domestic field-that
Is, 10 establish great international
bark, with the power to issue cur
reLCy against n safe reserve of gold.
TIE plan is to make It the business Of
this bank to finance international
trade, to buy and sell exchange, and
to lend money to importers and ex-
porters. In supplemental way the
bill would also give power to buy and
sell interest-bearing bonds of nations
Owsing the bank.
After the United States secretary Of
treasury had taken for the treasury of
the United States S1,3OO, 100000 Of the
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24

WIASiiINGTON.-One Of the after
maths Of the senate decision
that Senator Newberry is entitled to
his seat Is proposed new rule, to be
added to the standing rules Of the
senate. Senator Pomerene of Ohio of
fered the rule, which was incorporat-
ed In the record of the proceedings
without reading and referred to the
committee on rules. In Offering it Sem
ator Pomerene said:
Mr.. Pomerene. Mr.. President. I de.
sire to offer a new rule, to be added to
the standing rules OF the senate, re-
lating to the nomination and election
of United States senator's.
The Supreme court held the corrupt
practices act unconstitutional so far
ms 1t related TO the nomination of SEN
ators. The justices of the Supreme
court In handing down their opinion
said:
AS each House shall be the judge
The Dolores star., 1922-02-24
By EDWARD G. LOWRY
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union

that even with an ideal personnel and
a perfect organization it is doubtful
If the high degree of economy and
efficiency that characteriZes private
business can ever be attained in the
government offices. This is so because
economies made by government ofh-
cials are not transformed into divi-
dends for themselves as they are in
private business.
There is an impression in congress
and throughout the country that men
of great ability are not found in gov
ernment service that the salaries are
not sufficient to attract and hold them.
on the contrary, there are great
many people of distinguished ability
in the government service. one Is
more and more impressed by that fact,
especially since the war sent to Wash
ington so many men of large means
and famous names with whom the
government employees could be com
pared The comparison was time ana
again 20 the advantage of the govern
ment employee. But the salaries are
not the attraction; it is the work IT.
sell. MS Is Ntil uIt'lsA''u ps '7'ihN
eminent observers of public life. Sec
retary of State Hughes declared him
self as follows before the advisory
| committees of the war risk insurance
bureau:
| 1t has been my experience that wlth
J the higher officers, the oihcers OF sreatet
| institutions where efficiency is rewarded
| repppSpntatiDn-wnl the tltlu
| is a limited one because Of the great op-
! nortunity to men of ability-it is sun en-
! tireIy possible to draw TO the public serN'
! ice men OF great ability and dlstlncuoh
| because of the desire to render puUIle
service. and the number of men VINO are
available for that purpose. while reia'
lively small. is still sufficient II the ap'
| pointing officer wants men of that class
| In order to obtain them, however, ht
| must give free field. He must not H.
terfere as to political action to contro
| administra ton tendencies and must per
init them TO be given the reward whiet
a well-conducted office of Importance vii
| give to its incumbent in the public esti
nation.
Now the difficulty increases when yot
pass those heads that get the credit anc
come to the technical expert who ma:
got to do the regular work and upoI
whose efficiency the operation of the de
dSP'''As'' t'NSN '''N'' "
little known The public hasn't time ever
to learn their names. They are interested
in work to a degree of being willing t.
make sacrifices.
There is active competition for men o
brains and great ability of that sort. an
the government will never be served un
less it pays the price for those men. Nov
think that Is a plain situation. Yo
may be able to get director in the bu
reau of war risk insurance for 5000
year. or for nothing at all. but you can
not get an actuary. You cannot get In
| surance men. You cannot get superin
tendents. That would be my judgment