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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-14

Desirable home, seven rooms, convenien-
ces, pipeless heater, porch, sewer con-
n~ection. near trolley, central location,
good value for the price, 5000; reason
able terms can be arranged. An eX-
ceptionally good opportunity to pur-
chase a home.
Eight rooms, large frame house, has con-
veniences, large lot, garage, most de-
sirable location, reasonable price.
Good eight-room frame house, central,
good condition, offered at $4,000, easy
to finance.
Double frame houses. six rooms each,
conveniences. central location, near all
points of interest, almost immediate
possession.
Bungalow, five rooms, c~onveniences, near
central part of City, trolley lines and
Boulevard, low in price.
Large three-story good frame elght-room
house. gas, water. electric, in excep-
tionally good condition, outside and
enclosed kitchen, curbed, pavement
sewer connection, desirable home, IN
good part of city, possession IN ABOUT
three months. q,
One weIl-located building lot, Oakland
Avenue. 30x12O, good title, reasonable
Two building lots, corner, 60x100, grow
ing part of City. Title Insurance, good
for investment or home, wide street.
neal Boulevard.
E-xceptionaI opportunity to purchase large
eight-room brick dwelling, large lot,
side driveway, House in fine condition,
near centre of city. possession at set
ItetIlEllit BAANE anu ~
Ffve-room frame Bungalow, lot 50Xl4O,
near trolley, offered at $500.
T. 1. DUNLAP,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
Licensed by the New Jersey Real Estate
Commission.
Deeds, Mortgages, Agreements, Wills.
carefully written; Special attention
given to -Conveyancing. Settlements,
and Real Estate Titles.
PI EASANTNILIE. \. ].
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-14
"A Prophet Has No Honor in His Own Country

That is what they told me when | was
struggling with a Coal Business, without cap
ital, but found there are exceptions to this
statement. l lived to see my business grow
by leaps and bounds in my home town.
have faith in my home town" in the
friends | have made through service; in my
self to prove the statement heading this ar
ticle has exceptions, and above all, [ have
faith in the man [ am helping to produce the
Greatest PhOtOpIay of the day
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-14

ROOMS FOR LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING.
Rates reasonable. Marlboro Cottage,
J. E. Zecher, proprietor. cor. Main ST.
and Pleasant Ave, ~Pleasantville, N. j.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-14
1.-THE DAWN OF LIBERTY"

now in preparation, to be produced under the
direction of McClung Francisco, President of
Penn Pictures, Inc, 100 So. 18th Street, Phil
~adelphia, Pa, who has had the valuable ex-
p~erience of assisting in the production of
such photopIays as "The Birth of a Nation"
"'The Miracle Man." and many others.
You are invited to become a partner in
a syndicate-agreement similar to the one un-
der which "The Birth of a Nation was pro-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-14
JAMES ]. PALMER, Dist. MgrI
Main st. PLEASANTVILLE.

= III II|~NN-N-F -
OPERATORS WANTED.-On boys Blou-
SEES; steady work; good prices. Can
also use a good telling machine opera
tor. Chas. Hamburger, Somers Point.
RESTAURANT. Table board, 81 per
week. Meals served at reasonable pri-
ces. Open from Z to Z. 100 N. Main
St. Pleasantville.
PLAYER PIANO.-Rrand new. 8S-note
player piano, mahogany case, with SIS
worth of music and bench. My s475,
easy payments. F. A. North Co.. 1881
LIVE CHICKENS WANTED. II any
quantity. A. T. Bateman, q n. Main
Street. Phone 264.
JERSEY BLACK GIANTs.-First prize
inn at Egg Harbor Fair. Eggs for
Matching, 81 per setting of Is. G. NJ.
Dickerson, Woodland Ave. and Mill
Road
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-14

FOR SALE. - Ford one-ton truck, run
less than 1000 miles. steel enclosed
body. Al shape. cost 5000, a bargain
at S325. Davis. Floral Ave. n Broad
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NEWLIN. -LOCKSMITH. GUNSMuTH.
SAFE EXPERT. Keys made, Locks
installed. Lawn Mowers s~harpened and
repaired. Scissors and Knive Ground.
Phone 739-W. IL Collins Ave.
WANTED.-Washing and ironing to do
at home by reliable woman. 152 Ad-
ANS ave. p44
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-25
GRAVE OF MARY MAGDALENE
Tradition Asserts That the "Great
Sinner" Of tho Bible Was
Inferred In France.

The inhabitants of the Provence dis
trict in southern France claim that
Mary Magdalene, the great sinner"
of the Bible, was inferred in Saint
Maximin chapel hundred miles from
Toulon and Marseilles.
Although the earthly remains OF
one of the first saints are declared to
be contained within this chapel, 1t II
not often visited by sightscers, the
Detroit News states. A picturesque
old woman conducts a small number
of strangers daily through the chapel.
She leads them into a crypt where
the skull of Mary Magdalene, lined
with bands Of gold, is supposed to be
kept. The bones are dark, almost
black. Yet the deep eyeholes and
delicately curved jawbones still
arouse an Impression of beauty. In
golden shrine one sees a curl said to
have been cut from the head Of the
saint who, with her hair, dried the
feet Of the Savior. The hair Is thick
and soft and has gold-brown luster.
To the question how the saint came
into Provence the old guardian tells
that on account Of the prosecutions Of
Christians in Palestine Mary Mag
define and her brother, Lazarus, left
their native country. The ship on
which they Travelled happened to be
wrecked near Marseilles.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-25
He Got the Job.

The manager of business heSse was
interviewing applicants for the post OF
night Waterman.
He was very hard to please and al
ways found something the matter with
each man.
One had brown hair, which the man
ager could not stand another squinted.
a third was Irish, fourth too thin, an
other too short, and yet another too
tall.
John SmIthers heard of this as he sat
in the corridor waiting his turn to be
interviewed. and resolved to be pre-
pared for everything.
When his turn came all went well.
There was nothing the matter with him
as far as appearance was concerned
end his references were quite In order.
"Now." said the manager, "is your
health quite, sound?"
"Well. sir.e replied John, Il have only
ore complaint"
"What Is that7" said the manager.
p licking up his ears
insomnia" came the reply.-Lon-
don Answers.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-25
CHIEF EXECUTIVE MAKES PLEA
FOR ADOPTION OF WORLD
COURT
Thousands Throng Tabernacle and
Grounds to Receive Message
From Lips of Nations
Executive

Text Of President Harding's address
delivered at Salt Lake Tabernacle Tues
day evening, June 26. 1923:
MY Fellow Countrymen; There is a
choosing my topic for an address in
s Salt Lake ssn City have SO long asso
problems of taxation and have Wit
messed SO much of HIS able and faith
ful endeavor to enforce economy and
thereby lift the burdens of taxation.
that l find myself involuntarily
thinking, when I come to your state,
Of the menace of mounting taxes and
growing public Indebtedness The re-
moval of this menace Is not alone a
federal problem, for we are record
Ing na{ gratifying progress SO far far as the
menace today is to be faced by the
rmgnissipality, county, and state. The
ing TO prove itself a helpful example.
but the improved order must come in
the units of government into which
There, is no particular reason why 1
should speak of it, except that we are
all concerned about, general public
sibly recital of federal accomplish
ment would serve to encourage in a
state any local work which must be
done.
dent, trusted but cynical old friend
said to me one day that he under
Of to make
mitted my aspirations in that direc-
ton. and he replied:
well, that's the right idea, but
don't tell anybody about 1t. You may
think 1T will be appreciated, but it
will not: Every time you lop some |
body on the government, payroll or
keep him out of a profitable piece of |
government business. you make him
and all his friends and associates
your enemies; and, on the other side |
not a soul in the country will ever
thank you for 1t. Everybody grum-
bles about taxes, and nobody ever
demonstrates any appreciation of the
man that tries to save them from
taxes"
A short time before we left Wash
ington on the present trip another
friend said to me: THE administra-
ton has saved the country good
deal by reducing it's expenses and cut
ting down the tax burden. But take
my advice, and don't talk to any Of
your audiences about It, People al
ways grumble about taxes, but they
don't want to hear anybody talk to
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-25

married citizen of the United States.
with two children and an income of
$500, paid SOS tax on that income in
1922 If he had been 6 citizeR of Can
German tax rate had been applied to
his income, it would have cost him
1902. If he had been a Frenchman the
French rate would have, required him
to pay 500, and if he had been a Brit
ish citizen, instead of giving up the $6S
which he paid to Uncle Sam. he would
same man, with an income of 100000
would have paid $456 income tax in the
United States and $1128.32 in England
The great burden of the war was, of
course, imposed on the national gov
eminent. The department of the treas
ury states that in 1917 the federal gov
ernment's revenues were S1,044, 900, 200;
in 1918 they were s3,925, 100000; in 1919
they were s Al S0oo, 900; in 1920 they
were S4.9O2. 5000 For 1922 the total
dropped to $3,565, 100000, and for 1923
it is estimated at $3.753,000,000 Assum-
of federal taxation. the receipts for
1924 are calculated at S3,63S, 900, 900.
and for 1925 at $3,4s6, 100000.
Not all of this revenue is raised by
direct taxation. The treasury esti-
mates indicate that in 1923 only s2,925,-
100000, and in 1924. $780, 100000. will
be produced by direct taxation; the re-
mainder will come from various mis-
You will. I am sure. be interested in
the treasury's statement that. where
as in 1914 the per capita cost to all
the people of the federal government
in 1919, S37.91. 1t might reasonably
have been presumed that with the war
now long past taxes would have begun
to fall off, but the statistics show the
for the fiscal year 1920 rose to $50, rs
per capita, which was the peak of the
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-25
PRESIDENT HARDING DELIVERS
ADDRESS To CITIZENS Of UTAH

that fact does not make the results
any easier to deal with. The cost of
nestle establishment went up enor,
| mously. Every business man, and
every householder knows how 1t af-
to o's suggest some Of the n ways in WHICH
| 1t affected the whole business of gov
ernment; government Of the states:
every revenue raising and spending
division throughout the nation.
Recently I have been furnished with
some specific figures on this subject
OF the cost OF government by the bu-
reau of the census. l am not propos-
ing to impose upon your patience with
but I want to suggest few " that t viii viii
point, my observations abort the enor-
mously. Increased cost of government
a@ Gos 95 state fhs
revenues OF the states in 1913 aggre-
gated s3es.oooooo and that in 1921
that is, they had increased 161 per
cent, and every dollar of that increase
had to come in some way or other
the states in 1913 aggregated $685.
100000, and in 1921 they were s1,OO5,-
The inde5tedness Of the states H in c isis
amounted to $423, 100000, and in 1921 |
to $1,O12,O00,00O; an increase Of 139 per
cent.
The figures of both the treasury and |
the census bureau in short, make it !
perfectly plain that whereas the cost of i
the federal government is being stead
lily reduced, the cost of state and local
governments is being just as steadily
increased year by year. In nearly all
of the states the cost of state and local
governments increased from 1919 to
1922 The treasury made up statistics
on this point from one group of ten
Connecticut, Michigan,
New Hampshire, Ohio, Ore
gon, South Dakota, Washington and
Wisconsin. For this representative
group it Is shown that while federal
taxes paid by these ten states de-
slined from over a billion dollars in
1920 to $3.50, 900 in 1922, their state
and local taxes rose from SIPS, 900, 900
to 1865, 900, 900 in the same period. In
another tabulation, covering twenty
eight states, which was the entire
number for which the statistics were
AVAILABLE. 1t was shown that from 1919
% 1921 there were increases in local
axes in twenty-three states and re-
iuctions in only five. In spite of tho
enormous burden of paying for the ,
lebt, state and local taxes in 1922 rep
esented so per cent of all taxes paid.
Let me present another aspect of {
he same matter. We hear much about
he grievous burden of the income tax. :
nd every one of us who pays 1t is =
BILE fully to sympathize with everyone y
lse who pays 1t. But 1t Is fair to con- !
ider what our income taxes would be g
we lived In some of the other debt
urdened countries of the world A :
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-25
them on that subject"

them on that subject"
To which 1 replied that I believed
in the present state of affairs, all such
rules were suspended, and any public
man who had anything cheerful to say
on the subject of taxes and govern
ment expenses would find plenty OF
to him. l believe the American peo-
pie are so profoundly interested in
the subject of taxation and govern
ment costs nowadays that an audience
like this will even be willing to let
me talk to them a few minutes on the
subject.
One of the financial incidents to our
participation in the war was to loan
a vast sum of money to our allies.
wonder how many of you ever stop to
think that the $4,000, 900. 900 which we
trance into the war, was just about
the same as the total cost of the civil
civil war lasted four. years and
strained every nerve and resource of
the nation, Yet it's actual cost to the
erabiy less than the amount we ad-
vanced to the allied governments dur
ing the world war.
And that was only a mild beginning
of our financial transactions in war.
For every dollar we loaned to our al
lies, We spent about three more on
our own account; In a little more
was declared and the day peace was
money out of the public treasury as
eminent in all of it's previous history.
am not going to talk to you. today
about whether the money was all wise
ly spent. Whether at was or not, the
results were worth all they cost and
a good deal more What l propose to
present to you now Is some .consid-
willing we were to make the sacri-
fee, no matter how cheerfully we in
Cured the obligations. we had to face
n q Or ND IT nc
reality that these obligations must be
paid.
moment ago that we spent roundly
$40, DOC, 100000 on the world war. How
many of us ever stopped to think that
wealth Of the nation at the time Of
current taxes. while the war was. go
cost; that is as much as til. shtire
national wealth SO late as tire year
1920 At the beginning of August.
highest point in it's history, s27 S00.-
times the amount of the national debt
We are still too close to the events
of the great war to be able to realize
the enormous burdens placed on our
operations of public finance which 1t
necessitated. private finance has been
1914 o maks
for financing the huge foreign trade
that resulted from Europe's extraor-
binary demands. Long before we
chinery had been compelled to Shout |
der the financing of an enormously |
ring powers. For time Europe with |
drew gold from us In great quanti-
ties. but presently it returned in yet |
greater, bringing to us and to the Eu-
ropean countries the difficult problem
of maintaining the exchanges and |
the Nold standard. Costs
of everything rose 20 an artifcial1y |
high basis. and in every direction ex-
penditure was stimulated.
Altogether, the war was not only
the greatest horror the world has
ever known but the greatest orgy, of |.
spending. This waD inevitable, but
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-25
need but there was first tire comnit-
| mont to efficiency and then command

need but there was first the commit
ment to efficiency and then commend
We eSees fSe and very
partments must expend. ali their APP
should return to the treasury. And we
sought to inspire as well as exact, In
the e practices iti,s, Of economy; hs ,.s
On June 8. 1921, before the budget
was In operation. word came to me that
buttons. far from Washington, was puz~
cling. how to expend $4,000 which he
had, in excess of actual needs. Ordi-
narily such matter would never reach
the chief executive. But this one did.
and wired a warning, and followed
it with letter reciting the need of re-
fetal. with spending authority would
lay. The appeal was effective. and this
one government agent not only saved
ses % his but ri ss sst e ss%ed fGE SS5
more. He proved what could be done.
and we are seeking to do it every
The budget director is the agent of
the president and he speaks on the
authority Of the governments chief
director came to me in great anxiety.
telling me that department chief
his estimates At that time we wer.
seeking to prevent threatened excess
Of expenditures over receipts amount
ing to $SO0.0O0.OOO for the next fiscal
year.
1 sent for the department head. and
he was still insistent in his opposition
to the reduced estimate. 1 called for
conference Of the department experts
and the budget experts. and told them
deede TSsy CONF nee and instead Of
returning to me for decision, the esti-
mate was cut more than $12.OO0.O00
business methods in government, ans
instead of operating blindly and to
suit individual departments which had
whole, and felt no concern about tho
raising of funds. we are sc:utiniziQg.
pang mountne eost BUT ana making Hn
strides in reducing the cost of gov
activities.
1 would have our government ade-
activity, and public sentiment will de-
mand il and secure it. and require no
nation.
lot conceived in doubt or pessimism.
We have SO nobly begun. we are
countless in int resources Yet we have
ionai existence, that I wash these
United States to go on securely.
WOULD like. developing dangers noted
,atriotically guarded against A ma
ion of inconsiderate spenders is never
ecure. we wish our united states
secure.
War brought the lesson that we
ad not been so American in spirit
re had honestly pretended. Some of
ur adopted citizenship wore the habili-
1ents of America, but were not conse-
rated in soul. Some to whom we have
iven all the advantages of American
citizenship would destroy the very in
titutions under which they have ac-
epted our hospitality Hence our COM
litment to the necessary Americaniza-
on which we too long neglected. The
lpreme test on foreign battlefields. is
laying its splendid part. Those who
ore wars burdens at home have
,ined and all America must fully par
cipate. 1t is not enough to enlist the
ncere allegiance of those who come
accept our citizenship; we must make
Ire for ourselves. for all of US. that
e cling to the fundamentals. to the
-acticeS which enabled us to build so
and avoid the errors which
nd to impair our vigor and becloud
IT future.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-25

President Harding has disposed o
his control Of the stock Of the Hard
ing Publishing company, publishers O
the Marion Star, to Louis II. Brush
and Roy D. Moore. The sale, how
ever, did not constitute a complete
severance of Mr. Hardings connection
with the newspaper, whose editor he
has been for so many years. 1t was
announced at the White house that he
would retain some stock in the com
pany and would continue to be asso
ciated with the Star in an editorial
Capacity.
Pope Plus Thursday appointed the
Right Rev. Monsignor Daniel ].
Gercke, now rector Of the cathedral of
Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Philadel-
phfa, to be bishop OF the diocese OF
Tucson, Ariz., in succession to the
Right Rev. Henry Granjon, who died
in France last November
Sumner 1. Kimball, father of the
United States life saving SERVICE"
c. He was SO years OF age.
King Albert suffered broken bone
in his wrist when he fell with his
horse while galloping around the
Chateau de Lacquer near Brussels.
The animal was thrown when his
foot was caught in q hole.
Charles E. Ashburne, city mana
ger OF Norfolk, Va, and the first man
to hold the position in the United
States, has resigned to accept the city
of Stockton, Cal, at a
salary OF $4,000 a year.
Captain Raold Amundsen has aban-
doned his proposed flight across the
North Pole by airplane, it was an
nounced by the Norwegian minister
Of defense.
Sweeping changes in the organizas
ton of the reclamation service were
seen in the announcement by Secre-
AIRY Work OF the abolition Of the Of
ice Of director, effective July 1. D.
W. Davis, former governor of Idaho,
will assume charge of the service
With title of commissioner.
Erwin r. Bergdon, wealthy draft
LOGGER, left the Leavenworth peniten-
larry Wednesday after serving two
ears and ten months for evading
Military service during the war. Berg
lolls sentence was cut fourteen
months for good behavior. He Is a
rother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
Tho escaped to Germany when sought
y officers for evading the draft.
President Harding will speak in
alt Lake the evening of June 26th, it
J announced by w. @. Brown the
residents personal representative
Sugar prices which prevail at the
resent time are likely to continue
ntll the advent of the new crop of
eet sugar next October and Novem.
ar, Stephen H. Love of Salt Lake
ity, Utah, declared in his annual
port as president of the United
.ates Sugar Manufacturers" associa-
on at the opening of the annual
invention of the organization at
dorado Springs.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-25
FOREIGN


program impossible of fulfillment.
Lava was still flowing from the
crater of Mount Etna Saturday, but
the speed Of its descent was percepti-
bly, slower than in the morning.
While thick clouds of ashes, cinders
and smoke are still emitted at inter-
walls, the most serious phase of the
eruption seems to have passed.
A Belgian corporal and private
were killed and one private was
wounded at Mari near Reckling-
hansen when they endeavored to
search two Germans at control post
The Germans upon being challenged
drew revolvers and Immediately be-
gan shooting. They were arrestd by
other members of the post.
A continued cold wave, unpreced-
ented for June Is reported through
out Austria. Five inches of snow fell
in the Stryian highlands Tuesday
night. compelling the removal Of the
herds into the valleys.
Indications are that the death toll
from floods sweeping Japan will reach
score. Eight were killed in land
slide at Moji. Mainland railroad SER
vice to Kyushu has been suspended.
Fifteen hundred homes are under
water at Shimonoseki and 500 at
Takamatsu. Torrential downpours
caused the flood.
Plans to take control OF the coal and
coke and raw material supplies of all
the factories in the Ruhr were an
nounced at the French Headquarters.
The authorities decided to adopt this
method to enforce payment of the
coal tax. which all except few Of the
smallest plants have heretofore refus-
ed to pay.
An indemnity Of 100000 Taels.
equivalent to $365,OO0 gold, has been
as recomp..se for Com
mander G. B. Musso, prominent Ital-
ian attorney of Shanghai, for his
sufferings while Paotzuka bandit
captive. Although formal demand
for this sum has not yet been made
to the Picking government it is under
stood that cable specifying this
amount has been sent to Premier
Mussolini in Rome, requesting him to
instruct the Italian minister in Picking
o present such q claim.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-25
Errcro Inevitable.

Who :. .shes to see perfectly clearly
before making decision never do
cides. Not to accept regrets Is not to
accept life.-Amiel.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-07-25
Ant TrsveIs RAPIDLY.

II we moved our legs proportionato-
y as fast as an ant, 1t Is calculated we
tould travel nearly 300 miles an hour.