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New Britain herald., 1924-07-18

GF0t0n - Bapiisl liill, Concrete pavement is being laid, section temr porarily closed, Delours are posted,
 GrotoR - GrOton-Old Mystic road Is practically impossible, Advise use Of delouT,
 GrotOn ~ AoankzGraion Long Point road is under construction, Travel from Fort Hill should go to Aaank via BFaad street and thence le GFolon Long Point,
 Putnam - Putnam killingly road is under construction, Dsl0ur posted around section closed just north Az tawaugaA where concrete pavement Is being laid,
 POmfret A0lnglan read Is nn- der construction, Detour signs indi- cate bsst route around thls section,
 Pomfret -AiuFdeek road Is under construction, This road Is eased, surfaeing is heinz put down Short detour.
 Waterford Post road, concrete pavement is being laid, detour plaln- ly marked,
 East Lyme Section torn up on Post Road. Passahle.
 Old Lyme -- Post Road, grading if being done, passable. Through traf- fe will avoid inconvenience if il fol- lows Shore Road from Lyme to Moos- brokers Corner in Waterford, as pest cd,
 Montvllle Norwich Hadlyme road is under construction, DetouF posted over unimproved road,
 Salem East Haddam, Grading operations are under way on Nor wich-Hadlye road. Section east of llartforl-Now London road Is impas- sable: travel should use detour post ed, Section west Of turnpike very rough but open to traffic
New Britain herald., 1924-07-18
SMUGGLING ARMS

London, July 1S.-The police or Singapore have detained the North German Lloyd steamer Schesien and seized 50 cases of ammunition aboard marked machinery for Tientsin,' &C., cording to Singapore dispatch to the Daily Mail. The police of Colom- bo coufscated number of rifles on the Schlesien when the vessel was thern recently.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-18
RUNOR REVIVED

London, July 1S.-A rumor Of the impending appointment of the Duke of York as governor of one of the British Dominions is revived by the Daily Mail which traces the report to visits with the duke made to poWn- ing street and the colonial office yes- tcrdaN.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
Tribute to Home ToUn
Both True and CleDer

There are fancler towns than our
little town, there are towns that are
bigger than this; and the people who
live in the smaller towns don't know
what excitement they miss. There are
things you see in the weather towns
that you can't in town that's small
and yet up and down, there Is no town
like our own little town, after all. 1t
may be the streets through the town
are not long. they're not wide and
maybe not straight, but the neighbors
You know In your own little town all
welcome a fellow-it's great In the
glittering streets Of the glittering town,
with Its palace and pavement and
thrall; in the midst of the throng you
will frequently long for your own little
town. after all. II you live and you
work in our little town, In spite Of the
fact It's small, you'll find 1t fact that
our little town Is the best little town
after all.-Oklahoma Wheat Grower.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
Menace in Imprinted Wall

An implanted rough wall, says Doc
tor Gardner Of the Institute of Indus
trial Research at Washington, Is por-
Gus: moisture may be absorbed readily
and retained for long periods. In these
pores. organic matter and germs may
easily lodge and develop. II the wall
is painted. however not only are these
pores filled with paint and rough, alb
sorptive surface turned into a smooth,
unabsorptive surface, but q painted
wall can be easily and effectively
washed. while the implanted wall can
NOT be cleaned successfully. This Is
another evidence of the fact that good
health is nothing but common sense
Keep your surroundings clean and neat
and you will lead a healthier and
happier life than you will II you live
In the midst OF dirt and confusion
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
Community
- y Buildinq'
Do-Nothing Critics of
Little Value to Totun

In every town there Is q small group
of folk who sit tight In the safe but
convenient offing when a community
project is under way and tell each
other. or at least themselves. that 1T
can't be DONE" or that 1t is being done
the wrong way. They never offer to
help; they have no suggestions for
bringing success to the project; they
invariably refuse TO contribute If funds
are needed. But after the campaign is
won, after the work Is DONE after the
goal is attained, they rise up In noisy
dissertation. They criticise the lead
ers. They explain how this should
have been done and how that should
have been handled. They know exactly
what was the matter. They assure
you in frank confidence that If they
had been in charge the undertaking
would have gone over with a bang the
very first day. But they are the folk
who alwayS-withOut excepti0n-are
very conspicuous by their absence on
the first day and on every other day
until the fight Is over Their talk wor-
ries nobody because everybody knows
that anybody can shoot par golf at the
nineteenth" hole. Its the man who
does his best all the way from the first
to the eighteenth who serves his COM
munity. Those who walt until the
nineteenth" hole to begin playing don't
count, because the game is over then
and the scores are all in.-LebanoD
Reporter.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
Home Is Everything

The home is something more than
a place TO hang your hat at meal time
and a convenient refuge in which to
take your necessary sleep, A. A..
Jeffrey of the agricultural department
of Missouri wrote recently. Its daily
and hourly influence-for good or bad
is the most nearly continuous and
Doubtless the most important Of the
environment conditions silently shap-
ing the character of your children and
coloring your own outlook on the
world
To rassersby a beautiful home sig
nifes refinement; to the occupants
happiness. contentment, optimism,
henevolence. How important 1t Is
then. that we make our homes as
beautiful as we possibly can, with the
rIcans and ingenuity at our command,
with well-kept grounds and paintings
so placed as to make the home blend
tremendously with Its more remote
surroundings.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
Ciuic Pride Appealed To

Let every good citizen of Columbiana
give whole-hearted cooperation to the
town council in its efforts to keep the
town clean. The work already done
has greatly improved the appearance
of the town. Now let's all work to-
gether not only to keep our town clean,
but to continue to improve the appear
ance of things. A degree of civic pride
Is one of the essential elements Of
good citizenship. The more civic pride
the better citizen.-Shelby County
tAla.l Reporter.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
Clean-Up Important

The success of cleanup week de-
bends largely upon the hearty coop
crarion and enthusiasm Of the citizens.
Most of those who take pride in
wanting their town to present clean.
neat and sanitary appearance at all
times will lend the mayor and council
Il helping hand by cleaning up their
premises and placing such trash as
thev cannot burn where 1t will be ac
ressihle to the trash wagon.-Leeds
(Aln.) Enterprise.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26

Information on how you can earn
$4,000 or more month will be sent
to the first person in each locality
who writes. Become local distributor
for recognized household necessity in
rural districts and small towns. Men
or women. Full or spare time. No
money needed. Write quick to o. ].
johnson, 161 North Union Avenue.
Portland, Ore, for particulars and
state territory desired.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
Felt Better At Once

Volga City, Iowa-'T will tell you
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for me. l was all run
down and could hardly be on my feet
l was 80 cold / could not keep warm.
/ had numb feelings and then heat
flashes would pass over my body. !
had severe pains in my SIDES and was
very nervous. / saw your advertise
ment in the newspapers so ! thought
l would try your medicine. My hus-
band got me bottle of the Vegeta-
BILE Compound and l began to feel
better as soon as started taking it
/ have taken it off and on for three
years now. keep house and do all
my work for my husband and two
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
Back Don't Bother Me Now

Lincoln, Nebraska. : "My back
would bother me 30 and when / had
to do any heavy lifting it made me
sick to my stomach with the pains in
my back. have my Homework to
do and four babies to take care of so
when l heard Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound / took it and l
feel better. My back don't bother
me and can eat more and work. /
do all my homework and washing for
six in the family. l will tell other
women to take the Vegetable Com
pound and you may publish my let
ter. Mrs. CHARLES F. DoLEZAL,
1201 CARRIER Ave-, Lincoln, Nebraska
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26

! u l. 1t helped
the pains in my
sides and stopped
the distress. /
can highly re-
commend it to
a n y expectant
mother. / would
not be without
it during mother
h o o d Mrs.
Ruth S tro n G,
104 Poplar St.
MI ar
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
cuticura for Sore Hands.

Cuticura for Sore Hands.
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one of the things Cuticura will do
if Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purpose s.-Advertisement
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26

lite Prescription" has done for others
it should do for you. Get it at the
drug store. in tablets or liquid. or
send l0c for trial package to DR..
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo
New York
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26

1t doesn't take much effort to lead
one to believe you are interested In
his health.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26

To acquire knowledge is easy If you
are not ashamed to confess your t.
norance
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26

Better do little well than TO at
tempt more than you can do.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26

Do not grasp after what has not
been given you.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26

A clear conscience is the trump card
in the game of life
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26

1t matters not how long you have
lived, but how well.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
Can Do Any Kind of Work

Fouke, Arkansas.-"1 had the Flu
and after that ! had pain in my side
and was not able to do my work was
so weak. found an advertisement
in a paper and it told what Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
would do, and l took it Now can
do any kind of work l want to. !
think every family ought to keep it
in the house all the time and intend
to do So. Mrs. DORA PHLYAw, R.R
No.2, Fouke, Arkansas.
Over 1OO,O women have 80 far
replied to our question, "Have you
received benefit from taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
SO per cent Of these replies are
eyes"
This shows that SO out Of every 100
women who take this medicine for
the ailments for which it is recon-
mended are benefited by it
This goes to prove that medicine
specialized for certain definite all
ments-not cure-all-can and does
do good work. For sale by druggists
everywhere.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
Pain in Your Side :?
Relief is near at Hand

Yakima, Wash.-"Dr Pierce's Fa.
vorite Prescription is most wonder
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26

The individual who bushes is not
ost to all sense of shame.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-26
H0USEW0RK NOT DRUDGERY
For Women In Good Health
Read How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Changed Conditions
For These Housewives

little boys and make my garden I
feel fine and / tell others what the
medicine has done for me. think it
is the best medicine in the world for
women. - Mrs. THOMAS GRnaDLE,
Volga City, Iowa.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Discovery of North Pole
Fifteen Years Ago Today

almost inexhaustible. I wondered
at il.
It was late afternoon when L heard
DIR. Tittmann youching for me as i
member of his bureau, and found my
self in the chair which Peary hal
Just vacated. 1t seemed but a few
minutes later that ! was walking
with DR. Tittmann and his son. BotF
were congratulating me on m.
statement before the committee. AZ
hour later Peary called my home Ii
phone-I was out-and he left d mes
sage thanking me for my stateme'
before the committee.
This statement, which consum
only a few minutes in its presenta-
ton, was the elimination of hours OF
careful study and labor on my part
and that of my colleague, c. X
Duvall, at that time also of the coast
and geodetic survey, now of the Car
negie Bureau of Terrestrial Magnetism
To have known Admiral Peary as
I knew him l have ever consldered
one of the greatest Of privileges. NOT
only was he scientist and engineer
Of no small ability, but even more
was he pioneer and an explorer
a man who sought to do things tina
had proved too difficult for other
men. But. above all other things, was
he a man, the very embodiment OF
courage and sincerity, sympathy and
ability.
Evening star., 1924-04-06

briu, was the little space directly in
front of his head, the edge of the
bushes and through the LEAKAGE a bit
of one knee of the croucfling man His
heart fairly stopped beating and the
hand that hung over the ditch side
clutched into the weeds. He gave
feeble moan and heard horses hoof
sink squashily into the wet ground.
The riden evidently was coming to-
ward him and in another second
would dismount, or else
SINNERS hands clutched tighter
into the weeds and he held his breath
Then he heard a rustling and crack
see motion in those that were within
his little field of vision as though a
large object had been thrust against
them. With all the agility of which
he was capable, pulling himself by
the hand clutched into the weeds, he
rolled over into the ditch and as he
went over he heard the grizzle-
bearded man say, Come out of that
When he sat up in the ditch the
horses forequarters were pressed into
the brush. The grizzle- bearded rider
was standing in the stirrups, the shot
gun at his shoulder aiming down
ward, his finger on the trigger. Its
muzzle was two feet above the head
Of the swartky man who crouched
there. To him the sudden leap of the
spurred horse into the bushes had
Evening star., 1924-04-06

come like 4 fash of lightning out Of
clear sky.
A quarter of an hour later Skinner
was explaining in gleeful excitement.
You sec, his gasoline dial showed
the tank was empty-plain as the
nose on your face. 1t must have been
almost empty when he drove up to
the farmhpuse-and his life depend
ing upon his getaway. So made up
my mind he couldn't read. and when
it came right down TO the pinch ]
staked everything on that"
With u forefinger he affectionatels
tapped the sheet of memorandum
paper which he had folded to look
like a large envelope and super
scribed before the swarthy. man
eyes and then laid on the ground
The writing on il, arranged in the
order of an address on an envelope.
was: THE Murderer is in the bushes
At your left" and in the lower left
hand corner, where the name Of q
county is often put. Look Out.
heavily underscored.
"But say he added TO the srizzle-
bearded man, Il lost ten years
growth while 1 was lying there wait
ing to see whether you'd notice the
envelope, or whether I'd have to shout
to you and get a bullet through my
head"
CCopyright 1921
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Continued from Fourth Page.)

Continued from Fourth Page.)
many later meetings, is still clear in
my mind.
That winter-the winter Of 1910
11-Peary had an apartment in the
Dresden, in Washington, on Connecti-
cut avenue just south of the magnifi-
cent arch bridge over Rock Creek
valley. 1t was late in the afternoon
when 1 reached him home. L went
there directly from my Office on
Capitol hill after the close of the
days work. DR.. Tittmann had ad-
vised him of my coming. and he was
expecting me.
we'll remember the appearance of
the reception room into which 1 was
shown, though it was but a second
before the great explorer appeared.
and after that l saw only him. The
quiet elegance of the room was real
ly enhanced by a few beautiful and
well chosen trophies tripod of
narwhal tusks and a small model of
the explorers ship, the Roosevelt,
and, if 1 remember rightly, a hand
some bearskin rug. These objects
| faded into the background when the
man appeared.
From the first moment when his
piercing gaze surveyed me as if it
would seek my innermost thoughts
until our last meeting some four years
later, the one dominant trait of the
, man which always tremendously i'm
pressed me was his own unfaltering
honesty, coupled with spirit of
! utter abomination of dishonesty in
others.
| At that meeting commenced a
friendship which have ever priced,
| in which I have ever gloried.
Hearings on the Peary bill were
resumed on January z, 1911, when,
/ on invitation of the congressional
subcommittee, Peary appeared be-
fore it. 1t was not my privilege to
attend the first days hearings, but
reading over the record of it later,
and knowing so we'll the calm, de-
| liberate manner of the explorer, ]
| can we'll imagine that to all present
ito all the members of the commit
| tee, save one or two-it must have
| been most refreshing and i'm
pressive experience, and that fog
many years their memories will re-
tain the picture of this man of
pioneer instincts telling in modest,
straightforward and precise Ian
guage the story Of his great achieve
ment.
1t was on Thursday, the 18th day
I of january, that ] attended hearing
very different from the one which
preceded 1T. Peary was in the hands
of a member of the subcommittee
! whose whole attitude toward him was
hostile, and whose questions appar-
emily had been inspired by some one
clever enough to suggest scientific
half-truths and make them masque-
rade as facts.
Standing across the table from
where Peary was seated, was SO
impressed with the Straightforward
manner and clear-cut, precise an
swers which he gave that I did not
notice the passing OF time. Peary's
patience under the badgering ques-
tions Of Ignorance and bias seemed
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Northern Hot Springs.

THAT ancient volcanoes had some
thing to do with the 'lay-put O.
western America is evident not oni!
from the wonderful display of noun
tain scenery in the Rockies and mlnoi
ranges. Springs that send out hot
water in unlessening volume and tenn
perature indicate that there is stIf
some lively action away down INSIDE
and they occur not in one locality alone,
but at very considerable distances
The springs in Yellowstone Park and
in the Canadian National Park at Bann
are very well known. But at least
three others have recently been found
farther north, in a region that is usual
" associated with cold rather than hot
things. During the survey Tor rail-
way line through the Yellowstone pass
natural hot spring was discovered
near Myette peak, and the railway
people Immediately included in their
literature descriptions for the benefit
of tourists. Still farther north, at Port
Essington, are springs whose waters
give good out-of-door bathing at 109
degrees. These have been reserved by
the Canadian government. The third
hot-water reservoir is almost on the
edge of the Pacific ocean. on the west
coast of Vancouver Island. With i'm
mense quantities of coal, tar, gas and
oil underground, some of which, in the
Mackenzie river district, has been on
fire for years at time, one need not
be surprised if the bowels of the earth
should be found to hold a reserve stock
of hot water which lets off from nu-
merous faucets throughout the coun-
~
Evening star., 1924-04-06

road; and through the hand that
rested on his back Skinner could fair
ly feel the trembling and quivering
of nerves and muscles as in a big ami
! NAL that prepares to crouch for a
spring. At the same time the mans
sweat and odor and the subtle feel
of something obscene and bloody
about him, were sickening.
THE restless. glittering eyes came
back to Skinner. There's Z
bride path back there a ways" he
said. II seen it when 1 drove down
here"
with horse felieh could follow
that" the man added.
1t seemed, in fact. the only outlet.
With the telcphoned alarm their bad
road would soon be blocked at both
ends and for a man to make his pain
full way afoot across the swamp would
take many hours. But with a horse
one might follow the bridle-path 10
that would give a chance
of escape.
iii git him and you git his horse"
said the man, grumbling under his
lbreath; 'tand I'll give you lift as far
back as the bride path" he addeA
with another little grin. Obviously the
last vas a lie, but Skinner was too
much occupied with other things to
pay attention to that
You'll lay down on your back with
your hat over your face beside the
bushes here and keep groanin'," the
man explained. I'll be in the bushes.
He'll git off'n his horse to take a look
at you and he'll put the bride around
Ibis arm-see?" He made a motion like
a horseman slipping a bride over his
arm. when he squats down to take
the hat off'n your face you reach up
and grab the bridle." He nodded his
, head as though that were all; then
added as a sort of elaboration, III
jump out the bushes and kill him"
1t seemed to Skinner, in fact, hor-
iribly ingenious. He could fairly see
the griz5le bearded man dismounting.
slipping the bride over his arm and
STOPPING with his shotgun tucked use
ilessly under his arm or laid upon the
ground, and this other leaping from
the bushes upon his bowed back
I'VE ought to have some blood on
the hat" he said stupidity. 1t was all
he could think of.
The man nodded and drew a jack
knife from his pocket Skinner stu
pidly held out his arm and wondered
duly how much blood poisoning there
might be in the blade which the man
drew across it He stared down at the
ired streak which broadened OH his
tanned arm, while the man caught the
cloth hat from his head and dabbled
the crown with red.
Skinner took the hat without both
ering to put it on, and as he did so
something that had been lying in re-
serve in his brain REQUIRED to him in
la flash.
"See here he said, himself smear
ing the hat-crown against his arm,
we've got to make sure he does SUt
off the horse, you see. He might just
reach down with his gun and poke the
the hat off my face. Or he might
wait till the other man comes back.
We've got to make sure he gets off the
horse" he repeated earnestly; 1--WE
must scatter something around for
him to get off and look at"