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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14
Vitanirl Discovery
Aid to Scientists
See Possibility of Producing
Nutritive Food.

New York.-Unusual interest has
been aroused In medical circles by the
announcement of DIR. Walter II. Eddy,
professor of physiological chemistry in
teachers college, Columbia university,
of the first isolation of any of the five
known vitamins. DR.. Eddy and his
associates believe that isolation of
vitamin d or, as DR.. Eddy prefers,
'~bios' opens up the possibility of pro-
ducing synthetic foods of a high nu-
tritive value, though he warns patent
medicine vendors in this respect.
DR.. Eddy told distinguished body
of scientists and physicians at the
one hundred and thirty-eighth meeting
of the Society for Experimental BIZ
ology and Medicine at Bellevue Hos
pital Medical college recently that he
succeeded in isolating crystalline sub
stance, which he believed to be chem
ically pure "bios." This substance was
first described by Professor Wilder in
1900.
Produce Four Specimens.
DR.. Eddy acknowledged the assist
ance In the series of extensive expert
ments he has been making at Column
bia that he has received from DR.. r.
X. Williams, In charge Of the chem
ical laboratories of the Western Elec-
trio company, and DR.. Ralph Kerr, an
expert In organic chemistry at Col
umbia.
AT Bellevue Hospital Medical col
lege DR.. Eddy produced four speci-
mems of the isolated vitamin in test
tubes before the eyes of his audience.
He announced at the same time that
In four experiments 70 milligraIns
were produced from moist autolized
yeast. SO far only a partial analysis
has been made. The known compost
ton Of the substance is 40 per cent
carbon, % per cent nitrogen, and
per cent hydrogen. Further expert
ments will BIZ made at Columbia to
determine the composition of the re-
"a per cent.
In a supplementary statement DIR.
Eddy remarks:
Interest in the subject was re-
vive.1 in 1916 by DR.. Williams, who
suggested that bios was actually vita
min B.
Extracts of substances known to
be rich In B were shown by him to
have the power of stimulating yeast
growth, and DR.. Williams devised a
test based on the use of yeast stimula-
ton as a means Of measuring the |
vltamin B content Of substances.
When this test was submitted to |
further study discordant results de- |
velOped.
Cure for Beri-Beri.
1.-THE final outcome was that while |
most substances rich in vitamin B do |
stimulate yeast growth, the stimula-
ion may be due not to the presence
If vitamin B, but to some other factor
associated with it. In |
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14
Police to Get Greater Pow
ers to Handle Traffic.

London.-Witn the total number of
street accidents reaching the record
of GOSH for 1923 London is now be-
ginning to approximate New York in
unenviable pre-eminence in traffic cas-
uuities The figures complied by the
safety First" council in London in
elude accidents involving persons or
property.
Private automobiles lead the field
as causing accidents. with motor trucks
second. Buses. great number of
which were added to the city's total
during the year, were responsible for
fewer casualties than were bicycles.
ut will not be long" London news
paper declares, before IT will be a
minor adventure to get across the
street. The hazard may prove "a sue
ressful solution to the problem Of can
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14

pie, and Harold the Fair-haired, in S75,
added the Orkneys to his Scandinavian
kingdom, but they were finally re-
turned to Scotland as the dowry Of
Margaret of Denmark, who married
James III.
"Only 20 of the GO islands In the
group are inhabited and some Of these
by less than thirty people.
ut has been surmised that 1t was
probably in this portion of present-day
Scotland that the story of the thistle,
now the national flower, arose. 1t is
told that one of the Danish invaders,
while moving at night to surprise
the Scotch, stepped with his bare feet
upon a thistle and yelled with pain
so loudly that he Weakened the Sleep
ing Scots, who hurriedly gathered up
their arms and drove the enemy
away
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14
Airship Factor in
Engineering Feats

Ontario government has brought t
light many errors in previous maps
There are certain large lakes and In
Vulnerable small ones which are moi
| shown at all on the old ground survey
maps, and many Of the lakes shown
are imperfectly outlined. In the large
unexplored area Of northern Canada
air mapping offers great possibilities
which are appreciated by the Ontario
government.
In preliminary surveys for railroad
locations an observer. flying over the
country in an airplane has a bird's-eye
view with a range of possibly fifty
miles in all directions. The most ia
vorable routes can be determined and
later photographed. Investigation Of
the ground and determination Of
grades can then follow.
Some of the most interesting work
has been done in connection with the
forests of northern Ontario, both lum-
Der and pulp wood. The report shows
that wood mills are using air photog-
raphy for inventories of standing tim
Der and of pulp wood corded and in
the streams. Contracts for the cutting
of pulp wood are now settled on COM
putations based on air maps.
Not long ago a banking house, I'M
able to collect loan on over 400
square miles Of timber land, called on
an airplane service to estimate the
amount of timber, location Of camps
for logging and location Of railroads
to be built to bring out the timber and
take in supplies" the report says
Saves Much Time.
1.-The geodetlc survey, in conjunction
with the army engineers, has been
mapping changes in our coast line.
One citation shows that the time re-
quired by plane, including flying and
plotting, did not consume more than
three weeks, whereas ground survey
would have required from six to twelve
months.
I'm one Of the southern counties of
Florida the airplane was utilized very
for making a photo
graphic mosaic of large area, previ-
ously altogether unmapped, of timber
and swamp land dlssected by lnnu-
water courses; here ordinary
methods were out of the
question, since the owner did not re-
quire exact measurements of distances
or areas.
"In districts away from railroads
and steamship transportation the use
Of airplanes is in Its infancy. Last
plans were made by the
Ontario government to land party of
engineers on the Belcher islands. In
Hudson bay, to report on their min
eral resources.
"Many of the new mining districts
in the Far North, such as the Film
Flon and Mandy mines, in Manitoba,
l40 miles by land and water north of
La Pas, but only about 20 miles by air,
require several weeks to reach by
canoe and portage, whereas they may
be reached within few hours by air
plane. Food and supplies can be quick
" transported to crews working in
such inaccessible areas.
probably many other applications
will occur to the mining and metal
urgical engineer. The airplane for
and Its application to
problems, especially air
Is in Its infancy and has
great possibilities"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14
CROSSING STREET is NOW
AN ADVENTURE IN LONDON

Ger by preventing people from living
too long"
Publication of these figures has Gre
ated Il widespread demand that steps
be taken by the government to check
the perils of life and limb incidental
to London's present traffic chaos.
There is Il call for greater powers to
be given the police to cope with the
traffic problem.
"Short of full inquiry-or develop
ment of additional eyes and emergency
wings by pedestrians-the accident roll
newspaper article concludes. The
comment sums up the general view
point here.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14
Big Drive of Hogs

Westinghouse double file of hogs
around the world at the equator and
single unbroken line from the North
pole to the southern end Of South
America is the graphic picture present
ed by the Department of Agriculture
Of Americas slaughter of porkers last
year.
The departments statisticians calcu-
late the 81 1872, 600 hogs killed for con-
sumption would reach 61,770 miles II
placed end on end, allowing four feet
for each hog. The same number, they
add, if placed 81 abreast, would form
a bristling lane from New York to San
Francisco.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14
Food Costs Americans
Millions Every Day

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. mil
lion dollars is spent every day
to feed the people Of the United
States. The total for month
is $500, 100000. and for year
$4,000, 100000.
Nearly one-third of this
amount goes for bread, potatoes,
fruits, sugar, and other food Of
vegetable origin. The other two
thirds is spent for meat, fish,
eggs, butter, cheese, lard, milk,
and other staples.
In the course Of year the peo-
pie of the United States con-
sumo more than 2,500,000,00O
eggs and nearly 10.50O,OOO.OOO
gallons Of milk.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14

1872 DR.. Casimir Funk was able to
show that when an extract rich In B
was shaken with fuller's earth, the
earth would remove all of the power
OF the extract to cure beri-beri Ga
property exclusively related to By, but
did not remove the yeast growth slim
ulation factor. Funk interpreted his
results to indicate that such extracts
contained two vitamins, one the
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14
Great Diamond Rush
Now on in Transvaal

Paris.-More than 10000 pros
pectors are feverishly fighting to
stake claims In the diamond
fields In the Stompirs region, In
Transvaal, following recent dis
coverles of huge gems. rivaling
the finds in the Kimberly field,
according to advices reaching
Paris.
The diamond rush, recalling
the Yukon gold stampedes, start
ed when a RhOdesian farmer
found dozen large diamonds In
the soil Of his apparently worth
less land. One of the diamonds
weighed 35 carats.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14
Woman Gets $4,000 as
Extra Rib" Plea Fails

Philadelphia.-Aft a brief DELHI
GRAFTON, a jury before Judge Audenried
in the personal damage suit of Lizzie
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14
Gas in Carbon Black

The manufacture of carbon black in
the United States annually consumes
10000, 100000 cubic feet of gas
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-14

Win
the sranges
upon fifty
held her firmly either threatening to kill her she
olidy of the universe
made bidding"
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

dice brought him food, but he did not eat. All day he remained hud- died in the hay, covered with horse blankets, his face turned to the board wall. He was thinking and his mind was Gethsemane.
 During the night Lord James touched Jaundice with his hand and walked him. Very quietly and with q return of long forgotten dignity, he entrusted to Jaundice an en- velope upon which was written an address in England, charging him to mail it and allow no ono to see it. He asked Jaundice 10 see the boys and ask them to bury him decently. Then he gripped Jaundice's hand and died gamely, sustained by the traditions of his race and class. Jaundice alone wept. It was the first time in many years he had wept, and he was ashamed of his tears.
 Around the race-track no man
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

every winning race. Upon such boys Lord James had preyed for years. These two had nothing in common. Race, religion, birth, breeding, and education made them different, but they met in the thick scum of vice and became insepa- rable. For Lord James. Jaundice stole and betrayed stable secrets, pulled race e-horses, bought drinks, and furnished food and lodging. It is not recorded that Lord James ever did anything for Jaundice.
 These two sank lower and lower together. When the majority of the race-tracks of the country were closed they disappeared from the world of spot. starved, and served prison terms together. When rac- ing reopened. they reappeared. Jaundice had developed q cough.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

Gosh. do we," said one of tht boys. say. we'll cat that alive Gee. but this is swell furniture Fairchild is some prince--l1ere. boys let's give three cheers for Fairchild the future mayor"
 And the lofty ceilings of the old mansion rpsoundpd With the quayCT- ing but lusty cheers from the .oung quartet.
 Laura detained the boys after their last trip np stairs.
 'ToIne on into the pantry" she said. MT. Fairchild said there was a rake or something. The cooks out. but he had her leave it for you thought maybe you'd he hungry
 Greatly to I.aura's relief she found q freshly made chocolate rake in the uantry-made. to he sure. for George and some political cronies he ez- pected after dinner-but Laura cut into # bravely and then poured out four Elasses uf milk from a quart she found iu the refrigerator.
 Come or, lets sii down in the dining room and have real spread" she suggested. AuI when tler had assembled she lifted her glass of Watnr-there wasn't milk sBsUgh io so generously around and proposed tosst 10 her em- pIoFer. "The man who isn't stuck up." and this rt.rain echoed through the rooms of The oid house.
 she had just time to take her place at her desk and tn settle bark comfortably in her chair when her employer returned.
 The bows cane,'' she said. and goodness. me. [ thinF I may have made a mistake. Did you say to
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03
The Fairchild Donation
By JANE OSBORN.

ftake-and when the boys come W itt a truck take them along and show them their things. That's perfectly clear. isn't fl. Miss Monroeg"
 ''t'm hum" said Miss Monroe with tagging attention as she took the keys offered hy her empiUy er.
 What's got into you? ?'' asked George. Ever since I've been run- ming for ma5or you've seemed sp absent t-ninded-iust when I need your hcin and sympathy most. 70 There seemed to be something of boyish disappointment in this com plainf-HDt quite iu part Mr. Fair cfutd's relations as employer. But f Laura Monroe noticed t she did not sTov it.
 May he it's tbe weather" offered Laura.
 "You're sure you understand and you won't forget t1e keysg'
 T understand all right" was Laura's reiuinder. ard as tfrorre FaIrciiid cloSpi tile door she dclged even deegrr i1tn inc map that uH- folded from a blua leather cover.
 The map that proved ga absorbing showed the Yarious electoral di- ' isloHs aud vard boundaries of tbe citr. with inc voting population of each set.ti"1 numbered iH by hand. Laura had forroHed t from lawyer friend of Mir. FafrclIi18. rIio s1 f9cscd it wss George HHo had asked Tor if.
 And u0u Laura veas doiag what
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

(fH RiSS MONRbE--I say MISS I'M NonrosI" .,5,, sssrss E, [.Irsails !. ,.s1s at the threshold of his office about to depart for a luncheon at a busi- ness mems club.
 Tim" absent1y asked Miss Mon- roe. looking ID from n folder that was apparently more absorbing than her employer at the moment.
 "My, that must be interesting" [" George Faircl1ild said 2 little testily. Listen, please. fo what have to say. and don't forget. I don't ex- pect to ba back uHtil : or I. In tho meantime some boys will come over from the Boys CIHh. Thet are fitting in their new headquarters and they've made an appeal for old furniture and pictures aud things. No one will be home at the house rny aunt is sti1l at the shore and it's Ianmah's day out.
 T went over things last night in rps rooms and I put s1Ine things in Inc hall betHetu Inc bedroom and ,p,- study. Thev are things that arc urcttv battered and TT nfver want tberu again. Glad to get rid of them. in fact.
 a.Ip inc other hall. from the study ,o tte main corridor. there arc some things fo go tn iho rapair man. Heres ihe kr t1 fi1e I"1lzH. and 1T .I,s refair ruaH rnes -'" @a1 s1rs te rants the things. lock Bp here and go over and s'io" TH5n "fs' '".
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

Laura did not answer. She quickly wiped the tears away and straightened her shoulders.
 ''I'm sorry" she said. But you mustn't talR that way now-not unt1 after tho election. Meantime. just for my sake. don't tell any one it was my mistake about your doua- ton to inc hors liked them SO much--of course. I don't understand politics. but know they arc all your friends"
 "Thav'rr not votcrs." said Fair child c1nciusiyeiy.
 ''%u. but their fathers are-and more than that. their mothers are" said aura stoutiy. But George only smiled incrcdulous1y.
 Then election ratnc and FairchiId. 'Fairrhiid who was never stuck ur.'' ''Fairchiid. the working boys best fri"nd" was elected.
 He had q phenomenal victory in the siNth aud Third Wards. No one of his paIry had ever made show ing in that section. and 1t vas that fact. said cvprr one. that swung the election away from his influential oppontut.
 The nest day George and Laura met as usual in ;hs office. Both were very tired. but they were not late.
 You know, I've been thinking" said George. i've been wondering. Laura. whether mayhe. after all. you aren't a better politician than I. [ oEe this whole victory to you-and now rqu've got ta marry me before [ Eo into oTce. to show me how to live ID to the fine reputation you've given me"
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

His wastea bouy reyeucd the rav- ages of tuberculosis. Lord James wns wearing, with a pitiful effort to maintain m air of decency, suit purchased with his last remittance money two years before.
 The horses were racing at Jamaica and the weather was raw and rainy. They experienced dif- nenlty In gaining an entry 10 the track and were compelled 10 remain outside. shiverlng and wet until the days sport ended. Then a negro stab1e-boy allowed them to sleep with him in stall, and Jaundice procured food from the camp fires, where no one ever is refused.
 Lord James did not get up the next morning. He had crawied into inc hay with vet clothing and in the morning he had fever. Jaun-
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

connected with the game dies and lacks a decent funeral. but there was scant sympathy for Lord James. The hat was passed, book makers. jockeys, trainers, owners, graftcfs, even the pickpoekets, con- tributing, but their contributions were small. The whole amounted to eighty dollars. Ja1ndice was not satisfied. Had he been satisfied there would have been no story to tell.
 On tho day following the horses moved to Belmont Park to open the racing seashn on that track, and Doc Grausman was entered to start in 2 high weight handicap. Doc Gransman belonged to wealthy man whose colors Jaundice had often carried to victory. This owner had not entered tho horse in the
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

lraiighiid had avoided doing all along going oyer the ground oi the city step by step-fguring out to nicoty inc votes that would bc cast in each district for her eIn- ployer.
 She laid h1ud= on paper and pen cil beside her desk, drew q rough little diagram jottinE down some figures. did smnc lightning calcula- tion in her active young brain, and then sat tnusing with the map open in her lap. She vas not cntfrely- tiptifnistic.
 Then the door opened and fW0 yaung boys nf sixteen or so sham hied in. awkHard1v doff1ng caps aud edRing to the wall before speaking
 Mir. Fairchild said he mad some thing fnr us," tllev ssid.
 Were out witb iruck-siIotild Ve go over to his house to get them m''
 Laura explained thFt she would go with them.
 ''You don't H ant tn-to sit ir inc truck with us f1o youg" crinued one nf tic boys. 'It's just an old truck you know-witilam any seats. I-s f,1ts are just sitting nu tl1e Ifoftof1
 '-4F ruurse ! uaut f8 g8 aith ron" said laura viih g swilr. "Yo1 woildn'i want mo fo walk. world ycu- And # ! start to slip nfIt. ! 2tfess rou Nnrs can manage tg hold me in @~
 ''Surc thin@." .To1 bef.~ frnu1 iilc taa boys.
 Mir. T7a5rrIHId Is ep interested i5 rnur r-Iui,,T Laura fll,ed ou ti1r trip to tIic old Faifc1slH tnmestead on fTc outskirts of fine city. lie was
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

In for the workout, and perhaps they'll stand for it. Sure you're strong enough to handle the colt7'
 The owner had observed the cough, and Jaundice checked it with an effort.
 "Yes, Mister Plfil. I'm all right Just caught a cold. Get this mount for me, Mister Phil. I've got to plant Lord James decent"
 That old bum dead at last7"
 "Yes. sir. I've got to get A hun dred and fifty to plant him, and the boys aln't kicking in fast. Let me ride this Doc Grausman hoss and I'll plant Lord James swell. like his family would want hin.p
 The owner passed over a twenty dollar banknote. What he told the track officials no one knows. but when the fourth race was called
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

telling me about your plans--wants
 tn come around and visit you some
 night. After he's mayor maybe . roull want ta have him come and make q speech.
 'Tie'I never ha mayor" vas tho verdict Uf thr gUuu1cst lrE. looking vprr wisc. 'HIp'e all fight-but he i~nt pulling aHy votes iH inc Sixth W ard os. .n inc Third. Is fellers hnuas. I'm sorry. 1T he's your boss. itHt. honcst isn't hc stmck up9 Now.
 iTe wouldn't a done a thing like this ! mean riding over in this truck with us
 ''1t's just exactly what he would have tluIc." lied Laura. Why. he's the most un stuck up person [ knaw- and Dn rau inst tell those r4eu up IH ti5e Sixth and Third Wards that ] saiH SD. guess tho poor giri that has tp work for him must kIiow az NcIi as auy one"
 Laura drrtir usrd trc Ecrs at tha F'airciIilG dopr and lrd the gang of four hot -fhav would need all h4uds to move Inc 'hiHEs-up the wide old stairs S1" made 3 quick inspection uf Inc Coil"rtion of furDi- tIrs iu t1r tv.a rsssssgeways.
 TT iHrto's anything iH ii1at bunch therc tnai tou wani" she said T.sfnfiuz f4 f,7r group that Mir. Pair child had pi-l.rI o-lt for his dona tisa5. 'rn7 rau IInre it. but it's fBostFr rufti@t. Euf hrre are some ufre pieces this 1.lrarr table and tisesa rasv chairs aud ;lIis Jig read fre Iarr1 and this 1"1sr1r-anI and. ys-z ''te -rid 2" 4s- yorr take ihfs set cf I5i~k@us. if .eH Iikc--do yo1 bggs ike IEt.tcuST*
New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

give them the things in the corridor between the main hall and the library? 2"
 Great Scott. no."
 Didn't you say something about giving them that set of D.ckens?' Lord. no-ih"sc ioys wouldn't have any use for 1'ickcns."
 Tine boys that saw would and. oh, Mir. Fairchi1d." said Laura with q little trem6lc in her voice. T am SO ashamed of myself. gave them the wrong things. 1t was Hll my fault. I3ut they were SO apprcria- tive-and t1ey gave three cil"ers for Fairchild future mayor-the man wl'" iSn't Enrk up I'm so,rr I'll pay for the furniture and books"
 Those boEs come from inc sixth and Third Wards" said Fairchild. ''They aren't cheering for me. Those wards are going against Inc. sure thing That's shy [ didn't want tv waste any really good furniture on that clubhouse of theirs. IiuH't you sec. Miss Monroe 2"
 Laura let her pretty head hang. Then large fear frirkIed down unc cheek. George spranr tc her side hesitated a moment. t1Hn laid a strong arm on her shoulder.
 Miss Monroe. Laura wilsteysr you did is all risht. oh. cant keep # from y6u any longer. lere yot that's what makes it so hard. yogr Indifference and your fuafteution to ererrthing I sav. If you cared for me at all. YOU would 1'e interested. Laura are YOU absent-miHind be- csuse you're thinking of sone one rIea r~