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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
Don't ehuekls If you put over a substitute
whes an advertised product is called for.
Maybe your customer viii never come back.
Bes AHlford. IL.
Extravaganza

Old Hen Roddy. from Hogskin Hol
low, is fond Of boasting of his amaz
Ing thriftiness by virtue of which be
has accumulated a fairly substantial
bank account.
You're very careful about your ex-
penditures, aren't you, Uncle HenY
the village schoolmaster asked one
day.
''Yes, perfesser, I'm right smart that
away. Fact, / don't recollec' that |
ever spent but one quarter fer jlst
dern foolishness. That was when |
let storekeeper talk me into buyin'
a pair O. cks."-Everybody's Maya
zine.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
CrouD Eats Insects

Birds are chiefly valuable TO us be-
cause they kill insects, says Nature
Magazine. The crow is no exception
TO this rule. About fifth of the
adult crows annual food is taken from
tie insect world. its share of insects
being made up largely of species
found on or near the ground
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
A Novel of the Foothills
By ROBERT STEAD


tht byROBE
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
Through the Needles Eye

1t is fact that there is in the wall
of Jerusalem small gateway built
for the use of pedestrians and known
by name which is translated as The
Needles Eye" Through this gate il
is quite possible for small under
nourished camel, Invested of all its
equipment, harness. etc. by kneeling.
TO work its way. though not without
difficulty. The gate is still in ex-
lstence.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27

cover 1t. 1t would be best that she
should forget him. as lie had-almost
forgotten her. There was no doubt
that would be best And yet there was
a delightful sadness in thinking of her
still. and hoping that some day He
was never able to complete the
thought.
He had been walking down a street
of modest homes; the bare trees
CROPPED into a sky clear and blue with
the first chill presage of winter. A
quick step rell unheeded by his side;
the girl passed. hesitated, then turned
and spoke.
you are preoccupied. Mr.. Grant"
"Oh, Miss Bruce, I beg your pardon.
I am glad to see you" Even at that
moment he had been thinking Of Zen.
sand perhaps he Dut more cordially
into his words Than he intended. Bur
- had grown to have considerable re-
garA ou her own account. for this N
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
Satisfactory

$50 you want to marry my daugh
fer? What is your financial standingr
swell. sir. I've figured out every ex.
emption possible; I've had the best
legal advice that money would secure
I've done everything could do to
dodge it-and still find that canno'
escape paying a. income tax"
Take her. She's yours~-BostoI
Transcript
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
CHAPTER x-ContInued.

II know what you mean," she said
'There's too much servilIty in 1t. An,
yet one may pay these courtesies ant
not be sarvile. / always 'sir'd' you
father, and he knew did 1t because
wanted to, not because had to- Ant
! shall do the same with you once W,
understand each other"
II think we can accept that as I
working basis" he agreed.
She produced notebook and pencil
"Very well, sir. Do you wish to die
tate?"
Grant found little apartment
house on a side street, overlooking the
lake. Here was place where the vi
sion could leap out without being
beaten back by barbados of stone
and brick. He rested his eyes on the
distance, and assured the invelgline
landlady that the rooms would do, and
he would arrange for decorating at mis-
own expense
AS he was arranging the books on
his shelf clipping with the account
Of Zen's wedding fell to the floor. He
sat down in his chair and read 1t slow
ly through. Later he went out for a
walk.
1t was In his long walks that Grant
found the only real comfort of his new
life. To be sure, II was not like roam
Ing the foothills; there was not the
soft breath Of the Chinook, nor the
deep silence of the mighty valleys But
there was movement and freedom and
a chance to think. The city offered
artificial attractions In which the foot
hills had not competed; faultlessly
kept parks and lawns; splashes of
perfume and color; spraying foun-
tains and vagrant strains of music.
He reflected that some merciful prin-
ciple of compensation has made no
place quite perfect and no place en-
drely undesirable. He remembered
also the toll of his life In the saddle;
the physical hardship, the strain of
long hours and broken weather. And
here, too, In different way, he was In
the saddle, and he did not know
which strain was the greater. He
was beginning to have a higher re-
gard for the men In the saddle Of busI-
ness. The world saw only their sue
cess. or. 1t may be, their pretense of
success. But there was a different
story from all that, which each one of
them could have told for himself.
On this evening when his mind had
hoar, cttddar1x, tt,r IT, al
nels by the finding of the newspaper
dealing with the wedding of
Y.D.'s daughter, Grant walked far into
the outskirts Of the city, paying little
attention to his course. 1t was late
October; the leaves lay thick on the
sidewalks and through the parks;
there was In all the air that strange.
sad, sweet dreariness of the dying
summer. Grant had tried
heroically to keep his thoughts away
from Transley's wife. The past had
come back on him, had rather engulfed
him, in that little newspaper clipping.
He let himself wonder where she was,
and whether nearly a year of married |
life had shown her the folly of her de- !
cision. He took 1t for granted that |
her decision had been folly, and he ar
lived at that position without any re-
lection upon Transley. Only--Zen
lad been In love with him, with him,
Oennison Grant, Sooner or later she
must discover the tragedy of that fact,
Ind yet he told himself he was big
'nough to hope she might never dis
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
Famous Genre Painter

Meissonier, the celebrated French
genre painter, was noted for the
microscopic perfection of detail and
finish of his pictures. He painted be-
tween $50 and 500 of these About
% of them are owned in America
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
cutfcura soothes Baby Rashes

Cutlcura Soothes Baby Rashes
That itch and burn, by hot baths
Of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe-
cially if litrle Of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum Is busted on at the fin
tsh. 25c each--Adyertisem
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
This Weeks Motor
SernOnette
No. ~
Good Rule In Buying. Too
prepared BY the Public Informa-
tion Committee of the
Washington Automotive
Trade Association)

One trouble with the Golden
Rule is that while lot OF people
believe in it, they aren't keen
about looking for ways to apply
il.
That is why few motorists ever
think Of it in connection with
buying cars.
The car buyer wants the dealer
to play square with him, He
wants a fair allowance for his
car. He wants an honest car
from a batch in which there may
ne one or two unavoidable
lemons. He wants to buy from a
man who will make good II any
thing goes wrong.
In short, he wants to be done
unto as he knows he ought to do
unto others. But what about his
way Of buying?
Does he tell the dealer that his
old car Is in first-class condition
when he is selling it only because
1t gives him continual trouble?
Does he say that he can get
lot more for the old car anywhere
when every other dealer has
actually found It necessary to re-
ject the offering? Does he
threaten to kill business for the
dealer II the terms are not made
all one.sided?
There Is a golden rule Of buy.
ing automobiles the same az there
10 In selling them. It's no idea
The Washington times., 1924-12-03

Campbell 6 Beahm. Luray. va.
J. H. CampbelI, ReedviIIe, Va.
Auto supply Co., saluda, Va.
chesapeake Motor Co., KllmarnOck, Va
Pitts Motor Co.. fredericksburg. Va,
University Motors o., Hyattsyille, Md
The Washington times., 1924-12-03

From now on until show time
and blizzard weather, there will
not be q week without an innounee.
ment Of new model. This means
q stimulOus for business and with
the added impetus of closed car buy
ing, dealers can begin to eat three
squares per diem again.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
HIGHER IDEALS
ARE URGED BY
CQ0L|CBN
Packard Dealer Here Points
Out Duty Of Statesmen
to Buyers

Automobile dealers have a great
responsibility in encouraging motor.
lists to aspire to higher ideals in
ownership, drying and safety, ac-
cording to Oscar Coolican, local
1;Packard dealer, who is credited
with working along novel lines when
contributing a viewpoint on motor
ing conditions.
Progressive dealers are only lust
coming to appreciate the impor-
lance Of this responsibility, he saws.
ana II IL important for the car
owner to understand the process in
order that he can lend his fullest
cooperation.
Mr.. Coolican points out that 1t is
the automobile dealer who can in,
nuence a man to buy car that IL
best suited to his needs, thus en-.
abling the owner to start his motor.
ing career in more efficient man.
ner. It is the dealer, he further
contends, who can encourage the
owner to appreciate the need for
safety by taking seriously the mat.
ter Of brake adjustment and other
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
Plan
To IMPROVE
TRAFFIC
Los Angeles Voters Accept
Proposal to Cost
$1o0,ooo,O 900

LOS ANGELES. Calf, Dec. g.
A comprehensive. city.wide plan for
the relief OF vehiclIlar and pedes-
TRAN traffic and its future street
development was adopted by Los
Angeles by a vote of three to one
at the recent election. Two propo-
sitions were submitted to the vot-
ers One on the adoption Of major
traffic street plan, prepared by
three eminent experts from the
East, and the other providing
$1,000, 900 to provide the city's por-
ton for carrying out the first unit
Of the proposed traffic relief.
This action indicates approval Of
the citizens generally of street
plan that will cost approximately
500, 100000 and includes the widen.
ing OF downtown traffic arteries,
the extension Of heavily travelled
streets into through thoroughfares,
and providing for future street de.
velopment along scientific lines.
f. Los Angeles found itself facing a
unique situation. 1t not only has more
automobiles per capita to provide
for than any other spot In the world
but 1t is q center for motor tourists
who annually add onethird to the
normal motor traffic. More than
100000 resident motorists use the
streets, and during the year some
zoe, 000 motorists from other States
come sightseeing, making the prob,
lem Of handling traffic more diff
cult than in the average city.
The relief plan adopted by the
voters not only provides funds for
immediate traffic relief, but formal
ly adopts q plan designed to care
for the constantly increasing num-
bers Of vehicles for years to come.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03

useful unit Of transportation rather
than a plaything for him to do with
as he chooses.
These important changes in the
dealers attitude should be carefully
considered by all motorists, for
though the effect is unconsciously
to influence the ear owner toward
interest in higher motor ideals, far
more will be accomplished through
conscious cooperation.
Dealers today are selling trans
portation, not just cars. 1t requires
different tactics and new type Of
responsibility"
The Washington times., 1924-12-03

matters Of car care that bear d.
.rectly upon the subject.
Every car buyer is greatly in,
huenced by the organization that
sells him his car" the dealer adds.
THAT is why progressive dealers
employ only careful drivers as
statesmen. That is why the progress
sive dealer does not give demon.
stration In speeding unless forced
to; why he shows how safer car
features are not intended to com.
pensate for additional .carelessness,
and why he aims to sell a man a
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
CHEVROLET PLANT NOW
HAS BODY FACTORY

DETROIT, Dec. 3.-The compile
tlon this year Of the body factory
adjoining the Chevrolet assembly
plant at Tarrytown marks the
fulfillment Of plan by the
Chevrolet company to parallel each
of its assembly units with q body
plant, thereby reducing to O min.
imum freight cost on body ship
ments.
The assembly plants. at which
body factories now are being op.
Grated by Fisher Body Corporation.
are at Flint, st. Louis. Oakland
Calf: Janesville. Wis: Cincinnati
and Buffalo.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
Canada Girls Cyclists

In Canada, the girls have taken
up bicycle racing and as q track
sport it has become exceedingly
popular. Races have been held at
Toronto, Ottawa. London and
Winnipeg, and the public has re-
sponded generously. Long-distance.
hiking" also is coming to the
front rapidly.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
ANY Time GOOD
To BUY Or
SELL
D. c. Automotive Trade Group
Clears Up Mystery Of Sup
ply and Demand .

For the motorist who is In the
market for ANEW car there are
no such things as favorable and
"unfavcrable" times to sell or to
trade In the old car, according to
bulletin just issued by the used
car committee of the Washington
Trade Association.
The bulletin seeks to clear I'D the
mystery regarding the operation Of
the law Of supply and demand az
regards the used car market, and
70 set the motorist straight on a
him.
In its work of studying local as
well as national conditions in own
ership and mercha ndising the w. A.
I. a. committee Announces that It
mas found that 1t makes no difference
20 the average owner, in the final
analysis, whether used nar allow.
ances are low or high, since the
prices on the new cars he considers
atAhe same time are correspondingly
low or high.
Fallacy To Wait.
1T IL q fallacy to await favor
able time to sell or to trade in the
old car" the bulletin reads, "just
as 1t ia a delusion to believe that
one time is more unfavorable to
trade than another. Past experience
has shown that whenever a motor
list receives but a comparatiyely
small figure for his old car he 10
able to purchase new one at a
proportionally How figure, and that
when conditions are such that he
is able to obtain a high figure for
his old car, he has to pay q hikh
price for a new car.
Too many motorists make the
mistake Of believing that the used
car martM is distinct from the
new car MAJ ret and that, as con.
sequence, II Us affected by separ-
ate law OF supply and demand They
fail to appreciate the fact that
without the new car market there
never would have been used car
market and that the latter follows
the former in all general trends.
One Law For Both.
"one law of supply and demand
does for both. When there IL a
demand for new cars and the used
car market Ia stimulated according
~, and the experience Of the past
proved that when new cars were
not selling brislxly the used car
market followed suit.
Thus. when a car owner holds
off on a purchase Of q new car
on the theory that he viii benefit
by a better used car market all he
does Is wait until he suffers suf-
ffcient loss in the new car market
to compensate for what he gains.
Market conditions, therefore, are
not to be considered in buying
car, except in unusual instances
where there are perhaps leadership
changes or factory reorganizations.
The only point to be considered is
whether there would be a material
benefit by making a change of
transportation units
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
Youth Prefers Bicycle

Among boys there's as great
longing tfor d bike" as when
father was q lad. Youth prefers
means Of locomotion propelled by
youths own power. The auto re-
quiring little effort, Is for the
older and lazier generation.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
Long Distance Records

a worlds record Of long-diatance
riding on the old ORDINARY. bicycle
which nobody ever has attempted
to lower is that established by
william J. (Senator) Morgan who,
quarter of a century or more
ago, rode a high wheel without q
dismount for 236 miles. @ 81
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
BOY SCOUT RIcYcLIsT
IS PERFECT PHYSICALLY

George Anderson, eighteen years
old. has been adjudged the nearest
physically perfect boy scout in
Brooklyn. DIR. c. X. Taylor, OF
Outlook magazine, examined 1000
boys before the handed the palm
to George. George williams and
Victor Wilborg, also boy scouts
won second and third. places, re.
spectively.
All three are ardent bicycle riders
and use their wheels constantly
in keeping physically FIT. Ander,
son, for instance, once rode his
bicycle from Brooklyn to Lake Ron
kokopna, L, l., distance Of sixty.
five miles, in five hours.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03

The Worlds Greatest Automobile Values Below All Com
par1so They Are the Finest Hudnsex Cars Such Price
Reductions Are Possible Because They Largest Selling Six ndT
Closed Cars in the World $3.50
The Washington times., 1924-12-03

Winchester Hudson Co., winchester.
Va, 1879
'CulDeDer Sales Service Co., Gull
pepper, Va.
Broeaius Bros. & GORmIey. Inc.
Rockville, Md.
Baker D Cosby, CeIumbia, We.
Hargrave . Lswis, West Point, Va.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03
Bicycle Output Great

Government figures on the pro-
duction Of bicycles show that in
1928 there were 480,077 bicycles
manufactured, valued at e1O,664, 013.
The Washington times., 1924-12-03

Dents Garage, Great Mills. Nd.
Hamilton Motor Co., Hamilton, Va.
Robert v. Norris, In Plata. Md.
walker Auto Corp, ChaEIOttesvilIe. Va
Ashby Motor o.. QUANTITIES, VI.
DaAos Bros, Orange, We.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-07-25

IRRIGATED Is acres. Spokane Valley. p.
r. johnson. Occur d'Alene, Idaho.
CUT-OVHR AND DEVELOPED LANDS
Is to rs miles N. q. Spokane; on paved
highways; extra good soil; spring brooks
grows grain, vegetables, hay, fruits; several
developed ranches; few stock ranches with
adjoining free range; $40 to $40 per acre
10 years time; per cent. interest; free
lumber. Write owners for free book. nd
wards Bradford Lumber Co.. ELK, Wash
fngton.
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FRENZIED BUYERS SEND
WHEAT TO SENSATIONAL
new HIGH PRICE RECORD

Predictions that the wheat crop
this season in Canada would be
less than half of the yield of 1928
had much to do with the recent
sensational advance of prices on
the Chicago board of trade. Max
imum gains of five cents bushel
were registered one day.
Excitement in Chicago among the
traders at the wheat pit attained a
high pitch when word went out that
SO per cent damage from the Cana
dian drought had been forecast by a
recognized expert on crop conditions.
R. o. Cromwell, manager of one of
the largest grain houses here, made
the statement. A dispatch from him
dated at Saskatoon, Sask., in the
heart of the Canadian wheat belt,
said:
Neither Winnipeg or Chicago
realizes the situation in Canada. 1t is
the worst in 20 years. Even feed
grain is near failure here. Superin-
tendent of grain departments of the
railroads and other such people are
agreed that the wheat crop will be
only half of last year in the three
The ensuing scramble to buy was
one of the liveliest that has been
seen in Chicago for a long while,
a flood of sales to
'ealize profits.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-07-25
9,OOORANCE CATTLE
SOLD BY STOCKMEN
e. L.. DANA OF WYOMING MAKES
BIG DEAL FOR NORTHERN
MONTANA CATTLE.
Prices Paid to Montana Stockmen by
Mr.. Dana range from $50 to $37. so
head. Cattle Shipped to Home
Ranges.

Movement of 5000 range cattle
purchased by E. L. Dana of Park
ham, Wyo., at Northern Montana
points in the last few weeks, to
Rowley, near the Wyoming line,
was completed recently by the pur-
chaser. Several additional sales of
Importance are now pending.
The prices paid to Montana stock
men by Mr.. sDana for range cattle
range from S35 to $3.50 a head, ii
was stated by men familiar with the
deals, the higher figure obtaining in
sales in which were included steers
nearing maturity. All of the stock
has been shipped to the point near
est Rowley and from there to the
Rowley range owned by Mr.. Dana.
Stock sales made to Mr.. Dana rep
resent the most important transac-
lions of the kind made in Montana in
the last five years, according to the
cattlemen of northern Montana. Com
paratively few sales have been made
between stockmen within the state
in that period as compared with the
usual business of this nature in form
er years. Stockmen claim that the
purchases made by Mr.. Dana would
have a tendency to stabilize the state
range livestock market, and that with
a range of prices established by sue
cession of deals of this size, the COM
Ing fall is likely to witness revival
Of trading in cattle.
The 5000 head purchased by Mr..
Dana represents approximately one
fourth of the stock of like quality
now offered for sale in northern
it is said by men in close
ouch with the livestock industry. 1t
vas declared that $1,000 head of
,attle still are available to pur-
,hasers in the same territories in
which the Dana cattle were pur-
hased.
Mr.. Dana is known as one of the
argest livestock operators in the |
and is frequently referred |
o as the largest breeder of Here |
ords in the world. With the pur-
bases made in northern Montana,
e will this summer run approximate
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-07-25

Forecasting for Montana a pro-
babIe record breaking production
of nearly 54,50O,O0O bushels of
wheat for 1924; showing a 90 per
cent increase in the corn acreage
over that of last year; estimating
the 1924 flax average as more
than twice that of year ago; CIV
ing the stockmen credit for the
largest wool clip since 1917, and
predicting better than average
crops of hay, oats and barley;
these are the figures of the July
crop report for Montana issued re-
Gently by George A. Scott, federal
crop statistician of the Montana
cooperative crop reporting SER
vice.
The report further indicates the
largest crop of sugar beets in the
states history; big increase in the
bean acreage, a slight increase in
the acreage of potatoes, and larger
total crop acreage this year than for
the last three years The apple crop
was severely damaged by freezes in
Ravalli county,, and this crop will be
much below average this year.
Good rains over most OF the state
crop prospects generally
during June. Crops are advancing
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-07-25

ly 10000 head of cattle OF these
1000 are run on his range property
near Cascade and the greater por-
ton of the others are kept on his
Rowley range. His range land con-,
sists of $4,000 acres, on which 10000
tons of hay can be harvested annual
ly.
Among the more important pur-
chases made in northern Montana by
Mr.. Dana were those made at the
McLeish ranch at Geyser, at the
Burke ranch near Augusta, the Ma
lone ranch near Cascade, the Hoskins
and Grant-Smith company ranches at
Deville and the Kuhrs ranch at Chi
nook.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-07-25
By Martha Edgerton Plassmann

TN THE days of stage-coachins
/ between Helena and Fort Ben
- ton, there was a large station
not far from Great Falls, at Sur
River Leavings, that was operated
by a Mrs. Armstrong, before its
management was taken over by
Mr.. Reinecke.
An eventful life had been exper-
fenced by Mrs. Armstrong, before
she located at the Leavings. 1t is
told of her that when child, liv-
ing in Minnesota, she was captured
by the Indians during the Sioux
massacre, and but for the coming of
the soldiers, might have shared the
fate of many other children, who
were enslaved or slaughtered by
the savages.
AS a landlady, Mrs. Armstrong
was deservedly popular, and had
numerous friends, because of her
kind and generous nature. 1t will
be remembered, for the story has
often been recounted, that com
pany of soldiers on their way from
Fort Benton to Fort Shaw, were
overtaken by a blizzard and severe
ly frozen.
In Letters of an Army Officers
Wife" the author, Mrs. Roe, refers
to this incident. She says, 1--WE
were at large ranch-sort of an