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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17

and the famous Roundhead parlia-
ment set aside the celebration of
Christmas, Easter and Whltsuntide.
For twelve years no special days
were observed In England, and when
they were once more taken back into
favor the result was what might have
been expected, for the Christmas sea-
son became time Of feasting, drink
ing. dancing and wild revel, lasting
for twelve days and nights. The lord
Of misrule came into existence-this
was the chosen master Of festivities,
into whose hands the keys Of the
house were given and whose word was
law while the revel lasted. The days
and nights were full of "all manner Of
hilarity, and most wild and merrie
time was had" we are told.
At first only the royal households
had these lords of mIsrule, but the GUS
tom spread until almost every house
hold had Its ruler Of the seasons
revels. But gradually. as time passed,
these wild celebrations gave place to
festivals none the less joyous. but
more BETTING the season.
The ceremony Of bringing In the
Yule log was observed. of decorating
the house with holly and mistletoe,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17

| glanced from the street window at the
brilliantly lighted shops. Money he
had none; credit WAS exhausted. Then
he gave a great start. A suggestion
had come to his mind.
Doing on q dlvan In her sitting
room Off her studio, Ethel saw the
door opened. "Burglars" was her
first thought, and then she recognized
Ranald. She watched him In amaze
ment steal across the room, seize the
loaf Of bread near her easel and dis
appear.
"Whyl" she gasped, arising to her
feet, what does 1t meanT
Ranald watched his sick friend at
tempt to assuage the pangs Of hunger
with the dry bread.
Drop IT." he ordered, his voice a
sob. 'Tll have the delicacies you
need"
He darted one poignant glance at
his picture as he dashed from the
room. A girlish form passed into 1t
from the lurking shadows. Then at
the side of the invalid she learned all
Of the truth.
81 will take it, yes" fell In sharp
nasal tones on the ears Of two listen
ers as Ranald led Levi into his studio.
Fifty tollars."
81 will give hundred" cried Ethel,
appearing from the alcove.
The pawnbroker stared at her in be-
wilderment. The artist fell weakly to
a chair.
SIS dis an auction?" insinuated Levi
IF you like" replied Ethel, her
cheeks crimson with excitement, her
pulses futtering.
"Then-a hundert and Won tollars."
1.-TWO hundred" announced Ethel
81 lof my daughter" observed Levi,
his shoulders, "but-two
hundert tolars !" and he was gone.
Ethel drew out her purse. Her trem-
bling fingers took from it what money
it held.
81 will pay the balance just as soon
as the bank is open In the morning."
she said.
tered Ranald incoherently.
She faced him, trembling in every
nerve, her eyes looking deep down into
MS soul. She faced him, a girl in,
spired with a memory Of what Adrian
Nash had told of the noblest being
she had ever known.
"Do you know what think of your"
the cried, the tears streaming down
Ter cheeks. "Oh, you grand hero"
And Ethel threw her arms around
lis neck and kissed him on the lips.
There was only satisfaction ex-
PRESSED six months later when that
ich young art novice" Miss Ethel
Warner, married Ranald Stone.
For her husband was man of gen.
US and fame, and 1.-THE Meadow" had
7on the highest art prize of the year.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
Early Election Scandal

The expression scrub race for the
Presidency" refers to the campaign
of 1924, when there were five candi-
dates, each with little party follow
ing, and nearly all nominated by state
legis' lures. When the electoral votes
were counted, it was found that Cal
houn had been elected vice president,
but no one had a majority of the cleo
toral votes for President. After
period of uncertainty, Henry Clay
threw his influence in the house to
John Quincy Adams, who had fewer
votes than Jackson, and Adams was
elected and Immediately appointed
Clay to be his secretary of state. The
Jackson party always claimed that
Clay traded his influence for the ap-
pointment and that the people had no
real part in the election.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
Mount jacques Cartier

With the exception of the Torngatse
in Labrador, peaks of which exceed
5000 feet in height, the highest noun
tain in Canada east Of the Rockies Is
Tabletop mountain in Gaspe district,
Quebec, the summit of which is 1850
feet. The geographic board has just
approved the name Mt. Jacques Car
tier for this peak In commemoration
of the explorer who was the first to
see the region in which the mountain
occurs, having, In 1884, followed the
Gaspe coast all the way around from
the mouth Of the Restigouche river.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
MAKES CHRISTMAS

1T WAS Christmas morning; the
ground was covered with snow,
- just right for real Christmas.
1t was early morning and the Gaylord
household was astir.
"Now, not a single package on that
tree touched until l get the turkey In
the oven"
This from the busy Mother Gaylord
as she hurriedly poked into the al
ready overstuffed turkey>one more
spoon Of dressing.
"All right, old DEAR shouted Hugh.
the eldest Of the three sors-"a tree
wouldn't be a tree, nor a gift a gift
without you"
"Thank you, son." said mother as
she dried her hands and Joined the
boys. "Father Is sorry, know, to miss
all this Joy with us-but business first
That largest package Is from him.
His letter said possibly he couldn't
be here for MONTH"
"Well, mother, let's save the tree
until he does come. and not touch a
package, for q tree is not tree. nor
is gift a gift with Dad away"
A familiar step was heard; the bell
rang and In stepped Dad, shouting
Merry Christmas to all! My pack
age not opened yeti BY Jol Glad
I'm just in time"
Four voices In unison: How did
YOU get here" BLEW inT asked
Mother.
SWELL guess did. Christmas
couldn't be Christmas without you
four. so / came by airplane. Golly
the turkey smells good; let's open our
packages"
The tree was truly a tree; the pack
ages were sure-enough gifts; the tur
KEY was honest-to-goodness turkey.
and Christmas was perfect. too, for
the whole family was assembled with
true love in their hearts for each
other and Christ was in the midst
Emily Burks Adams
GO. 1924. wss' Newspaper UnionJ
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17

the sun was supposed to begin to re-
cede from the equator.
They celebrated the 21st Of Deem
Der by all manner of licentious revels
and heather debauchery, and even
after the coming of Christianity 1t was
centuries before these pagan customs
and practices were eliminated. And
1t was not until after the Middle
ages that the meaning and the Sig
nificance of the season began to dawn
upon the minds and hearts Of men.
In old England Christmas became a
time Of feasting, drinking and hilari-
Gus merrymaking-not a very adj
vanced conception, but step beyond
the pagan Idea. Later the spirit Of
Puritanism began to influence English
customs and public zeal ran so high
that all gayety and all festivity came
to be considered sinful.
All observances Of special days were
declared designed by the "deville."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17

carly days Of the Christians they
thought 1t following the heathenish
customs to observe birthdays. We
cannot wonder at this when we re-
member that every god and goddess.
every noted man, and every animal
considered sacred, must each have a
f?ccial day Of feasting and festIvIty.
il Is not strange that they should
1--we come to time when they put
the whole custom aside, and celebrated
rome at all, not even the birthday of
tNr Child Of Bethlehem.
II was not until four hundred veors
later, not until Christianity had trI-
unphed and become recognized fac
ter In the world that they even began
II question the real date of Christ's
t'-th.
The Western empire had accepted
december rs as the date, and the
Eastern churches celebrated January
g. while other dates from September
~ to May 20 were observed. and each
OF these with some good reason for
its selection. 1t was Pope julius who
finally settled the controversy by ac-
c"pting the ruling Of the Western
church and established December 25,
end by the middle bf the Fourth GEN.
fury this date was generally recog-
nfzed. In the pagan nations this had
been the time when festival of Joy
took place. because 1t was then that
y ||
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine.
1t is a physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a Strengthening medi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and
bladder do the work nature intended they
should do
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
1t is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it should help you. No other kidney medi-
cine has SO many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation, send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing, be sure
and mention this paper.-Advertiseme
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
The
Song of Christmas
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

CHANT me a rhyme of Christmas
~ And though 1t Is filled with laugh
ter. let 1t be pure and strong.
Sing of the hearts brimmed over with
the story of the day
OF the echo of childish voices that will
not die away.
OF the blare of the tasseled bugle. and
OF the timeless clatter and beat
OF the drum that throbs to muster
squadrons of scampering feet
But. o. let your voice fall fainter. till.
blent with a minor tone.
You temper your song with the beauty
of the pity Christ has shown.
And sing one verse for tho voiceless;
and yet ere the song be done.
verse for the ears that hear not.
and verse for the sightless ono.
For though 1t be time for singing .
merry Christmas glee
Let low, sweet voice of pathos run
through the melody.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
Use CutiClra Soap
And Ointment
To Heal Sore Hands
Real Tribute

A lot of funny things 90 through the
mails. One morning Senator McKin-
ley, in Washington, received a request
from an aged constituent to see what
could be done to hurry along his pen
sion.
Il heard you make a speech the last
time you were in town." he wrote.
"and you had some good things in it
that l laughed at. In fact, l laughed
so hard that one of my teeth came out.
inclose the TOOTH"
The senator says this is the strang.
est proof Of fealty and token of es-
TEEN that has ever come to him in his
whole political career-Houston Post
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17

the lighted candle in the window, and
the midnight singing of carols.
Still later Christmas became day
marked by bountiful dinners given to
the poor by rich landowners, rather
than merely time of feasting and
merrymaking.
And slowly the real Christmas spirit
Is coming more and more into the
hearts of humanity, as we grow each
year to better understand the song
the angels sang that starllt night on
the Judean hills. And ION earth
peace, good will to men," means more
with each recurring year as we open
our hearts to the Child Of Bethlehem.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
His Work for Liberty

A judge who had been serving in a
criminal court effected a transfer to
a divorce court Some lawyers were
wondering why he made the change.
One of them offered solution.
THE Judge" stated he, sis very
humane man."
what has that to do with it?
swell, in criminal court he had
to send people to Jail. In the divorce
court he gives them their liberty
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17

fore the coming of the Christ Child.
Christmas came from early Egyptian
civilization. from the Teutonic barba-
Rams, or the pagan Greek and Roman
nations-or perhaps from all of them
But In the days of the early Chris
tans Christmas ceased to be observed
merely as day Of merrymaklng and
feasting. They celebrated 1t as day
Of good will and kindness. the be-
slowing Of gifts, and time Of peace,
but they considered 1t holy festival
and too filed with solemnity and sa-
cred Joy to be made time Of hilarity
and boisterous jollity.
That the very date is uncertain
makes little real difference. In those
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
Guarded HelPs Gate

Cerberus was the famous dog that
guarded the entrance of Hades. Ac-
cording to Hesiod, he was the off.
spring of Typhaon and Echidna; and
had so heads. Later writer's describe
him as monster with only three
heads, and with tail and name COM
posed Of serpents. Orpheus charmed
him with the music of his Tyre, and
Hercules overcame him by sheer
strength and dragged him to the upper
City Star.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
Exponent of Thrift

Addressing the jury, the judge
adopted his most impressive manner.
"And to think" he exclaimed. dra-
matically. that the prisoner went the
length of assaulting the complainant
for the paltry sum Of ST."
"Why not?" came the voice from
the dock, "a few dollars here and
there soon mounts up"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17

opment into womanhood and
strengthened me during the trying
months of expectancy. Mrs. Celia
Cheeseman, Box 100, Route 2.
Get this Prescription" from your
nearest dealer, tablets or liquid.
Send 10c to DR.. Pierce. Buffalo,
N. Y, for a trial pkg. tablets.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Aspirin Marked With "Bayer Cross"
Has Been Proved Safe by Millions.

Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for % years.
Say "Bayer' when you buy Aspirin
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17

W II n u o..
Pierre e Fa-
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ton, l must say
It 10 the finest
tonic an d ner-
vine for women
that / have ever
known. It re-
lieve d m c of
pains fro m
which l h a d
suffered at times
since my dcycl-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
.Celebrdtinq
Christmas
By
ANNA DEMlNG GRAu
70. 1914. western Newspaper Union.)

D SHALL have to
60 farther back
than the Christian
era to find the
source of Christ
mas celebration,
for we borrowed II
from the nations
existing long be-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
The Woman Who Knows

San Leandro, Calf" In my per-
sonal experience Of thirty-two years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-03
COOLIDGE TO GET
 GRAFT EVIDENCE
Prcsecutcr Grim Tc Place Star ting Revelations Befohe
 Nation,s Executive

CHICAGO, March 2.---New and startling revelations of graft by federal officials in Washington will be laid before President Coolidge Monday, 1t was made known as John w. Grim, special prosecutor for the government in the grand jury investigation of the Veterans bureau, left for Washington.
 Monday he expects to place before MT. Coolidge evidence secured by the grand jury here involving two congress- men and a host of other officials.
 Grim also will present the report of the grand jury on it's Veterans bureau investigation, which eliminated with four indictments against Col. Charles R. Forbes, former head of the Veterans bureau, and John w. Thompson, of Thompson and Black, builders. of Chi cago and St. Louis.
 Thompson appeared before Federal Judge Carpenter and provided $1O,. GOO bond for his appearance later. Forbes is in Washington but win como here voluntarily within few days to furnish bond. [ e5efttsts
 Trial of the two men probably will start in April or May, Grim said. The indictments charge conspiracy and bribery, in connection with the award ing of contracts for hospital construc- tiop by the Veterans bureau to the Thompson and Black company.
 The report on the other findings by the jury came as a complete surprise. In some quarters the announcement of new graft evidence was attributed to Attorney General Harry M. 'Daugherty, who was here Thursday, the day be- fore the jury returned the indictments. Daugherty, it is believed, supplied the jury with much of the material for the indictments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-03
POSTAL WORKERS
 < ASK MORE PAY.
State Meeting At Montgomery Indorses Kelly Bill In .s
 Congress
fsTATE CAPITAL BUREAU)

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March o. Resolutions calling on Alabama's mem bers of congress to support the Kelly bill providing increased pay for postal employees were adoptde at a statewide meting held here today at which all branches of the postal service were rep resented, some three or four hundred post office employees attending the meet ing.
 The Kelly bill comes up in Congress Monday and meetings were being held by postal employees all over the nation today to advocate the passage of the bill. Every section of Alabama was represented at the meeting here. The proposed legislation will benefit all branches of the postal service. A meet ing of a similar nature to that held here was held in Birmingham several weeks ago, the employees of the postal service evincing, great interest in the pending legislation. s. Bullard of Montgomery presided at the meeting here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-03
ACTION MAY STOP OIL
 LEASE DRILLING
Atlee Pomerene Will Push Civil Proceedings To
 Recover Reserves

WASHINGTON, March 2.-CoWt action in the oil lease cases will be ln- Hated this week by special government counsel, while the Senate oil committee | following further the trail of the eel ebrated Mclean telegrams. The first step of counsel will be to bring civil action looking to the stop page of the extraction of oil from the naval reserves in California and Wyo- ming and the annullment of the leases awarded by Albert B. Fall as Secretary of the Interior to Doheny and Sinclair interests.
 Any criminal action growing out of the oil scandal must await more de- tailed study of the testimony adduced before the Senate committee and an Independent investigation to fill in gaps tn that testimony.
 Atlee Pomerene, former senator from Ohio. will have more or less general charge of the civil proceedings, while Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia will devote himself and his staff principally to the study of the criminal phases of tue case.
 President Coolidge is expected to ap- point this week additional special coun- sel to prosecute actions looking to the recovery to the federal government of Sections 18 and 36 in the Elk Hills reserve in California, now operated by the Standard Oil company of California.
 The executive will select counsel espe- cially learned in land law to prosecute this case, inasmuch as the chief point at issue is whether these sections were known to be mineral bearing at the time tue state of California obtained them 'as school lands upon the granf or state hood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-03
GLAND EXTRACT. ], TO CHANGE TINT OF HAIR LIKELY

LONDON, March 2.--The day may come when, instead of going to hairdresser to have her hair .'brightened," the woman who is tired of being brunette can become a golden or even a dizzy blonde merely by taking another shot of gland extract. "Extractions from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, a pea sized gland at the base of the brain, have changed the sandy color of frog to pitch black" said Dr. Wini- fred Cullis, woman dermatological specialist, in an interview here.
 "Itf is within the range of pos formed one day to brunettes and formed one day to brunnettes and brunettes to blondes if they wish.
 ''We may even see >black men turned to white, but there would be danger in this, for the covering of the individual is natures protection against the sun and rigors of the native climate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-03
DEMOCRATS CLAIM
 TAX BILL VICTORY
Garner Says G. o. P. Majority
 Whipped To Standstill

WASHINGTON, March 2.-Demo- cratic leaders regard the passage of the Longworth surtax schedules in the House last week as a victory for their party.
 Declaring they had whipped the re- publican majority to a standstill," Rep resentative Garner, of Texas, leader of the minority forces in the tax fight, pointed out that the normal rates in the adopted schedules practically were democratic and the surtax rates were only slightly below those advanced in the Garner plan.
 "We whipped the republican majori- ty to a standstill, when they came in with MT. Melons bill taking 50 per cent off the. taxes of the rich man, and only 9 per cent of the taxes of the poor man," Garner told the United News Sunday. "We reversed the Mellon plan. entirely by making the large re- duction upon the poor man, and the slightest reduction in the taxes of per sons fully able to pay.
 We reduced the normal taxes to two, four, and six per cent, and in MT. Longworth came with a provision cutting the normal taxes to two, five and six per cent-only a slight diff ference. Thus we cut the general run of taxpayers bill to the government by 90 per cent so far as. the. rate is concerned, but. a greater amount when we allowed him liberal exemption for living expenses. Mr. Longworth was not as liberal. While he favored a 30 per cent reduction in the normal tax, as we did, he kept exemption fig ures as in the present law"
 The income tax schedules of the tax bill as they now stand, Garner as- serted, were forced there by demo- crats. He said it was not until they "were caught with the goods," that the changes were made. 7,-.--~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-03
CROWDER READY TO
 TAKE PUNISHMENT
Man Arrested In Alabama Is
 Cor.cience Stricken

GASTONIA, N. C., March 2.-@I have made peace with my God and I want to go back and take my medicine" :"
 Unable to withstand the lashings of guilty conscience, Arthur Crowder, prominent Gaston county man, has made revelations which led to the arrest of three men and two women in connection with the brutal slaying of John Ford on a lonely road near Gastonia on November z, 1920.
 Crowder wasat Decatur, Ala, when overcome with his stricken conscience. He is said to have confessed to the murder and implicated Joe Orr, Jr., son of former chief of police of Gas tonia, and Ransom Killian, who was with Ford on the night of the killing. Crowder was brought from Decatur and placed in the Gaston county jail.
 Orr and Killian were arrested on a warrant sworn out by Ford's father Saturday and were released in $10,- 900 bail each.
 Fife Grice, of Kings Mountain, and Essie Beattie, of Gastonia, who were with Orr and Killian are held in the jail here without bail as material wit nesses.
 Governor Morrison has ordered a special term of court for March 31, and it is expected that Crowder, Orr and killian will be tried at that time.
 Up until Crowder's confession three weeks ago at Decatur, the murder had remained a mystery.