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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06
TAX REDUCTION
BY BOARD ASKED
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE APP
PEARS BEFORE WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE
Committee Is Told That Grain Mar
kets Will Go to Canada;
Automobile Makers Also
Protest

Washington,-Fur petitions fol
tax reduction were heard Thursday
by the house ways and means CON-
mittee while a variety of projects
proposing modification of the Mellon
revision plan were under dis cussion
among various groups in both senate
and house.
Special consideration was given by
the committee to the tax on future
trading on produce markets. Philip
Campbell, representing the Chicago
board of. trade, told the committee
that the tax was driving the Chicago
grain market out of existence and
constituted eventually sales tax on
farm products. l.. f. Gates of the
Western Grain exchanges committee,
declared trade in grain products was
being driven to Canada, increasing
the burden of farmers, and described
the Chicago grain exchange as de-
pressed because of the tax.
Representative of automobile
manufacturers and associations direct
ed new attack on the tax on motor
vehicles, tires, accessories and repair
parts.
Representative Ramseyer, Republic
can of Iowa, advocated doubling the
present graduating scale of inheri-
lance taxes and adding a gift tax to
prohibit evasion. The gift levy, he
suggested should be slightly lower
than the Inheritance tax
Chairman Green of the committee
told Representative JacObstein, Demo-
crat of New York, he thought broader
exemptions under the income taxes
would be allowed. Mr.. Jacobstein
had suggested that money spent for
hospitals and doctors bills be de-
ductable under income tax.
Eleven bills, proposing the remov-
nj of the present tariff duty on all |
classes Of meats, poultry, dairy pro-
ducts, vegetable and sugar, were in
troduced by Representative Weller,
Democrat of New York. Similar
have been prepared in the
senate by Senator Walsh, Democrat |
Of massachusetts,.
Chairman Kahn told the house mill
AIRY committee that he had been as
,ured "a clean-cut statement" would
)e forthcoming from the Ford inter-
ests defining their present attitude
oward Muscle Shoals.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06
Hoo Production on Decline

Washington,-The pig survey made
by the department of agriculture,
with the assistance of the rural letter
carriers of the postoffice department,
in December, indicates that hog pro-
duction in the United States has pass
ed the crest and a downward move
ment is under way A decrease of
81 per cent in the number of sows
narrowing in tile fall of 1923 from the
fall of 1922 was shown.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06
IPoincare Gets Vote of Confidence

Paris,-The chamber of deputies
has expressed confidence in the gov
eminent by vote of 394 to $50, refus
ing immediate discussion of an inter-
pellation on the subject of pensions
British Engine Men Strike
London,-A strike of British loco
motive men, who have refused to ac-
cept the reduction in wages author
lied by the railway wages board be-
gan Sunday.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06
Compensation orders Isued

Washington, = Under an order by
Director Hines, tile status of former
service men who are given COM
pensation rating after their disability
is determined, cannot be changed
of appeals and the director of the
veterans bureau. Heretofore, a vet
Grams compensation could have been
stopped by district boards of appeal
and officers in the field.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06
Fabian Declines Attorneyshlp

Washington.-Senator Smoot has
received word from Harold p. Fabian
of Salt Lake City, declining appoint
ment as assistant attorney general,
the office for which the senator re-
Gently recommended him, and which
was vacated by w. d. Ritter. Mr.
Fabian, who expected this appoint
ment last November, has informed a
new law partnership in Salt Lake
City in the meantime, and does not
now wish to sever his new connec.
lions.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06
Woman Gets Life Imprisonment

Paducah. Ky.,-Mrs. Emma Skillian
was sentenced to life Imprisonment
on charge of being an accessory to
murder growing out of the killing OF
Mrs. Rosetta Warren and her unborn
child here last April. The state charg-
ed she conspired with Mrs. Henrietta
Wagner to plant ten sticks of dyna-
mite under Mrs. Warren's bed
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06
Helicopter Makes Record

Paris,-Marquis Raoul. Pateras Pes
cara, Argentine inventor, has estab-
lished world record flight for hell
copters. He remained in the air eight
minutes thirteen seconds, and flew a
distance estimated at 1,160 meters.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

Airplanes are soon to have sleeping
accommodations. meaning that they
will be provided for such passengers as
will not be bothered by the roar of the
engine.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

Jazz music seems to be improving.
says London Punch. At jazz band
performance the other night it was so
quiet that the audience could almost
have heard revolver fred.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

Two Of the yachts owned by the
former kaiser have just been sold. It's
all right; he doesn't seem to be going
anywhere.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

Refusal of aid to the Russian govern
Eent is no implied criticism Of the Rus
sian people, who have nothing to do
with the Russian government except
to pay its bills.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

The trapper is skillful soul. but
his art is almost nothing beside that
displayed by the wife who is cam
paigning for a mink coat.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

Now that women are taking such
an important part in politics. party
conferences have to be arranged so
they will not conflict with club meet
ings
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

The first thing hunter should do
is pass a test showing that he can
tell the difference between a rabbit
and another hunter.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

The Scandinavian countries have not
had a war for 100 years. But in all
that time they have had nothing any
other country wanted.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

Wonder what would become Of all
the lawyers If the foolish rich folks
would suddenly become prudent. self
contained and wise?
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

A doctor says unusual habits may be
a sign of approaching insanity. IF
they're unusual enough they may mean
even more than that.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

Still, it should be more comfortable
to be arrested for speeding than for
manslaughter. lot of speeders are
lucky in this respect.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

A professor asserts bulls are an
tagonized no more quickly by red than
by any other color. From q hospital
bed word comes that he can prove 1t.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

Rabbits exhibited for prizes are
Judged by the length of their ears.
The world hands out prizes to those
who let great deal go in one and
out the other.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

Inquiry at his home for the public
speaker who said women are getting
ugIier every day revealed that he hasn't
been there since.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

A housewife wants to know what
there is that is so very remarkable
in the case of q man who puts in 10
hours day.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

A case in court between landlord
and tenant, according to news Item,
sis over the matter of rent" That
generally Is the matter.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

The latest attempt at record flight
Indicates that the airplane has been
perfected now. with the exception Of
mechanical troubles.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

Just because dinosaur eggs are
worth $1,000 each is no reason why the
marketeers should try to boost ordinary
hen fruit toward that figure.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

Women's magazines are boasting
their millions in circulation, but are
there millions Of women staying home
to read magazines?
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

With 100000 automobiles made this
year. the value Of an occasional smash
ND becomes apparent in boosting next
years business
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06

At that, cheerful loser among the
nations Of the world Is no harder to
find at the moment than cheerful
winner.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-06
TELEGRAPH|C TALES
FOR BUSY READERS
\ RESUME OF THE WEEKS
ooINGs IN THIS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES
important Events Of the Last Seven
Days Reported by Wire and Pro-
pared for tho Benefit of the
Busy Reader
WESTERN

Finding the bank where he kept
forty dollars, all he had in the world,
closed on Saturday afternoon, on
Sunday George Haines, 23, of Red
ding, Calf, tried to rob it to get hrs
funds. He was caught by "a watch
man.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26
EOW MAN WILL LOOK
500 YEARS FROM NOW
viii Be Weaker, ODing to
Mechanical Aids.

The last 800 years record a gradual
change in man. His physical powers
have become weaker, his senses are
less keen. his teeth are worse. and he
would be unable to stand for any
length Of time the hardships Of his
forbears.
This weakening process win not stop
Oday. Therefore, in considering the av-
erage man Of 500 years hence we must
obviously expect him to be far weak
er creature than he is today. owing
to the use Of many artificial aids
We cannot expect any stirling phys
ical changes in the man of 2423, writes
Prof. A NJ Low. for 1t takes thou
sands OF years TO alter our structure,
bat he will in all probability seek to
improve his body by grating and cleo
trical treatment and by permanently
fixed mechanical appliances, such as
sight correctors-a great improvement
on the present clumsy glasses.
He will dress in sensible and com
Portable one-piece clothing In place Of
the absurd conglomeration Of clothes
worn at present and, owing 10 the In
crease in badness, viii wear hat OF
some description practically all the
time.
Just as our modern meals are OF less
Importance to us than the spreads" Of
olden times, so viii the future man pay
even less attention TO food; one meal a
day will possibly suffice, assisted, If
necessary, by "snacksr in concentrated
form, and compared with today his
standards Of living viii be extremely
luxurious.
His lower limbs win become afro
phled from disuse, for his methods Of
travel on moving sidewalks and COM
municating by wireless win render
any strenuous travel unnecessary.
His educational standard VIII be
very high without any exception:
thought will be an infinitely quicker
! process. and all amusements will be Of
an Intellectual variety. Games Of brute
strength win die out. boxing will be
/ regarded much as we regard the
I brutal prize fights Of bygone days and
{ IN every way TX Will pc an age OF
+ brains and not Drawn!
! He WIN treat women In what we
/ should regard as a most casual man
ner. He will think nothing OF stop
/ ping one for light for his pipe. By
+ 2423 women win have educated and
/ advanced themselves more rapidly than
at present seems possible, and win
thus be In a position TO compete with
man In every way. However. as he
VIII scientifically understand 'loye,"
he win treat It with far greater re
spect
His life viii be. relatively speaking.
far more complex than ours, and BY
2423 the study Of wave motion win
have LED 70 the habltual use Of wireless
sight. and many other developments OF
that period
The mental transference of thought
at present claimed by many trieksters,
but not a scientific faet-will be thor
oughly understood, and that point
alone viii increase efficiency and
speed mp his mode OF life generally. He
will most certainly use a shorter pho
netlc system Of spelling FIX
press
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26
Making the Children Victims.

How can the state board of control
carry its strange, cynical tactics to
the point Of making victims of child
ren? Suppose it does feel free to
play with the fate of prisoners and
feeble-minded Suppose it does
have nothing to say" when some
reason for its course is asked in
behalf of the taxpayers of Wisconsin.
Are not the little children, I'M
fortunate enough in that they have
no tender homes, no parents who can
protect them, sacred charge?
There was a juvenile department
of the board of control in Wisconsin,
and even in the short time it was
allowed TO continue a great work
was begun. 1t was the work of
keeping children out of institutions,
preventive work, work to give them
proper homes. The board broke
all the: up months ago. It cut the
salary of the director more than a
third, masking it plain that she was
to go. But if the board did not like
the director, that did not excuse it's
subsequent neglect of children. That
did not give it a right to let the
ehildren's work go for months.
The hoard talked about economy.
The chlldren's department had been
costing about 1925 a month. Not
so very nuch if we look at what the
state spends for some other thingsi
De- 80 .s,,. >,..,r .r-c- 49, $1,000, 49,,
can the board now propose a
system that win cost more and that
no one of intelligence can believe
viii do as much Tor the children
whose misfortune I viii be to be
wards of WiseonsiE? -Four en-
ployes, three Of them paid 500 a
month; a fourth, SIPS. Good clerks
they may be; routine inspectors per-
haps. But does any man who has
children think that anyone COM
petent TO organize and lead and
inspire real work can be obtained for
such figures? Plainly the board
does not. since it asks far less than
it demanded Of the director.
Could anyone with mother 5
heart feel comfortable if she knew
that her children might be turned
ever TO the tender mercies of the
board Of control? Yet the children
whose fate 50 largely rests with that
body are Wisconsin's children. Even
in politics there is some heart. There
was s verse: Suffer the little
children" Men and women of
Wisconsin do not want to see it
turned about TO read: LET the
little children suffer. Milwaukee
Journal.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26

Nature can sometimes do as good
a Job in naturalization as the expert
embalmers OF Tut-Ankh-A men's day.
Nor long ego the body OF an ancient
warrior was exhumed from a Greek
temple where he had been buried 1900
years ago without any especial effort
having been made toward preserving
his body. II was so well preserved
that the wounds which killed him
were plainly visible Within the last
few months a perfectly preserved
body. buried 81 years ago, was ex-
humed In Germany. and many such in
stances have been noted The ex-
plantation Is not k-ewn but seems 70
be connected with the cause Of death.
the bodies Of persons dying from bse-
terial Infection being apparently more
prone 20 decay.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26

In attempting TO get out OF the
way, Mrs. Smell fell, bruising her
somewhat.-Carey (O.) Times.
"LONG MAY SHE WAVEw Re-
marked the man whose wife support
ed him by running hair-dressing
parlor.
A tramp who heard that boot
leggers were lousy with money said,
''They have nothing on me; Pm lousy
without money"
An old-fashioned practitioner. is a
doctor who can lance boil without
nurse and two assistants.
The father who used to blow out
the gas lives anew in the son who
knows better.
1t isn't the style of the Bible, that
makes it unpopular with moderns,
but the fact that it cramps their
styles.
Many a bird packs his trunk be-
cause he has lost his grip.
AND THEN SOME.
When Myrtle looks into my eyes
| like her.
And when she smiles, or gently
sighs-
! like her.
But when she cuddles close to me,
With lights turned low, and none
to see,
There's just one thing to do, by
gee;
LOVE her.
The kaiser is saying so little that
some suspect he is still saving wood.
Noting that another Airdale has
been sent to President Coolidge,
the impression is out that the white
house is dog kennel
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26

WITH LITTLE hullabaloo on the
surface, but a lot of trading and
log-rolling underneath, Calvin
Coolidge continues earnestly and
quietly at the task Of getting himself
elected President Of these states.
The goal now among his chief
lieutenants is nomination on the
first ballot" and it is to that end
that they are exerting their best
efforts in every state where the
delegations are not already pledged
to the President. The campaign Of
Hiram Johnson is not causing the
Presidents friends much worry.
Coolidge seems to be getting all the
breaks" with the plum just a little
too high for the Californian to reach.
HOW DRY is prohibitionist?
This question has been raised here as
the result of dissension among
prohibition leaders in and out Of
Congress as to how far they should
attempt to 20 in drying up the coun-
try. In the House, Kvale Of Wis
consin, who succeeded to Volstead's
seat, and Cramton of Michigan, are
railing at each other, though both
claim to be as dry as dust. One of
the charges hurled by Kvale is that
the Anti-Saloon League is not real
dycd-in-the-wool prohi organiza-
tion which observation, Of course,
delights the out-and-out vets and
observation-disclosures.
ADMINISTRATION leaders in
the House Of Representatives, ae-
cepting the mandate Of Republican
caucus which ordered tax reduction
before a soldiers bonus, promise to
get vote on the Mellon Tor some
otherl plan within six weeks. This
does not mean, however. that the
bonus is side-tracked for good, as
the veterans bloc" is still active and
its members intend to shout for the
bonus again just as soon as the tax
reduction is out Of the way.
PUBLICATION OF the Box Peace
Plan created considerable stir,
mostly verbal, in Congressional
circles. but it is unlikely to cause any
change in the Administration s
foreign policy. A flat endorsement
of the plan has yet to come from
either the League Of Nations
advocates or the isolationists. Both
President Coolidge and Woodrow
Wilson declined to add anything to
their already well-known views on
American forign relations when
asked to comment.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26

a gvoa mrzi awaiting nIin. out. Insteao,
he found his wife In tears.
well !" he exclaimed, whats the
matter. dearf"
your supper isn't ready. darling"
replied his wife, between sobs. ''I've
been all the afternoon trying to pull
the hairs out Of that rabbit"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26
Appropriate

The occasion was society wedding.
Miss - was being married to Lord
-. Something went wrong and the
bride had to wait ten minutes for the
bridegroom's arrival.
When he did turn up the anthem,
chosen by the bride. was sung: 81 wait
ed for the Lord"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26

American folklore and Indian
legends, told in open-air meetings,
are a feature of the University of
Wisconsin summer session.
Some y Wisconsin students at
tended summer army training camps
last summer.
A tub was big enough for Digenes,
but the world was too small for the
ex-kaiser, thus demonstrating that
contentment depends not upon what
we have.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26
Wanted to Be Exact

He was a very keen young business
man. He had written on a square Of
paper to be stuck outside his Office
door. "0ut TO lunch. Back In half an
hour"
An afterthought struck him. He
added the words, 'Been out % minutes
already"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26
He Didn't KnotO II!

Il suppose" said the master to a
boy who was joining the English lit
erature class, you don't know much
about Tennyson's works7"
mo, sir" answered the lad, II can't
say / do, though l know most of the
factories In the town."-Boys' Life.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26
Helped Little Girls Cough.

My little girl had an awful
cough. | got a bottle of FOLEY'S
HONEY AND TAR COMPOUND
and gave her a few doses and she was
greatly relieved" writes Clyde h.
Benson, Marlbrook, Virginia. The
best remedy for coughs, colds and
hoarseness. Relieves promptly and
effectively.
Sold Everywhere.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26

A man has been lynehed in Italy.
There's one, at least, that can't be
blamed on the southern states.
The best student of economics is
not always the best economic.
Men who fail and lose heart were
never cast for the part Of being
leading citizens.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26
Foley cathartie Tablets.

Get a bottle of FOLEY CAT
HARTIC TABLETS for constipa-
ton. Easy and pleasant to take;
prompt and effective in results
FOLEY CATHARTIC TABLETS
have helped me lot. was con-
stipated very bad but am fine now,
writes Miss Mildred NJ. Keene, 442
Essex St, Bangor, Maine.
Sold Everywhere.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26
Hare and Hair

A newly married man bought q rah-
bit and asked his wife to make rab-
bit pie for his supper. He returned
home IN the evening expecting to ind
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26
FOLLOW THE STAR

FOLLOW THE STAR
Sinner or Saint-whate'er you
Uplift your eyes and note the Star,
Which long ago Ger Bethlehem
shOne,
Is shining still-it has not gone.
Your faith may waver men may
stray
Far from the path on Lies rough
way,
But, constant still, the Star serene
Renews the Promise of the
NaZarene.
-
He: No, my father wasn't exactly
a policeman but he went with them a
great deal.
Time heals our scars but you
cant make a woman believe it when
she discovers her first wrinkle.
Well, this automobile age has
lightened mothers duties. Dad now
puts on the patches.
To err is human, to deny is more
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26

The government might try q little
local application after its successful
effort to prevent the importation Of
arms into Mexico.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26

Mary Garden has had the same
maid for fourteen years 50 all OF
this talk about artistic Temperament
must be pure bosh.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-26
BY DIRECTION Of the President

BY DIRECTION Of the President
himself, the Civil War cannons in
Lafayette Park, just across
Pennsylvania Avenue from the
White House. have been given 2
coat Of paint for the first time in
several years. There are four Of
these ancient guns, surrounding the
statue Of Andrew Jackson. The
President, having occasion 70 pass
through the park, noticed the dis
reputable condition Of the war relics,
and right then and there, the
Secretary Of War, who was with him,
got orders to send someone over
with a bucket Of paint.
CONGRESS IS all riled up over
the menace of propaganda. !"
Hundreds Of mimeographed form
letters, all urging the adoption Of
certain scheme of tax revision,
though signed by different persons,
are the direct cause. It appears
that the press-agents are failing by
becoming over-zealous Profession
al lobbyists and paid Legislative
agents" are to be called on the
carpet to explain their activities to
the lawmakers.
THE DEMOCRATS win be
nouinally responsible for any rail-
road legislation that goes through
the Senate this winter, since Smith
Of South Carolina has been put at
the head Of the Interstate Commerce
Committee instead Of Commins Of
Iowa, but they are proceeding
wariIy and making no promises. This
policy was decreed by Senator
Robinson, the Democratic leader.
Chairman Smith had a complete
program" all drawn up and ready
for broadcasting to the country
through the press, but Robinson got
wind Of it and advised Smith to
tear it up. There are too many
Republicans on the committee, in
Robinson's estimation, to take any
chances Of making promises too
early.