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Evening star., 1924-06-03
Funds in Hand to Pay Interest.

NEW YORK. June 3.-Bankers for
Wilson and Company. packers an
nounce that sufficient funds have
been deposited to meet current in
terest payment on the company's con-
vertible 6 per cent bonds. Interest
recruitment on the issue exceeded
$4,000 and payment was made pos
sible when S5 per cent of the COM
pany's other creditors waived their
claims. Fears were recently, express
ed that priority rights of these hold
ers would endanger interest pay
Evening star., 1924-06-03
tives of manufacturers of musical sup
plies.
The famous 'Idmp-lereed la,

The famous 'Limp-legged lamp
lighter lighting London lamps is
now no more and in his place there
is an electric truck provided with
telescoping tower. When raised to
its full height, the upper platform
OF this tower Is about fifteen feet
above the street pavement, permitting
a man working on the platform to
clean or replace electric lamps and
globes quickly and easily.
Evening star., 1924-06-03
Smull Heads Produce Exchange.

NEW YORK, June 81. Barstow
Smull. former vice president of the
United States Shipping Board, was
elected president of the New York
Produce Exchange yesterday. B. H.
Wunder was elected vice president
and Walter b. Pollock treasurer
The regular ticket was unopposed
Evening star., 1924-06-03
MOZART WORK FOUND.
Hitherto Unknown Symphony Dis
covered in Monastery.

covered in Monastery.
LAMBACH. Austria, June "a
hitherto unknown fozart symphony.
No. 221, In G major. has been found
in tho Benedictine Convent Of this
city. Musical experts declare that
the symphony evidently belongs
among the Vienna symphonies OF the
years 1857 and 1853.
The manuscript was found when
Historical Institute OF the University
of Vienna came to Lambach to study
and classify the musical archives Of
the convent.
The Mozart family was greatly in
terested in the convent, for among
the manuscripts in the archives are
fifteen symphonies written by Mo-
zart's father.
Evening star., 1924-06-03

The "old First" Baptist Meeting
House at Providence, r. l., the 15o-
year-o1d home OF the church organ
lied by Roger Williams in 1884. has
lust been electrically illuminated.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Modern Takers Lack
Lighfness of Touch

Fine talking Is precious art en-
listing several different sort of train
ing. Most of US are too heavy on
the snaffle." as the English say. We
lack the llghtness of touch that goes
to make up successful conversation.
How we do detest the parlor mono
logist who takes the floor and talks
dismally for an hour about something
we know nothing and care nothing
about We hate him because we de-
sire to take the floor and talk dismally
about something quite different that
other people care nothing about.
And there is the blighted soul who
persists in telling stories, says writer
in McNaughton's Monthly. True or
otherwise. The true ones are usually
the saddest because they have no
point at all. He Is no worse than 1.-The
life of the party" who asks everybody
questions and never waits for an an
swer. And the bubbesome, laughing,
uneasy soul who wants to know:
"Well. what let's do now?'
The very fact that sober persons
after an ice-water dinner still persist
in listening to speechmaking is a
proof that we distrust conversation
for anything except preaching or the
transaction of affairs. The newest
inventions of mechanical pianos. pho
nographs and radios are really our
confession OF inability to converse
None of them are so widely used for
seasonabe entertainment In them
selves as for tricks TO keep the callers
stirred up when they come in for an
evening.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Human Traits in Pigeons

Nighthawks and whippoorwills work
chiefly at night. when most other birds
are Off duty, and at daybreak their
work Is taken up by the swifts and
swallows, says the New York World.
These birds are provided with big
scoopnet mouths, and as they swing
through the air over wide areas of
country they scoop up almost unbe-
lievable numbers of insects.
Homing pigeons probably are closer
to the human family than any other
form of winged life. The birds have
remarkable intelligence.
They mate In pairs, and the female
Of each union has exercised her right
Of suffrage to the extent chat the male
helps her in Matching out the eggs and
In caring for and feeding the young.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
EXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Of Pure Silk and Plaided.

OF pure silk and plaided in colorings
most intriguing. White and red is a
very fetching combination when plaid
ed after the manner of the model
shown in this picture. In the superior
ity of Its quality 1t carries convinc-
Ing mir of patrician style.
Individuality and originality have
reached their highest expression this
season throughout all knitted outer
wear. Remarkable effects are attained
In brushed wool, In clipped yarn trim
mings, In knitted boucle and fur simu-
lations, In combinations of wooden
yarn with rayon or fiber silk, In gor-
geous embroideries, gay colors on
white knitted garments especially.
Among the knitted garments playing
an important role at all fashionable
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Uncouer Work of Da Vinci

The oldest canal lock In France,
built by Leonardo da Vinci under the
reign Of Francois l in the Sixteenth
century, has just been rediscovered
near VierZon.
Da Vinci, who boosted that he was
as great an engineer as he was paint
er, constructed the lock because the
River Loire lacked sufficient water for
the boats, with their cargoes of salt,
that came up from Nantes. In the
course of centuries the lock dlsap-
peared and even Its exact situation
was forgotten, but the old foundations
planned by the painter Of "Mona Lisa"
have Just been unearthed.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Dalai Lama Lights Up

Lhasa, Sacred and Forbidden" seat
of the Dalai Lama, 1900 feet up in
the air amid the bleak crags Of the
Himalayas, is to have a modern hydro
electric plant. Already a specially de-
signed turbine and generator and other
necessary equipment are travelling to-
ward Lhasa along perilous mountain
trails on pack mules and soon the age
blackened temple walls and prayer
wheels will glow with a new light from
the western world. The installation
will be made entirely by Thibetans,
since white men may not enter the
city.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Sunday School Record

Ninety years Sunday school men,
Der is the record of Mrs. Margaret AL
lison of East st. Louis, III. Joining
never missed attendance since. She
came to America as a bride and has
lived in Missouri most of the time.
The most exciting experience Of her
life occurred one morning when Jesse
James and his gang applied at her
home for breakfast and she served
them the best in the house, under the
impression that her visitors were
Union soldiers.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31

peciaily when they are worn with
black satin skirts, and it is easy to see
how very useful such blouses make
themselves. For the models pictured
crepe satin is used and this fabric
having a dull and lustrous side, al
lows simple design to become very
interesting. In the blouse at the left
of russell satin the blouse Is made with
the lustrous surface out, but the in
serted plated panel turns the other
face of the goods out. The model has
a low neckline and long sleeves which
are set on to short ones cut In one
with the blouse. Medallions EN-.
broidered in black and ecru silk are
set off by their russell background and
there is narrow hip band tied at ne
right side.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31

occasions where sportswear prevails,
the three-quarter length coat, most
frequently In brush wool, Is the out
standing item. These are not fam
boyant in color but, rather, developed
in soft wooden yarns. Soft blendings
of brown and tan worked In mosaic
patterns are favored.
The plaided knit coats with trim
mings of solid-color brush wool are
handsomely featured, especially max
ing color the basis for effect. Promi-
nence is especially given to two dis
tinctive colors in the newer garments.
namely, henna and powder blue. In
regard to the latter, Shades Of inter-
esting blues have become quite a fad
among the younger set, who wear
coats, hats and scarfs to match in mel
low blue often combined with gray.
,'arisiennes seem to look upon
blouses with much favor when they
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31

In the pretty blouse at the right the
designer has provided a rolling collar
but has shortened the sleeves. Imag
inc 1t in Lanvin green satin with frills
of cream-colored net and black glass
buttons for adornment. 1t has no hin
band but fits snugly with little full
ness about the bottom, gathered into
side trimming. Beaded crepe de chine
models hold their own in the displays
and many beautiful color combinations
distinguish them. Then, also. blouses
Of rich brocades. self-sufficient so IA,
as being decorative is concerned, vel
vet brocaded chiffon and metal bro
cades, especially in gold, are usual,
finished with touches of fur. Some
times black satin or velvet Is used 10
combination and brocades.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
"a 1874 Western NswspApsr unaonl
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
SWEATERS OF KNITTED SILK;
BLOUSES FOR SEMI-DRESS

e PEAKING Of knitted apparel quite
- apropos nowadays, is the phrase,
ITO the queens TASTE" for recorded In
the history of present-day fashions is
The interesting statement that Queen
Mary Of England has chosen not less
than six knitted outfits as part Of her
fall wardrobe.
Nor is 1t 20 be regarded as other
than logical sequence that knitted
costumes should qualify as raiment
for royalty as interpreted this season
In terms Of picturesque tunic frocks.
handsome ensemble suits, novelty top
coats, sweaters the like Of which have
never been equaled, not to mention
scarfs, shawls and the like.
When 1t comes TO sweater elegance.
exclusive taste favOrs the type knitted
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31

are considering all those after
noon and evening affairs that call fol
semi-dress. They have presente. many
versions CT the blouse both for semi
dress and formal wear and In the
majority of them the keynote Of de-
signing and style is simplicity. With
the Introduction Of the tunic-blouse.
and the adoption of the richest lab
RIGS for making it, the blouse takes Its
place in the company of formal
clothes. The ensemble" costume also
invites the use of the overblouse In
splendid fabrics.
The two blouses pictured are Of the
sort that Paris proposes for afternoon
or dinner wear and both bear the ap-
proved stamp of simplicity. Vivid
colors may be chosen for thsm, es-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
HAS ITS ADVANTAGES

whats your favorite musical in
strument?"
"A pipe organ"
"Why that?"
'Well, they usually are in churches
and folks don't bang on em until the
wee hours of the morning; and they
are nailed down, which means the
young folks who come to our house
can't tote 'em along every time they
come"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31

!, death-and didn't come His har
eyes grew harder. Once he sad husk
lily: Il was born right over that
ridge at-Turkey Run" And whel
the prettiest nurse smiled to hide he
amazement, he added haltingly: Mar
thy-she lived-six miles up the
turnpike. Lordy, she could-cook
And she was pretty-as pretty as yor
are" he finished grudgingly. Ant
while the prettiest nurse thoughtfully
turned ring on her third finger she
made mistake.
"Was-Marthy the-the girl you
married?" she asked, softly.
Such a sudden rage shook old John
st. Clair 1t frightened her. He rallied
fool men until he lost his voice. But
out of a little silence after he had
stared into the past with usefulness
back of his glare, he vouchsafed
grumblingly. "I-got mad-I never
came back after-she mar
ried-somebody else"
And after his sudden squirt of anger
old John ST. Clair failed fast. He
seemed to give up waiting and grew
Iistless until presently his brain
drowsed in his fragile body and they
knew, from the biggest to the littlest
doctor, that there was only one thing
left. The littlest doctor brought 1t in
next day--a huge mountaineer black
smith with clear blue eyes of a girl.
Never sick a day In his life. Says
he'll give the blood and never miss it,"
he announced. Just examine him,
will your"
But they didn't-much. Instead,
they walked around him and whis-
tied, marveling that man over fifty
could have the smooth skin of youth
and mighty muscles of maturity.
The blacksmith looked a long, long
time at the pinched, pallid face Of old
John st. Clair sleeping in his silent,
lonely room.
ITS the rich, rich Mr.. st. Clair"
the prettlest nurse whispered when
he came out, and as the huge black
smith nodded silently, wonderingly,
she added briskly: "At nine in the
morning."
SO the blacksmith went away, bent,
up steep, red-brown hill into a red
gold sunset And in going he walked
very slowly.
But 1t wasn't TRANSMISSION that cured |
old John st. Clair next day. 1t was
respite. 1t was opening his hard eyes |
TO find yesterdays door wide open
that he'd locked against himself all |
he bitter, money-making years-wide
open and hiding nothing. after all, but
happiness; 1t was opening them on
world suddenly full of human under
and comfort, Of light and
it was opening them on
/ room no longer lonesome or STILL
IN self no longer mean or waiting
or death or that other thing, or even
Waiting. For ''piece" was there and
bunch OF mountain wid-howers and
plump woman named Marthy, who
miled at him and whose huge hus-
and, at the moment he opened his
yes, was nursing q bandaged arm and
''ou-Hutuieuy was "iohSiihS win
he biggest doctor over money
money he wouldn't take. He began
y saying 1t didn't matter what his
anne was Pete would do. He ended
y roughly pushing the doctors hand
way and saying, huskily: Thanks,
say--h-. doc, don't!
lhy, he's my--own brother--old John
t. Clair ls"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Courtesy in Court

you are acquitted" the judge
finally announced.
The prisoner thought he should say
something, so he spoke to the jury:
Gentlemen, I'm sorry to have given
you all this trouble"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Not So Difficult

Mrs. Monterrey read today of a
Frenchman who can put people to
sleep merely by looking at them.
Mrs. Esplanade-I don't regard that
as very remarkable. The minister at
our church can put people to sleep by
talking to them.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Strange, Wasn't IT,?

"Mrs. Lumpie is dreadfully afraid
pf embonpoint," remarked Mrs. Cos
sipe.
That's a terrible disease" agreed
her neighbor. my Aunt Jane had 1t.
and the poor thing just wasted away"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
He Meant "Rare," of Course

Hostess We'll, my dear, suppose
the count flattered you, told you how
charming you were and all that.
Fair Guest-I think he intended to.
though he wasn't quite successful. He
declared that my beauty was very
scarce indeed.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31

remedy gave to me and I feel sure
that if other young mothers would
take the Prescription thruout the
entire period they would be saved
much of the distress and suffering
that most women endure. Mrs.
Mabel Ross, $50 Center St. All drug
gists Tablets or liquid.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31

George-Why did they kick that
medical student out Of the library?
Jim-They caught him trying to re-
move the appendix from book he
was readlng.-Strey Stories.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31

S u c h bearing
pains that l had
to keep to my
bed a great deal.
One day l read
of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite P =
scription and de-
cided to give it
a trial. l was
very thankful for
the comfort and
relief that this
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
He Meant Size

Customer want to buy some hose
for my wife.
Salesman-What number, please?
Customer-She's number three.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Some Progress

Bert-Well, Florence, and what
progress are you making in the ma
trimonial race?
Florence-Im on my third lap.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
TDo Minds With buc-

She (sentimentally) = You know
books are such wonderful friends.
He (fiancially embarrassed) : Yes,
bank books.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Advice to Mothers

Salem, Oreg-"During each ex-
pectant period my back ached ter
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Endless Enlightenment

With midnight oil they sit up late.
Each witness takes his turn.
The further they investigate,
The more there is to learn.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-31
Discipline

"What are you going to do this
morning?" asked the boarder who was
summering in an oil country.
"Shoot an oil well.''
"Shoot it,"
Eyes, sir. First we drill 'em and
then if they don't behave we shoot
EN-"
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-01

the provision plainly allowed ther
to get prior and exclusive rights
to much more land for town site
and other speculative uses; that
besides they were not required to
build their lines within any definite
time, and might hold the land to
the exclusion Of all others in
definitely, without turning a sod
or laying a rail; that 1t was unjust
to the Indians and the public, and
I could not support it. He was
not ill-tempered. and said he would
see me again about it.
Forty eight hours later Henry G.
Payne arrived in Washington. He
was secretary Of the Republican
State Central Committee, political
manager of the Wisconsin ma
chine, lobbyist for the ST. Paul
Railroad and the Beef Trust, and
had the backing Of the important
corporate interests Of the State.
Obviously he bad been summoned
to Washington by Sawyer.
Everybody was taught to believe
that Henry C. Payne had some oc-
cult and mysterious power as
political manager, and that when
he said a thing would happen in
politics or legislation, 1t always did
happen. He was thesideal Of that
union of private business ard
politics that carried on its face ap-
parent edvotion to the public in
terest.
Well, Sawyer and Payne came to
see me night after night for
week or more. Payne was rather
stiff and harsh, but Sawyer father
ly-much like a parent reasoning
with a wayward child.
Nils P. Haugen. Congressman
from the Tenth district. occupied
seat near me. One day he said:
81 want to tell you something.
I saw Payne last night at the
Ebbitt House, and he went for you.
He said La Toilette is a crank;
II he thinks he can buck a rail-
road company with 5000 miles of
line. he'll find out his mistake.
Well take care Of him when the
time comes"
Payne was as good as his word.
He fought me ever afterward.
But got my amendment through
allowing the railroad to acquire
the necessary right OF way, twen-
ty acres of land for stations. and
only such additional land as the
Secretary OF the Interior should
find to be a necessary aid to trans
portation, prohibiting the use or
sale of any of said lands for town
site or other purposes. and provid-
ing that each OF said roads should
construct and operate their lines
or forfeit the lands so acquired to
the Government.
I felt even then, and learned far
better afterward. what It meant to
oppose my own party organiza-
ton; but when party leaders work
for corporations and railroad con-
troll, when they do not represent
the people, what other course is
open for a man who believes In
democratic government?
I believed then, as believe now,
that the only salvation for the
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-01

you don't want to interfere with
that provision. Those are your
home corporations"
But I did interfere and had the
paragraphs laid over and we ad-
journed the session of the COM
mittee at IL o'clock to attend the
meeting Of the House.
1 had not been in my seat half
an hour when a page announced
that Senator Sawyer wanted to
see me. I found him waiting for
me near the cloak room. We sat
on a settee and talked OF general
matters for some time. AS the
Senator rose to go he said, ap-
parently as an afterthought:
"Oh, say, La Toilette, your COM
mittee will have coming up before
long the Sioux Indian bill. There
is a provision in it for our folks
up in Wisconsin, the Northwest
ern and St. Paul Railroads. I
wish you'd look after it."
Senator Sawyer" I said, I'VE
have already reached that pro-
vision in the bill, and I am pre-
pairing an amendment to It I
don't think it's right"
rs that So" said the Senator,
in apparent surprise. Come and
sit down and let's talk 1t over"
We argued for an hour. Sawyer
presenting every point in favor OF
granting the railroads the prior
right to acquire all the land they
wanted. This was the first tine
Sawyer had directly and personal
ly attempted to influence me in a
matter of legislation.
I was respectful to him, but
could not yield to his view. I told
him that thought 1t right to per-
nit the railroads to acquire the
land necessary for rights of way,
yards, tracks, sidings, depots,
shops, roundhouses and indeed, all
they needed solely for transporta-
ton purposes, and should favor
such a provision. But as framed,
The Indianapolis times., 1924-08-01
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS
NSTATIM MEOTE


La Toilette enters political life. i'm
mediately comes into conflict with Wis
consln political bossism: nevertheless is
elected district attorney of Dane County
makes good in this position, and then is
elected to Congress despite the opposi-
tlon of the Madison ring" As a
member of the Committee on Indian
Affairs he reports unfavorably on a
bill which would give unlimited oppor
tunities for stealing timber from the In
dIans. Then he opposes a pork barrel
Dill Tor river and harbor appropriations.
1t becomes clear to La Toilette that
Is to keep the people thoroughly in
formed" His only political organiza-
ton is clerical force to send out htera-
ture and speeches.
In general, it can be said Of
all the group known as Insurgents
or Progressives. that they have
won their victories without COM
picated organization, without
patronage and with the use of
very little money. Nothing could
show more conclusively that they
represent a popular feeling SO
deep that it cannot be influenced
by machine methods.
At the emo of my first two years
in Congress I was renominated,
overcoming all opposition, and
carried my district, which had
given me only 400 plurality IN
1884, by more than $500; and the
third time, in 1883, 1 was elected
by majority Of nearly 5000.
AS tine passed the more IA
miliar I became with the inner
affairs OF Congress. the more
plainly saw the constant crowd
ing in OF private interests. seek
ing benefits. soon had another
very Illuminating experience.
A voluminous bill was before the
Committee on Indian Affairs pro-
viding for the opening for settle
ment of 100000 acres of. the
Sioux Indian Reservation in Da-
kota- AS it was read in COM
nittee we came to a provision TO
ratify an agreement made by the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
and Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
roads with the Indians for rights
Of way through the reservation.
Exclusive Rights
I discovered that in addition TO
the rights Of way one company
was given the exclusive right to
acquire 715 acres, and the other
s2S acres OF land, ostensibly for
terminal facilities and that each
road was TO have at intervals Of
every ten miles an additional 160
acres Of land. presumably for
station privileges" I stopped the
reading at this point.
This looks like TO me like Il
town site job" I said. Il cannot
see why these railroads should
have so much more land than is
necessary to use directly in con
nection with their business as
common carriers
had no sooner uttered these
words than the member Of the
committee sitting upon my right
nudged me and whispered, Bob,