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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
at 10 TOO LATE"

SYNOPSIS. - Nurses in the
Southern hospital at Avonmouth
arc angered by the insolent
treatment accorded them by DR.
John Lancaster, head OF the in
stitution, and There is general
feeling of unrest. into which
Joan Wentworth. probationary
nurse, Is drawn. Doctor Lam
caster Is performing a difficult
operation, for which he has won
fame. Joan. with other nurses,
is In attendance. She is upset,
through no fault of her own. and
makes a trivial blunder at a crit
ical moment. The patient dies
and Doctor Lancaster accuses
her OF clumsiness. She is sus-
pended, the action meaning the
end of her hope Of a career as
nurse. without relatives or
o friends. and desperate. Joan.
urged by her landlady, goes to
Doctor Lancaster's Office to ask
him to overlook her blunder and
reinstate her. She overhears
violent alteration between Doc
tor Lancaster and other men she
does not see. Joan IL struck by
the favorable change in the APP
pearance and demeanor of the
doctor, recalling that at times in
the hospital he has been gentle
and thoughtful and Mt others SUI
percilious and bullying. He tells
her he can do nothing for her at
the hospital. but offers her po-
sition In a nursing institution In
the country. telling her she can
be of great assistance to him.
A man named Myers demands
she tell him what the doctor had
said to her. She denies him the
information. and he covertly
threatens her. At the institu-
ton. which Is owned by Doctor
Lancaster. Joan finds Myers. He
tells her he is the secretary. She
instinctively dislikes and fears
him. The only patient at the
institute is Mrs. Dana. de-
mented but harmless. Joan is
vaguely uneasy, feeling that
there is some mystery about the
place. Doctor Lancaster arrives.
Joan accuses him of deceiving
her. declaring her intention of
leaving. He tells her he is the
patient who needs her. saying he
wants help in big fight" but
makes 10 further explanation.
She decides to stay. Evidently
Doctor Lancaster is afraid of
Myers.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
Killing Lice on Hogs

OF the remedies used for lice on
hogs, crude oil is probably the cheap
est and tie most effective. as il kills
not only the lice. but the nlts as we'll
The most convenient method Of apply
Ing is by means of hos oiler. of
which there are several good types.
These have the advantage of being al
ways ready and need little attention
except keeping oil supplied The best
type Of oIler Is one that enables the
pig to get the oil to all parts of thu
BODY.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
Drastic Action

~Can you fix up this yur clock SOS
It'll rum? inquired Gap Johnson Of
Rumpus Ridge.
81 reckon So" replied the jeweler,
examining the sadly dilapidated time
piece How in the Sam Hill did it
get in this condition.
THE presiding elder was at my
house luther night, and he said he'd
read that every time the clock licked
baby was born and every third child
was a Chinese. Ny least hoy, Bear
cat, heered him and said by-gosh he'd
stop that foolishness- He up with my
pistol before l noticed he had il and
poured the whole blame seven shots
into the bowels Of that there clock =
Kansas City Times.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
Chapter vi

She sat for hours beside the sick
man. conscious sometimes that Myers
had come in and spoken to her. But
she never answered him. AS the pulse
strengthened she let her mind work
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17
CHAPTER V-Continued
B.

There is no reason why you should
not see him because he happens to be
with Mr.. Myers"
swell, Miss Wentworth, you see, Mr.
Myers is his secretary, and there's al
ways lot of business to be done"
Doctor jenkins, Doctor Lancaster
is in no condition to attend to bust
ness" said Joan. what is the mat
ter with hin?"
The doctor looked right and left, as
If trying to find some refuge. But
the girl was standing in front of him,
and he could not enter the buggy with
out pushing her away.
Miss Wentworth. please don't ask
me about the DOCTOR" he said. II do
my best for him. II isn't in my power
to do more than l am doing"
at is in your power to help him to
be master of himself. How can the
most famous surgeon in the Sonth
come here and be at the mercy of
man like Myers?'
why, Miss Wentworth, you've got
that wrong protested Jenkins. "Mr
Myers is only the secretary. Mr.. My
ers does all he can for the doctor.
We've got to keep the institute to-
gether. Miss Wentworth, and we're
each doing our hest. You see, the
trust fund wasn't made over 10 the
dnrtor. He was only in charge of il,
md when the Lux aey was missing ii
worried him And-and-"
He stopped. as If he had caught
himself babbling about something that
should not have been mentioned
Then. as Joan stood aside, he leaped
into the vehicle. Good morning." he
muttered, raising his hat, and drove
away furiously.
Joan remained where the buggy had
ent she could get no help from jenkins.
He had seemed afraid. not for him.
self. but for Lancaster. What had |
Lancaster done, then, that he should |
be in the power of Myers? Had he
embezzled the funds of the institute? |
The question was an absurd one II |
was unbelievable that Lancaster
should be thief; besides, the expla-
nation would not solve the problem
at all.
She went back to the verandah. She
was resolved to reach the bottom of
the mystery. for Lancaster's sake; to
prove her loyalty although he had
his demand on her
AS she reached the front door she
was startled to hear her name spoken
In the matron's room. The speaker
was Myers.
But she knows nothing at all" Mrs
Fraser was saying.
"She knows good deal too much"
Myers answered. what do you sup
pose the doctor brought her here for.
4 not to try to publish his shame to
he world?"
AYE. his shame" repeated the ma
ron bitterly. Its hard work for
hree people to try to hold up one
nan, without a fourth coming in"
well. is that his gamer? demanded
he secretary. rs it or isn't it?'
1--WE want nurse. You know we've
ften tried to get one. Mr.. Myers. but
ey won't stay here. It's hard work
aking care of the patients sometimes,
then there's rush"
Rush. repeated Myers scornfuliy.
Who'd rush to this old place with the
octor's seputation?"
''They do come. and the people trust II
im." said Mrs. Fraser. half crying. h
YES" scoffed the other. And the s.
octor still has his grandiose Ideas 81
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17

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

Mandy and her husband had been
separated for three weeks
Hasn't your husband tried to get
you 10 patch things up and be friendly
again:" asked neIghbor one day
Man" replied Mandy, account Of
havin' to patch things up all de time
was de main reason l Ieft---Every-
body's Magazine
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17

There is a freight elevator in New
England factory that has been run
ming for a century without an acci-
dent
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-12-17

Rootstown, Ohio, has an industrious
citizen who hoes his potatoes by
night. having a searchlight mounted
On his hoe
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
Twenty Acres

Only four miles cast of city limits. one
room house. on macadam and paved
road. telephone, daily mail, near school
and store. Price $4,000, easy terms. Call
Mr.. Fowler.
A. V. DULLYE REALTY co.
1915 Nogalitos st. or. 3s13.
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TAFT FARM

400 acres of good land located five
miles from Taft. Tex. 200 acres In Gull
tivation. small improvements. on public
road. Adjoining land has sold for as
much as $3.50 per acre. We offer this
for short time at $40.
THE W. L. COLEMAN co.
rr 1Oos s19 Moore Bldg.
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Rexar County Farm

Located eleven miles from the city.
on good road with half-mile road 'front.'
age; $40 acres, $50 acres in cultivation,
more tillable. good improvements. barns.
houses. well. windmill. tanks and silo:
must be sold; owner will accept half
value in San Antonio property.
THE w. L. COLEMAN CO.
Tr zoos s1a Moore Bldg.
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$50 Acres at So
A Good Place to Play

Located northeast Of Boerne and
fronts IL miles on Guadalupe river,
lots of pecan trees, good fishing. "a acres
in cultivation, five-room house. barn,
sheep Eheds. we'll and windmill. Try
and duplicate 1t at the low price Of IS
per acre. It's rough land. but bar
gain. Phone Mayors, or write
FENNELL DIBRELL, Texas Land.
$40 Brady Bldg. Tr. 714O.
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Auction Monday

10 A. NJ. 431 NOLAN ST.
Nice furniture OF 7. s and s-room
homes. electric piayer-piano and others.
bedroom. living room, dining room and
kitchen furniture and many other items.
See Auction Column.
ALAMO AUCTION CO.
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REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
SMITH & SMITH CITY HOME SPECIALS

HIGHLAND PARK BUNGALow-5ROOM s. p. $500
Broom complete BATH complete to utmost detail
straight through like rent until paid out
a price See Mr. Barnett
kLANDALE DUPLEX 7-RoOM BUNGALOW $4,000, $500 CASH.
fireplace buffet two Kitchens big rooms high
big condition double garage store mousse hui
OIL, line. See Mr.. Kilborn
BIG CORNER GROOM RUNG ALOW-STORE-GARA $500
fine home good
accessories and shop See Mr.
|sevelt
PROSPECT HILL 2sToRY, TWO BATHs-s46oo siOO CASH
DETAIL double sure
tgh attractive property. See Mr. Franklin
STATION-STORE STOCK RESIDENCE INCOME 5000 MONTH
home paying net 500 month";
retiring price See Mr. Fleming for dsaals
TOP O. ALAN, HEIGHTS, ROOMS 5Ox:oO, $500
good condition abundance shade
] trees, poultry house and See Mr.. Mix
|IG LOT PAVED STREET. ROOMS, BATH $3.50 $3.50 CASH
possible will be surprised to this value o
a here Call A. a. Smith
10 IRRIGATED ACRES HOUSE. 2sTORY BARN, PRICE $4,000
$500 cash. place. Six big
porch water pped to house. wotory barn. many
cisen Water TO
irrigated pow
irrigated plant OF property House
terms $500 cash and S5o per
kth Cheerfuly shown by Mr. Hail.
Bank of Commerce Bldg Crockett 2o9oCrocket 4oo
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REAL ESTATE
FARMS AND RANCHES
Close-In Farm to Trade


100 acres, highly improved. equipped
and stocked; includes 50-gallor milk
route and 50 head of stock and cattle.
About nine miles northwest of court
house; unusually well located with big
front on good road: on mail route and
near school; good five-room house. an
other 4-room house. two wells one flow
ing. one with windmill and tank. con-
crete floor dairy barn and milk house;
many other Improvements: includes all
implements. equipment. Delco light sys-
tenn. garage. silo. Wants $4,000. will
take a modern house on the North Side
up to $4,000 in trade. Or. 1125.
LAND DEPT. RICHEY & CASEY.
1 HAVE FOR SALE $50 ACRES OF
land, IS full blocks and about $50
extra lots. also 725 feet of water front,
all in Arkansas county. This property
Is assessed for taxation at sl6,SSS. Of
fer all of II for $4,000. being $685. less
than its taxable value; terms will be
given. Write for full particulars and in
formation TO The Hopes Realty Co.,
Rockport. Arkansas county. Tex.
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81 AND go ACRES

In the irrigation belt between the city
and Kelly Field: fine for gardening.
THE SAN ANTONIO LOAN & TRUST
COMPANY.
Tr. Ii1. ais w. Commerce st.
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DINING ROOM FURNITURE. WALNUT
finish; cheap for cash. 2Sos Saunders
avenue.
TRADE OLD FURNITURE. CALL OUR
trade man. he will take your old tur-
niture on new and pay the balance Ike
HENRY <. ROGERS FURNITURE co.
TT A42s
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REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE

POOR MANS CHANCE. WE
have both improved and unim-
proved 100 per cent agricultural
land in Atascosa county which We
can sell on no payment down. Or
owner will take as much as half
in trade as first payment. Have
tracts from twenty acres up. See
Mr.. Wagner, Gulf Realty Co. 226
Bedell Bldg. TT. 5l1s.
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RENTALS
WANTED TO RENT

BUNGALOW WANTED. MUST BE IN
good condition: six rooms. modern;
North Side; will lease for one year or
more, responsible tenant Address Sta
ton A, Box &c.
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FIVE ACRES FOR RENT: TWO STORY
box house. with garage: windmill.
COW pen. sheds. etc; 25 miles from
city limits and just off Fredericksburg
Read. SIS per month. Travis s5s3.
will lease for two years, fve-room
house, sleeping porch bath, lights. ga.
rage, chicken house. with five acres OF
land, two blocks from car. city and
river water, paved street. Owner, Mis-
sion IL
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GARAGES FOR RENT
A GARAGE FOR RENT. CALL MIS-.
S5S5.
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$4,000 Cotton Farm

$780, 900 Cotton Farm
Well located in good farming commun-
| ity, $50 acres in cultivation. all of land
is tilIable. black mesquite soil. VIII
consider one-half in clear trade worth
| themoney. Phone Mayors. or write
FENNELL DIBRELL, Texas Land.
, SO Brady Bldg. Tr. 11i0.
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RICHEY CASEY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS FOR YEARS
Crockett 1125Ground Floor 32 N ST. May St. Near Gunter
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Laurel Hts. Terrace Lots

Laurel HCS. Terrace LOtS
I have two dandy high and dry lots
about them. Or. f41.
enridge Park; fine shady residence lot
Just off Broadway. Large business and
residence lot opposite South Side high
school with some improvements. 4ol
Brady Bldg. OR. 357.
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Alamo Auction Co.

CROCKETT +Sls.
PAYS cash for furniture or sells for
you. moving storing and shipping. sue-
tion Monday. 10 A. m sSl Nolan 81
DIXIE FURNITURE CO. us ~.
Flores ST.. exchange new turnlturs Ter
I'D buys and sells on cash or tins
payments CT ga
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TRANSFER AND BAGGAGE

J. NJ. MILLS. s MILITARY PLAZA
General hauling. moving and trucklus.
country trips. prompt and efficient or
vice. Phone Tt. si99.
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Save Commission

Large house, suitable three apart
ments. walking distance, paved street.
424 Purleson ST. $3.50: terms, no agents.
Phone owner. Woodlawn. 62s
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-,.----------..sS- S--->~----~----.
LET US RENT YOUR HOUSE OR
store. Richey & Casey.
WE CAN HANDLE YOUR RENTAL
property efficiently and can guarantee
satisfaction from fourteen years expert
ence Richey & Casey. Or. ll-S.
WANTED-TO RENT. MAY /. FOUR OR
five-roOm house near League Park.
Mis-. 3093.
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WANTED HOUSES
HAVE BUYERS FOR LOTS. HOUSES
or stores. Richey a Casey.
from owner: state price and terms
Address Box IL Light.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-25

Little Katherine Sanford, aged A.,
after studying her catechism, made
the astonishing declaration: "God
made de earf in six days m plumber
come n put in a baf room."
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-25
CHEERFUL CHIRPS
(By "DEL.")

intervals when idea
along and is grabbed off,
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-25

When you see two men being ex-
tremely polite to each other, it's eth
er because they're not well acquaint-
ed or else they don't like each other,
says Frank Brooks, stroking his chin.
But, he continues, when they say,
"Hello, you ornery ol pup" and
"How's yourself, you porch-climbin'
OF horsethief?" you can count on 1T
that they're good friends.
DR.. C. o. Lanpland of the Lowell
observatory staff was looking through
the big telescope and one of the men
engaged on the hill temporarily as a
laborer stopped to look at him. Just
then a star fell.
"On me soul, man, but you're sure
a foine shoti" the man exclaimed.
M. J. Riordan calls attention to a
paragraph on the editorial page of
the carefully edited Phoenix Repub-
lican, which says with the utmost cru
dition: ''In the field Of literature much
has been said about beverage alcohol.
ST. John Flagstaff devotes one entire
speech to the praise of his sherris-
sack"
This is our first intimation that
Shakespeare had us in mind when he
wrote his merry Wives of Windsor" +"
in which ST. John romped around so
scandalously with the women, who
made such a scandalous fool of him.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-25
rIOi1n
~ o
Sims
says

The only nice thing about being a
night watchman is he goes to bed
while others are getting up.
Never work your sons arithmetic.
He is more liable to get the right ans
wer himself.
Don't spend what you gain by
promised lower taxes yet.
Slapping a bull dog or spanking a
neighbor's child is bad manners.
Always have a bottle of iodine
handy when using can opener.
Bedtime story: You build the fire
tomorrow morning or | don't cook
you any breakfast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell of Chicago
win the loving cup. The Russells have
been married 62 years.
Unlike the mark the franc will new
er drop so low as to come out on the
other side of the earth.
When making candy you get better
results if you buy it.
A cheap bird is a guy who rides to
the end of the car line to get his
moneys worth.
Rudolph Valentines book of poems
is selling well. This is the first sign
OF spring.
Game warden got two professors in
Williamsburg, Va, SO what good is a
college education?
Government printing plant wants to
fall down. No wonder. Look at the
stuff printed there.
Entirely too many hired hands are
wishing the boss would make them
mad enough to quit.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-25

the big, fat, cowardly Sir John after
us. Seems more than likely, because
he makes him chase around after Mrs.
Ford so hard. Mustav been the brand
of car old Shakespeare was driving
then, for which we find corroborative
evidence when we study farther and
note ST. John also was character in
the first and second parts of king
Henry w." Yep, Shake was drivin' a
Henry Ford all right when he come
through here.
From back east comes the news of
a new-fangled burial casket which
hasn't reached US out here yet. Darn
ed annoying how we have to wait a
year or two for the latest styles. A
very prominent man was placed in
this new kind of casket-a man we
used to know pretty we'll. At the ap-
propriate time during the funeral cer
emony, the minister asked if the
friends in the congregation would
care to view the remains. Then, evil
IDENTIFY thinking they wanted to, he
stepped to the casket, touched a spring
and the corpse sat up straight so that
everybody could see his head and
shoulders. Several of the more sem
sitive in the congregation promptly
tainted.
Now, just to show old Shakespeare
that other poets than himself have
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-25
MODEST Los ANGELES

Perhaps you ar1 under the impress
sion that the COLORADO river flows
through Arizona. Wrong, absolutely
wrong. The Colorado river runs close
to the city Of Los Angeles. Perhaps
you think the proposed dam at Boul-
der canyon is to be constructed and
operated by the United States govern
ment. Wrong again. The city of Los
Angeles also controls that dam site.
Perhaps you think you will share in
the benefits to result from the ulti-
mate development of the Colorado riv-
Ell. For the third time-wrong!
The truth is out at last. Los An
geles owns the Colorado river. The
more thought we give the matter
makes US wonder if it is not a fact
that the river actually flows through
Los Angeles and empties into its ia
NOUS harbor (about 30 miles dis
tant).
Our ignorance regarding the Colo
RADIO river has been amazing. We
honestly and sincerely believed that It
flowed for some 300 miles with Ari-
zona soil on both sides of it. And,
quite naturally, we assumed that Arl-
zona might have something ito say
about it's development; past associa-
tions with the river, neighborly spirit
and all that sort of thing being taken
into consideration.
We admit our ignorance. In fact,
we glory in it, for it inspirted, while
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-25

it lasted, real respect for the future
of this state and pride that it could
boast of such great resource.
Then the harsh, unexpected awaken
ing. After all these years, to find
that we had been admiring some
thing that belonged to modest, unas-
suming Los Angeles!
And the river does belong to Los
Angeles. An editorial in the Los An
geles Herald of January admits the
ownership. Referring to the billions
Cor was it trillions?) that are to be
spent in improving Los Angeles, the
Herald states that "the greatest sim
gle undertaking upon which this city
must enter is the aqueduct to bring
water from the Colorado river. This
alone will mean an expenditure of
something like $150,000,000 and to it
may well be attached the city's part
of the Boulder Canyon dam project,
which will amount to $35,000,000 or
upward more"
Well, that's that.
We need not lose any more sleep
worrying about the Colorado river.
We do not own any Of it, we cannot
use any of it, and pretty soon it will
be piped into Los Angeles, after Los
Angeles builds the Boulder canyon
dam. Reading the Los Angeles Her.
AIDS modest comment almost con-
vinces us that "they amt no Santa
Claus" so far as the Colorado river
is concerned.
And yet we seem to recall man
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-25

named Girand, who is building a dam
on the Colorado river in Arizona, at
least 600 miles from Los Angeles, to
develop power for use in Arizona.
Wonder if the Herald thought about
that?
Well, now, things don't look so bad
after all, do they? Let Arizonans
hope that Mr.. Girand finishes the
Diamond Creek dam before Los An
geles extends its city limits to include
the entire Colorado river basin or
runs a pipe across the California des-
ert to the river and drains it dry
Tucson Star.
The Coconino sun., 1924-01-25
opinion isn't warped by Ford vagaries
in some outlying mudhole:
TRIBUTE TO FLAGSTAFF

Oh, town of Flagstaff, how still we
see thee lie,
Against the peaks that reach up to
the sky.
Thy mansions made of logs or lumber
bare,
Unpainted, yet they show the best Of
care.
Thy face, oh Flagstaff, natures
beauty shows,
Thy winter cold with deep and drift
ing SHOWS.
Thy name is priceless, and good are
thy desires,
Though some destroyed, there are so
many fires;
But thought thy houses burn, It's only
fate,
And new replace, if firemen come too
late.
Thy saloons, which once were red
with strife,
Where liquor slowly drained their
inmates life,
Reigns now in peace and harmony
sublime,
(Until there comes a keg of new
moonshine.)