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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-02
Repairing Howl

In case you are bothered with =
.ont,rual howl in the IoudspeaSer'
,un nlacinr the speaker farther from
the set. The vibrations OF 'ne . spr
a. NAV be causing the tubes 70 ri"x'
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-02
BINDING POSTS

Only Few Scraps Needed to MAKE
Electric Soldering Iron.
lite. Handle is AZ inches long ana q
Inches wide. Use one screw and one
metal binding post for each prong as
In second drawing. Prongs should oe
Is inch apart.
Connect with twisted light wire "
e-yolt battery. To operate. put soccer,
ing solution on joint and lay slila,'
piece Of solder on It. Touch oo'h
prongs to joint. thereby causing
momentary short circuit. Ihis VII, VII,
cause Joint to heat and solder VIII
flow. Current is consumed only uuiiHs
use.-Radio Digest.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-02

bottles of this medicine l got well and
strong. 1t relieved me of all inward
trouble, put my nerves IN good condi-
ton, strengthened every organ In my
body and made me fee like a new
woman" Mrs Jennie King. 1923 END
Ave, South.
Liquid or tablets. All dealers
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-02

III u Ii " al VI wan
ness and over-work.
My nerves went all
to pieces and it was
impossible for me
to sleep. l got so
all rundown and
weak that l just
had to give up and
was in bed when I
started taking DR..
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription b ut
after taking a few
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-02

''Why did you join the Salvation
army"
'4The neighbors raised SO much
Cain about my playing the trombone
In the house that 1 had to find some
place"-West Virginia Moonshine.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-02

ished with soft pompon and falling
tassel of silk. A velours hat with chit.
fon drapery and trailing ostrich plume
holds the center of the group. New
versions of this hat are made of black
satin with long plumes in orange, ross
or other high colors. At the lower
left of the group another velours has
reveals cut-out work backed with me-
tallic fabric and over this covered
silk cord wriggies In snaky curves. a
jeweled pin with double head is thrust
through the crown. The group is com
pleted by felt hat that reverses the
usual brim movement by having its
upturn in the back. Chenille and me
tallic braid make the odd decoration
JULIA BOTTOAfLEY.
t@L 1915. westsrn Newspaper Unien.l
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-02
A Great Help
to Weak Women

Billings, Mont Some few years ago
I had nervous breakdown brought on
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-02
|MENTS OF
|. YOUNG GIRLS
lied by Lydia E. Pink
!. Vegetable Compound
Experience

.4oc. wyoming. "A lev years
"A t-oubles every month such .:
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-02
Getting Close

Salesmanager-"Did you get the or
der?" Salesman-'No. but saw his
fountain penl !"
Evening star., 1925-07-14
The Helpless Ones.
o the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
One afternoon recently I saw a very
young nursemaid wheeling a carriage
il. which was a tiny baby. The car
riage top was so adjusted that the
blazing sun was streaming into the
eyes of the helpless little child and
the nursemaid was entirely uncon-
cerned about it. 1 demonstrated with
her and explained the danger of total
blindness being the result of such
carelessness, and asked her to look
up at the sun herself and see how
painful it would be.
This Is just one case out of thou
sands in this city where innocent,
helpless babies have to suffer torture
because the mother Is either pitifully
ignorant or entirely indifferent to the
care of Gods greatest gift, little
child.
Wake up, mothers of Washington,
and find out what happens to your
babies when you intrust them to
young, ignorant, careless nursemaids.
E. H. GILLIS.
Evening star., 1925-07-14

thoroughfares. The prohibition against
such poles and wires, now applying to
the former strictly urban area. within
the old city limits" should be ex.
tended to cover the entire District.
This matter should be carried to
Congress next Winter for considera-
ton. The law might well be amended to
provide that after certain date, five
or maybe ten years later. no overhead
trolley conductors will be allowed. By
granting a period for the elimination
of these deadly nuisances, repeatedly
proved to be such by accidents in the
streets. opportunity will be given for
the development of the transit facil-
tiles and the determination OF the
question, now evident. whether rail
lines will be replaced by bus lines.
Certainly the present situation Is
anomalous. Overhead trolleys are
now barred by law out to certain
limits. which have been from time to
persuaded action OF the traction CON-
panies. Beyond those limits condi-
tons are precisely similar to those
within the non-trolley area. Street
congestion is as great, danger from
collision with poles as great, and dan
ger from electrocution and fire as
great there as within the area of pro-
hibition.
Amendment of the law Is required
by the public safety, and 1t should be
sought promptly. whatever period Of
time may be granted by Congress be-
fore the District-wtde prohibition
takes effect.
Evening star., 1925-07-14
Patronage and Law Enforcement.

Friction is developing in the re-
organization of the Federal prohibition
enforcement esta ablishment on the
score Of patronage, The elimination Of
State lines as boundaries for the en-
forcement divisions has added an ele-
ment of complication. Dispensers of
Federal patronage are challenging the
new method as interfering with their
prerogatives.
Patronage is one Of the worst evils
from which the public service in this
country suffers. 1t lessons efficiency
and 1t handicaps loyalty and merit. In
the case of the prohibition enforce
ment work of the Government it is
particularly mischievous. The stand
ard Of the service is lowered to the
point of partisanship, whereas par
tisanship should have no part what
ever in the equation.
The fundamental need in the en-
forcement work is honesty. Dishonest
men have heretofore gained places in
this organization and have betrayed
their trusts. An honest enforcement
organization can stamp out the liquor
traffic, if the courts will cooperate and
apply the law properly. A small per
centage of dishonest men in the or
ganiZation handicaps it to the point of
virtual failure.
The temptations to which enforce
ment operatives are subjected are
great and incessant. The stoutest
character Is required for this service.
The introduction of the patronage ele-
ment initiates against the selection of
only those who are proof against Sc
duction by bribe givers and profit
sharers.
1t matters nothing whether the en-
forcement agents are Republicans or
Democrats, or are followers of one Re
publican faction or another, so long as
they are stanchly true to their re-
sponsibility to pursue violators to the
limit, to show no favors and to do
their utmost to put an end to the traf-
nc that is menacing the prestige of
the law in the United States. One of
the chief faults of the police organi-
cations of the large cities Is that they
are recruited by patronage.
1t does not, OF course, follow that
because an enforcement agent or d.
rector Is named at the instance Of a
political leader or patronage dispenser
he is likely to be Of dubious fidelity to
the law. But it is perfectly we'll known
that such a person is divided In his
allegiance. He owes his job to one
who Is not his official superior, and
that obligation may cause him to
waver in the discharge of his duty,
may lead him into paths OF negligence.
A public official cannot honestly serve
two masters.
Evening star., 1925-07-14
Washington's Speedy Firemen.

washington's comparative immunity
from great fires, causing enormous
damage and loss, has been attributed
to several factors, the broad streets,
the absence of entangling overhead
wires, the lack of densely congested
areas of business with concentrated
values, and, in large degree, the exist
ence here of a highly efficient Fire
Department.
It has often been said that one of
the main reasons for the Capitals
freedom from heavy fire losses Is that
the fire apparatus is more promptly
on the scene than elsewhere. due in
part to the breadth of the streets, but
in the main to the agility and team
work of the firemen.
Now this superiority on the part of
g.he District irsdghlerS in polnt ot
Evening star., 1925-07-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

Q. What Is Walter Johnson's style
of pitching-oyerhand or from the
ide?-H. Lac.
A. Walter johnson is a half side
arm pitcher.
O. Were any other frigates built at
the same time as "Old Ironsides" P
E. H.
A. The Ave other frigates laid
down at the same time as the Consti-
tuition, or Old Ironsides, were the
Constellation. the United States, the
President. the Chesapeake and the
Congress.
O, What gave rise TO the saying,
IT am from Missouri?"-M. NJ.
A. The phrase, II am from Mis-.
souri," was first used by w. d. Van
diver. Representative from Missouri in
Congress, in the sense 'T 4Ll not
easily taken in" or You will have to
show me-
Q. VIII you please tell me the right
time TO cut my hair. Some say the
reason 1t Is falling out so rapidly is
because I cut 1t at the wrong time.
IF. X. X.
A. Hair may be cut at any time.
The statement that il should be cut
at a particular time in order to insure
growth Is an old belief having no
scientific basis.
Q. Is there any species Of fish which
does not lay eggs?-C. G.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says
that black perch or the so-called surf
fish is viViparous. In other words, II
produces living young. Some other
viviparous fish are the top minnow
and several species of the tropical FISH
Such fish are not considered as pala'
table at spawning or producing sea
sons as otherwise. However, 1t Is per
fectly safe to eat them.
O. What is the increase in the
number Of women in business since
1SS0?-J. NJ.
A. According to a report OF the
United States Bureau of the Census
in 1880 there were 2.647,157 women
employed in gainful occupations as
compared with s,54s, ,511 in 1920.
Q. Which Is the proper way to eat
club sandwich?-F. c. s.
A. A club sandwich should always
be eaten with a knife and fork. II
is never proper 10 eat this type OF
| sandwich with the fingers.
Q. BY whom and when was King
Solomon's temple finally destroyed
What now occupies the site where it
| stood?-R. w. n.
A. Soiomon's temple was destroyed
| by Nebuchadnezzar in 5s6 BIC. On
| the temple area, Add el Melek erected
a splendid mosque, the Dome of the
Rock. commonly known as the Mosque
of Omar.
Q. When was electricity first used
as a motive power to propel cars?-
E. r.
| A. The first electric motor was thai
made by Able Salvatore del Negro IL
Italy in 1880. Robert Davidson Of
| Aberdeen began experimenting abou
1898 with the electric motor as G
means of traction and constructed {
powerful engine carrying a battery o,
40 cells. The beginning of moderT
electric traction dates from 1878 wher
the firm of Siemens & Halske pu
Evening star., 1925-07-14
Amend the Trolley Pole Law

The fact that permission has been
given for the erection of trolley poles
in the middle OF Wisconsin avenue
while steps are being taken to effect
the removal of such poles from a por-
tion of Connecticut avenue Is evidence
of the need Of an amendment of the
law on the subject Of overhead wires
in Washington. 1t is pointed out that
conditions on Wisconsin avenue are
such as to make the removal Of the
poles to one side much more difficult
than on Connecticut avenue. and that
there is even greater danger in the ex.
listing conditions on Georgia avenue.
where the center-pole system prevails.
The fact is that there should bekpo
center poles and no overhead n y
tension wires on any Of the Dust ~
Evening star., 1925-07-14
The Boston Building Collapse.

Boston is acting speedily in the mat
ter of the fatal building collapse of the
night of July 3, in which forty-four
people were killed. A grand jury re-
turned indictments against nine per-
sons, charging them with manslaught-
They are officials Of the club oc.
cupying the building, contractors,
architects and two employees of the
city building department. They have
been already arraigned and trial has
been set for Monday next, sixteen days
from the date of the accident.
1t was evident from the circum-
stances of the collapse of the structure
that it could not reasonably be accept
ed as unpreventable. The building was
old and frail, and was being used for a
purpose which severely strained it. 1t
developed during the first inquiry that
II had been officially inspected only a
short time before the collapse. Yet it
was permitted to continde in use for
public dancing. There was either Of
f1cial Incompetence on the part of the
inspectors or Indifference to the public
security.
This trial will be watched with in
terest by the country. In other cities
structures have collapsed with loss
of life in circumstances to suggest in
capacity or corruption on the part of
officials and criminal cupidity on the
part Of owners and occupants. Pun
ishments for these faults have rarely
been imposed. 1t remains now to be
seen whether in Boston the negligence
Of duty on the part OF officials and the
Willingness on the part Of owners and
lessees leading to disaster will again
escape penalty.
Evening star., 1925-07-14

into operation the first electric rail-
way at the Industrial exposition in
Berlin. The following year Thomas
A. Edison operated his experimental
line in Menlo Park. New Jersey.
Q. What are the Government fees
in connection with a United States
patent for an invention, and what is
required in order TO keep a patent
in force in the United States and in
the foreign country in which a patent
may have been granted?- G.. T.
A. A first Government fee of $40
has to be paid on the filing of an an.
plicatton for a United States patent.
as part of the application, and IL
the application is allowed a final Gov
ernment fee of $50 has TO be paid in
order TO secure the grant of a patent
NO further fees are required, and the
patent runs its term Of II years with.
out anything more being required Of
the patentees. In most foreign coun.
tries, however, in addition to the gov
ernment fees which by law have TO
be paid with the application, and in
order TO secure the grant of the
patent, renewal fees or annuities have
TO be paid regularly, and the laws re-
qulre the invention that is covered
by the patent to be actually worked
as by being manufactured, sold, etc,
IN the country of the patent.
Q. Did any of the Presidents of
the United States ever celebrats
their golden wedding anniversaries?-
c. A. S.
A. The Presidents who lived a mar.
ried life of 90 years or more were
John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
The former was married in 1854 and
Mrs. Adams died in 1918. He died in
4
ried in 1897. His wife died in 1852
and he in 184S. We find no record
that the golden wedding anniversaries
were formally celebrated.
Q. How are the different function
ing powers distributed in the lowest
forms of life?-R. Nee.
a. Huxley in his Origin of Life
says: In the lowest organisms all
parts are competent to perform all
functions and one and the same Dor
ton Of protoplasm may successfully
take on the function of feeding, NOV
ing or reproducing. In the highest
organisms, on the contrary, a great
number of parts combine TO perform
! each function, each part doing its
allotted share Of the work with great
accuracy and efficiency. but being
useless for any other purpose"
y. AT oxford how is the word
college" used?-R. c.
A. DR.. David Starr Jordan says in
Oxford and Cambridge it is very def
nitely used for one of the residential
halls, the alliance of which consti.
tutes the university.
(Frederic J. HGskin is employed by
The Star to handle the inquiries Of
| our readers, and you are tnUited TO
call upon him as freely and as often
as you please. Ask anything that Is
q matter of fact and the authority tCilI
| be quoted you. There is no charge
! for this serUice. Ask tUhdt you apdnt
sign yOur name and address aud in
close 2 cents in stamps for return
| postage Address The Star Intorqnd-
| tion Bureau, Frederic J. RusEin,
| director, Tt0enty-J7rst and @ streets
1 northeast
Evening star., 1925-07-14
Widow in Congress Seat
Subject of New Debate

sentiment" and that the country will
be delighted If Mrs. Rogers shows that
the fifth Massachusetts, district gave
all due thought to qualifications.
The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
however, is definitely of the opin-
ion that her election is not due
merely to the sympathy of her late
husbands constituents and respect
for his memory and service" The
Pittsburgh paper recognizes her serv-
ices in many good causes" participa-
tion in discussion of public ques-
tions" and promotion of civic move
ment." The Lafayette Journal and
Courier. further, calls attention to
the fact that she received a larger
cast, than her late husband had ever
been able to develop in the district"
obviously she was elected on
merits which, in a man. would have
been as readily recognized and as
generously rewarded" continues the
st. Joseph News-Press. THE people
have whom and what they voted for,
and apparently they are intensely
satisfied" states the Cincinnati Times
Star.
Surprise is expressed by the Kala-
mazoo Gazette at New England s
break with the hoarY traditions of
three centuries, a sudden departure
manifested in it's readiness to follow
the example of the newer Western
States,' while the Pueblo Star-Jour-
nal says 'ft Is distinct sign of the
trend in politics when staid New Eng.
land elects woma nto a seat in the
House" The Missoula Sentinel also
remarks: I'VE have held the habit of
electing women to succeed their hus-
bands as another instance of the
amazing sentiment of the American
people, but we never expected 1t to
happen in New England"
Evening star., 1925-07-14

speed of response has been challenged.
The Fire Departments OF other cities
have made some records" In answer
ing alarms. Detroit and Baltimore
claim to have speedier "smoke-eaters"
than Washington. The Star does not
believe that there are any quicker.
acting firemen anywhere In the coun-
try. and In order to test the matter it
has offered a trophy to the District
fire company that makes the quickest
response, to be held by that company
for a year. with renewed tests in later
years.
The measurement consists OF a
count of seconds from the first stroke
of the alarm to the emergence Of the
apparatus over the sill Of the engine
house. Baltimore and Detroit claim q
record Of ten seconds. One Of the
Washington FIRE companies has just
made a nine-second getaway in q trial.
Every man in the local department Is
alert to cut down the time.
It Is an old saying that the first
minute at a fire counts more than the
last ten minutes. The standard of
promptness is now being measured In
terms of seconds. So while the fire
companies are striving to cut down
the seconds in getting clear Of the
house. the public should cooperate by
clearing the way for the apparatus
after 1t gets out and starts the run for
the scene Of the alarm. A nre engine
that gets out in nine seconds and Is
held up half minute on the way by
foolish or inconsiderate motorists Is
handicapped despite the good work Of
the crew.
Evening star., 1925-07-14

fashions; and even those cooperate
abundantly who find fault with what
happens and those who try to oppose
It and TO hinder 1t; for the universe
has need of even such men as these.
Thus the Roman Emperor admitted
the "kickers." the knockers and
the carpers to a place in society, de-
claring that the great universe has
need of such brakes on universal
progress.
Today on every hand we see such
men, always ready to find fault, men
of insincerity who never do anything
without some hidden motive OF their
own behind even the most benevolent
seeming actions; gentlemen who
thwart legislation as a parlor pastime;
those who refuse to play" II they
are not "it."
Deity Is interesting. ending as 1t does
with one of the most quotabie SEN
tences in the "Medtations." He says;
IF the gods have determined about
me and about the things which must
happen to me. they have determined
well, for II Is not easy even to imagine
Deity without forethought.
And as to doing me harm, why
should they have any desire toward
that? for what advantage would re-
suit to them from this or to the whole,
which is the special object Of their
providence"
1t must be remembered here that
the writer knew nothing of the
Christian conception OF God as the
Father; many of the pagan gods were
creatures OF malice and evil; 1t re-
quired tremendous nerve for a mere
man to declare they could haYe nc
desire to do him harm.
But IL they have not determined
about me individually, they have GER
tainly determined about the whole al
least, and the things which happen
by way of sequence In this general
arrangement I ought to accept with
pleasure and to be content with them.
This is forerunner of Christian
resignation.
But IL they determine about moth
ing-which II is wicked 10 believe, OF
II we do believe 1t, let US neither
sacrifice nor pray nor swear by them
nor do anything else as II the gods
We're present and lived with us-but
If, however Che continues) the gods
determine about none of the things
which concern us, ] am able to deter
mine about myself"
There you have the triumphant
ucSldI dlIOIl u Uc efilDOulcu HuHuTeus
Of years later by Henley in his ring
ing lines:
] am the master of my fate.
l am the captain of my soul.
II can inquire about that which il
useful" Marcus Aurelius consoles
himself. 'and that is useful TO every
man which is conformable to his owr
| constitution and nature. But my ma
ture is rational and social"
Then comes the outstanding state
meut;
And my city and country. so far a
l am Antoninus, is Rome, but so fal
as | am man, 1t is the world"
Spirit of Woodrow Wilson, and Of
all those who have dreamed dream,
of universal peace, rejoice in the time
less realms where you now are!
Here was brother, one of tht
first of men, along with Isaiah, to de
| clare that a man has not only al
allegiance TO his country, but alst
to the world at large
Marcus Antoninus was his name
| and as such he was loyal 10 Rome; bu
| as man, a being nameless as we al
are, in time and space, his citv wa!
the world.
Is not this just another way of say
| ing that We are all children of God?
Evening star., 1925-07-14
Banez Will Learn.

"And I learned about women from
her." sang Kipling in one of his i'm
mortal barracks room ballads. and
the same may be said of Ibanez, the
Snanish novelist, who has posed as
the greatest interpreter Of feminine
foibles and fancies since Anatole
France, albeit he always Mas his
themes in a major key. For Ibanez
has went and gone and married a
widow. And it was another famous
portrayer of feminine characters who
made one Of his masculine figures say:
"Samivel, beware of the vidders." We
shall watch with interest for the
forthcoming novelssgf the newly mar
ried author-Harrisparg Telegraph.