The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-01-07

| S--As.~JJ Years Days.
Yet 1t is telling sort Of picture
The traveller In a flat country may be charmed
by Its beauty, but after while he ceases to expect
anything except continuation of that beauty. In
q rolling country his interest quickens he ap-
breaches the top of a rise until experience has
taught him that nothing out Of the ordinary will
meet his eye. But in country of high ridges his
imagination persists in painting the landscape on
the other side as something new. Among the noun
tains the temptation to see what the next valley
contains IL always strong.
Travelling through life is much the same In
prosaic times and out Of touch with the news of
the day, man loses much Of his curiosity about
the future and concerns himself largely with his
immediate environment
But In these latter days there no prosaic
times history Is making so fast that we do not
appreciate the changes. And nobody is out Of
touch with the news. Telegraph telephone, news
paper and radio thrust the news of the world be-
fore almost the instant 1t happens. Not only
great things taking place but the news Of them
is spread everywhere. The news sheet without
sensation Is disappointment; 1t must have first
page staring headlines to gain favor
So the New Year of 1925 must step lively to
keep with the pace set by 1924 And 1t finds
world expectan Of great things and eager to press
on to the top Of the next high ridge "for to see."
IVES; history Is in the making all the world
tawa and Washington to London, Paris, Berlin.
Geneva and Leningrad. VIII the far-fung British
empire stand intact will Its Engllsh-spealing
domnons unite with the United States. In
Pacific ocean allance-the White against the yell
low? VIII Japan continue to maneuver diplomat
icaIy behind its nscrutable oriental mask or will
II show It's teeth? VIII Germany accept Its fate
and settle down to It's dreary work of reparation7
VIII France calm down and do teamwork with the
rest Of Europe? When viii Europe show that 1t
intends to pay Its World war debts by making
beginning OF payment?
AS to the League of Nations and. the Geneva
protocol VIII the disarmament conference sum-
moned for June lapse because enough nations do
not ratify IT by May7 VIII the protocol itself
lapse because that conference falls to arrange for
the limitation Of armamentsf And will the United
States call conference of Its own7
VIII the civil In China fight itself out or
will 1t involve other nations7 How long before
there Is an explosion in Russia, with It's anti
Trotsky movement and its growing between
classes? Is the new fare-up In Egypt to result
In European complications?
Interesting and momentous questions these, and
questions that press for answer. The New
Year will not see all of them answered of course
But 1t may see some Of them answered And II
is often the unexpected that happens.
NOBODY can say just what 1t will be- Of course
but 1925 Is extremely likely to see something
new In the way Of scientific discovery that will
make the world sit up and take notice. Scientists
all over the world are working specific momen-
tous problems that seem all but solved. More
over the world Is literally full Of scientists en-
gagged in pure research. without thought of utility
The Importance Of this Is seen In the fact that
utility steps In where pure research leaves OIL.