The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-03-02
LOCEL GLEHHINGS.
George Dearden came up from
Salmon last Monday.

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Bunting & Co., will pay its de-
positors in full.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Bomar will
entertain the members of Silver
Leaf Rebekah Lodge No. 81, /.
o. o. f. at their residence Tues
day evening, March 9th, after
lodge.
The man who attempts to run
a newspaper to suit everybody
has been planted under a juniper
bush. and the searching katydids
now sing his evening dirge, and
a mule cared rabbit stands as a
sentinel over his grave.
| The Custer mill, at Custer, has
closed down, and only a small
force of men are left on the mines
to do development work. It is
not known when operations will
be resumed, but probably not
until new mill is built, for the
old 30-stamp mill has almost out
lived its usefulness.
| A MESSENGER reporter last
week paid a visit to the county
hospital, which is under the
management of DR.. J. B. Cutter.
And through the kindness of the
/ Doctor, we were shown through
the entire building, and we are
pleased to note the changes that
the contractor has made in the
building. at considerable ex-
pense, for the comfort and hap
piness of his patients. The old
building has been transformed
into a home-like place. 1t has
been divided into several COM
Portable, well-ftted rooms, and
well renovated throughout, and
the sanitary condition of the
building is first-class. An ex-
Iperienccd nurse cares for the
wants Of the patients, while Lou.
Nesline presides over the kitch-
en- in a manner that is satisfac-
tory to all. There only two
county patients in the hospital
at this time. They informed us
that they had no fault to find.
The hospital is great credit to
Custer county.
| Our exchanges are still moan
ing over Idaho's senatorial mat
ter. Why not let up ? There
is no need longer of abusing Hon.
Henry Heitfeld. He is our sena-
tor; and all the opposition to him
or bad treatment or denunciatory
sayings will not make him re-
sign his high position as some
foolish papers have intimated-
anyway until he has shown them
that he is their superiors. And,
as for Senator Dubois. All the
laudations that that sicl1ly set
who have been misguiding him
through the last campaign can
heap on him-for their own sell
fish ends-won' make him sena-
tor. Not a bit. 1t was a hum
bug, and should damn the hypo-
crits that were in it. If the sena-
tor had been let alone, his good
Judgment would have told him
to join the true forces who were
sure to carry the State. Talk
about, if he had staid with this
or gone with that party-bosh
The reform Democracy and the
Populists were going to join to-
gether, and they were going to
carry the State, and Dubois well
knew it; hence some means. And
fif sycophant set of disappoint-
ed traitors in the Cleveland
Democrats and over-wise clan of
Republican, would-be leaders, to
get and keep themselves in
power had not thought, through
his personal popularity, to pro-
mote their own interests he
would have made a success eth
er now or in the near future. AS
it is he lost. and the future, in
no wise, looks very promising.
He simply, at last, mistook the
true friends of his country, and,
certainly, disappointed those
who could have given him place.
And all the hurrah about him or
any other man or men making il
possible for the silver forces to
move on to the front is only
twaddle useful to tell children.
The silver sentiment is a grow
ing force moving steadily on with
irresistible power, and its great
strength is plainly seen by the
gold men; and we are sick OF
hearing that this or that one is
all in all. Christ is the only one
who is all in all, and for Christ's
sake do let this harping and
piping come to an end some time.