The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-11-30

us attend to this matter.
Thomas Shelly Sutton. of
Boise City, has been writing
very many poems of late that
are an honor to himself, his par
ents, Boise City. and. in fact, to
the State. The MESSENGER has
been publishing them and. we
are sorry to say, that some of
the papers, without giving prop
er credit. have been taking from
US. A newspaper that would do
that is either TOO mean or to big
a fool to be credited with a place
among literary men or women.
We know this is pretty plain
talk, but it is not quite up to the
full measure of demerit that
should be attached to such ac-
tions-and we want no more of
it. Master Sutton is proving a
master in the line of poetry
Some of his productions are par
ellel in beautiful expression with
the very leading poets of the
world; and, surely any one of
proper appreciation of fine liter
ature could at least give a poor
boy credit for what they had
stolen from him-even if they
did not wish to give the paper
that would aid him by publish
ing his productions any recogni-
ton. His writings are already
being stored away among the
choice selections, to be commit
ted to memory, and they will be
read and appreciated as long as
the English language shall be
spoken. Stand by ability at
home. We do not have to go
abroad, and, at least, let US have
the merit of honesty.
Last Saturday forenoon, Nov.
27, 1897, at IL o'clock, on said
day Deputy Auditor and Rec
order, who, by the way is not
quite voter, but is a Bryan
Democrat. arrived at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Keyes, in
Challis. The lad is q fine g.
pound son, and mother and child
are getting along nicely, and we
also wish to state that George
is highly elated.
In the early spring of 1862.
says the Weiser Signal, Jim.
Warren, prospector, miner. gamb
ler, adventurer and pioneer of
the west, left the then roaring
camp of Florence, with four
companions. for a prospecting
excursion into the surrounding
wilderness. then wilder than the
Ijungles of Africa, and as yet but
little familiar to man. Discus
sions among the members of the
| little party arose and near the
present Burgdorf hot springs it
split up, resulting in Jim War
rem strapping pack to his back
and pursuing his wanderings
alone. Chance brought him
eventually on to the creek now
known as Warren creek, and he
pitched his solitary camp Gf a
man can carry enough on his
back to pitch" a camp with al
most on the identical spot where
the town now stands. Here he
! found some pretty fair prospects
and also some excellent float
quartz. But he was now about
out of provisions. Panning out
seven pans of dirt he saved the
proceeds, took some samples of
quartz and headed back toward
} Florence, where. duly arriving,
I he reported the discovery to
Hank Deffenbecker, who after
wards ran a ferry on Salmon
, river near the wire bridge.
} A splendid program and servi-
ces We're given at the church last
Sunday evening.
, john tmnegan came down
,. from Slate creek last Friday
evening.
: Our old-time friend Mat Won
acks is up from Salmon for a few
days.
: Mr.. Wilson, the civil engineer
s who constructed the Bohannon
: Bar dam aud siphon. with party
| is in this county making the pre-
/: liminary survey for a railroad.
: The route they have followed is
/, from Challis to Yellow Jacket
r Blackfoot and on down to Shoup
n and Gibbonsville, leaving this
! place 25 or 80 miles to the east
n Salmon Recorder.
e "If you'll give me time. judge,
e said the culprit, "I'll show you |
L can reform And the kind
= boor+od ind era an uorQ6 s<Vary