The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-11-09

see all that he sees, know all
that which will make him mount t
to good purpose; SO prepare him
for the cold, practical world, into
which he soon must enter. Aye,
enter, may it be with a heart all
fresh and purposes pure and
noble. At this age of boyhood
comes responsibility upon the
parent. Directing present tastes
makes future wrecks or arrivals
upon the voyage of life. At this
time the mind, susceptible to
slightest impression, makes of a
boy who reads good book, a
boy who will unconsciously per-
haps, do right. He will not fol-
low out the book to the letter, it
may be, as will sometimes the
one who reads the book of cow
boys and pistols impossible, but
it will gently, as dawn upon his
awakening dream, enter into his
very being and without his
knowledge of the fact, he will
be living into the man without
some of the life he has read, his
character as he grows the brand
of true manhood. Thus it is,
what in the book read, comes
the development of the child, the
good or bad predominating. A
child cannot be properly brought
up unless it has somebody who
loves it and whom it loves. Love
is as necessary for the education
of properly human being as
knowledge of mathematics or the
power of reading. Again I re-
peat, let US not neglect our
children.
Last Saturdays Salt Lake
Herald says +: Sturdy Jack
Donovan, ex-chief of police, is
by this time in the Klondike,
with everything in his favor for
making big stake. Of the
thousands who started to go in
with the rush, the great majority
unused to hardships and expos
ure, turned back, and of those
who pushed on, few were prop
erly equipped with tools, provis-
ions, ETC., and most of them are
inexperienced. Donovan is one
of the best practical miners in
the country, has an iron consti-
tuition, is used to all kinds of
hardships and has enough pro-
visions; ETC., to last him for
year.
His brother, Mike Donovan,
assistant fire chief, yesterday re-
ceived letter from Jack, writ
ten at Carter lake on Oct. 6, in
which he says I:
II have never experienced
anything to equal the Chilcoot
pass. We have just gotten all
our provisions over today, and
are feeling happy. There are
about six more outfits on the
way, as compared with 40
week ago, and they are selling
out and going back.
'After leaving Dyea, we first
camped at Finnigan's point, a
distance of six miles; next camp
was at the mouth of the canyon,
five miles; next at Sheep camp,
about six miles, and the next at
the foot of the Chilcoot pass, at
a place known as the Scales.
Now we are over the pass and
camped at Carter lake. We will
next move to Long lake, a dis
tance of five miles. From there
we will go to Lindeman, but we
pass another lake known as Deep
lake, between Long lake and
Lake Lindeman. We expect to
reach there in seven days. You
must remember we have to pack
all the way from the Scales to
Lindeman.
I'VE cannot get pack animals
over the pass this time of the
year. If you know of anyone
coming this way, tell them to be
sure to have their goods double
sacked, with an oil sack on the
outside. They don't want any
boxes in this country. Have
everything put up in.50 and rs
pound packs.
1.-The weather was very cold
for the past week, up to last
night, when we got a south wind
and the snow is going very fast
today. You know how it blows
on Pine summit in Custer county
Idaho. 1t is no comparison to
Chilcoot, and you never saw such
a trail as is from Finnigan's
Point to Chilcoot pass. They
charge 40c per pound from Dyea
to Lindeman. They charge 81
per pound over the Skaguay