The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-05
Local GIeanfnge.

Eolian Concert and Dance at
I. o. o. F. hall, Challis, on Fri
day evening, April 8th, 1898.
Selections will be rendered from
sacred, classic and popular mus
ic. After which a dance will be
given. Tickets, including dance,
for gentlemen, $1.OO. Those not
desiring to attend the dance will
be charged 25 cents admission
for the concert.
Mrs. Clara Evans and daugh-
ter, of Gibbonsville, are visiting
relatives in Challis.
March event out like lamb. T"
Mrs. Thomas and son returned
from their visit East last Tues
day evening, and on the follow
ing morning departed for their
home in Custer.
The entertainment that was to
have taken place in Challis last
Friday evening for the benefit of
the Cuban sufferers, was post
poned on account of the sickness
and death of John w. Miser.
George III. French and James
Beatty came out from Singiser
last Thursday evening.
Henry Mccormick, Supt. of the
Lucky Boy G. M. Co., of Custer,
departed from Challis for Salt
Lake City last Thursday morn
ing.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick, of Houston,
spent portion of last week in
Challis.
On the inside of this issue will
be found a very interesting let
ter from Alaska, written by Mr..
0. e. Penwen.
There is talk of the big copper
mines near Houston starting up
in the near future.
DIR. r. J. Aicorn, of Clayton,
was in Challis portion of last
week. He has concluded to
locate here permanently.
There is some trouble at the
Black Mine, Custer. The Com
pany's checks are being returned
protested. The miners have
assumed charge of the mill and
mine and are operating them in
view of taking out pay. We
hope the difficulty will soon be
adjusted.
George Kirk, who left Clayton
last spring to prospect in British
Columbia, in letter to the Key
stone written from Ferguson
under date of January 29th, says
that he has abandoned prospect
ing to accept the foremanship OF
the Silver Cup mine; that he was
working 38 men at present and
wages are SO. so per day for min
ers. The ore is high grade an6
assays $50 in gold and 300 ounces
in silver.-Ketchum Keystone.
A few weeks ago one-third ot
Cuba was starving, today one
fourth of Cuba is living upon th'
bounty of the American people
Spain deprived the agriculture
population of Cuba of the oppor
tunity to cultivate their fields
deprived them of the use of th'
use of the fertile soil, of God
gift to his children, deprive'
them of the opportunity to feet
themselves, condemned them t.
death by starvation and famine
bred disease. And yet we ar
told by a worthy, or perhaps IN
worthy Senator that Spain i
guilty of no crime for which W
have a right to call her to ac
count. Scores of thousands o
our fellow men, guilty of n
crime, have been starved t
death, scores of other thousand
are only now saved from lik
fate by American bounty and We
Senator Cafrey, of Louisiana
tells us that there would be u
justification for our interventio
in Cuba. Happily for the goo
name of the American people th
voice of Senator Caffrey is a
lonesome as it is discordant. Gu
side of the gambling dens
Wall street. the American peopl
! are unit for Intervention, III
! animous in their resolve to ris
5 to the call of common humanity
to the duty imposed upon the
| as a Christian people, to the dut
, they have assumed as protectC
, of western civilization and til
5 republics of the Western Hemi
/ phere. To obey this call ma