The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-04-05
Easter Sunday April 10th.


Ed. Nickerson and Lou. Ness
line made a business trip to
Houston last week.
Our weather still continues
cold and cloudy.
The first fight of the war oc-
CURED yesterday, says the At
lanta Constitution. A brigade
of 100 men, being composed en-
tirely of colunels, and got in a
row as to who should command
it. Fifteen of them are now on
hospital furloughs.
All the married men are ready
to enlist. They would rather
be blown up in the navy than to
be continually blown up athome.
I-Billville War Items.
Richard, " asked the teacher,
"what was the message General
Sheridan sent to General Early
before the battle took place ?"
HE said," replied the big boy
with bad eye, go, Early, and
avoid the rush"
The Indebtedness of the A. ID.
& M. Company of Gibbonsville
as given in the Butte Miner, ag-
gregates $4,000. OF this
amount $1,000 is for wages and
IS, 900 for taxes.
The County Commissioners
meet in regular session Monday,
April 18th.
The war clouds hang very
heavy just now. President Nc
Kinley has become tired of being
rounded up" by Congress so
often for his slow methods of
taking action regarding the
Spanish crimes, and he is about
to throw the whole matter on
Congress. The Congress is red
hot for war, although Czar Reed
is opposed to it, but they will
not listen to him. Already four
resolutions have been introduced
in the Senate declaring for war,
also a like number have been in
troduced in the House.
We publish the following COM
plimentry from Mr.. L. M. Earl,
secretary of the G. E. Taylor &
Co. mercaptile corporation. Mr..
Earl is thorough business man
and appreciates good work. We
know of none more capable in
his line than he i:
BAY HORSE, IDAHO, March 18th, 1898.
TEE SILVER MESSENGER
! Challis Idaho.
Gentlemen:-I desire to take ais opportunity
Of congratulating you upon the artistic manner
| in which you have gotten up the ''adv." of c. E.
Taylor s. Co. as now appears in your paper.
AS the art of printing is surely the preserva-
tive OF all arts, just as surely have you exer-
cised good taste, delicate and artistic work
m@nship, and demonstrated to the public that
work can be done in Custer county equal to
any in the State.
1t is pleasure TO gaze upon adv" gotten
up so nicely.
| very truly yours,
L. M. EARL, Sec'y-
| We publish two letters from
Alaska, the first written to Ell. G.
Lewis from Skaguay, by Isaac
Foster. 1t says
81 am wishing now that / were
safely back to civilization and
will consider myself lucky to get
alive. / am feeling well, how
ever, and will probably see you
on or About April 1st. My ad-
; vice to any one who is in posi-
ton to make decent living in
Idaho, or anywhere else, would
be to steer clear'of this country"
: l-Ketchum keystone.
, The other letter is written for
the Dubois Enterprise, by James
Smith, dated at Wrangel, March
} 18th. 1t says in part
There are lots of men going
back home discouraged and dis
, gusted. The outfit that is going
, to build the railroad from Tele-
5 graph creek to Lake Teslin has
) been here for three weeks trying
t to get up the Stickeen river on
ice to Telegraph creek, and they
> have only made about Is miles
a headway; they have about 300
men and about the same number
e of horses, but as fast as they
S break the trail the wind blows ii
! full again, and | hear they are
going to give it up and wait till
e the ice goes out and then go up
+ in boats. The men they have
e employed are working for $40
), per month, and have signed con-
n tracts to work nine months. The
Y miners around here are only get
r ting $2.25 per day; they are
e mostly Indians.
J From what I can see here,
y this is no place for a man &c