The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-10

Court convenes here.
George MCGOWAN lost one of
his fine wheel horses last Friday
while fording Salmon river, by
being drowned. Salmon is a very
dangerous river when it is high,
and many a man and animal it
has claimed as its victims.
Mr.. Centuras is out from Gus
ter. and is endeavoring to pur-
chase milch cows.
John l.. Sullivan says Spain
has got herself in the wrong
class in her fight with Uncle
Sam.
The Rebekahs are contemplat-
ing another entertainment at
this place tonight.
A young man at college who
had far overdrawn his account
with the home folks, as a last
resort wrote home as follows:
Father want a check for
$50, in order to join the military
class, as l am going to enlist in
the army"
To this letter the old man re-
piled, briefly
"Jim-I fit all through the war
an wuz wounded seven times,
without ever j'inin' any military
class. Thar amt no art in it.
ALI you got ter do is-shet yer
eyes. pray ter the Lord, an pull
the trigger %
Fred Baxter and Andrew Mark
er, formerly Custer county boys,
have enlisted for the war-the
first named at Salmon and the
latter at Pocatello.
DIR. Wright informs us that he
received letter from p. J. Cir.
kel. superintendent of the Vel
low Jacket property. stating that
if he could get 100 men to go to
work on the cooperative plan,
he would start work at once on
the property. Here's a chance
for our idle men to make some
money.-Salmon Recorder.
The Annual State Sunday
School Association will be held
in Boise, Idaho, May 25th, 26th
and 9th, this year. Two dele
gates being allowed each school.
and one extra for each 50 memb
ership.
No official report has been re-
ceived from Com Dewey.
Mrs. Peter Golfer, of Challis
has opened a boarding house a
Salmon.
Paul Steinke returned Satur
day from his Klondike expedi
ton, says the Wallace Press. Ht
left California early in the win
ter to make his fortune in Alas
ka, but was among the unfortu
nate passengers on the Corona
losing everything but his per
sonal effects. He worked along
the lower part of the trail fol
several months, intending to earl
enough to buy another outfit anC
go into Dawson sometime thil
summer. When the boom begal
to subside he changed his minC
and returned to Wallace, having
been absent from here about /;
year. The Klondike boom b
says has ended, the boats bring
ing back more men than the,
are taking up, although there ar
are still some going in all th'
time. Dyea is almost town @
the past. few of the business me
there making anything.
The chemist of a steel com
. pany in Indiana discovered thi
astonishing possibility. He wa
testing a certain kind of lime
stone and expected it to becom
/ quicklime; in this instance it ra
into lava instead. This whit
lava he subjected to chemics
baths, and then to a drawing ou
process, with the remarkable re
suit OF a substance that simulate
the finest of wool, as white a
snow and as soft as down. ]
can be woven into cloth. Bein
E non-combnshble, it can be use
for fire fire protecting curtain
and for packing engines; also fo
deadening sound; also for cal
t pets, and for Innings for winte
; garments-being a non-condut
\ tor, it could not be worn in sun
| mer. Water does not affect it
/ will not make it shrink. 1t poir
3 of durability it is claimed that
. will outwear the sheep produc
7 A firm is converting this artitic
? al wool into cloth with a view