The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-05-24


million dollars worth of ore in
sight in the Lucky Boy mine.
We are authorized to state
that the regular Court dance will
be held in the 1. o. o. F. hall, at
Challis, on Friday night, June
3rd, 1898.
-Challis was visited with a
light frost last Friday morning,
but did no damage. Fruit trees
are now in full bloom, and the
promises for a large yield of
fruit in this vicinity is very good.
We are in receipt of a new
book from the pen of Hon. w.
ID. Clagett, entitled Money.
Banks, Panics, and Property
Single copies, 25c. For sale by
Charles w. Clagett, 456 Louis
lana Avenue, Washington, D. G.
Col. N. ]. Sharp, of ChalIis.
is organizing a company of vol
unteers from Custer county to
go to the front if Uncle Sam
makes another call for volun-
teers. In two days he received
twenty signatures from Challis
alone.
4 will be in Challis about
June 9TH, 1898, to do photograph
ing, and will remain one week
only. | will also take orders for
crayon work. All work guaran-
teed first-class. Samples of work
can be seen at the postoffice. w.
b. FOWLER, Salmon, Idaho.
The Right Hon. William
Ewart Gladstone, died at his
home in Hawarden, England, at
. o'clock Thursday morning. Nav
19, 1898. Mr.. Gladstone was
born at Liverpool, December 90.
1909. Peace be to the memory
of the "Grand Old Man ~
1t is drawing near the time
for Custer county politicians to
commence fixing up the "slate"
for the Fall election. Perpaps
it is fixed before this time, but
as we are not on the inside. we
cannot say as to that. The war
is the all-absorbing topic at this
time, and it appears to have
bombarded the political shore
batteries. This year we elect a
full quota of State and county
officers-but thank God our legis-
lature does not elect a United
States Senator. In addition to
the county officers of two years
ago, this year we elect County
Auditor, County Attorney and
County Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction. For this last
named Office one to be eligable
for it must hold a first-grade GER
tificate. We hear Miss Margaret
Keenan's name, of Challis, men
toned for this office, and we
know of none better qualified to
I'LL the office than she, besides
she holds State as well as a
tirst-grade certificate. Miss
Keenan, is an earnest advocate of
the silver cause, and we feel con
fident she would be just the right
person for this Office, and it is
but just and right that the ladies
be placed upon the tickets for
such offices that they can well
fill, for this year they have as
much to say in Idaho elections as
the men.
One of our Idaho exchanges
says that indications look to a
fusion between the Populists and
Mckinley Republicans of Idaho
this year. We do not believe
word of this story, aud even if it
were true, but a few middle-of-
the-roaders could be found that
would endorse such a PROPOSE
tion, and that class amounts to
very little. We stand for a com
plete union of all silver parties
regardless of past differences.
Let the Populists, Democrats
and Silver Republicans unite
under one standard, and that the |
silver banner, and march for
ward to victory, and thereby
show to the world that we are
for the establishment of sill
yer, and not for party. The |
MESSENGER, win not follow the |
middle-of- readers in their
rawlings and political tricks. This
element of the Populist party |
has been a detriment to our or
ganization from the start, and
the sooner we rid the party of
them the better. A great por-
ton of them are nothing more or
less than office-seekers, and in
some States they have sold them
selves and endeayOred to trade