The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-02-14

OF the brave volunteers from
Idaho who gave their lives for
their country at Manila, says
Idaho mourns the loss of
number of her brave sons who
went forth at their country's
call and have fallen upon the
field of battle in our new poss-
essions. But such is the fortune
of war, and, while the relatives
and friends of the fallen have the
deepest sympathy of the people
of the commonwealth, the thought
will be everywhere experienced
that the men whose names are
in the list of the dead have died
gloriously, rejecting credit upon
their memories, upon their state
and upon the nation. Ard, as
we contemplate their deaths ON
the far away field, the pulse stirs
more quickly, and these lines,
written of Mexican war heroes,
suggest themselves as express
i've of the governing thought of
the hour
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead"
We are in receipt of two new
Idaho journals this week-the
Falls Power, published at Am
erican Falls, and the Nampa
Sun. We wish both new enter
prises success.
Mystic Camp No. 5722, M. W.
of A, are making arrangements
to give a grand ball in Challis on
March 17th-St. Patrick's Day.
The Woodmen of this place
have moved into the brewery
building, and are converting it
into lodge room.
There are some pretty cute
saloon keepers at Salmon, says
the HALEY News Miner. 'Brough
& Gertridge will rattle off a $40
gold piece on Saturday night.
There will be forty chances at
so cents a chance"
1t is reported that there is IL
feet of snow on the Galena-Saw-
tooth divide.
Moroni Clam and Eliza Bake
were married at st. George last
week, and the papers publishing
the notice head it ''Clam- Bake. .
"Well, what is an island pa
asked the man upon being in
formed that his son had taken up
the study of geography at school.
''Land entirely surrounded by
water" replied the boy.
'"That is not correct" said the
man. "An island is land sur
rounded by water on all sides
except the upper side. Land en-
tirely surrounded by water is
suburban real estate"
Latest estimates places the
insurgents loss in killed at the
recent two-day's battle at Manila
at 1000. The Ygorotes who
were placed in front to face our
heavy artilley with their bows
and arrows, but few are left to
tell the tale. The chief of the
tribe of Ygorotes says that they
were sent to this position by the
Tagalos under the pretense that
they were occupying a post of
honor. They did not know what
modern artillery was.
The Third House of the Idaho
legislature was organized at
Boise last week. One of the
most important bills introduced
was No. 80 Kun H." to regu-
late the amount of work to be
performed by man whose wife
takes in washing for a living.
Referred to committee on cruelty
to animals.
Bill No. l provides a penalty
for any man who saws wood.
Referred to the committee on
wind and gas.
Salt Lake Tribune: With a
collection of samples, some of
which show metallic copper, j.
o. Swift came in from his group
of mines in Blackbird mining
district, Idaho, and will remain
several days among those of Zion
who are interested with him.
During his absence in the north,
Mr.. Swift, has succeeded in tying
up a number of additional prop
critics with which to swell the
number contained in the original
group. In the language of Mr..
Swift himself, he has got pretty
much the whole country togeth-
er, and the work there this seas
on promises to result in the de-,
velopment of one of the most
productive copper camps in the