The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-05

taken hold of and the full value
of each of these enterprises to
the commercial world are all
treated of in this almanac. Be
sides this, the current events,
weather reports and everything
that can be found useful for the
Office, farm and household, with
a special write-up of Colorado
and the western country, show
ing the political status, resourc-
es in agriculture and mining. 1t
is just the book you need. Price,
25 cents, postpaid. Books will
be delivered about the first of
January.
The coolest weather thus far
this season in Challis was last
Sunday morning. The weather
indicator registered on two de-
i grees above zero.
We are informed from a relia-
BILE source that wedding will
take place in Challis in less than
one week.
The Market Lake Sentinel will
pull up states and the next issue
of the Sentinel will be published
at st. Anthony.
A young man went to church
with his best girl Sunday night.
Both were quite handsome and
modest. When the collection
was being taken up the young
man explored his pockets, and,
finding nothing, whispered to
the young lady: 81 hav'nt got
cent; | left my money in my 9th
er pants" Meantime the young
lady had been searching her
pocket, and finding nothing,
blushed rosy red as she STAN
mered, "I've done the same
thing"
How long do you think the
present concentration of wealth
can go on putting untold millions
into the hands of the schemers :?
How long will it be until no
small fellow can do business of
any kind T? If the trusts keep
gathering millions will they not
at some time have all the wealth
and all the other people have
none =? If the wealth of the ma
ton is rs billions, and these 600
trusts gather in that amount of
wealth, where do the other fell
lows come in ? Are they not
now gathering at rate that will
not soon amount to that sum
total Is there anything that
you can see that indicates that
the game they are playing will
not continue, gathering force as
it goes ? What business, except
one of these, is prosperous +?
What line of business can you
map out today for your boy that
promises other than a dreary
salary for one of these combines,
even if he is sure of job with
them appeal to Reason.
By far the greatest fight thus
far between the British and
Beers was the battle at Modder
river on Nov. Both, in which
Gen. Methuen defeats the Beers.
The battle was desperate one,
the troops fighting ten hours in
the burning sun without food or
1t was one of the hardest and
most trying engagements in the
annals of the British army. The
Boer force aggregated 5000 men
with two large guns and two
Krupp cannon. The loss upon
both sides is very heavy.
Commissioner Tolman was in
Challis last week on business.
This was what Colonel Inger-
soil said about protection 81
believe in protecting infant in
dustries. but when the infants
get to be six feet high and grow
whiskers, and when they threat
en- to kick the end out of the
cradle if they don't get more
pap, | think it's about time to
take the bottle away from them"
Ben Evans, rancher and
Sheep-owner of Carey, on Little
Wood river, is missing. Nothing
is known of his Whereabouts
since the 18th of October last.
On that date he registered at a
hotel in Blackfoot. Where he
went to from there no one knows.
On the 18th of October he and
his brother Tom left with some
carloads of sheep for Chicago.
After leaving Tom agreed to go
on to Chicago, while Ben would