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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10
DWELLINGS,

DWELLINGS.
Mabry Arch. Client
$4,000.
Warren Crescent,
Client. 5000.
Warren Crescent,
Client. $1,000.
2 houses Gray6or
ave. Client. SO.
132 Cumberland. $25
73 Falkland. So. 50.
liS Aialtby ave. SO
g North. y. c., 50.
81 Cccelta ave, 81. 30
q Cecilia ave. 50. 80
200 Granville ave, 81
ROOMS
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10

BALTIMORE GRAIN MAi2KE.T
Baltimore, Md, March 9.-Flour dull;
unchanged. Wheat firm SPOT and
month, 75%@755sc.; April, Gq7Gbc. !;
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10

New Orleans March 9.-Cotton fu-
lures dun. but steady. March > 1901
1H2; April. 5.9oGl.92; May. 59iI5 %:
June 5HeGiG. 90; July. 5.99G6 GO: Au-
gust, 5.9i95 -. September. r. S5G95 81.
October. 5.S505.SG: November, 5.SjN
o.NG: December. 8 SGI5.S7.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-10
GRAIN, HAY. ETC.

CoRNaWhitc. 41c.; from store. 45c.;
MILL FEED-Market steady: bran.
from store. $500; middling. from store,
Sl7 co. shipstuff $3.50.
OATS Steady: mixed. SIC: white. CSC.
liAY-No. !. $l1 80 to $i2 60 per ton; No.
?. $ll 90 per ton. from store
MlLLED RlCE--As TO grades-5Ii to
ROUGH RICE-6597sc. per bushel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

CUSTER, Idaho. Dec. ssh. 1890
Sheriff Rowles came over on
Sundays stage and returned to
Challis Wednesday.
The McFadden mine is adver-
tised to be sold at Sheriff's sale
on Dec. 27, to satisfy the judg-
ment obtained by David Dupont
in the District Court
The stage comes into Custer
now on runners.
Harry Gardner arrived in town
last Monday.
The Lucky Boy Company have
sent their horses down to Lost
river for the winter.
Geo. Baldwin departed on last
Wednesdays stage for Boise,
where he expects to spend the
winter.
If some rancher would bring
a load of butter and eggs to
Custer he could obtain a good
price for them, and the everlast-
ing of every Custerite. as nearly
every one here has had to swal-
low dry bread without taste of
butter for nearly month. and
eggs are as scarce as the pro-
verbal hens teeth -Tddis.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12


Wayne Darlington, manager of
the Big Copper group at Hous-
ton, arrived in HALEY this morn
ing. The property which Mr..
Darlington manages is, after
several changes. owned by a
private corporation. the control
ling owner being ]. w. Mackay.
1t being a private concern they
do not desire publicity, but mas
much as every individual is
bound to uphold the interests of
his community. Mr.. Darlington
is willing to have it stated that
in the Big Copper there is fully
], 900, 900 tons of ore that aver
ages 8 and 4 per cent. in copper.
This will pay, but it is hardly
what his company wants, and it
is looking for something better. .
He is therefore going for depth
His deepest workings are now
down about 700 feet vertical, and
crosscuts are being run to ex-
plore the vein. If. as Mr.. Oar
lington expects. the ore there
carries a sufhciency of pyrites he
viii build pyritic smelling fur
mace at once
| The old-fashioned smelter at
Houston was blown in a short
time ago, and made a short run
1t turned out $4,000 worth of
copper. when the coke gave out
Since then new supply of coke
has been procured, and the fur
mace will soon be blown in for an
output of about SIS, 900.
These two runs we're made only
to convince the owners that their
property would turn out copper.
But next spring work viii be
prosecuted on large scale. if at
all, new furnaces will be built.
and a line of traction engines put
on between Blackfoot and Hous-
ton, to haul coke and other sup
plies, as teams to do the hauling
cannot be got in the region
But this is not an unmixed
evil. Mr.. Darlington says. as
steam traction is much cheaper.
About three months ago he look
ed into a mine property in Ari-
zona, at Mr.. Mackay's request,
and recommended a change tc
steam traction. which reduced
the cost of hauling from s. te
less than s. a ton.
Mr.. Darlington left for his
home at Antelope today, going
via. Salt Lake.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

The two young men who are
supposed TO be the parties who
robbed the A. ID. & NJ. store, at
Gibbonsville, were captured in
Anaconda the other day. They
were brought to Salmon and held
under 81, 500 bonds each.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

took a lonely moonlight wagon
ride all by themselves last Fri
day night, down to the skating
pond, received the marble
heart" when they arrived. The
young ladies in order to go to
the skating field had to procure
a conveyance and go by them
selves or not go at all. But they
went, nevertheless. The boys
to show how gallant they were,
followed up shortly thereafter.
This accounts for all this "mar-
bic heart" business. The boys
say it was a terrible "cold"
night, but then. they had
spirits, which in a way, help
ed to drown sorrow.
The wedding of Arthur L.
Trenam to Miss Grace Foote,
sister of Mrs. Guy Foster. of
Challis, took place in this city
last night, the 18th, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Foster, at
9 o'clock, the Rev. Guy Foster
performing the marriage cere-
mony. We were unable to be
present owing to press day, but
are informed that it was a very
beautiful ceremony. and that the
presents were numerous and
valuable. The groom, Mr.. A l.
Trenam, is an enterprising young
merchant of Lost river, and is a
worthy gentleman. The bride
has beensa resident of Challis
for the past year and over, her
home being in Kansas. She is
an accomplished and refined
young lady, and by her Graceful
ways and lady-like manners has
won many warm friends. The
| MESSENGER extends to the bride
and groom its congratulations
and best wishes.
| Little did the trustees think
when the new school house was
built in Challis little over three
years ago, that in so short &
time as the present term, the
two departments would be over
crowded with children as they
are at present, especially the
Primary department. Accord
ing to last months report the
enrolment of the Primary de.
partment was 63 scholars, while
that of the upper department O.
the school was only 46. In tht
Primary department, which il
without question the most diff
cult department to manage, W.
find that the children are divideC
into FIVE grades, viz : A, B, c
D and E, with some childrel
from the upper room comm:
down to the Primary department
, for certain recitations. In tn
upper department there are onl,
: two grades-A and B. Sixty
3 three, and probably four or 6v
t more primary children, divide'
into FIVE grades, is too man.
r youngsters for one teacher to in
: struct and do justice. Anothe
8 room-an intermediate depart
: ment-is sadly needed at thi
f this time for the welfare of ou
3 public school which has game
t the high standard it now attains
f 1t is an issue that the trustee
e will have to contend with soone
2 or later. At the present tim
i something ought to be done
g make more equal and fair div
8 sion between the two depar
i ments Of our school. 1t is oil
4 of the question to add anothe
st department this term with II
!e limited school funds the trustet
e are obliged to contend with. "
If believe the only way out of tn
a dilemma at this time is to a.
s vance the Primary A grade
), the upper department and ther'
e by forming another grade in tn;
g department-the c grade. b
lie so doing, the Primary depar
.S ment would still have four grad
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
John Haney was up from Lost
river last week.

river ldSb week.
We expect in our next issue to
commence a series of mining arti-
cles of the mines of Custer
county, written by Robert Bell,
a frst-class mine reporter.
Mr.. Moses, of the Stanley
Basin Dredging Company, while
in Challis last week paid out to
different parties in the neighbor-
hood of S10,O in this place for
mining claims, labor, etc.
One of our exchanges speaks
a vast amount of truth in the
following 1.-The most loath-
some, most treacherous, most
repulsive creature in all the
world is a gossip. I would rath-
er have the friendship of a hyena
than the friendship of gossip.
I would rather pillow my head
by a nest of centipedes than
sleep at ease in a gossip's home.
l would rather hear the honest
rattle of an angry snake than
receiAe the fawning blandish-
ments of gadding gossip"
James Gayle last week receiv-
ed the appointment to the posi-
ton of School Trustee of this
District, vice M. NJ. Sweet, re-
signed. Mr.. Gayle's appoint
ment was to fill a vacancy, and
expires on the first Monday of
next June. We would have filed
the the Office of Clerk of the
Board for six years had we re
NAMED until next June. We re
tire from this Honorable (?) posi-
ton with the belief that we die
the best we knew how. 1t is q
thankless Office to say the least,
and one has to devote consider
able time to it, and especially tht
Clerks position. This is one
reason why we rendered oul
resignation. The Office of Trus
tee here is a poor job. for one
as they are obliged to receive
the "kicks" from all quarter
no matter what they may do
Experience is a great teacher
we know wereof We speak.
A very curious number is 142.
857, which multiplied by l, 3, 8
| 4, 5, or 6, gives the same figure
in the same order, beginning a
a different point; but if nultipli
ed by Z. gives all mines. Multi
piled by l equals 142, 857, multi
piled by 2 equals 285,714, multi
piled by 3 equals 428, 751, multi
piled by 4 equals 571.42S. multi
piled by 5 equals 714,2 multi
piled by 6 equals S57,142 multi
piled by z equals 999.999 Multi
ply 142,s57 by 8 and you hav
LAP, $50. Then add the frs
figure to the last and you hav
142, ,957, the original number, th
. figures exactly the same as g
start.
Another mathematical wonde
} is the following 1t is discover
ed that the multiplication of 9
765432 by As gives A, 444
: 444, 445. Reversing the order c
the digits and multiplying l 2
456769 by As we get a resu
S equally curious. 5,555, 555, sos.
| we take 123456769 as tf
( multiplicand and interchangin
t the figure 45 take 81 as the multi
a plier, 6,666, 666. COG. Returnin
: to the multiplicand, 9 s Z 6 ) 4
: 3 and taking 81 as the multi
e plier again, we get 1888, 333, 3;
n all SIS except the first and la
e figures. together read 54-tl
= multiplier. Taking the san
d multiplicand and 81. the half
g "a, as the multiplier, we get
g product of 26. 666, ,666. 667-all {
S except the first and last figure
e which together read q, Il
n multiplier. Now interchange
i. the figure 81 and using y as t
- | ,,,,ls,,,l;ay. an1 a = * X 4
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
Look for I. o. o. F. ball lad. "

IN next issue.
Senator Hooper was over from
Morse one day last week.
Peter Mcclure came out from
Custer last Friday on visit.
J. P. Spalding has an excel
lent display of holiday goods
this year.
K. d. Williams was down from
his Robinson Bar springs one
day last week.
Messrs. Miller and Bell are up
in the upper Salmon river region
reporting the mines.
VIM. Burnett was up from the
Lost river country last week. and
is feeling and looking as young
as ever.
Miss Grace Foote arrived in
Challis last Saturday evening
from visit with her folks in
Topeka, Kansas.
J. B. Morrow is one of the
stockholders of the proposed new
''Idanha Hotel to soon be built
at Boise. The hotel is to cost
S85, 600.
VIM. Smith came up from Sal
mon last Saturday evening on
business, returning the follow
ing day. He was accompanied
by Grant Mccoy and sister.
B. F. Rapp arrived in Challis
last Saturday from Bonanza, and
will spend the winter here. Mr..
Rapp is recently from Stanley
Basin, where has had been work
ing his claims till winter set in.
Michael o. Spain died at his
home in Salmon on Friday last,
Dec. 6th, at 1 o'clock p. m, aged
about 67 years. He leaves &
wife and son in Salmon and &
daughter in California. Deceas
ed is we'll known by all the old
timers of Custer county, where
he used to reside. Mr.. SpahI
is native of Germany.
At the election ON Monday, tht
4th. held in this place for th'
election of a Road Overseer fol
this district, John Mock received
90 out of 95 votes cast, which j!
pretty good evidence that ou
people are satisfied with Mr.
Mock's past record in that posi-
\ ton.
County Attorney Calhoun de
parted for HALEY last Wednes
day morning on legal business
We understand that he goes fo
the purpose of having a writ o
injunction served on the Treas
urer of Custer county from pay
ing out any money to Lemh
county which they claim is du
them from long standing, bu
Custer county claims that the.
are not indebted to Lemhi coun
ty in any amount, for the matte
was settled once. At the las
term of District Court held her
the Court ordered that a specis
levy be made by Custer count
to meet this Indebtedness, whic
the Commissioners did, and it j
this money that the injunction
to be placed upon. Undoubtedl
the matter will terminate in
big lawsuit.
Charles Crane reports havin
: found a very rich quartz lede
{ near his Bull Dog mine at Sc;
r foam. says the Boise Statesman
e The ledge is IL feet wide and hs
S a remarkably rich streak from
e to IA inches wide. Three SAM
5 les were assayed. One sampl'
/ described as black quartz, ca
o ried 1885 ounces per ton in go
: and $3.50 ounces in silver, tt
/ total value being S2o, ,943.45 p
' ton. A sample of oxidized quar-
: returned 45 ounces gold and
& 900 onncaS silver its total val
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12
LOCAL NEWS.

in Challis this winter?
Roberts case has been refer
red to committee of nine.
Hon. Geo. B. Baldwin came
out from Custer last Thursday.
He expects to spend the winter
in Boise.
Wednesday the Pawhatan Min
ing Company filed its articles of
incorporation. A. D. McKinlay,
L. L. Sweet, VIM. Fishinger. A.
L. Barmon, M. J. Dowd, G. I'll.
Wood and G. F. Ruddy are the
Directors. Its headquarters is
Wallace, with the customary
100000 shares of 10-cent stock.
Wallace Press.
H. Fl. Marshall came out from
Stanley Basin last Wednesday,
where will remain a few days,
then go East to spend the win
ter. We are informed that Mr..
Marshall has sold his placer
ground and received final pay
ment for same, to Mr.. Moses, one
of the principals of the Stanley
Basin Dredging Co., for a con-
sideration of $1,000.
On Wednesday evening last
Custer Encampment No. 10, l.
10. o. F., of Challis, elected the
following officers for the ensuing
term
| C. P.-Henry Sturkey.
H. Pm. NJ. Sweet.
! S. VT. J. Paul.
J. W.-John @. Adams.
Scribe-J. L. Ebberts.
Treasurer-A. G. Bomar.
Trustees-J. c. Fox, J. G..
Finnell, ]. Q. Adams.
| McKinely's message to Cong
ress is considered a very weak
document. He advocates the
single gold standard, expansion,
and on the trusts has little to
say. The whole message is a
political document, and tells oi
the great wonders that 81
(meaning his friend Mark) done
for the poor farmer and working
man; and how ''I'' subdued the
Spanish and liberated the poor
Cubans, and how "I'' have the
Filippinos who are fighting fol
their freedom, demoralized anG
, almost snbdued. To gain the
colored vote, he tells the Soutf
that they must stop lynching tbs
negroes.
The old-time arrastra, which
has been in use ever since mining
! was an industry, is the cheapes
: and most simple of construction
! of any gold saving machine il
{ existence. For years it has beel
! the prospector's friend and
I boon to the small mine-owner
! In the present mining age, how
= ever, there seems to be no plac
! for the arrastra. The prospeC
: tor now looks for large ore bod
: les and expects to sell to to tn
Z capitalists, who with improve
! machinery, will develop then
Z This changed condition divide
! mining into many classes.
: few years ago the miner too
: his pick and shovel and went oil
{ and found a mine; he then bega
: development work, built an a
Z rastra Gf his ore was free). work
! ed his ore and took it to th
3 smelter and received his bullio
: in return. Now we have th
Z prospector, the miner, the SUI
! erintendent, the capitalist an
Z the noble expert, upon who's
: opinion rests the destiny of th
: of the mining world. With th
+ changed condition the primitiv
r methods of mining have give
s way to more modern and expel
z sive processes, aud consequent
! the prospector is at the mercy
( the expert. With more arrastr'
Sir o,,oratio thprp would bA mo
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

Parties going out on.
the stages will find,
this o convenient hotel
to stop at, The drivers;
board here. Meals al,
ways promptly on.
time. Located one.
door west of the drug
store S%sS S%<$
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-12-12

The New Challis House,
is q strictly frst-class,
hotel, and the meals
and accommodations.
cannot be surpassed
in Custer county.
People's voice., 1899-06-15

Within two weeks Chicago will have
a hotel conducted by women and ex-
clusively for women. A ten-years
lease has been taken Of the 100 room
hotel building in Michigan avenue,
known as the Richelieu Annex, and
for the last six weeks workmen have
been busy putting 1t in condition for
occupancy. When completed it is to
be the home for Chicago business
women and women travellers who
stop over In the city. 1t will be called
the Laurel club hotel, Four women
form the directory Of the club, and
will have full management. Women
clerks will be employed and the only
men about will be porters and
other servants to do the heavy work.
Chaperones will be furnished for the
atre parties and outings, and twice q
month an entertainment OF a social
nature will be given at the house.
People's voice., 1899-06-15

Count CastellaDe is now seeking TO
be the leader Of the royalists in the
chamber Of deputies. He has been
purchasing cheap popularity by such
enterprises as his gift OF 5000 francs
to the Soudanese members of the Mar.
chand mission. OF the thirty.one
royalist deputies, whom Castellane
would lead, he is considered the least
intellectual, but, thanks to American
money, is the richest one among them.
he is In communication with the Due
dOrleans, and treasures hopes of be.
ing prime minister under a restored
bourbon dynasty. Castellans is show.
ing a hatred against the Jews almost
as profound as that Of De Mores, who
squandered the fortune of another
American woman In Jew-baitinp.
Drumont, the most implacable Jew
batter In France, is his close friend
and adviser. Castellane and his club
men are doing their utmost to make
it appear that there is a spontaneous
movement Of the masses against the
government. The truth OF the mat.
ter, according to a Paris correspon-
dent, Is that the people despise the
supercilious club count.
People's voice., 1899-06-15

II you read The Wichita papers reg
ularly, you no doubt have formed the
Impression that great trans-conti.
mental railroad, or a railroad direct
TO the gulf or into the coal fields of
Oklahoma is built every few days, and
general headquarters established In
Wichita. A new railroad of national
Importance" is to be built from
Wichita to Texarksna to afford Wich.
lta a new field for its wholesale
trade" The Beacon says the advan.
tages that will accrue to Wichita
from this important step are "hard
To estimate"
People's voice., 1899-06-15

To obtain the necessary force Of
clerks for the census, a plan has been
adopted Of alloting q pro rata number
to each state, dividing this number
among the members of each congress
sional delegation. The clerks will be
appointed from among candidates so
presented and endorsed by the con-
gresham from their district after
competent and practical examination.
The applicants who pass the examin-
ations will be drawn on for appoint.
ment from time to time. This policy
is being proceeded with and its idea
explained in communications 10 the
various members Of the congressional
delegations, in response to their pre-
sentation Of names for the places. All
appointments Of persons from among
the names so presented will be cred.
tied among the apportionment Of
their congressional endorser.
People's voice., 1899-06-15
Adulteratlon OF Food.

New York World.
Current official investigations have
made startling revelations as to the
adulteration Of uur food,
For example: Canned vegetables
are "greened" with poisonous metallic
salts and preserved with chemicals
that destroy digestion.
A mixture of denominations is freely
sold to the poor as tea.
Milk diluted to attenuation is
brought back to lactometer standards
by the use Of Shiny chemical com.
pound freely sold In the markets for
the purpose.
There are butter colOrings made of
poisonous ingredients, and these are
added to bOrax, saclicylic acid and
other freely used drugs to make a
noxious mess seem the choicest of
creamery" butter. Usually three
KS are added, which should properly
stand for these unknown quantities,
but intended to certify high quality.
Hams are chemically "cured" in one
night, where they are supposed to be
smoked for six weeks.
Tuberculous cattle in herds near
Chicago are MIXED for market unit
the period Of emaciation approaches
and the people drink the milk. Then
the cattle are killed and sold as prime
beef.
The story Of "embalmed" beef has
been told In court martial testimony,
and it has been proved that the rspul.
sive and unwholsome product is freely
sold in all our markets, as it will not
pass the food inspectors of foreign
nations.
Much Of our beer is a noxlous chem
ical compound In which salicylic acid,
poisonous fshberrles and other drugs
replace hops and malt.
AS to our wines, the story Of their
sophistication would I'll volumes,
while with regard to distilled LIQUORS
chemical analysis has proved that the
finest are those most obnoxiously adul.
teratsd, and indeed that the only
tolerably pure kinds are those fiery
and maddening stuffs sold in low bar.
rooms at "three cents for a large
glass;"
We have many laws against the
adulteratiOn of food and drink. They
are not enforced simply because we
have no adequate administrative
machinery for that purpose. To
provide such machinery is clearly a
present and pressing duty. 1t will bs
strange if New York and other ad.
Vanced states permit another legisla.
tive session to 90 by without the
Institution of law.enforcing agencies
at least az efficient as those of Massa.
chusetts.
People's voice., 1899-06-15

Carefully compiled statistics show
that within the past four months the
wages Of over seven hundred thousand
American wage earners have been
voluntarily increased, and that the
good work Is going on, preparations
being made to carry the increase to
others. Simple justice demands the
statement that a large number of
worsmen who have been thus bene.
fitted are employees of SO called trust.
One instance is Of local knowledge.
The Everett Wire Nail and Steel
Company was recently taken into the
combine, and within a few days notice.
has been given the employees OF that
institution that wages will be ad-
yanced.
II some Of the trusts are to be
carried on upon the legitimate
principle Of reducing the cost Of
production, and at the same time
increasing the wages Of employees
without enhancing prices to
consumers, they will not be troubled
by legislation, Federal or State,
1t is the trusts which purpose
shutting out competition, restricting
production and enhancing prices to
consumers which will be amendable
to law, and which will be a menace
to the prosperity Of the people. So
long as trusts are legitimately formed
which do no injury to any one, but
are productive of good results, no
one will object, but it will take some
practical object lessons to convince
the people that a trust is built and
conducted on this plan.
The advance Of wages has been
general, howeve, 10 all parts Of the
country, not only in manufacturing
districts Of the East, but in the
Western states. Especially is this
notable among railway men, who
have been benefited by the general
prosperity Of the railway companies,
and In agricultural districts, where
there has come to be a scarcity Of
labor. The best Of it all is that
with the advance Of wages there is a
greater demand for laborers, especi-
ally in manufacturing and shipping
lines, an evidence not only of increased
but Of prosperous business through
out the counrry.-Tacoma Wash
Ledger"