The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10
Spring is here sure.


Assessor Lane is on Big Lost
river on an assessing tour.
Chas. Wilkinson left Saturday
for Blackfoot after freight.
Val Bowers has sold his ranch
in Lost river valley to Clay
Vance.
Mrs. F. A. Reed is very sick.
Her sister, Mrs. Falls, arrived
from Pahsamaroi last Friday
evening.
Henry Sturkey will leave this
week for Stanley Basin, so as to
be ready to commence active
work on the placer mines.
The Third Assistant Postmas-
ter General has decided to issue
stamps in book form at SO small
an advance in cost the public
will gladly pay the difference.
The book will be of convenient
size, and will contain stamps to
the amount of "a, 48 and "a cts.
An advance of | cent on each
book will be charged.
Messrs. It. w. Bates, promoter
of the Idaho Midland railway,
Edward Watson, a prominent
New York capitalist, o. E. Jack
son, d. t. Miller and Robt. Bell,
are now in Lemhi county making
personal observations relative to
the resources of the country
through which the proposed Ida
ho Midland will pass. We are
informed that this party expect
to reach Challis about the 18th
of this month.
A dispatch from Portland says:
Fourteen thousand people have
engaged passage from Pacific
coast ports for Cape Nome. Alas
ka, on the first feet of steamers
which sails about May 1st. 1t is
stated that AZ steamers will leave
for Nome from SanFrancisco,
Puget Sound port and Portland,
practically at the same time.
Great many of these steamers
will make two trips and it is es-
timated that upwards of 10000
people will leave Pacific ports
for the new gold fields during
the season.
Are the Filipinos to be citizens?
Are they to be allowed to come
to the United States with their
original methods of living to
compete with American labor
What good does it do to exclude
a few Chinese and then bring in
by force eight millions of Filipi
nos ? Are the Filipinos to ex-
pect to participate in our elec.
tions Is presidential election
to be determined by the returns
from the Philippine Islands
Are the questions which concern
our own people to be decided
some day by the senators and
representatives in congress from
the Philippines ? And if the
Filipinos are not to be citizens
are we going to change our con
stitution so as to hold them in g
perpetual stage of vassalage
Can we expect anything bu
their hatred so long as we rule
them through carpet bag COVER
nors The republicans have
studiously avoided a discussion
of the Philippine question. They
have opposed the consideration
of that question by the cry tina
nothing could be done until the
insurrection was put DOWN.
]. Bryan.
Hon. D. T. Miller, who is con
nected with the Midland railway
was in town couple of hours
Saturday. He came in by stag
from Rocky Bar, and to the Re
publican stated he had for sew
eral days been working with sur
veyors along the Boise river anC
that the route of the proposed
railroad will be up Boise rive
coming out near Neal, then on tt
Junction Bar and Pine, then Of
through to the Sawtooth range
making 20 miles of roadbed il
Elmore county. Mr.. Miller wa
pleasantly surprised when ht
reached the timber country, pro
nouncing it the largest and bes
belt of timber in southern Idaho
During his brief stay in an,
around Rocky Bar and Pine h
visited several mines and ex
pressed the opinion that Elmor
county shows the best undeveloE
, ed base ore mines this side of tn
Sawtooth range. Dan Reber b
says has the finest body of ore
and his mine makes the beS
, showing of any he has vet seen