The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

new addltlOn 10 the village chOll
says: "Her voice is as soft as
butter in August and as tender
as pair of $1.98 trousers.
Manila's population is found
to be 244, 732.
Sam Sims arrived in town last
Thursday.
Stamp collectors are paying
$50 each for new two-cent Pan.
American exposition postage
stamps, which show the express
train upside down. The mistake
was made at the bureau of print.
ing and engraving, and a sheet
of 100 stamps was sent out be-
fore the error was discovered.
A Chicago professor says that
man who parts his hair in the
middle is a degenerate. Well
let it go at that.
Perhaps the Standard Oil Com
pany may not be able to gobble
the Texas wells just yet, but, all
the same, It has already gained
command of the means of ship
ping their product and can put
the screws on as hard as it likes.
Children's Day was observed
in very fitting manner at the
church in this place last Sunday
evening.
Idaho State Sunday School
Association will be held at Lewis
ton, Idaho, June 81, %, %, 1901.
The recent cold weather has
about abated the high water in
Salmon river.
Peru says she will not attend
unless the American Con
gress is TO discuss arbitration OF
all disputes past, present and
future. Peru is very foolish.
Half a loaf is better than nc
bread at all and arbitration of
future disputes is better than no
arbitration at all.
The strike of the machinists is
really due to the tales of abound
ing prosperity that the republi-
cans have been sowing broad
cast. The men want their share.
If it isn't there for them to get,
Mark Hanna is responsible.
According to the census re-
turns, Nevada is a ''comatose
State"
The District Rebekah meeting
for this district will be held in
Challis the fore part of this
week. A number of the Salmon
members are expected.
Mutterings of coming tariff
combination against the United
States still continue to be hearC
in Europe. The ratification ot
the reciprocity treaties may stavt
it off for a while, but it is certain
to come sooner or later.
Oil has been found in hundreds
of unused wells in Texas. One
can't help wondering what ths
Texans dug wells for, anyway
They seem never to have useC
them or they would have found
oil before.
The polygamy-sl -conven
tion with the Sultan of Jolo
which the administration has
maintained was only an agree
ment, has been formally describ
ed as a treaty in official docu
ments of the Philippines. Thus
the voters get fooled.
Blacklisting of a man is prac
tically a conspiracy to ruin tha
man and starve his family. Anc
yet a Chicago judge has decided
it was a lawful weapon for a cor
poration to use. We do not be
lieve the Supreme Court will
agree with any such doctrine.
The indications are that Chica.
go will never become sufficiently
we'll known as seaport to re
ceive visits from the sea serpent
Both the Challis & Salmon ant
| G. @. & @. Stage lines will give
one fare rates for round trip or
account of the 4th of July cele
bration in Challis.
1t is stated that the manufact
urers of fruit jars are behino
with their orders. Likewise, the
manufacturers of the annua
stories about the condition of ths
peach crop is behind this yeal
land remains to be heard from.