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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-17
RAILROAD NOTES.

A party of Oregon Short Line
engineers have started upon the
work of surveying an extension
of the new branch running from
Blackfoot to Mackay. The ulti-
mate objective point of the Short
Line IL this extension is neither
Challis, Salmon nor Thunder
Mountain. If a feasible route
can be found, the road will be
built clear through to Lewiston,
idaho, on the western border of
the State, and there it will con
meet with a proposed branch of
the Oregon Railroad & Naviga-
ton company, or it may itself
build further to a connection
with that part of the Hartman
system, probably at Grange City
Junction, Oregon.
The Hartman system has in
contemplation a plan involving
the expenditure of millions of
dollars and the construction of a
line. with feeders, traversing the
entire central part of Idaho and
opening up probably the richest
mineral, agricultural and timber
section of the West that is at
present without a railroad.
The party of surveyors now in
the field is not expected to do
much for the present beyond re-
locating the former survey to
Challis. The original survey OF
the Mackay branch extended to
Challis, but the field notes and
maps were lost in the fire which
destroyed the Short Line build
ing. The party now in the field
will replace these notes and
maps, going as far as Challis and
Bayhorse, weather permitting,
If the weather conditions and
snow will allow, they will go be
yond Challis and endeavor to
locate line over the divide
probably over Morgan creek
pass, but it is considered doubt
full that they will be able to get
beyond Challis before spring
Salt Lake Herald.
The time table for the new
Mackay branch of the Oregon
Short Line has been completed
The train for Mackay leaves
Blackfoot at 10:40 a. M, Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays,
thus making connections with
train No. 9, which arrives a
Blackfoot at 8:16a. M, from the
south, and with train No. 10
which arrives from the north a
1926 a. m. Mackay is reached
at 4;30 p. M, after a trip of 85.-
miles.
Returning, the mixed trair
leaves Mackay Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays at 1890 p
m. and arrives at Blackfoot a
5:20 p. M, in time for train No
z. which leaves for the north a
5:32 p. m and for train No. s
which leaves for the south a
1:09 a. m.
The stations on the new linz
are Blackfoot, Moreland, Taber
Cerro Grande, Powell, Arco,
Lost River, Darlington anC
Mackay. At present they arr
merely sidings, except Blackfoo
and Mackay, although a station
will be erected at Arco in the
spring.
Tho chi,o S,1hSidx hill has har
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-17
M. M. SWEET,
Challis, Idaho.

M. M. SWEET,
Challis, Idaho.
MY DEAR SWEET =
Yours of November 28th, with
reference to a six times-a-week
mail route from Blackfoot, is
before me. l took this matter
up very fully with Senator Mac
beth with a suggestion that he
show the letter to you. and that
you might publish it if you
thought best. AS I covered all
the points mentioned by you in
my letter to Senator Macbeth, |
need not repeat it. hope you
will find my position satisfactory
and that the people of your
county will be satisfied with it.
OF course after you have tried
the present system and it is not
satisfactory, it will be a very
easy thing to change it to the
old system.
Believe me, that I am most
anxious to do the very best fol
your people.
Your Friend,
FRED. T. DUBOIS.
We have tried the present mail
system, and it is entirely unsatis'
factory to the people of Custer
county. Would a half loaf OF
bread be as satisfactory to a hun.
cry man as a whole loaf ? This
is the proposition of our mail. Is
three mails a week as satisfac'
tory as six mails ? We hardly
think so If the railroad-the
advance agent of civilization and
prosperity-cannot be induced tc
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-17
OuR PRESENT MAIL SYSTEM.

We are in receipt of the fol
lowing relative to the present
mail system of Custer county
from Senator Dubois
UNITED STATES SENATE, !
Washington, D. c., 7
Dec. 9Th, 1901. J
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-05

Charles NJ. Haws has been appointed
fish and game warden Of Elko county
at salary of $40 per month.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-05
Furnished Rooms.

Nicely furnished rooms in suite or
single for housekeeping. Enquire OF
Mrs. J. L. Cary, on Musser street East
of the Capitol. Second house below
the railroad
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-05

J. II. Pavilla, scenic artist, is prepared
to take orders for all kinds of Sign Paint
ing, Pictorial Art Signs and Interior
Decoration q speciality. All work guar
anteed.
The Fox Store has jnst received from
the East the latest and most beautiful de
signs in wall paper. 49,. -.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-05
For Sale

Four horses and wagon for sale cheap
for cash. Inquire of g. w. Thiele.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-05
The Need Of The Hour

Are warm and damp-proof footwear.
You can find it at Ed. Burlington's.
He sells nothing but footwear. he can
supply your wants in footwear of any
kind.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12
Mr.. Fussell's Woes.

From the Batesville Guard.
Mr.. James Russell Of Forrest City
contributes q letter TO Hov. Clarke q
campaign, In which he airs his griev.
snce against the round.bale press, II
appears that In competitive struggle
for business between Mr.. RUSSELL and
the lessee Of the American Cotton com.
pany Mr.. RUSSELL lost % 800 last season
paying that much more for the cotton
he handled than II was worth. Mr..
Russell IS therefore quite prepared to
believe, with Gov, Clarke, that the
Wilson bill was n miserable makeshift
and that the Nicaragua canal ought
long since to have been built with mon.
ey furnished by the government, for the
benefit Of private owners. But he adds
to his statement, with a glow Of salts.
faction, that while he lost u, 800 on
cotton he made the round.bale company
lose ten times az much, II thus appears
from Mr.. Fussells statement that the
cotton growers In the vicinity Of For
rest City got ts7, 300 more for their cot.
ton than they would have received II the
round bale press had not been set up
there, This Is precisely what Is claimed
for t. that II makes competition, from
which the cotton growers profit. Mr..
Fussells statement, under analysis,
proves 10 be very much Of u fizxell,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

A limitation IL being placed upon free
speech these days, not perhaps legal,
but In accord with public sentiment.
Some people talk too much anyway. =
Arkansas Gezette.
You are mistaken there IL no limita.
ton to free speech anarchists talk
against the government Ia high treason
and cannot be classed M free speech "
There can be no valid objection TO stop.
ping this sort Of talk. II II can not be
stopped any other way every anarchist
should be sent TO the penitentiNry,
Another thing, no anarchist paper ought
to be allowed printed -Texnrkanian.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12
Commissioners Sale

NOTICE is hereby given that under and by
~ virtue Of a decree rendered in the Circuit
Court OF Crawford County, Arkansas, on the
oath day of June 1901, in an action then pending
in said court on the chancery side, between The
Union Central Life Insurance Company and J.E.
London trustee, plaintiffs, and Jas. Stevenson,
Elizabeth Stevenson his wife, and others de-
PENDANTS, the undersigned special commissioner
will on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 1901.
within the hours for judicial sales, at the front
or Main street entrance to the Court House In
the City of Van Buren, Ark, offer for sale and
SELL at public cutlery, to the highest bidder, on a
credit Of three months, the purchaser to give
note with approved security and bearing
interest at 10 per cent per annum from date Of
sale until paid, the lands described In said
decree. situated in Crawford county, Arkansas,
to-wit.
The East half of the Southeast quarter Of
Section Five (5), and the Northeast quarter
of the Northeast quarter of Section Eightt0
all In Township Nine l9) North, Range
Thirty-one (3) West.
Said sale to be made In default Of payment of
$4,000 with interest and costs adjudged, against
said defendant James Stevenson, and declared
to be first lien upon said real estate.
W. +. SADLER Special Commissioner
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12


In the Polk county circuit court al
Mena, during the trial Of the suit Of
James Thompson Il Bro, Va. Cowden q
Cook, Attorneys Norwood & Solinsky
represented the defendants, and at the
close Of the testimony Judge FeaSel
gave the jury the peremptory instruc.
tons TO And n verdict In favor OF the
plaintiff and refused TO hear Mr.. Nor.
wood upon the matter. Mr.. Norwood
then brought down the wrath Of the
court upon him by saying that, while he
he would respect the opinion OF the
court, there were sixty-Ave volumes Of
supreme court reports Of errors by cir
cult judges. Judge Feasol prompt
denied this statement and said that II
anything further be said In that line he
would be sent TO jail. Mr. Norwood
replied that he was ready 10 20, where.
upon Judge Feazel Hned him s95. Mr..
Norwood replied that he would prefer
TO go 70 jail than pay that. For this 70.
mark the court fined Mr.. Norwood IN
additional 80. Little Rock Gasette.
II Judge Feaxel Is correctly repre-.
sented he has disgraced tho bench. II
we are not mistaken no Ia tho same
Jew SHARP who engaged In y drunken
orgis last year during n session Of court
and WIS indicted and convicted 10,
gambling Fayetteville Democrat.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12
Frisco Line Excursions.

Buffalo N. Y, account OF Pan.American E1.
position, all summer. Excursion tickets on sale
daily.
Tickets on sale daily TO all regular tourist
points. See the uncsrigned II Jon contemplate
a trip
81. Louis Exposition. Tickets on sale each
Tuesday and Thursday during Exposition AZ
$3.50 for round trip. Limit days
st. Louis Fair.--Tickets on sale Oct 9Th 10
18th, inclusive at sl2W for tho round trip.
Limit Oct 18th,
Minneapolis, MINI, Account National Con.
vcnton Christian Church. Tickets on sale Oct
Sth, 9th and 10th, Limit for return, Oct 18Th.
with provision for extension " Oct. 81.
IT. Worth, Texas-Account National Conven.
ton w. c. T. w.; on sale Nov. 18th and 18th.
Limit Nov. 25th.
There are Others Ask the agent about them.
The rates are very low and limits liberal
p. W. FURRY. Agent Frisco Limo.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12
Jones as q Leader.

From the Little Rock Democrat.
In view Of ex-Gov. Clarke 6 attack on
the Wilson bill and his charge of incom-
potency on the part Of Senator Jones
in its management, the following com.
munication will be of unusual interest.
It Is sent to the editor Of 1.-THE Demo.
crat' by the Hon. j G. Yancy Of
Batesville, who has had possession
of it since 1896, and was written to
Senator Jas X. Jones by Mr.. Murphy,
the official reporter Of the United States
senate, shortly after the great tariff
fight of 1894, In which Senator Jones
took such an active part. The letter is
published without Senator Jones know
ledge and is as follows;
"Oiiicial Reporter s Office,
United States Senate,
Washington, d, c., Aug.9. 1894 :,
Hon. James X. Jones, U. s. s.;
"DEAR SENAToR--.For more than a
month past / have felt like writing to
you to express my sentiments rs to your
conduct Of the revenue bill during its
tedious progress through the senate
sentiments which have expressed In
conversation to several friends, but the
condition Of my health has been such
that until recently was not allowed to
do any writing except Of mere formal
character. Now that ! am improving |
take advantage of the removal Of some
restrictions by my physicians to address
you few words which | hope will not
offend that modest reserve which is 50
marked an attribute Of your character.
~ have been for nearly forty-seven
years connected with the reporting Of
the senate, and for more than a quarter
Of "a century Of that time have been at
the head Of the reporting service, 30 that
! have had some opportunity Of observa-
ton. can truthfully say that during
all that period have never seen finer
display Of those qualities which fit a
leader for the successful guidance Of u
great measure through the shoals and
quicksands Of legislation than has been
exhibited by you at the session soon to
close, The management Of any import
ant bill In body like the senate Is q
very arduous, complicated and difficult
task and this Is especially so In the case
Of a revenue bill affecting the various
industries Of country and practically
every man woman and child within Its
borders, have seen such attempts
made only to result In disastrous fail
ures,
lin 1850 I saw Henry Clay, who had
returned TO the scene Of his former
greatness only to secure a settlement of
the slavery question, report from his
famous committee OF thirteen an omni.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12
Trustees Sale!

NOTICE is hereby given that under and by
~ virtue Of an order Of sale made by the Dis.
trict Court Of the United States for the Western
District Of Arkansas. Fort Smith Division, In
Bankruptcy. on the 9th day Of October, 1901. IN
the matter Of the estate Of John q. OBryan, Q
bankrupt the undersigned Trustee In Bank.
ruptcy will on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER o. 1901.
between the hours of 10 O'Clock A. n. and 8
o'clock P. NJ, at the front or Main Street en-.
trance to the County Court House In the city Of
Van Buren,, Ark, offer for sale and sell, at pub
lie cutlery, to the highest bidder for cash, the
land described In said order. and belonging to
said estate In bankruptcy, situated In the
County Of Crawford and State Of Arkansas, to-.
witt
The South half Of the Southwest quarter Of
the Southeast quarter Of Section One ~, Town.
ship Nine (Q North, Range Thirty-two 1927
West, except one acre In the form of square In
the southwest corner Of said tract.
Z Witness my hand as such Trustee In Bank
ruptcy. at Van Buren,, Ark, this 10th day of
October 1901,
W. JESSE MARTIN,
Trustee In Bankruptcy
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

Col. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN on the
1st Of October celebrated the seven
teenth anniversary OF his wedding and
fourteenth Of bis arrival In Lincoln by
laying the cornerstone Of his new
home. This they propose 10 erect on
the Bryan farm, In the southeastern
suburb Of Normal, The house ut 1895
d street, the Mecca Of so many Demo.
Gratis In years past, Is to be sold and oil
Of the family effects TO be removed IA
the farm. The site chosen for the house
Is on a high knoll overlooking the city.
Mr.. Bryan will merely potter about the
place, the actual farming being done by
u hired man. He expects to live the re-
mainder Of his days In bis rural retreat.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

BY his many pardons, says the Pine
Bluff "Graphic," Gov. Davis seems 10
be turning loose upon society again
some OF the meanest criminals that ever
infested the state, He has already
broken the record as q pardoring gov.
ernor, and II " time for him to quit.
One Of the convicts he recently par.
doned stole u bicycle next day and is
now q candidate for another term In the
pen!tentiary. Another one IL now under
arrest and In jail here charged with
committing a foul murder.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

senate, containing such men as George
of Mississippi, Coke of Texas, Pugh of
Alabama, and others had declared that
such law, while not technically SO,
was clearly violation of the spirit of
the constitution, and he would not sup
port a law that was violation of the
spirit of that fundamental law.
Gov. Clarke statement that the fall
ing off of the vote In the South in 1900
was due to his, Jones connection
with the American Cotton Company,
while chairman of the National Demo-
cratic committee, was met by Mr..
Jones by pointing to the fact that
Clarke had failed to find this out until
it suited his political ends, and had been
derelict In his duty as member of the
National Democratic committee in not
calling attention to this dissatisfaction,
IL such existed, during the campaign
and having him deposed.
The senator closed with a reference
to ex-Gov. Clarke's connection with
the Hudson bank bond claim, which is
familiar to most of our readers.
At the close Of his address Senator
Jones was heartily cheered and made
the recipient of several beautiful floral
offerings.
Ex-Gov. Clarke followed in a fifteen
minutes rejoinder, most Of which was
taken up in explaining his side Of the
case in the Hudson bank bond case.
The debate proved that Senator Jones
easily meets every charge made by his
opponents and will have nothing to fear
at the hands of the voters.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

Dick Watkin, q farmer on the lower
Arkansas river, Ia getting two bales Of
Davis long staple cotton per acre on
his farm. Last year he got tifty-seven
bales from twenty-six acres and this
cotton sold In Memphis last year as
high as 10 cents q pound, Here Is u
pointer for the enterprising farmer,
Why not raise this sort Of cotton
There Is little danger that too much Of
1t will be raised, and there will always
be enough Of the other sort grown. -
Batesville Guard.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12
WHEN such men as Morgan, Bate

WHEN such men as Morgan, Bate,
Cockrell, Vest, Berry, the lamented
Coke Of Texas, and the grand old Dem
ocrat who is no more, Isham q. Harris
Of Tennessee, stood shoulder to shoulder
under the leadership Of James X. Jones
for the passage Of the Wilson bill as the
best measure that could be had, 1t Is no
time to try to discredit that leader.
The Democracy Of Arkansas will not be
q party to the effort. Mark that,-Lit.
tie Rock Democrat.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

From the Arkadelphia Standard.
To say the least of 1t Congressman T.
G. McRae did very small thing in
handing over for public use to ex-Gov.
ernor Clarke, strictly private, confiden-
tial correspondence between himself
and Senator Jones. In the senatorial
campaign Senator Jones has had occa-
sion to condemn ex- Governor Clarke for
acting as attorney for the Hudson bank
and pressing their claim against the
state for payment on bonds which he
himself had helped to destroy as fraudu-
lent, and which claim he knew to be
unjust. True 1t is that Mr.. McRae
was the original attorney for the bank
and that Mr.. Clarke came into the case
at bis solicitation, but In his attack on
Mr.. Clarke Senator Jones had taken
every pains to leave Mr.. McRae's name
out Of the controversy.
When MIR. Clarke continued to draw
Mr.. McRae into the discussion, Senator
Jones wrote private letter to his
friend addressing him as dear Tom
and after explaining the circumstances
begged him not to believe that he would
do or say anything that would injure
his friend. And what does Mr.. McRae
do' Instead of answering the letter In
like spirit, he fires back at the senator
long, previously prepared conglomer.
alton OF fiery denunciations, and what
Is worse the first knowledge the senator
had that his letter had received reply
was when Mr.. Clarke read both the let
ter and reply from the public stump.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

Gov. CLARKE declared In his Lonoke
speech, according to the Gazette, -
that the claim of the Hudson bank was
doubtful but not dishonest. Then he
ought to have given the taxpayers, who
have so highly honored him, the benefit
Of the doubt. --Batesville Guard.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

Very few Democratic papers In the
state are supporting j. Pistoltoter Clarke
against Senator Jones, but every Re.
publican and Independent paper In
the state, so far as we can observe, Ia
yelping for him. This 10 as significant
ss the fact that Clarke Is repeating
Remmel 8 Republican argument against
the Wilson tariff bill. Let Democrats
mark the signs, - Hot Springs News.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

SENATOR JONES is right when he says
that the Wilson tariff bill was the best
measure Of the kind that we have had In
forty years. This was the opinion Of
ninety.nine Democrats out Of hundred
when the bill became u law, and
II ia their opinion still. Arkansas
Democrat,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

A Dsrdanelle correspondent Of the
Little Rock Democrat, among other
items says; IA large sale Of the round
lap bales of cotton was made last Satur-
day at ~. 30 per hundred. This was
river bottom cotton and Of high grade.
The ginners using the round lap bale
are paying ~. "a per hundred for seed
cotton,
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

"a great deal Of romance as well ~
poetry clings to the standard hymn,
Lead, Kindly Light, said H. l..
Ferguson, who WAS at the Lindell last
night. "A striking coincidence ia
found IN the fact that Silas Whipple,
one Of the leading characters Of Winston
Churchill's latest book, died with that
hymn IN his ears. II Ia q little remark
able that while thousands are finding
this touch In the realms Of fiction some-
thing very like II should have occurred
IN the sterner realms Of fact. The truth
Is that many u deathbed has been
marked BY tho introduction Of that
hymn. When Bishop Newman. haunt
ed by doubts aud fears, over some Of
the finer differences OF creeds, put his
feeling into those beautiful words, he
gave expression TO thousands, whose
doubts and troubles were Of much
more positive character, Newman
composed the song when no was worried
about the best way TO seek the other
world. II has been taken up by thous.
ands since who are In desperate straits
to find any way at all. 1t Is u prayer
that applied In either case. The bishop
who feared that Catholicism was better
than Professionalism folt the need OF
guidance The same sort Of need seems
TO assail the man who has mover done
bat evil IN all his life. There
IL perhaps no prayer IN the language
that Is 40 applicable TO all kinds OF
40 the earnest plea conta!aed In
this song which Is said TO have been
one of Mckinley = favorites. '.-ES
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

SOME years ago Clarke commended
Be nator Jones for working 30 asslduous'
ly In getting through congress the debt
settlement question between the state
and the United States Now he finds
fault with Jones record In congress ana
says nothing Of good work done by him
all because DO desires to MI the once
himself. -Texarkani IN.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12
Mo. Pacific Excurslo rs.

New YORK CITY, BUFFALO, n. Y, and other
Eas tern cities, Special low rates, On sale daily
MISNEAPoLIs. MINI, National Convention
Christian Church, gu sale Oct 9Th to llth one
fare round trip.
ST. LOUIS, NO., fair, Oct 9th to 18th, one fare
round trip.
For further information, limit route, etc, call
on P.J. 0'NEILi, Agent.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

CONGRESSMAN DINsMoRE and Hon. j.
G.. Floyd will meet In joint debate In
Fayetteville on Monday, Oct. 14th,
opening their campain which closes al
Yellville November 9th.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-10-12

wANTED-sEvERAL PERSONS OF CHAR
acter and good reputation in each state lone IN
this county required) TO represent and advertise
old. established, wealthy business house OF sol
i'd financial standing. Salary 8ls weekly with
expenses additional, all payable In cash eaci
Wednesday direct from head offices. Horse and
carriage furnished, when necessary References
ager, 8l6 Caxton Building, Chicago.