The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-29

I TdnSdndrOl SeVerdI Gays last
week.
Lockhart Boyd has gone to
Custer where he has accepted a
position at VIM. Dunn's hotel.
Custer is again a lively camp.
Nearly all of the mills are in
operation, but at present there is
a great scarcity of help.
Next Sunday evenings sermon
at the Challis church will be "a
Mems Heetipg, they singing,
ushering, conducting the devo-
tional services, and the sermon
being addressed Familiarity to
men as such. ALI most cordially
invited to be present.
Friday evening last Rev. II.
A. Riser preached to a meeting
filling the Bayhorse school room,
and at the close helped organize
Sunday School. The officers
are Miss Julia Michael, Supt-;
Miss Clara Golfer, Assistant Supt,
Miss Katherine Gerrish, Secre-
ary-Treasurer, and Earl Mich
ael, Choister.
1t is now given out that Sena-
tor Kearns is the real purchaser
of the Salt Lake Tribune. How
ever one may like or dislike the
policy advocated in the Tribune
by Editor Goodwin. all are free
to admit that he is one of the
ablest editorial writer's in the
world. Perry Heath, the new
editor of the Tribune, is not to
be compared with Mr.. Goodwin.
One of our progressive ranch
ers dropped into the MESSENGER
sanctum last week and told us
how he raised coed crop this
year without irrigation. He says
the way he did it was that he
planted potatoes, corn and onions
together, and the strength of the
onions brought tears to the eyes
of the potatoes in such copious
quantities that the ground was
kept moist and big crop was
raised. This may be true; but,
darn it. we somehow can't ex-
actly believe it.
We have it upon reliable and
high authority that the Salmon
River railroad will be extended
from Mackay to Salmon river
next summer. 1t does not look
very reasonable that the Short
Line people would spend two
million dollars to Just enter on
the outskirts of the great miner
al and traffic country that they
want TO tap, and then make a
terminus 100 miles from that re
gion. No, the company are bet
ter informed than that. Wait
till next fall and the iron horse
will be in this valley. 1t is said
4 that ties and steel is being piled
up along the line of the road for
the proposed extension
| Willett & Gray. of New York,
under date of Oct. 18th, 1901,
writes the MESSENGER as follows
LAS a good deal has recently
appeared in print regarding the
consumption of sugar in this
country, the various sources
from which it is obtained, the
amount of duty paid thereon, etc,
the following facts and figures
will, be of interest to your read
erS
1.-The total consumption oi
sugar in the United States last
year was 2,219, S47 tons and based
on the average increase of 6.34
per cent. during the past Is
years, the consumption this yea
should be 3, $50, 5S5 tons. OF thi:
quantity 1000, 600 tons in rounC
/ figures will come from American
sources. say louisiana being able
to produce $780, 900 tons, the q
S. beet factories $50, 900, Hawaii
$50, 900 and Porto Rico $50, 900
all being free of duty, leavins
| 800, 5S5 tons to come from 9th
er sources and on which duty is
paid. The average duty assessed
is $50 per ton, or a total of S4S,
981, ,060. The price of all the
sugar consumed, however. being
enhanced to the extent of tht
duty of $50 per ton on a total O
| SS4. 9S1, ,060, it is evident tha
$50, 900, 900 additional is paid by
the people in order to provide
the Government with 40 million:
! for revenue, on which the Gov
ernment is not now in need. Il
the duty is taken off Cuba sugar
the benefit of S5 millions goes L
the people.
D0n 0otOhar 9Th tho o,,ofatior