The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03


OF flowers and vine and rich increase,
OF cloud-kissed hills and wooded void.
OF countless mines and wealth untold.
oEver since n7afuredT suffered wi
p severe monthly pains. The doctor y
4 not seem TO understand what q
d trouble was and the medicine he pf
4 scribed from time to time did not He
: me. He finally suggested that 4 hss
7 an operation. One of my friends WI
g had been cured of a similar affIicfd
t through the use of Peruna, advised
Q to give IL a trial first, and so used
for three weeks faithfully. My pal
% dfmished very soon and within n
months had none at all.
= 'This is six months ago, and dnri
q that time / have not had an ache q
/ pain. give highest praise TO Perur
;e Every Woman n><Anssf -ssA--sss~ ff - ss
Little did we believe that this
great and generous Government
that we live in. would without
cause or justice, strike a fatal
blow at a portion of its sovereign
people. But this is just what it
has done against the earnest pro-
test and petition of every man,
woman and child in this county.
For over twenty years Custer
county has received a ix-times-
a. week mail service, until last
Wednesday when the service was
reduced to three times week,
probably just to please some
railroad or individual. and to the
detriment and abuse of 1900 or
1000 loyal people of Custer
county, for it effects all alike, as
this is the only mail into the
county from the outside world,
and is the source from which
every individual in Custer county
depends upon for mail. We do
not blame Mr.. Hansen, the mail
contractor for the line from
Blackfoot to Challis. of getting
lid of carrying the mails from
Blackfoot to Houston. for every
since the railroad has been run
ming TO Maelzay he has been oper-
ating that portion of the stage
line at heavy loss, for he has
received no passenger fares or
freight, but had to run his stages
daily for a distance of go miles
just to carry the mail. That he
got rid of the mail carrying
from Blackfoot to Mackay was
what might be called good engin-
eering on his part.
We now receive double mails
in Challis on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday evenings from
Blackfoot, as the train only run:
to Mackay three times a week
, At this ratio if business did moi
, justify but one train to Mackay
, per week, we suppose Custer
: county would receive but on'
mail each week, for now -a-day'
: the combines are the Government
I and not the people. The oil
Latin saying Vor pop1tli, Uor Del
is no longer needed in this granC
and glorious land of the free
5 The reduction of our mail serv
ice is a blow at the vital inter
f ests of the county. God forbi
a that the whole people of ou
county must be deprived of
g just Gaily mail service just t
: satisfy any company. If this j
!. to be the result of railroad build
ing into our territory wouldn't
better to return to the days of tn
old stage coach !? The protes
of our people to the Department
at Washington it appears did n
: good. 1t used to be said tha
+ the people was the Governmen
but that day has passed, and no'
:, it is different We call upo
:. Ex- Senator Shoup. who has th
:, pull" at Washington for Idaho
= to explain why Lemhi county
J. entitled to seven mails a week
/, and Custer county is reduced t
J. three mails. Or we would lik
i, an explanation from our reI
l. resentatives in Congress upo
:, this matter. Some say that afte
e the 18th of this month a dali
S train will run to Mackay, an
V then we will have a daily mai
I, but this is merely hearsay, an
: not authentic. People here VIII
!, take daily newspapers to receiv
), daily news, will undoubtedl
r, if the mail continues this wa
discontinue them and take tn
). tri-weekly papers, for as it is
[. a daily paper is of little use TO
n late news.
7. The records show that til
I. population and mail business
Y Custer county is largely on th
7. increase. and why our count
!. should he reduced to three mail