The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-08
Congress has adjourned.

Oug from Inun0er mountain, and
died in the coach.
During the three days cele-
bration in Challis this year there
was not single fight; little dis
pute over the races, and but a
few were under the influence of
old ''tanglefoot."
A saloon keeper from Mackay
died at Cape Horn last week.
He was en- route to Thunder Mt.
with four barrels of whiskey.
and drank SO much of the vile
stuff that it killed him. He was
found dead lying near one of the
barrels.
To a man up a tree at this
time it looks very much as
though we prophesied correctly
a few weeks ago, when we stat
ed that the White Knob Copper
company's proposition at Mackay
was a fake, and that no further
development of the property
would be made. Word was re-
ceived at Mackay recently to
close down the mine, and a high
barb wire fence has been built
around the company's property.
Every employee of the company
has left the camp and several
business firms are preparing to
get out. With the hope that
springs eternal in the human
breast, some of the property
holders there profess to believe
that the shutdown is only for a
few months and we trust that in
this they will not be disappoint-
ed. 1t is a great blow to Mack
ay, and, in measure, it is loss
TO Pocatello, for had the White
Knob Co. carried out its plans as
advertised, it would have meant
much to the railroad and mer-
camille interests of this city.
However, from all that we
have been able to learn, we can
not help but believe that not an
other dollar will ever be expend-
ed in developing the property.
The promoters of the PROPOSE
tion have made a snug fortune
out of it at the expense of the
suckers in the East. 1t is not
the first time a wildcat scheme
has been worked on the wise
men" of the East, and it is not
the last time it will be done.
Such things are to be deplored
for they have a tendency to pre-
vent eastern capitalists from in
vesting in legitimate mining and
other enterprises in our State.
Whether or not the Mackay shut
down is temporary or permanent,
there is a screw loose somewhere
and the suspension will more or
less retard Idaho's wheel of pro-
gress. .-Pocatello Advance.
An exchange came to US last
week with blue mark around
an editorial booming a candidate
for Office. A printed slip pasted
to the paper kindly requested us
if we said anything about the
candidates candidacy to send a
marked copy of the paper. We
didn' t do it. We amt a-going to
do it. We amt saying a word.
Unless the cash is in sight, aud
we see the smiling face of the
Goddess of Liberty on one side
of the dollar of our dads and
count the tail feathers in the
great American eagle on the
other.
In times past we have given
away columns of space and reams
of paper and great gobs Of ink in
political campaigns. And what
did we get in return ? Nothing,
but the privilege of wading in
the mud behind the band wagon.
But times have changed and
our feelings have changed.
Everything mas changed except
our pockets. There is no change
there. We are a Democrat and
we amt no pack mule to carry
candidates into office and get the
cold shoulder. And the cold
mutton after the election. Our
enthusiasm is gone. 1t has leak
ed through the holes in our
elbows and escaped through the
in our pants. Glory
as a good thing, but the cold cash
is better. Campaign thunder
will no longer rehevberate
through these columns except
at so much per thunder. Our
campaign rooster has to be fed,
and wherewith shall we feed
him He lost his tail feathers
in the last National campaign,
for he was a silver bird and
couldn't stand the gold cure.
Our tow line is sagging in the
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