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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-02-05

top. l saw that he had built a good
shanty there, and 1 also saw that the
old squaw was yet with him, for she
was sitting there by the front door
as if doing in the westering sun
light.
But l was not prepared for the
sudden change that came over Baffin
when he saw her. With an awful
oath he stopped me, and when l
looked at him his face was ashen
and his fiery eyes were fixed upon the
old hag. l was afraid he was i'll,
and asked him, but he said no, and
then, becoming quite calm, he sat
down on a shady rock and said:
did you ever hear that story, what
you might call legend, about the
massacre of the Tonkawas?"
I thought it a queer, irrelevant
question, but ] sat down and said
had not.
81 never believed it," he resumed
"and I never heard it before, but I'd
rather you heard it from me than
from someone else. 1t is said that
in the old days the Tonkawas ate
their prisoners. They were cannibals.
as you call them. 1t must be lie.
But the Apaches and the 1owas, as
well as the Comanches, wish to be-
lieve it. l don't know how long age,
but some time when the Tonkawas
were at war with the Comanches,
they stole a baby from the Comanche
village that was in the West Cache,
near the foothills of the Washita,
and cooked it for the Tonkawa chief.
It was two nights later that 600 XII
owas and Comanches fell upon the
Tonkawa camp in the rock gorge of
Bloody mountain and massacred the
whole tribe. They slew and burned
till there was not a Tonkawa left,
and when they had counted the
scalps they knew that every fighting
man was dead. But when they came
back into the valley they found that
one woman and her baby had es-
capped"
There were tears in his eyes when
| he looked across the sunlit clearing
| toward his shanty, and, pointing his
| big, brown hand at the old squaw,
said:
"There she sits. She was the last
| of the Tonkawas, unless / can be
called Tonkawa."
"You?" I said, not understanding;
but he went on: ''She was my moth
er's mother. Ny father was Gerald
Baffin, an English trapper. He mar
ried the Tonkawa baby. But the Co
manche followed them as they have
followed me. They shot my mother
while she was nursing me. Ny father
disappeared, but old Shaiga hid me
and I have repaid her well till now"
"She must be very DID, 1 said, not
knowing why he bowed his tousled
head so low.
'More than century," he an
swered.
"And you think it was your enc.
mics who burned your houses and
MANNED your cattle?"
''It doesn't matter. I didn't mind
that, but this" he had risen and |
followed him toward the shanty
where the old woman was sitting mo.
tionless-"this is hard to forget. 1,
was that shot you heard"
The old squaw was quite dead
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-02-05

met him twice after that at Taloga
and once at Watronga, but though
we got along famously together, he
always evaded any questions about
his misfortunes. He had given up
any idea of trading for the future,
and at that time showed extraordi-
nary interest in mining. I told him
all | knew, warning him of the pre-
carious chance of finding any consid-
cradle mines in the Wichita, where
had SO often failed, but advising him
to turn his attention to coal or oil, or
even to asphalt. indications of which
l had found in many accessible locali-
ties.
He showed a particularly keen in
terest in asphalt and it's possibilities,
listening with wide-eyed delight to
my description of its uses and values
in the big cities. Though he never
told me till later, / was already sure
that he had never been in the states.
but he was so keen for information.
so ambitious for work, so apt in
grasping ideas, that l never could
AAAohO u my W UCilCNC blldC IN
had any Indian blood in him.
When I left him that time his mind
was fully made up to go prospecting
for asphalt, and sorry as l felt for
him, / couldn't help but admire the
splendid optimism which seemed to
surmount all his strange i'll luck and
lead him always on to new enter
prises. l gave him two or three ad-
dresses, where letters might reach
me during the next year, and pronl-
ised in case he should find consid-
cradle deposit of asphalt, to rejoin
him, and if possible unite with him
in the business of acquiring leases
and developing the property.
I was in Pittsburg late that sum.
mer, when 1 got letter from Baf1iI,.
country, telling me that he had found
a great and hitherto unknown depos-
it of asphalt in the black hills above
| Taila, and seven miles to the north
west by the trail. 1t was nearly six
weeks la.er, after d days mean rid
| ing, tAdb Sot WCll up IHto CllC IoSA.y y
hills into which the trail had led me.
1 had a pack mule, besides my saddle
pony, for l didn't know how Baffin
was situated, and I had stopped with
the intention of frying some bacon
for my dinner when l heard rife
shot sound across the valley, rever
berating against the high rocks with
a roar that fingered like receding
| thunder. / looked about and at last
saw Baffin standing on point OF
rock far above me, his rife on his
arm and eyes searching across the
deep canyon. l called his name, and
was astonished to see him drop fat
on his face like man pursued, and
peer over the edge of his hiding
place
I scrambled into my saddle and was
soon within speaking distance of him
He came out with glad smile, but
I noticed that there was hunted
look in his wide, black eyes, and some
gray hairs above his temples that
had not noticed before. He asked
me if I had heard the shot. "Ol
course" said I, ''what were you shoot
ing at?" But he said that he didn't
| shoot at all, that it was somebody
else, and so led me up the narrow
passageway between the rocks til
we came into little clearing at the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-02-05
Ancient Mills in Alaeka.

That wheat was grown in Alaska
by the Russians a century ago is
proven by the discovery of two old
-four mills built by the subjects oil
the car. One of these has been dis
covered on Wood island, in south
eastern Alaska, and the other in the
interior. The former mill has just
been investigated by R. B. Taylor, Of
the Smithsonian Institution. He says
the old flour mill was built by the
Russians early in the last century.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-02-05
All in the way Of Business.

Teacher was compelled to pun
ish your son. He persisted in swing
ing on the gates in the vicinity of the
schoolhouse, after / had repeatedly
told him not to.
Parent Really, | can't see any
thing terrible in that.
''It is very annoying to the neigh
bors."
Very likely; but I'm a dealer in
hinges. s."-Boston Transcript.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-02-05
Have to Buy Ground.

The owners of number of sky
scrapers in New York city have been
forced to purchase ground adjoining
them to prevent their light and air be-
ing cut off by other tall buildings.-N.
Y. Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-02-05
sun Con.umption Preyaf1n.

Montreal physicians have discov.
cred that electricity will cure CON
sumption. This makes the fif,v-sev-
enth consumption cure that has been
discovered during the past SIX
months. Why, asks the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald. will people still insist on
DYING of CONSUMPTION?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-02-05
Borrovvinr TroubIe.

A Chicago preacher has condemned
the don't worry philosophy" # you
have no trouble OF your own, says
the Chicago Record-Herald, hurry out
and borrow little.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1903-02-05

Archibald-Penelope Griggs is GO
ing to be married.
ADMINISTRATORS! Who's going to
marry her?
" am."--netroit Free Press.
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Fame.

Lives of great men all remind us
That We will not be 6espised
II we cnly leave behind Us
Eeeks that can ha dyamatissd.
IN. =. SIN
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-12
a NEW KIND OF FISH.

The boys are catching a new
specie of fish in Salmon river
this year. We saw one the other
day and would pronounce it a
Montana Grayling (THymallus
OntarieRsis), and abounds in near
ly all the Montana waters. 1t is
a game fish and is allied to the
trout family, and resembles the
Bull Trout, but has trout
mouth andNs very broad dorsal
fin. 1t is a round fish-has scales
larger than trout, white sides
with a small pink stripe and
small black spots, probably as
large as pin head, and their
backs are black. The Grayling
will bite a fly hook, and are
game fish-more so than a trout.
We have caught them that weigh
ed 4 pounds. They are an ex-
cellent fish to eat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-12
N. ]. SHARP. Register.
NEW cHALLIs HOUSE.

Arrivals at the New Challis
House for the week ending May
9th, 1908
John Timmons, Wallace, Ida.,
F. A. Yait, Garden City, Kan,
S. w. Egan, Pocatello, Ida. John
Austin, May, Ida, WIS. Sterling,
Portland, Oregon. J. w. Gillian,
Clayton, Ida, M. F. Fairie, Great
Falls, Mont, w. Hammond, Elks,
Nevada, Mr.. and Mrs. R. Mac
beth, Custer, Ida., Mrs. Allen
Shimmin, Salt Lake City, Utah,
E. It. Richardson, Salt Lake City,
Utah, L. E. Lawrence, SanFran-
cisco, Cal, A. o. Harrison, Mil
waukee, Wis, VIM. Howell, Mac
kay, Ida., Geo. Coryell, Custer,
Ida, Julius Yernbaum. Boise,
Ida., Norman J. FL. Campbell,
Portland, Oregon, Joe Marsh,
Challis, Idaho.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-12
9nrnl a1e1ua Clients.
Salmon river is rising.

Salmon river is rising.
Chas. Waller went to Custer
last week.
Frank Nickeson made a busi-
ness trip to Mackay last week.
The boys are now catching Sal
mon trout in the river and creeks
near Challis.
S. w. Egan went up to Custer
last Tuesday to work on the
Prospector.
Peter J. Mcclure arrived in
Challis last Tuesday and on the
following Friday morning left
for Custer.
VIM. K. Flenniken took his de-
parture for Loon creek last Fri
day morning to locate some min
ing claims. We hope he will
strike it rich.
Public school closes at Bay
horse May 22nd. Miss Julia
Michael has proven herself to be
an able teacher and has given
general satisfaction.
County Attorney Adamson left
for his mines near Mackay on the
4th inst. Finding the snow toe
deep in that vicinity he returned
last Friday morning.
DR.. G. T. Jones, the Custer
dentist, went to Custer last week.
He will return to Challis on the
18th prepared to do first class
work in the dental line.
Reg. Coryell of Custer depart
ed on the 4th inst. from Challis
on a business trip to SanFran-
cisco, and on The same date G. E
Eddy. the poet took bis depar-
ture for Salt Lake City.
Ravenel Macbeth and wife and
Mrs. Mabel Shimmin came out
from Custer last Tuesday. Mrs,
Shimmin went to Salt Lake anC
the Senator and his wife returned
to Custer.
1t is expected that the case o.
w. H. Felkner. ct al, appellants,
VS.. John e. Dooly, respondent
will be tried in the Supreme
Court of Utah this month. Thi,
celebrated Charles Dickins cast
against Dooly as administrator
of the estate of VIM. A. Norton
deceased, which has been in the
courts for years, and which th'
appellants claim at this time th'
sum of $50, 982.65 due them.
Prof. r. w. Morphey and Rev
r. S. Nickerson were over t.
Pahsamaroi the latter part of las
week taking inventory of th'
stock in the Brown & Eldridg,
store, which business they have
purchased. The new proprietor
are energetic business men anC
ought to do we'll in their ney
field. Mr.. Morphey will be th'
J general manager of the new con
cern and will take charge as sooi
as school closes in Challis on th'
22nd of this month";
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. E. Jensen
arrived in Challis last Wednes-
day from Custer.
Leroy HilIman, foreman of the
Skylark mine, and family visited
friends in Challis last week.
This is the time the year to
make gardens and Buster sells
the kind of seeds that you want.
The first shipment of straw
berries was received in Challis
last Wednesday by VIM. Buster,
and were California berries.
They sold readily at 35 cents per
box.
Morris Ashton, brother of Miss
Leila Ashton of the Peoples
Store, has returned from school
at Logan and has accepted a
position at the o. S. L. freight
Office. .-Pocatello Advance.
Mrs. w. E. Hanna who has
been in poor health for some
time left for Salt Lake City last
Friday evening to receive medi-
cal treatment. Her daughter,
Mrs. Jensen, of Custer, accom-
panied her.
VIM. Busters new law Office
and warehouse adjoining his
meat market on the west is about
completed. E. @. Headrick, the
artistic paper hanger and painter
is putting on the finishing and
desired touches.
Mrs. Grace Phelan of Weisel
braves mountain life, and last
week started for South Fork il
the Thunder mountain district,
where she has leased Jack Shat
fer's ranch and will conduct &
hotel at that point.
Wm. T. Oster left Salt Lake
for Chicago last week with the
Plattsburg group of fifteen min
ing claims on Loon creek, al
which a Chicago syndicate want
an option. The group has samp
led very satisfactorily.
Mrs. w. E. Trapp. who has
been in the hospital at Salt Lake
for the past five weeks telephon
ed Mr.. Trapp yesterday that she
would leave the hospital today
She will remain to visit witt
friends there about a week.
Pocatello Advance.
The family of James Shroyea
of New Castle, Ind, lives owe
the store of Campbell Brothers
who do a general dry goods bust
ness. The Shroyer family il
fond of cooked onions and tn,
odor pervaded the store below
and proved offensive to the mer
chants and their customers, anC
, Campbell Brothers brought sui
, for an injunction and an ordei
was issued by the Circuit cour
) forbidding the cooking of tn,
onions, and from this the Shroy
! er family appealed. The ques
tion was decided by the Appel
late court, which sustained the
| judgment of the lower court tina
, the odor cooking onions is yer.
offensive,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-12
EXTEND THANKS.

The ladies of the Congrega
tional church of Challis. desire
to return thanks to those who
so kindly assisted them with the
sociable last Friday night.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-12
LAND NOTICE.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
HALEY, Ida, April 30, 1903.
Notice is hereby given that
there has this day been received
at this Office a plat of the survey
of fractional Township 20 North
Range IA East Including Sec
tions 6, %, 81 and 81 thereby,
which said plat will be officially
filed on June 1st, 1903, on and
after which date we will be pre-
pared to receive applications for
the entry of lands in such town
ship.
N. J. SHARP, Register.
w. A.HoDGMAN, Receiver.
THE above certain sections of
land are situated in the Thunder
Mountain district.-ED. M.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-12
BaScOm House
@ Q O
AT WILLOW CREEK RANCH,
DIckey, Idaho.

The last stopping place before
crossing the mountain passes on
the way from Mackay to the Sal
mon River Valleys.
We are sparing no pains to
make our house the best travel
erS home in Central Idaho. Our
terms are reasonable.
E. w. BASCOM, Prop.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-12


and lei n lie
the wooth hmouna aenown Summer
catch if
people
Fish
the eemalean ar Trout
all lakes and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-12

The Barber and Fisherman is
located on Main street, Challis,
where you can drop in and get
ANYTHING in the tonsorial line you
want to pay for. Thunder Mt.
tourists q speciality.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-05-12

Good Sample Rooms for
Commercial Men. x x
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-08
poor Prospect for BuiIding.

Judging BY the record IN the Office
OF the Inspector Of Buildings the build
ing outlook for the winter is not en-
couraging. Since 1895 the amount ex-
pended in buildings has doubled at a
yearly Increase OF half a million dollars
until expenditures OF nearly SO, 900. coo
have been recorded for the past year. The
last two months. however. have shown
a decided decrease. with a certainty
that the present month viii show q still
greater decline. The figures upon which
these predictions are based speak for
themselves. In October, 1902, the build
ing operations amounted TO S,0S7. 469,
while last month they totaled but $751;
s07. An Indication Of what may be ex-
pected this month is given by the pend
ing applications made during the month
OF October. In October. last year. appii-
cations were made FOR IA buildings.
while this year there are but thirty
nine. showing a loss OF 81 per cent in one
month.
These figures do not include the Gov
eminent or District buildings which
have bean erected during the past year
TO the Number OF twenty-five at a cost
OF 500. 900. and all OF which Will be com
pleted before Christmas. thereby add
ing to tEs dullness OF the building bust
ness.
There can be but one reason for this
abrupt decline. The market for ma
terials has realized conditions and con-
sequently the price OF materials has
begun to fall Unquestionably. there
fore. labor conditions must be respon-
sible for this remarkable decline. The
apartment house building seems to have
reached its climax. and there are no
more applications on file for this class
OF structures. The advanced cost Of
building Ct the last two years did not
reduce operations. but the uncertainty
Of the laSor market appears to have
done so most effectively and to have
caused tho greatest decline since 1893.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-08
New willard Addition.

What IS commonly designated as the
F Street section of the New Willard
Hotel VIII be partly occupied by guests
by the middle OF the present month. It
is not likely that all the rooms will
b. ready for occupancy by that time.
but enough will be TO count upon the
addition as serviceable 70 the busines IS
Of the house. The New Willard VIII
contain IN an four hundred rooms. OF
which one hundred and eighty are To-
Gated IN the new section In its COM
pieted state the New Willard will rank
among the finest hotels Of this country.
There are lew 10 surpass it and still
less 70 equal IT,
Among the notable features of the
hotel viii be the ball room The ad-
dit;on which the old ball room has re-
ceived makes Il an apartment one hun
drsd and seventy-flve feet IN dimension,
and its ceiling Is twenty-seven feet
high. II Will be used for great banauets.
balls. and musical entertainments. and
adjoining It there s. 2 smaller apart
ment 6IN5T feet IN size The decorations
Of this great hall are simple but ex-
tremeiy tastefls.. and the lighting APP
piianceE are 50 admirably distributed
as 10 Fiva the best possible effects at
night.
AnoheE distinctive feature OF the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-08
Plans for New Buildings.

Sherman. Lockwood & Paschal, archi-
tects, are preparing plans for Mrs. s.
Duncanson for the remodelinS of resi-
dence sZ5 g Street northwest, into bust
ness quarters. The first noor will be
lowered TO the level of the stret grade
and opened up into one large store. with
classic facade. on G Street, while the
upper floor viii be used for Office pur-
poses. The building VIII be thoroughly
renovated. and a new hot water heat
ing plant installed.
The same architects have also plans
for an addition TO the residence Of Mrs
Frances E. Musgraves, at 1906 Twenty
second Street northwest. The rear wall
OF the present dining room viii be re-
moved and the dining room will be ex-
tended to the east. John T. Walker is
the builder.
Sherman. Lockwood & Paschal have
also plans for a private stable building
70 be erected In connection with the
residence which they remodeled at Fort
Myer Heights. Va. for Mrs. A c.
Mathews. The architecture will be OF
the colonial school. and the interior OF
the building viii be fitted with all the
latest appliances for convenience and
comfort.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-08
Real Estate Sales.

Early g. Hampton. real estate brokers'
have made the following sales: For Mrs
cameron cameron, apartment house
Tenth Street and Vermont Avenue, 70
Arthur Jordan, for SO, 600; for James H
Wood, TO Thomas v Smith I723 Nine
teenth Street northwest, IS, 500; for Henry
G Vance 10 Mrs. Cora Fuller. us Eigh-
teenth Street northwest, 81 600; for JO-
seph Auerbach, 10 Frank 3. Jonas &
Co, ESQ Z Street northwest. 81 600: for
Arthur Jordan, &c Jonn ri. Nolan, lots 2
20 49, square 8, Vest Es;Iington, $4,000;
for Frank y. Jonas K Co. 10 George T.
Cooper, 2l59 = Street northwest, s., $50;
for Theodore A. Harding, TO Mrs C. N
ClarksOn, 1922 Twenty-first Street north
west. $4,000; for Gertrude L. Garrett
l@zs Princeton street, $500; 70 Arthur
Jordan. 4i6 Ninth Street northwest, S35.-
900; 10 Gen ". +. Spurgen, 1850 Twenty
nrst Street northwest, for George s.
Cooper, 81 500. for J. II. Nolan, 17f3-I5-l7
Eighteenth Street northwest, 10 H c.
Vance, $4,000. for q. w White. 1895 Bel
mont Avenue. S.. 500: for Frank b. Jonas
70 Joseph Auerbach, part lot -, bloei, 81,
$50; for II. 6. Fuller, 1000 . Street
northwest, TO Mrs. 9 Koran, $500: for
Arthur Jordan. lots 60 20, block 8. West
Erivingfon. 70 Mrs. Cameron. $40, 900.
Francis A. Blundon. who Is com pletpg
nine houses on Randolph Street has
placed them IN charge OF Moore & Hill
Among the sales made by the same firm
during the week are the following: For
Mrs. Sarah 81. Davidson. SIS Rhode Is
land Avenue northwest, for S. 80: for
9uis H. Meyers. - and 81 Rhode Is
iald Avenue northwest for s. $50 each
Tor Thomas G. Henderson. 323 Thirteenth
Street southwest, for 50 900: for William
IL Wright 1872 I Street southeast: for
Eugene q. Jefferys 1927 Roanoke Street.
for IS, go. for John W Brawne I4O 9
Street northeast, for 50 600: to John p
Shehan. 81 Third Street northwest. for
Newark Street. Cleveland Park. for -.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-08
Bachelors Building.
Fairfax Courthouse Road.

Persons owning land in Alexandria
and Fairfax counties are looking for
ward with joyous anticipation to the
promised construction Of the electric
railway to be built by Robinson & Trim
mer from the southern terminus of the
Aqueduct Bridge to Fairfax Courthouse.
The construction os the road would open
up another suburban section for Wash
ington, and It is hssieved 1t cannot fail
to increase the value of land lying along
The route and 10 promote building oper-
atoms there The people at Arlington
and beyond promise themselves great
things from the completion Of the road,
nor is it improbable that sections lying
to the north OF It. such as Fort Myer
Heights. viii also derive some benefit.