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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
THE INVENTOR OF VALENTINES.
New England spinster Who First Cut
Fancy Paper Hearts.

Miss Esther Rowland of Worcester,
Mass. invented the modern valentine
in 1S49. She never married, and died
about ten years ago. She was a
graduate of Mount Holyoke seminary,
and her father had small book store
and bindery. Wishing to add a new
feature of the business. she took
stiff letter paper, scalloped and fringed
the edges, cut heart-shaped holes in
the corners, glued on colored pictures
that came with raisins, tea, etc, put
around the pictures borders of the
lace paper that was used on the In
side edges of fancy boxes, and hepd-
painted little verse on them. The
valentines found a ready sale; bust
ness men in New York and elsewhere
began to order them for the next year,
and 1t soon appeared that Miss How
land had developed a real business.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
The Hon. MI. Justice FiDnRn0rRS TattRr

desire to give voluntary testimony beneficial effects of
your Cucua Remedies have suffered
OF uric acid In the blood and since the last wear from severe
attack OF Eczema chiefly the scalp and neck and on one
m was Tor several months under professional but the
remedies prescribed of avail and gradually becoming
my face was dreaduy dsgured and nv hair
wife prevailed the Remedies and cave b
Thorough trial with the most satisfactory disease soon BEGAN
TO disappear and my hair commenced again growth Of
hair is covering head and limb toug not vet o e
gradually improving My wife thinks highly remedies that She
suffering from similar complaints President of the Bbe v,
Society, has told the Bible report any case should [
er nouce e poor person is afflicted remedies NAV
DC reSorted TO- ROBERT ISAAC FINNEMORE
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07

Here is man for "Bub" Vreeland
to take note of for promotion: The
passenger, when approached for his
fare, said; Il have paid It," The con.
ductor demonstrated politely. 81 beg
your pardon, but you did not pay it to
me- he said, "and | am in charge OF
this car" The passenger replied,
drawing himself well up; DO l look
like a man who would beat a street
railroad cut of cents?" mo. sir,
you do not, when am the conductor.
None of your sort has ever beaten
NE yet" The cents was promptly
produced.-New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
Prince Writes Ballet Music.

Ever since Frederick the Great, the
house of Hohenzollern has been con-
spicuous for it's devotion to music.
The latest instance is Prince Joa.
chin ALBRIGHT of Prussia, the second
son of the regent of Brunswick, who
has just completed the music for
spectacular ballet entitled 1.-THE Mir
acle of Spring"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07

WEST HAVEN, CONN., Eight months ago
took severe pain in my back. The sample
box o. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me so
much purchased two boxes am on my sec
ond box. My heart does not bother me as it
used to and feel well.-SARAH T.. BRADLEY,
No. 377 Elm Street, West Haven, Conn.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07

HoUsToN, TEX. Il took the sample Of
Doan's Kidney Pills with such great benefit
bought box at our druggists. Used over
half and stopped, because my urine which
before had only come dnbbling now became
30 free. | had medicine enough had lum.
bago and the pills rid me of It, should have
written sooner, but you know how soon well
person foigets about being sick.-Mr. c. II.
HoENcKE, No. 2319 McKenny Ave, Houston,
Tex.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
STATE OF One. CRY OF TOLEDO, 8.

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior
partner OF the hIm of f. J. Cheney & Co., doing
business in the City OF Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case or Caarrh that cannot be cured by the use of
Hairs CRtarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY
sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 9th day Of December A. D. 1886
TSRA1l A. w. GLEASON
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
Lawson Wlthdraws Promise.

Because the inhabitants of Scituate,
near Boston, refused to hear letter
read from Thomas w. Lawson ex-
pressing his views on liquor license at
a town meeting he has reconsidered
his promise to give the place $4,000
soldiers monument.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
Anxious to rleIp Rockefeller.

Report that John d. Rockefeller had
said he would pay million dollars
for new stomach, or healthy diges.
tive apparatus, has resulted in delug-
ing the Standard Oil millionaire with
thousands of letters.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
COnDlGtG External and Internal Treatment

Battle the affected with hot Cuura Scan TO cleanse
ue surface OF usts and scales and soften the tcened D
WITHOUT ad rubbing and apply Cucua Ointment freely aay itching
irritation, and inflammation,
cua Resovent cool and cleanse the blood complete
affords instant relief permits and forms Of
eczema and other itching burning and scay the skin sc
and blood and points speedy economical cure when
all other remedies and the best physicians AS evidence of the
wonderful curative properties of Cutca and of their world
wide SALE quote from - 1890 "N
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
EsouriaI an immense Palace.

The distance through all the rooms
in the Spanish palace of the Escurial
may be estimated at 100 English
miles. To walk through all these
would take four days.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07

CURTIcE, OIL had such severe pain in my
back that | could not walk used the sam
pie of Doan's Kidney Pills with such good re-
suits | sent to Toledo for another box, and
they cured me SARAH e. CoTTRELL, Cur
tice o.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot-Ease.
A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching,
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot-Ease makes new right shoes easy. At
ali Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Ac-
cept no substitute Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoY. N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07

FALMOUTH, VA suffered over twelve
months with pain in the small OF my back.
Medicines and plasters gave only temporary
relief Doan's Kidney Pills cured me.-F. s.
Brown, Falmouth, Va.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE.

Pills Public favor because the people can write s
the md a bulded the greatest
and 81 10 any medicine in the world
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07

The growing habit Of using the pic
lures of great men to advertise whis.
ky, rough-on-rats and pile remedies
needs stunting So common has the
habit grown that many of us are
afraid to get famous lest we awaken
some morning and find our profile or
front view daubed on the bill boards
or high aloft decorating a sign that
tells of the wonderful qualities OF
Dinkleberries Soft Soap. Now Addi-
son in THE Taller" says advertise
ments are of great use to the vulgar.
You think of this and it makes you
quaver in your resolve to be known
among men. Aloft on a pedestal of
hero worship, some ruthless manager
of Pale Pills for Pink People" will
snipe your photograph, enlarge it and
hire a left-handed fence artist to re-
produce the masterpiece on pine
boards next door to saloon, where
they sell 'the largest glass of beer
in the city for nickel" Think of 1t!
Fame is of course a mere bauble at
best, but when 1t comes to having
your face placarded as sure cure for
fits the bauble becomes a thorn in the
fleshy part of ones pride At least, so
thinks Ex-senator David B. Hill, who
has gone into the courts in an effort
to save his face from being used as
a whisky advertisement.
And yet Mr.. Hills predicament is
Morris chair compared to the awful
situation in which beautiful young
women have now and then awakened
after a bit in indiscreetness. About
once in every woman's life she is pos
sessed of a mad desire to have a
picture taken that will show off her
charms. Some are more DESTROYS of
exhibiting the entire category of
charms than others, but all have this
malady as low down as low-necked
dress, anyhow. We have only to re-
fer you to magazines to illustrate
the extreme affection which often re-
minds of the woman who was de-
scribed by the newspaper reporter as
wearing a diamond brooch and beau
tiful smile. At any rate, these pic
lures of women are fine business
when it comes to advertising "Du
Frances corsets," willie Billy's face
or "Hold-em-Ups stocking
Photographers are for
ever turning their backs when suspi-
cious characters enter the studio,
and the extra picture, diamond, brooch
and all, disappears like a flash. Six
weeks later the subject is Mortified
to find her face and figure. rampant
on the top of parlor comfortable
holding aloft box of "Eatanutta" or
"Chokadecow. Her friends, male
and female, have been almost as quick
to note the misdemeanor. and scan
dial results, the curtain falling on a
sobbing woman with a fractured
heart
Something should be done, and that
quickly, to remove this haunting fear
from our midst that those of us who
can, may become famous without red
light accomplishments
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07


When the American hen begins a
series of domestic duties in the glad
spring time, the manufacturers of
health foods are compelled to grow
more strenuous in the pushing of
their products. There is something
about nice fresh egg for breakfast
that nothing can equal unless it be
another egg. Thus the cereals are
pitted against palatable foodstuff
that has a determined hold on the
average citizen. To emphasize the
value of the hen, laying contest has
been inaugurated in Australia, where
Uncle Sans hens (excuse the gender)
will be pitted against hens from the
antipodes. Some of the American
hens that will take part in the egg.
producing rivalry, have records of 24O
eggs per year, enough to make Presi.
dent Eliot of Harvard, cry out for joy
at their fecundity. Not one of the
champions from the States has a
record of less than 200 eggs per year.
The Australian government has offer.
ed to purchase the best layers at s25
per head, and if the American hen
abroad behaves anything like she
does when she sneaks under the barn
to lay her eggs far from the curious
eye of the housewife, she will never
come back to America The Ameri-
can hen sets good example for
American women, but il Que is ia
believe President Roosevelt and tho
advocates Of more babies. the exam.
pie is little emulated Here's hoping
the star-spangled-banner wins,
anyhow-even if we DO have to get
along with pug dogs for babies at
home
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, eH6
loin pains overcome. Swelling OF tho
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust sedi-
ment, high colored, pain in passing, drib'
bling, frequency, bed wetting. Doan'a
Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness,
headache nervousness dizziness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07
EC>Z E>NA
Psoriasis, Scaled Head, Milk Crust,
letter, RingWOrn1. etc.
Speedily, Permanently and Economically Cured,
when All Else Fails, by
(QltiCura

The agonizng, itching and burning of the skim as in
eczema; the frghul scaling in psoriasis; the loss of
hair and crusting of the scalp, in SCALED head the
facial dishgurements, in pimpes and ringwom; the
awful suffering of infants, and anxiety of WORKOUT parents
as In milk crust, letter and salt rheum all demand
remedy OF almost superhuman virtues to successfully cope
with them That Cutcura Soap Ointment and Resolvent
are such stands proven beyond all doubt No statement is
made regarding them that is justified by the strongest
evidence The purity and sweetness the power to afford
cure the absolute safety and great economy have made
them the standard skin blood purifiers and humour
remedies of the civilized world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-07

The ordinary woman will scream in
varied crescendoes when attacked by
a tiny mouse. yet many fair one
wears rat in her hair with unassum-
ed confidence. To say a man has rats
in his garnet means he is bit queer
in his cerebral regions, and the ex-
preston should be used guardedly,
especially if the man is inclined to be
belligerent. An instance is cited,
however, of an individual in Missouri
who had rats, not only in his garnet,
but in his cash drawer. The result
was added wealth. 1t happened in
this wise:
The merchant was startled one
morning upon opening large drawer
used as a money receptacle, to see a
rat jump from the space and scurry
away. Imagine his greater astonish-
ment moment later when he found
three dollar bills which he could not
account for as his property, Next
morning he was amazed to discover a
So bill and $40 bill in the drawer
when he had left no paper money
there the night previous For several
days his bank account was thus add,
ed to and at last the citizen conclud.
ed the rat was stealing money from
some nearby store or bank, the 70.
dents ultimate intention being. no
doubt to make a nest of the crisp
currency. The merchant is still at a
loss to know where his long-tailed
friend secured the money, but he is
zealously endeavoring to make five
years contract with the active ami
NAL.
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-01-03

attention of Congress and the people was turned in another direction, and Dr. Wozencrafts pet project was allowed to sleep for a third of century pr. Wozencraft has rested from his labors, but the works planned by him will materialize." Various Moves Made.
 Prior to the incorporation of the California Development Company in 1896 there had been several attempts made-some of them in good faith, and others of a different character to reclaim this great stretch of fertile land. but none of these attempts reached a point where they com manded public endorsement and con- fidence.
 This last named company seemed to go at matters in business way and although slow progress was made for several years because of the finan- cial condition of the country still the plans of the corporation and the per sonnel of it's management struck a responsive chord among business men. as is witnessed by the following letter from the late Collis P. Hunting ton, which we present to the reader with a considerable degree of pride, and in order to show the letter as
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-01-03

point of primary and durable forma- tion and so situated as to insure a mncture with the river at all times, without danger to the system. His report further said:
 This point possesses all of these requisites There Is ledge of rock extending into the river some fifty five feet, projecting out from the elevated point of rocks, against which the river impinges and, in all prob ability, will ever continue to do SO This point being determined, it was made the base of survey, and pro ceeded to run line of levels down and adiaCent to our boundary llne with Mexico. the result of which showed mean fall with an equitable gradient of four feet to the mile through the entire extent of country proposed to be irrigated.
 'There is an elevated plain putting out from the river, at the point Of junction, which continues on in a southwesterly directly for some forty miles. It would he desirable to carry the level on and over it, but, mas much as there are heavy sand drifts on it projecting out to the edge of this branch. it would he difficult, if not impossible, to carry water through it: consequently we will be compelled to take the water through Mexican territory for that distance.
 After reviewing at length various points in the proposed enterprise, the report thus concludes:
 "I can only say that there is the
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-01-03

the basin or more properly speaking, far down into the basin.
 This stream was known as New River. because of its comparative recent origin.
 The practicability of conveying the waters of the river out over the desert lands, being first settled, he then sought for a suitable point to tap the river In this work he was fortunate in finding a location which possessed so many advantages that he was at no loss in making the selec ton. This location was at the point of Rocks adjacent to Pilot Knob, just north of the International Boundary Line.
 "The secondary and more recent alluvial formations of the banks of the Colorado river would not admit of tapping the stream at any other headworks of the canal system and possibly changing the channel of the river. The Colorado river at Yuma, seven miles above this heading, has an annual fluctuation in the flow of water about nine feet, the river usually being nine feet higher in June than in January. Hence the necessity of taking advantage of a
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-01-03

clamation is inauguratsd and brought to successful completion, valueless and horrible desert.
 "The labor of reclamation must be commenced within two years, and be completed within ten years, As fast as water shall be introduced, upon a report to that effect being made to the Government by duly appointed commission, patents shall issue for of the conditions are fulfilled, then, and not till then, shall the title rest in said grantee
 From the report of the several reconnoitering parties sent out by the Government, from United States surveyors who have made extended Government surveys over it, and from the reports of army officers who have frequently traversed it, comes the concurrent and universal testimony of it's utter aridity and barrenness.
 Tt is believed that the supertiuous waters of the Colorado river, turned into this desolate plain, would suf- fee to change its resemblance to the redamanthus abode of Indian friends to fertile fields. the home of plenty and contentment"
 This report was made in 1860, and then the Civil War broke out and the
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-01-03

above named amount of lands within the American boundary which will admit of irrigation from the Colo rado river, and that those lands are unusually rich, being composed of clay sand, mari and shallsm and withal presenting a remarkably favor able surface for irrigation.
 This is but a brief reference to the report of the engineer sent out by the State of California to report upon this great irrigation enterprise that was attracting so much atten- tion in California and in Congress over forty years ago.
 Congressional Committee Reports.
 When the matter was being con sidered by Congress, the House Com mttee on Public Lands thus re- ported on it:
 "This bill proposes, in considera- ton of the introduction of a whole some supply of fresh water into the Colorado desert, to cede to Oliver M. Wozencraft and his associates the said desert tract as described in the bill.
 "This tract embraces (according to Lieut. BriglanD about 1900 square miles in the basin of what is now, and must remain, until an ener- getic and exensive system of re
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-01-03

distributing system of canals and ditches and each company manages it's own affairs through it's own off cers, which are elected by the stock holders who are the settlers who use the water.
 The California Development Com pany contracts with each Mutual Water Company to deliver to it all the water its stockholders may need up to four acre feet of water each year to each share of outstanding stock, for which the Mutual Water Company is to pay the sum of fifty cents for each acre foot of water thus delivered.
 The Mutual Water Company then distributes the water thus received to it's stockholders as they may need it. The stockholders pay for such water sum sufficient to enable the mutual company to pay the fifty cents per acre foot-cost price of water and the additional expense of distrib- uting the water, keeping the canal system in repair and paying other nee essary running expenses of the cor poration. This expense will amount to a trifle over two cents per inch for a twenty four hours flow of water and this price is considered to be the cheapest water known in California today. The price in Riverside is if teen cents an inch.
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-01-03

written by Mir Huntington's own hand we give on another page of this issue a fac simile of the letter.
 In January. 1900, the Colorado Des- ert was one vast barren waste. more desolate and worthless than any other section of arid America that has ever been reclaimed. It was so barren that no human being had ever snatChed an acre of it from the Public Domain. A few speculators had years ago pur- chased some of the school sections of this desert country from the State purely on speculation-but these sec tious had gone back to the State again.
 California Development Company Com
 mences Work.
 In April of 1900 the California De velopment Company commenced the work of conveying the surplus waters of the Colorado River from that river to the lands to be reClaimed-a dis tance of about 60 miles
 About the same time the work of resurveying the desert lands was com menced and the nucleus of the I'm perial Settlements formed.
 The California Development Com pany is the owner of the main canal conveying the water from the Colo rado River to the Imperial Settle
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-01-03

ments, together with the heading on the river and 1O0,O0 acres of land in Lower California. through which the main canal flows.
 As the water from this system is delivered back into California again after having been conveyed for about sixty miles through Mexican territory, it is turned over to the Mutual Water Companies, which are controlled by the men who own the lands to be irri- gated.
 Mutual Water Companies.
 Of these Mutual Water Companies, there have been eight incorporated up to date. These companies all bear the same name, but are numbered to distinguish them from each other, as Imperial Water Go. No 1, Imperial Water Go. No. 4, etc.
 Nos. 2 and have been abandoned and dropped from the list, leaving only six companies now in existence Nos. i, 4, 5, 6, ' and s.
 These companies are all formed on the same basis All the outstanding stock of these companies is held by the men who own the lands to be irrigated on the basis of one share to each acre of land.
 These companies own their own
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-14
TWENTY YEARS TRIAL.


There are lots OF good things the doc
tors know nothing about. We fire.
quently cure people OF disease after
the doctors have given them up. II
the disease comes from over work.
dissipation. OF exposure. causing weak
and watery blood, and loss OF flesh and
strength. we have the one sure RENE
dy In Dr. Gums Blood and Nerve
Tonic. These tablets taken with
meals turn the food into rich red
blood. making strong steady nerves,
and increasing the strength, building
up solid flesh at the rate OF to 3fbs
per week. This means health. For
nervous prostration. loss OF memory,
or a pale. salluW complexion, better
remedy was never made. Doctors
know nothing about this remedy only
the fact that we make cures; as we
have been doing this for twenty year
we know orr method 10 be the right
one. Druggists sell DIR. Gums Blood
and Nerve Tonic for Toe per box, or 5
boxes for 50, o. sent by mail on re
celpt OF price. Write us for a pam
phlet telling all about this great med
icine. Address DR.. BosAnko Co, Phil
adelphia, Pa. Er sale at DR. Stones
Drug Stores.