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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

lcaho, the Mountain Gem,
Home of brave and stalwart men.
Laughing maidens bright and fair,
Free from guile, and free from care.
Wild flowers blossom on each hill
Down the mountain side the rill
And song birds chime their melody.
The cedar lifts its spire on high,
Pointing upward to the sky.
Sparkling gold in mount and glen.
sought when summer comes again.
FAIRY grottoes filled with flowers,
'Semblance OF Elysians bowers.
Crystal lakes, deep rivers wide
Coursing down the mountain side.
On the limpid waters flow,
God save our fair Idaho.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13
A NEW COMPANY.

For the purpose of OPERATING
a valuable group of claims in tbe
Yankee Fork Mining district,tbe
Mt. Estes Mines company was
organized in Salt Lake last week
with capital of 100000, rem.
resented by as many shares Of
the par value of S1.0O each. 7
"A. Czizek, manager of the Lost
Packer, is named as president.
h. q. Rowe, another member Of
the Lost Packer household, is
treasurer; G. E. Gable, the Gus.
ter operator, is vice-president
and secretary. The REMAINING
directors being ]. H. Richards
and R. E. Collier of Salt Lake,
The property of the company
comprises the well-known Mon.
tana mine, which has a record of
production amounting to $500
900 in gold, and eight adjoining
claims. The ground is located
on Jordan creek, tributary of
the Yankee Fork of the Salmon
six miles north of Custer. and
opposite the Golden Sunbeam
company's mines, upon which a
forty-ton mill has been placed in
commission, and from which the
first consignment of concentrates
is now on the market.
G. E. Gable, secretary of the
new company and manager of
the Golden Sunbeam, who came
down to participate in the organ
ization of the Mt. Estes com |
pany, stated that in his iudg-
ment the new company's prop
erty would be rounded out into
one of the biggest mines in Gus
ter county, county which he
declares contains more mineral |
than any other one coun-
~ of the western states.
The Montana mine has been
opened through an incline shaft
% depth of 500 feet, while the
edge is also being explored
a development tunnel.
Another tunnel is to be run
distance of l, 900 feet to open the
mines at a vertical depth of 500
eet beneath any of the old work
ngs, and this tunnel will be hur-
led to the earliest possible com
)letion. Solid men are back of
he undertaking and before the
nd of another year it is promis-
d that good news will be com
ng from the mines.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13

VIM. Caste was out from Gus
ter this week.
VIM. Ginnell came down from
Bayhorse Sunday.
Mrs. John Jarvis is very sick
from quick consumption.
Attorney L. H. Johnston is
having rock vault built adioin-
ing his law Office for the safe
protection of his large law lib
rary.
The bunch of cattle owned by
the W. Treloar estate, consist
ing of about 300 head, was sold
last week to Hon. n. H. Clark
of Mackay.
1t must be conceded that 6Oo.-
600 is a good many votes for the
Socialist party to cast. But.
while it proves fermentation, it
does not necessarily prove pro-
gress.
Among the old-timers here re-
Gently, was w. G. Davis of Soda
Springs, Idaho, says the South
Omaha Journal -Stockman. who
came in with a bunch Of cattle.
Mr.. Davis is one of the repre-
sentative cattlemen of the west
and has been located in Idaho
since 1865. He was in a remin-
iscent mood and talked enter
of his experiences in
the west in the early days. He
left home in 1859 and went to
California in wagon train.
From there he went to Idaho
and Montana, being in Virginia
City before there was house in
the town. He has resided in
Idaho City for over 40 years and
says he would rather be in Idaho
with an old COW and a biscuit
than to own the finest farm in
this country and be compelled to
i've on it.
When first went to Idaho"
said Mr.. Davis, I'VE never
5huught that the time would
come when we would have to
give up the range, but that time
s in sight now and soon we will
De compelled to run our stock on
our own land, as there will be
10 free range. Every available
piece of range is being used now
md still there is not enough.
Years ago there was land in the
country that we thought was fit
.or nothing else but range, but
low that same land has develop
I'd into the finest and most fer
lie portion of our state. Every
year has seen more and more
stock in the country and the
'anchmen have grown from small
concerns into big outfits requir-
ng a great deal of land for their
stock. The country Is becoming
crowded and the range is fast
disappearing. We have the fin
st country on earth and the
people are just beginning to find
out" said Mr.. Davis.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that intend to apply
to the Board OF County commissioners of Gus
ter County, Idaho, at their regular session in
January, 1905, for deputy.
WILLIAM II. ELDER.
Sherif-elect of Custer County. Idaho.
Dated Dec, 10th, 1904.
First publication December 18th, 1904
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13
The AMERICAN PARTY

Votes IN that State, although i
was organized in opposition tC
: the Mormon church as a polite
al organization only 30 days be
fore election.
This has been regareed as par
tlcularly gratifying and as in
dlcatlve of the activity of anti
Mormon sentiment in it's great
stronghold. The result was ac
compllshed largely through the
efforts of United States Senate,
Thomas Kearns, of Utah, who
declined to be candidate fo,
reelection and is devoting his
attention to the American party,
ex- United States Senator Frank
cannon, of Utah; E. B. Critch-
low, who was an active worker
IN Washington last winter among
the protestants against the seat
ing of Reed Smoot.
The American party has not
been extended in its organiza-
tion into the adjoining State of
Idaho, where the anti-polygamy
light was the iveliest issue in
the last campaign, but its infu-
ence was felt among the anti
Mormons. Senator Fred T. Du-
bois, of Idaho, who is a member
OF the Smoot Investigating Com
mlttee, and who took an exceed
lngly active part in the anti
Mormon fight in the Democratic
state convention and in the re-
cent campaign, expressed his
opinions forcibly today when
asked regarding the effect of the
campaign in that State.
The Mormons, The said, gave
the republican state ticket in
Idaho its solid vote. The re-
publican majority on the state
ticket was the Mormon vote of
about 10000. If the Mormons
had voted the democratic ticket
we would have elected our state
by about 10000. If
they had not voted at all, or had
divided their vote evenly between
the two parties, our candidate
for governor, Henry Heitfeld,
would have been elected and the
balance Of the state ticket would
have been carried by the repub-
Lican nominees by a small maj
ority.
There are few Mormons
who are not good Mormons.' A
Mormon is not a good Mormon
when he does not pay his tith-
ng. Generally, however, they !
act with the church, and accept !
md obey counsel. Possibly I
our or five per cent. of the Nor /
mons belong to this non-tithing-
paying class. 1 think many of .
hem, perhaps one. half, voted .
he democratic ticket; that is to !
;ay, probably 500 Mormons out
10000 voters supported the dem
,cratic state ticket.
1.-THE reason for this vote in
daho was the following plank
n the democratic platform
1--WE demand the extermina-
ion of polygamy and unlawful
within the State of
daho and the complete separa
ion of church and state in polit-
cal affairs.
THE Mormons announced that
hey would repudiate the demo-
rayic party if it made these dec
,rations, and in their county
they did repudiate
1ese planks. All the democrat
lormon newspapers and the
apers controlled by the Nor /
ION influence openly supported {
le republican ticket. l should {
link that 5000 Gentle republi- |
ms supported the democratic 6
ate ticket on account of these l
aclarations against the Nor 5
ons and 10000 republicans sup '
,rted Heitfeld for governor be $
luse of his firm support of this :
.ank Baltimore Sun. III
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13

Miss Lizzie Jarvis arrived in
Challis Saturday from Middle
ton, Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Wilson and
family have moved into their
new residence in Challis.
Last week a little boy in the
primary room of an Idaho school
when asked to write a sentence
using the expression the bitter
end, " wrote the following on his
tablet "A big dog chased my
kitty and as she went under the
porch he bit her end"
Hay is king, after all, but cot
ton and corn are very prominent
members of the latter family. Of
the latter we grew 2,453, 600, 900
bushels this year. If loaded
upon freight cars, the train
would go five times around the
earth No further comparison
is necessary.
"Oh, my goodness, you mustn't
do that Why, you have put
your arm around me-" said a
Challis girl to a young man the
other night. That's true, said
the young man. We'll, 1 can't
permit it, said the girl; II will
give you just two hours to take
it away" And the moon wink
ed the other eye and retired be-
hind a big cottonwood tree over
on Honey creek.
Custer Encampment No. 10, I. !
o. o. F., last Wednesday eve
ming elected the following new
officers
G. P.-W. w. Adamson,
H. Pm. NJ. Sweet,
S. W.-George L. MCGOWAN,
J. Wee Kerr,
Scribe-J. G.. Finnell,
Treasurer. G. Dougherty,
Trustees -Thos. Jose, VIM. J.
Bowen, J. G. Fox.
This is the way an editor wrote
up a recent wedding "The
bride was born of honest but
well meaning parents and could
walk alone at six months; at ten
she could run real fast, and has
never slackened her gait. She
has many friends most of them
lead ones. The happy couple
look a bridal trip to Cross Roads,
and will be at home with the old
nan until they are kicked out"
A female child with two heads
BORN in East Somerville, Mass,
L weeks ago, is attracting much
interest among the medical fra
jernity of the world. 1t is un-
Drecedented in the annuls of
science. The child has
iwo separate necks, each sup
porting head, one facing to the
ront and the other to the rear.
The latter head is not well form
ID. It's features are irregular
md imperfect, there being no
yes. The baby is in the best of
health and perfectly normal in
very respect. The mother is
% years old. The child weigh
d Il pounds at birth.
The best thing the democratic
eaders can possibly do is to keep
till. A bottle of wine will never
AVE a bead on it if we continual
y open it to examine the effer-
escence. Absolute silence for
he next year or two on the part
f Messrs. Parker, Teller, Hill,
'ryan, Taggart, Belmont, Har-
ison, Tillman, and all the rest
7ould be blessed boon to the
arty that has just been defeat S
d. Let the people be quietly Y
card from, after having been I
oisly heard from. Cicero says n
lat the wisdom of the unlearned S
preferable to the folly of the d
The first injury suf- G
red by those who talked too G
uch is that they never hear A
her peODla'S VoicaS Too Inucb Il
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13

roing out on the stages
Ia this a convenient hotel
| at, as the drivers board
Meals always promptly
L. Located one door
1 the telephone Office.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13
EaNEW@
His House !
o 0 o
..rRr mORRIsON, Prop.

II Challis House is strict
8rst- Glass hotel, and the
and accommodations can
/ surpassed in the county.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13

ana song birds chime their melody.
The cedar lifts its spire on high,
Pointing upward to the sky.
Sparkling gold in mount and glen.
soughtw when summer comes again
FAIRY grottoes filled with flowers
'Semblance OF Elysians bowers.
Crystal lakes, deep rivers wide
Coursing down the mountain side
On the linpid waters flow,
God save our fair Idaho
Good skating now.
Several cattle buyers were il
this valley last week.
Elmer Reese came over from
Pahsamaroi last week.
Dad" and Willie Cameron are
home from Spencer.
Thomas McGovern came out
from Custer last Friday.
DR.. Averill will remain in
Challis this week only.
Ed. Edwards was up from Sal
mon several days. of last week
on business.
Red" Smith was elected road
overseer at Clayton Dec. 5th, for
Road District No. 3.
A small number who love the
terpsichorean art attended the
ball in Challis Friday night.
Neil Sweeney was killed in a
cave in at the A. D. & M. mine
at Gibbonsville last Tuesday.
When a woman loses her vir-
tue she loses all; when a man
loses his, he merely mislays
something.
Charles Matley, foreman of the
Wood Live Stock company's
ranch on Pahsamaroi, was in
Challis last Thursday on a bust
ness trip.
John Smith was down from
Clayton last Friday. He has
just made a shipment of ore from
his Good Friend mine, but as
yet has not received returns. 1t
is considered high grade ore.
Constable Flenniker, our local
hello girl" at the phone, is
from a severe cold, and
can now only speak above a
whisper. The other night when
a message to the central
office at Blackfoot, the operator
at that end requested him to
sing the message.
This is a world of maybe"
Maybe next year we will meet
maybe we will succor
5he weak and act the manly part,
maybe we will master ourselves
ind do our level best at all times
md upon all occasions. Maybe I! |
Maybe we will and maybe we
Won't, but we should.
Twelve young ladies attended
roof party" at the home of
Miss May Roberts, last Tuesday
light. Exchange.
A roof party" is new one
m US, and, come to think about
t, we'll bet our old hat that that
vas the same kind OF party we
lad at our house 'tother night, |
vhen about a dozen or more stray
ats climbed upon our front
,orch and entertained us most of
he night with an open air con
ert.
Here is another problem that
ooks simple "A storekeeper
dvertises tooth brushes for sale
t 19 cents, the regular price be-
lg 20 cents. AT the regular
rice he sells on an average of
We and one-ha4f tooth brushes a
ay, making a profit of five cents j
n each. How many more tooth ]
rushes must he sell in a week
19 cents to derive the same
rofit that he would on a weeks
lles at the regular price, pro- I
ided that in each of the weeks I
ome customer was to work off {
)-cent piece for a quartz on an {
nsuspecting clerk ?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13

Ihd Lodging at reasonable
The tables are always
Rd with the best the
Il affords. Good aeon
IONS for travelling men
Ae public.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13

I Sample Rooms for
aerCial men. X X X
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-13
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Dickey, Idaho.
y stopping place before
|the mountain passes on
From Mackay to the Sal
er Valleys.
! Sparing no pains to
| house the best travel
IN Central Idaho. Our
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W. BASCOM, Prop.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-27

New York, Oct. 26.-Lieut. Gov. Hig-
gins spoke tonight at mass meet
ing at Cooper Union under the aus
pices Of the Colored Republican Club
of the city of New York. The large
auditorium was filled with an audience
composed almost entirely Of colored
people, a large proportion Of them be-
ing women Charles w. Anderson
president OF the club. presided and In
troduced the Republican candidate for
Governor as the first speaker. Mr.. Hig-
gins said;
"since Abraham Lincoln. the great
emancipator, freed the slave and the
Republican party placed the ballot In
his hands and made him a citizen, the
Democratic party In the South, first by
terror and violence, then by fraud ana
stratagem and finally by forms OF law
has sought TO reduce the negro 70 po-
litical serfdom.
'.President Roosevelt is hated south
Of the Mason and Dixon line because
he Judges man by the qualities OF
heart and brain, which go to make up
real manhood, and refuses TO close the
door of hope to him because Oh tne
color of the skin. Our Democratic
friends apply the constitution 10 the
wards OF the nation beyond the seas
and DENY its guarantees to the black
citizens of the United states. oo
an the congressional election OF 1907
in the state OF Mississippi, the total
vote cast in the district that sent John
sharp williarns, the Democratic lead
or. TO the HOuse OF Representatives
was .4sS. In the sar.le election In the
Ninth congressional district in the city
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-27
WHY ROOSEVELT is HATED
SOUTH OF MASON AND DIXON LINE
The Color Question as 1t Is Viewed by the Lieut.
enant Governor Of New York.

of New York. nearly 10000 votes were
cast for representative in Congress.
The Democratic party counts the ne
gro representation, but denies him the
right to participate in the choice OF
his representatives. White suffrage Is
being established throughout the solid
South. so that the whites exercise
greater political power than in slavery
days, when only three-hfths OF the
masters chattes were counted for rep
resentation. This is unjust. not only
10 the negro who loses his vote In the
South. but also 10 the voter In the
North, whose vote is relatively reduced
In weight"
Other speakers were Gen. Stewart l..
Woodford, julius M. Mayer and Ernest
M. LYONS, Minister to Liberia.
on the Philippine question, Gen.
Woodford said that the Democratic
party was not I'm a position to criticise
the treatment of the Filipinos, In view
of the Iynching Of negroes In the DEM
ocratic states OF the solid South.
THE only principle of the law APP
plies here" he said, that he who goes
in a court Of equity should go with
clean hands. The Democratic party
expressed its desire to help the yellow
skinned band I'm the Philippines, but
It Is incumbent that II should first de-
monstrate its sincerity, its ability and
it's honesty by doing Justice by the yell
low skinned and black skinned men
right here at our own door. Let the
Democrats first put out the fire Of
lynching. Let them see that the yell
low men and black men at home have
the protection Of the constitution. But
Judge Parker would find It little
difficult 10 extend the protection of the
constitution TO the yellow people across
the Pacific, when his own party refuses
justice to the negroes at home.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-27
MEYERHARDT
REELECTED
GRAND MASTER OF MASONS.
ALL OTHER OFFICERS OF GRAND
LODGE RETAINED.

Grand Master Meyerhardt Had On
position, but Won Handsomely
Over His COmpetitOrs-A. S. Harris
Elected superintendent of the
Masonic Home at MacOn-Twenty-
One Applications for Admission t,,
the Home.
Macon, Oct. 26.-The most important
business of the second days session
of the 18th communication of the
Grand Lodge of Georgia Masons was
the reelection of the entire list of Of
ficerS. There was no contest, with the
exception of the election of grand mas
ter, Max Meyerhardt of Rome being
chosen by a vote of AGO of total of
727. His opponents were Deputy Grand
Master Thomas H. Jeffries of Atlanta.
Senior Grand Warden Henry Banks of
LAGRANGE and Junior Grand Warden
George Napier of Monroe.
This afternoon. at a session of the
board of trustees of the Masonic
Home, A. S. Harris of Lafayette was
made superintendent and his wife ma
iron. Twenty-one applications for the
home have been received. The institu-
ton will be opened before the middle
of next month.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-27
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful it is In
Preserving Health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody knows that char
coal is the safest and most efficient
disinfectant and purifier in nature, but
few realize it's value when taken into
the human system for the same cleans
ing purpose.
YOU take of it the better; it is not
a drug at all, but simply absoros
the gases and impurities always pre-
sent in the stomach and intestines and
carries them out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking. drinking or after eating on
ions and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and inn
nroves the complexion, it whitens the
teeth and further acts as a natural
and eminently safe cathartic.
II absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; 1t
disinfects the mouth ana throat from
fine poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one
form or another, but probably the
hest charcoal and the most for the
,,,onev Is I'm Stuart's Charcoal Lozen-
,,as' thew are composed Of the finest
55ovydered Willow charcoal, and other
harmless antiseptics In tablet form or
rather in the form OF large, pleasant
tasting iozenges, the charcoal being
mixed with honey. -,
,rhe daily use OF these lozenges will
coon tell in a much improved condi-
t,on of the general health. better conf
'nSexion. sweeter breath and purer
blood. and the beauty Of II is, that
no possible harm can result tba IRON ene,r
A Buffalo physician in speaking Of
ne benefits of charcoal. says: Il adj
Use stuart's Charcoal Lozenges 10 all
patients suffering from gas IN stom-
ASH and bowels, and to clear the COM
niexlon and purify the breath. mouth
and throat: / also believe the liver
~ Greatly benefited by the daily use
If them: they cost but twenty-five
cents a box al drug stores, ana al
though Ina some sense patent prep
aration. yet / believe ] get more and
better charcoal IN Stuarts Charcoal
T,ozenges than IN any Of the ordinary
charcoal tablets"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-27
ARTILLERY FIRE WAS
MAINTAINED ALL DAY,

st. Petersburg, Oct. 26.-Gen. Kuro-
patkin telegraphs that there was no
lighting of importance, Oct. rs. He
adds:
"A desultory artillery fire was main
tanned all day long upon the front of
our right flank by both the enemy
and ourselves.
"On the night of Oct. 24s Russian
volunteer sharpshooters ambushed ad-
Nahclng Japanese outposts and forced
them to retire southwark. Another de-
'achment recovered a Russian gun car
riage.
on the Russian center a detachment
drove back the japanese advance near
the village of Yautchai, but upon the
appearance of strong Japanese rein
torcements the detachment returned to
the village of Shakhe after burying the
bodies of several Russians killed dur
ing previous fights and collecting large
quantities of arms and ammunition. +"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-27

nothing of great Importance has trans
plreu. On Sunday night the Japanese
mace feeble attempt upon Lone Tree
NIL mn out the attack was not pressed.
ne russians used several siege guns
OF great range on Monday, lombard
ing lIs the japanese positions near Shakhe.
Inc japanese replied with Shimese
shells. Inc Chinese say the Russian
fire destroyed three japanese field
pieces.
Inc japanese have evacuated Shakhe
hallroad station, but it and the rail-
road bridge between the lines are in
the neld of fire on both sides.
Although 1t is reported that there is
no activity on the Russian left flank,
niue is really known concerning the
situation there. A Japanese movement
from the west along the railroad is re-
ported, but this has not been confirm
ca. The general state of uncertainty
preeds many rumors. on Monday a
quite heavy artillery fire was heard
westward.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-27
HEARsT's COMPLAINT
Continues 20 Receive the Attention
of the Commission.

Continues TO Receive the Attention
of the Commission.
New York. oct. 26.-The presenta-
ton OF evidence by the defendant COM
ponies in the hearing on the complaint
OF William Randolph Hearst against
the anthracite coal carrying roads, al
leging collision in charging excessive
and extortionate prices, was begun be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to-day.
Counsel for the complainant read A
statement Of the Lackawanna Rail-
road. showing the cost Of producing
coal had increased ga cents n ton from
what Il was in 1900 to 1904 Mr..
Shearn declared that the Increased cost
10 the consumer was 81 IN that same
period. The profits he said. I'm the to-
tai output figured from these state
ments would amount 10 $50. 100000 In
four years TO the alleged conspirators.
George Brownell OF the Erie objected
to the statement, claiming that n was
misleading and untrue. He declared
that the figures quoted showed only
the Items Of increase for labor.