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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11
Custer County.

Custer county, Idaho, offers vast Inducements to settlers an
capitalists. Its beautiful scenery, its enterprising people, its var
led resources, and its brilliant prospects not inaptly commemorate
the name of General Custer, whose dashing, romantic, yet produc-
tive career has become a part of our national history. Thirtyfve
years ago. when placer mining was in its prime and quartz mining
in its infancy, the territory now embraced in it's confines was
known only to Indians and an occasional party of prospectors
travelling to or from Montana. To them a wilderness, to the maxi
es of maps it was UNEMPLOYED" In 1862 placers were actively
worked in Stanley Basin, on what is now our western border. and
in 1863 a few venturesome men founo rich ground on Loon creek
In 1870 other placers were discovered and yielded handsomely, but
until quartz claimed attention, five years later, the region now
forming Custer county was practically unknown. From 1875 to
1879, the fame of its rich mines spread misunderstanding capital
lists and increasing its population-untl the following year, by
Legislative enactment, Custer county was created, and has thrived
since that time, until today it has a population of 5000 people,
and has the following towns
ChaliS-County seat, farming. stock-raisino fruit and mining
M~ackay-Mining and farming.
Houston--Farming and stock-raising
BayhorSe-Mining.
C~layton--Mining, farming and stock-raising.
BOnanZa-Mining.
CuSter-Mining.
Stanley-Placer and quartz mining. and grazing land.
Custer county also has numerous large valleys where farming
and stock-raising is pursued to a great extent, viz: Big Lost Riv-
er valley; Thousand Spring; Round; Pahsamaroi; East Fork; An
telope and Stanley.
Custer county embraces in irregular outline about 5000 square
miles, ard it is as large as the State of Connecticut, and larger
than Delaware and Rhode Island together; situated in central Ida
no, it is reached by the Oregon Short Line railroad on the east.
and this road will probably be extended to Challis next year. The
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company have a line from Black
foot TO Challis. The resources of Custer county are found in its
mines and its agricultural and grazing lands.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

The ST. Louis Republic is the one the best
Newspapers in the world. and this year is of
unusual interest on account of the Worlds
Fair at 81. Louis.
The Messenger is oldest paper published on
Salmon River, and contains the news of Loon
Greek, Sheep Mountain. Stanley Basin, Gus
ter, Clayton, Bayhorse and Thunder Noun
tain Mining Districts, and the County Proceed
Iings of the Commissioners. The Messenger
was established May 2lst, 1881.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11

! 81 st. Mary's Road,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11
Arw.mls sn Mardsr Cases.

Massachusetts, is free from me re-
oeated murder trial fsrces OF New
york. There is only one appeal pos
s,hle there-from the jury's yerdict
straight to the highest court
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11
CHURCH.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
ocular Sunday services-Preaching
a. m. and 1880 p. m. Sunday
4ool at Up. m.
$ible Class-Tuesday 7:30 p. m.
Payer Meeting &c. E.)-rhursday
p. IN.
aniorC G. E.-Thursday 4 p. m.
omen's Missionary Society-Mon-
Wednesday,.
@EO. l.. McDOUGALL, Pastor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-11
CUSTER COUNTY
TERMS OF COURT.

TERMS OF COURT.
blowing is the terms of Court of
II Judicial District for the year
Custer County.
h 4th. encouragement Sept. 10th
Lemhi County.
h 18th September 10th
Bingham County.
. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS October 18th
Fremont County.
3rd......-June lst-......N Nov. 10th
JAMES NJ. STEVENS, Judge.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03
';Langdon Church NewsH

column must reach the Office no. later than
Wednesdaynoon in order to insure lublicatien
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHuRcH-The regu-
lar order of service each Sunday at ST
Alphonsus church is as follows: Low
mass at 500 a. N, high mas at 1870 a.
m.. Sunday school at 2:3O p. m.. vespers
at 7:30. Priest, Rev. NJ. Dougherty.
EPISCOPAL LHrKcH-Church Of Our
Saviour. tthe Alyord Memorial, Holy
communion 500 am. Morning prayer and
itany 1915 a. m. Holy communion.
11:O0 a. NJ. Sunday school 1890 N.
Evening prayer 500 p. m. Rev. 6. P.
Burleson.
BAPTIST CHuRcH-Services in the
Baptist church next Sunday at II a. m.
and 7:3O p. m. Sunday school at noon.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening at
7:3O. Services at Stilwell at 3 o'clock.
All are welcome. Robt A. MacMullen.
pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH-SeryicesS Sun.
day morning at IL o'clock. Sunday
school at 1915. Bible class at 2;36.
VI S. G. E.-meeting at8:45. Evening
service at 7:30. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evening ct 7:O. Preaching at
Dresden on Sunday afternoon ct
o'clock. Rev. 6. L. Wilson, pastor.
"
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03
County Correspondence.
WALES.

Extensive Improvements are being
made IN the popular place Of business Of
4. E. Montgomery.
The new house which Banker
Getchell is having built -his fall is
about completed.
Miss Josie Hotfile VINO has bee. quite
sick for some little -inae paSsi How able
to be up and around again much 20
the srasiiicasioa Of her many friends.
Cashier c. P. Gerchell. cashier Of the
Wales bank. was ava. at Fargo on
business few days .!.e fore part of the
week rransacting business.
Pete CORY mas since the rush OF tal!
WORK entered into business with DR.
Lynn. whose professional practice has
grown to wonderful extent. Signs
would indicate that Pete Will very soon
be able to branch out on his own ac-
count.
On Monday evening Of las. week Mrs.
A. E. Montgomery Of this place gave a
reception to number of her friends
and neighbors in honor Of Miss Lille
Powell. the occasion being the birthday
of that young lady. Besides having a
a general good time it is understood
that the young lady was the recipient
of quite number Of raluable and
beautiful presents.
Wales is again this fall establishing a
reputation as a wheat market and since
the setting in Of fine weather there
seems TO be an amending stream of
wagons vending their way in the direc
ton Of this town with barley and
wheat. Good prices and fair dealing is
winning for the buyers at this point
the good will and patronage of the
farmers. for miles around who at the
same time seem to recognize that Wales
is good town in which to do their
trading. Probably about half Of the
crop in this vicinity has been rhreshed
at this writing.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03
Certificates of Nomination.

l. Robert Work. county auditor in and for
.h- County O: Cavalier. State Of North Da-
kota. 20 heseb: certify that the within and
following is a true and correct lis. of the Con
stit utioIal Attachments and of persons whose
.aues have bee:. certified TO ne By the Secre-
tary of State the secretaries and presidents
of their respective County Conventions and
b: petitions duly signed as required by law as
the nominees TO be voted for on Tuesday the
eighth day Of November next. for the various
State. District and County Offices as follows:-
Fo- Presidential Electors:
z 5 Russell, republican.
Samuel 5. Richardson. republican.
Roger .sllin republican.
J Y heibert, republican.
joseph 3. Boyd, democratic.
John Bruegser. democratic
Otto Grethen. democratic.
r E Blakemore, democratic.
y 6 Brastrup. socialist. individual pou,iua'
iion.
wM Wiltse. socialist, Individual nomination.
PFermoe, socialist, individual nomination.
II Brumwell. socialist, individual nomipa.
tioa-
l y Carlton. prohibition, individual nonina.
ton.
D. H. Stow, prohibition. individual nomiua-
ton.
;. j Pierce, prohibition, individual nomina-
ton.
ON yarnson. prohibition. individual nomi-
nation.
Martin Blair. populist, individual nomina-
ton
John o Biichfeldt, populist. individual
nomination.
George Hyslop, populist, individual nomi-
nation.
John Angus Bathune. populist individual
nomination.
For Representatives in Congress:
Marshall, republican.
Gronna, republican
Rasmussen, democratic.
a G Burr. democratic.
L Dow, socialist, individual nomination.
E D Herring. socialist, individual nomipa.
ton.
NAColby. prohibition, individual nomina.
tion.
3 Il Tibbitts, prohibition, individual nomi.
nation.
For Judges Of the Supreme Cosrt:
NCYouns, republican.
Edward Enserud, republican.
For Governor:
Rarles. republican.
- j He1Ge, democratic.
Arthur Bassett, socialist, individual nouina.
nation.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03
NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION.

>ss.e .: North Dakota, County Q; Cavalier.
IS.
Whereas wn,. j Davidson having applied
%. Druggist Permit 20 sell Intoxicating
llI ars under fhe provisions and restrictions
OF th.- laws OF s:ls State governing the sale OF
iatozica.i.s liquors. at his place o: business or
Maj. street il the Village o: Wales. County o.
fore
Notice Is hereby gwen .ha, the end day o;
Dece:nier. A. D. lsy4 q, .he court hou<e. in the
has been set for hearing said petition. wl1-l
and where any person qualified ma: appear
aac >do-S cause ~hy said petition should not
oe granted
Dated at Lancdo: North Dakota. Oct. -
ls0!. II. E. Do2vAL-.
SEAL County judge.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03
MEraop1sr CHrRca-Preachins j

METHODIST CHrRca-Preaching in
the Methodist church next Sunday a,
II a. n. and 80 p. NJ. Sunday school
at noon. Epworth League at Gasp. NJ
". B. Marsh. leader. Topic. The Study
of Missions Subject Of morning ser
mon. The Hope Of the Church.. In
the evening. The Attractive Cross.
You are cordially invited TO all these
services. Rev. Ds. Marsh. pastor.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03

Dayton. Ohio. Mrs. Mary Simpson
"Everything disagreed with me and
baby until / used HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. Now baby sleeps and
grows like weed" 35 cents. Tea OF
Tablets. Burke il Co.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03

Extensive Improvements are being
made IN the popular place Of business of
4. E. Montgomery.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15

Although of a sunny disposition and
radating pleasantness as steady as
soft lamplight, she has courtly and
dgnified bearing and a reserve that
suggest the origin of two of her dis
tinguisbed sons conspicuous traits. Yet
she talked with agreeable frankness
to-day about her son and his presiden-
tial prospects, but confessed herself TO
, be wholly in the dark as to his purpose
ard plans. She has a happy faculty
of relating incidents and historical
facts that illustrate and make interest
ing her conversation.
After Alton had reached the age Of
eight" continued Mrs. Parker, "it was
not necessary once for me to punish
him in any way. He kept out of mis-
chief, and was ever ready to please his
father and me. But in his earlier boy
hood the twig was brought forth on
every occasion of disobedience or mis-
chievousness. Mr.. Parker left the dis
ciplining of the children largely to me-
and never shirked what l believed to
be my duty however painful the or
deal. 1 have always been a firm be-
lever in the Biblical injunction. for
1 have known of numerous instances
where sparing the rod spoiled the child.
/ do not approve of knocking or pound
ing a child, pulling it's ears, cutting or
BiAl0hiiib IT, VI VI ally Ri9 AnJu-
rious punishment, but l am convinced
that a judicious application of the
switch cannot be delayed long IL par
ents would have tractable and we'll be-
haved children. When I was girl an
i'll behaved child was an exception,
while to-day that happy condition
seems to be wellnigh reversed: and for
this unfortunate transformation the
practical abandonment of corporal pun
ishment to my mind Is largely re-
sponsible. This new theory that whip
ping is cruel is based on false senti-
ment. Parents owe children a proper
| training, and training implies power
to enforce obedience. The child's right
is our duty, from which we are not
abeolved by any mere plea Of senti-
ment. Sending an unruly child to bed
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15

without its supper not only more near
ly approximates cruelty than does
whipping, but is inadequate as a means
of discipline. Even whipping must be
begun when the child is at tender
age, or it will avail nothing"
Mrs. Parker said that she had been
amused at the conflicting stories about
the place and date of Judge Parker's
birth. She displayed the family Bible
containing the records of the births
of her five children. Alton B., Gill
bert, Hattie o., Frederick H. and Mary
L. were born in the order named. Gill
bert and Hattie Q, are dead. Frederick
II. Parker was a national bank ex-
aminer for many years, and is now in
the insurance business in Manhattan.
Mrs. Parkers husband, John Brooks
Parker, died in 1882.
"One account that I read to-day"
said Mrs Parker, gave Atoms birth
place as Massachusetts. That error
originated probably from the fact that
his grandfather was born there. Alton
was born May IA, 1852, on farm four
miles west Of Cortland, n. Y. He at
tended the district school, the Cortland
Academy and the Normal School in
the order named. He was very studious
and devoted to his books, but he help
ed his father all he could about the
farm. When vacation came he went
right out in the fields with the men,
and pitched hay, dug potatoes, pulled
carrots, or did whatever there was to
be done all day long. At night he
pored over his books until his father or
took the light away from him. It
was continually necessary to caution
him against overtaxing his strength. He
suffered from Group for years, and IN
his early manhood ne nearly died from
congestion Of the lungs. 1t was Mr..
Parker's ambition for Alton to be u
farmer. When Alton finished school,
az the age Of sixteen, his father offer
ed to buy a fine farm for him, but
the boy demurred al the idea of be-
ing n farmer. Unknown to US, he OBJ
tanned a position as teacher of dis
trlct school, and he taught there for
two Evar-- - - - - -
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15

the reputation of being unruly. but Al
ton, prohting by his own experience,
used the rod so literally that he con-
verted them into pupils sufficiently do
Gle and well behaved to elicit for their
department the school committees rare
/ ly bestowed praise
The pecuniary limitations to peda-
gogy led Judge Parker to abandon ii
and TO take up the study of law. After
teaching two years at Accord n. Y,
for $40 month, at the age of IS he
entered the law office of Judge Schoon-
maker, in Kingston. After reading law
there few months he entered the AL
bany Law School, from which he was
graduated two years later. He then
formed partnership with young
man named Kenyon, the son of a
judge, and they opened a law Office
| in Kingston, the partnership continu-
ing until Kenyon's death. Young Par
ker went rapidly to the front as a
practitioner He was twice elected
surrogate of Ulster county, and while
serving his second term he was APP
pointed to the Second Division Of the
Supreme Court He married Miss Mary
SchoOnmaker, a relative of Judge
Schoonmaker, on Oct 16, 1873. They
have one daughter the wife of the
Rev. Charles Mercer Hall. an Episco-
pal clergyman of Kingston.
II do not know whether Alton wants
10 be President or not" said Mrs. Par
ker, when asked about her sons presi-
Dental prospects. He never has said
anything to me about 1t, and all last
summer and fall, when 1 was at his
home in Esopus, 1 did not hear him
mention the subject to any one. 1
am sure, however, that he would not
decline the nomination. The position
he occupies precludes his committing
himself / gunnOgp 0r ha xxsOttld hraof,
his silence. / read praise and criti-
cism alike Of him in the papers with
equal interest, although / must admit
little sensitiyeness 10 the many mis-
interpretations Of his attitude It is
wonderful comfort to me that his
neiEhbors are so fond OF him. Those
who know him beat like him best and
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
WOMAN WHIPPED
JUSTICE PARKER.

She Was His Mother, and That Is
why Alton Turned Ont to Be Such
n Good Man.
From the New York Tribune.
Derby, CONT began to use the
switch on Alton when he was very
Young, and 1 attribute much of his
goodness as a boy and his success as a
man to these early corrective meas
ures."
Thus spoke Mrs. Harriet Stratton
Parker, the mother of Chief Judge AL
ton b. Parker of the Court of Appeals
of the state of New York, whose pro-
posed selection for the Democratic pres
iGential nomination Is receiving wide
advocacy. Mrs. Parker has made her
home in this city with her daughter,
Mrs. James A. Miles, for several years.
She is a sweet faced. silver haired
woman. and although she is in her
eightieth year and feels acutely the
unstable climate OF New England, she
is remarkably alert in body and mind.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15

paratively little corn in the great sur
plus states was in the ground. Now it
is estimated that two-thirds of the
area has been planted. 1t therefore
can be said that the general crop sit
uation is bright and that there is no
sign in any direction of agricultural
calamity.
This fact must inevitably have a
beneficial effect upon the investment
markets. The outlook is for better
ment all along the line, and conserva-
tive sentiment is crystalizing on the
bull side. There may be excitement
and disturbance over the political stu
alton until the two conventions are
held, but In sober truth it can be said
that the moneyed interests are show
ing no alarm or any disposition to
take fright over the presidential cam
paign.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15

that is better than being President. or
course, 1t would be a great Joy to me
to have a son of mine President, but
/ am not building any White House
air castles, and am content to let
events take their own course. How
ever, l regard his prospects as very
bright. Mr.. Cleveland should think,
would not desire to be President again,
both because he has had the office
twice already and because he is now
almost too old. Mr.. Hearst apparent-
ly is very much in earnest"
Mrs. Parker is a deeply religious
woman and this quality is reflected in
Judge Parker. who drives nine miles
every Sunday to attend the church of
which his son-in-law is the rector.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
CAME OVER TO KILL INDIANS.
Freshly-Arrived Immigrant DfscOv-
ers One i'm Chester.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Chester, Pa. April 24--John veneski,
who arrived in Philadelphia from Aus
tria on Friday, and who reached here
last night, made particular inquiries
about the American Indian, and told of
long fostered hopes that he might meet
and kill one. New-found friends piled
him with liquor and told him Indians
were plentiful in this section. He start
ed out to look for them, and found one
in front of a cigar store. Drawing a
long knife. he rushed at it with a wild
yell.
The Indian tottered and, falling on
the man. knocked him down. Springing
up, veneski drove his knife into the
wooden vitals OF his enemy and then
cut off the redskins head. He was
waving II about his head In CORY tri-
umph when a policeman picked him
up. Magistrate Smith to-day fined
him $40.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
WILL street MercuriaI.


Hence. when the news flashes over
the country of a series of bucket shop
failures followed by a dozen or so eX-
nulaions of members from the Consol-
dated Exchange and investigation into
The business alliances and standing or
members of the big exchange, there Is
aroused among outsiders q feverish de-
sire to save what may be left OF mar
gins on deals in stocks or speculative
commodities. Every brokerage ana
commission house in the financial DIS
trict has felt directly and Immediately
the effect of this scare. Thousands
and tens of thousands of accounts have
been closed and the money transterreo
to Individual bank accounts or soaked
away in the strong boxes.
The scare is absurd and reappear-
ance of activity in the speculative mar
kets will cause it to be forgotten in an
hour. 1t nevertheless has present tang
lille form and cannot be ignored. Fhere
has rarely been a time when the rank
and file OF commission and brokerage
houses and banks in the New YORK
financial district have. been In as
sound and safe condition as now. Inc
vigorous methods of the exchanges TO
nurify their own moral atmosphere
and to go through the form OF gen
eral house-cleaning will. in time, AID
materially in the restoration OF pupllc
confidence. While the process is gong
on, however, the dust raised mas ter
rifying effect.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
Purifying the Exchanges.

On the Stock Exchange, or Big
Board" as it is sometimes called, the
method of publication is different from
that conducted on the Consolidated. In
the latter institution members are eX-
PEELED for being caught in the prac-
tice of fagrantly dishonest schemes.
On the big Board" they do things diff
ferently. When a case is made out
against a member he is called in and
advised of its situation and the sug-
gestion offered that now would be
good time for him to sell his seat.
Neglect to need the warning would be
followed by formal trial and expulsion
and that would carry with it the loss
of the price of the seat which at this
time is approximately $65,000 The
victim takes the hint and gets out. BY
adopting this quiet course public scan
dals are avoided and, at the same
time, radiance of dishonest or offend
ing members is secured.
Within the last two or three years
not less than half a dozen members OF
the Big Board" have been thus al
lowed" to withdrawn. On this list was
one of the most conspicuous profess
sional operators in the markell pro-
fessonal trader whose extensive opera
tons were almost invariably on the
bear side. For that and other reasons
he was very unpopular with the mass
of spectators and there was general
rejoicing when he was driven off the
exchange.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
The Winter wheat scare.

The unfavorable report on winter
wheat threw a scare into a good many
people in the Wall street quarter, but
the sensation was only nomentary. 1t
was more than offset by the reports of
the splendidly favorable conditions I'M
der which the generality of crops were
being planted throughout the length
and breadth of the country. The crops
on the big average are having much
better start than last year when the
season was month to six weeks be-
hind. Last spring at this time COM
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-15
THE UPS AND DOWNS
OF MERCURIAL WALL STREET
Just Now There Is Distressing Apathy in the
Speculative Markets.
By w. @. NICHOLAS.

New York, May 14.-Wall street does
not have far to go to find an axplana-
ton for the prevailing distressing apa-
thv in the speculative markets. There
q nothing academic in the problem.
The simple fact is that the outside pub
Nc. or that portion of it which has any
money left for gambling purposes, has
for some time been in semi-panic to
draw down it's accounts.
To the multitude one Wall street
name is as good as another, and the
failure of concerns like Floyd, Craw-
ford & Co., and w. e. Woodend G.
a.. seems almost as important to the
miscellaneous crowd of outsiders as
would that OF a banking house of in
ternational standing and high repute.
To the trader in 100 shares Of stock,
1000 bushels of wheat, 1000 bales of
cotton. ESQ barrels of pork, or a few
hays of coffee. DIR. Woodend is as big
a man as !. Pierpont Morgan, a put
and call" trafficker on the curb is US
weighty an individual as Jacob Schiff.
To the tens of thousands of men who
speculate all Cohens in Wall street look
alike.