The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-23
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Geo. W. Emery came down from
Bayhorse Saturday.
DIR. C. s. Jones came down from
Clayton one day last week.
Three days last week there was no
mail from Custer on account of snow
slides.
Report comes down from Clayton
that big body of ore has recently
been struck in the Redbird mine.
The mines of the Horseshoe Cop
per company at Mackay, are develop
ing big ore bodies as work progresses.
Within the past week a fine body of
copper has been uncovered in the low
er tunnel, SO now the company have
large ore reserves in both working
tunnels.
IT. ]. Kerr and S. F. Hunt came
out from Thunder Mountain last Sat
urday. They came in on snowshoes,
report hard trip. There is consider
able snow in the mountains, they say,
and the recent storms have caused
many snowslides. They are of the
opinion that Thunder Mountain is a
great mining camp.
-Silas Romer is supposed to be COW
cred up in a snow-slide between the
the Sunb beam mill and the mouth of
Jordan creek, near Custer. He was
on his way to Custer after mail for
the company. An aged man was going
to make the trip, but Romer being
young and good on snowshoes, asked
the old man to allow him to go in his
I -. Romer knew full well the dang
erous undertaking for he has lived for
years in Custer county mountains fol-
lowing mining, hunting and trapping.
He knew the condition of the snow and
the danger from slides, because just
before taking his departure he said to
his friends mo man can make this
trip and return alive" But he was a
hero in face of danger, and was taking
chances to save the life of his aged
companion. Up to the last news re-
ceived from Custer Romer's body had
not been recovered. He was memb-
er of the Miners Union, and the Union
has force of sixteen men endeavoring
to find the remains of their comrade.
Mark A. Hanna, chairman of the
republican national committee and u.
S. Senator from Ohio, is dead. He
was man of remarkable cunning in
politics and business and always had
the resources to put plans into execu-
tion. He was natural commander of
men and his personality was always in
evidence in all his undertakings. We
had the pleasure of his personal ac-
quaintance in years gone by and knew
him to be gentleman of good man
ners and affable nature. His death
will remove from the world the great
est political leader the republican
party ever had and his loss will be
deeply mourned by the thousands with
whom it was his privilege to associate
Senator Hanna was the most conspicu
Gus figure in American politics. He
made and unmade men seeking public
honors at his will. He made Mckinley
president and for long time there
after the fate of every republican ap
plicant for appointment in the fedora
service was weighed in the scales o
Mark Hanna before the final decision
was made. He was natural master
of men and had keen perception o
future possibilities and results. II,
raised the curtain and peeped through
the lattice and saw opportunities be
fore other great men conceived or con
sidered them, and thus he profited b!
his foresight. He was good man TO
the cause he represented and he differ
ed in personal character so much from
other millionaires and diguitaries tha
he became no discriminator of persons
tramp in rags could call on and con
verse with him and receive the sam
consideration which he gave to tn
millionaire in broadcloth. He was no
great orator, nor great statesman
but a shrewd manipulator of indus
trial and political forces. Much to hi
: honor it can be truthfully said that h
never mistreated nor oppressed tn
workmen in his employ, and unliS
many other great employers of labo
he never had strike to contend with
His personal and political friends cal
] truthfully say that he died in tn
, harness, for he was an untiring work
er in whatever cause commanded hi
!. personal efforts. His death at Wash
ington last week was not unexpected
for he had been in a dying conditio
many days before the last spark of lif
expired, but his loss will probabl
change the movements on the ches
S board of American politics and ma
), change the destiny of many great mel