The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17

MISS Lulu MCOOWn Ol OUSbGF
returned Saturday morning last
from a visit with relatives in
British Columbia.
Fruit trees in Challis are now
in BOSOM, and from present in
dications this will be a good fruit
year, provided we have no late
froSts.
Our locals this week are few
because most of our time is now
devoted to installing our new
power press. Until the machine
is in working order time is near
ly all occupied.
There will be a Pie Social Civ
en- at the church in Challis next
Tuesday night, May oath. The
social will be given by the ladies
of the church. All invited.
Mr.. Czizek left Saturday for
the Lost Packer mine to com
mence an active season of min
ing. The wagon road from Jor-
dan creek will be extended to
Loon creek as soon as the snow
disappears.
There is a great demand for
eastern college students to help
harvest the great grain crops of
Nebraska. 1t is feared that there
that there will not be enough of
them to marry all the daughters
of the rich farmers.
Secretary Shaw in his latest
speech says THE Spanish war
placed the Pacific ocean logical
ly where she has always been
naturally" The Pacific ocean
must feel quite cut up at such a
remark and perhaps it will here
after learn to know its place.
In the republican state con-
vention of Texas, the Rev. Dan
iel Abner prayed as follows
Grant one favor, O Lord, and
we will be satisfied. o Lord, we
ask of Thee that you don't let
our party be defeated this year,
This is the first intimation we
have had of celestial politics.
Before Congress took snap ad-
journment for campaign purpos-
es it had spent 1871, 100000 plus
$24, 900, 900 of obligations incur
red and to this must be added
the Panama investment, $50, 600,
900 more. Ten years ago "a
billion-dollar Congress" startled
and alarmed the country, but
now we have almost a billion
dollar session.
Pigmy Filipinos are an inter-
esting attraction in the native
theafer on the Philippine reser-
vation at the Worlds Fair. They
are Juan and MARITIME de la Cruz,
a brother and sister. Juan is
80 years old and 29 inches high,
while his sister is 81 years old
and % inches in height. The
midgets are respectively nine and
seven inches smaller than the
renowned Tom Thumb. Juan
has a dress suit which required
only one and one-half yards of
cloth in the making. Six other
children of the family are all of
aveaage height. The midgets
perform acrobatic feats.
Charles A. Towne of Mime
sofa and New York is the latest
suggestion for the democratic
nominee for President. Senator
German is authority for the an
nouncement that thoughtful dem
ocrats are carefully taking meas
urements of Towne with a view
of bringing him forward at the
proper moment in the interests
of harmony.
1t is now feared that the antag
onism of the Bryan and Hearst
combine would make the nomin
alton of Judge Parker a suicidal
movement. Furthermore, the
nomination of either Hearst or
Bryan would bring down on the
candidates the wrath and resent
ment of all Parker men. Hence,
these three are practically shelv-
ed. according to the latest polit-
ical horoscope.
AS Senator German sizes up
the situation. Towne is the
strongest man yet mentioned.
He has in Bryan personal friend
and warm supporter, and no
doubt, Nebraska would rally
Bryan's S friends under the Towne
banner. 1t is held that Towne
would be very strong in the west
and northwest, and that the
south would give him solid sup