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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-25

Henry Rathjen and wife were down
today from their modest home west
oi the city, In one of the wales be-
tween the rounding foothills that form
the east rampant of the great La Plata
range. Mr.. Rathjen said he wished
the merchants would make a study
to assist the farmers and gardeners
In marketing and moving their prod
urts; that he believed the policy un-
der which merchants do so much good
In California can be made good here.
In California they say: Bring In the
stun. We will move It," OF course
the Southern Pacific railway skirts
the Pacific coast and furnishes every
facility. 1t may be better here after
awhile.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-25

0lII.sll1I -,rIg-1Il-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-05-13
MONTANA NOTES.

A creamery plant costing $4,000 will
soon be in operation at Eden, Cas-
cade county.
At a recent Mormon convention held
in Butte it was decided to continue
work in that city by a house to house
canvass. Eight travelling missiona-
ries have been at work in Butte.
OF $4,000 in gold from the mines Of
Montana received in the Helena assay
Office over 100000 came from Fergus
county alone.
The Pickering hotel of Wibaux was
totally destroyed by fire, along with
Orgrain's store, Lands barber shop,
Kids millinery store, Cornell's sa-
loon and restaurant and slightly dam
aged the front of a bank building.
All were partially insured, the total
loss being about $4,000.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-05-13
The Biggest Shin AfIoat.

The Baltic was built primarily with
a view to securing enormous freight
capacity, although she has excellent ac-
commodations for passengers. This
steamship embodies the same princi-
pies as the Celtic and the Cedric also
belonging to the White Star Line. She
Is one of the few vessels now afioat
which are longer than they are. The
length of the Celtic and her twin Sis
ter is 700 feet. The Oceanic SURPRISES
them by four feet the Kaiser Wilhelm
by six and half, and the Baltic by
twenty-five. 1t is easy to understand,
therefore, that in respect to displac6
ment the Baltic is practically without
a rival. Although the two freight
stamers built at New London for Mr..
HITS use on the Pacific are much
shorter, they are deeper than any Of
the vessels just named, and perhaps
they will carry as much freight asl the
new White Star liner. Unfortunately,
however, they are not now running.
The Baltic then, has the honor of be-
ing the biggest ship in actual service
on any sea.-New York Tribune
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-05-13
81 Bound by a Spell $E

/ ly looking up. "We were talking about
you"
Judith became excited. 1t was a
chance shot, but Montgomery perceived
it had told.
After moments deliberation he said
fixing his gaze upon her, ~ know you
are pretty well versed i'll Rodwelrs Sc
crets. Do you know anything about a
girl with bright golden hair, blue eyes,
and fair complexion-a relation, | should
fancy, by what he has told mef | see
you do, by your glances. Well, he has
set me on the hunt for this girl, who
ever she is, and | believe | have acct
dentally discovered her. | will tell you
how. Somehow or other | have felt
a strange interest in this Sias Carston.
Well, of late he has grown wonderfully
spruce in his STYLE added to which, he
is frequently out the whole day no one
knows where. Now, putting all these
signs together, | began to think, in the
language of Shakespeare, The sweet
youths in love- Being naturally Of a
curious disposition, | thought | would
watch my gentleman's movements. With
some little difficulty | discovered his
destination, and saw him standing at the
window with his arm very lovingly
round a young girls waist. | got into
conversation with the servant next door,
and learned a few particulars; but until
this moment it never occurred to me that
this girl precisely answers to the de-
scription given me by Rodwell. Its the
same, and | have killed two birds with
one stone!'
Long and earnest was the conversation
that ensued between the trio. But it is
not necessary to repeat it in this place.
Both it's explanations and results will
appear hereafter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-05-13
OREGON NEWS.

The town of Eugene proposes
raise $1,000 for a Fourth of July cde.
tratiOn.
Mayor George II. Williams OF Port
land was renominated for mayor by
the republican party in direct pri-
mary by a plurality of 1000.
&. X. Mcintosh. formerly assistant
cashier OF the First National bank of
San Francisco. has positively identi-
fed William Barrett, now under ar
rest for robbing the Hotel Portland
bar Of sl35. as the man who attempt
cd TO steal s2O.0 from the San Fran
cisco bank last September.
Citizens Of Hood River have sub
scribed $4,000 worth of stock in a
company TO operate the wooden mill
which was recently purchased at
Union. The plant will be moved at
once.
Saturday was the greatest event in
the history OF Echo. when the town
entertained royalty $50 visitors from
Peudleton. 80 from La Grande, IL
representative men Of Portland and a
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-05-13
her tonight at whatever hour sh, uav

her tonight, at whatever hour shs nav
return. l will come back at twelve"
Mary looked very much astonished at
the idea of such late visit. Mr.. Jonn-
than Rodwell ordered the cabman to
drive to the nearest hotel, where ht, on
gagged a bed and waited impatiently the
passing away of time.
At u o'clock he knocked again ar
Mrs. Wilson's door. They had not re-
turned. would Mary permit him to
come in and waltz Mary did not like
the idea of admitting a stranger at such
an hour, and she alone in the house
But he looks a gentleman" she thought
land be is old enough to be my father"
Don't be afraid; l am not a burglar.
my dear" said Mr.. Jonathan, smiling
and slipping a coin into her hand.
He walked into the parlor, and Mary
lit the lamp. One o'clock by his watch.
ana still they had not come. He was
growing uneasy; he could not sit still:
he walked up and down the room, with
his watch in his hand, counting the min
utes. The rumble of wheels at last.
He ran out to the door, the night was
dark, he could not perceive any object:
but faster and faster, nearer and nearer.
came the roll of the wheels, until they
stopped before the house.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-05-13
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Inc nOur mills OF Spokane manufac-
ture about 100000 barrels of -four ev-
cry year.
The city council at Ellensburg has
instructed the marshal to suppress all
gambling in the town.
The remains of an unknown man,
badly decomposed, were found about
20 miles north of Spokane.
Palouse City business men have de-
cided to pave four more blocks on
the east end of Main street
Charles Allen, porter, was stab
bed twice during a fight at Puyallup
with a stranger, and is likely to die.
Frank w. Thrall and wife are I'M
der arrest at Bellingham, charged
with intercepting United States mail.
jeremiah Cusick committed suicide
at Chewelah by shooting himself in
the head with a rifle. He has been
in poor health.
Mrs. Frank Horsley has been ap-
pointed by Mayor Fechter as hostess
to represent Yakima county at the
Lewis and Clark fair.
Mrs. Hoppe Hunt, wife of Mayor
Gilbert Hunt, has been appointed as
hostess for Walla Walla week at the
Lewis and Clark fair.
The mayor has named Mrs Harry
s. Elwood as hostess for Ellensburg
day at the Lewis and Clark exposition
during Kittitas county week. !
The State Bar Association will hold
its annual meeting at Spokane in
July instead of in North Yakima. as
decided at the late annual meeting.
Governor Mead has appointed Dr.
George w. Overmeyer of South Bend
to succeed himself as member of
the state board of medical examiners
Roy r. Underhill, 81 years of age,
a married man, accidentally shot and
killed himself on his Onion creek
homestead, 16 miles south of North
port.
The postofice department has ask
ed Congressman Jones to recommend
a man for postmaster at Harrington,
in place of F. NJ. Lighthizer, who is
slated for removal.
A serious accident occurred at AL
mota Saturday when a crowd of high
school pupils from Colfax were thrown
from a four horse carryall and ]. S,
Buck, the driver, and Miss Pearl Lake
were seriously injured.
The county commissioners have
closed a deal for the lease of the
Riverside hotel for courthouse pur-
poses for Benton county which, under
the law creating it, will be organized
and ready for business July 1.
While Ada, the year old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Staley, of
ChattarOy, was playing in a field with
other children, her clothes caught fire
and she was so badly burned that she
died in terrible agony a few hours la
ter.
The buildings, real estate and equip
ments of the educational institutions
maintained by this state are valued
at a total of $2,063, 4S3, of which sum
$1,293,000 is credited to the state uni
versity, according to inventories fur
nished the state auditor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-05-13

huge crowd from Echo and vicinity
and other places at the farmers bas-
ket picnic for Echo and vicinity.
Colonel r. w. Richardson, secre-
tary of the National Good Roads as
ISOLATION, says the Pendleton good
roads meeting, May Is and 16, is the
most important to be held before the
national convention at Portland, June
22-24.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-05-13

not accept, it is said it will be Offered
to Mr.. Hyde.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-23
a SOCIAL EVENT AT MAcKAY.

The prettiest social event of
the season in Mackay was the
banquet given by the mothers of
the High School graduating class
in honor of the class, at the home
of Mrs. N. H. Clark. The spac-
ious dining room and tables were
tastefully decorated in pale green
and white, the class colors. The
center piece was large vase of
Gala lilies while white carnations
and green foliage were arranged
artistically about the room.
Covers were laid for the Sin
girl graduates and the four lady
teachers, and the girls of the
Eighth Grade graduating class
serving. The favors for the
graduates were pictures of their
teacher and for their teachers, -
group picture of the class.
After partaking of an elegant
luncheon, Miss keenan, as toast
master, proposed toast to THE
First High School Graduating
Glass in Custer County," which
was responded to heartily.
This was followed by the rest
of the guests on the following
subjects
To Our Hostesses- s-The Mothers
Elva Hits.
To Our Daddies-Who Pay the
Bills.
Mabel Lenahan.
The Girls Present. Miss Kinney
The Boys Not Present
Flora Greene.
Mt. McCaleb. Nina McCallun
Our Girlhood .... Grace Furey
| To The West. Ruth Baker
Memories s....... Miss Howarth
| Mackay ...... Miss Bascom
| At 9 o'clock the young gentle
men came in and the parlor was
a lively scene for the remainder
OF the evening, where all Went
home feeling, as one young lady
Expressed it, that she had had
! the time of her life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-23

possible from the fake Weekly
Messenger" the Record express
es its sentiments concerning the
origin of the swindle by brand
ing a batch of these stocks as
fakes. They will henceforth be
carried in the list of 'insipids, "
properly classified. The said
companies are
The Liberty Bell Gold Mining
company.
The Fair Gold Mines company.
The Investors Gold Mines com
pany.
The American Gold Mines
company.
The Victoria Gold Mines com
pany.
There is one phase of this
incident that the Record had not
noticed before namely, the fact
that weekly newspaper known
as the Silver Messenger is pub
lished at Challis, idaho. We
have formerly said that the fake
town of HALLS" which we desir-
ed to have located was not to be
confused with the name Challis,
because the fake newspaper bear
ing the name Weekly Messen-
ger" repeats the name HALLS
so often in it's news and adver-
tising columns that it is impos-
sible to doubt the dishonest in
tention of it's publisher-whoever
and whatever the latter may be.
"But the discovery that the
name of Challis has been imitat-
ed, also the name of the Challis
Silver Messenger, leads to the
further discovery that certain OF
the advertisements in the col
umns of the Halls" paper have
been borrowed from the Challis
publication, the letter Co being
scratched off in every case where
the name of the town is used.
''Thus ends the story of the
fake mining camp in Idaho, the
town of "Hallis," the thriving
metropolis without a postofice.
The sequel will appear when the
postal inspectors of Boston are
heard from"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-23
a GREAT ECONOMIC PROBLEM.

We desire to submit few facts
and thoughts to the people of
Custer county
The nation is face to face with
great economic questions, one of
the greatest of which is the CEN
tralization of capital in CONNER
cial and industrial enterprises.
Otherwise stated, shall the
American nation consist of few
or many individual dealers
You own a ranch of 100 acres.
For this ranch you have worked
hard. You have sacrificed pleas
ures and comforts during a per-
iod of twenty to thirty years.
The ranch is now yours. 1t is
paid for, clear of all encumbrance.
The old mortgage has been lifted.
More than that, you have a
comfortable house and well con-
structed barns and buildings and
good neighbors.
You expected to make it your
home for the remainder of your
| life. Just when you think that
you have everything arranged
comfortably capitalist comes
your way. He enjoys that sec
tion of the country and has his
agents buy up 10000 acres
around you.
Your old neighbors are in
veigled into selling out. They
must move away. The capital
ist who has purchased your
neighbors' ranches wants yours.
You decline to sell and he makes
it unpleasant for you. Your old
neighbors are gone. There is no
longer need of the town where
you have done your trading.
1 We submit the question: Which
is better for you, a community of
ranchers under old conditions OF
the new condition with yourself
and the neighbor (?) of the 10, 700
acre ranch
| Which is better for your old
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-23
{?

CAf5l1OO1C
Which is better for the nation?
One mail-order house in Chi
.cago received in a single day
fifth of the entire business
mail of that city.
When that fact is known and
also that single and individual
catalogue house sell annually
$25, 100000 to $50,0O0,O0O, you
can plainly see that the distribu-
tion of merchandise is centering
rapidly in few hands. How
long at this rate, will it be until
prices on merchandise will be
marked up and down just as oil
is F?
If you patronize mail order
houses you are fostering a mon
opoly by building up the large
catalogue house.
You are feeding monopoly
While you do this, local enter
prises go hungry for patronage.
The country does not not need
more 10000 acre ranches.
1t does need more 60 to 160
acre ranches.
The country does not need 10
monstrous mail-order houses to
do all the business.
1t does need 1oO,0 900 small mer-
chants.
What is the responsibility of
the citizen who helps to develop
a monopoly ?
Is he contributing to the stab
ility and perpetuity of the Re
public
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-23
FouRTs OF July AT oaALLls.

A meeting was held at the
Court House Friday evening 70
make arrangements for a 4th OF
July celebration in Challis, and
the following officers were elect
ed
Chairman Geo. f. Keyes.
Secretary NJ. Sweet.
Treasurer-F. A. Reed.
General Committee. G. Fox,
VIM. Buster, c. p. Huston, Lee
Kerr, J. c Dougherty.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-23
Fak6 EXPOSED !.
"HALLIS MESSENGER" A
FRAUD IN ITSELF AND A
TRADUCER Oh A GOOD
PAPER AND A GOOD RE-
GION BESIDES.

About six months ago this
paper exposed the fake news
paper-the Weekly Messenger,
purported to be published at
Halls, Idaho, "a fraud. We
have received more than a hun
dred letters from innocent per-
sons who have purchased stock
in imaginary mines in Thunder
Mountain. We are pleased to
learn that the fake paper and
mines are being exposed.
The Daily Mining Record of
Denver, Colorado, in a recent
issue, says
A rank mining fake that has
previously been fully exposed,
still keeps itself before the east
ern investigating public in the
form of the Halls Weekly Mes
senger," paper printed prob
ably at Boston but purporting to
be published at the town of
"Hallis," Idaho. There is a
Challis, and there is there pub
lished the 'Silver Messenger.
The Halls" paper, a deliberate
imitation of the Silver Messeng-
er, it is needless to state, does
not exist in Custer county, nor in
any other portion of Idaho. Once
in a while, however, a copy of it
falls into the hands of some Ida
no citizen, and then there is an
exposure. Apparently these ex-
posures have failed to expose, so
far as the postal authorities are
concerned.
"The unearthing of the fake
mining camp of Halls" in Ida
ho-a service performed for the
mining intrests of that state by
the Record two weeks ago-has
attracted a great deal of atten-
tion in the northwest. The
Spokane Chronicle, for example,
announces that it has searched
that town for facts concerning
"Hallis," but it has been unable
to locate it. The editor of the
Thunder Mountain News has ad
vised US that there is no such
town in Idaho, and he ought tC
know, because the Halls Week
| ly Messenger"-the most inter.
esting fake ne wspaper we have
seen-pretends that the imagin
airy town of HALLS" belongs tt
that region.
''The Record took a little sec
ret delight two weeks ago il
throwing just the shadow of ;
doubt over the existence of sucl
a town as HALLS" because i
wanted some of its contempt
raries to go on a still hunt fo,
the town. The fact that the.
have done so and learned tha'
the name HALLS" was invented
by Boston mining stock swind
| Ter makes the facts in this as
founding case all the more i'm
pressive for them. The publish
er of a legitimate mining CAM
newspaper is not apt to regar'
as joke the invention of a CAM
name to be used as the cover TO
a fake mining stock dodger.
"The Record asked the Inter
Trust Security company of Bos
ton to tell what it knew abou
the fake camp of Halls" ant
the so-called Weekly Messeng
er, the only paper on the Sal
mon River" which has beel
represented as the Democrats
forgan of the fake town. Thu
far that outfit has not replied
Inasmuch as the stocks tioate'
by the Inter. Trust Security com
pany and its officers appear t
have derived the only benefi
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-05-23
Local News.

'OiACo IepdrUeQ for
Malad last Thursday on a visit.
Judge Finnell has been confr.
ed to his house on account Of
sickness for the past few days.
Born-To the wife of Richard
Bennetts in this valley, FRIDAY
afternoon, May 10Th, a bouncing
baby boy.
Capt. Lusk and others of Boise
were in Challis last week on.
route to Wilson creek where tbev
have valuable mining interests.
Grant Mccoy of Bayhorse had
his trial in Challis on the 18th
inst. before Judge Horizons JUS
tice court for assault upon Mar.
shall Crawford. Mccoy was
fined 81 and costs, the costs be.
ing about S25, which he paid.
We desire to express through
the columns of the MESSENGER
our gratitude to the good people
of Challis, who were so kind in
extending their help and sym
pathy during the recent sickness
and death of Mr.. Olson Mrs.
NELs OLSON.
The Denver Mining Record OF
April 29th gives the HALLS
Messenger" a write-up that is
warm enough to last it about "a
years. 1t seems from the two
column roast which the Record
gives it, that the MESSENGER
made some changes in its ap.
pearance to disguise itself, and
came out in a special edition in.
tended for advertising certain
mining schemes. Copies were
sent to those whom they we're
intended for; out they were not
intended for anybody not famil-
lar with local conditions. The
Reliable" Mackay Job Press.
What is the matter with the
job press ? He is either insane
or natural born fool. On this
page we publish in full the arti,
Gle he refers to. Any person
with the sense of a fool-hen can
see the Record does not intimate
that we are connected with the
fake paper-the Weekly Mes
senger" nor do we live at a town
named HALLS. THE SILvEF
MESSENGER was the frst-last
November-to expose the fake
paper and mines in a two-columr
article, and we have the posta
authorities on their trail. Ie'
the Mackay nonenity says We
printed the fake paper. Now
lisn't that reasonable logic, thai
we printed the fraud paper ant
then exposed it in order to Of
arrested by the postal regula
tions for using the mails for th'
purpose of defranding the pub
lie ? Gosh, that Mackay Swed'
has long head on him W.
have a copy of the Weekly
Messenger, published by G. Il
Treat, HALLS, Idaho" sent us By |:
a Philadelphia gentleman IL i
endeayoring to duplicate a
near as they could the locals AM ,
1 advertisements of this paper, al
though it contains two leauin'
articles booming their fake MIN
es. which this paper-THE SiL
YER MEssENGER-neve contain
ed. AT the same time this Out
ft of swindlers, who we nav
been exposing, appear 10 ,, n",
headquarters at Boston, en0evr w
ored to fake a Boise paper
sent the fake Boise sheet to IN
Statesman six months ago ana
was exposed. If the Ma'N@' :
job press was of any ! n0Se oSao,,a,
ever heard of outside OF M"on,, s,sc
they might fake that paper 81 siot -
Vet in the face of all these lao' O,'n.
which are on file, the MaGsa, mo
paper publishes in the above owe fall t'I[
: libelous statement that the Ian
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