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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

being at the west end. forty miles
away. On the south, rise the sheer
precipices and snowy peaks of the
Alps, beyond which is Italy. Through
a gorge the railroad comes down from
the mountains back of Chillon, after
its ascent from the south.
Along the lake end are various de-
lightful summer resorts, which derive
much business from their proximity to
Chillon.
Beyond the castle is "'hotel Byron"
which did not exist in Byrons day.
The inn at which the poet wrote his
famous lines on Chillon is a dozen
miles away, and has been modernized
and spoiled as a souvenir of the poet
Chillon is very ancient castle. It's
origin is obscure, but as early as 1888
it was mentioned as a stronghold of
the dukes of Savoy. Its architecture
remains at it was in the thirteenth
century. Judicious restoration is
going on in it's various rooms under
government direction. and it is being
fitted as a national museum. Some
of it's ancient devices for torture are
still preserved, and show the sinister
spirit of the times in which it was used
as state prison.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

That New York dentist who has
been charging his patient at the rate
OF $3.50 day when she didn't keep
her appointment with him deserves to
have the jumping toothache.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Mark Twain says every man should
be "a good citizen for all he is worth"
There are indications that in many
parts of the country the advice is be-
ing needed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

New Jersey court holds that a
man is not responsible for beer bills
incurred by his wife, as beer is not
necessary of life certain smart
set near New Jersey would like to
know whether the same rule applies
to cocktails and highballs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

In Philadelphia the other day one
man tried to kill another after they
had quarreled over goat Even in
the case Of the goat. comedy and trag-
edy may be separated by but a whis-
ker.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

There they go again. those dress
makers, teaching our angels how to
make the men believe they are mod
eled after Venus. Is there no law
agin Il?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Reports from Biarritz indicate that
the Countess de Castellane will agree
TO a separation from Boni on easy
terms. ANY terms that will render it
unnecessary for him to worry over
finances will be regarded as easy by
the count.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

In the Harlem district of New York
the other night, woman, by simply
starting to play on her piano fright
ened away two burglars. No home
should be without one.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

1t is charged that at the recent city
election I'm Pittsburg 1000 Illegal votes
were cast. The conversion of city
is exceedingly difficult.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Or. Wiley says bottled whisky is
the only safe kind" Shucks 1t isn't
safe for two minutes when the woods
are full of corkscrew toters.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Castro, who says he will "break up
the Monroe doctrine and clear out the
foreigners" should be warned by some
friends to stop mixing his drinks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Old Geronimo has been dethroned.
Poor Geronimo. His bad luck has
come in punches. He took his eighth
wife only few weeks ago.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

The boys may be forced to write
"trauf. ''ruf, tuf," and ''tung," at
school, but they will not use that kind
of spelling when they are old enough
TO write love letters.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Who would ever guess now that the
one-time motto of John l.. Sullivan
was: MY right there is none to dis
pute"?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

The price of window glass is to De
raised again. Well. that won't give us
a pane.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

In planning that forty-story sky
scraper to be erected in New York
has the archbishop made any provis-
ion for an airship station on the roof?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

And now a scientist declares music
enlarges the brain. OF course 1t does
If 1t didn't what would the musicians
do with their hair?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Woman, says Fulda, the German
playwright, is first in modern art. Also
in the hearts of her countrymen.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Admiral Dewey has never told any
body whether he thinks 1t is a compli-
ment to have that dry dock named af-
ter him or not.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

lists visit to the castle. At the time
he thought the story myth, and he
did not even know the name of the
prisoner whose sufferings he made
the subject of his glorious verse.
After the publication of the poem the
author learned of the name and char
acter of Downward, and added a pre-
liminary sonnet to the poem, in which
Bonnivard's name is used.
Both sonnet and poem are too we'll
known to need extended quotation
here, except so far as the lines relate
to the castle In the sonnet the con-
Guiding lines are:
Chilloni Thy prison is a holy place,
And thy sad floor an altar, for twas
trod
Until his very steps have left a trace,
Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a
sod,
By Bonnivard!-May none those marks
efface!
For they appeal from tyranny to God
The marks on the stone floor of the
cell supposed to have been occupied
by Downward, a depression worn by
his feet, are still carefully preserved
and religiously shown.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

All CoIonists Welcomed.
The land, of course, so far as its
legal aspect is concerned, is held abb
solutely by the trustees, but any one
who is willing to work on it and live
in harmony with the colonists is well
come to settle on an acre and cult
vate it. He may do so free of all
charge, but he must not attempt to
acquire any title to it, and as soon as
he ceases to cultivate it with his own
hands all his interest in it ceases
There are at present about a dozen
families in the colony and there are
a couple of acre plots vacant, but it
Is expected that they will soon be
taken up. They were rendered vacant
by the efforts of the persons who had
taken them up to secure absolute
ownership in them.
Apart from their peculiar views as
to ownership in land and the immo-
rality of living by the labor of others.
the colonists are perfectly normal
people. Living, as they do, an open
air life, they have adopted some re-
forms in dress, but these are not the
result of any fixed belief; rather they
are the result of an effort to find the
clothing most suitable to the condi-
lions under which they live
The women as rule wear an outer
garment of the flowing Grecian type,
and the men knickerbockers and soft
cotton or wool shirts, open at the
neck. In the height of summer they
sometimes dispense with the shirt
while working in the fields
Both men and women go barefooted,
partly from preference and partly be-
cause shoes are an expensive luxury
to persons living from the product of
an acre of rather unproductive soil.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Vegetarians are responsible for the
high price Of shoes. according to
shoe man. But how can that be,
when the high price OF meat is re-
sponsible for the increase OF vegetar-
ians?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

The Paris newspapers haven't print
ed line about Count Bonis trouble.
A little thing like that isn't novelty
over there.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

1t has been discovered that George
Gissing, the celebrated English novel
list who died not long ago. once
worked in America as gas filter. Ev-
identity he didn't go into literature
merely to make money.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

1t is said that in the Russian douma.
II 1t ever meets. eight languages will
he spoken, many of the delegates
knowing but one of the eight. The
troubles of Russia have just begun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

What are the men thinking about
that they do not come to the front
with an Injunction against dressmak-
ers' conventions?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

A man is called soldier of fortune
because he generally averages about
s13 month at his trade.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Spring shoes are moving, according
to the market reports. That's the
way they get worn out.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

When last heard from Castro was
threatening to knock the bottom out
of the universe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

on. In three years it has risen from
s25 to $3.50 speck.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

For the same reason most of the colo
nists are practically vegetarians, and
practically all the cultivation is done
by hand
The only animal in the colony is
COW, which gives milk for the chill.
dren, who, by the way, are as healthy
and happy specimens of English
childhood as can be found in the king
dom. Most of the children who are
old enough contribute to the family
support by caring for fowls.
Known as "Queer People,"
The Queer People is the name by
which the colonists are known to the
inhabitants of the surrounding viii
lagos, but there is nothing invidious
in this title. Ask any one of the vii
layers about them and he will tell YOU
that the Queer People are good peo.
pie, and it is not at all unlikely that
he will tell you how some of the
Queer People came into his cottage
when his wife or child was i'll and
gave the advantage of skilled care
out OF pure neighborliness. and how
the men have often given them valu-
able advice about the variation of
their crops and the best markets for
them
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Cheer upl All the French briar root
comes from Scotland, even IL the
Scotch whisky doesn't
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22
OLD 4Hoss" PAST USEFULNESS.
Dire Necessity for Some Other Sort
of Ball Bond

of Ball Bond.
Senator Pattison, a well-known
Vermonter some years ago, was seat
ed in the country court room. He
had been called upon by one of his
constituents to go bail for him, and,
as he had often done before, gave as
security on the bond an old "hoss"
which he drove.
1t was a sultry summer day, and
the judge was listlessly gazing out
OF the window as the case dragged
on. Suddenly he turned to the de-
PENDANT, and, in a sharp, exultant
tone, said:
That's enough for to-day, and your
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

with tools of all kinds has stood the,
colony in good stEad. Most of the.
cottages are monuments to his skill
as an architect and builder, and very
comfortable cottages they are, too.
One of the women, a widow, with
two children, is trained nurse, who
often gives her services to the viii
layers round about; another was
school teacher and a third a music
teacher. With the exception of two
or three, all the colonists are of Eng
fish birth and breeding.
Have Their Own Amusements.
1t must not be imagined that the
life at Whiteway is a mere r0unvf of
sordid toll in the fields. The colony
possesses some excellent mHsicians
and a couple of first class elocutdon-
lists, and there are almost nightly
concerts and readings in one or other
of the cottages.
Then, in the seasons when work in
the fields is slack, there are expedi-
points of interest in the neighbor-
hood. That part of Worcestershire is
rich in historic and antiquarian in
terest.
A mile from Whiteway is the vii
lage of Miserden, which was Ro-
man stronghold in it's day, and in a
field outside the village are great
mounds, which the villagers declare
are the graves of the Roman soldiers.
A mile or two away is a perfectly
preserved Roman military road. and
on foggy nights the country people de-
clare that ghostly legions may be seen
marching along it, fighting over again
their battles with the ancient Brit
ons.
Gloucester has a fine cathedral, and
that at Cirencester, while smaller, is.
said by experts to be one Of the most
beautiful in England.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

The Court Adjourned Suddenly.
case, Jed Ashby is continued until
next Friday, and Senator Pattison
amt goin' yer bail, neither, cause his
DANCED old boss jest dropped dead
out thar in the square"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

And we were three-yet, each alone,
The situation of the castle is thus
described:
A thousand feet in depth below
Lake Leman lies by Chillon's walls:
Its MASSEY waters meet and flow;
Thus much the fathom-i;ne was sent
From Gibbons snow white battlement.
This is the broadest poetic license,
for the water beside the castle is shall
low, and only at some distance from
the shore Is depth of 500 feet at
tanned. The greatest depth in any
part c. the lake is hut 1.017 feet.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22
Identity of the Prisoner.

loentlty OF the Prisoner
1t was one of the line of fighting
dukes of Savoy who was imprisoned
here in 1880, the prior of a religious
order at Geneva called Francois de
Downward, who, by his political ac-
tivity and by bearing arms against
Savoy, then a powerful dukedom, had
made himself Objectionable to the rul-
ers thereof. Downward remained in
the castle of Chillon until 1886, when
the place was taken by an army of
Swiss patriots, who liberated him and
the other prisoners.
Some of the best lines in Byron's
poem describe the prisoners sensa-
lions on being liberated as follows:
My very chains and I grew friends,
SO much long communion tends
10 make us what we are:-even 1
Regain'd my freedom with a sigh.
History shows that Downward re-
gained his freedom with strong de-
sire for action He repaired at once
to Geneva, where he espoused the
Protestant faith, married within a few
years four times, founded a library,
which exists to this day, and wrote
history of Geneva.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Up on the highest point of the
Cotswold hills in Worcestershire is
little colony of practical followers of
Count Tolstoi, people who believe that
1t is wrong TO live in any way by the
labor of others. Unable to carry their
faith into practise in the outside
world, they have settled in this re-
mote corner of England to extract
their living from an inhospitable soil
by the labor of their own hands.
One must not suppose, however
that this is a colony of wild eyed
anarchists or dangerous enemies of
government. 1t is true that they OBJ
jected at first to paying taxes to
government which they declared gave
them nothing in return, and one or
two men actually carried their pas
.sive resistance to the extent of going
to Jail for their principles, but even
the country people round about to-
day are forced to admit that they are
good neighbors, pay their debts and
bother no one-this in spite of the
active opposition of squire and par
son, who regard them as dangerous
enemies of church and state.
The little colony, which is known
as Whiteway, is situated about the
center of a triangle the angles of
which are formed. by the towns of
Gloucester Cirencester and Stroud
1t is approached by mountainous
roads and lies about seven miles from
Stroud, which is the nearest railway
station.
The land owned by the colony
stretches along the side of hill and
comprises about sixteen acres. The
tract was left to set of trustees
headed by Aylmer Maude, the well
known English disciple of Tolstoi, by
a farmer of the neighborhood who had
become a convert to the theories of
the Russian philosopher,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22
Poem Not rrue 70 Facts.

Poem Not True to Facts.
In the poem the prisoner is rep
resented as having two of his seven
brothers to share his fate, and seeing
them die in chains. AS a matter of
fact he was alone, and had consider
able freedom of action after the first
half of his Imprisonment. The verses
run;
There are seven pillars of Gothic mold,
In Gibbons dungeons deep and cold;
There are seven columns, MASSEY and
gray,
Dim with a dull imprisoned ray.
And in each pillar there is a ring,
And in each ring there is chain;
They chain'd us each to column stone.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-22

Chillon stands at the last end of the
lake of Leman, the city of Geneva
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-07

is again turned into the channel of
the river and there is about the same
amount as generally flows there at
this season Of the year.
There is sufficient water for all
power purposes, and there is an ex-
tensive overflow at the reservoir
above the power house.
The demand for electric power and
service is constantly increasing. The
company has leased the Walla Walla-
Milton electric railway, work on
which is just commencing. The road
will require considerable amount of
power transmission. All motive pow
er and that for the light system of the
Washington state penltentiary at
Walla Walla is now furnished by the
Northwestern Gas & Electric COM
pany.
The plant has been established but
one year and Ia half, and supply
ing power for the Walla Walla, Athena
Weston and Pendleton, the business
the company has built up in this short
time is enormous.
Should the increase i'll business con
tinue IN proportion to what it has in
the last year, an increase in capacity
must necessarily be made.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-07
PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, there has been submitted
to the electors of the State at the last
general election as required by law an
initiative petition for proposed amend
ment to Section l of article XII of the
Constitution of the State of Oregon,
to allow the state printing, binding
and printer s compensation to be reg
ulated by law at any time, and
Whereas, on the 25th day of June,
1906, the Secretary of State in my
presence as Governor Of the State of
Oregon did canvass the voters given
for and against said proposed amend
ment, and
Whereas, it was ascertained and
determined upon such canvass that
there were 63, 749 votes cast for said
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton, and 0.571 votes cast against the
same, and that said proposed amend
ment received an affirmative majority
of the total number of effective votes
cast thereon and entitled to be counted
under the provision of law,
Now, Therefore, l, George Il. Cham
berlain, as Governor of the State of
Oregon, in obedience to and by virtue
of the power and authority vested in
me by law, do hereby make and issue
this proclamation to the people of the
State of Oregon and do announce and
declare that the whole number of
votes cast in the State of Oregon at
said election for and against said pro-
posed amendment was as hereinbefore
stated, and that said proposed amend
ment received an affirmative MAORI
ty of the total number of votes cast
thereon and entitled to be counted un-
der provisions of law, and that said
amendment herein before mentioned
shall and is in full force and effect as
part of the Constitution of the State
of Oregon from the date of this proc
lamation.
Done at the Capitol this 25th day of
June, A. d. 1906.
Geo. E. amberlain,
Governor of Oregon.
BY the Governor:
+. /. Dunbar,
Secretary of State.
(Seal)
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-07
FREEWATER PINES FOR LIQUOR
By Special Election, Local Option to
Be Reopened

Notices have been posted in Free
water calling special election to
vote upon the question of establishing
a saloon there. The move is some
what Of surprise to those who be-
lieve that under the local option law
the question had been settled, as ut
the last two elections the people OF
the precinct have voted "dry. 1t
appears, however, that the saloonists
are not willing that the majority
should rule, and will make fight on
techneoality in hopes of finding a
loophole whereby their business
may be Piled.
At the last election law was pass
cd by the initiative which gives mu-
inequalities the right to amend their
charters so that the city authorities
will have control of the liquor traffic
within the city limits, provided such
amendment does not conflict with any
state law. OF course the proposed
amendment is in direct violation of
the state local option law, but the
friends OF the movement believe that
they have discovered means of get
ting around it. The point upon which
they base their hopes has, however,
never been passed upon by the supreme
court aud it is not known just how
that body would decide on the mat
ter.
Furthermore it is couteuded by
those who are opposed to the PROPOSE
ton that Freewater has no charter
to amend FreewateI's incorporation
was merely temporary government
granted by the county court aud to have
been ratified later by the legislature,
but the question never came up in
that body, aud it is considered that as
consequence Freewater is not legal
corporation.
There will doubtless be hot fight
over the matter and those Interested
will probably know more about the
law when it is over than they do now.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-07
COMING NGCONVENT|ON
Chairman Of Executive Com
mittee Talks of It.
At BOISE SEPTEMBER 3 TO 8
Suggests That Umatilla County Send
Characteristic Souvenirs, and
a Large Delegation.

The National Irrigation Congress
which convenes at Boise City Septem-
Der 5 to s, is interesting all districts
of the Northwest. Athena will be
represented by Will M. Peterson, who
some days ago received his appoint
ment from Governor Chamberlain.
''The people of Pendletoh and UNA
tilla county cannot afford to miss the
national irrigation congress which is to
be held in Boise in September" said
Monte B. Gwinn, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, to the East Ore
goIoln.
Not only will prominent public men
aud irrigators be present from over
the United States. according to MIR.
Gwinn, but in addition, praty OF 10
Washington newspaper correspon-
dents. representatives of all the large
dailies in the country, will come in a
special car. II was possible to secure
the presence of these men through the
fact that congress is now adjourned
and consequently they may leave
Washington for short time. BY
reason Of their work it is believed that
the visit of the journalists will result
in much good to the state of Idaho
and Boise.
On the first day of the convention
Vice President Fairbanks will be
the guest of honor, and during the
congress, senators congressman and
governors from all of the west and
middle west states will be present.
In order to properly entertain the
visitors during the convention, Mr..
Gwinn Gays that the people of Boise
are preparing reception that should
warm the hearts of those who come.
Everything possible will be done for
he pleasure and comfort of the dele
gates, and incidentally the state of
Idaho will be advertised to the limit.
"Just as suggestion said Mr..
Gwinn, II believe it would be good
thing to have some SOUVENIRS for dis
tribution that would be typical OF
this county For instance, some of
the Moorhouse pictures might be used
with printing ON the cards calling
the attention of some of the possibili-
ties of irrigation in this county, and
especially of the east Umatilla pro-
ject.