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The newspaper., 1906-11-23
BEATS THE FIFTEEN PUZZLE.

In a late issue the Pueblo Chief
tain comments editorially as toll
lows:
President Roosevelt will have
in the next two years the backing
of a large majority in both houses
of congress. The people OF the
states have passed upon his record
and have approved it. He Will De
tree to go forward with the
policies that he has already en-
tered upon, and to inaugurate such
new ones as may seem to him to
be required by new circumstances.
Under these conditions the Ke-
publicans have very good reasons
to be satisfied with the results OF
the election, in spite of the dehec-
ton of Missouri, the Democratic
gain of few congressional dis
tricts, the election of Democratic
in some Republican
states and the narrowness OF the
margin by which Mr.. Hearst was
uGIGd leu III NCW oiN'
Interested readers would like to
hear the Chieftain explain how
many republicans in congress 1t
would take to make the Preslden
tial measures safe. when in the last
it was necessary to place his pet
bill in the hands of his worst
enemy on the democratic side in
order to save its life. If the signs
read anything the President has
been knitted in the house of his
friends. We see Simon Guggen-
helm hustling to pass a trust re-
gulation bill, better railroad rate
bill, bill prohibiting the use OF
corporate funds in an election,
etc. 1t takes an optimist like l.
n. Stevens to see the silver lining
in this cloud.
The newspaper., 1906-11-23

THE Miners Magazine, official
organ of the Western Federation
of Miners, published at Denver, in
commenting editorially on the
results of the recent election in
Colorado, says of T. M. Patterson.
."And Senator Patterson's sun is
going to rise no more"
Think so7 Well. keep watch of
Senator Patterson and you will
observe his sun rising again. The
insufferable folly of imagining that
a man with two great papers and
as many ideas as Patterson can be
squelche d by combination of So
cialists, thieves and denizens OF
the red light district of Denver,
the whole foul aggregation herded
by Bill Evans and Bob Speer.
The newspaper., 1906-11-23

The Denver Republican prints
an editorial in which they deplore
the tendency of the republican
party toward Roosevelt for a
third term. 1t is natural for the
Republican to oppose him. They
did their best to send him a sen
ator from this state who woul d
oppose him. For our own part
we hope to see Bryan our next
President, but we hope the repub-
licans will name Roosevelt II
they do it will be peoples vic
tory which ever way it goes.
The newspaper., 1906-11-23

AN interesting feature of the
late comparisons of figures on the
election is that Buchtel ran far
behind Peabody of two years ago.
This is all the more strange when
it was believed that it was demo-
Gratis who made up the stay at
home vote. The fact is that the
slump was about equal and Adams
defeat is attributable directly to
the socialist and Lindsey vote.
The Chieftain, of Pueblo, prints
some very interesting tables on
this matter in its issue of the Goth.
If they were not so exhaustive we
should try to reproduce.
The newspaper., 1906-11-23

TWENTY-FIVE men and the same
number of women, of Denvers S
Capitol hill district. calling them
selves a Purity League, started
for Market street to annihilate sin
from the face of the earth. The
next night a Capitol Hill man
took shot at fellow in his
wife's room, and now he Purity
League is in doubt as to what
part of the city needs their atten-
ton most.-F. J. Hulaniski.
The newspaper., 1906-11-23
RATE BILL AN EXPERIMENT.

Undoubtedly one of the mos:
important pieces of legislation
ever placed upon the statute books
OF the United States, is the new
railway rate regulation bill. 1t is
important for what it directly
commands, and it is even more
important for the things that it
implies and for the questions
that are involved in the success
or failure of its attempt to place
the great transportation COM
panies of the country under the
control of the federal govern
ment
AS has been pointed out in
these columns. the railway rate
bill is largely experimental. The
measure is complex one, in
volving many various features
which are in general way quite
outside the limits of previous
federal laws. Ii was not to be
presumed that such measure
could be framed perfectly in the
beginning, and in fact it will not
be certain until the courts have
given their final decision, whether
it is within the power of congress
to frame a satisfactory and sue
cessful railway rate regulation bill.
At the present time the attor-
neys of the railway corporations
on the one side and the attorneys
of the federal government on the
other are engaged in scrutinizing
the provisions of this bill for the
purpose of determining its weak
points, the one with view to
attack, the other with a view to
defence. Already it is apparent
that in spite of the lengthy con-
sideration and extreme care with
which the bill was prepared, it
contains some obvious and pos
sible fatal defects. Some very
eminent attorneys are of the
opinion that the railway comPan-
les will have little difficulty in
having the bill declared uncon-
stitutional, and some OF the rail
way lawyers have advised their
clients that they may safely ignore
some of the commands of the
new law.
However. it is not the question
of whether the new rate law will
stand the test of the courts that
is worrying the railway men the
most. The dilemma that i'm
The newspaper., 1906-11-23

EVERY once in a while some
cheerful individual remarks to us:
"Well, now that the paper is out
l suppose you can take 1t easy for
three or four days" Yes, how
delightful it is that the country
editor has practically nothing to
do between press days. Business
runs along automatically. When
paper bills come due money drops
off the trees with which to pay
them. Subscribers vie with each
other to see who can pay the
farthest in advance. Advertisers
beg for additional space. And
the day the news hunts up the
editor is also pleasantto contem-
plate. There is something really
strange about the way news items
act. When the paper is out the
editor simply goes to his desk and
leans back in his easy chair and
looks wise and waits for next
weeks press day. The day before
press day the people line up in
the front office door and then they
file past his desk and tell him all
the news of the week. He writes
it up in fifteen or twenty minutes
and hangs it on the copy book.
The compositors remove the copy,
shake it over the type cases, say a
few mystic words,the type flies
into place, and after few passes
bv the foreman the forms are
ready for the press again. And
the editor goes down and deposits
some more money in the bank. 1t
is the greatest snap in the cata
loeue. Now if the editor could
only do away with press day, his
ioy would be complete.-Ex.
The newspaper., 1906-11-23


HETTIE GREEN says the time is
coming when the people will rise
up against the oppression of the
trusts and revolution will redden
the streets of the country with
blood. Hettie's giZzard is cracked.
When that sort of time arrives
the people will be shot down like
dogs, same as they are in Russia.
and they will take their medicine
and say they like it, which they
are already doing. The dear
common people have as little
political bravery as scared
rabbit. Sherman Bell and
handful of Peabody militiamen
took whole train loads of them
by the back Of the neck and
kicked them clear out OF the state.
and most of them crawled back
on their hands and knees and
voted the republican ticket. or
else ticket which would elect
the republicans.-F. ]. Hulaniski.
The newspaper., 1906-11-23

ARIZONA seems to have paid
most respectful inattention to
President Roosevelts appeal for
Joint statehood.-Durango Demo-
crat.
The newspaper., 1906-11-23

Entered at the postoffice in Paonia for
through the mails as second-
class matter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

Board and Lodging at reasonable
rates. The tables are always
supplied with the best the
market affords. Good aeon
modations for travelling men
and the public.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

Colonel Miller, about the mid
die of June next, try and borrow
clean shirt from some of your
freebooter brethren, ask Cover
nor Gooding to get your boots
half-souled; then hoof it across
the Sawtooth into Stanley basin.
| win promise you a square meal
upon your arrival. If you don't
like Fenn's venison, you can
feast on Governor Gooding's
lambs. l just want to show you
some of the effects of forest fires
caused by sheepherders.
While have my hand in, l
want to say a few words about
stock grazing on the public do
main. / read in the Capital
News that stockmen are anxious
to protect the stock ranges.
This is mistake. If stock
man cen make a monopoly of the
range then be might try and
protect the range; but as a rule
stockmen try to get all the stock
on the range they can. The
stockmen's theory is that if
there is money in 100 head of
cattle or horses or 1000 head OF
sheep, there is more money in
greater numbers. Generally the
stockmen have no object in pro-
tecting the range from being
overstocked. The main object
appears to be TO make all the
money they can while the op-
portunity lasts. Give the stock
men, the lumber vandais," and
the freebooters their way, and it
will not be very long until there
Is no timber or grass.
Tom JOHNSON.
Bayhorse, Ida., Mar. 8, 1906.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
F2ANKLIN'S ADVICE.

Time is money.
Make haste slowly.
Forewarned, forearmed.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
There are no gains without
pains.
He has paid dear for his whis.
tie.
Eat to live and not live to eat.
A good example is the best
sermon.
Three removes are as bad as a
fire.
One today is worth two to-
morrows.
Constant dropping wears away
stones.
Married in haste, repent at
leisure.
He that goes aborrowing goes
aSOffOWlnS-
Fools make feasts and wise
men eat them.
God heals, and the doctor takes
the fees.
Keep thy shop and thy shop
will keep thee.
There never was a good wal
or a bad peace.
1t is hard for an empty bag tc
stand upright.
Dost thou love life Then dc
not squander time.
In this world nothing is Ger
tain but death and taxes.
Never leave that for tomorrow
which you ca l do today.
If you'd have your busines.
done, go If not, send J
Beware of little expenses; ;
small leak will sink a great ship
Experience keeps a dear schoo
but fools will learn in no other.
Idleness and pride tax with ;
heavier hand than kings ant
parliments.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

Sid ]. Roberts was over from
May last week.
VIM. Branca of Clayton is
dangerously i'll in Challis.
No mail Saturday night on ac-
count of a snow blockade on the
railroad.
Mrs. Hoelzle and daughter,
Mrs. Lane, arrived in Challis
Thursday from Salt Lake.
E. K. Abbott of the Salmcn
Herald has come out in his own
paper and nominated himself for
Congress in Idaho on the Repub-
lican ticket. What load that
party would have to tote VIII
wonders ever cease Z? Some one
has been guying Abbott and he
has taken the joke seriously.
Ten inches of new snow fell in
Challis on the 18th inst; 2 feet
fell at Mackay; 3 feet at Dickey
3 feet at Custer and 10 inches at
Salmon City. This was tie
heaviest storm of the season,
and appears to have been quite
general over the country. 1t
has been followed by extremity
cold weather since, and these
conditions with scarcity of hay
will mean a heavy loss of stock.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To NICK. DORSEY, your heirs or
assigns
You are hereby notified that I.
Lost Packer Mining Co.. your
co-owner in the Lode Stone
Fraction quartz mining claim,
situate in Loon Greek Mining
District, Custer county. Idaho,
have expended one hundred dol
lars (SlG0.00) in labor and i'm
provements on the above men
toned lode mining claim for the
year ending Decem Der 31st, 1905.
The above sum being the an
nual assessment for the year
1905. You are hereby notified
to contribute your share of The
above amount which is thirty
three dollars and thirty-three
cents 1888. 33). besides the costof
this advertisement which is fif
teen dollars (S15. 0O).
Unless you, your heirs or as
signs pay the above amount
within ninety days after the full
publication of this notice, you
will forfeit all your right to the
above named claim, and it will
become the property of the sub
scriber according 10 Section 1924
! of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and the Amend
ments thereto.
LOST PACKER MINING Co.,
BY John p. Boyle. Agent.
Ivers, Idaho.
Ivers, Custer County, Idaho.
February 10TH, 1906.
First pub. Feb. 9th. 1906.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Desert Land, Final Proof.)
United States Land Office, J
Haley, Idaho. March
9th 1905

Notice is hereby given that
John r. Wells. of May, Lemhi
county, Idaho. has filed notice of
intention to make proof on his
desert land claim No. 9S7, for
the Lot 1. NE4 NW4 of Sec. Is,
TIP. 13 N. r. % E.. B. NJ, be-
fore l.. II. Johnston, U. S. Com
missioner, at his Office in Chal-
lis, Custer county. Idaho, on
Saturday, the 2Sth day of April,
1906.
He names the following wit
nesses TO prove the complete ir-
rigation and reclamation of said
land
Louis A. Wells. of May, Lemhi
county, Idaho.
George Wiggins. of May Lem
hi county. Idaho.
Chris Cocanoughrr, of Nav,
Lemhi county. Idaho.
William K. Flenniken, of Chal-
lis, Custer county. Idaho.
N. j. SHARP, Register.
First pub. Mar. 10Th, 1906.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

Good Sample Rooms for
Commercial Men. X x
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
Bsre and Cbere.

Fresh onion sets at Busters.
Garden and grass seeds of all
kinds at Ruster's.
Henry Nichols and VIM. Hal
laran came over from Pahsama-
roi last week on business.
There is wood famine in
Challis. 1t is almost impossible
to get dry wood for love or
money.
Hazel Brown who has just re-
covered from an attack of chick
en-pox was taken down with
scarlet fever last Saturday.
District Court will not convene
in Challis until tomorrow morn :
ing. Two days ought to clear
off all the business there is on
the docket.
Born-In Challis, Idaho, on
Thursday, March 18th, 1906, at
- o'clock noon, to the wife of
e. G. Chamberlain, a son. Tie
youngster arrived on Mrs.
Chamb erlain's birthday.
How is this for gentle Spring?
On Friday morning, the 18Th,
he thermometer registered 26
degrees below zero in Challis,
and on st. Patrick's mornine,
the 18th, it was 28 degrees be-
low zero.
Several scholars here last week
took the 6th grade examination
before the County Superintend-
ent. The scholars claim that
tAe examination was very diff
cult. especially in arithmetic. It
is thought but one scholar will
receive high enough per cent.
to pass to the 9th grade.
We acknowledge receipt of a
copy of a book entitled Idaho
Mining Rights, published and
for sale by Orville e. Jackson,
of Boise, Idaho, for $1.00 per
copy. 1t is a legal guide for
miners, prospectors and loca-
tors, and is worth ten ii es its
price to any person interested in
mining.
We are under obligations to
Mr.. @. V. Hansen for an annual
pass over the Mackay & Central
Idaho Stage Lines for 1906. This
company operate first-class stage
lines from Mackay to Challis
daily Except Sundays; from
Challis to Custer daily Except
Tuesdays) Challis to May three
times a week, and from May to
Salmon three times week.
Sometimes it is a standing Joke
that certain girls will not tell
their ages. If ycu would dis
cover their little secret apply the
following formula, allowing the
girl whose age you wish to dis
cover to do the figuring. Tell
her you do not wish to do the
figuring. Tell her you do not
wish to look upon the paper, and
after she has done as you re
quest her she may destroy the
figures without your looking at
them; but you will wager to tell
her age, also the month in which
she was born. Tell her to put
down in figures the number of
the month in which she was
born; multiply it by ,, then add
5 and multiply the amount by
so; then add her own age, then
subtract 1865, then add lis; then
ask her to give you the amount
she has left. This she will un-
Willingly do, and you viii tell
her that the last two figures to
the right represent her age and
the others the numoer of the
month in which she was born.
For example, if amount is 719
she is 19 years old and was born
in July, the seventh month. If
this formula is carried out ac-
4
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
Board d&LOdging
CHALLIs, IDAHO.

Mrs. j. p. Spalding has open
ed a board and lodging house at
her residence in the northeast
part of town, near the Fox hotel.
First-class board and lodging at
reasonable rates,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
TREASURER'S NOTICE.

The following warrants against
Custer county will be paid with
interest to date, if presented
within 90 days from date of this
notice
SCHOOL DIST. NO. Z.
Nos. 121 and 122 Issue of Jan.
18th, 1906.
No. 13S Issue of Feb. 7th, 1906.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

Messrs. Watson and Pratt who
are representing SanFrancisco
correspondence school, we're in
Challis last week.
Mrs. Mead, mother of Olee
and Frank Mead, and who is
well known in this portion of
Custer county, died at ripe old
age at Grand Junction, Colo, on
Saturday, March 10Th, 1906. She
was a very exemplary lady, and
all who knew her honored and
r respected her. and her death will
be very much regretted by her
many friends here.
Frank Clemens, or better
know as French Pete" a Gus
ter county prisoner who has been
confined in the Bingham county
Jail at Blackfoot since last fall
on charge of horse stealing, last
week went before the District
Court of Bingham county and
plead guilty, whereupon Judge
Stevens sentenced him to three
years at hard labor at the Idaho
State penitentiary. Clemens was
on the docket for trial at the
term of District Court of Custer
county to convene in Challis this
week, and Custer county owes
him a vote of thanks for the ac-
ton he took, thereby saving tie
county an expense of $500 or
S400 for his trial.
A grand Court ball and con
cert under the managem ent Of
Franklin Cameron, John Boyd
and Joe Paul, will be given at
the l. o. o. f. Hall, Challis, to-
morrow night, March Dist. Fol
lowing is the program
Piano Duet. Misses Mildred
Gayle and Lady May Osborn.
Recitation. Prof. Harry
Song with banjo accompaniment
Mr.. L. A. Reed.
Violin solo. Miss Fitch
Recitation ......... Mrs. Sweet
Piano solo. Lady May Osborn
Song Miss Fitch
Dancing
Concert commences at 8 o'clock
p. m.
Ticket for concert and ball
S1.5o.
Ticket for concert (adults) soc.
Ticket for " (children) 25c.
w. w. Challis was down from
Stanley Basin a portion of last
week on business. He reports
nearly feet of snow at the
Basin, and is happy over the
prospect of abundance of water
for placer mining this season.
Mr.. Challis and his partner, Mr..
Grow, will work the claims at
Stanley Basin this season for
merly known as the Challis &
Sturkey claims, with a force of
five men. This is rich ground
and since it has been opened of
late years has panned out"
well, but the water season for a
number of years past has been
exceedingly short, but this year
there promises to be plenty of
water which means to the placer
miner who has good ground
plenty of gold.
E. B. Curtis departed one day
last week for SanFrancisco and
other California points, and from
there viii go to Marshfeld, Ore. !,
to visit a brother. Mr.. Curtis
has disposed of all his interests
in this county, and is looking
for new location. He has been
a resident of this county for a
quarter of century, and has
been County Commissioner and
a good citizen. We do not infer
by this that person cannot be
a good citizen and a County Com
missioner, although some people
think all County Commissioners
are very bad. Mr.. Curtis was
"a troOd citizan and ha will ha a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
Forest Rzserves
Crom. johnson in Capital News.I

Allen Miller. The article hap
pens to be directed against For
ester Fem, and the forest re-
serves. Colonel Miller is Wis
ionary man. The wheels in the
colonel's head need fixing. Judg-
ing from the tone of his letter he
is very closely related to An
napolis and Sophia. I am will
ing to admit what he says about
the Ohio valley, and the factor
les and tile rolling mills there.
1t is true that much of the tim
ber was cut and rolled into log
heaps and burned; it is also true
that the vandal lumberman"
was there. Fifty years ago the
writer was in the Ohio valley,
and along the Wabash river in
Indiana, the Scioto river in Ohio,
the Kanawha river in Virginia.
Sawmills were plentiful, in fact
there was a mill about every
mile. The. mills were usually
the old-fashioned up and down
sash saw.
But conditions in the Ohie val
ley and the far west are differ
ent. In the Ohio valley plenty
of rain falls; in Idaho, and the
west generally, crops have to be
irrigated. and when the noun
tains are once robbed of the
timber and the snow exposed to
bright, glaring sun, it will
quickly melt and the farmer will
not have water to raise crops.
Colonel Miller says Salmon
river rises from 10 to 20 feet
above normal conditions in 48
hours. l have lived on Salmon
river for over 25 years, and can
truthfully say that Salmon river
never rises more than eight feet
above nor al conditions. Col.
Miller, hadn't you better hedge
little ? 1t is true that the Sal
mon river forests have suffered
very bad from 'Vandal lumber
men, and freeboolers timber
thieves) but they have suffered
to the extent of about 10000
acres from sheepherder's fires.
Last August l saw a Mexican
sheepherder, who had started a
forest fire. | asked the herder
4 if he had set the fire. He said,
yes: that the boss had told him
to. 1t is common for sheep men
to fire the forests when they
leave the ranges in the fall.
They don't all do it, but good
many do. The fire burns up the
down timber and causes a growth
of weeds to spring up.
Colonel Miller tries to make
out that the creating of forest
reserves is socialism. There is
no socialism about it. Colonel,
don't think that the Socialists
want to gulp you you would not
be very valuable acquisition to
any party.
1t is the duty of the present
generation to try and provide for
the next generation, and there is
no better way of doing it than
the creating of forest reserves.
After the close of the Revolu.
tionary war, a wise Scotsman,
who had fought in the Continen.
tai army, told his children that
he had helped to lay the founda
tion for a good government; and
If ye dinna build on the foun-
dation and profit by it, then il
will be your own fault" Presi
dent Roosevelt has laid the
foundation. to protect the noun
tain forests. Win the people
build on the foundation ? Wher
once the object of forest reserves
is understood by the masses o.
the people, then the people viii
not want to part with them. The
reserves will be as dear to then
as the public schools of today
are dear.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
s@SNEW@S
6hdIIiS House (!
0q1
II 5tI3SSEEsESeee2..88 SSEsEee..88

The New Challis House is strict
ly First-Class hotel, and the
meals and accommodations can
not be surpassed in the county.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20
CURRENT EXPENSE FUND.
tissue of Oct. 11th, 19O5.)
Nos. lit and 178.

Interest .07 per cent from date
of registry to date of payment,
if presented within ten days af-
ter date of this advertisement.
Interest ceases 10 days after date
of this advertisement.
+. j. CLYDE,
County Treasurer.
Dated March 20, 1906.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-03-20

Parties going out on the stages
will find this convenient hotel
to stop at. as the drivers board
here. Meals always promptly
on time. Located one door
west of the telephone Office.