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Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-04
The Sage Will.

The familiar adage ''speak nothing
but good of the dead" would in the
case of the late Russell Sage confne
comment to mere official announce
ment of his demise. But Mr.. Sage
was for SO many years the embodiment
of cash and filled SO large a place in
money affairs that he cannot be dismiss
ed with the curt note which goes with
the disappearance of an obscurer man.
The world, if it cannot get any good
out of the life of the multimillionaire.
must learn lessen from it.
It was one Of the boasts of Russell
Sage that he mapped out his own career
and stuck to it, but even this does not
appear to be entirely true He started
in life as merchant and it was chance
which turned him to money-lending as
his sole business. In his earlier wears
he seemed destined to have a great
place in public life. He went to con-
gress and tho a new member was ap-
pointed to place on the committee of
ways and means. He made the report
which resulted in the formation of the
Mount Vernon association and the pre-
servation of the burial place of the
father of his country. This was sig
nal service tho not one calling for
first-class initiative. It displayed Rus
sell Sage in a higher role than he ever
reached again. His position as a mer-
chant he gave up. His career as public
servant he abandoned and settled down
to the worship of gold, not for what it
would do, but for the joy of possession.
There have been many advance ru-
mors about his will, but none of them
hit anywhere near the truth. He was
meaner in his last testament than he
had ever been before, leaving his whole
store Of gold to his widow and bestow-
ing no thought upon tn many institu-
tons of his city which he might have
aided in their benefcent work. In his
life he permitted needy relatives to suf-
fer and in his will he Inundated some
of them with requests which showed
that his family affection was incapable
of the struggle with his avarice.
The only thing Sage ever gave away
freely was advice. Minneapolis Jour-
nal
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-04

candidate is practice that is not as
effective as it once was. 1t smacks OF
combination.
At this time, when principles count
more than personal features, the voter
has little Difference for the advice of
retiring candidates.
Mr.. McGillivray has been an active
member of the senate, and as far as
the News has been able to discern,
has been useful member He now
retires from his candidacy and should
not expect people to follow him to an
other candidate because they were for
him. Otherwise a man like LaFollette
could decide an election at any time.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-04

wilson Conner alliance shows the meas
ure of it's strength in thus securing Mr..
McGillivray' endorsement. 1t is sue
ceeding we'll in lining up in it's behalf
the purely mechanicalspolitical forces in
the state. But there is no evidence of
its having reached the people, who after
all are to be the final judges Of the
several candidates.. Milwaukee Jour-
MI.
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The McGillivray Letter.

The influence of Senator LaFollette
is beginning to be felt. A week after
his first public utterance on state issues
in the fall campaign the scurrying for
shelter is in full progress. Sentiment
is crystallizing, and the number of vot-
SIS op the fences is decreasing.
The withdrawal of Senator McGilli-
vray from the race for the Republican
nomination for governor is no surprise,
because no one but the candidate him.
self ever considered himself seriously in
the race. Nor is his espousal of the
Davidson-Connor cause, for which his
excuse is weak and meaningless, much
of surprise. So far as the erstwhile
candidate is concerned his recent action
does no more than remove the thin
veneer of Half Breedism under which
he has posed and paraded himself.
The Black River Falls politician has
landed where he belongs. His words
leave no doubt as to that Il long for
the good old feeling which used to exist
when Republicans would like to meet
each other and work in harmony for the
good of the state" he says. In other
words, he longs for the good old days
when Oshkosh and Milwaukee governed
the state.
What reason does he assign for sup
porting Davidson? Simply his old-time
friendship for the people who have been
supporting the governor. Mr.. McGilli-
vray favors the candidacy of Mr. David
son because the Norwegian voters of
the state favor the governor. 1t is a
long call from a candidate of and for
the people and one of and for certain
class of the people.
The letters criticism of Senator La
Toilette for attempting to use his po-
litical prestige with the voters of the
state to influence the primary vote re-
calls the protest aimeds at Chairman
Common for using his office and the ma
chinery of the Republican party for the
advancement of the Davidson campaign
and of his own compaign.
Evidently Mr.. McGillivray has forgot
ten this incident and his Indignation at
the attempts of one of the Headers of
the reform movement of spast years to
override the primary election law. But
Mr. LaFollette is mere United States
senator. How much worse is the
course commended by McGillivray in
endorsing the Davidson Connor alliance.
Mr.. Connor is the highest officer of the
party possessing supposedly more influ-
ence through the party machinery then
any other man in the party. |
The sstand-pat- and do-nothing' Da-
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Thomas Platform.

Theodore M Thomas, candidate for
the Assembly, has his photo and plat
form in another part of this issue.
ASIDE from several paragraphs of gen
eral interest in line with the progress
i've political thought of the times, there
are two items of special interest to the
people of Northern Wisconsin, nor
should these two points lack interest
to the people all over the state. We
refer to those planks with reference
to lettering highways and for the pro
motion of immigration to the sparsely
settled portions of the state.
The building of highways is one OF
carried in any new country. The
Northern part of Wisconsin has in
many ways contributed to the wealth
of the state. Our forests have fur
nished building material for thousands
of homes for people in other parts of
the state. In this transformation the
northern counties received no benefit,
while the bounties of nature went to
the older sections. We should on this
account alone receive consideration in
the matter of reciprocation.
But the matter of state aid in high
wav construction has become the order
of the day in many states and and ap-
pears to be good proposition. The
wording of Mr. Thomas highway para
graph indicates thrt he has made a
study of the situation.
The matter of the establishment of a
board of immigration is vital one to
the interests of our part of the state.
We should have had snch board long
ago. The cost would be very little to
the tax payers-fve cents on each
$1,000 of property over the state would
make handsome fund and the results
would be immense. Minnesota recent
lv established such board and began
effective work at once. Among other
things. the board secured a visit to
the state of the editors of nearly all
the agricultural papers of the country.
The result was that each editor wrote
up the advantages of Northern Mime
sofa in a manner that in the aggregate
would have cost many thousands of
dollars. Under the circumstances it
did not cost anything beyond few
hundred postage stamps. The funds
of the immigration department were
used along other channels.
In this connection we have the Grass
land car tours. The News can see no
reason why board of immigration,
such as Mr.. Thomas proposes, may not
take hold in cooperation with the
Grassland, furnish literature or handle
the car or both-leastwise cooperate.
At any event there is wide field
for active operation by such a board
and profitable to every citizen whether
living in the northern or southern or
any other part of the state.
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Simplifying the Campaign.

Slmpll1y1nS the campaign.
Senator McGillivray has withdrawn
from the campaign for governor.
The News never considered that he
was an element in the race. His with
drawal is taken by many to be in the
interests of Davidson.
Some of McGillivray's friends will
probably follow his lead-if to David
son it is-but we believe that as rule
they will go to choices of their own.
The practice of being candidate
during part of campaign and then
withdrawing in favor of some other
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-04
The Story of A Fine Idea.

Let's get away from the stories of
murders and suicides, of human greed
and selishness and read the beautiful
story of Fine Idea.
It grew out of the life and the glor-
ious death of a good woman, Laura
Wilmington of New York, who helped
humanity because of the love in her
heart, and when stricken with mortal
illness, thought of sea-air hospital for
the tenement children Before she died
she learned as a result of her letter
published in The Outlook, $25, 900 had
been given to establish the hospital,
with more coming
Jacob Riis says that she carried that
beautiful idea with her right to the
Great White Throne, where, he is sure
a wonderful smile of welcome greeted
her.
This is really series of beautiful
stories.
Mr.. Rockefeller investigated He
found that thousands Tof children are
aft c.ed with tuberculosis of the glands
and bones, and they hobble about on
crutches, or lie strapped to'boards. and
they suffer and their little faces grow
old and gray, and after awhile Old
Mother Nature kindly turns out the
light and the little bodies are carried
away, ali, too often to the Potters'
Field.
So Mr.. Rockefeller signed big check,
and even then there was deficit of
$22, 900, and working and praying didn't
seem to raise it. It had to be raised by
a certain date or the Rockefeller sub
scription would be lost.
Then a somebody, over the telephone,
asked to see the subscription committee
at his country place, forty miles from
New York
Who is Somebody?
One of Gods good folks, and he was
so in earnest about his desire to do good
and so big and fine in his sympathy for
the unfortunate that he refused to allow
his name to become public.
He just said: Build that hospital,
and what you haven't got come to me
for
And there were some mighty fine
tears in his eyes when his voice broke
and he said that it would please his
father and his mother, both of whom
were in heaven.
1t will. And the leaven was working
and he called the committee back and
said that there were not enough drink
ing fountains for man aud beast in the
great city, and if the committee would
have lot of them put up in, twenty or
thirty, or as many as needed, at cost
of $3.50 each he would pay.
And that will please his father and
mother who are in heaven, sure.
And we can't end this story without
quoting from Jacob Riis, who says:
F'The name of that man will not ap-
pear while he lives. | never heard of
him before. know why, now. The
angels that ever behold our Fathers
face have heard of it often, and it is
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Marriage Licenses.

July 25-Thaddeus Brownell of Flam.
beau and Eveline King of Ladysmith.
July 28-Alvey Kent of Grant and
Iva French of Marshall
July 30-Elmer Larkins and Belle
Coleman, both of Ladysmith,
July 30-Allie Dohle and Edna Ran
dali, both of Ladysmith.
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enough.
And that is the beautiful story of a
Fine Idea, and it tells how the first
sea-air hospital for treatment of tuber-
culosis Of the bones and glands in
America is being built and paid for. -
Milwaukee Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Desert Land, Final Proof
United States Land Office.

HALEY, Ida., Sept. 20. 1906. {
Notice is hereby given that
Ellen BENEFITS as Assignee of
William IT. Oster, of Custer coun.
ty, Idaho, has filed notice of in
tention to make proof on her
desert land claim No. 1906, for
the SW4 SW4 Sec. 1, 81 SCI,
Sec. 2, NE4 NE4 Sec. IL, TIP. 13
N, R. 10 E., B. M, before L. H.
Johnston, U. S. Commissioner
for the District of Idaho, at Chal-
lis, Custer county, Idaho, on
Friday. the Both day of Novem-
Der, 1906.
She names the following wit
nesses to prove the complete IT.
rigation and reclamation of said
land
Milton A. Brown, Richard Ben.
netts. Joseph H. Horton, John
Stephens. All of Challis, Gus
ter county, Idaho.
N. j. SHARP. Register.
First pub. Oct. End, 1906.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
WHO THEY ARE.

Never before have the Demo
Gratis of Custer county presented
for the suffrages of the electors
SO worthy a ticket in its entirety
as the one nominated at Challis
ON Sept. 28th. Every candidate
on that ticket is worthy of the
support of his full party strength
and this being so there is not
the slightest reason why every
one should not receive it.
SENATOR MACBETH.
Ravenel Macbeth, the Demo
cratic nominee for State Sena-
tor, has served two terms in the
Idaho Senate from Custer coun-
ty, and is considered as one the
most active members in that
body. He has done more to de-
velop the mining idustry in Gus
ter county than any other man.
AS to his knowledge of the needs
of the county and ability to carry
them out he has no superiors il
the county and very few, if any
equals. He is credit to oul
county in the Senate, and per
son that the people can point t,
with pride. Mr., Macbeth is
resident of Custer, and has mad
this county his home for the pas
ten years, and is deserving tn
consideration of every voter i
Custer county. Elect Senate
Macbeth and we all know tha
the county will be represented
the upper branch of the legisli
ture by an active man. His re,
ord in the past has proven thi
and why swap horses in ii
middle Of the stream 2"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TlokEr.

State Senator
RAVENEL MACBETH.
Representative
NATHAN III. CLARK.
Clerk Of District Court
COURT HENDERSON.
Sheriff
ROBERT MORRISON.
Assessor and Collector
RUDE H. EWING.
Probate Judge
JESSE G.. FINNELL.
Treasurer
MELVIN M. SWEER.
Supt. of Schools
MARTHA KEENAN,.
County Attorney
WILLIAM J. LAMME.
Coroner
JOSEPH L. EBBERTS.
Surveyor
VALENTINE MAELZER.
County Commissioners
(1st Dist JOHN M. P.USHAW
end Dist.) ROBT. Campbell
(3rd Dist.) JOHN HI. GREENE
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
NOTICE.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN =

Notice is hereby given that
Greyhound Toll Road Co. Ltd.
a corporation created, organized
and doing business in the State
of Idaho, by virtue of a compli,
ance with the laws thereof, will
on the 18th day of October, A..
D., 1906, make application to the
Board of County Commissioners
at the special session thereof to
be held in Challis, the county
seat of Custer county, on said
date. for license or franchise
from said county and Board, for
the right to construct a toll road
in said county, to collect tolls
from the public to travel over
the same, and the necessary
right-of-way for construction
and maintenance of such toll
road. and for all other things,
rights and privileges incident to
such proposed toll road, pursuant
to the Statutes of the State OF
Idaho.
The character of the road, the
termini and each town, city Oh
village through which it is pro.
posed to construct it, are as fol
lows -
Commencing at Wagontown-
the end of the Cape Horn Wagon
town road proceeding in a north
erly direction up the East branch
of Wagontown creek, a distance
of Is, 400 feet, or about three
miles, on the west slope of th'
creek-the angle of declivity
varying from 5 to 30 degrees
and requiring about 800 feet o
corduroy, to Vanity Summit.
Thence down Vanity and Sea
foam creeks aud Rapid River
through heavily timbered coun
try, in northerly direction q dis
lance of $4,000 feet, or abou
seven miles, crossing creeks fou
times, requiring about 1, 400 fee
or about one-fourth mile of col
duroy bridges, on hillside, tn
angle of declivity varying fror
90 to 35 degrees, to summit be
tween Rapid river and Floa
creek.
Thence up Float creek, in
) westerly direction, a distance {
"a, 300 feet, or about Al miles
) crossing the creek once, requil
: ing corduroy bridge so feet i
5 length, on side hill, angle of d.
: clivity varying from % to 35 d.
grees, in earth and rock, to sun
NIT between Float creek an
t Sulphur creek.
, Thence up Sulphur creek,
| westerly direction, distance
, $500 feet, or about II miles @
$ south slope of creek, angle {
t declivity varying about 30 to
: degrees, in earth and solid rocl
: taking about 175 feet of cordurc
). to point on Sulphur creek, 1,6;
F, feet southwest of Greyhoun
$ Mining an2 Milling Company
d Smelter.
: The Grey hound Toll Road
L to be at least IL feet wide, wi
u slope on the upper side of n
u less than 2 to 1 in earth, and IL
! grade not to exceed 10 per cen
The total length of the road
S3, 700 feet or Is go miles.
d GREYHOUND TOLL ROAD COL
J BY STEPHEN M. SMITH,
u President of Greyhound Toll
q Road Co. Ltd.
- - Date of 1st pub. Aug, %, 1906.
. Date of last pub. Oct. 8, 1906.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

Senator
FRED It. DUBOIS.
Member of Congress
REEFS HATTABAUGH.
Justice Supreme Court
STEWART S. DEFINING.
Governor
G. o. STOCKSLAGER.
Lieutenant. Governor
GEORGE G. CHAPLIN.
Secretary of State
FLOURNOY GALLOWAY.
Attorney General
KARL PAINE.
Treasurer
j. B. MORRIS.
Mine Inspector
SAMUEL FORMAN.
Supt. Public Instruction
PERMEAL FRENCH.
Judge Sixth District
C. QUARLES.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
if the people want faithful Off
Ger vote for w. j. Lamme.
JOSEPH l.. EBBERTS,

Ger NOJe lOI w. u. IJdululC.
JOSEPH l.. EBBERTS,
is the Democratic nominee for
the office of Coroner, and is a
resident of this city, where he is
occupied as a barber and ranch
err. He is a taxpayer and an
old timer in this part of the
county. He has held this Office
before and made good officer,
and there is no reason why he
would not fill this Office this
time with equal ability if elect
ed. So vote for Joe.
VALENTINE MAELZER,
of Pahsamaroi, has been placed
in nomination on the Democratic
ticket for Surveyor. He is a
man who ii elected can qualify.
The nominee for this Office is a
rancher and school teacher, and
also a taxpayer. He is young
man of excellent education, and
is qualified to fill any Office in
the county.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
With the County Commission
ers rests the affairs of the coun-
ty, and should have business
men to fill the office-men who
are honest and upright;men who
are not controlled by any one
person or clique; men who will
guard the county's welfare as
sacredly as they do their own.
The Democratic party of Custer
county have this year placed
in nomination such a Board.
JOHN M. PUSHAW,
of Challis creek, has been placed
in nomination for Commissioner
of District No. 1, and no better
man could have been found for
the Office. He is a quiet and un'
assuming man, honest and up
right in his business dealings
with the world. He has no one
to dictate his actions, and is a
free man in every sense of the
word; a moral, sober and indus
trious man of middle-age; G
rancher and taxpayer. A vote
for John M. Pushaw is a vote
for q good man.
ROBERT CAMPBELL,
Democratic nominee for Comis
sioner from District No. 3, il
business man from Clayton
and heavy taxpayer. He ha'
been resident of the county TO
many years, and everyone know
him to be an honorable and up
right business of marked ability
All who know Bob" Campbell
know that if he is elected tina
he will be Commissioner, and n
one else will dictate his officia
acts. He is not an Office seeker
for he could held Office in thi
county any time he desired, blu
always refused, but this time aC
cepted nomination at the earn
est solicitation of his friends
At an early time in the county
however, he represented thi
county in the Idaho Senate, an
made one of the very best Sena
tors Custer county ever hae
Mr.. Campbell is familiar wit
every interest in the county an
/ we know of no one better quail
fed for the Office.
JOHN H. GREENE,
! of Mackay, has at last accepte
the nomination on the Demo
cratic ticket for Commissioner {
District No. 8. He could of ha
any nomination in the county /;
= any time, but refused, and
e this time it took a lot of urgin
y from the people before he woul
. accept. Mr.. J. H. Greene neeC
u no introduction for he is know
from one end of the county
the other. He is at the head
g the largest commercial house
= Mackay in the county, and
NJ - = 6 A. 1-o.k I'D v,oAzA z.1
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09
NATHAN H. CLARK,

Democratic nominee for Repre-
sentative in the Legislature from
Custer county, is from Mackay.
Mr.. Clark is considere one of the
ablest lawyers in Idaho. Two
years ago Mr.. Clark was the
Democratic nominee for Justice
of the Supreme Court of Idaho.
He is a man of marked ability,
and if elected, will be an honor
and credit to Custer county in
the legislature.
COURT HENDERSON.
Democratic nominee for Clerk of
District Court is a resident of
Mackay, where he is employed
as book keeper in the Lost River
Commercial Cos. store. He is a
sober and Industrious man; a
good penman, and in fact every
way qualified to till this respon-
ible position. The voters will
never regret having cast their
ballots for him. He is the right
man for the right place-honest,
capable and active, and we know
our people will take these facts
into consideration when they go
to the polls on the 9th day of
next November. Mr.. Henderson
has been resident of the county
for the past four or five years,
and is a married man with a
family of wife and two child
rem.
ROBERT MORRISON,
is the Democratic nominee of
Custer county for Sheriff. He
is resident of Challis, and is a
pioneer in the county. At the
present is mail contractor. He
is we'll known in the county, and
is a man we'll qualified to fill this
position-sober and industrious,
and if elected he will make an
officer of the law that the county
will be proud of, for he is ar
upright and honest man. The
voters of the county will make
no mistake when they vote fol
Bob" Morrison for sheriff.
RUBE H. EWING,
of Houston, is rancher and {
tax payer, and is thoroughly
qualified to fill the Office of AS
SCISSOR and Collector. He is lit
tie known in this part of thu
county, although he has been ,
resident of the Big Lost rive
country for the past Is or 2
years, and all whe know hin
speak of him as a man of sterling
character and ability. He di
not seek the Office, but his man,
friends urged him to accept tn
nomination. He is well inform
ed as to the valuation of proper
ty in the county and would maxi
an ideal Assessor.
MELVIN M. SWEET,
of Challis, the Democratic nom
: inee for Treasurer, is tax-pay
er and came to Custer county
1885, and is owner of this paper
All we have to say is that if elec
, ted Treasurer, we will endeavo
to fill the Office to the best of GU
ability.
JESSE G. FINNELL,
9 Democratic nominee for Probat
E Judge, is resident of Challis,
4 taxpayer and an old-timer j
t the county He has filed th
Y position of Probate Judge in til
past in such satisfactory an
honest manner that his part
!. gave him the denomination. f
needs no introduction by US. TT
q people know that he is hone
and capable, and this should |
q the only recommend that ar
officer should need. We have I
fear as to the results on elcctic
day.
MISS MARTHA KEENAN,,
! of Macl1ay, Democratic nomin
: for Superintendent of Publ
= Instruction, is at the prese
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-09

of Challis, has been re-nominat-
ed on the Democratic ticket for
County Attorney. He has made
a worthy officer, and if elected
again, will serve the county in
equally as good a capacity. So