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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-15
CAPT. vAaner DEAD.

Captain Dudley B. Varney died
at his home in Custer, Idaho, at
10 o'clock Monday morning, May
7th, 1906, in the 68th year of his
age.
Deceased had been in failing
health for nearly a year past, but
was around town as usual up to
a day or two before his death.
On Saturday night he was taken
with a sinking spell and sank
rapidly from that time on, but
was conscious to the last.
Hon. ID. B. Varney was an old
landmark and prominent citizen
in this portion of Idaho. He
was Captain of volunteers in a
Maine regiment in the early part
of the war of secession, and came
West in the mining excitements
of the Salmon river country.
(The writer of this notice was
with him on an expedition, under
Capt. Jim. Bridger, through the
Big Horn and Yellowstone coun-
tries in the early summer of 1861 J
Mr.. Varney was in Owyhee
county a year or so and then
came to Leesburg, Lemhi coun-
ty, in 1867, and was on the Loon
creek stampede in 1869. At the
organization of the district he
was chosen president and sec
retary of the first miners meet
ing. For a number of years he
followed mining in that camp,
and then removed to the Yankee
Fork district and resided at Bon
ANA, and became one of the
owners of the celebrated Mon
tana" mine on Mt. Estes.
In the fall of 1873 the Captain
was elected representative an
tthe Idaho Territorial Legislature
| from this then Lemhi county,
and served with honor to his
constituency.
Over a year ago the Captain
made application for a Q. S
pension under the general dis
ability act, and was instructed
to report at Boise for examina
ton. On that journey, early il
the summer last, his horse fel
with him by which he received
injury of the spine which wa
. ultimately the cause of his death
He was native of New Hamp
shire, where his relatives nov
J reside, and who have been il
correspondence with him.
: The remains were deposited
: in the Bonanza cemetery at
: o'clock on Tuesday, the 9th. TIL
2 services were held in the Miners
5 Union Hall at Custer under tn
supervision of Mrs. Margare
: MCGOWAN, the teacher of tn
s public school, assisted by other
: of the Custer ladies and tn
1 children of the school. Afte
e the readings by Mrs. McGowaT
Y the school children joined in tn,
f singing, after which the scholar
b all marched around the bier an
S each deposited a bouquet c
L flowers in the coffin. At tn
o grave Mrs. MCGOWAN, the teach
: er, read portions of the Episcc
: pal and Masonic funeral services
e Justice RIA. Smith had charg
L of the body after death and al
tended to all funeral arrange
b ments, assisted by the ladies an
: old-time friends. The funer;
" was largely attended, and all tn
It assistance and kindness possibl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Decoration Day May Both.
R. A. Pierce was very sick last
week, but is somewhat improved
at this time.
K. Mckenzie returned Thurs.
day morning from Salt Lake
where he had been on a business
trip.
Reginald Coryell returned on
Thursday morning last from Salt
Lake where he had been on min
ing business.
Millie Brown, the youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M. A.
Brown, of Challis, is down with
an attack of scarlet fever.
The fruit trees at. Challis are
now in full bloom, and if they
are not killed by frost, there
ought to be big fruit crop.
DIR. v. w. Laughlin returned
Saturday from Pahsamaroi
where he has been for some time
on professional business. The
Doctor is one of the best dentists
that ever came to Custer county.
Dr. w. E. Floding, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, capitalist, arrived
in Challis Thursday morning,
and departed for Custer the same
day, where he goes to inspect
the Oxarna company's mines, in
which he is interested.
People frequently inquire of
the editor where we received our
information concerning such and
such a person, also who wrote
this article or that. To impart
inflammation along this line is
against the rules of d newspaper
Office.
All the details of the transfer
of the Yellow Jacket mine have
been completed at last, and this
property after being closed down
for ten years will be started ur
July 1st. 1t is equipped with &
60-stamp mill and other modern
improvements.
The man who went out to milk
and sat down on a boulder in the
middle of the pasture and waiteC
for the cow to back up, was
brother to the man who kept {
store and wouldn't advertise be
cause he reasoned that the pur
chasing public would back up tx
his place of business, when j
wanted something.
Some of our boys seem to hav,
the gymnasium craze. This i
right and proper, but after al
the cheapest and best gymnas
ium in the world-one that will
exercise every bone in the bod,
lis a fat piece of steel, notche,
in one side, fitted tightly into
wooden frame, and, after beinI
CREASED ON both sides with
bacon rind, rubbed into a site
of wood on a sawbuck.
John Wallace, of Boise, al
rived in Challis last Thursday
He went up to Custer in the ir
terest of the Boise and Bosto
company to make arrangement
for installing a dredge boat o
Yankee Fork, where that CON
pany owns several miles of plaC
er ground. Mr.. Wallace is ais
interested in the VanAnda,
promising quartz mine situate
l below Bonanza.
There are $780, 900 miles of tell
graph and telephone lines in TIA
country at the present tim
which requires $4,000, 900 pole
| A pole lasts on an average,
years and is made from a tree {
years old. To maintain cor
tinuous supply FIVE times
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-15
Frank Coleman was down from

Geo. r. Dearden returned last |
from Salt Lake.
The telephone has been moved
to F. Nickerson & Co.'S. store.
Mrs. Geo. Hosford and Miss
O'Day of Clayton were in Challis
last Saturday.
1t is reported a wedding will
take place near Challis this eve
ming.
Attorney Brown is having new
paper put on in his law Office
rooms. A much needed improve
ment all will agree.
The boy who saves his money
becomes the banker, the mer-
chant, the professional man.
The boy who never saves a cent
makes the man who earns his
bread by the sweat of his brow"
who never owns a home or en-
joys the luxuries of life.
1t is reported that a three foot
ledge of good ore was struck in
the Parker mine at Parker Mt.
last week. This mine is being
developed on a bond by the
United States Smelling Co. Of
Utah, under the management of
Goss Brothers.
1t is common sight in the
plaza in Mexican town to be-
hold a stall-woman, who is sell
ing two reals worth of eggs,
pick them up one by one, put
one end and then the other to
her lips and hand them over to
the customers, who repeat the
same identical operation. To
the inexperienced onlooker it
seems as if they were tasting the
extremities of the eggs. As a
matter of fact they never touch
the egg with the tongue. The
idea of the performance is that
when an egg is fresh one end is
distinctly colder than the other.
The human lips are exceedingly
sensitive to heat and cold and
even the novice at this form OF
egg testing promptly becomes a
capable Judge. If both ends OF
the egg reveal the same temper
ature, that egg may be counted
as bad, as it is a fairly good sign
that the air chamber is broken
and the contents spread equally
within the shell.
One of the largest deals con
summated in ranch property il
this county, says the Dillon Trib
une, was closed this week by
which the Wood Live Stock com
pany bought the sheep camps
lands, leased lands and sheep o
the Frying Pan Basin Sheel
company. The deal was made
between former state senator
James P. Murray, who is th'
principal stockholder in th'
Frying Pan Basin company, ant
Frank ]. Hagenbarth, manage,
of the Wood Live Stock com
pany. The deal included all tn,
ranches, sheep camps and sheel
of the Frying Pan Basin Sheel
company, with the exception o
one piece of real estate, the oil
Bond ranch on Birch creek
Something near 5000 acres o
land owned and leased by tn
company was included in tn
deal and about $4,000 head c
sheep. The deal is to amour
to about $4,000. The Woo
, Live Stock company will TAX
charge of the property at once
This company is considered on
of the strongest livestock con
; panies, financially, in the nortl
west and the business of til
company will probably gro
much larger in Beaverhea
county.
|
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-15
Board&LodginS
CHALLIS, IDAHO.

Mrs. J. P. Spalding has open
od \ board and lodging house at
ter residence. in the northeast
art of town, near the Fox hotel.
Esrst.class board and lodging at
reasonable rates.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-15
NOTICE.

At yhe Annual meeting OF the Custer County
Stoyk Growers Association it was ordered
thF notice be given that there would be a
General Round UP OF horses running on Ante
fope Valley Range and vicinity, commencing
May 25tA, 1905.
By Order OF
JONATHAN JOB, President.
L. II. Johnston, Secretary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-15
SALMON RIVER BASIN.
Ginning World,

The Salmon river basin in Ida
ho gained prominence 40 years
ago as gold producing belt.
The accredited yield of this field
has reached the sum of 500, ,0O0,-
600 in gold and silver.
Far the larger portion of this
sum was taken from the placer
beds in the first 10 years of this
productive period.
There was an active era of
production from the gold and
silver lodes in which the maxi
mum was passed before the de-
cline came in the value of the
white metal. The mining indus
try received a severe shock from
the influence of this decline which
came simultaneously with the
exhaustion of free milling lode
deposits in some of the big min
es. The fact that these lode de-
posits failed to yield their treas
ures just at this time was an un-
fortunate coincident, which stop
ped mine development for 20
years in one of the richest dis
tricts in the west.
The history of the Salmon
river basin is not unlike that of
the desert region of Nevada in
which animation was suspended
by the same general cause. This
Idaho belt had the Viola mine,
which made world record in
silver-lead production, to be sns-
pended for 20 years by an ex-
ltraneous influence. The Custer,
Charles Dickins and Kentuck
mines were known to all mining
men to pass into desuetude in
response to this influence. And
a thousand idle stamps in other
sections stand as monuments to
faded glory and lost fortunes at
other points in this mineral belt.
Our gold mines had reached in
their natural development the
zone of sulphides below the rich
oxidized pockets before the days
of cyanide. Millions of dollars
were run into our rivers with the
tailings before even the concen.
traitor was known to the best
mill men. Mines were operated
extensively which saved less
than 25 per cent. of the assay
values of the ores, and in which
there is no base element thai
would cause a modern millmaT
even day of worry.
There are over 140, 900 acres o.
proven mineral lands in this dis
trict according to the attesteC
county records. The mountain
barriers and the distance to th'
railroads make shipment of ore
from this basin impracticable
unless the values of the carg,
can be averaged at a minimum
of $75 per ton. In the way o
modern machinery even the con
centrator was not introduced fo
the milling of base ores until las
year, and then as a modest eX
pertinent. Satisfactory result
of chemical and mechanical treat
ment have revived our minin
, interests almost as salutariall
as they were ruined by the III
8 fortunate conditions thaG Wer
combined against US 20 year
, ago.
1t would be impossible to Ell
! umerate in an article of thi
, character the various minin
propositions which are assure
practical development during th
campaign season of 1906. 1t ma
be said that almost every one {
the ancient mines, many of whic
have been held under the Law
for quarter of a century, wi
, be subjected for the first time
practical development work du,
ing the summer; and the numl
er is not less than 13o separai
y properties, by actual count, a
u
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-15

Custer, Idaho, May 9th, 1906.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-15
mrs. GRACE K. DODGE, Prop.

The New Challis House is strict
Iva First Class hotel, and the
meals and accommodations can
: not be surpassed in the county.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-15

Parties going out on the stages
will find this a convenient hotel
to stop at, as the drivers board
here. Meals always promptly
on time. Located one door
west of the telephone Office.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-15

Good Sample Rooms for
Commercial nen. X X X
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-15

Board and Lodging at reasonable
rates. The tables are always
supplied with the best the
market affords. Good acom-
modations for travelling men
and the public.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-12-27
HOW TO SHOW A PROFIT.
Tricky Bookkeeping Pats Losses on
the Profit Side.

the Profit Side,
The printed report of a municipal
electric light plant in Indiana has just
been received. II shows profit. There
is no question about it. 1t shows
large profit. The figures are there in
black ana white. and they show
profit equivalent to 81 per cent of the
gross income and Is per cent on the
capital invested. That * what We call
i profitable business.
How was this plant able 10 make So
good a showing? In a way 50 simple
that any municipal plant could adopt
it with success if its superintendent
were good ut tigIreS And the best Of
it is that it makes competition by pri-
vate plants impossible because-wcll,
stockholders are too inqusitivc.
In the first place the fixed charges
for interest on the capital invested and
for depreciation were entirely ignored.
Then no allowance was made for taxes
lost by having municipal instead Of
private ownership. Next. While full
charge was made against the water de
| partment and the city offices for lights
and supplies, the superintendent con
| vCnicntly forgot TO charge the Lighting
| plant with the water UStsl in its boil
| crs and condea.cr% or with its share of
the salaries in the city accounting dc
| partmcnt Insurance was also over
! looked Finally. to make assurance OF
| profit douhly sure, Il number Of items
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Land for Sale.

We have for sale the following valua-
bic tracts of land
One Military Lot of 50 acres, a small
portion of which is under cultivation.
All good land, and every acre tillable.
Watered by several coed springs and
never failing small run. Contains
some good timber. One-half mile
from R. R. siding, and one and one
half miles from Oakland.
Also part of two Military Lots contain
ing about 80 acres. This property is
directly East of Oakland, on the South
side of the B. & o. R. R. siding on the
North side of tracks. Contains valu-
able grazing land, portion of which
is in cultivation Valuable R. r. 'front.'
age.
Also 10 acres suitable for building sites,
Just East of Oakland on the North side OF the
Oakland and Mt. Lake Park road.
For further information, address
THE H. WEBER & SONS CO.,
eff Oakland, Md.
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EIsR

g HE very recognition of manhood in man makes the
MULTITUDE the rulers, and the multitude tends too
readily momcntary excementS, The wild anarchist
49, the would be assassin the public enemies of society
whom to tolerate is to tolerate OPEN SEDITION. An
enemy public order is the workman who, refusing his
labor by violence brother workman from offering his labor
greater degree the and the powerful who over
the law of the land in carry schemes of THEIR ambition
Private property the right every and dispose of the
fruits of brain and of hand, be regarded SACRED AND
INVIOLABE 1t the of the social structure De
stroy it. and you ESTABLISH BARBAIiISM Nor IS
private ownership be merely the individual himself for
those who are parts himself his children and those others whom
BY HIS OWN FREE WILL he chooses make bcnefciories of
the rewards of his labor of mind of limb
That in the holding of private property there be inequality
fact that S inevitable MEN ARE NOT AND NEVER WILL
BE EQUAL Proposed Utopa which ignore the nature of men and
the vital condition of human society insult no less than an in
jury individual whom they n would bcgule by their wo
the wisp GLAMOUR AND DECEPTION
THE eRAvEsr RESPONSIBILITY LIES
TIME TO MOVE SLOWLY, TO THINK WISELY TO AVOID ALL
FERiLs OR LEAPS INTO THE DARK.
chief pnocca before ownership through city
the chief agencies of productivity and of the Transporter
the results of productivity Let all be their guard Com
ownership in direction leads COMMON OWNERSHIP
IN ANOTHER all the when the purpose really held in
mind bv the grasp wealth without much personal effort to
make up for ones DEFICIENCIES
personal fortunes and large corporate
laon5 Of wealth But these things evil IN THEMSELVES!
Are they only necessary results of personal freedom and per
sona energy also bcneccnt of universal prosperity in
which ALL POOR AND RICH have part?
That large accmuation of wealth be permitted ply their
violate the laws of justice Cypress and ruin the weak to
absorb their being the liberty and the life LNDNlA
BILE PROPOSITION which controversy permissible But
hatter and ruin them is aim NATIONAL MED-
OCRITY through which America will descend in the scale Of
and the of her people will be reduced to dcncss and
penury
TO THE POOR MAN, TO THE GARNER, WOULD PREACH
THE DOCTRINE AMBITION ENERGY TO THE RICH AND
uope roeTIMATE ! WOMB PREACH INCREASINGLY THE DOC.
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REAL ESTATE BARGAINS
I offer for sale


FARM OF AZ ACRES, 3 miles from Oakland; good
House plenty of water; so acres cleared;
about Is of grass; Orchards, bearing; IS
acres of White Oak Timber; R. F. D. mail service.
COTTAGE OF ROOMS for sale at Mt Lake Park
HOUSE AND LOT Oak Street, Oakland, for sale
rent. House Of E Lot 5oxI5 so feet with
Stable and all necessary Outbuldings
FOUR VERY DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS situated
Liberty Street, in Oakland. Also 3 DWELLING
HOUSES Liberty Street with good and all
necessary outbuildings.
HOUSE AND LOT on Wilson Street House of 10 rooms;
good water. Lot so feet front. Best Outbuldings
in Oakland.
A VERY GOOD FARM I mile from Oakland-all under
fence containing 81 acres; about rs under cutva-
ton; fine Orchards, and about 21z in small
Fruit; Houses, very good Well and never failing
Spring A very desirable place for Truck and Poultry
Farming. Can be bought at low price just
have for sale of the very best Building Lots in the
town which l will sell for cash-or S. down and S.
per month.
$50 ACRES OF VALUABLE COAL LAND situated less
than two miles Of Oakland which can be bought
great bargain. The surface would make fine farming
land This land is well watered with a stream and
several good springs
II MORE CHOICE BUILDING LOTS at S down and
S per month.
If you cash for your Real Estate Real Estate
for your cash, let me hear from you.
ssg-For further particulars call on or address
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$50 HE recognition of manhood in every makes the
MULTITUDE the rulers and the multitude tends too
readily momcnary eXcitcmenss. The wild anarchist
49, the would be assassin, the public enemeo society
whom to tolerate is o tolerate OPEN SEDITION An
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your corresponds
ent.
Don't write him
anything by hand
that takes him
time to make out
that may leave
him in doubt
t h a t he can {
easily read.
And don't fill
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The True Law of Self Control
Rv Dr. w p rhIRKIELp PRECEDENT Of Howard University

BY Dr. p. THIRKIElD, President of Howard University
xs E crown of creation is man Perfected manhood
given OF the Creator. Adam perfect AS CHILD.
w. Manhood be worked out by his own free agency -
now manhood is a thing TO BE ACHIEVED God gives
the pattern inspiration and the power of achievement Each man
FOR HIMSELF must work the result.
At the basis must the realization of his PERSONAL ythat
is the souls grasp himself the conviction that he stands for
divine force in this universe that NO OTHER CREATED BEING
can express 1t thought Il mind or body am not
mere flesh and blood and and will personal
some one center independent thought and action who has body
and life and thought and energy at his will When man
once himself he has center from which to grow and
this man this radiation from the finite TO THE INFINITE, begins
his ascent
This is the basis of SELF CONTROL The true law Of self
troll is not suppression but expression; overcomng but directing
not trng killing those powers and passions desires and mag
nations flame through being, Blu GOVERNING liE
in the interests of the higher
THE PASSION is THE MAN OF POWER BUT PASSION
UNDER THE CONTROL CONSCIENCE AND REASON.
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Who Womb Finn the CitN2

AZ exchange notes the fact that i
city council recently fined Il water
company $1,000 for supplying impure
and unwholesome water. That is right.
But if the watcrworks had been owned
by the city
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The South and the Negro
By Governor D. c. HEYwARD of South Carolina

fz@O solve the question Will require not put
ence and Judgment the part of the white and upon
w. the part of the negro will call for the exercise of MORE
COMMON SENSE and far greater appreciation Of his
MORAL responsibility
In the Of time the negro, who rapidly increasing in
certain cities Of the nor may by his failure the expectations
Of the people of the north and his consequent responsibility be
such hndrancc AND MENACE that northern friends
will be ready DO something than simply give advice to tho
south.
That racial conditions the south fer from satisfactory will
admit but do believe that the southern people standing
volcano and that far removed from RACE WAR Any
solution of problem in the south lies much with the Negro
with the white but of the greatest barriers advance
ment of the negro is his NATURAL INCIDENCE
EXPLAINS FAILURE TO USE HIS OPPORTUNITY ANr
THIS RESPONSIBLE THE DISASTROUS RE