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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-01

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Mr.. Olsen and wife were down
from East Fork for Christmas.
Mrs. Hays and Chas. Small
were down from Clayton last
week.
Miss Naomi Hosford is spend
ing the Holidays at her home in
Clayton.
Lemhi county people are get
ting up big petition protesting
against Roosevelt's Salmon Riv-
er Forest Reserve.
Mr.. Neff and family of Pah-
samaroi have moved to Challis,
and are living in the Joe Horton
house in the west part of town.
Miss Lillian Sullivan won the
big prize box of candy at the
drug store on Christmas. Tick
ct No. q was the winner. We
held ticket No. 20.
A watch meeting was held in
the church at this place last
night. to watch the old year out
and the new year in. a social
and program were given.
A company of St. Louis and
Spokane capitalists have begun
work upon the group of q claims
lin Copper Basin in which Col.
IN. J. Sharp of HALEY and other
old timers of Custer county are
interested. The company is to
pay S25, 900 in one year, and the
remaining S75, 900 in 9O-day pay
ments during the ensuing two
years. Considerable develop
ment work has been done upon
the property. and in 1890 board
ing houses, a sawmill, and a
lsmelter were built there by a
company of Portland, Oregon,
1 people, in which Charles E.Ladd
was a stockholder. After a 20
days run the smelter was shut
down. and the option given up.
The ore carries a paying percen-
tage of copper, silver and gold.
Santa Claus paid his annual
visit to Challis this year, and
was more liberal with his pres
ents than usual, in fact every
child in this neighborhood was
remembered with some toker
! from the public Christmas trees
held in this city at the L o. O.
F. hall on Christmas eve. The
large hall had been neatly dec
GRATED for the occasion by a com
: mittee assigned for that duty
By 8 O'Clock that evening the
hall was packed with people, and
we wondered where they al
came from, and some estimate,
l the number at 400 or more. TIL,
program, which proceeded thi
distribution of the presents, this
year differed considerably from
: the usual routine of programs
while it consisted of music an,
t singing and recitations. it was
1 a three act Christmas cantsta
0 The stage was so arranged as t,
e form a grotto, and it was a mos
5 enchanting scene, with som'
: fifteen young girls dressed il
e white and bespangled with silve
2 stars and tinsel, acting tn,
1 drama, made the scene far NOR
: impressive and grand. The pre-
E gram, at least this part of it,ant
+ the training of the children wa
under the direction of Mrs. NJ
/ NJ. Sweet. The only boy VIII
e took part in the cantata wa
# Leonard Holzle, who represent
o ed one of the Heralds. Follow
z, ing this drama came the distri
/ button of the presents. Tn
e trees were also beautifully dec
GRATED besides being laden wit
: presents. The children, and tn
e different committees, and in faS
Il all who took part, are deservin
n much praise for the success this
II was attained at the Christina
i exercises held in ChalliS on th
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-01

January ISL, 1871.
Happy New Year
Did you swear off +?
Taxes become delinquent next
Monday.
Ring out the Old Ring in
the New
School takes up at this place
again tomorrow.
Pierce Dorgan, Jr.. is studying
Blackstone at the law Offices Of
Milton A. Brown, Challis.
Mrs. L. Falls and children of
Pahsamaroi spent the Holidays
in Challis' with relatives and
friends.
The Pocatello Tribune got out
a splendid Christmas number,
which reflects great credit on
the enterprise of the Tribune.
The Butte Miner got out the
largest Christmas paper ever
published in the West. 1t con
tanned so pages or reading mat
ter.
County Attorney Lamme went
down to Boise last week to at
tend the Teachers meeting and
to get acquainted with the school
marms.
A grand New Year ball will be
given in the l. o. o. F. hail at
Challis tonight by Taite's Orch
estra. Tickets, Supper extra).
$3.50. A general invitation is
EXTENDED.
No home should be without a
good city newspaper, and these
long winter evenings are when
it is especially welcomed by
every member of the family
Try the Salt Lake Semi Weekly
Tribune for 1907 1t is publish
ed twice a week, each issue con-
tains ten or twelve pages, and it
/ is sent to any address for S1.5O
per year.
On Sunday, the 23rd instant
promptly at 9 O'Clock p. m, Mr..
James H. Calvin and Miss Julia
| Jensen were united in marriage
] in the parlors of the Challis
I House, Rev. Allen ]. Hoar, Off
ciating. 1t was quiet wedding,
the bridesmaid being Miss Isabel
Boyd and the groomsman Mr..
Clayton S. Williams. The groom
is the affable son of the late
James S. Calvin, while the bride
is the winsome daughter of n. c
Jensen, all of Challis and vicin
ity. The happy young couple
have concluded to locate for {
time at Pocatello. Idaho. The
MESSENGER wishes them bott
health, JOY and prosperity ovel
life's voyage with but few
squalls
. The Salt Lake Tribune is nov
) occupying its commodious anC
elegant, new six-story home a
, 145 Main street, where it would
{ be pleased to receive a call from
any of its friends when they ar,
in the city. In addition to it
new building, practically the en-
/ tire equipment of The Tribuu,
, is new. 1t is, as a whole, th'
3 finest plant in the West, anC
represents an expenditure ap
proximating S350,0OO, Thes'
t new and largely increased facil
tiles have been made necessar.
D by the constantly growing busi
: ness of the Tribune. If you hav
Q not heretofore been a reader o
. the Tribune, now is the time t
begin. 1t is published daily
f Sunday, and semi-weekly. Ad
dress The Tribune, Salt LAX
3 City, Utah.
Y Governor Gooding has arrest
t ed Mr.. Sheridan, owner of tn
a Boise Capital News, for crimina
t li1el, for an article published j
: that paper last fall. The dea
a Governor is very much chagrir
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-01
Ban tonight.

AAmOSb everybody mere are
afflicted with colds.
Jas. Ryan of Iron creek was in
Challis last week on business.
Jas. Marker and wife spent
Christmas in Challis from Bay
horse.
The Walker sisters are spend
ing the Holidays at their home
at Ellis.
D. W. Shanafelt is able to be
up again after nearly a month Of
sickness.
Cy Jones and Roscoe HamIl-
ton were over from Ellis Thurs
day last.
The boys are landing many
fine trout from Salmon river
these days.
/ An advertisement for the pay
ment of county warrants viii be
| found in this issue.
The Rebekahs are arranging
to give a masquerade ball in
Challis on Feb. 22nd.
Valentine Maelzer and wife,
and Elmer Reese and family
were over for Christmas.
VIM. James, of Ellis, was in
Challis last Thursday making
final proof on his ranch.
Earl Michael and family were
, down from Bayhorse last week
, to spend the Holidays.
Mrs. Margret MCGOWAN, who
} is teaching school at Custer, is
spending the Holidays at the
county hub.
The Christmas ball held in
Challis last Tuesday night was
the largest event ofthe kind held
/ here this season
The past week has been more
t like April weather than Decem-
Der in Challis. The snow has
all gone and the streets on the
north side are dry. 1t was Gem
! paratively speaking, a green
Christmas.
Pahsamaroi will soon have a
! new telephone line. 1t connects
5 with the main line at Dickey
D and runs down the Pahsamaro
5 valley to the Still ranch. or with
in half mile of May. 1t IS be
= ing constructed by the Woot
: Livestock company. 1t will be
+ of untold benefit to the people
/. of that valley. For some tim'
e a baroed wire telephone line has
d been in successful operation il
j the valley from ranch to ranch
d which has be of great conven
e ience those who built IL
Al. West and wife of Dickey
spent Christmas in Challis. Al
is fast becoming one of the bis
!, land owners, rancher and cattl
growers of that valley. He ha
a fine location and is making bii
'wads of the long green I" Las
summer he sheltered fed som
nights as high as $50 head 0
horses, besides his boarding an,
: lodging houses We're filed viii
passengers. Soon his statiol
will be central for two telephon
lines-the main line from Black
foot to Challis. and the ne1
Pahsamaroi line.
I. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Grubb o
10 Nay last Friday observed thei
IS silver wedding anniversary. :
t years of welded life, and it wa
= a great event on PahsamarC
i valley, for many neighbOr an
ie friend were present to celebrat
G this epoch-and they have man
-h friends, and consequently the
lie received many beautiful silve
ct presents. 1t was most enjoy
ig able occasion, and those preser
At cannot speak in too much prais
As of the hospitality shown then
he 1 To close the anniversary feStiN
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-01
SCHOOL REPORT.

Report of the Clayton school
for the month ending December
21st, 1906
Number Enrolled. d...-- IA
Number Belonging g- II
Per Cent. of Punctuality- 80. 90
Per Cent. of Attendance. 50
Number of Visitors -. 4
STAR SCHOLARS -Tfllie
Sullivan. Ellis Baker, Lawrens
Hosford. Aileen Sullivan. Ruth
Hosford, Willie Webb, Elvira
Campbell, Lizzie Leigh, MabIe
Baker, Robert Campbell, Johan-
na Sullivan, Charlie Thompson
School viii open again on the
End of January. after a vacation
of eleven days
A short program was render
ed by the pupils on the evening
of Dec. 24th.
JOSEPHINE O'DAY,
Teacher
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-01
!" JOE !"

The Barber and Fisherman IS
located on Main street, Challis,
where you can drop in and get
anything in the tonsorial line you
want to pay for. Thunder Mt.
tourists specially
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-01
Mrs. NeIs c. Jensen, Prop.

The New Challis House is strict
ly a First Glass hotel, and the
meals and accommodations can
not be surpassed in the county.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-01

Good Sample Rooms for
Commercial men. X x X
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Bids re-
Gently opened at the navy department
for SO, 600 tons of semi. bituminous coal
to be delivered It Manila, disclosed
the fact that it is much cheaper II
transported in foreign bottoms than in
American bottoms.
The prices on shipments on steamers
of foreign register and on which there
were a number of bids ranged from
50. 8 a ton to 81. 10 a ton. Last year
similar coal was bought for 81. 100 a
ton, the prices for shipment in Ameri.
can ships being 81. One concern of.
fered to ship 5000 tons in "A sailing
vessel of American register, but nc
bids for shipments in sailing vessels
OF foreign register We're received.
Two firms offered to ship the coal,
regardless of whether it was in ships
Of American or foreign register, the
prices ranging from 1855 10y one firm
and s. 30 and 1928 10y the other.
lua,much as the award probably
viii be made on the basis of the rate
of 500 a ton, the government will
have to pay this year $50, 600 more
than last year for the same quantity
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Wild Man Is Arrested.

HELENA, Dec. 29.-Word has been
received here that an old man hal
been arrested a. Clancy on suspicion
of having shot Arpin and Dollve, two
Helena telegraph operators, q yeal
ago: OF dynamiting the Harris quarry
at Montana City and C%hestnut's store
at Clancy: of shooting at Mr.. Harri'
recently q short distance east of Hell
ena and more recently of having sho
at another Helena man.
A few days ago Michael Foley &C
cidentally stumbled upon the cabin il
a place where it never would be dis
covered by persons searching for it
During the past year glimpses were
caught of the old man, but he avoided
humanity and always skunk away
earning the name of ''the wild man o
the hills"
The day before Christmas he entere,
Chestnut's store at Clancy and Sc
cured provisions which he didn't pa,
for. He was greatly surprised to lear
the next day a Christmas and az
parently had never herd Of it. Las
| night the old man was taken to BOul
der, where he will be examined as t
his sanity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Tn, January Weather Record.

The government weather bureau rec
ords of the past % years suggest that
any kind OF temperature may be ex-
pected in the month of j anuary. Seven
years ago the summer temperature OF
81 degrees was recorded at the Havre
station, while ia 1886, the January
record OF - below zero was made.
These are the extreme, OF temperature
for January, which has II mean or
normal temperature Of 10 degrees.
The average January precipitation
is O.62 inches, bat four times that
amount is credited l. the first month
of the year 1883 The heaviest Janu-
airy snowfall ia "A hour, was nine
inches, on January ~, 1856.
January mas uu average OF eight
clear days. fourteen partly cloudy,
aud nice cioady days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Colorado Beet Sugar.

DENVER, Dec. 29.--Therc is an in.
crease Of 66 per cen, in the output and
value of the refined beet ar pro-
duct of Colorado during the present
season over the production last year.
The sugar produced this season is
valued at 81, 4l2, $50. Last years
sugar output was valued at 81, 435, $40.
The increase in value of the present
output is 81, 997, lO4. More than half
OF this sugar was refined by the Great
Western Sugar company, the Colo
RADIO branch of the American Sugar
Refining company, controlled by H.
o. Havemeyer. The other producing
companies are the American Beet
Sugar company, National Sugar COM
pany and the Western Sugar Il Land
company.
The total acreage of beeis harvested
il Colorado during 1906 was 1850
acres: tons Of sugar bee.s harvested,
l,411, 200: average daily capacity, H.
400 tons: average number. of days in
which factory run, 100: number Of IN
ployes in factories, 1926: money paid
farmers for bee,s, 1855, 800: money
paid factory labor, S2,Oll 900; number
OF persons employed ia beet fields, 49,
$50: money paid hand labor in beet
fields, 1928, 400: pounds of sugar pro.
duced, 80. BIZ, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Accuses II husband OF Cruelty.

BUTTE, Dec. 2s.-A sensation wa.
sprung here this afternoon when Mr-.
George w. B%ourquin, wife of Dis,ric.
Judge Bourquin, and one Of the best
known men of the city, began an ac.
ton for separate maintenance, all-g-
ing 10 her complaint. that the judge
had been untrue to her. and bringing
into the cas- a certain pretty young
lady law librarian. Mrs. Bourqain de.
clares that her husbandtreated her with
such extreme cruelty, blacking her
eyes and aogging her, that for the
past six months she has been com.
PEELED to live apart. By odd chance
in accord ance with its filing number.
the case fell before Judge BourquiL,
but there is N doubt bu, tina, i, will
be transferred to some other depart.
meut of The court.
judy Bourquin i, wealthy aud MS
wife asks that that she De allowed $3.50
per month to care for herself and
their three children, whom the Judge,
she alleges, brands is ''Irish brats."
County Attorney James L. HealJ
whom Judge Bourquin recently at
tackled for failure 10 enforce the ant
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
VIII Increase Beet Acreage.

BILLINGS, Dec. 29.-lndications are
that the acreage OF beets grown next
season for consumption by the Bill
lings sugar factory will be nearly
double tina. of the one just passed.
about 5000 additional acres will be
grown 10 Yellowstone and Clark's
Fork valleys, and besides, word has
been received from Bozeman to the
effect that farmers 10 Gallatin valley
are anxious TO raise 5000 acres of
beets to be shipped TO the local fac
tory. while Wyoming usbandmen are
anxious to add as their quota the pro-
duct Of more than 1000 acres. This
will make a grand total Of IL, 900
acres.
According t o Manager Simmons, of
the Billings factory, something like
:, 900 people will be imported by the
sugar company for work in the beet
fields in Yellowstone and Clark's Fork
valleys, while outside territory will
have to look GU. for beet %culturists
themselves. Letters are being received
daily from prospective laborers ask
ing about work iu the fields, whereas
las, year considerable difficulty was
experienced in securing sufficient men
| With the increased acreage mentioned,
the big plan, will run o its fullest ca
po city mex. season.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
NJ FRUSTRATED.
Threats We're Made To Dynamite Billings
Beet Sugar Factory.

BILLINGS, Dec. 26.-Several days
ago the manager of the Billings sugar
factory received a threatening letter
that unless the sugar factory delivered
S25, 600 the plant would be dynamtted
and blown into atoms. The sugar
company turned the letter over to the
sheriff Of the county and plans were
made to capture the persons making
the threat.
The letter received directed that the
company place q man representing the
company on Burlington train No. 43
leaving Billings At midnight Christ
mas night. He was to have the S25,.
600 done up in one package and the
money was to be IN currency. The
letter also directed that the repre-.
sentative of the suRar factory should
carry q red lantern and stand on the
platform Of the rear coach.
Between Billings and some point
west, not designated, the train would
pass q man alongside the track who
would have a red lantern, and rs the
rear coach passed him the signal
would be given to the sugar company's
man on the train who would then
throw the package on the track.
The sheriff last night organized q
posse of six and secreted themselves
on the rear car of the train. They
had the sugar factory representative
with them with q red lantern and q
package, supposed to contain the
money. They travelled as far as Liv'
ingston on the train, lis miles dis
tant. but found no sign indicating
that the blackmailer had carried Out
his part Of the deal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
Cases In Federal Court.

HELENA, Dec. 2S~.-Sentences were
passed. defend ant. arraigned and de.
crees entered in the federal court this
morning.
The grand Jury returned an indict-
| ment against som. Grow Indians for
stealing sheep Oh the reserv alton
which belonged 20 Charles NJ. Bair.
The indictment against Bird-in-the-
Cedar was nollicd on motion of Dis
trict Attorney Hasch. Swallow Bird
pleaded guilty aud was sentenced to
three months in the Lewis and Clark
county jail: Red Star pleaded guilty
and was sentenced To 80 days in the
county Jail and to pay Il fine of 500:
Sings Good. whose health is poor,
Gear Child pleaded guilty and vii. be
sentenced next Saturday.
John Moore, charged with selling
whisky TO Indians, was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty.
F. ID. Cooper, Of Cascade, indicted
for the illegal fencing OF the public
domain, pleaded not guilty and was
released on 81 1000 bond. which was
furnished. A year 2 Mr.. Cooper
was indicted, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to serve ~ hours in the
county Jail and to pay u fine of $500.
The indictment was made public of
Emil Bircher, charged with %unlawfully
maintaining and controlling a fence
around ). lSU acres Of public land.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the State.

BOHEMIAN, Dec. ga new thing in
the way Of stock shipments from these
parts was the sending this week of
four cars of cattle from Gallatin val.
ley to Denver. The cattle we're shipped
by Wilson and Tarbell to their Colo.
RADIO ranch for winter feeding. 1t is
supposed that the high price of hay in
the valley had something to do with
making such q shipment profitable. It
is the first time, for many years at
least, that cattle have been shipped to
Colorado from this point.
HELENA, Dec. % -Timothy E. COL
Inns and his bondsmen today filed de.
murrers iu the district court to the
two suits instituted by the state to
recover interest on public funds when
Mr.. Collins was state treasurer. The
demurrer alleges the complaint failed
to state facts sufficient 10 constitute q
cause of action. George Il. Stanton
Of Great Falls, represents the defend.
ants.
LEw1sTOwN, Dec. pa alton
of large proportions was created here
today by the arrest of ThomIs Mer.
ryfeld, one of the Oldest and most
prominent rauchers in the vicinity OF
Maiden, and George Campbell, until
recently engaged in the livery stable
business at Gilt Edge and a large
horse buyer, on the charge of receiv'
ing stolen property. 1t is alleged tina,
these parties purchased horses stolen
by the Hedican gang, knowing that
the animals had been stolen. Both al
once gave bonds before Justice of the
Peace Edward Brassey, and their pre-
liminary hearing will be set later.
HELENA, Dec. 29,-The Montan;
Assessors association will hold it.
annual session in Helena. January q
The meeting will probably last two
days. 1t is expected that assessorl
from nearly every county in Montan,
will be present. Al these meetings tn,
dSScSoOES uclcI LIluc upOl tuc d6ScoS
ment which shall be placed upon live
stock, and other property and discuss
ways and means to effectively get a
the man who Is too modest to put dow
on paper the full amount Of propert
he has. The meeting has been Gale
by S. Jarrett of Big Timber, presi
dent of the association.
LIVINGSTON, December 29.-Wor'
reached here today from Staple
Mum, that John Frieze, u prominen
rancher of the Upper Shields rive
valley, had been instantly killed in
wreck at Winnipeg Junction, MINI.
this afternoon. John and Georg
Bruckert. well known ranchers. VIII
reside near Frieze, were severely in
jured in the same wreck. The par
ticulars of the wreck cannot be learne
here, more than it was "a very seriou
one aud that two or three persons wer
killed aud several injured.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-01-02
STATE LAND REGISTER REPORTS.
Millions of Acres Owned By Montana Cit
liens Under Federal Land Grants.

In the biennial report of State Land
Register John P. Schmit, to the Tenth
legislative assembly, the holdings Of
land by the state is shown as we'll as
the selections of land made through
his department.
The states holdings now amount to
3,4O9, 029 80 acres. OF this amount
345, 825. IS acres are timber lands, al.
though not all appraised show an esti-
mate Of l,13s, 1876, 900 feet Of ssw tim.
Der thereon. The remainder of $685.
2O3.44 acres being grazing and agri.
cultural lands.
The amount of land under ive-year
lease is 1880, 452.O acres, being II per
cent. of the state lands, exclusive of
the timber lands, which r not placed
under lease, The amount of land sold
by the state up to the present time is
SO, LIS. OF acres, made up from the sew.
eral grants as shown ia the tables fol-
lowing selections.
The several grants Of land made by
congress to the state, amounting to
66s, $780, 90 acres, have been practically
filed by selections made by the state.
There remain yet 5000 acres o be Sc.
lected for the capitol building grant.
During the past " years 33,O59. "A
acres of land have been selected as in.
IDENTITY school land in lieu OF school
lands lost to the state by reason OF
appropriations by settlers before sur.
vey, or claimed as mineral land by
miners and prospectors; or reserved
by the federal government for other
purposes. In this manner 5l3, lbs. 39
acres have been selected by the state
and practically all placed under lease.
In Yellowstone county $500 acres Of
good agricultural land was selected
upon the west bank OF the Big Horn
river in lieu of the school land tina,
fell below the government canal al
Huntley, said school land being re.
tanned by the the federal governmen,
on account of the irrigation projec,
being constructed at that point.
In Teson county 6,624.72 acres were
relinquished to the federal governmen,
on accoun of being in conflict with
irrigation projects. or a hindrance tc
the policies of the interior department,
and other selections were made IN lier
thereof.