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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
Agriculture and Stock-Raisino

Agriculture ably supplements the mining industry IN ibi
S county The Salmon river rising the Sawtooth mountains
WOOD river enters its southwestern border and pur
s course IN general north eastery direction recev-
GO ne waters OF ten large creeks the East Fo Those
together with Lost river ana tributaries flow through
Oh acres OF arabic land still uncultvated Since the hand
loio 10 supply what nature whhods irrigation takes
Tie place of rain and the water that Annually, COOS -
eroan fruitful valleys out deserts would convert the
OF aesoaton into the sounds many homes Agri
T Inc Oh oner industries of the county, is in it's infancy
t f w INSTANT "hen large rgating canals win be taken
river which has endless water supply and many
Oh acres OF rich sagebrush land along the river will be
me FARMS OF this county produce wonderful Yields Of
harvested each year. ~" large crops are
& is one of leading industries of the county and
49, usually MID winters in the valleys and excellent summer
e'n year derives its largest of revenues in tho Of
taxes each year IRON the stock-ero - V"e way "
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
Custer County.

Custer county, Idaho offers vast inducements to settlers and
caa It's beautiful scenery its enerprsng people, var
led resources and its brilliant prospects not napty commemorate
tho name of General Custer whose dahng romantic yet prod
tive craor has become national history Thryfva
wears when mining in its prime and quartz
its infancy the territory embraced IN its confines was
only to Indians occasional party of prospecors
To or from Montana To them wilderness, the mall
Of mans il was unexpored In 1862 pacer actively
worked in Stanley Basin western border and
1869 few found rich ground Loon creek
1870 other pace discovered and yielded handsomely bu
until quartz claimed attention. five later the region now
forming Custer county practically unknown From 1875 to
1879 its rich mines spread misunderstanding capital
lists and increasing population the following year. bv
legislative enactment county created and has hrved
since time until today has population of 5000 people
and has the following towns
Chais-County farming stock fruit and mining
Mackay-Mining and farming.
Houston--Farming and stock raising
MISUNDERSTANDING
Clayton--Nning farming and stock raising.
Bonanza--Minng
CuSter-Mining.
Stanley-Placer and quartz mining, and grazing land
county also has large valleys where farming
rasng pursued great extent viz Big Ry
valley Thousand Spring. Round Pahsamaro East Fork An
telope and Stanley.
Custer county embraces irregular outline about
miles, large the State of Connecticut and larger
than Delaware and Rhode Island together Ida
no. is reached by the Oregon Short Line railroad the east
and this road will probably be Chas year The
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company have line Black
foot Chas The of Custer county its
mines and its agricultural and grazing lands.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
A SLIP OF THE TONGUE.
1t s~~ndssa Strange, Bw& CoA~ids~A~@
Hhs sLtw@sho~ Thsp~ was Moth
Anw Remarkable ASOuA ~.

A mAtron OF Mount Pleasant,
through the need OF lead pencil,
furnished no end of embarrassment
to herself and great amusement to
the passengers of Fourteenth street
car one morning lately, says the
Washington Post. She evidently had
come down town, as her attire would
indicate, for the express purpose of
shopping, and the conspicuous bag
which she carried was plainly in
tended to play an important part IN
the tour, expressing, as it wers, the
matron's independence OF the pleas
ure of the delivery wagons.
AS the car neared the business part
OF town 1t became somewhat
crowded, and the conductors re-
quest to ''sit closer. please" had
rendered every ones discomfort
plainly apparent. Particularly true
was ii to the tall, stately, we'll
groomed man who sat next to the
resident of Mount Pleasant, all of
which seemed to be her cue to begin
fumbling around in the deep bag, and
finally extracting the inevitable shop
ping list which was carefully exam
ined and again placed in the dark re-
eesses of the bag.
Then the matron suddenly thought
OF something. so again the list saw
the light of day. No, the article was
not there, and from her attitude it
must have been important and not
to be forgotten, so the search for
the lead pencil began, during which
time the dignifed gentleman had
very much more than his share of
Jolting, which oftener than once in
terrupted his review of the morning
paper. However he was very good
natured about 1t, and every time the
little woman said beg pardon" his
hand endeavored to reach his hat and
ms polite nod assured her that il was
granted. But the lead pencil could
not be found. Bag and pocketbook
had been turned inside out, still ii
was nowhere to be seen. Withal she
was modest little woman and
seemed 30 hesitate about asking the
conductor or some one near her for
pencil. But with quick resolve
she gently touched her neighbor's
arm. beg pardon" she said, may
borrow your shoestrings?" OF
course there was a general litter
throughout the car.
My oestrings. madam" said the
aristocratic looking man.
"Oh, did 1 say shoestrinosl" ex-
claimed the little woman. II meant
your lead pencil; shoe strings is what
| want to add to my shopping list"
The little woman soon returned the
pencil amid bushes and thanks. and
settled back inner seat determined to
remain quiet until her destination
was reached. Then the Willard was
in sight and the stately gentleman
prepared to leave the car, the con-
ductor In the meanwhile having en-
tered it.
Good morning. senator" said the
conductor, as his passenger passed
out.
Everybody, of course, looked at the
little woman from Mount Pleasant.
who had heard, too.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

The south Packer Gold Mining Company
I4imited
Location OF principal place Of business
Challis. Idaho.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, That at a
meeting Of the Board OF Directors OF the South
Packer Gold Mining Company Limited, cor
poratlon, held at Chnllis, Idaho, on the goth
day Of August, 1908, an assessment OF one a.
mill per share was levied ON the capital stock
OF the corporation payable October 10th, 1908,
10 J. g. Fox Treasurer, at Challis. Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assessment re.
mains unpaid on October 10th, 1908 will be de-
inquent. and advertised for sale at public auc-
ton, and unless payment is made before, will
be sold on the 9Th day OF November, 1905 TO
pay the delinquent assessment, together with
the costs of advertising and expenses OF sale
GEO Il. KEYEs, Secretary
Challis, Idaho
First publication Sept 18TH 1908. wi
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
BUILDING IDEAS FROM JAPAN.
Quick Work by Manual LabO La
WAtnS sd by an AmeUA-
s@n COntrA~AOw,

After an expenditure of several
thousand dollars and four months Of
time in order to win a wager of $50
from his friend, Charles w. GindeIe,
that he could not stay away from Chi
cago long enough for a trip to the
orient, even if he were not afraid to
cross the Pacific, Contractor Joseph
Downey is home again, uncertain still
as to whether he may not have picked
up an idea or two in Yokohama that
would be applicable to building IN
Chicago, reports the Inter Ocean.
Il never saw anything more inter-
esting in the contracting line than in
an excavation of about 10000 yards of
earth in Yokohama" he says. "At a
first glance at the work there are
endless miles of lsborers moving in
slow lines, each man with a pole over
his shoulders TO the ends of which
are slung two small baskets. The
diggers at work in the pit shovel
three spades full of dirt into each of
these baskets, and with this load
the man moves on after those fling
away in front, dumping his baskets
finally a full quarter of a mile away.
Talk about machine labor. In
Nngasaki harbor l saw long lines OF
women and girls. using baskets, pass
i,400 tons of coal into the hold of our
steamer in less than seven hours.
The novelty of this was the
woman and girl labor. The men did
the shoveling of the coal into the
baskets. These baskets were rounded
on the bottom and without handles.
As soon as one of them was Allied il
was picked up by woman and
passed in q twinkling to the next
woman in line. and so on, till ND the
steep steps of the deck the basket
would reach the hole in the side OF
the steamer, through which the coal
would be dumped into the hold. 1t
was an example of the humanizin0 of
the elevator system and there was
not break in the chain In those
seven hours of loading. 1 don't know
what the time is for such work as
this in Chicago. but this looked like
fast enough work for any place on
the map"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
CHINESE GIRLS STRATEGY.
by DseeIvIaE Her Lovers she Kept
"a Large Array Constantly @t
Her Call

The recurrence of disturbances in
southern China, reported in the tel
egraph dispatches, make interesting
some details of the personality of
Lao kuan Yin, the beautiful wom-
an Boxer, who, during the first trou-
bles, acted as "a sort of Chinese Joan
of Arc. She rallied to her standard
large number of well-known des-
peradoes, until her followers num-
bered something like 10000 fighting
men, reports the Detroit Free Press.
She held the chiefs of these forces
faithful to her by making love- to
them and permitting them, az many
as six at a time, each to fancy that
he was the chosen 1one. Soon, how
ever, her duplicity was revealed, and
when she showed special favor to the
youngest and handsomest of the six,
the five others, driven mad by jeal-
ously, passed their swords into the
favored ones body. The rivals then
began to fight among themselves,
with the result that three of them
were killed. Next morning one of
the remaining chiefs, being old and
hideous to look upon, packed up his
goods and chattels and departed. He
took away with him nearly all the
troops, and practically the whole of
the ammunition. Lao Kuan Yin now
found herself with one lover and
very few followers, and when the
government trdeps appeared on the
scene went into hiding.
She is now again in power, and has
more troops at her disposal, but she
has learned wisdom, and contents
herself with one lover.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
Climate. Timber, School. Etc

lin tho ] u custer county is very delghful-light snowfall
chas w snort winters and most charming winters At
WIN an elevation of $500 feet sleigbrides ~ vol, igh
impossible Crediable county is on are wen ns
m; mas Its school building welpaid teacher At
0nalis the high school studies are taught pau acher
PROBABLY one-fourh OF the monn+oinors !.
ueaSy nmoered with spruce fir and pine u ''S '"
. n aise tracts OF farming and grazing land With
with ncreasOg property annually engheng with giant strides;
building; with GOOD ~ decreasing taxation; with railroad
49, % WIN Sooo schools and churches and r+t, - With
fh, Oh luxurious vegetation; with an admahl Innate
and with vast mGe w,5h fertile SOIL rich fruitful products
anu 'ne precious metals Custer county is bp
i,nc - s that will prove brief THOUGH ~ ex
" nave been but puny part of its progressive
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
NOTICE or FoEFEIruRE.

To Lee Bunch, ID. S. Bunch, Oliver Car
pentier and Dion o'Brieu
You and each Of you are hereby mott
hed, that we have expended during the
year 1905 $4,000 in labor and improve
ments upon each OF the following des-
cr'bed placer mining claims, situated
In the unknown Mining District, 10
Custer county, Idaho, to. wit:
The Stanley Placer Claim, Lucky
Boy Placer Claim, bonanza King Plac-
er Claim, Kaeeuo Placer Claim, Arrow
Head Placer Claim, Bulge Placer
Claim, bonanza Bar Placer Claim.
Notices OF location OF which are re-
corded In the Office of the Recorder OF
said Custer county. Said work and
improvements were made upon said
claims In order to hold the same under
tue provisions of Section s324, of the
Revised Statutes of the United States
aud the Amendment thereof approved
January %, 1850, concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
amounts required 10 hold said claims
Tor the period ending December 3Ist,
l9O0, aud that we have also performed
S56d.6b worth OF work and labor ON
each OF the above described mining
eia. ms Tor the year ending December
3lst, 1907
Aud II within 90 days from the per-
sonul service Of this notice, or within
DO days after the publication thereof,
You fail or refuse TO contribute your
proportion Of said expenditure us u CO.
partner u being the sun of S733. az
ON each of said claims being the nm
divided l-G interest in each of said
claims the same will become the
property Of the undersigned, your CO.
Owner. who has made the required ex-
Penditure according to law.
G. II. MATHEWS,
J. i. ATKINSON,
GEO. w. SCiIARF.
Dated mt Boise, Idaho. March /, 1908.
First publication March 10th, zoos.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

Black Hawk Mining Company. Limited, /
ONCE, Challls, Custer Co, Idaho, (
Notice is hereby given that Mt a meeting OF
abe directors held on the END day OF July,
9Os, an assessment OF two mills per share was
-evied upon the capital stock OF the corpora
ton payable 10 NJ. NJ Sweet, Treasurer, at
Challis Idaho, on or before September 10th,
zoos. Amy stock upon which this assessment
remains unpaid on the nth day OF September.
1908 will be delinquent and advertised for sale
at public auction, and unless payment be made
before viii be sold at public auction on October
15th, 1908, to pay the delinquent assessment,
together with cost OF advertising and expenses
OF sale.
MILTON A. BROWN, Secretary.
onioe-Chnllls, Custer county, Idaho.
Dated July END 1908.
First publication July 2sth, 1905
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
onr cItIr. a ccntnry AGO.

At the beginning of the nineteenth
century there were rs cities in the
country which had population OF
more than 1000, Philadelphia was first
in the list with $4,000, with New York
a close second, while baltimore had
taken third place from Boston by $4,000
to $4,000. At the same period the popu-
lation of the country Was 5.30S,4S3, of
which only 5 per cent. was urban
indianapolis News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10

Put small tablespoonful OF butter
IN a saucepan; when melted pour in
enough tomato cstsup 10 nicely cover
the number of oysters to be used:
when ii begins to bubble add the
oysters and cook for two minutes:
pour on slices of toast and serve AZ
once.-Detroit Free Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Notice Is hereby given, that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween the firm of Marshall Il Sturkey
doing general merchandise business
at Stanley Basin, Custer county, Idaho,
Is this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent. MIR, Marshall will continue the
business and will collect all bills and
assume all liabilities of the late firm.
II. II. MARSHALL,
HENRY STURKEY.
Dated October list, 1908.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Matter of the Estate !

Joseph Jump, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed Budlong Carmen, administra-
tor Of the estate of Joseph Jump, de-
ceased, to the creditors of, and all per-
sons having claims against said dec
eased to exhibit them, with the nee
essary vouchers, within four months
after the first publication Of this no.
tice 10 said administrator at his resi-
dence on East Fork, his pOstotiiee adj
dress being Clayton, Idaho, the same
being the place for the transaction of
the business OF said estate, in the
County OF Custer State of Idaho.
BUDLONG CARMEN,
Administrators.
First publication Oct. 0, 1908.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Matter OF the Estate ]
of !
Wilson Ellis, Deceased.

Wilson Ellis, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed George A. Ellis, administrators
of the estate OF Wilson Ellis, deceased,
TO the creditors Of, and all persons
having claims against said deceased to
exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after the
first publication of this notice TO said
administrator at his residence at Ellis,
the same being the place for the tran
saction of the business of said estate,
in the County OF Custer, State OF Idaho.
GEORGE A. ELLIS,
Administrator
First publication Sept. %, 1908.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-10

As substitute for butter, both AZ
table and in the kitchen, goose fat /,
largely used in Germany.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07
Walk as if You Were
Somebody.

Never allow your physical
strength to drop. Keep up your
energy; walk as if you were some
body and were going to do some
thing worth while in this world,
80 that even a stranger will note
your bearing and mark your super
iority. If you have fallen into a
habit of walking in listless, in
dolent way, turn about face at once
and make a change. You don't
want to shuttle along like the fail
ures we often see sitting around on
park benches or haunting intelli-
gence Offices, wondering why fate
has been so hard with them. You
don't want to give people the i'm
preston that you are discouraged,
or that you are already falling to
the rear. Strengthen up, then.
Stand erect! Be man! You are
a child of the Infinite King. You
have royal blood in your veins.
Emphasize it by bearing. A man
who is conscious of his kinsh1p
with God, and of his power, and
who believes thoroughly in him.
self, walks with a firm, vigorous
step, with his head erect, his chin
in, his shoulders thrown back and
down, and his chest we'll projected
in order to give large lung ca
pacity; he is the man who does
things.
You cannot aspire, or accomplish
great or noble things so long as
you assume the attitude or bear
ing of coward or weakling. 1t
you would be noble Or do noble
things, you must look up. You
were made to look upward and to
walk upright, not to look down or
to shamble along in semi horizon
tai position. Put character, dig.
nifty, nobility into your walk. -Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07
A Prisoners Complaint.

Ina certain county Jail OF Geor-
gla there was once an old chap
named Nose Selby, supervisor of
the institution, who housed and
fed the convicts so we'll that they
were greatly attached to him. He
was accustomed to hire them out
to the farmers in the neighbor-
hood during the harvest season,
and in that way turn an honest
penny for the taxpayers.
Early one morning one Of these
prisoners appeared at the Office OF
a lawyer in the place.
young man." asked he, fare
you an Attorney"
81 am" was the reply.
Il want you to get me out Of Jail
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07
on writ of habeas corpus. and I
want it right away"

on writ of habeas corpus. and I
want it right away"
"Hold on, my friend" said the
lawyer. "We must have some
reason to show the court before
we can ask for writ"
Il have reason enough" said the
man. "The cruelty of the keeper
makes life there unbearable.'
NONSENSE exclaimed the law
yer. There was never a kinder
keeper in the world than Nose
Selby."
Judge for yourself, the prisoner
insisted. Yesterday I was work.
ing out at Mr.. Walkers, and we
had a big lot Of hay to get in, for
the sky was full of rain clouds.
So when the Jail horn blew for bed
time 1 stayed and helped get the
hay under cover.
sit was after dark when I got
back, apd would you believe it.
sir, that hard hearted keeper had
locked me out. I had to sleep out
Of doors, and caught rheumatism
in my bones. It settled things in
my mind. I'll not stay another
night under the roof of man who
will treat me like that. So, Mr..
Lawyer, 1 want you to get me out
before shutdown, if you please. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07
Swollen Heads, Shrunken Minds

A young man, inheritlng a vast
fortune, got the mistaken notion
that great inheritance makes a
great man. In three years he ran
his course and is now serving as
point to many moral tale. Those
who were fawning and Aattering
few months ago are now titterine
and pointing as he passes by. And
if the young man has any brains
left, he is probably in the most
pitiable state of humiliation.
It is an everyday occurrence.
The Office boy who doesn't know
how to take raise of fifty cents a
week is just as good an illustration
as this very conspicuous young
man. And the moral of his dis
grace will be missed entirely il
every man, however obscure, does
not take it home to himself. Not
always does swollen head result in
disaster. Most of the very worst
penalties in this world are penal
ties of missing great benefits one
might easily have received had he
conducted himself with honesty,
simplicity, and modesty. Satur-
day Evening Post.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07

for the days 60 by faster than we
dream, and want may ovetake us,
as it has others who lost the week
in the great whirlpool of Saturday
night.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07

see how it can be had. You are
tired. Then rest. Go home and
be with those who are with you
and of you. Pass right on by
places intended to entice you to
your further wearying and your
rum. Throw your labor and dig
nifty behind you. Open your
heart. Talk of the beauties of
the past you have seen, and con-
graduate yourself that SO much
/ misery which has befallen others
has escaped you. No matter how
hard your lot, some one has a
harder one. Think il there are
not near you those you would on
no account change places with.
Our troubles grow from the mo-
ment we begin to pet them.
If you love, love more. If you
hate, hate less. Better to hate
not at all. Life is too short to
spend in hating any one. Why
war against a mortal who is going
the same road with us? Who is
to live in the same country with
us? Why not expand the flower
of life and happiness by learning
to love, and by teaching those who
are near and dear the beautiful
lessonp Your hands may be hard,
but your hearts need not be.
Your forms may be bent or ugly,
but do you not know that the most
beautiful flowers often grow in the
most rugged, unsheltered places?
The palace for care-the cottage
for love. Not that there is no love
in the mansion; but somehow if
we are not very careful, business
and desire for wealth and power
will crowd ell there is of beauty
out of the hea,t. This is why God
has given Saturday nights and
Sabbaths that we may leave bust
ness in the office and have a heart
cleaning.
Here is a key to heaven.
Forgive as you would be for
given. Love as you would be
loved. Do as you would be done
by. We're you a weary prisoner
at home, think how welcome would
be the coming of her you love, to
be with you one night, it not each
night, and 60 straight by the
places of dissipation, of wlckedness,
where people would not SO congre-
gate if they did not forget.
If you would have home happy,
try to make it SO. Light the lamp
of life and keep 1t filled with the
oil of love, care, attention, tender
ness, and caresses, that it may not
go to sleep in the dark when the
work of life is ended. Bite your
lips rather than speak cross words.
Children often fear to go to sleep
in the dark, bnt there is another
sleep, aud more terrible darkness!
To be shut out from parental love
and the happiness every child is
entitled to.
Suppose we fall asleep in the
Office this Saturday night, and,
neglecting to have trimmed our
lamp, awaken to find but darkness
and gloom, and uncertainty. IF
there be no lamps of love to tighten
hearts and future we have not
lived in vain.
Home can be happy if we make
it so. Do not expect to Gull all
the flowers, leaving none for others.
Do not, simply to please yourself.
We repeat-do not, simply to
please yourself, for therein lies the
shroud of happiness! Keep back
the bitter words. Others may be
weary and bitter. Help them to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07

In doing what we ought we de-
serve no praise, because it is our
duty. st. Augustine.