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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-21
NO GOSSIP" VILLAGE.

Merriam, in johnson county,
Kansas, was quiet yesterday.
The new unwritten law Of the
place which allows no gossiping,
no interference with a neigh
bor's business, was strictly en-
forced. The citizens have Just
come to the conclusion that more
than one half the troubles of
everyday existence are directly
traceable to too much discus
sion of other peoples affairs, and
they have determined to put a
stop to the practice.
The new plan is working fine
in Merriam. J. J. White, the
postmaster, says there's nothing
like it, and because of the new
order of things he set up" the
cigars to all the patrons who
called their mail yesterday morn
ing. Thompson Stages. who is
the author of the let other folks
business alone" propaganda, is
more than pleased with the way
the effort is succeeding. Mr..
Stages, besides being one of the
oldest inhabitants, is Civil War
veteran and the father of the vii
lage physician, DR.. VIM. Stages.
1t all started when Mr.. Stages
declared that there was too much
talking behind peoples backs
in Merriam.
"One of the things I've always
told my boy" Mr.. Stages said
as he smashed the cheese coun
ter with his right fist, was that
the best things he could do was
to spend half his time mindine
his own business and the Other
half letting other peoples busi
ness alone. And l think it'd be
a mighty good idea to adopt thar
plan for a general rule here il
Merriam.
Merriam caught the idea in
moment, and to catch an idea il
Merriam is to put it into prac
tice. The town was just recov
ering its normal equanimity from
the unaccustomed upheaval of ;
local scandal. No one had done
anything particularly reprehen
sible, but there had been talk
too much talk-Merriamites say
and they determined that th'
talk should stop.
| There wasn't any public meet
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-21

ing where the town orators could
air their views. It must be re-
membered that Merriam's plan
was to stop talking. The citi-
zens just passed the word about
quietly that the new law was in
effect. Kansas City Times.
All small towns-nearly-are
infested with gossipers, and are
"a detrfment to any place. Chal-
lis is not an exception. Why not
pass law like Merriam's here
and see how it would work ?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-21

DR.. M. L. Puffer, of Salmon,
will be in May, Tuesday, Jan.
DIST. In Custer Friday and Sat
urday, Jan. oath and 25th. In
Chaliis, Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, Jan. 9th, 28th and
29th. Eyes examined and tested.
Glasses fitted and adjusted. New
lens put in old frames.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-21

The Salt Lake Semi Weekly
Tribune is the best paper for
intermonntaiH readers for sever
al reasons, one important one
being that it reaches them from
one to four days earlier than
Eastern or coast papers. A free
sample copy will be sent you by
asking The Tribune, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-21
y O ::

The Barber and Fisherman IS
located on Main street, Challis,
where you can drop in and get
ANYTHING in the tonsorial line you
wart to pay for. Thunder MT.
tourists a specially.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-21

Notice is Hereby Given Thss sH sppli-
cations for permits to Craze cattle horses and
sheep within the LEMHI (SOUTRy NATION
AL FOREST during the season Of 1913. must
be flied in my once al Maekay. Idaho. OF or be
fore February 18th. Is0s. Full Information re-
garding the grazing fees 70 be charged and
blank forms TO be used in making application.
will Be furnished upOa request Guy 3.
MAINS. Supervisor. No. 2 10.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-21
rREAsuRER.s NOTICE.

The following warrants against
Custer county viii be paid with
interest TO date, if presented
within so days from date of this
notice
Current Expense Fund.
Nos. AZ to "a inclusive, issued
April l1th, 1907.
Nos. as to 141 inclusive, issued
July 18th, 1907.
Nos. 142 to 176 inclusive. is
sued Oct. 18th, 1907.
Redemption Fund.
Nos. 299 to $50 inclusive, Cur
rent Expense, Issue of Jan. 22d,
1907.
Road Fund.
Nos. 1S6 to 212 inclusive, is
sued Oct. 18th, 1907.
Interest or per cent from date
of registry to date of payment,
if presented within ten days af-
ter date of this advertisement.
Interest ceases 10 days after date
of this advertisement.
F. ]. CLYDE,
County Treasurer.
Challis, Idaho, Jan. IA, 1905.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-21
conr,.rcial camrhor.

Practically sil the eamphor Of com
merce comes from Jspan and Formosa.
which is 8 japanese colony. As Japan
needs il for making smoNeless guDpow-
der. the government has forbidden its
export. so that Russia may not get any.
and slso in order that the japanese pow
der mills may not ran short Japan 5
control Of the camphor trade gives the
III Ia 4 scr cf control c.sr W.T.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-21

SNSND az MIS-. w du-
dleton's.
DR.. g. L. Kirtley was down
from Custer last week.
Clyde Wilkinson is expected |
home from Nevada this week.
The MESSENGER was awarded
the county printing contract for
the year 1905.
Jas. Christian fell from lad
der in Challis last Tuesday night
and received dislocated hip.
George Smith, one of the
prominent mining men of Stan
ley Basin, was in Challis last
week.
Lee Watson, W. H. Felkner
and c. NJ. Henderson are put
ting in brick fues in their resi-
dences.
Chas. Zilkey at the County
Board session last week was ap-
pointed Overseer of Road Dist.
No. 1.
Owing to the sickness of Mrs.
Sweet we were unable to devote
much time during the past week
to Office work.
Mrs. VIM. Elder and Mrs. Arch
Howell have leased the New
Challis House, and will take
charge next month.
School commenced yesterday
morning after four weeks vaca-
tion-two weeks vacation, bow
ever, being on account of the
mumps.
Wm. Ginnell arrived in town
last Thursday from Parker Mt,
to secure medicine and assistance
I for Martin Joyce, who has been
quite sick from pneumonia for
several days.
The County Hospital contract
was awarded last week to DR.. B.
B. Slick by the County Commits
sioners. The Doctor will send
for his family as soon as he can
secure a residence.
. The Board appointed the fol
lowing trustees for the new In
dependent School District No. 1,
at Challis Thos. Jose, J. job
Thos. Chivers, Rodger Brasseur
Alex Klug and NJ. NJ. Sweet.
A marriage license was issued
last week by Auditor Henderson
to Guy B. Mains, Forest Res,
erve Supervisor, and Miss Mar
tina keenan,, Supt. of Public In
struct'on of Custer county. Both
of Mackay, Idaho.
Jas. H. VanCamp brought tc
town one day last week the hide;
of a mother mountain lion anC
her four kittens, which Mr.. Van
Camps son, Stanton, killed ov
er on Warm Springs Creek re
Gently. The mother lion showed
considerable fight before she
was Shot.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Brasseur's baby
Joseph, had a close call one day
last week. He got hold of boz
of sugar-coated one grain quin
inc tablets. and ate twelve o.
them-all there was in the box
before being discovered. dc
taken violently sick, and DR.
Slick was called and worked ov
er the little fellow for 4 hours
and now the baby is apparently
as we'll and happy as ever.
NOTICE is hereby given ina
all applications for permits t(
Craze cattle, horses and sheer
within the SALMON RlVkt
NATIONAL FOREST durin!
the season of 1908, must be tile'
in nv Office at Salmon City, Ida
no. on or before February 29th
1905. For full information II
regard to the grazing fees to b'
charged, and blank forms to b
used in making application vii
4,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-14
WHATS In A MAME7

The fun title of King Chulalongkorn
of Siam; Most high, illustrious. in
vincible and powerful monarch. crown
ed with 101 golden crowns, each adorn-
ed with nine species of precious gems;
greatest, purest and most divine mas
ter of immortal souls. who sees all
things; sovereign emperor, under the
shadow of whose wings lies the rich
and Incompatible Kingdom of Siam,
king to whom is subject the most
fruitful of all lands lit by the sun:
greatest of lords. whose palace is Of
fine gold and gems; divine master Of
the golden thrones and of the white
and red elephants. sovereign god Of
the nine kinds of gods, king who Is
like unto the sun at its zenith and
like the full moon, king whose glance
Is more dazzling than the orb of the
morning. king who is above all emf
perors. monarchs and potentates Of
the universe from the rising TO the
setting sun"
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Captain Richard Wainwright, It
Is Understood In Naval Circles,
Will Succeed Rear Admiral
Evans as Fleet Commander.

Newport, mounted as armament a few
six FOUNDER guns. The torpedo boat
dostroyers carried fourteen FOUNDERS
and torpedo tubes. capable Of sinking
first class battleship But this was
not all. During a considerable part OF
the fight Lieutenant Commander VAIN
wrights pleasure craft was under the
FIRE of the powerful armorcd cruiser
Vizcaya, of 1000 tons displacement, and
the heavy guns OF Moro castle.
A Memorable Fourth.
Those of us who celebrated tho
Fourth Of July, 1898. by reading the
newspaper dispatches telling OF the
destruction OF the Spanish fleet off
Santiago harbor tho day before may
recall enthusiastic mention of Lieu
tenant Commander Wainwright's feat
II we followed the succeeding news
paper reports we received the fun
story II was story difficult TO be-
lievc, almost preposterous. and yet 1t
was undenably true. IL supplied the
fimsy stuff OF which romances are
made, and vet in this instance it was
fact, not fiction
For the earlier chapters IN this fact
romance of American history let us go
back four and a half months prior to
the naval battle of Santiago on the
night OF Feb. TO- 1889, the American
| battleshp Maine. peacefully anchored
| in the harbor of Havana, was blown
up and totally destroyed. causing the
| death of 266 members OF her crew.
| For several years the Cuban patriots
| had been at war with Spain. trying TO
drive the ancient tyrant from the is
land There had been more or less
/ talk OF American Intervention in the
matter Chronic disturbance through
out n large island lying so close to our
shores furnished occasion for the be-
| lief that the United states might in
| tervene. But there was no actual
threat of such interference. The
Maine was visiting Havana harbor
upon a peaceful mission BY some
| mysterious agency the battleship was
| destroyed.
Second in command of the Maine
| was Richard Wainwright, executive
officer under Captain Sigsbee. Last 20
leave the sunken wreck was Vain
wright, who worked heroically in sue
coring the wounded and recovering the
1 bodies Of the dead For weeks after
! the disaster Wainwright made his
| headquarters on a small government
! vessel in the harbor going daily TO the
! twisted hulk of the Maine taking out
| corpses of victims and seeking evidence
upon which to base a finding as TO
| what caused the explosion. Vain
/ wright refused to go ashore in Ha-
! vana When asked his reason he re
| piled that he preferred to wait until
he could so ashore at the head of q
landing party In armed conflict with
Spain.
Lieutenant Commander wainwright
firmly believed that the Maine wa:
destroyed by conspiracy OF Spanish
army or navy officers, though the find
ing of the court Of inquiry was neces
sarily indefinite. His duties in con
ncction with the Maine ended. VAIN.
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AesENTMlNDEp CELEBRITIES.


Not only was the late Canon Mac
Coll. the English divine one of MIR.
Gladstone's closest friends but there
was a great similarity between his
characteristics and those of the "Grand
Old Man" Both mon, for instance
were apt to be totally oblivious Of
everything else when talking on a sub
ject which excited their feelings. 1t
will be long while before the house
of commons forgets the ludcrous spec
tacle of MIR. Gladstone trying to bal
ance a hat several sizes too small on
his head while putting question TO
the speaker. Equally funny was an in
cident which occurred at big coun-
try house with all the guests at lunch
con, and Canon MacColl speaking with
unquenchable enthusiasm on the Bull
garian atrocities. A plate of stewed
fruit was before him. and magnia-
I cent fiunky stood beside with sugar
and cream on a salver The cream had
clotted and when the canon. stiu
speaking, turned the jug over his plate
nothing came out. Unconsciously he
continued to hold it more and more
upside down. while the guests watched
him, fascinated. Did he jerk the jug
in his enthusiasm or was 1t only force
of gravity that told? Suddenly out
came the cream in one mighty splash
all over fruit and cloth and canon
And the unforgettable sight was the
splendid flunky struggling not 10
laugh
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ri n navy circles It is un-
RI sEFgi derstood that President
Roosevelt intends TO
lL H make Richard Vain
H. A Ill wright commander of
- the Atlantic to Pacific
battleship aeet next
summer. Rear Admiral Robley j.
Evans will reach the age limit of ac-
tive service, sixty-two years, Aug 1S,
and will retire. In July Captain VAIN
wright viii become rear admiral by
tho retirement of Rear Admiral Will
liam r. Burwell.
According to the best knowledge and
belief of the navy and the country in
general, the feet is to make visit to
the Philippine Islands after San Fran
cisco has had a chance to glimpse the
salmon hued tunnels of the big ships.
The cruise to Asiatic American waters
may require a matter OF two years. 1t
is advisable. therefore. that a feet
commander be named whose period of
active service extends beyond the time
limit OF the cruise, Captain Vain
wright is In his hfty-ninth year, Those
who pay attention to these matters
hold that the reputed designation of
Wainwright to take command next
summer signifies the definite intention
OF the administration to send the feet
to the Philippines. Should Wainwright
be placed In command he will be pro-
NOTED over the heads of several senior
rear admirals This win be merely the
carrying out Of the presidents well
known policy of placing in important
commands men who have won their
spurs. so to speak, in active service.
Richard wainwright, next to Tight
ing Bob" Evans. is undoubtedly the
most noted fighting officer in the
American navy Ten years ago. when
he gained international fame during
the Spanish American war in less than
an hours fighting, somebody prophe-
sled that our navy was TO have a
Fighting Dick as well as Flight
ing Bob" Thus far Wainwright has
escaped this fate. Admiral Evans, II
ia said. much dislikes the Fighting
sobriquet though he does not dislike
fighting when that is necessary.
The fact that Captain Wainwright
is not averse to fighting when occs-
sion arises was proved conclusively ten
years ago the next Sd OF July, when
he performed an exploit in the waters
off Santiago bay which placed his
name for all time upon the records Of
American naval heroes. What VAIN
wright did on that occasion amazed
the civilized world-that is. If the
fghtlng nations of the world may be
called civilized. And what was this
most amazing exploit? Simply the
destruction of two powerful torpedo
boat desroyers by converted pleas
ure yacht This craft. which had be-
longed to the New York Yacht club
and had carried many a party oil
dainty ladies' and dilettante lads or
the annual cruise to New London and
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wright was assigned TO shore duty,
much against his will. He sought an
independent command at sea, no mat
ter how small might be the vessel. In
the course of a few weeks his plea was
granted War was declared against
Spain. Many merchant and pleasure
vessels were added to our navy in
the emergency. j. Pierpont Morgans
yacht Corsair was one of these. The
gingerbread work which made it prac-
tically a floating home palace was
supplanted by something a little more
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THE KAISER CARRIED COAL.

While boy at school the German
emperor was put on a footing of equal
ity with other lads of much humber
rank. His clothes were generally rath-
er shabby, as his parents were anxious
to keep him free from vanity and eX-
travagance. And he had TO take his
turn in filling the crate with coal, like
the other scholars. 1t is said that he
never resented this and showed no OBJ
lection to the easy familiarity with
which his companions at Cassel We're
allowed to treat him.
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Some Other Wainwrishts.

After the war Wainwright held sew
eral high posts in the naval service,
including the superintendent of the
Naval academy at Annapolis, where his
own son Richard the youth TO whom
the secretary of the navy alluded in
his brief address, was cadet. Young
Wainwright is now lieutenant in the
navy He is the third Richard VAIN
wright in direct line in naval service
The father of the officer who is to
command the battleship fleet was
Commodore Richard Wainwright, com
mander of Admiral Farragut's flagship.
the Hartford. Commodore Wainwright
died in 1862. His war record was high
~ creditable His young son Richard
was boy in Washington. Two years
after the commodores death President
Lincoln appointed the son to cadet
ship in the Naval academy, Captain
Wainwright has been in the service
forty-thre years.
In person the future commander Of
the great fleet is tall and spare, of the
rawboned type. In his casual con-
versation he is not so picturesque per
haps as is Fighting Bob" who has
made several national notices in mo-
ments of enthusiasm which do not
look we'll in large type unless expur-
cation is resorted TO, which spoils the
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the Furor, had come across the sea to
sink American vessels. When these
craft came out from their rendezvous
Wainwrights little Gloucester espied
them and singled them out for attack.
The armored cruiser Vizcaya, one OF
Spaln's proudest fighting ships, espied
the Gloucester and trained her guns
upon the "demorganizedv yacht. Guns
from the land forts also poured their
fire against the eX-pleasure craft. But
Wainwright remembered the Maine,
He proposed to put the Pluton and the
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BIGGEST PROFESSIONAL INCOME

The largest professional income in
the world is that Of Mr. John Hays
Hammond, which Is no less than
100000 year Larger sums are
made By investments or speculation,
but no other man receives 80 much for
personal services MI Hammond.
whose name became familiar M tho
limo OF the Jameroa raid. is n mining
.ngueer NOW Nvnr On New York
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no CASE On nECoRn

There Ia no case on record OF a cough
or cold resulting IN pneumonia on con-
sumption after Foley's Honey and Tar
cough aud break NJ your cold quickly.
Refuse any but tho genuine Folcy's
Honey aud Tar In a yellow package. Con-
tlluH no Op.utpg und M safe and sure t.
y. nm Drug Coz "rhe Never substi-
tutors"
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TIGERS REFUGE IN TREE.

News of a tiger being brought I'm
from a village about three miles from
the capital, The chief of state went
out with a party The guns were
placed In trees and the iiger b5lng
driven out the Maharaja wounded
him In the Jaw.
the tiger thoreupon sprang into a
chlla tree ana grasping the trunk
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In August Fighting Bob" Viii
Have Reached the Retirement
Age, Sixty-tWo Years Vain
wright Three Years His Junior.

p1,ror ont OF commission. Though his
own vessel was struck and partially
disabled he poured such penetrating
Arc into the two STANDARDS that one
az them caught fire and blew up be-
fore she rained the shore Tor which
she aed and the other was beached by
ber officers TO save the crew from
drowning. The Gloucester had bagged
the pluton and the Furor
.srhe Maine is avenged" remarked
wainwright TO a brother officer peering
through his glasses at the wrecks of
Tho daetrovers
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the tiger. But he stuck to his scat
and would not come down till the dogs,
getting scent of him. jumped up TO
catch his tail which was just dangling
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over their heads.
Down sprang the tiger on one of the
faithful dogs. breaking his spinal cord
and woundiEg another at the glands
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warlilse. six Founders were mounted.
and the Corsair became the auxiliary
cruiser Gloucester of the United States
navy. with Richard Wainwright in
command
Avenses the Maine.
The Gloucester was on hand in the
outer harbor when Admiral Cervera's
powerful battle fleet emerged from the
channel and tried to make its escape.
Two Spanish torpedo boat destroyers,
with terrible names, the Pluton and
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with his fore paws ana resting his
hind legs on n branch. remained
hidden in the foliage for five minutes.
Then the dogs We're let loose after
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But his onslaught brought an his own
ruin through a deadly bullet Of his
higness's new rifle.-[ Bombay Ga
Zette.
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notices. Captain Wainwright. how
ever. has proved his prowcss as a
fighter. ROBERT DoNNEII..
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PLUMBING AND HEATING

Sewer ana water connection made,
j. c. Heesoh. iiS w. Ind South.
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A PREHISTORIC MEXICAN IDOL.

The grotesque figure shown herewith
was unearthed recently in Mexico and
Is supposed TO antedate the sun wor
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shippers OF that country A leading
English illustrated paper fanclcs that
In this curious relic there IS sug
gestlon Of President Roosevelt That.
however, is only another explosion OF
British humor.
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TT n navy circles 1t is I'M
!. ! !" s: $: S. !. !. :.
Connecticut western news., 1908-01-23
ITS VALUE TO THE COUNTRY.

Not long since Secretary James VII son of the department of agriculture asked his subordinates In various de partments to make a careful estimate of the value of their labors to the hor- ticultural, agricultural and live stock interests of the country. When their re- ports were all in and added there was a total of $75O,OOOO0O as the estimate of experts of the value added to the wealth of the country as result of the work which they had been carrying on during the year preceding. Although of an optimistic frame of mind, MT. Wilson decided that he would be ultra conservative and so cut the estimate of the value of the service rendered by the department of agriculture at $234,- 100000 annually. Even in the face of such figures as these the showing would seem to be a splendid one, fur nishing all kinds of evidence that if re- trenchment is found to be a necessity along any line of government expense it should not be made In the work of Secretary Wilson's department. There is no work of which the government has supervision which should be more liberally assisted by congressional ap- propriation than this.