The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-03-02
Marcia Spring month.

Easter comes on Sunday, April
11th, this year.
You can lead Taft to Louisiana
alligator steak, but you can't
make him eat it.
All stock journals announce
that cattle are going to bring big
prices this year.
A statewide prohibition bill is
recommended for passage in the
House by the Idaho legislature.
The noiseless gun seems to be
success, but what is most need
ed is gun which will be harm
less when not loaded.
No wonder Republicans are
ashamed of the Idaho legislature
when body of supposedly in
telligent men pass a bill to make
it a felony to play social game
of solo.
A warning to persons who bite
and swallow pieces of their fing-
er nails. The appendix removed
from Miss Kate Nickerson last
week was filled with little pieces
of her finger nails.
A large timber wolf was killed
out on Challis Creek last week.
1t is large enough animal to
kill horses or cattle, and as big
as a mountain lion. Timber
wolves are not very numerous in
this section.
G. M. Henderson last Sunday
at II o'clock, received a phone
from Mackay stating that Mrs.
Chase A. Clark was still living,
and as long as there is life there
is hopes, but the doctors give no
encouragement. DIR. Root of
Salt Lake is in Mackay.
The Forest Service will this
year allow the following number
of cattle. horses and sheep upon
its different reserves in this vic
unity
Challis-4, ,25O cattle and hors-
es; sheep So, 900.
Lemhi-18, 500 cattle and hors-
es; sheep--15O.OOO.
Salmon-15, 800 horses and cat
tie; sheep-25, 500.
SawtOoth-6, 200 horses and
cattle; sheep-335, 900.
One of our subscribers asked
us yesterday Why we did not
e-publish the article from the
Capital News of Feb. 20, entitl-
ed Pioneers l Remember
Tales of Frontier Days" 1t is
relative to the Indian fight at
Battle Ground many years ago.
The reason that we did not re-
publish it is simply this Two
or three weeks ago, by request,
we sent to the News this very
article, which was published in
the MESSENGER more than twen-
ty years ago.
DR.. Bailey of Chicago, at
meeting of the Southern Homee-
pathic Medical Association, an
nounced the discovery of radia-
thor, which he declared has all
the properties or radium without
it's baneful effects and that it is
in reach of all. 1t was discover
ed from certain species of pitch
bled, of which 20 tons were dis
covered in Colorado mine, with
much more in sight. 1t gener-
ates a purple ray which Finsen
used so successfully in the treat
ment of lupus (cancer). The
mineral is a yellowish substance
and greatly resembles sulphur
when ground up.
The local option bill providing
ths t the question of closing cal
oOns cannot be submitted to
vote without a petition signed by
40 per cent of the vote cast for
Secretary of State at the last
election. The House, which first
passed the bill. made the per
cent 20. There is no probability
that any county in the State will
get the required number of sign
ers to q petition, but number of
counties would no doubt 60 dry
if they had a chance to vote. A
county would have to be at least
three fOurths anti booze to Sc
cure the names of 40 per cent of
the voters 10 a petition. unless a
great number of people should
take the matter in hand and visit
every nook and corner of the
county, and even then many vot-
ers would not be found. The sen
ators amended the bill for the
purpose of preventing the ques-