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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-07-13
Commissioners Ewing, Ellis
Campbell srrived Sunday.

Campbell srrived Sunday.
Assessor Burnett sold the de-
linquent taxes of Custer county
at public auction last Thursday.
Miss Mildred Burnett, Chase,
Brazilla and Solon Clark, and
Phil McCallum were up from
Mackay last week.
John Boyd and Ralph Baxter
have quit work at the Valley
Creek mill, and with their wives
will move back to Challis.
DR.. Lynn returned from Chi
cago Saturday morning. He left
here on July 5th and returned on
July 10th. That's going some.
The Missionary Society was
royalty entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. S. l. Shaw at their ranch
on Challis creek last Wednesday.
Mrs. Waddleton went to Park
City, Utah, last week. being call
ed there on account of the sick
ness of her daughter, Mrs. Cy.
Lane.
All who attended the circus
at Blackfeot from this place re-
turned Saturday night. Some
pick pocket at the circus stole
Miss Kate NickersOn's fine gold
watch.
1t is reported that Prof. Hagen
of Salmon who was charged with
stealing band instruments in
Spokane recently, was appre-
hended in Seattle and lodged in
Jail, and that he committed sui
eide.
The Record Herald summary
of the three days country wide
Fourth of July celebration, are !:
Dead, 46; injured, 1875; deaths
due to tetanus, IS; fire-loss, is
$446, 500. Out Of this Nampa
l1du d SOOO,OOV uIc.
Co. Attorney Glennon went to
Mackay Saturday to prosecute a
cattle stealing case. But the
case never came to trial, for
George Freeman the party az
cused, committed suicide in Mac
kay Saturday last by taking a
dose of strychnine,
George Perry of Salmon, who
is charged with stealing two
horses from Earl Gilbert, OF
Leesburg, was arrested at Black
foot one day last week, and was
brought to Challis by Sheriff
Roberts Wednesday evening, and
taken to Salmon the next day by
Sheriff Waters. One of the
horses was sold to the livery
stable at this place for s75, ani
Mr.. Kerr paid him S25, and was
to send him the balance by mai
at BlackfOot. Word was wired
that they were stolen horses. st
when Perry inquired for his n. al
at Blackfoot he was arrested. Z
is also alleged that Perry Gu
the government telephone wir'
between here and Leesburg t,
shut off communication.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-07-13
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.


The Commissioners met yes
terday.
Three autos. were in town last
Thursday.
Grand ball next Friday night.
Come one, come all.
Chet Willis formerly of Sal
mon, was in town last week.
Bank President Smutz and his
moved into their new home last
week.
Attorney F. J. Cowen was up
from Salmon last week on min
ing business.
W. H. Johnston came out from
Loon creek Thursday, where he
has been for two years past.
About a dozen Challis people
attended the Sells-Floto circus
at BlackfOOt on the Sth inst.
John w. Faulkner returned
Tuesday evening from Indiana,
where has been since last fall.
Rodger Brasseur has a badly
burned hand from discharging
fireworks on the Fourth, and has
been able to do no work since
that time.
All persons interested in form
ing Lawn Tennis Club are in
vited to meet at the home of Miss
Roberts, Wednesday, July 14th,
at 8 o'clock P. M.
Jack Woods and Miss Nevada
Rogers were married at Burley,
Idaho, on June 3Oth. They re-
turned to Challis last Wednesday
evening, and will make this city
their home.
In the case of Custer County
VS.. Brazilla W. Clark tried be-
fore the Probate court Thursday
last, the court gave a decision in
favor of the plaintiff. An ap-
peal was taken. The case was
on account of damage done the
public roads in the vicinity of
Chilly by a reservoir owned by
MIR. Clark and others.
1t is not often that there is
sufficient moral to be extracted
from a brutal murder to make it
worthy of notice in an editorial.
The recently discovered murder
of Elsie Sigel of New York, by a
Chinaman who was successfully
her Sunday school pupil, her
lover, and then her murderer, is,
however, an exception. This
case demonstrates so strikingly
the danger to American girls and
young women who undertake to
inculcate Christianity in the
hearts of the heather Chinee, >
that it is worthy of some thought
by all parents whose religious
zeal is such that they may al
some time be tempted to sacrifice
their daughters on this altar Of
missionary fervor. 1t is possibly
a trite assertion that many a true
word is spoken in jest, but he
who will not learn truth from
numerous writings must miss
half the knowledge presented t<
his understanding. 1t was Bret
Hart who in a humorous pOeu
remarked that, For ways thai
are dark and tricks that are vair
the heather Chinee is peculiar,
and no truer assertion was ever
made in the utmost seriousness
The peculiarities of the Orienta
mind are far too deep TO be faith
omed by American men, to sa,
nothing of American women ant
girls, and the parent who per
mits his daughter to enter into
that close association with China
men which is the inevitable out
come of Sunday School classes
should realize that he is far NOR
likely to be contributing to tn
Evil One than to that of God
There is ample opportunity TO
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-07-13


Mrs. Roy Huffman of Salt
Lake is in Challis.
Attorney Lamme departed for
Idaho Falls Saturday.
VIM. Babcock made business
trip to Idaho Falls last Week, and
also took in the circus.
Born-Thursday, July 9Th, in
Challis, to the wife of Dick West
"a daughter. Mother and child
doing nicely.
It is easy to theorize over the
tariff revision, to point to the
three hundred odd reductions
made by the Senate and House
committees, to insist that there
is revision downward, but there
are certain fundamental facts
which cannot be obsecured or
explained away and which are
the only facts of vital interest to
the consumer. Apparently by
an accident, the Treasury Depart
ment has been led to make pub
lie certain figures which are of
striking Importance. A table
prepared by a newspaper cores
pOndent enumerated some forty
articles which the comparatively
poor man is compelled to buy,
and applied to the Treasury for
statement of the exact amount
of duty collected on these items
under the Dingley law, the House
tariff bill and the Senate bill.
All of the items are actual neces-
sites. It is shown that the dut-
les are extraordinarily high and
that practically no reductions
are made by either of the pend
ing tariff measures. In most in
stances the tariff has not been
changed at all on those things
the consumer is most compelled
to buy. Did space permit we
would be glad to reproduce the
entire table. Under the circum-
stances we cite a few instances.
On mems summer suits retailing
at SIS the tariff is $4.76. In 9TH
err words the purchaser gets
$1O.24 worth of suit and contrib
utes 81. rs over and above the
value he receives as tribute to
the American manufacturer. On
a winter suit retailing at the
same price he gets 1896 worth
of suit and his tribute to the
manufacturer is 1854. If he
buys SIS cloak for his wife, he
pays IS. "a over and above its
value as tribute. If he buys hel
a cotton dress for $40, the trib
ute is S2.55. On a tapestry rug
for which he pays SIS, the duty
forces the price up 1915. With
} out the tariff he could buy the
same rug for $9.84. When he
buys a ham for Is cents pound
he pays on every pound cent.
tribute to the packer. When hi.
wife buys granulated sugar at 5.
cents pound she pays II cent.
pound tribute to the sugar
trust. If man buys SIS watcf
. he paid 81 so tribute under thu
Dingley law, but he will have t.
pay So IS under the new tariff
On a new cook stove selling fo
SIS the duty is $6.75. On WOO
underwear selling at $1.5O pc
garment the duty is Az cents
On all of these things which 81
seriously increase the cost o
living and render the tariff s.
serious burden to the poor mai
no reduction whatever is con
templated by either Senate o
House. In fact intelligent stud,
of the proposed reductions de
: monstrate the fact that they viii
save money only to the manufao
: turers whose finished product
will be as highly protected a
, ever, so that the consumer
loortoir fn v.oooiuo M hawaii
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-07-13
TWENTY YEARS AGO,

Ne We ttems taken from the flee of
The silver Mess<noxr Twenty Years
Kgo, and puhitshed now by requess of
q n m Der of ubscribers.l
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
EXPERT ADVICE FOR DAIRYMEN
The Kansas Agricultural College VIII
Employ Field Man for That
Purpose.

Manhattan, Kan, Aug. 6.-The Kan.
sas Agricultural college is to under
take this year far-reaching system oil
extension teaching. In addition to two
men for farm management to conduct
demonstration work on county" and
private farms, a horticulturist to visit
orchards and gardens, woman to hold
classes in cooking and sewing, man
for road work, another for work with
boys and girls, clubs, etc., there will
be man for dairy work. Mr.. G. H.
Hinman Of Denver has been selected
for this work and his duties will begin
September /.
Mr.. Human was brought up on q
New York dairy farm; later he came
to Nebraska, graduated from the dairy
course Of the University Of Nebraska
was assistant in the dairy department
for one year and has since been in
commercial work. Mr.. Human will
stand as friend and adviser Of the
daiYyman or dairy farmer. He will
90 on request only, advise as to COWS
stabling, handling milk and cream;
will furnish plans for dairy barns and
silos and will help, build silos.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
Cotton Hoslsy.

Cotton hosiery. valued At not more
than 81 per dozen ls increased from
80 to 70 esats per dozen pairs; more
than q and less than $50 per dozen
pairs. IRON 80 cents te IS cent? per
dossn pairs; more than Slbo and not
more thaa q, from 70 cent? 70 %
osntn per dozsh paira
The remaining rates On atoekings
are the sAne e. under ne present
law.
Hemp b increased from $40 70
ttl5e per Ton anf hachle hemp fron
~ % Us per ton. ne cheaper lac,l
lsnsia e n ns present ~. hui
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
THE FEAST AFTER THE "FIGHT"
only the "lnsurgents" Were Excluded
From the Celebration Dinner at
the White House.

Washington, Aug. 6.-With the tarifi
bill passed and the animosities of con-
ference and debate all but forgotten,
the "tarifG builders" sat with the presi-
dent at dinner in the state dining room
Of the White house. The chamber
never held merrier throng. 1t was
MT. Taft's celebration Of the end OF
the tarifr flght and his farewell dinner
Of the season. He leaves for the sum-
mer cottage at Beverly this afternoon,
The Democratic members of the
committees which framed the tarifi
bill were included in the presidents
invitation.
These Democrats had been exclud-
from all the important committee meet
.lngs and conferences, but they re-
joiced with their opponents that the
end Of the long night had come at last.
The president made no secret Of his
10Y Practically all Of the prominent
figures in the tariNf fight were at the
dinner except the insurgents" In both
branches Of congress.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12

IN THE LAST YEAR THERE Has
BEEN GAIN or $4,000.
In 70 Counties Of the state Show
Decrease While 7e Show
Increase.

Topeka, Aug. 6.-Kansas has in.
creased q trihe over $4,000 In popula-
ton during the past year. according to
the returns Of the local assessors. All
Of the counties have reported to Sec.
rotary Coburn-of the Agricultural de-
partment but four-Atchison. Graham,
Lyon and Riley. Lyon, for some sea
son, failed to take an enumeration.
Taking last years figures for these
four counties the population Of the
state this year is 1881. 26s. an increase
of 25,460 over last year. Seyenty-siz
counties showed an aggregate increase
Of 32,451, while 26 counties showed q
decrease Of 6,s61. leaving q net in
crease Of $3.50.
sedwick county leads in the In
crease. The returns show that It has
grown 1897 during the year. Most
Of this growth was in the city Of
Wichita, which now has population
Of 52,313, an increase Of 1852 for the
year.
Population shows no increase or de-
crease in any particular section Of the
state. Both increases and decreases
are scattered generally.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
NOTBACE OF ST. LOUIS KIDNAPER
Police Ars Unable to Find the Chill
dren stolen and Held for
Ransom.

et. Louis, Aug. 6.-The police spent
a frultless day in following clues - to
the kidnapped viviano children, Grace
ana Tommasso and were almost ready
to announce their efforts ended.
Search for the children turned to
nearby Illinois towns. A message
from Mascoutah, H., that two italians
had been arrested there caused the
dispatch Of St. Louis officers to the
town. They reported later that the
men we're not connected with the case
Another clew came from a letter
sent to Joseph Pagaho, who is In Gus
tody on suspicion Of being one OF the
band who plotted the kidnapping The
misslve was mailed from DesOto, ILL.,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
poIvoot WaIter Was American.

Al a restaurant in the Wall street
district in New York where the walters
ali sneak French and many Of them
German there is a popular waiter who
Il known to various regular customers
AZ Franz, Frank and Francois. He
sneaks German and French with equal
Auency. and on that account was the
subject Of bet which he had to decide
Yesterday. One man who had known
the waiter for years said that Franz
was a German, and another was just
a. certain that he was French, and .
third said that both men were wrong
and that the lInguist waiter undoubt-
edly came from Alsatia, or from that
mart OF Switzerland where every child
sueaks three languages, each with Q
foreign accent. They were all sur
urised to hear that Frank, a. he pre-
fers to be called, was born in the
Eighth ward, and has never been
further from New York than Wash
ington.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12

.L.--,. - tha Io1v hreaza that
.ne .asrS ,.cr, tha roroe put fees
casp' 49, ~ -no,ars m = hen.farm
, NJ '. 80 - .ha valley The Meri.
Sn ,sn. .n aSe ~.aa.ars .att,eS their differ.
Sa 80 1,;.s ssts snd rn,vee and lin
800 SS' ~ ~. "sontH ,ncoma bv work.
800 49, S,n~,rr's+at,on iust outside
rs - sne u'pp-e
n 'ae a.. -. u..,.4.a
N year tlNAs SA - A4 ~. s1 ses,s,
nunul, ,e ~. nv nv In n.S 1890 haS
El.s q 1l.ernste my. anu u,, uespa'i a lev
prloseo ING lnselvS. W.
gave Dirtn Y wins, MetOIe sss st 80
way preulcteu tnst al ep,Iemi0 ~
81 IN; anu lOss a n.So,su -. So,,,,a no.
tne calculAl,ns pencn On SouD'. "
sls, nus "ne s,, ~ ro,,Us oovrov
invO town, " Dn.ne yovns 1890 ~.
LUM 'AS .o 1s.s.,- ha,S IN q ,ts
vlAse s.Iee,s, Se' w S--'- -
plrAlsAlns Oiu
But great gay oAWnsu ,or Jun ~
Tor Mercreoa ~ Iounu tn .OrmeI'
clad In DucksKin pants ano jumper
busy At the dippins's.auon 1ne
locks OF Tony Homes nileu tne coLIals
and were struggling tnrousn tne annu-
a dipping process 70 prevent disease
Jim, the erudite. held the post OF NON
or on q raised platform above tne
steaming vat from tne yAEos DeiOw
narrow chute LED TOWARDS nim' up
which q STEADY stream OF sneep wa
forced BY the WHY CONES. jim
dropped the frightened creatures one
BY one into the not sulphur oip Win
the nonchalance OF . houseWiie snen-
ing peas, ana shouted orders 70 tns
Mexicans armed with throat nooAI
who guided the noundering sneep
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
u Fair Fee
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The nat had gone forth. James Al
len must ride possessively around. .
thousand ewes before there should be
added unto him the fairest maid in all
the Pecos valley, Mercreda Torres. SO
ruled old Pedro, Mercreda's father
and Allen knew the Modes and Per
SLAMS laws were weak, wind-shaken
reeds beside the solid rock Of Pedro's
grim determination.
Poor Jim! He did not even own the
mustang on which to do the riding.
As for the ewes Jim rushed from
Pedro's presence in a sudden passion.
and the tiny village oAihdobe houses
set in the middle Of New Mexico
dropped into dim perspective as Jim's
long, angry strides bore him towards
the range which trimmed the valley.
The full blaze Of noon held the bar
rem land in thrall. A dry wind whis-
pered through the withered grass and
shook the ghostly sagebrush. Above
the valley treeless plain stretched
out to meet a turquoise sky. Inc
white wool of q dozen fiocks relieved
the dullness Of the landscape.
When the young man had walked
his passion OF, he faced the situation
bravely and made his palms.
Old Pedro had q double purpose In
the PRONUNCIATION Of this edict. Jim
was lawyer. He had gone to school
in Denver, had raked and scraped and
pinched to get his education, and had
planned to remain there to practice,
but when the time came to leave the
valley his widowed mother had fallen
Ill with tedious malady, and Jim, Of
course, stayed with her that she might
be among her people. Jim's mother
was Mexican, as was Mercreda's
father, though the other side Of each
house came from good New England
stock, and Pedro, fearful of the Yam
kee blood in each, sought to bind Jim
to the valley.
The young man opened up a modest
ONCE in the village and flung shin
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
End q 4 navenport Htnsatlon.

Des Moines. la, Aug. Samuel
Francis Smith. embezzler. former
mayor Of Davenport, and son Of the
man who wrote America died 10 .
hospital at Toronto. Canada, where he
was taken from q train bearing him to
Newton Center, Mass, where his wife
and daughter awaited bis coming after
ave years' separation. He was reloas-
ID last Thursday from the state re-
lormatory At Anamoso on orders from
Gov. Carroll His sentence vas Sus-
pended because Of his old age. Con-
Ficted Of embeEzling trust funds IN
ave years ago, he had ssrs-
"A seven years Of his II years.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12

Topeka. Aug. 1.-THE hotels of Kan
sas are very slow In complying with
the new laws In regard to sanitation
ana are escapes The board Of health
proposes to make . stlR campaign ioi
The enforcement OF the laws governinI
those matters, and II the hotels fan
to comply they WI either be closed VI
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12

JEFFERSON City, Aug. e.-Aeting Gov.
omslleh appointed william Mitienoaeh
Of Boonvile a member Of the stats
board Of pharmacy for period Of
four years from August is. 1893, vice
AdospA Brandenberger Of Jefferson
Ctr, whoss term had expired
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
Cooperation Tax.

Every corporation. joint stock COM
pany or association organised for
profit and every Insurance company
q required to pay annually an excise
tan Of one Per cent upon It, entire
net income over and above 5000.
This feature was put into the bill 10
raise additional revenues to apply %
NE treasury dsAeit
The secretary q the treasury is
authorised to issue PAnAna canal
bQqds te.ths amount Of s.9o.6sa 0oo.
Tng re-snactuiens q the provision
auAorizins TIE Issuance Of treasury
esrunestea for moasy borrowed 70
meet public expsndituFst. increases
he anOunt e ths authoriEatioa fram
gieo. ooa.ooo 3 500, ooo, eoe.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12

Out to the End-The Vote Was ~
20 81.
washington, Aug. 6.-The Payne
Aadrich tariff bill passed the senate
~ n vote Of AZ to 81. As the house
kad already passed the measure TINS
action makes It a law excepting TOT
ne presidents signature. The Dill
received all the Republican votes ez-
sspt those Of Senators Bristow. Clapp'
Fammins, Dolliyer, LaFollette, Bever
lage and Nelson.
N.e senate then took up and passed
he concurrent resolution reducing the
rites on the leather schedule.
Following are the rates under inc
rpw measure on the most Important
asaicles Of consumption:
Increases in the chemical schedules
mo a. follows: :.
LIQUID anhydrouS ammonia, from 70
m cent. I'd valorem to i've cents Per
Rcund.
manufactures Of collodion. increased
ave per cent.
Coca leaves increased I'VE cents per
DOund. ....
Fancy soaps increased from 10 cents
nor pound to 80 per centum 40 W.
lorem. .,
The list Of decreases in this sched.
rlo was much longer, the principal
ftems being as follows:
Horacic acid from ave to two cents
Dar pound.
Chronic acid and Tactic acid from
aAree TO two cents per pound.
ealicyliC acid from ten to seven
osnts per pound.
Tannic acid, or tannin, from % 70
% cents per pound.
Sulphate Of ammonia from three
asnthS cent per pound to free list.
Borax from ave to two cents per
peund.
Borate Of lime and other borate ma
terial from four to two cents per
pcund.
pound.
Copperas from one-fourth cent TO nj
Aaen hundredths Of one cent Per
p0und.
pOund.
Licorice from ~ to ~ cents Per
pound.
cottonsesd OIL on Free List.
Cottonseed oil and cotton oil from
eAe dutiablO to the free list
VIaxseed, linseed and poppy SEED
IN from 20 to it cents per gallon.
Peppermint oil from 80 to % cents
per gallon.
oCher and ochery earths, sienna and
sienna earths, and lumber and umper
earths, II ground In oil or water, from
~ to one cent per pound.
Varnishes from IS per cent. to 10
Dor cent. ad vRlorem.
Methylated and spirit varnishes
Grom 1872 per gallon and 30 per cent
"a valorem to IS cents per gallon and
SE per cent. I'D valorem; white lead,
A. - HwwA ~ a
De.A.s ~ .s.U, &C., ~ ono.sourth n an.
800 prosu's 80 80 aor.a
snIl =. : oens IS.o... :, so,.sA
n ~. - 81 ~ os..s nav ro,nd
vnA N1.eo - -n 49,. ~ - 80
SlolsVe :. ~
. y, puS NS... =, .oAa trou
Orys.A o.DoH 800 - 80,
nIee-een.n. - 49,. - s = 49,, t~,s
~ pvuuu, S-
- OoAN ~ $500 -... 80. s..w
u.e W. S.,S - -. cent
aIoo,lo1a.u' ~ y "a. 49,. AZ
~ posne. .S- .s,, ]"
sulphate Of soda, or salt cake, or
inter cake, from t1.26 to 81 per ton.
etrychnia, or stTychnine, from 80 70
rs cents per ounce.
Sulphur, refined or sublimated, =
blowers Of, from 80 TO rs per ton.
In eartheuWare and glassware
there. a but one increase. This IL slight
and "A made on the smaller sizes Of
500 wlas. ma deoroaaea IN thia
sshsa,,,s ,..,,,S..
~, h,,cE ~Is..6 a.amelsd ana 40
aa....,A e.c,,. ~ 49, can't N AZ nav cant
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-08-12
TARIFF BILL PASSED.
mEAsURE PUT THROUGH THE
SENATE ACCORDING TO scHEp-
uLE or THE LEADERS,
INsURGENT SENATORS VOTE NO

UrIstOw, clapp, cummlns, Deliver =
Toilette, ReverIdue and Nelson Helo
Out to the End-The Vote was ~
% 81.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-13

priests are stopping at the Popular
House and say they are eating at Chi
nese restaurants, so as to keep their
expenses down. Although they came
here by steerage, even that costs money,
especially when three are travelling, and
even if the mission was all that it is
alleged to be and perfectly proper, after
deducting expenses of travelling, and
such, very little cash would be turned
into the "hospital fund.-
The man who was here about year
ago was compelled to leave town.
1t is well-known fact that the rep
resentatives of foreign mission boards
of England and the United States are
to be found in all these out-of- the-way
places of Asia Minor and that foreign
mission funds maintain schools, hos
pitfalls, homes and all manner of houses
of refuge of the people there, and that
if a hospital were needed or an orphan IS
home the necessity for it would
be made known to the mission boards
and if needed, would probably be put