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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-24
Local News Items.

D. - L. thompson depart
ed Saturday morning for Stan.
ley Basin.
Buster received his first ship
ment of Hood River stra v berries
last Friday.
BE sure and attend the F. O.
r. minstrel in ChalIis on the u
and take in the big dance after
the show.
Miss Margaret McCabe de-
parted on Saturday morning last
for Custer on a visit.
The Fraternal Order OF Eagles
of Mackay will put on the best
show of the season in Challis on
the 9th of this month. Admis
sion 80 cents.
Miss Viola Shanafelt, of Iron
creek, Is visiting with her father
at Challis, D. ". Shanafelt.
a. O. Prose. the real estate
man, returned last week and
brought in with him a new Over
land auto.
Hear Prof. Bennie Outsen in
his masterpiece. Keep Your
Foot On The Soft, Soft Pedal"
at the f. O. t. minstrel on May
9th, at Challis.
The new steel front is now be
ing put on the First National
Bank building, which makes a
decided improvement.
Attorney Adamson and wife
departed last Friday where Mr..
Adamson has a case before the
supreme court at Boise.
One thousand jokes and not a
stale one in the bunch. at the F.
o. f. Minstrel in the |. O. O. F.
Hall, Friday, May 9th. There
will be an admission fee dance
after the show.
Found-An Odd Fellows gold
link pin. Owner can have sane
by proving property and paying
for this advertisement. and call
/ ing at this Office.
Mr.. Black and wife of Salmon
took charge of the Challis House
last Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Pushaw have moved on their old
ranch on Challis creek.
]. c. Dougherty was down on
Saturday from his mines on Gar
den creek. the first time for sly
months. He and his brother
Ed. have done vast amount OF
development work on these
claims. The property, says MI
Dougherty, is looking better TO
day than ever before.
James Bradley and his pal, tx
Kemp. are before the Dlstrlc
court at Pocatello on the charge
of perjury. The motion to quasi
the indictments against then
was argued last Wednesday. ant
I.Judge Bulge took the matte
under advisement. Sheriff tiil'
made affidavit that Bradley an'
Kemp swore to lie in the Pro
bate court to SHE'D Ed. Moohe.
who is charged with gamolln'
and selling liquor aginst the law
hence the perjury charge.
Robt. Morrison left Saturda,
for Mt Home to make arrange
ments to take charge of his ne'
stage line, the contract conl
mencing July 1st. He Will pror
ably make arrangements to nav
the present contractor run III
mail until he can move his stoc
over after the completion OF III
contract on the Challis-Cus'e
line. We learn no contract o
,ho un.river route has been a
vat awarded. The trouble al
pears that in changing the ma
schedule by taking in Sunbeam
Ilengthens the mileage and max. !.
hard schedule. A route II
snacter is expected any day. an
) probably the proposed route WI
.honced. and another con'ra'
Let from Custer OF bo"'"""
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-24

he" cOmers who arrived here
last week from San Jose, Cal.
George Read and son, of San
Jose, Cal, arrived in Challis
this week. Mr.. Read will con-
duct a shoe repairing and har-
ness shop.
Mr.. Bert Daft and son, Of San
Jose, Cal, arrived in Challis
this week. Mr.. Daft is a new
conner who is going to locate in
our favored locality.
Come to Challis and raise fruit
where late spring and early sum
mer frosts are seldom known:
where the codling moth and San
Jose scale have not come.
June, the month of roses and
weddings. will soon be here, and
Mrs. Buster has prepared for
them by just receiving a fine
stock of wedding presents.
Mr.. Clark. Butte mining
man, arrived in town last week.
and has gone to Washington
Basin to examine the Tolman &
Blackman mining property.
Challis hospital items Miss
Naomi Hosford. Of Clayton, was
operated on last week, and VIII
Ernst. Louis Caprilla and Mrs.
Chamberlain. who are at the
hospital, continue to improve.
Challis will have the biggest
celebration this year ever in its
history. on July 18th and 9Th.
Read the 'ad." on the Sfh page
in this issue. The large colored
will soon be issued from this
Office
a new saloon will be soon op-
ened in Challis. The old Wat
son saloon building was recently
purchased by K. Mckenzie of
Mackay. The building will be
re- -papered and painted. A wag-
on load of new bar fixtures and
furniture arrived last week. 1t
/ is said that Harry Brockman of
Mackay will run the saloon.
Mr.. Dolberg of the Sheeley
Steel Bridge & Construction Co.
was up from Pocatello last week
to make estimates on a steel
bridge across Salmon river. A
bridge site was found near the
/ MCGOWAN ranch. On account oi
the long approaches it will make
an expensive bridge. but at this
point will save half the distance
for most the people in the valley
who desire to cross the river.
The Jenson bridge, or what was
first known as the Colvin bridge
has stood intact for 50 years, bu'
now the timbers have rotted, anC
is not considered safe. PrObab
/ IL there is more travel over thi.
bridge than any other in the
county. aud it will have to be re
placed by new bridge soon O.
else the bridge will fall down by
its own weight. or some grea
accident happen. Delay is dang
erous in this case.
For the past two weeks ther'
, has been many strangers in thi
city from the outside. Some ar
looking for land. and others ar
: here on mining business, ant
others have come to our valley
: the best spot on earth, to locate
The stages are crowded witt
passengers. and some days a
, many as three or four auto. load
, of passengers arrive from Mac
, kay and Salmon. Since tn
: railroad has been completed t
= Salmon, the passenger traffi
, from that point has materiall
; increased. and when the roa
nuts on a regular schedule. ther
| will be still greater traffic fror
that way. 1t is reported tn
; Salmon people are going to es
pend $1,000 in repairs on tn
! wagon road between Challls an
#, Salmon All these strangers al
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-24

Mrs Vim Buster of Challis,
carries the largest and best sell
ected line of millinery goods in
Custer county The stock is the
latest styles and prices are rea-
sOnable-
Mrs Buster is also agent for
the RoISo Daily CanifaI NowS
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-24

am ready to admit that
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-17

wiser of the Cunninghams. and made
several efforts to make valid their
claims to several thousand acres OF
these lands. 1t seems, in passing
along, that Ballenger secured from
these families of multi-millionaires
great sum of money to help elect
Taft President. Taft, then, by way
of reward for Ballinger's services.
made him Secretary of the Interior
in other words, to look after and con-
serve our national resources, among
which is Alaska and these rich lands.
This gives Ballinger his chance. In
stead of taking care of our internal
resources, to conserve them, he re-
mem bers his former clients-and
present clients-the Cunninghams--
and goes before a Congressional COM
mittee and recommends the passage
of law that will make valid the
bogus, fraudulent claims of the Cum
ninghams to these lands. Not obey
ing the law as it is, but changing it.
or trying to, to suit a particular
client. But he was caught In the sly
act, and his methods were exposed, and
this is why there is so much trouble
with Taft and his administration now.
Taft gave Ballinger "clean bill of
health" but it failed to Clean" so
Taft is now mad as the proverbial
wet hem because the country would
not take him at his word, hush! and
be good" The whole thing seems to
be working Ballinger's undoing, be-
sides is putting the administration to
straits for harboring a Cabineteer
guilty of such an illegal proceeding.
It does seem our Government has
gone to the bad
So much for corporation lawyers
in the Cabinet, and why big corpora
tons are so we'll satisfied with the ad-
ministratioR, and which, by the way,
accounts for living expenses being SO
high. So much for the character OF
political Integrity in the highest ad-
visory body in the land.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-17

Wickersham. Well, when w. H.
Taft was elected President his broth
err, Henry p, recommended his law
partner, George w. Wickersham, one
time defender of the Sugar Trust, for
Acknowledgement. So Taffey agreed
and Wickersham was appointed, and
now we have it. Wickersham, who
was formerly member, with Henry
P. Taft, of the law firm to defend the
Sugar Trust against the indictments
of the Government is now Attorney
General, whose duty it is to prosecute
the Sugar Trust. Needless to add
that the Sugar Trust laughs gleefully
and rests easily when one of their
own men, a former member of their
own law firm, is Attorney-Ge to
prosecute them. The Trusts interest
will be taken care of, and you will
continue to pay high prices for sugar.
So much for another member of
the Cabinet and for another branch
"a IuC COl pOA dtlOA luC0TCSLS U0IuS
served in the Cabinet.
Mr.. Ballinger, another member of
the Cabinet, Secretary of the Inte-
rior, is accused of being the Official
arbiter in what is believed to be the
most colossal of mineral and land
grabs" The story back of this is
lengthy, but here it will be con-
densed.
In Alaska there are hundreds of
thousands of acres of rich mineral
and coal lands. This land belongs
by purchase to the Government of
the United States, and can be secured
from the Government by entry in
small tracts-no one man entitled no
more than SO much. Now, there are
two families of multi-millionaires-
the Cunninghams and the Guggen-
heims-who have been for years try
ing to gobble up these lands,-get
many times more than their share,
by illegal and fraudulent methods.
Richard Ballinger, strange to say,
was once an attorney and legal ad-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-17

Knox, who had been the Pennsylva-
MIA railroads lawyer during all his
legal career, was handed credentials
emitting him to seat in the United
States Senate. The railroad COM
pany needed a most able attorney in
the United States Senate to look
after their interests, as well as up in
Pennsylvania in the railroad office.
So much by the way of Knox's ap-
pointment, Another incident in the
Knox career shows the kind of man
he is
A man, Crane, from Chicago was
appointed minister to China. Now,
all the records go to show that Crane
was clean and honest man, despite
the fact that he is a millionaire. He
hasespent, now, many years in travel
in China, and in foreign countries,
knows the Chinese language, and by
all means is well-ftted man for the
post. The President is remembered
to have spoken of him in the highest
of terms. Crane accepted, thinking
he understood conditions, and could
do a work there, and went to Wash
ington for instructions and orders.
No instruction was given, but or
ders to proceed to San Francisco were
given. He proceeded to San Fran
cisco on his way to China. But on a
certain Friday, representative of
the Morgan and Hill moneyed inter-
ests visited Mr.. Knox at Valley Forge.
terprising a railroad scheme in China,
and he would prefer a man there as
a representative who would do the
Morgan bidding, which Crane, it is
supposed, would not do. Any way,
after the visit of the Morgan man,
Cranes scalp was taken, he was re-
called, at San Francisco from his
mission on the f1imsy pretext that he
had said something in speech which
invalidated him as a representative
to China. An examination showed
that he had simply repeated what
Taft had said in his September
speeches on the subject of our rela-
tions to Japan and China Taft had
the opportunity of his life to stand
by wronged man, even though it
would create a confusion in the Cabi-
net household. So much to show
that Knox was given birth to public
life by the railroads, and to show that
up to November, 1909, he is still
true to his clients and doing the bid
ding of the moneyed interests. So
much to show that one branch of the
corporations have man in the Cabi-
net to look after their interests.
Mr.. Wickersham is our Attorney
General, and in that capacity, he is
to keep sharp eye on those who
commit offences against Uncle Sam
and the people and prosecute them.
1t is we'll known to all that law vio-
lations by the Sugar Trust have been
of an immense quantity the last few
years, and haven't ceased yet-no, by
no means.
During all the years prosecutions
have been urged against the Sugar
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-17

magazines and papers, showering
tributes and praise upon all the Sc
lected ones for their legal ability and
for their craftsmanship, as well as
upon their high-crowned chief for his
selective ability. Ali Of us were
prone to sit back with sigh of ease
because of the great talent of the
disinterested ones who were to watch
over and control the destinies of our
nation during the next four years
Had our enthusiastic biographers
only waited for few events to trans
pire, which have transpired during
the last several months, doubtless
tributes would not have been quite so
glowing, and our sigh of ease is all
to no end.
We have had many years with Taft
before us. But how the real Taft has
kept himself hid, until after he was
elected President is too great prob
lem for us to solve now. Taft is a
genius, in that he kept himself be-
fore us yet kept himself hid When
the crucial time came, the selection
of his Cabinet, advisors, and men
who were to influence him, the COM
pany he then sought revealed the
tenets of the man.
Some one says if you know mans
friends, the company he keeps, you
have very complete index to the
man. Ask a man who would be his
Cabineteers if he were President,
then you know what kind of a Presi-
dent he will make, in the main.
Recently, as we'll as with the pass
ing of the last few years, prices of
living have been steadily marching
skyward, and in view of the fact that
there has been no great decrease in
production we are led to ask: From
whence come our high prices on food
stuffs and living expenses?
Some of the fault may be found
with the railroads, their high prices
for carriage, and with all big corpo-
rations who have men in our Gov
eminent working for advantages for
the corporations. Not that all in
creases have come from this source,
but large part of it may have. An
examination might show us whether
these greedy corporations have any
sympathizers high up in our Govern
ment or not, and whether they can
influence the prices of living, or not.
Not for this chiefly do we here in
yestigate Mr. Tafts associates in the
Cabinet, but simply to know the
character of the men, which seems
amply to have been shown during the
last few months-more especially with
three of the leading ones.
Mr.. Philander G. Knox is the near
est Of the associates to the top. A
knowledge of how he first went into
public life may suffice to show whose
interests he sympathizes with. When
the venerable Senator from Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. Quay, died, some very
prominent officials, we are told, of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
met in the office of the company at
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-17
FACE TWO

IMMEDIATELY upon Taft's
selection of his Cabinet
there were brief biographies
y of all these high ones in the
Smyrna times., 1910-07-20
ent through her shining curls.

ment through her shining curls.
81 will do my best Arthur" " she
responded in the calm, sweet way
he knew so well.
Genevieve never had cause to re-
gret the choice she made. Arthur
Merlin proved to be the most kind
and thoughtful of husbands, and she
was the envy of many a woman who
knew her happy married life.
Perhaps she understands something
of what is passing in his mind when
he kisses her fondIy on the anniver-
sary Of that night when he first saw
the photograph of her dead brother.
At all events her face lights up di-
vinely when he calls her the guardian
angel, and she knows that she is now
no longer alone in the world, but
has at least one lover loyal and true.
Smyrna times., 1910-07-20
NapOleOu's Grit

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New Discovery. Satisfaction is
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Smyrna times., 1910-07-20

AZ incendiary blaze threatened the
destruction of the town of Cannon,
Sussex County, Sunday, July 10. 1t
started in Fleetwood's store and
spread to adjoining properties. The
congregation of the M. P. Church
formed bucket brigade and held the
flames in check until the arrival of
the Seaford fire company. Loss about
$40, 900, mostly covered by insurance.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-26

This week another Salvation Army
man was arouud soliciting for some
eastern institution The country now
seldom see these Salvation army groups
out singing and trying TO convert souls
like in olden times, but it is becoming
frequent to see some fellow around col
lecting for some institution where they
can rest and toast their feet and get
soft living doing nothing. It looks as
if this Salvation business is becoming
laug hing joke. 1t Is like the Temper
ance Union that is good on collections
to pay come fellow to go out and talk
and blame the other fellow for not doing
the work. The money contributed by
our people to the Speaker" business,
put into hiring detected to come here
for a few days would do twice the
good for prohibition, real prohibition
It would close the joints, stop the
bootlegging.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-26
Yocemenso Items:

Mr.. Frank Atwood, l. Stout and
Mr.. Swigart went to Ogallah last week
and bought three loads of oats at low
price. They say money saved is money
earned.
While shelling corn last week Law
renee Stephens got his finger badly
mashed and had to have a doctor treat
it.
Yocemento has been greatly i'm
proved by new foot bridge across the
creek and it is out of reach of the
highwater.
James Myers is going to build a new
house on his farm which will greatly
improve it.
Corn shelters are getting plenty or
work around Cemento.
1t is said that there will be q Work
man Lodge started at Yocemento soon.
Mr. Lund is building new house
and hopesEto move into it soon, where
he will be nicely located.
The mule drivers have been having
fine time the past two weeks.
J. F. Burk has been hauling wheat
the past week.
The school at Yocemento is progress
sing nicely this winter and the teacher,
Mr.. Sophus Johnson. is we'll thought of
by his pupils.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Williams re-
turned home last Friday evening from
Topeka, where they visited relatives
and report fiae time
Two young men living near Yoce-
mento went to see young lady Sun
day eve and low and behold she wasn't
at home. Stung again. C
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-26
he Yoeemento Road.

Last week the viewers, surveyor,
chain carriers and several people in
terested met at the George Palmer
place west Of town, near the Yoce-
mento Cement plant, to lay out 40
foot road across the Palmer farm ad-
joining the railroad right of way. OF
course Mr.. Palmer put in big bill of
damages and objected as the road pro-
posed only took in HIS farm and did
not require Bruel, Sach or those east
OF him to lay out like road across
their farms. And there is not law
abiding, thinking person in the county
but will say he Is right.
There is no question but that pub
lie road along north of the track should
be laid out to secure the trade of Yoce-
mento to our town. Our business men
should take it in hand, our Commercial
Club, and get up petition and insist
on its being put through, extending
from the bridge to Yocemento and treat
all property owners alike. Then Mr..
Palmer can't kick any more than any
one else. We are told that Mr. Zeigler.
who owns the first stretch of land, is
willing, and tfey can go along the right
of way by the old water tank where
the road used to be until it hits the good
roadway along his farm and then on to
Yocemento. Years ago there was such
q road AMI it was much travelled. 1t
AAn to the Replogle creek crossing,
then up his road around Hogback and
back to the track. There is no reason
why anyone should be allowed to close
up the right of way the county rented
years ago and are paying for for a
The Commissioners should stop that
safeguarding out there and act for
the interest of the whole county and
Yocemento in particular, as that has
grown to be big interest in our coun-
" and needs and is entitled to fair
treatment, as they are big taxpayers
The road west by the old Yost-
George Bellman place should also be
opened for the benefit of Hays and
Buckeye township. 1t was also used
years ago and can easily be made a
good Travelled road and there is no rea-
son why this city should be cut off
from having roads, at least on section
lines.
The city or the Commercial Club
ahonld get up these petitions for the
city's good and not require Mr.. Isaac
son or some other individual to be re
sponsible for costs if the road is re-
jected by the Commissioners, for it is
for the benefit of our city.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-26

Wakeeney World: Miss Betty PEN
ny has been quite sick at the home Of
Mrs Finch this week
Lucas Independent: Ellis county's
court house is the only one in the dis
trict that is lighted with electricity and
all must say that it is great conven-
ieneDce. It looks as If Trego would be
next
Luray Herald: The parochial schools
of Russell county have largely adopted
the text books officially adopted for the
public schools and in Ellis county they
are moving in the same direction.
These schools in Russell county send
their pupils to take the general county
examination also.
The Quinter paper says:
''Voda claims the honor of having
the best wrestler in the county. We
will put him up against all cofners, big
or little, high or low, black or white,
male or female. Fred Lakin is the
man that can do it,
Send him down here to try our SPORTS
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-02-26
Forestry Work

The Agricultural paper, the Indus.
trialist, says: Director Ed. H. Web.
ster went last Thursday night to Hays
Experiment Station, Ogallah Forestry
Experiment Station, Dodge City For
estry Station and Garden City Expert
NEST Station with the newly appointed
State forester. c. A. Scott and Prof.
Albert Dickens to look over the con-
dition OF the forestry work at these
places ard to introduce the State For
ester to his new work"
Yes, they were here, and when they
visited the finest body of native timber
in the western half of Kansas, as the
National Forester reported, they. no
doubt found that even part of the Pub
lie Park of the state. laid off by the
legislature, on the Ft. Hays. reserva
tion, was fenced up and used to run
general stock in. They may also have
discovered that really nothing is being
done to preserve the timber, as belt
of timber along the creek, that no
new timber is being planted or cared
for, yet the U. S. Congress distinctly
intended in their Act granting the
land to the state that it should be
maintained as a Public Park and taken
care of by such act. But both institu-
tions, with thousands of more acres at
their disposal, use this beautiful belt
of timber for common use.
In the same paper, in nm article on
Forest work it says: 'Many of these
natural forests may be made much
more valuable and considerably en-
larged by protecting, for few years,
the young growth A part Of the state
policy will be to prepare plans for the
care of these Wood Lots in order that
they may add wealth and welfare Of
the state" And they can't commence
anv too soon on this valuable timber
land granted the State by Congress.
That whole belt of timber should be
fenced in and carefully protected and
more trees grown to continue it. The
present slip-shod way of the Timber
business in Kansas is no doubt why the
Legislature is so slow in appropriations
for its continuance. They see no prac-
tical results.