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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20
HOTELS STARTED WRONG.
BED nHs, SAys = Philosophical
New York Pole enaAA.

The philanthropic policeman tipped
back the brim OF his helmet, pulled
down his cuff and pointed 10 brick
building painted white that stood on
the opposite corner, says the New York
Sun.
II don't think I'm fatalist, il that's
what you call it," he said. but I've had
opportunities in my business to see
that some people get started wrong
and never have fair chance.
''It's the same thing with buildings.
They get bad name in the beginning,
and that seems to settle them.
THAT house on the corner WAS put
up as a hotel nearly 80 years ago. 1t
was intended to be all right, but the
owner happened to lease it to the
wrong kind of q man, and within six
were in the place. Practically they've
never been out of it since that time.
"The building has been sold several
times and some of the owners have
tried to make it different. But in one
way or another it always seemed to
drift back to its old character. II it
hadn't been for that wrong start in
the first place the old hotel might have
been all right.
Almost the same fate overlook an
other hotel that used to be on my beat
uptown. Nobody ever knew why it
was failure. 1t stood on a site that
gave light on four sides, occupying all
of a small block. 1t ought to have
been crowded all the time but it was
nearly always empty, and one landlord
after another came to grief there.
after it was such failure as re-
spectacle hotel there was naturally
an attempt to carry it along on the
other plan. That prospered for awhile,
but there could not have been much
money even in that.
Landlords came and went Half the
time the house was closed altogether,
and in spite Of all its attractions the
building was a hoodoo. 1t will proba-
| bly, remain one until it is pulled down
altogether.
Now it is closed. half its windows
have been broken by the boys in the
streets. and it is ripe for the wreck
ers to tear it down and make way for
some more fortunate structure. One
thing must have compensated the own
ers for their disappointments. The
site has increased enormously in value
since it was bought 20 years ago, and
in spite Of all its vicissitudes the no
tel may ultimately bring fortune te
the men who built it,"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

CUSTER COUNTY.
c.sto sanator Ravenel Macbeth
Representative -5 sam f. Taylor
prdhate Judpe Jesse G. Finnell
,,Ierk CORTLAND NJ. Henderson
Treasurer Eaii . Alc uael
sheriff Sidney J. Roberts
SCISSOR Alex. Burnett
School Supt- Miss Jennie E. Kelleher
County Attorney III. f. Glennon
,,oIoner -----D Duncan Cameron
surveyor Valentine Maelzer
commissioners Dist y Geo. Ellis
End Dist. Robert Campbell
3rd Dist. - r. II. Ewing
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

JUDGE OF 9Th DIsTRICT.
James M. Stevens.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20
Agriculture and Stock Raising.

Agriculture supplements the mining industry in enrichng
s county, The in the Sawtooh mountains
north of its south western border and pur
suing zgzag general eastery direction recev
The waters of ten besides the East Fork These
together and its tributaries flow through
thousand of land still uncuvated Since the hand
of man is supply what nature withhods irrigation takes
,ce M rain. and the water annually would
make yeant fruitful valleys of deserts would convert the
The silence of the sounds from many homes Agr
utr like all other of the county, is in its infancy
" time is not distant when large rrgatng canals will be taken
Of Salmon river endless water supply and many
of acres sagebrush land along the river will be
The farms county produce wonderful yields OF
H. cote ubaat notatoes etc. per acre. and large crops
harvested each year
growing is leading industries of the county, and
with the usually mild winters in the valleys ana eNcen' SUMMER
nga has become very remunerave industry and the county
wear derives largest amount OF revenues IN the way
"a xes each year from the stock growers
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20
Climate, Timber, School, Etc.

Tho climate of Custer county very delightfush snowfall
~, .llevs. short winters charming winters At
C,u; With an elevation of 400 feet sleigh rides we'll nigh
Cr,ditabe to our county pethoric school fund
h district has its school building and wepald teacher AL
f,,ol;s the high school studies are taught Z.
Probably onefourth of the mountainous 'erorS u nS ~
g boavilv timbered with spruce, fir and pine
With large tracts farming and grazing land uncuvated with
property annually lengthenng with giant strides;
with increasing and decreasing aSauo' WIN o
,anoes of luxurious vegetation; with an admirable climate
l 70 health with fertile soil, rich n fruitful products
and with mineral wealth IN gold slVer copper ~ ~
and advantages will its brief though Sorous ex
70 have been but puny part Of its progressive career
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

STATE.
U. s. Senators ws MiiIja -; E. He Sopah
Thomas II. Hamer
Congress, James II. Brady
Gs"rstary of State =, Robert Lansdon
SecIe.a,' " Stephen y. Taylor
Auul 1oa Daniel McDougal
AttoIney Covernor l.. II. Sweetser
lh eu'en~ Charles A. Hastings
Iress ootor Of Mines f. Cushing Moore
. sdhiool Supt IS. Belle Chamberlain
State Engineer
,,.r,in Roise, Idaho
Water Commissioner-snd Dist.
lanes Mcmillan, Twin Falls Idaho
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

Officers OF the Village OF Chsiiis.
TRUSTEES.
Joseph Rodgers--Chalrman
Charles Waddeton-Trsasurcr.
William Buster.
Joseph Fl. Horton.
William Elder.
Clerk--L. T. Giennon.
Narshal-James Golfer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
Mr.. CREIGHTON APPOINTED

AS we were about to leave the
office Tuesday evening a dispatch,
announcing the appointment of
John Creighton as county COM
missioner by the governor, was
recei, ed from the Carson Appeal.
In giving this choice plum to a
republican, Governor Dickerson
overlooked his democratic boosters
in this county. He evidently
thinks their support of less value
to him than the support he received
from republicans. This is
doubtless gratifying to the Dicker-
son republicans, but what is it to
the Dickerson democrats whose
mouths waterd for the juicy meat?
Well draw the curtain here as it
is not our funeral.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
NEW POWERFUL MICROSCOPE
Enormous Masnlfcation Is Attained
without Former Blemishes Due to
Optical Causes.

--ere has been exhibited before the
Royal society oil London a form of
microscope. the invention of Professor
Gordon. BY means OF which enormous
magnihcation OF an object can. it Is
stated. be attained without the blem-
lshes due to optical causes that for
merly married such images.
We may suppose that the enlarged
image Of an object is received from a
microscopic lens upon a ground glass
locussing screen. and that then IN.
other microscope is employed still fur-
Their to enlarge the image so formed
This is. of course, quite feasible. but
the grain OF the glass would be magni-
fed together with the image and would
vitiate the result. Professor Gordon
uses a translucent screen of the finest
possible texture, and he causes it to be
kept In constant motion while the oh.
Ject is being viewed or photographed.
BY this means the grain of the screen
Is eliminated and the greatly magnihed
Image OF the object aone seen. Speci-
mems magnified to the extent of ten
thousand diameters were shown as
proofs of the efficacy of the method
dopted.-Harper's Weekly
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
FOR THE FoRGETFUL MAN
Memorandum Book With Cross Index
VIII He Him to Remember
New Acquaintance.

II you're bad hand at remember.
ing names of people," said the brisk
outside" man. lust buy a little vest
pocket memorandum book. and when.
ever you meet some one new that you
teel you ought not to forget but prob
ABLY Will, write his name down and a
briet description of him. his business
or some distinguishing trait. Cross
max this at the other end of the
DOCK. You'll find you'll never forget
nave tried that system very sue.
cessfully. From a man who knew
races. I've grown so 1t isn't once a
week name fails to come to me.
[hese are some of the Identification
tabs my book contains:
James Clarke. red hair. paint.
brush mustache. talks quickly, lum.
Der man.
Cyrus Jones. always creased
trousers, bushy black beard, stationerI'
Herbert Smith. very fast walker.
nervous. thin. long-legged. wholesale
coal salesman
Back In the book cross-index this
way: '
Red paint-brush mustache. quick
talker-James Clarke. lumber
.Long-legged, nervous, thin-Her.
bert Clarke. COAL ~
THESE mere writing down of these
names and details fixes these people
IN your mind. You have them down
pat, and you don't have to refer to the
DOCK at all But just the same omen
the DOCK and read a page or so here
and there whenever I have a spare
moment You'd ,be surprised to see
now 1t strengthens your memory in
other ways"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
Sterilization by IIuht

MILK Is now being sterilized in
Paris by submitting it to the action
OF ultraviolet rays, thus avoiding the
use o! heat or treatment by chemical
antiseptic substances. 1t has long
been known that light without heat
can destroy heterogeneous. and in
1893 1t was proved that from the
ultraviolet part of the spectrum there
proceeded rays that had a bacterial
effect. II was further shown thai
glass stopped these rays. which, how.
ever, passed easily through quartz
1t has taken over seven years to turn
this knowledge to general use but
now in Paris an apparatus has been
made by which ultraviolet rays
through quartz, sterilize 1872 gallons Of
water an hour. After much trouble
the sterilizing of milk has been sue.
ceSsfully accomplished, although it's
opaqueness was at first difficulty
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
GENESIS OF SPEcTER SHIPS
one Instance in Particular satisfsetor-
ny Vouched for Explains Many
Stories of Sailors.

ferhaps the most likely explanation
oi the gene e Of specter ships lies i'm
the extraor' nary effect produced al
sea by mira" In the Arctic seas in
particular - TO be seen many strange
sisnts pr"H"ccd by refraction. There
- dt least @" = instance on record that
Is satisfactorily vouched for, and which
explains II any of the stories current
among sailors fifty or a hundred wears
ago. one evening in the early 'thirties
passenger ship was approaching Port
DaHSer' on the South African coast.
oH'uenl! those on board were astound.
Gu 10 see well-known English warship
quite close to them. So clear was the
vision that they were able to recognize
acquaintance among the officers and
rev A boat was lowered from the
ranger and Its crew was observed
TO tumble into it. Everything was so
real SO obvious. that it seemed impos.
siDie tnat they could be deceived. They
recognized the ship as the Barracouta.
one was too well known to admit of
the least doubt as to her identify
when the passenger ship arrived at ST.
mon bay a short time after, every
pooy expected to see the Barracuda
at anchor. But she was not there, and
alu not arrive until a week afterwards.
me first thing to do was to compare
notes and explain the M stery. It was
lound that at the time of the war.
SHIPS being seen near Port Danger
sne was at least three hundred miles
away. There is no room for doubt as
70 tne details OF the story. People do
not imagine with such unanimity as
10 ADMIT OF any explanation other
tnan reflection or refraction in a cloud
or fog bank.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
PLAYING A SAFE GAME

He may have meant to be polite,
hut there can be no question that
he actually did a very rude thing.
He was Frenchman, riding in a
street car. Two women entered,
and seeing no seats. stood. The
gentleman who sat near them arc. e
removed his hat, and said, 81 give
my seat to the elder Of these two
ladies'" ...
Neither made a move to take the
seat. but each glanced at the other
in a naughty manner. as much as
to say, "Sit down, MADAME
lis neither madame" said the
Frenchman. bowling to one lady,
NOR madame" bowing to TIE
other, 1.-THE eleder? Then ] shall
have to resume nv seat. -
Youths Companion.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
Mr.. MOODYS FUNERAL

. The funeral of the late George
M. Moody took place from the
Episcopal church Tuesday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock. Notwithstand-
ing the cold and storm large con-
coure of neighbors and friends
gathered at the church and followed
the remains to their final resting
place in the Masonic cemetery.
The services were conducted by
Rev. H. E. Henriques and consisted
of the beautiful and impressive
burial service of the Episcopal
church. They were in keeping
with the simple and transformations
life led by the deceased.
There was wealth of floral
tributes that mutely testified to the
love of the surviving relatives and
to the respect and esteem in
which Mr.. Moody was held in this
community.
The pail bearers were Thos.
Hunter, John Henderson. J. E
Harris, M. E. Reed, VIM. Willis,
E. B. Lytton.
When the earth closed over the
remains of George M. Moody,
one of Elko county's faithful
officials and one of her best citizens
was hid from mortal sight. May
the clods rest lightly on his narrow
home and may he sweetly sleep
until summoned before the Great
Jude. = q ~ u.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
TALE OF YACHTING CRUISE
How Hostess Arranged a Breakdown
and Got Rid Of Her Bored
Guests.

A few seasons back a well.known
hostess chartered a splendid yacht for
August and invited a large number of
her friends for three-week cruise. At
first all went we'll. though the party
was not specially well assorted: but
after a few days they began to evince
signs of being somewhat bored with
each others company.
The hostess marked these signs OF
incipient boredom. which became more
plainly evident each day, and at last in
despair she took counsel with one of
her guests. an old and experienced
yachtsman.
What on earth shall I do to amuae
these people?" she asked.
The yachtsman looked at the serene
Sly and calm, blue water, and shook
his head doubtfully.
"A storm would enliven them mn
Bit. he said. but the weather looks
quite settled. There is only one thing
10 be done You must arrange a break
down. the engineer will manage that
all right for you. He has probably
OFTEN done so before. Then you must
make Tor the nearest port for repairs
and let your guests have a run ashore
Some Of them, ] expect, will lnd an
excuse for bidding you good.by and
those who remain with you will get
along all right together"
The hostess took her guests advice
and arrived at Toulon a day later
where nigh twenty Of her guests bid
her good-by.-M. A.P.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
MASON VALLEY SPUDS

We received by express today a
small crate of potatoes raised in
Mason Valley. They are sent out
as advertisement by the Publicity
Committee of the valley.
This. says the circular, the
farmers Of MasonValley raised and
shipped to outside mrkets 200 cars
of these potatoes. The erowrs
received for them an average OF
$50 per ton on board the cars.
Each car contained an average OF
17s tons.
Thus for this one item the
Mason valley farmers gathered in
this fall something like SIS, ZOO
of new money
Mason valley has enough fertile
land to grow, not 200, but 1000
cars of pota toes each year.
The potatoes are certainly. "good
lockers" and every one who saw
them pronounced them beauties.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
Wine Made wl,hour aran..

Champagne and claret will doubt.
less be produced in large Quantities
this year, despite the general failure
OF the French vineyards" SAYS the
London Chronicle. THE art OF making
wine without grapes is an ancient one
AS far back as 1927 100 pipes OF wine
were seized In London because no
trace OF grape Juice could be found in
them. The citizens focked to see the
public STAYING in the pipes and the nm.
usual watering Of the streets which
followed thereupon. Steele, in the hat.
Ter, protested against the merchants
who squeezed Bordeaux out of the
sloe and drew champagne from the an.
pie. And from an old-time cookerv
book we learn that the fruit from tho
bramble, being rightly mixed with
good pippen. or pearmain cyder dothe
make good claret' Nowadays. French
wine merchants produce high.soundine
vintages by MASKING figs in hot water
and fermentIng the liquor. And many
other less innocent substitutes are EN-.
pioyed."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
GOVERNOR HAS A CLOSE CALL

The old story of Santa Claus.
candles and whiskers. came rear
resulting seriously to Cove, nor
Dickerson Saturday night. The
Governor acted as Santa Claus at
the Mansion for the edficatioE of
nj, own youngsters and the little
folks in the neigborhood. He
dressed in the full regalia. furs
flowing beard and,on top of it all
had scattered cotton over his dress
to represent snow.
In distributing presents to the
kids he leaned over one of the small
candles on the tree and in a second
he was covered with flames. By
prompt action on the part Of
others in the room who smothered
out the flames. he received only
minor burns about the hands and
face. 1t was a close calf As 1T
is the Governor is raveling about
with abbreviated eyeIashes and
eyebrows.-Appeal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
Not a Glass Child.

They were having glass Of beer on
the pavilion when all at once on the
walk below there was the sound =,
crashing glass. They looked and sav
that a child OF about light months
had fallen prone upon the pavemen,
race down His mother ran to picr
him up. 'SA
He's glass child" Iamented ~.
woman who was drinking the beer
and ne broke himself when he fells
NO" said the man, and looking
again. she found that he was rIpht
II was not the child that was broken
but large bottle Of milk which he
mad held clasped to his bosom when
he fell face down. o"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
Origin Of NuptiaI Kiss.

The nuptial kiss, with a meaning
akin 70 that Of the kiss of peace. had
its origin in a most serious and prac.
teal church ceremony known as the
espousals. Among medieval people.
as among some classes Of Jews today.
IT was customary for the bridegroom
and the bride to meet before wit
nesses In the church some days or
even weeks before the marriage and
there make pledge of future union.
and at such times ring was usually
presented by the prospective husband
3ometimes. however, the man was too
noor to buy the ornament, and instead
presented a kiss, which was doubtless
more pleasant, and was considered q
".nding pledge before man and God.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
Divides Waters of Two ocea,s

-. : ..
Situated exactly at the highest poin,
of the divide of the Rocky Mountains
on the Crows Nest division of the
Canadian Pacific railway. in British
Columbia. the Summit hotel, Of which
Andy" Goode. a famous hunter and
frontiersman, is proprietor, claims a
unique distinction. When 1t rains In
the mountains the water which falls
on the eastern slope of the Summit no.
tel roof trickles away to Join a tiny
rivulet, which in due process of time
mingles its waters with the broad At.
lantic. The water falling just beyond
the ridgepole. on the other side of the
roof, flows westerly. and ultimately
into the Pacific.-Wide World.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
NO E. AND P. RAILWAY NEWS

The Sentinel was in hopes that
it would be able this week to
give its readers me definite news
from the interested parties
regarding the rebuilding of the
Eureka & Palisade Railway, but SO
far we have been unable to learn
what progress, If any, has been
made toward securing the releases
from the old stockholders of the
road from the six months re-
demption clause, which must be
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
sALMAGUNDI
sen for Coryell gave this Office
a G. thi. morning.

SeIntor Coryell gave this ofic,
Cd thi' morning.
The Masonic party at the Opera
house last night in homo, of st.
Johns Day was a splendid success.
AL Fisher. the jolly pioneer Of
Wells, is in town. He attended
the Masonic, festivities last night.
Mrs. florence Mcdonald of Han
ford, California. and MIR. and Mrs.
W. c. Steen. Trinidad. Colorado,
attended the funeral of their father
yesterday.
Mr.. Creighton returned from
!. Carson this morning with the gov
ernor's appointment as county
con nissi oner in his pocket. He
took the oath Of office today and is
now ready for business The
Independent congratulates Mr..
Creighton on his appointment
and wishes him success.
The upper story of the court
house is ready for the plasterers.
Mr.. Sellman hopes to have the
plaster in the upper story dry by the
goth of January and the carpenters
will then finish Their part of the
work and the painters will put Oh
the finishing touches. He will
rush the work as fast as possible
and hopes to turn over the building
by the first of March.
The Board of Pardons that is to
meet cary next year, will have two
new members, Governor Oddie
and Attorney General Baker. Over
fifty applications have been filed
TN will be taken up and con-
sidefed. Every county in the
state has an application and some
of them furnish plenty of material
for the new board to work on.
In one county of Ohio, 752
voters have been indicted for
buying and selling votes at the
November election. Of this
number 220 have pleaded guilty
and only two not guilty. Those
who pleaded guilty were dis
franchised for five years and
paid fines from SIS to S25 and costs.
he guilty ones are said to be about
equally divided between the two
parties. If Nevada is a rotten
borough what term should be
applied to Ohio?
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
NEW GERMIC|DE ~.
FOR GOVERNMENT

The War Department has for
the time being turned its attention
from ornaments, steel plate and
explosives to the purpose of doing
something in the way of conserv-
ing the lives of the army and navy
units, by making an investigate ion
of a new discovery which many of
the officers feel quite certain will
have the effect of making the camp,
barracks. and tented field, healthful
places to live in.
1t is no new thing for the War
Department to be investigating
the work of scientific men who have
improved upon some means of
taking life. but that is wars re
and is second nature to those men
of might and deeds. 1t appears to
be step in the right direction
that they have been aroused to the
necessity of caring for the lives
of their men when not in action. 1t
is claimed that the heads of the
department urged on the proper
executive machinery for the
purpose of Sc curing to the govern
ment the sole information and
ownership of the chemical dis
covery. This it is claimed is the
first time any of the department
experts have ever recommended
that the government take over for
its ownership any discovery outside
Of those of armament, plate or
defense. An emissary is being
sent to the inventor to enter into
negotiations and for the first time
in its hisory the United States
government may 90 into the
germicide business.
When finally reports began to
come from some of the Western
barracks showing that it was, easy
to ward off typhoid fever by the
use of the new discovery, the de-
partment got ready to act, and
hence the emissary who will go to
the Minnesota discoverer.
Typhoid alone, "said one of the
officials, takes more lives in our
army, in war and in peace, THAI
the bullets of an enemy. If,
therefore, this discovery will
prevent this one germ disease only,
as some of our fort officers say it
will, the governmet should
control it, especially since. as am
informed, it can be manufactured
very cheaply. Such a powerful
germ killer. which l am told can
be sent into the human stomach in
large doses is certainly revelation
which IS. better worth controlling
than some new explosive or gun
barrel" ...