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The daily Alaskan., 1911-02-28

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The daily Alaskan., 1911-02-28

Don't sorry whether Lt wAs white hen 0v a black hen that laid the rsg. but sel the sss at Jhe Frye BruAa Co q
The daily Alaskan., 1911-02-28
ha rHoUaHTFJL HUSBANDS

vide good dry aood Cal lP Tralsflr Company aud order rrd uF more 10 coIes lg clers from Denver Glacier
 eh Lhs LrA.l- e
The daily Alaskan., 1911-02-28

SHADE ROLLERS WANTED. tEo S2-inch shade Pollsrs, must be tB gCOl condition and cheap, Address ?, O, Box "A,a Skagway. U
The daily Alaskan., 1911-02-28

None better and pGrsE than Gibson rye, RaLuier and Olympia beer Or ters by phone promptly delivered The Mascot e
The daily Alaskan., 1911-02-28

We 3ont carry bread ja soock but Ws have what gOes with ie-Nay- flower Butter on Parker House Rolls in tha NoTnDs is dehei0Us-tAs bat- ter can as h3a ae tho Erye- -BrUhR e, for a cents IA.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-02-28

Couin lo ths Ue-Jhe old Gibson ge. E a yesy happy diyers-oa- Tuck las ], ay Ae Bo&rt Jf TraIe
The daily Alaskan., 1911-02-28
SEATTLE'S s
Leading Popa.ar Prac-d HoJs.
Hotel
 

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The daily Alaskan., 1911-02-28

can zet As Olympia 1rss P 'ar .,y,s ag a- Huari 0t Trade
The daily Alaskan., 1911-02-28

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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
MADE ROOM FOR BEDSrEAD.
Lover of OLD Furniture Has Her
House RenodeieA 70 Accom-
MEDIATE the Big Article.

Mrs Samuel Bennett. of Tintontalls.
y. j.. is fond OF furniture of colonial
make. She recently had some guests
from New York When rhev returned
home they sent her an antique rose
wood bedstead. The bedstsad WAS
large and heavy and the family could
rot get i, upstairs and the second
story windows were not large enough
10 PERM; il 10 pass through. even II
the sash was taken ou.. Carpenters
were sent for, and hole was cut
through the side Of the house beside
the stairway to admit the bedstead.
Then Mrs. Bennett found that the
head of the bedsiead was too tall to
stand up in the room. The hole in the
side of the house had been closed and
the beds,ead could not be taken ou;
again without choppiny out the side.
Mrs. Bennett did no, ike the idea O.
doing this: she wanted the bedstead
upstairs To solve the problem she
decided TO have part of the ceiling of
the room raised. The carpenters once
more went to work and the ceiling WAS
raised about eigh, inches a; one end OF
the room. Then the bedstsad WAS
set up.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
ALASKA FARM WEALTH.
The Census Bureau Finda That Posi-
try Raising Is the Most PROFIT
abe Industry.

The census bureau has issued 4 re-
port on the agricultural statistics for
Alaska, which shows that Alaska's to-
tal farm wealth June l. 1900. Was Sl5,-
$50. of which s., 1876 was invested in
live stock. 5000 in implements and ma
chinery and Sls,sOS represented the
value of buildings and other improve
ments. Buildings have been erected
ON nine of the twelve farms in the
territory. Preparing the soil for cul-
,ivation has been the chief item of ex-
pense in opening farms, being in some
instances $40 per acre
The IL farms have 4 total acreage
of l5e acres. and vegetables are the
principal product. Five of the farms
are only small market gardens of less
than three acres. The total value of
domestic animals and poultry is 81 1876.
Potatoes and turnips furnish the prin-
cinal income from vegetables. Next
10 vegetables grass cut for hay and
ensilsge Is the mos; important agri-
cultural product. From the ,andpoint
of income upon capital invested poul-
try raising in 1899 was relatively the
most profitable branch of Alaskan ag-
riculture.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

The st. Louis fair will not realize
;,x own exciting possibilities. says
che Denver Republican. until 1t is
.au;pped with q board of lady map
ayers. --
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM.
Golden Flower Was thought WORTHY
OF . show All to ltself
IN 1880.

The National Chysanshemum So
ne,y was Instituted just 50 years since.
in 1876. says the Saturday Review. The
flower which il has taken under its
patronage. upon whose agC0rGize-
men, i, has bestowed SO successfully
>uch patient and ingenious care, has
been established among us only little
over century. The first time il was
though, worthy of show" all to it.
self was in 1880. Fancy if one of those
early patrons could have dropped in az
the exhibition las, week and seen what
his favorites had attained TO. Surely
he would have though, himself trans
lated. The very generic name of the
plant. the golden flower" at frs, 50
pertinent. has los, its distinc;iveness.
There are golden chrysanthemums
still. il is true; yellow blossoms incom-
parable for purity and briiliance. bu;
whnt of all these other oolors not less
brilliant and pure. these rich oamssAs.
royal puppies. flushed pinks. this daz-
yling white that puts-a kDow6rift To
shame. at last actually 4 bloom that ID
Just sea greeno
Color. size. form. growth. all have un-
tergone a change that half century
ago il entered into no mans heart IL
conceive. And the end is not yet. il may
be; the las, wonder has not yet been re
vealed for us: so limi,iess in its posi-
hilities and potency is that "afiectatiou
Of Men TO gra,ifie the Pleasure of theis
Sye.. melting them to push on thing
h more and more Perfection.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

The length of the worlds railways
is more than IL times the circumfeS-
ence of the eurth at the equator
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

Consul General Long at Cairo Tells
OF Existence Of the Evil.
seys That, While II Has nee. Dv.>
ideally STOPPED IN Egypt, the
Slave Trade IL Carried On IN
Perts Of North Africa.

Great interest in the slave trade In
Egypt and Abyssinia is manifested br
the people Of this country. according 10
report TO the state department from
consul General Long at Cairo. ut
may be stated" says that Official. that
al tracing and trafficking Of slave. "a
Egypt has practically ceased. The sue
cess OF the governmen; in the ceje-
DRAFTED 'Sharkieh "a Sc y hich wastrie1
H. the courts OF Cairo in 1899. and the
subsequent case Of kidnaping which
TOOK place at Luxor on the Nile. viz
tuaiiy put an end to slavery in Egypt
At Jedca. however. the slave trade
has been the most serious ad difficult
TO arrest and overcome Thus there
are IL well-to-do slave merchants p.
this point whose mes and cepofs are
veil known. About 80 10 100 slaves are
imported to Hegaz from the African
coast, north Of Nassau. They are prin-
cipaly Abyssinians. and the prices
range from $50 10 500 each.
In Abyssinia the slave trade still
exists. and in speaking of this bhor-
rent practice the consul genera. saws:
"A traveller who recently crossed
Abyssinia informs methat slavery ex-
lists, but in a restricted a nd COMPARE
lively humane form. the powerful
chiefs alone being permitted 10 acquire
domestic slaves. who become in effect
members of the household. There are
no auctions or open sales
In the country of God jam, however,
which is nominaliy subject TO Menelik,
The institution of slavery openly ex-
lists. and public sales take place in the
ordinary weekly markets. The supply
of victims for this traffic is principally
obtained by organized raids upon the
strip Of country inhabited by mixed
Shanghai tribes. which separates
Abyssinia proper from the Anglo
Egyptian Soudan. The boundaries of
his territory are the River BoIa $50 on
he east and line running north from
Famaka
The writer states that the survey
Tow proceeding. which has for its
object the delimita.ionof the frontier
between Abyssinia nd the SCUBA q. will
not be completed for a, least anoths :
wear. and be expresses the wish that
the territory referred TO could be in
under Anglo-Egyptian administration
when an end would be put to the slave
trade"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
A LEApIHC SWORD.
Clever Trick Performed ~ . Opan-
lara with One Of the Famous
Tolo1o B1aAea.

"Of all the cities have visited in Eu-
rope" said X. A. Siinson, OF Boston, re-
Gently. reports the New York Tribune,
II found Madrid one Of the most inter
esting. 1t has q number OF out-of-the-
way features that appeal to one.
while was in Madrid tried TO pur-
chase one Of the famous Toledo blades
The old-fashioned iwo-handled sword
was what wanted to get. one Of those
that were built to cut through armor
and which fulfilled their mission com
pletely, as many bloody battlefield il
We ancient days bore testimony. ! had
20 give il up on account Of the expense
They cost from $50 up, but while l was
looking for one a shopkeeper showed
me most scientific trick. His store
was very lofty. running up two or three
stories, and he was descanting on the
beauties o! this particular sword. when
in order TO prove the perfect teiuper CT
the metal, he drove the point into the
floor and bent the blade until hin and
point met. He then suddenly released
the hi!t, ani that six feet Of cleaning
sword sprang up into the air like a
thing alive. Up and up it went. almo,f
20 the lofty ceiling itself. when It lost
its impetus and began its descent blk
first. 1t returned almost TO the place
whence it started. the shopkeeper
catching it by the hilt with practiced
ease and returning j, to its case. VS.
crazy 10 try it myself. but the owner ~
fused TO allow me. as be said l wouk
probably not Only wreck the store. bG
perhaps injure myself as well. He foSt
NE that if wanted to learn the trick
had better practice it in large opea
lot, and that suit OF armor wouldn1
lie bad thing to wear until got the
hang Of it,"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
CHARGE OF TWELVE MEN.
Brave Feat of Ame Piean Scouts Tn
der Gen. Lawton In the
Philippines.


A medal Of honor-the highest com
pl;ment which can be given TO an
American soldier-has been recon-
mended for presentation TO each OF
the ten surviving members Of band
of l2 scouts who performed a brave
feat near San Miguel de Mayume ORR,
in the Philippines. on May 70. 1899,
says Youths Comp.-~ion.
These scouts were under the lead OF
William II. Young. a civilian who had
teen i famous scout on the westers
I-awton made his chief of scouts liz
the San isidro campaign this year
On the day mentioned. Gen LawtoH
was advancing on San Miguel. A
small body of Oregon volunteers came
suddenly upon the enemy. drawn up
il an advantageous position in from
of San Miguel. the right flank resting
on stream. the left on an elevation
made secure by dense thjcket-
II was afterward ascertained that
the Filipino force in this position
numbered about 600 men.
Without waiting for the reenforcing
battalion TO support them. or to be in
a position TO do SO. this squad of ten
scouts. led by Mr.. Young and by
Private James Harrington. OF the Ore
gons. an old frontiersman-i2 men il
all-charged the enemy's line. about
$50 yards distant.
The line fired. then wavered. and
then completely gave way. 10 be fol-
lowed up by the reinforcing battalion,
and driven from the city and environs
of San Miguel, a place OF great i'm
portance.
Young and Harrington. while shout
ing and cheering and leading the men
up. were shot and killed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

The Story Of Big Yields Of 0ra1A
Cones From Every Section

when the man In the States was
told q few years ago that he could
secure a free homestead $50 acre.
to 40 bushels OF wheat. or 90 to So
bushels Of oats per acre, he was skep-
teal; or that he could purchase lands
s ss ts9m duties IL he xa. d o Tas
homesteader has now land worth from
fifteen to seventy dollars per acre, and
the man Who purcnaseq mas seen ms
time. Both have found that the story
OF remarkable yields has been verified
They have had crops exceeding tnas
rrCnised: they have seen oats that
Welded 100 bushels to the acre. and
have grown wheat that averaged 40
and as high as so bushels to the acre
and their wheat was not IS pound
TO the bushel article, but SO and 81
pounds They have seen within tts
past year or two trunk lines o. ram
way constructed through their district.
and throwing out branch lines TO the
gates OF their farms They have seen
Schools established in their ne.gabor-
largely to their expense CHURCHES
have been erected villages have been
established. towns have sprung into
existence and cities are rapidly spring
Ing up. as il the magic hand OF some
unseen conIurer was at work But II
was not; 1t was the legitimate oHer-
made all these things come about nat
uralIy and easy. The prairie that three
years ago was merely prairie. patch
Of brown. just waiting for the plough
man is today dotted with titled farms
and splendid homes The writer re-
Gently was a passenger over the Grand
I Trunk Pacific. the latest factor In this
great marvellous field OF development
I The rapidity with which towns ~ero
/ being built Up. the farmsteads occu-
[ pied was something even his expert
elced eye had not looked for Every
where along the line OF this new trans
z continental was the distn gushing
mark OF progress 1t was the infen :
I ton in this article TO have spoken OK
some Of the yields of grain that have
{ made the farmers of Central Canada
T contented this year but space Will 70.
permit so that delightful task viii Be
taken up in another issue In me
meantime It would be well for thS
reader, IL he is Interested 70 put him
self in touch with some officials OF the
Canadian Government and get intorrna =
ton that might be useful IN making q
selection for a home in Central Can,
ada. and become one Of those who viii
be instrumental in building up a great
country to the north. and incidentally
share in its wealth In doing So you
will be assisting the United states In
few years time the United States
will be a wheat importer Canada viii
supply the wheat and you VIII be oas
Of the producerAf (s5'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
kASPARlLLA

This sterling household remedy is most
successfully prescribed for a world of
troubles" For arrangements OF the di-
ges,ive organs it is a natural corrective.
operating directly upon the liver and ali
men,ary canal, gently but prss:es<iy
stimulating a healthful activity. It's
beneficial influence extends, however, to
every portion OF the system, siding in the
processes of digestion and assimilation OF
food, promoting q wholesome, natural
appetite, correcting sour stomach, bad
breath, irregularities cf the bowels, con-
supation and the long list of troubles
directly traceahle to those unwholesome
conditions. Kasparlla dispels drowsi-
ness, headache, backsche and despond-
ency due to inactivity Of the liver.
kidneys and digestive tract 1t is .
strengthening tonic Of the highest value.
II 1t fails to satisfy we authorize all
dealers to refund the purchase puoe.
Hoyr CHEMICAL Co. Portland, Oregon
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

CUSTER COUNTY.
State Senator Ravenel Macbeth
Representative l.. +. Glennon
Probate Judge $500 George Il. Baldwin
Clerk Observation-Disclosures Earl J. Michael
Treasurer - Alice b. Chamberlain
Sheriff ----------- ". K. Huntington
A ssessor Daniel NJ. Burnett
School Supt- Miss Jennie E. Keleher
County Attorney Milton A. Brown
Coroner ---------J. l.. Ebberts
Surveyor Samuel NJ. Ballard
Comm isaioners-(Dist DJonathan Job
2ud Dist. Robert Campbell
3rd Dist. 1850 Alex Burnett
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
p.r.r TIA, VIII Not B.r..

E 1t has been found possible 10 make
a thin. smooth and strong paper 81
asbestos, which can be employed In
the manufacture Of paper lanterns
and other articles which need to oe
at the same time light and freproof.
The asbestos paper can also be made
waterproof. II is prepared with the
same machinery used for making OF
binary PAPER.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
oIRECTOMIHo,


STATE.
q, 8. SENATOR Weldon Il. Heybup
q William +. borah
Cong1ess- --------- Burton L. French
Governor James II. Hawley
secretary Of State Wilfred l.. Clifford
Auditor ------. Stephen ID. Taylor
AttOrney-0ene Daniel McDougal
Lieutenant Governor L. II. Sweetser
Treasurer Y. Allen
Inspector Of mines 49, Robert N. Bell
School Supt Grace NJ. Shepherd
State Game Warden, Ben Gray, HALEY
State Veterinarian -Dr.J. II. Webster
Weiser, Idaho.
immigration Commissioner s. ]. Rich
Blackfoot, Idaho.
State Engineer
Aubery E Robbins, Roise. Idaho
Water mmissioner--2nd Dist.
James Mcmillan, Twin Falls, Idaho
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07
SORT of SlidinE scale.

II is said that the roar OF lion
can be heard farther than the sound
made by any other living creature
Next to that, says the Boston Tran
script. comes the note OF woman
who has found mouse in her bu-
rrau.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-03-07

Ofncsrs of the Village OF ChaIIIs.
TRUSTEES
Joseph H. Horton. Chairman.
Joseph Rodgers.
Charles Waddleton-Treasgrcr
Villa n Buster.
Hodger Bra
Clerk. Il. GlenfQu.
Observation-Disclosures Co.-er.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03
MANY Acres Reclaimed.

In an article in Science, on the
reclamation of the arid west, DR.. F. H.
Newell, to whom the success of the
reclamation services Is in large meas
ure due, states that over a million
acres have been reclaimed and 1900
families are receiving water from
works built OF controlled by the gov
eminent under the terms of the re-
clamation act. Reservoirs have been
built having a capacity of nearly 5,000,-
600 acre-feet; that is to say, the water
would cover 5,000.0 900 acres to a depth
of one foot. Canals of large size, car
rying over 500 cubic feet a second,
have been built for a total length of
300 miles, and somewhat smaller can
ais constructed with a length of a
thousand miles, including the bitches.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03

crease Of pension for the widow of a soldier
There were papers forwarded to him which bore
on the case, and these he turned over to the
committee on pensions after his bill had been
introduced.
The widow did not get her money, and it was
not long before the whole house knew why. The
member who had espoused the widows cause
had been In congress for years, and the joke at
mis- expense was too good to keep, and one after
another of his colleagues walked up to his desk
and congratulated him on the wisdom shown in
the plea which was in written form, he had
turned in to the committee to win the widows
case.
1t is perhaps needless to FAY that the mem
Der had never read the plea. 1t set forth the
fact that while the amount of pension increase
the widow of the soldier hero asked for was
large, it must be understood that she came of
good family, moved in the best social circles, and
was in need of a large sum of money to keep up
appearances"
Upon occasion senators and representatives per-
nit their constituents to do their talking for
them in congress. Petitions come in floods at
times, with the object of securing legislation by
external pressure. In the Smoot case, and in
the pure food and army canteen matters the pleas
of the people came in by the tens Of thousands.
The members of both houses present these let
tiers, call attention to their import and then allow
the petition to do the rest if they are potent
enough.
Senator Latimer of South Carolina once intro
duced a good ROADS Dill calling Tor the eXpendl-
ture of government millions for the Improvement
of the highways. rhe automobilists all over the
country began sending letters of approval. They
pressed their friends into the writing service. but
that they did not always pass upon the persuasive
merits of the friends productions is shown fair
ly well by one letter on the good roads subject
received by Senator Cullom. 1t read like this:
Dear Mr.. Cullom: Please vote for this id
bill. and you will oblige a fool friend of mine
who runs an automobile. Yours more or less
sincerely, -
1t was o Chicago man who wrote this appeal.
There were others like unto it. The good roads
bill still sleeps.
In the older days the school readers contained
the story OF IN Try Sir Miller" Probably
everybody knows who "Tll Try Sir Miller" was.
Certainly everybody ought to know. Gen. James
Miller then a captain, was the lero of Lundy's
Lane. He said he would try to do the thing
necessary for the t~hrashing OF the enemy, and he
did it. and I'll Try Sir" took the place of his
Christian name James.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03

For years several representatives in congress
tried to secure an appropriation to be used for
the building of a monument to General Miller at
Peterboro, N. H., near which town I'll Try Sir"
lived on a farm before the war of 1912, and for
years after its close. The representatives who
had the matter of pushing the bill in hand used
the words of Captain Miller at Lundy's Lane to
express their own determination to secure a VIC
tory. They certainly did try. and the speeches
that were made before the library committee Of
congress held patriotic appeals in every sentence.
Apparently, however, 1t was easier for Miller to
capture a battery against odds than 1t was for
members of congress to capture the dollars neces-
sary to build a monument of enduring stones
to his memory.
1t was a case of try and try again. While the
cause of Miller. whose heroism was worth a
dozen monuments, was being pleaded, congress
voted money for memorials to other men less de-
serving. Finally, however, a New Hampshire
member who had been digging into history found
out something about I'll Try Sir's" career which
was not generally known. Congress had been
told time and again that Captain Miller not only
had shown conspicuous gallantry at Lundy Lane,
but that prior to that fight he had thrashed a
superior force of British and Indians at Managua.
Congress had also been told that Miller had COM
manded the center column of General Browns
army, which routed what was apparently an
overwhelmingly greater force Of the British at
Fore Erie.
These things didn't make an impression. Con-
gress seemed to think that inasmuch as Miller
"oo q OibAV Ihdt II WdS lie UuSIUeSS I defeat
SUPERIOR forces of the enemy every day in the
week without imposing any monumentraising
duty on posterity. The New Hampshire member,
however, found out that after the war of 1912
Miller went back to his farm near Petersboro,
plowed fields. chopped wood and MIXED the COWS
instead of going to Washington to ask the gov
eminent to do something for him on account of
his record.
Miller's popularity was such after the treaty OF
peace that the government probably would have
been glad to give him anything that it had to
give. When I'll Try Sir" was asked why he
was playing Cincinnatus instead of taking a lob
In washington, he replied: when men begin
leaving the farms for the cities the nation will
begin to decay"
Congress was told of this saying of Miller's.
and either admiration for his choice of a farm
ers life or else belief that he was a prophet
who before long might have the truth of his
prophecy proved. brought a favorable report
from the committee on library in the matter OF
the monument at Petersboro.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-03

sudden glory arising from a sudden
conception of some eminency in our
selves by comparison with the infirm-
ity of others, or with our W for
merly."
If a laugh is a h~enefaction and the
%provoker of a laugh a benefactor, why
are there more statues to dull people
than to witty ones? Who was the
greatest laugh promoter in history?
1t was said of Sidney Smith that he
was the father of 10000, 900 laughs.
Laughter" said Lord Rosebery re-
Gently, lis a physical necessity. We
live under a sunless sky, surrounded
by a melancholy ocean, and 1t is a
physical necessity for the English ma
tion-even for the Scotch nation and
the Welsh nation-to laugh. 1t ex-
hilarates all social relations. Was
not" his lordship added. the laugh