The silver messenger., August 31, 1897, Image 4

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The Silver Messenger.
IDRHO.
CHKJLLI®, -
Entered at the Challis post office as second
class mail matter.
♦♦OFFICIAL PAPER OF CUSTER COUNTY.«
PUBL1SUED : TUESDAY : AFTERNOONS.
■ Editor.
General Manager.
E. A. PIEE0E,
M. M. SWEET,
'
AUGUST 31, 1897.
Tuesday,
The edict has gone forth and
the great Ontario mine is closed.
Every citizen of Utah from Log
an to St. George will regret ex
ceedingly to hear this, because
for twenty-five years they have
all pointed with pride to this
great produoer of mineral wealth.
Not only has it been the main
stay and almost the life blood to
the business interests of Park
City, but the people of Summit,
Morgan, Wasatch and Utah
counties have received many
thousand of dollars every year
from the sale of lumber and pro
duce sold to the Ontario mine
and miners. The closing of the
Daly mine was a, severe blow to
the business interests of Park
City and surrounding country,
but that incident was nothing to
be compared to the closing of
Ontario.
During the past twenty-five
years this mine has produced
nearly half a hundred million
dollars, and has paid in dividends
$13,335,000, and this vast sum
has been wrested from the rock
riebed hills in the face of almost
overwhelming difficulties. No
one connected with this great
mine will feel so keenly the clos
ing down as Supt. Chambers.
He experted and purchased it in
the early '70's, and for a quarter
of a century he had watched over
it. He has seen it grow from an
insignificant prospect hole in
the mountain side until it became
one of the noted mines, not only
of the United States, but of the
world. And now that circum
stances over which he has no
control forces the closing of the
mine, his regret will not bo oc
asioned because of its effect upon
him personally or his pecuniary
interest in the enterprise, but be
cause of the effect upon the men
who earned a living for them
selves and families by working
in and about the mine.
The continued decline in the
price of silver and the slight
prospect for a change for the
better in the near future has
caused the closing down of this
mine. The poople of Utah, and
especially those immediately af
fected by it, must not lose heart,
because it is not lost, nor will
the wheels of progress be turned
backward, though the onward
movement may be checked mom
entarily. It is no fault of those
directly interested in the conduct
of the mine; it is the direct result
of the pursuit of a governmental
policy which has worked ruin
for the time being to the silver
industry. In the economy of
nature wrongs are usually right
ed, and if the dethronement of
silver is being, as we believe,
brought about by artificial means
iu the interest of aggrandized
wealth, a readjustment in the in
terest of right and justice is
bound to come. It may be some
what uncharitable to draw
solation from the misfortunes of
others, but it is a fact that with
all the depression caused by the
decline of silver herein the west,
the same cause is -working great
er havoc in the east, and with
all our troubles, the laboring
people of the west are a hundred
times better off in every way
than their brothers in the east,
and in the months to
own ill fortune will be forgotten
in our sympathy for them.—Salt
Lake Herald.
con
come our
Our McKinley friends attribute
the rise in the price of wheat to
the tariff bill and the "good
times" under a gold standard,
but this is not a fact. It is owing
to an immense crop of wheat in
this country, coupled with short
crops in most of the other grain
producing countries of the
world, is a conjunction of circum
stances that cannot fail to be ad
vantageous to American farmers.
While the shortage in Russia,
the Argetine Republic,Australia,
India and other countries is now
said to amount to one-tenth of
the world's crop, the United
States wheat growers; who for
tunately overplanted their prob
able market by about 75,000,000
bushels, will profit greatly by
this extra demand. The depart
ment of agriculture estimates
the total wheat crop of the Unit
ed States this year at 460,000,000
bushels, or 32,000,000 bushels in
excess of last year. A big sur
plus wheat crop and an advanc
ing price is the condition that is
now making glad the American
farmer. Throughout the grain
belt of the United States the crop
of wheat is not only the largest
since 1891, but it is now safe,
while the European crop, on the
contrary, is the smallest since
1891. Expert statisticians esti
mate that the exportable surplus
in the United States this year is
185,000,000 bushels, as compared
with 145,000,000 bushels last
year, a balance of 40,000,000
bushels over last year to aid in
bringing good times.
Some of our goldbug exchang
es are claiming that. Senator
Stewart, of Nevada, had given
up the fight for silver. Follow
ing are his own words, and it
only shows to what low methods
the gold press will resort to :
' T have had no conversation
with a reporter or anybody else
from which any inference can be
drawn, much less any statement
made, to the effect that I had
changed my views with regard
to the unlimited coinage of silver
by the United States independ
ently of any other nation, and at
the ratio of 16 to 1. I recognize
the fact that there is a temporary
boom in this country, founded on
short crops and famine in other
countries, and which will make
times better until our competit
ors have good crops again. But
I never have intimated an opin
ion that there is a possibility of
continued good times, while the
effort is being made by the money
powers to substitute gold money
for the silver money now in cir
culation.
"While that process continues
gold will appreciate and the gen
eral trend of prices will be a de
clining one. I do not predicate
any hope of contiuued prosperity
in this country by continued dis
tress elsewhere. The statement
in the New York Times that
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is
one of the latest converts to
'commercial optimism,' and that
he is a bull on 'everything
cept silver,' is a total misrepre
sentation of my position or any
thing I have said. On the con
trary, I am a bull on silver, and
believe the temporary relief that
the American people are enjoy
ing by reason of good crops and
famine elsewhere, will enable
them to assert their independence
in 1898 and 1900. I do not bel
ieve that they will bo in the ab
ject condition that they were in
1896, which enabled the gold
combination through fraud, in
timidation, and bribery to ach
ieve a victory.
"It seems almost providential
that relief should come while the
battle is on, which will give Yhe
people a degree of independence
to fight the enemies of civiliza
tion who are laboring to enslave
the human race by contraction,
falling prices, and poverty. This
relief did not come by order of
the gold syndicate. They
ordered anything to make it
easier for the people, but Provi
dence has made it hard for other
nations in order to give the
American people an opportunity
to free the people from the bond
age of gold contraction."
ex
never
Silver was reported on the
23rd at 51 ^ cts. per ounce.
LABOR DAY !
S ' 1
2$
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—WILL BE OBSERVED AT—
Custer,
--—ON
^PROGRAM :«
At 9 O'clock, u. m.—Parade, headed by the
Chains Cornet Band, starts from Union
Hall In Custer, marches to Bonanza; from
Bonanza back to Custer mill, and then
hock to the hall. The ladies are oordially
invited to escort the parade on horseback.
Then services at the hall, including singing,
and speaking by Hon. Frank Walton, of the
flotte Sentinel, and Hon. R. A. Pierce, of
The SU.VKR Messenger.
At 1 O'clock p. m.—Base Ball Game between
the Black mine and Lucky Boy mine.
Purse:—$20 to the winner.
TUG OF WAR—Between hill and town. Purse
111. Entrance fee 50 cents. All to go to
the winners.
FOOT RACE—(Far Boys under 15 years of age)
—1st prize *3.50; 2nd prize *1.00.
it
SHOE RACE—(For Boys of 15 yrs. and under)
—1st prize, 1 pr. of shoes or *2.50; 2nd prize
*1.00 ; 3rd prize 50 cents.
SACK RACE—(For all). 1st prize »1; 2nd $2.
POTATO RACE—(100 ft.). 1st prize *1 ; 2nd *2.
LADIES' RACE—(50yards). 1st prize, one
pair Fine Shoes. 2nd prize, one pair of
Fine Kid Gloves.
WHEELBARROW RACE.- (Blindfolded-50
yards and return). 1st prize, $1 ; 2nd, $2.
RJtLL.
In the evening thero will be a Grand Ball given
at the Miners' Union Hall. Tickets :—$1.00
per couple.
Committee on Arrangements :
James Sanderson,
Alex Thompson,
James Byrnes.
Ë. Baldwin.
James Kerr.
Al. McLane.
Ed. McAllister,
Fay White,
Albert Marriott,
H. B. Jarvis,
Peter McGuire,
Wm. Fahrenbach.
Charles Nelson,
Charles Barrett.
£*r*The C. C. & C. Stage Co. offer half fare
rates for this occasion.
MARSHAL OF THE BAY î
~>MAC BLACK.«
ASST. MARSHAL ;
fîilie Tbanr>sef).
Come One; Come All, and have a Good Time !
In the District Caurt of the Fourth Judicial
District of the State of Idaho, In and for the
County of Custer.
George G. Sharer, Plaintiff, I
ys. J.
Oscar E. Penwell, Defendant. )
Notice Is hereby given that an attachment
has been issued In the above entitled cause, out
of the District Court of said county, against
the property of said Defendant, Oscar E. Pen
well.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court.
[Seal.] this 30th day of August, 1897.
GEO. E. KEYES,
Clerk of the 4th Distrtot Court of Idaho for
Custer County.
First publication Aug. 31, 1807.
Treasurer'« Notice.
The following warrants against
Custer county, will be paid
presentation with interest to
date, if presented within sixty
days from date of this notice :
Road Fund.
(April Issue 1897).
Nos. 36— ut —38—and—39.
(July Issue 1897.)
Nos. 40—41—42—43—44-and-45.
Interest at 7 per cent. Inter
est commences from date of reg
istry to 10 days after date of ad
vertisement.
on
J. P. Spalding,
County Treasurer.
Dated at Challis, Aug. 24, 1897.
Town Lot Owner«.
All deeds that have been given
of town lots, in the Challis town
site, by the Probate Judge, and
acknowledged before Caro T.
Zeigler, are pronounced to be
worthless by the Attorney Gen
eral of Idaho. All parties hold
ing such deeds, can have new
deeds, in the next 30 days, at the
price of $1.75 each,
time the price will be $3.50.
C. B °mau, Probate Judge.
Challis, Aug. 10, 1897.
After that
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Mr». Wm. Cider, Prop.,
(North Side of Main Street,)
Challis,
Idaho.
♦♦First-Class Hotel. «
Board
flr>d Lodging
By the l!>ay,
Week, or toy the fT)onth.
When in Challis be sure and
The tables
stop at this hotel,
are always supplied with the best
the market affords, and they can
not be surpassed in Custer
Commodious sample
county,
rooms for traveling men.
Blackfoot, Houston &
Challis Stage Com-
pany—Limited.
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BSSPDaily Four-Horse Concord
coaches, carrying Mail, Passen-
gers, Express and Freight.
CSPThe only direct and cheap-
est route all points North, South
and East.
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[^"Shipments marked: "Care
B. H. & C. Stage Co. via. Black-
foot," will have prompt ship-
ment
For further information apply to
J. P. Spalding, Agt.,
Challis, Idaho.
F W. Vogler, Gen'l. Mgr.,
Blackfoot, Idaho.
II
Repairing of All Kinds
done at Bed-Rock
Prices,at the old Jas,
Briner stand.
I3F"A11 kinds and classes of
Horse Shoeing, up to No. 4
Shoes, done for $2 per head. All
other work done in proportion.
Every piece of work guaranteed
to give satisfaction or no charg
The way to be convinced is
to give me a call.
es.
W. E. HANNA, Prop.,
Challis,
Idaho.
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"^Tonsorial
Artist.a
[Main Street, Challis.]
Give me a call at the old stand.
W. H. Felknbr.
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James Gayle
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R. N. Hull.
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R. N. Hull & Co.,
^Wholesale and Retail Dealers in>fr
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We Carry the Largest Stock of
GROCERIES AND DRY GOODS.
■
R. N. refill 8 c Co.,
Challis,
Idaho.
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DRY GOODS
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Notions, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing
Goods, and other Goods too numerous to
mention, at the Lowest Prices ever sold.
A Choice and Complete Stock of
\
Fresh Groceries
Always on hand, at the'
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Rich 8c Ri
(Next Door to the Postoffice),
CHILLIS.
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5*0 HL J. JONES^
MEAT
MARKET,
— : =HChallis, Idaho.m="
-DEALER IN
Fresh Beef, Pork, Mutton, Susage, Etc., Etc
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JOHN P. SPALDING, Prop.
JPaints, Oils, V arnisli and Brushes.
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Prompt Attention to All Mail Orders.
Drugs,
Patent Medicines,
Toilet Soaps,
Perfumes,
Toilet Water,
Stationery,
Cigars,
Tobaccos,
Liquors, l
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded
COMPLETE LINE 01 FISHING TACKLE.
CHflLLIS,
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