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ï directories. i HT A TIC. Weldon JL Ileybimi William IC. Borah Thomas B. Hamer James H. Brady . Robert Lansdoti Stephen I). Taylor j Daniel MeDougal j ^.H.Sweetser Charles A. Hastings | F. Cushiug tt Moore S. Belle Chamberlain r t h. Senators ('Ollgrt' <H Governor (Secretary of State Auditor -General Attorney Lieutenant Governor Treasurer Inspector of Mines School Sunt SITRKME COURT. James F. A Unifie, ' I. X. Sullivan, George H. Stewart. f ( JUDGE OF (itll DISTRICT. James M. Stevens. I.AND OFFICE. A. I. McMahon Fred C. Unulky i Register Receiver CUSTER COUNTY. Uuvenel Macbeth . ■Jam F. Taylor j .Jesse (i. Fiimell ! Courtlaiul M. Henderson . .Earl J. Micaael J _.Sidney J. Robert - Alex. Jlu nett Miss Jennie K. Kellelier State Senator Representative. Probate Judge Clerk Treasurer.. Sheriff As» »aor I,. K. Gleiinoti County Attorney Uoioner Surveyor Commissioners—(!Ji.-t i " 2nd Dint. " 3rd Hist Duncan Cameron ! Valentine Mae'/.er Ceo. Kliirt ï I ioiic t < anipbeJl U Ji. Ewing, f ihc Vtllagc of Ciialllt*. TRUST Offic-vrs ;es. Joseph Hod*««*—Chai! 1'harlf's WafUllelo»« Wliiiuui butter. I - J. Kcm C lerk Ti fasurer. -. U. U. Drake VV. J. Lad. me Marsha!—Henry Horton. IViiiton A. Brown ATTOIIN H V - AT • La \v Practice# in all Courts Challis, Idaho. E. J. Frawley, LAWYER Idaho. Boise City. Dr. i, W. Lynn, M. D. C. M„ F. T.. M. C. Specialty Ear, Nose and Throat, and Disease of Women. PHYSICIAN A SURGEON Day and Night Calls Promptly Attended to. Office in Buster's M rUet Building. IDAHO. CHALLIS, Allen C. Merritt, ARCHITECT AND CIVIL ENGINEER. U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor. Idaho Sill mon. Perky & Blaine, Attorn e y - At -Law nty Oourts. Block). Will Prüctice iu Busier C (Booms 19 lo21. Nob Boise City. Idaho. Chase A. Clark, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Practices in all Courts. Idaho, Mackay, *7a' Promptly obtained or no fee. Write for our „CONFIPENTIAL LETTER before! [j applying tor patent : it is worth money. W ei Jm obtain PATENTS THAT PAY.| g and help inventors to success. Ml Send model, photo or sketch, and we send HIM MEDIATE FREE REPORT ON PAT JENTAEILITY, 20years' i*ractice. Begis lltered Patent Lawyers. Write or come to Hua at 505-50 7, 7th St., W ASHINGTON. D. C. VIC* * We promptly obtain t\ S and Koreign ^ A Î _'Wesr • 4. 3euA moiel, sketch or 11 1 to cf invcntioD for free report on patentability. Ter frte look »-TRADE-MARKS " r " e Hi 10 I i k Opposite U. S. Patent Office _ WASHINGTON D. C. WE.WILLSEND 1 j j | ! Coi to any address in United States ! tion j to ! I 1 he Silver Messenger I . the I j sia ! j a and .St- Louis Republic ! I f ( i ; j j On« Year for i $3.00 $3.00 j ! J - I i ! ! Tiie Twice-a-Week St. Louis Republic for one year would cost you I $1.00, so wo are offering with.this combination The Mes- j I senger at the rate of $2.00 per year. , ! ! ï ! I ! OR, W& WILL SEND The Messenger one year, and make you a present of a complete set of Custer county postal cards for I I i ! ! j \.00. $3.00 c. « ' ' kTrr 4 C. ! ! I 11 f I of all kinds executed at this office on SHORT NOTICE : ■ , i I 1 ;yV/r' aj|g J gj 7v\ ft v if AN a in A n Ùy/A 1 {•J 1JI /*> L \j >1 7 LC *•1 i ; j \ j * : ' . Cc MRS. E. F. KIRK, Prop. N . S^^Tiiis Popular and Health-Restoring Resort is situated 4^U' liùc, v miles east of Challis. on Salmon River. These wat-yVr ers are of good temperament for bathing, and pos-Sgs sess strong medicinal properties. vm >v '^//r -fiC irC S! /"j Bath 110 deg. F. Spring 124 deg. F. 'S. 7/V\7 a.(Bood 1botd Bccommodationsi ii ei At Reasonable Rates. m BATHS 25 CIEÜMTS. 'fs V ir JC s CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF WATER: 'm \a \d t v 7) Iron—Trace. Chloride of Sodium. Chloride of Calcium. Carbonate of Calcium Sulphate of Magnesia Sulphate of Soda. Sulphate of Potassium. Chief medicinal agent is the Chloride of Calcium. Chief constituents are the Chlorides of Calcium SKSodium. * \A?/ri Specific gravity of water 1001. at 00 deg. Taste—pleasant. Potassium water. ' ^ Rl î to >3 vv 4. for e and; ' r F., clear, \ S] «-Transparent. .-1 • //A AMERICANS OUTWIT RUSSIANS ip*l Mtinafarlarrr* There to Come iricA for Plana and vIuk* for I'm Coi to Ai lira' >ps. New illustrations of the determind Kussian government of foreign any public works light almost daily. of St. Petersburg this from the min tion of the to prevent the use made goods in come t Hie newspaper« week print circular« . ister of railways and the minister of education, directing attention to der« from the finance ministry against of foreign railway materials When the the use I and educational supplies, j required articles cannot be had i sia the higher authorities must be con ! suited before an order can be given to j a foreign manufacturer Kus or an iin ! porter. I Another instance is furnished by the i decision to complete the naphtha pipe line from Baku to Ilatoum. It ends ». When the first vas desired to use ; now in the inountaii j section was built it Russian pumps, but it was found that j no Russian concern could turn out the article needed. The order was there i])on, by special ukase of the emperor, American house. The price the given to a was cut down pretty low on ground, it is said, that the same com pany would naturally- get the order for the second section and that, having I models and drawings all ready, the ex pense to it of making the additional i pumps would be considerably less ! ened. The American com, any is not ! accustomed to depend and took the precauti pumps of unique design for this pipe I Sine and to patent its plans and pro j tect its models, it u now about to I reap the reward of ita foresight. The , order ha's gone forth that non- but ! Russian materials are to lie used. In promises, to build ! as the pumps must match those now I used, the successful bidder has had to conie to the Americans and make terms for the use of their plans and sent ver. hid for pumps we vitations t ! to none but Russian houses. How drawings. POPULATION OF CANADA. iiDf-d Gives It Jost Dulletl as B, 33 S^S 8 , mu Inei SOfi,fR4 Since 1^91. Cens ue of The first official bulletin of th© census bureau of Canada was issued the other day. The population of the is given at 5,338,633, an in crease of 505,644 over the census of i-oi. The population of the provinces is as follows: British Columbia, 190,000: Manitoba, I 246,464; New Bruns I Scotia, 459,116; Ontario, 2.167,978; i Prince Edward Island, 103,253; Que bec, 1,620,974; territories, 145,000; ! -organized territories, 75,000. ! The population of the cities of j Canada is as follows: Montreal, 266 dominion ick. :.31.i/J3: Nova 16; Toronto. 207,971; (Juebec, 6S.S34; Ottawa, 53.U02; Ham ilton, 52,550; Winnipeg. 4i,336; Haii fax. 40.7-T; St. John. London, ' 37 SS3; Victoria. 20.S21: Kingston, Is, ' .196; Brantford, 16. '5. ! 043: Vancouver ! G31 ; Hull, 13.9SS; Charlottetown, 12 I ('SO; Valley Field. 11,055; Sherbrooke, Sydney, 0.90s: Moncton, 9,026; Calgary, 12 .U 2 ; Brandon. 5,738. venir Malaria. l aving 1 ' 8 ith in t , . , , , He maoe each per ri Sloxquito Sera Prof. Crassi Is reported as oompieted a series of I lasting 40 days, near Ostia, inoculated more than 500 persons experiments, here he : a mosquito serum. ■ son apparently immune to malaria in a , district where that disease attacks many persons. f o .Crassi s name as been prominently associated of late J with the theory that malaria is caused bv mosquito bites. * Dr. A. H. Doty, when aslted at Tomp kinsvilie, N. Y., to express an opinion i on this report, said; "A great many I such theories have been presented 1 from time to time, but few have f an rf proved to be successful. "The anti-toxin serum for diphthe ria is, of course, a notable exception. So far. I have yet to know fective yellow fever serum, and as for s reported mosquit for malaria 1 know too fev Dr. Bras serum of the /*> facts to make any prediction." its Hellos of I.afayette. Wi LC J. I'ierpont Morgan has deposited a check for 200,000 francs at the I'nit ed States embassy at l'aris to be paid over to any man who delivers there f. Lafayette. One of these i is a sword, believed to be the lon^ ; j one chiefly worn by him when in the \ j United States. The other is * : cup. Both were pawned in London ' many years ago by some needy rela . tive of the general. The chief difti Cc cultv now is to have them conclusive a gold >v ly identified. klnir Cars. Restricted to S Comfort in railway traveling is the chief consideration of M. Pierre Bandin, the commissioner of public works. Orders have just been given by him to the various railways label a certain number of cars in each train "'efens^de fumer." to Th.-s 'fs is only the preliminary step to a rigorous enforcement of the régula V tion against smoking except in apart ir ments specially reserved for the wor JC shipers of nicotine. TrfMare Trove. ' While plowing last near Princeton. N •k in a field vhich has been in cultivation for more than 50 years. I.» î the 11-year-old son of John t rews earthed a pile of money amounting to about Î4J0. Some of the coins are Spanish, and uate hack to the year 1S1L Most of them are, however, half-dollars, the newest to A merican dating 1845. Enfliif Travels 4,000.(HHI Miles. An engine of the Great Northern ■ ' railway in England, which was built r in 1370, has just completed 4,000,000 miles of travel. This, it is believed, Ureaks the English record. WESTERN CAhAM 320 Acres Instead of 160 Acres Al farther inducement to settlement of the Wheat-raiüinfc lands of Mai^^W estera Canada, the iftxVl Canadian Govern ment has increased the area that may be taken by a home steader to 320 acres— 160 free and 160 to be purchased at oa1/ rat® V $3.00 per aert. These lands are fn the srrain-raisinsr area, where mhed farming is also car ried on with unqualified success. iil shortly be built to Hudson Eay. bringing rite world's markets a thousand mi'fcs nearer these wheat fields, where schools and churches convenient, climate excellent, railways close to all settlements, and local markets good. !*i take ti veiati oils that b ~~ire J:- i A railway to a«ri*u*td5 u> tii« tfc« Nor* h of "It th«s gr^at «el lr . em onfolded a sponde nee of trialled Western Canada la August, 12LH. Lands may abo he pnreh ased from Railway and Land Companies at «•T term*. For . i infiurcoAtion every turn." an Illinois Edi 35 ** price® and on pamphit-t*. maps as tn low Railway Bates, apply to Imrcirn. 8u peri o tendent tion. Ottawa. Canada, aaiboru V't. tri B. DAVIES, 6 Dccn Block, Ce.2trs--1 A vs.. Great Falls, Mont. . is. ing NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. To Walter Powers, his heirs or assigns : morr Y OU are hereby notified that I the have expended eight hundred dollars in labor and improve ments upon the Silver Queen No. 1, Silver Queen No. 2. Silver low. Queen No. 3 and Silver Queen No. 4 lode mining claims, situate in Seafoam Mining District. r- . * i - . <■-. . cru ( .ou atv of ( uster.State of Idaho, , - , iii . • has lrj Gruer to OOiU said premises be under the provisions OI Section the 21324 Revised Statutes of the United States, being the amount required to hold the same for Hip year ending December 31st. 1906, 2, i ♦ v ... ti and the vear enuiug December ■ ° jlSt, 1 b'.b . And if witl ia ninety days from U the service of ti^is notice (or within ninety days after this notice by publication), you fail or refuse to contribute your pro portion of such expenditure as in said CO-OWüer, VOllF lDtereSt claims will become the property of the subscriber under said Sec jJor] a J. L. HILL. 324. First pub. April 14. 19ÔK To the Administrator of the Es NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. täte of Arthur Smith, td, his heirs or assigns : deceas You are hereby notified that we have eXliendèd the Sum of T ^. rT . 1 , - , ,, Five Hundred (ntW) dollars upon the "BuDker Hill, ' "Alturas, and "John P..' "Jompoff" lode Ulitliilg claims, situated at the head of Stanley Lake creek, about six miles in a southerly direction from Stanley Lake, in" the Stanley Mining District Cutter countv Idaho in order to hold said claims un , . 4 0 der the provisions Oi Section 4 I the Ke\ isea otatlltes Ol "Junction" the United States, during the 1907; that the proportion of J . 1 . 1 said expenditure GUe by you as co-owner, is *125.00, being one fourth each, and that within ninety days after the first pub üeation Of this UOtlCe VOU fail Of refuse to contribute your pro portion of the said expenditure co-owner, the same being $12ä. O'» each, your interest iu the said "Bunker Hill." "Alturas." "Junction" aud "Jumpoff" iodo mining claims will become the property of the undersigned. your co-owner. under the provisions of the said "John P. tCCtlOn, 4. Tlte work was done by N. E. LjvingstOll and paid for by J. J Plumer. J. J. PLUMER. Hailey. Ida.. Jan. 8, 1908. First pub. Jan. 21. 190-. ' Hotel Leaton Challis. Idaho. F'rst-Cl a s s Ac co m m od at ions. BOARD and lodging a by the day. week or month. RATES REASONABLE. BATHS the hotel 7>0 ceuts; three baths Hot and Cold Water Baths in connection with the hotel. Kates for people not stopping at ■ for $1.00. HOTEL LEATON, Maiu Street. - Prop. Mrs. Win Leaton. STOCK-SELLING IN LONDON. * "Backwardatloa** a ad Contaaso" Are Terms Familiar to Brokers la British lecarity Market. If it should happen—and It does often tappen —that, instead of settling on sel ling day, boîh buyer and seller (or hull ind bear) prefer to carry over their ac ■ounts. stock exchange custom has pro ; -ided for such a contingency, writes E. The bull ! 5. Valtntine, in the Strard. ,n.v3 interest on the money he owes, in he hope that the shares he has bought •Fill rise. This is called "contango." •Vben the bear, instead of handing over he sharfs he has sold, pays a rate In he hope that they will fall in price, thii is caiiod "backwardation." These rates fluctuate with the state of the market. It being the interest of each j party to raise or lower prices, we thua : ave "bull campaigns" and "bear cam i »aigns" carried out with the object each i has at heart. Eat if, after waiting ar.d resorting to all the devices that the system knows of, even to "cornering" cr "rigging" the market, the price does r.ot "ail in ' he te er's case or rise in the case of the bull, there 1s nothing for It but to purchase cr sell, ar.d pay the difference ' —1. e., the speculator must close his ac . count at a loss. The rate of "contango" is. as we may here explain, fixed on mak ing up or contango day. If there are more "bulls" than "bears," the rate Is high; if. on the other hand, there are morr ' takcrs than givers of the stock. I the conticuaüon or ""^ngo" rate U low. STIMULUS TO INDUSTRY. Mexican Governor Offers Annnnl Cash Prise to Artisans Who Are Steady and Sober. 4 The governor of the r*"te of Mexico , _-w. . has founded an ann 'i i-e of $o00 to be aW aröcd to the artisan who during the year has most distinguished him seif for his industry and sobriety and for the prompt and unvarying attend *cce »*- bis daily tss - . s. <=sp-r,-.iafiy on the fc;lowi " g Satda > £ 8 ' d «rally observed feast days The initia . _ ,. . ,, . live of Gov. ViUaua. says the Mexican Herald, will have a good effect in stim amorg the working class of the state of Mexico, which has always been to the fore, es ai;y during the regime of the pres ent governor, in industrial and educa tional progress. Not long ago the press noticed with merited commendation the estabiish U 2 . il emulation ing c mc.t. unc«r Gen. Villada's auspices, cf a place of innocent recreation for the working class at Toluca. This is prac tical philanthropy. The wer', i-.e class, where it sees that an intelligent inter est Is bt taken In its welfare, wi'l demonstrate its appreciation by closer attention to werk. The example of the Public-spirited executive of the state of Mexico is worthy cf imitation. C.rlo«. Sped» Foul !■ the Bollix HOT-WATER FISH. Lake of Ai itltlaa in Guatemala a fish, the Psciliadcrri. which he found la the boiling lake of Amatitian. it pass es its days literally "io continual hot water. so Lot Is the water cf this lake that 11 is said to thrust one's hand m it means scalced fine.-rs. Ebullition is. hcwertr , EomeTUat umpired, says the York Herald, as the really boiling water rise3 to the surface, leaving a •-Other laatxacca. M Marcellin Pellet a French writer. who has recently returned from Guate mala. d-'scrifccs a curious spicies of temperature of 33 degrees centigrade at : . - , - : . . , the level, where the fish are found, which iseventhen suEciectlywarmforcoId btcoded creatures like fish, Of Frank Due'- laid states in one of his ilist Erossonnct tkat seme fresh works that the na tcutd by eru: rime THE LARGEST BRICKFIELD. ,\e several cays water fish would water so hot that a h man being could not keep his hand In it for a minute in r he Swiss scientist, dis covered living cels in the hot springs of Aix, the temper: 113 decrees Fahrenheit. Humboldt also Dr Sau.-su: re cf which averages :sr fish thrown up in a volcano saw ii' in South America. E. J Hrlll.h Center Make, F n Every Year to Girdle tk« Earth Foar Times. >Kk Bricks Peterborough. England, makes enough bricks in the course cf a year to put a girdle fo ;r times around the earth, says t : I'.l'.adeiphia Public Ledger It is estimaied that the busy brickmat ing yards, which have grown up in great number round the ancient city in the ta-t 20 years, turn out 800. 009,000 bricks annuali; leng.h of a brick i= about eight inches, ' then, if Peterborough's annual output were laid out iu a s ng'.e line, it would stretch over 100,000 miles. The brick a., .-try ha? revolution ized the trade of Peterborough. Such is the wealth of clay and the profit to be drawn irom it. that one part of the brickmaking district has been fitly named Klondike." ft lies in beds of enormous area and depth, and some of the expert; say they could gc on taking out the easily accessible clay for the next century without tak ing thought as to where the next sup ply of the material is to come from. As the The EnctUb .4 In no other country, says the London Lancet, have the people been slower to realize the value of the application of its own scientific discoveries to technical industries than in England. Ncxwith siandiag all the splendid discoveries with wnich English scientific men are justly accredited, the applications of these discoveries to the improvement ol the arts and the industries have been utilized almost entirely by German manufacturers, considerably to the det riment of English trade. Slow. in at