The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-12-31

I" low hiiCo Oh Ouo oiNluc, duu, |
even there, there was not suffi-
Gent to annoy good wagoning-
and the roads were most excel
lent. Later, however, snow fell
at Ketchum to the depth of a
foot; at HALEY, ten inches; at
Bellevue, about six inches and at
Shoshone half inch or barely
enough to cover the ground, but
not enough in any place to make
sieighing. Today, the 10th, it is
again showing; the clouds are so
dense that, even here, we may
look for deeper coat.
At Ketchum we were highly
gratified to learn that business
had revived to a great extent.
Of course it will be dull through
the winter months for the reason
that the mountain road to Custer
county will not be kept open.
This is great loss to the Wood
river towns; but what is Wood
rivers loss is Blackfoot and
Pocatello's gain. The freight at
the depot, delivered, this season
has doubled from the later years
and we were told by their very
obliging depot master that, in the
month of November, the railroad
business increased about q 1000
per cent over last year, or ten
fold. This, certainly, is encour-
aging. At HALEY nearly all told
us that they had had a season of
business prosperity that they
had hardly anticipated. At Bel
levue the people we're more en-
gagged in the county seat ques-
ton, although they spoke little
of better year than for few
years prior. This county seat
and division question is to be dis
posed of by our Supreme Court
, at this term; and we very much
E hope that it will now put this
matter to rest. 1t does seem as
| if a second decision would settle
this constant agitation. 1t is
! very oppressive to the people of
this whole country and detracts,
very much, from their general
prosperity.
> Shoshone is having some slight
; advance in business line, al
= though not as much as other
q Wood river towns. This town,
+ however, is more steady in it's
prosperity. 1t goes evenly along
G without much of extremes.
, A few notes in regard to the
! Silver Knights of America. AT
o Ketchum, as ever, we found a
! most faithful body of followers
l in the cause of liberty-silver,
E who have been more steadfast in
the work of restoring our country
. to it's high rank it occupied be-
= fore scheming wealth had turned
: over the land into the hands OF
tyrants and wrong than Ketch
UNI. The echo is who :? They
;. are not to be found. The Temple
n was organized in good, working
;. shape on Friday evening. They
;. will have a strong Temple there
: and this Brotherhood will send
9 forth a good influence to the ma
ton. From there we went tx
HALEY where we found a noble
|. set of patriots who are in favor
of organizing the Knights, but on
q account of the heavy work of the
attorneys at Court, concluded t.
wait until this toll is over, wher
the citizens would give the mat
ter their strict attention. The
= friends expect to establish one
. of the largest Temples here il
= the State. We know that here
> is splendid material, and, we
think, in great abundance.
We make our home, in HALEY
. with Art Smith-what use Their,
. can be in mentioning it though
: is mystery. Everybody who
- wants to be treated right, ant
= feel at home, when he or she il
L travelling, goes to the Alturas
= and the beauty of it is, every