The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-11-09

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of dust, since the late rains. All
hands took dinner at Dickey's-
as usual, everything in homlike
style and of the best as it always
is. All travellers like to stop
here since the arrangements
were made permanent so that
Mrs. Dicky could count on any
certainty. This getting up good
dinners for a crowd-never to
call was discouraging to any
body, and we do not wonder that
Dickey's folks got tired of that
way.
AS we proceeded down Lost
river valley, there showed signs
of more rain in the past, of late,
until the roads were muddy and
on towards Blackfoot the become
rough and somewhat disagree
able-still no dust.
A stay over night with Mr..
and Mrs. Gus Hines, and among
our Houston friends is always a
happy sojourn. On Tuesday
evenings stage we moved on.
Miss Maude Pearson came down
to her home, and when we got
home-to Pearson's, we mean
we found all the folks at home.
Here the hosts of hungry people
who travel by stage are fed; and,
in Winter, they lodge as well.
This is one of the home stations
of all the mountains-where
everybody loves to arrive at.
From here we have, at this time
of the year, a cold, night drive;
but on the first day of November
this will be changed; making day
drives on this whole route and
night rest at Pearson's.
Instead of taking breakfast, as
in former days, at Powell's at
Riverside, breakfast is at Root
Hog, and the good landlady fur
nishes you an excellent meal.
Of course, this mansion is not
very imposing but the good treat
ment you receive within makes
up for all that.
At Blackfoot we always pat
ronize Mr.. Morrison's restaur-
ant; First, because they set the
best provided and best cooked
meal we find in that little city
and-then they are not above
their business; and if they had
the biggest hotel in the State,
they would adorn it and render
1T a success in comparison to
what the most of them are today.
1t isn't everybody who can keep
a hotel-no matter how smart
they may be otherwise. 1t is a
business by itself and that family
are somehow born that way.
There are some of the stiffest
breed of landlords in our nice
little city of Blackfoot that we
ever saw in all our travels
which have been somewhat ex-
tensive-outside of real backroom
swells; and they pretty near fill
that bill. But such one INJURIES
the town in which he or she has
a residence or business.
There are no great changes in
this place. Everything about in
the old way. They are moving
the Donaldson store and sur
rounding buildings off the rail
roads company's ground, that
seems to be about all.
The citizens inform us that the
better price for wheat and wool
is relieving the farmers so that
they have been enabled to release
their mortgages and other debts.
This is cause of rejoicing and
should make the heart of every
lover of his kind beat quicker
be warmer. Mortgages breed
sorrow; releases, joy; and to us
it is anything that causes happi-
ness to any human creature. We
spent a number of days here and
saw almost everybody, who we
found, generally, well. There
has been a little typhoid, caused
by bad water. They must have
water works put in. From here
we go to Pocatello.