The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-10-05
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Court next Monday.
Don't forget the dance ON
the 18th.
School opened with a good
attendance.
-Chas. Small, of Clayton. was
IN Challis last week.
-Wm- Rankin of Bonanza has
been granted pension.
old Jack Frost put in his
appearance last Saturday night
Assessor wilkinson returned
Saturday last from an official trip
in the Lost river region
"A grand ball viii be given at
the L o. o. F. hall in Challis, on
Friday night, October 18th,
1897. All are invited to attend.
Bert Wilson and Chas. Wilk-
inson will depart for Seafoam
this week with a freight team.
Mr.. Wilson will ship load of
high grade ore.
The store and banking build
ings of c. Bunting & Co, at
Blackfoot were Saturday offered
for sale, the highest bid being
S5350 by George Snow of Salt
Lake, the sale subject to the ap-
proval of the court
School commenced in ChaI-
lis yesterday with Miss NJ.
Keenan,, of Dillon, Montana, as
principal; and Miss l. NJ. Sill,
of Blackfoot, in charge of the
primary department. Both ladies
come to their new field of labor
very highly recommended
"A large party of hunters ar
rived in Challis last Thursday
with their outfits. The party
consisted of ten men and thirty
four head of horses. L S
Thompson, of New York, was
leader of the expedition. He is
reported to have daily income
of s.. 900. The party are simply
on hunting trip. They depart
ed for the Sawtooth mountains
on the following day to kill bear,
deer. etc.
The traveller, tourist or bust
ness man is wise when he selects
the Rio Grande Western Rail
way Great Salt Lake Route"
for his route to the East 1t Is
the only trsnscontinental line
passing directly through Salt
Lake City, and in addition to the
glimpse it affords of the Temple
City. the Great Salt Lake and
| picturesque Salt Lake and Utah
Valley, it offers the choice of
three distinct routes through the
mountains and the most magnifi-
cent scenery in the world
On all tickets stop-overs are
granted at Ogden, Salt Lake,
Glenwood Springs, Leadville,
Denver. and other points of inter
est. Double daily train service
and through Pullman and Tour
ist sleeping cars between Ogden
and Denver, Omaha. Chicago and
! Boston,
For illustrated pamphlets de-
Scriptive of the Great Salt Lake
Route" write F. a. WADLEIGH,
General Passenger Agent, Salt
Lake City.
Yes, my name is regarded
as very common" said Charles
Smith, of Lebanon, Pa. But
he added, there are very few
people that know how ancient
and honorable the name really is
There are few who know, / say,
that the Smith family antecedes
the building of Solomon's tenn
/ pie by forty years. Again there
are few who know that the family
antece6es the Christian era by
1855 years and the Declaration of
Independence by 1851 years,
The name is known in almost
every foreign nation. and you
will find many men bearing the
cognomen holding high and hon
ored positions in the world. ITO
Il L \
| ly known are Smiths. would re-
fer you to the annual reunion of
the Smith Family Association of
Blair county. Pa, which was
held last month at Lakemont
Park. Invitations were sent all
over the civilized world. The
epistles were sent. and letters of
regret are coming in from the
Italian Smiths, the Spanish