The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-05-11
Memorial Day comes on Sun
day this year-May Both

10 ME ana drum tney marcne0 In grand array 7,
They fought they eonquering fell; and here
they rest
Until the Judgment Day.
And once year.ere Summer meets the Spring
We weave bright gariands OF the flowers of May.
And to our soldiers gra7es these wreaths We
bring,
On Decoration Day.
District Court convenes in
Challis, Monday, May 31st.
DIR. Cue, of Houston, was in
Challis few days last week o.
business.
Last Friday was Arbor Day,
but a cold wave struck US on
that day, consequently a very
trees were planted in this por-
tion of Idaho. When you have
to use your heavy winter over
coat to keep warm, Arbor Day
celebrating is myth.
Owing to the cold weather of
last week, our rivers and creeks
whose banks were filed to over
flowing, the waters of which
have receded to a great extent.
Ed. Chamberlin went to Custer
last week.
T. J. Paul has moved his
family down from Bayhorse, and
they are residents of Challis and
occupy the r. Y. Street residence
on the heights.
The anti-gambling law went
into effect last Saturday.
We are informed that Messrs.
Challis & Sturkey have bonded
their Stanley Basin placer mines
to eastern parties for the sum of
$4,000
Alex Kleupfer returned from
California last Tuesday where he
has been for the past month.
J. c. Fox departed for the
Blackbird mining district on
Tuesday last where ne is inter
ested in some mining claims.
VIM. Buster is now eudeavor-
ing to ride a new wheel which
he has recently purchased.
John Meriott came out from
Custer Wednesday evening and
on the following morning de-
parted for Salt Lake City.
r. N. Hull returned from an
extended visit to his brother in
Arizona last Thursday. Mr..
Hull is looking and reports a
most pleasant trip.
Mrs. Chas. Randall. of Haley,
was a Challis visitor last week.
The Florence Miner is the
title of a new paper started at
Florence, Idaho, by Don Carlos
Boyd. 1t is a neat and tasty
publication.
The Daily Herald at Pocatellc
has suspended publication.
]. M. Jackson and family ex
pected to depart yesterday fol
Boise City where they expect tc
make their future home.
The boys are having very lit
tie sport III this section this year
catching Salmon trout. Only a
few have been captured thus far.
The Mckinley wave of pros
perity" probably accounts fol
this. Us Salmon Eaters" are
sadly out of luck this season.
Arizona Kicker lone day
last week woman, so years old
got off the train at Blue Hill
station to look for her brother
and within two hours she hao
! twenty offers of marriage. She
was a woman with false hair,
bad teeth, lame leg and a cat
aract in one eye, and yet the
crowd fairly swarmed for her
and at sundown she was married
to a man worth $50, 1000. If ther,
are any other single womel
, headed this way, let 'em stop of
at this town. We guarantee a.
, least fifty offers of marriage pc
day for a week, no matter wha
: her age or looks or physica
condition. As mayor of this
town we agree to find husband
for 200 marriageable women a
fast as they can descend from
the train, and every man pro
posing marriage will oe worth a
; least $4,000. What Arizona want
is 5000 more wives, and she want
'em so bad she cries for 'em. |
W Il pay every married womel
. / he east not satisfied with he
, husband to run away and heat
; in this direction, and old maid