The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-04-04
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Easter last Sunday.

A pleasant little party was
held in the 1. o. o. F. hall at
Challis last Friday night.
County Supt. Margaret Keen
an, went up to Clayton on Thurs
day last to visit the school at
that place.
Judge Lighthall's familiar
face is again seen in Challis, af-
ter an absence of two years in
the Yellow Jacket.
A. L. Trenman, the picture
man, and Valentine Maelzer, de-
parted on Wednesday last by
private conveyance, for Salt
Lake City.
John Stephens, who is running
the Salmon elbow Jacket mail
line was up from Salmon this
week. He reports plenty of snow
on the route and a hard winter.
Mr.. Dooley, the comic Irish
writer, says that the United
States is bounded on the East by
the Atlantic ocean, and on the
West by me cousin, George
Dooley.
Miss Wilson. of Idaho Falls,
arrived in Challis last Wednes-
day evening, aud the following
day left for Custer where she
will teach school, the term com
mencing April 1st.
The Lost River Dramatic Co.
arrived in Challis on Wednesday
last from Salmon, where they
played for two nights. On the
following night they gave an
entertainment in Bayhores, and
Friday night at Clayton.
A. G. Bomar contemplates put
ting in a system of electric lights
in Challis. He already has one
14c power incandescent light
burning in his Office. He will not
put in any arc lights at present,
but confine the system to 16c
power incandescent lights.
VIM. Caste was out from Gus
ter last Tuesday. Mr.. Casio
thinks the prospects for that
camp are very good for the com
ing season. The late strike in
Lucky Boy is simply immense,
and without doubt the Company
will do large amount of work
the coming season.
Col. McFadden came out from
his Yankee Fork mine on Estes
Mountain, Wednesday last. The
Colonel has been quite poorly
for some time past, owing to an
attack of rheumatism. He de-
parted Immediately for the
Beardsley Hot Springs, and from
their healing waters is almost
certain to find relief.
The County Board of Com
missioners will meet in regular
session on Monday, April 10th
At this session they will encoun-
ter very desirable (?) duty, thai
of fixing the salary of all county
officers, except County Attorney
and his salary they fix at the
July session. The have a wide
scope to work on between the
minimum and maximum fixed by
the legislature. The Board can
not 60 over nor under that fixed
by the Legislature. We believe
it was the duty of the Legislature
to fix the salaries.
A press dispatch from New
S York of recent date states thai
, 1.-The Board of Health of the CITY
f is engaged in an examination o
r 'sweatshops.' Thus far of 30t
t tenement house sweatshops ex
q amined 90 have been found ii
4 such bad sanitary condition tina
lile OOctIQ ucIo OCSti esS hSQ ~ Va
S der radical alterations. In th'
Italian quarter the inspecto
A found men, women and childrel
> working from $50 in the morn
: ing to 11:30 at night, and tn
t highest wages received was 4
0 cents o day." Now pause ant
f ponder over the prosperity o
: these poor people under the ben
ifcent reign of MIR. Hanna's ad
t vance agent. Then pause agail
S and consider how loyal Mr.. Han
!. mas administration is to tn
S working men and women of thi
t country. as many of the contrac
e tors who furnish the clothing TO
d our soldiers have the work don
Q in these disease breeding sweat
T shops. in order to satiate thei
r appetites for greed. How ca
S any self-respecting America
S workman endorse such an ad