The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-03-14
Silver, 59t.
Lead, 81. 10.
Copper, $3.50.

Lead, $40.
| Copper, $3.50.
Gov. Steunenberg has signed
the salary bill.
| David Fulop, of Salt Lake, was
in Challis last week.
All man wants here below is a
little more than he's got.
Francis Cleghorn has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Ellis.
Colonel Sharp is much better
today. HALEY Times, 8th.
Yesterdays neglect causes
two-thirds of today's worry.
School-both departments
will close here on the oath inst.
The Salmon stage laid over till
Sunday morning taking down a
load of drummers.
Robert Nelson Darrah, an old
timer died at Idaho City one day
last week. Aged, 50 years.
Born-To the wife of AL. Jine-
gar at Salmon. Idaho, on March
Sth, daughter. Also in Salmon
on March 9th, to the wife of NJ.
j. Finley, son.
Black-leg has appeared among
some of the cattle across the riv-
er in this valley. and we under
stand seven have already died.
1t is a sort of jelly which settles
in the legs, and sometimes in the
aeck.
A New York dispatch of the
6th, says : Capt. Linck of the
First Idaho, near Manila, captur-
ed nineteen insurgent sharp
shooters without loss to his com
mand. The sharpshooters were
surprised and surrounded and
laid down their arms"
Petitions are being circulated
to extend the Pahsamaroi and
Birch Creek mail route on to
Dubois, point on the railroad.
This would be of great benefit
to the people, and we do not see
why the prayer should not be
granted by Uncle Sam.
When the whitewashers state
that the beef was good and
wholesome" /" while thousands of
soldiers have pronounced it
sinking and poisonous, and
when 10000 cans of the same
beef were thrown away in Hav-
ana the very day the report was
signed, it shows that no reliance
can be placed in any of the find
ings, and strengthens the charg-
es that there was scandalous cor
ruption in the financial manage
ment of the war.
Sealed bids will be received by
the Board of Trustees of School
Dist. No. 1, Challis, Idaho, for
digging post-holes and sitting
posts around the school block.
Bids will be received up to the
21st of March, 1899. All bids to
be sailed and addressed to NJ. M.
Sweet, Clerk of Board, and
marked: Proposals to Dig
Post-Holes and Set Posts Around
School Block" The Board re-
serves the right to reject any
and all bids.
Now that we hear no more of a
railroad being built through Gus
ter county; and the proposed
telephone lines from Ketchum or
Blackfoot to this county appear
to be sleeping, we suggest that
a telephone line be built from
Salmon to Challis, thence up the
river to Custer-touching Bay
morse, clayton, Bonanza and
ending at Custer, and possibly
extending it on to Stanley. A
line from Salmon would connect
with the line already from Red
Rock, Montana, a point on the
railroad. This would be the
nearest and cheapest line to
this point. We believe a stock
company could be formed and
the stock readily taken by
Lemhi ands Custer county people.
Some estimate this entire line
could be put through for $1,000,
as there is considerable timber
enroute for poles. 1t is almost
certain that such an enterprise
would be a paying investment.
besides it would be an everlast-
ing benefit to the community at
at large in an isolated county
like this. We ask the people of
the counties look into this mat
ter and push it along. Probably |
a direct line from here TO Black |