The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-08-29
AkeeRk NEws.r


season amounted to 100000
pounds.
Miss Mary Meyer departed for
st. Joseph, Mo-, last Tuesday,
where she will attend college.
Dan. Martin and his partner
who were taken to Custer by
Constable MCGEE. charged with
robbing John Mullen's cabin in
Bonanza, were released, there
being insufficient to hold them.
Albert Clarrington, a 13-year,
old Challis boy, shot himself in
the foot while fooling with a
shotgun on Thursday of last
week. The gun was loaded with
buck-shot.
Frank and George Dearden
came out from Custer last Thurs
day evening.
Miss Elma +. Barkley, of Vale,
Oregon, arrived in Challis last
Thursday evening to take charge
of the Primary department of
the Challis Public School as
teacher. Miss Barkley has had
experience in teaching, and
comes highly recommended.
G. H. Stoltz returned last Sun
day from a business trip in the
southeastern portion of Idaho in
the interest of Leo. P. Grum-
baum of this city. says the Boise
Capital.
He says Idaho Falls is doing a
large business and is growing
rapidly. Mr.. Stoltz was much
pleased with the farming country
around st. Anthony. The homes
and farms of the people betoken-
ed thrift and prosperity. A rail
road is rapidly building to ST.
Anthony and will reach there in
time to move the fall crops that
are quite large.
Mr.. Stoltz visited Salmon. The
Blackbird district in that vicin-
ity is being taken hold of by a
prominent mining company with
Marcus Daily at its head. Some
% or 30 claims there have been
bonded and work will be pushed
from this on.
At Gibbonsville the A. d. NJ
Company are preparing to do
extensive work on their claims
A large dredging plant is al
work on Moose creek.
While in Challis Mr.. Stoltz
saw Hons. Frank Martin anC
Hugh McElroy. These gentle
men speak in high terms of the
good condition of the state wag
on road and are enthusiastic over
the grand scenery of the route
over which they passed. They
are now on an outing at Red
Fish lakes and will return tx
, Boise the first of the coming
week. These gentlemen alsC
saw D. t. Miller and party whc
are working towards Challis il
the interest of the Midland rail
( road.
The Challis and Salmon stag,
!, leaves Challis for Salmon ever,
! Tuesday, Thursday and Saturda,
morning at 6 o'clock. Arrive
in Challis on Mondays, Wednes
/. days and Fridays at 6 p. m.
I School will commence in thi
1 place next Monday, Sept. 4th.
) Chas. Tassell, an old-time resi-
S dent of Custer county, was il
some manner thrown from
S wagon on the 25th inst, alighi
a ing on his head and shoulders
: and from the fall was complete
ly paralyzed. He was brough
d to Challis last Friday evening
: and placed under the care O
e DR.. j. S. Meyer.
Every day that brings Admire
- Dewey nearer home brings il
= creased evidence of the grea
= esteem in which he is held b
!, his countrymen. Since Grant
time no other man has approach
= ed this popularity. He stand
:. quite alone, and the whole natio
= is getting ready to welcome bin
in October. In view of this il
dubitable fact, how account fc
= the paucity of the popular Offer
= ing for the Dewey home fund?
: Stinginess never was chara'
,, teristic of the American people
But only $4,000 is forthcomin
for the alleged object of the n;
tion's highest esteem. There
J. only one answer to this conui
e drum, which is that the peop
It take little stock in a "hom
: fund.- raised by popular sui