The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-17
Snow Snow The beauti-
full snow II don't think.

lul SHOW - uOu buluK.
Great many State elections oc-
cur next month. In a measure
they will forecast the great bat
tie in 1900.
Jas. Marker was over from
Bayhorse last week; also John
Altham and VIM. Figely, from
Yellow Jacket.
Challis creek school opened
yesterday morning with Miss
Daisy Lane, of Challis, as teach
er. They expect to have a three
months term.
E. G. Dodge is building a new
residence on the Fred. Phillips
block in the eastern part of town
and expects to complete it this
fall for occupancy.
From the appearance of the
high mountain last week-white
and chilly-it would lead on to
believe that Old Winter was with
us with all it's sadness.
Mrs. L. H. Johnston and Mrs.
Borjison were in Boise last week
attending the annual State Cong.
Convention, representing the
Challis Church as delegates.
Mr.. D. D. Hawley, guard
from the State penitentiary ar
rived in Challis last Wednesday
evening, and on the following
morning departed with his pris-
oner-Elmer Halford-for Boise.
This week the MESSENGER
appears as an SPACE 48-column
paper, and we hope to continue
it in this form and size. If il
merits the support of the public,
we would be pleased to add new
: subscriptions as well as old to
our list. The expense of pub
fishing a paper of this size is
somewhat greater than formerly
but by this enlargement of the
paper it is a credit to the county
as well as ourself.
Miss May Purviance, John G.
Fox and John @. Adams, OF
: Challis, departed last Friday
morning for Weiser to attend the
Grand Lodge, I. o. o. F. Ses-
, sions which convene on the 18th
and 18th of this month. They
) went to Ketcham by private con.
7 veyance, and from there go by
rail. Miss Purviance goes as
, a representative from Silver
. Leaf No. 27, of Challis. to the
Rebekah State Assembly, anG
Messrs. Fox and Adams go as
=. representatives from Custer
I Lodge No. 81 and Custer En-
campment No. 10, respectively.
Following is Attorney Genera
Hays opinion in reference to the
| new Idaho School Text Books
1T is the duty of the Chair
man of the Board of Schoo
Trustees to proceed in accord
ance with Section s, of the Tex
Book Law. The Trustees may
t not refuse to change text books
5 The text books may or may no
D be free as determined by tn,
2 Trustees of the district in ac
7 cordance with Section 9 OF th'
:, Act. 1t seems also that the Tex
0 Book Law covers independen
= school districts as well as other
9 from the fact that it provides TO
d the use of these books mall tn
u public schools of the State" /
S would be impossible to state tn
legal remedy for all dereliction
of duty on the part of the schoo
. officers inasmuch as the law pro
: vides a remedy by removal or il
b dictment and in other cases b,
a appropriate civil proceeding
. depending upon the circumstau
ceS IN edc0 case.
Y School District No. z has bee
s annexed to School District No.
/, This was done by petition {
% two thirds of the residents O
70 said District No. z, and tn
s Board of Commissioners at thei
It session granted the request, S
% District z is no more, but th
5, people there belong in DistriC
IS No. l. They were about los
Sc their district for reason that the
rt had insufficient funds to run
10 three months term. and as a
re their children of school age, el
" cept four or FIVE were attendin
al school in Challis, the people i
? that district did the only wis
)r thing-ask for annexation. "
g. regret that District z was con
re PEELED to lose its school. for it
Of our wish and hope that all Il