The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-01-31


was held at Mrs. Strands last
Saturday night
Frank Nickerson has received
position as manager for the
Montana & Idaho Stage Line.
Frank is an honest, careful and
steady young gentleman, and we
predict will fill this position with
much credit.
We are under obligations to
Senator Hooper and Represen-
tative Osborn for public State
documents.
Iowa has the boss liar. Here
is the story Seven years ago
farmer living west of Webster
City hung his coat on the fence
in the barnyard, and as a result
of it a wonderful story is told.
A calf chewed up pocket book
in the garment, in which was a
standard gold watch. Last week
the animal, a staid old milch COW,
was butchered for beef. The
timepiece was found in such a
position between the lungs OF
the COW that the process or res
piration, the closing and filling
of the lungs, kept the stem
winder wound up, and the watch
had lost but four minutes in sew
en- years.
Senator Stewart was re e-elected
u. S. Senator from Nevada last
week.
The Blackfoot News says
MARTIN Forbes. a veteran of
the Civil war and soldier in the
late war with Spain, has just re-
turned to Blackfoot from Manila.
Mr.. Forbes says that the charge
that the Idaho volunteers were
retired in disgrace at the battle
of Manila is unqualifiedly false,
that Col. Jones was present dur
ing the fight and that the Idaho
troops did their duty
Senator Hooper's joint resolu
ton proposes amendments to
sections 6 and 10 Of article 1S of
the constitution under which, in
1902, one county commissioner
shall be elected for four years,
and two for two years, and every
two years thereafter one shall be
elected for four years and one
for two years.
We believe this would be a
J good law. As it is now every
four years the counties have an
, entire new board of commission
ers and clerk, which makes slow
and bungling work, as rule.
The Idaho World says tive
wagon road bills will be intro
! duced at this session of the legis
, lature, and already they have
, been promised strong support.
! One is to purchase the toll road
from Ketchum to Challis and to
I put all the State roads in good
condition. Another is to extend
the Twin Springs Company's
| road on to Atlanta. The com
+ pany agrees, if this is done, to
1 give their road to the State, and
) also to build one from Boise riv
: er to Idaho City"
: That is encouraging news fol-
the people here. If the first bill
y passes it will be of immense ad
. vantage to Ketchum, for the
: matter of paying toll on the
: Ketchum- Challis road has beer
: great drawback in recent years
!. to our town as it has caused al
most an entire suspension OF
O travel and trade between Ketch
) um and points on the other side.
If the State would purchase the
!. road and throw it open to th'
h public it will be the means o1
+. drawing traffic away from th'
> Blackfoot road, as the Ketchun
m road is the best route in every
. respect. 1t is not only about n
miles nearer to the railroad thar
r. via. Blackfoot but in the summe
!. time there is plenty of water an
n gaass for the stock, while on tn
: Blackfoot route teamsters hav
70 carry both water and feed owe
n. the desert for their animals
IF Ketchum Keystone.
= 1t looks as though Presiden
y Mckinley would break th'
g worlds record for imbecility a
y the chief executive head of
great nation. He possesses con
. siderable talent as a trimmer an
dodger, but it is impossible t
discover his real conviction
$. upon any subject, if he has any
in Low prices in staging and o
~ railroads-fare from Challis b.