The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-07

Mrs. Coll departed on Tues
day morning last for her home
in Nevada, after a short visit
with her sister in Challis, Mrs.
Margaret Paul.
The church social held in this
place last Wednesday night was
quite success, the net receipts
amounted to S27.
Elections for road overseers
occur on the first Monday of
each December, this year it
would come on Dec. 4th. Notices
must be posted 10 days prior to
the election. Five qualified cleo
tors of the district may call such
election to elect overseers.
-Four largely signed petitions,
one to President Mckinley, and
the other three to Senators Geo.
L. Shoup and Henry Heitfeld,
and Congressman Wilson, were
sent from Challis last week, pro-
testing against seating B. H.
Roberts, the Utah Congressman.
The B. II. & G. stage changed
to winter schedule on the 1st.
Running on winter time the mail
is not due till s a. m, but as long
as the roads are good they will
arrive in the evening before.
If every interested citizen of
the arid West should take off his
coat and vest and go to work to
secure government aid to irriga-
ton, it would become an ac-
complished fact as quickly and
easily as the water from the
bitches runs down the slope; and
| the West would enter upon an
era of prosperity not dreamed of.
The Haley Times construes
the new fish law so that one can
catch fish for home use with
hook and line at any time of the
year. 1t ought be that way, but
it does not read that way. On
page 431, Sec. 25, of the General
Laws of Idaho. approved March
Is, 1899, and as this was the last
| Act approved, it repeals all pre-
vious Acts in conflict with this
| Act, and is consequently the law.
1t reads very plainly
ANY person found guilty of
catching any species of fish ex-
cept for breeding. between the
/ first day of November and the
first day of May of the succeed
ing year shall upon conviction
be fined in a sum not less than
ten, nor more than fifty dollars,
together with costs of suit, for
each and every offense." !"
The annual report of Auditor
/ Henry A. Castle, of the poStofice
department, for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1899, has been
transmitted to the secretary of
the treasury and the postofice
department. This bureau has
the largest accounting Office in
the government, or, perhaps, in
the world, since it is the clear
ing house of the entire postal
service. The report shows a
volume of transactions aggregat-
ing about S64O, ,000,O 600 for the
fiscal year. The revenues of the
postal service were S95, ,021, 1884;
expenditures of the postal serv-
ice, S101, 632. .161; volume of
money transactions, S44442 S444422, 483, 354.
There has been an increase in
each of these items, and in each
one OF the various sub divisions
thereof, showing, the auditor
says, that the postal service is
increasing in all its parts, even
keeping in advance of the devel-
, opment of the country in other
respects. The deficit in postal
revenues was S6,610, 776-the
smallest since 1892 and only half
that of 1897. The number of
t postofices in the United States
! June 80 was "a, 1884, and 1852
of these were doing a money or
der business. The money order
service of the government was
| conducted last year at loss of
! c0nci1orohlv over $1Q0 011