The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-24
For fine fresh fruit call on Vim.
Buster at the rock market.

Buster at the rock market.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. V. SiIvey re-
turned from the Yankee Fork
mine one day last week, where
Mr.. Silvey has been employed at
his trade.
Bert Livingston and Charles
Small, of Clayton. were Challis
visitors last Thursday.
Rev. H. A. Risser returned
last week from his second tour
to Custer and the mines in that
vicinity, also visiting Stanley
Basin. At Custer a committee
of seven was appointed. with
Senator Macbeth as chairman, to
start Travelling Library in that
town. At Lucky Boy mine
Sunday school was organized
with Mrs. E. L Coleman, super
intendent.
As the returns from the work
of the Assessors of the different
counties come in there is a strong
illustration of the farce that is
made of the law taxing money
BannOck county is the first TO re-
port, and while it is one of the
largest counties in the State,
with an assessed valuation of
g, ,365, 931 exclusive of ats rail
roads. and contains a number of
thriving towns besides the city
of Pocatello, the Assessor only
$500 In cash. This law brings in
only trifiing revenue and at the
same time is standing bid for
perjury, every man knowing full
well that he has a few pieces of
silver or gold in his pocket
Wallace Press.
The railroad engine now whist
les in Custer county. Eight
more miles of tracklaying and
the road will be completed to
Mackay, its present terminus.
]. c. Fox, Geo. E. Keyes and
]. L. Ebberts viii represent Gus
ter Encampment No. 10 at the
Grand Encampment session in
Boise City next month
Three times within the memory
of men nov living has the hand
of the assassin stricken down the
chief officer of the United States
Once for sectionalism. once for
personal revenge, and now,
third time, for anarchy. Is it
not time to take measures to pro-
tect our Presidents ?
K. d. Williams was down from
Robinson last Tuesday to meet
his wife who had just returned
from a visit at Pocatello.
The announcement of Schley's
counsel that they would seek to
prove that their client was tech
nically and legally as well as
actually in command at the bat
tie of Santiago carries the war
into Africa, sure enough. Mr..
/ lSampsOn's friends now seem like
| ly to find themselves in the posi-
tion of the dog who snatched at
the reflection of his meat in the
water-and lost everything.
A sadness creeps over US, says
the Blackfoot News, as we think
of the passing of the jolly old
time freighter-not the sadness
we would feel to see little white
hearse go glimmering by. but
such as when an old acquaint-
ance goes away. an old landmark
is wiped out. when old friends
move away to come back never
The last teams from Custer coun-
ty are in town today. When they
return they will come no more.
Their occupation is gone. The
great iron horse will do no their
work. He will take the freights
to Arco and Houston. The jolly
old freighter viii store his pom
derous wagons in an out-of- the
way corner of the corral; he will
hang the collars and harness and
! traces and lines and the faithful
old black-snake whip on the
| racks under the shed; he will
; turn his horses out on the foot
hills TO Craze and he will sit him
l self down to pensive thoughts
and reSt-to watch the sun 60
down behind the hills to rise nc
no more. A sad goodbye to you,
jolly old freighter.