The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-14
Fruit trees are in bloom.

Memorial Day May both. VIII
it be observed in Challis
Prof. G. A. Mapel came out
from Blackbird last Friday.
w. E. Hanna, of Ellis, made a
business trip to Challis last Sat
urday.
l.. Wicks of Butte was an ar.
rival on last Thursdays Black
foot stage.
Jas. t. Gayle returned last
Friday evening from a business
trip to Salmon.
All the creeks are now on a
boom. Salmon river is nearly to
high water mark and is rising
rapidly.
1t is reported that A. J. Mac
nab has sold his part the mercan
tile business of Geo. L. Shoup &
Co., at Salmon.
The Attorney General of Ida
no says that County Superinten-
dents of Public Instruction have
no right to issue permits for per-
sons to teach school.
President McKinley's tour ap-
pears to be a political trip. With
wool down to 8 cents per pound,
won't the wool-growers be pleas
ed to meet the President ?
Mrs. w. K. Baxter desires to
express her heartfelt thanks
through the columns of the Mes
SENGER, to all the kind friends
who ministered so freely at the
sickness and death of her late
husband. and to thank one and
all for the kindness shown.
VIM. j. Bryan is a believer in
the powers of the country news
paper. In speaking of them iu
his Commoner, he said The
democratic country press is the
reflex of democratic thought, and
the democrats must support the
country democratic papers il
democratic victories are to be
won. A we'll supported press is
more than half the battle.
The high water has washed
out the Golfer dam at Blackfoot
put in by the Oregon Short Line
in connection with the building
of the new bridge for the Hous-
ton branch. This will delay the
construction of the bridge prob
ably until after high water. The
construction company has about
800 teams on and have about five
miles of grading completed
Salt Lake Herald.
Challis is quite a good sized
town, but has no doctor. That
speaks we'll for the metropolis of
Custer county. The finances of
an M. ID. do not flourish there,
consequently the medical profes-
sion is unrepresented. The Mes
SENGER, however, is advertis-
ing for an M. D., and says that
some one, at some time in the
future, might get sick. They
might start a subscription list
and guarantee doctor so much
per month, practice or no prac.
tice. That will bring one.-
Idaho World.
w. E. Borah, the Boise attor
ney. has just brought a suit on
behalf of Custer county against
Lemhi county, by which it is
sought to have some S15, ,00C
worth of Custer county warrants
drawn in favor of Lemhi county,
declared null and void. The
suit, if sustained by the court,
will involve the settlement be-
tween the two counties when
Custer county was created,
Judge Reeves has been retained
by the board of commissioners OF
Lemhi county to defend the suit
for that county. .-Pocatello Ad-
vance.
AL. West of Dickey, Custer
county, was visiting his father,
w. w. West. of the Metropolitan
lodging house last week. Mr..
West is postmaster at Dickey and
tells a good story on the repub-
licans. Last fall during the cam
paign he received request from
a little republican paper down in
this county for the names of re-
publicans getting mail at Dickey.
The joke comes in the fact that
there was but one name to be
sent, and that was the name of a
man who has since died. Dickey
will hereafter be unanimously
democratic and the campaign
circulation of a certain republi-