The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-01

The dance in Challis failed to
materalize in Challis last Friday
night.
Nick Johnson was down from
his ranch near Clayton last Sat
urday.
Don. Rowles killed fine deer
near the Challis Hot Springs
last Saturday.
A. G. Bomar returned last
Friday from a professional and
business trip to Custer.
Phillip Gossi was down from
East Fork last Saturday buying
hay for his large band of cattle.
Rev. HI. A. Riser expects his
family soon. and is furnishing
the parsonage. He will meet
his wife and daughter in Poca-
tello.
Miss Allie Buster departed yes
terday morning for a visit with
relatives and friends in Missouri.
She expects to take the train at
Mackay.
Mr.. Marker arrived in Challis
last Thursday from Arizona, and
on Saturday morning departed
for East Fork to visit his broth
er, j G. Marker, whom he has
not seen for 20 years.
1t is said that Carrie Nation
expressed an opinion that she
was glad that President McKin-
ley was killed. What else could
be expected She is as danger
Gus to the country as Emma
Goldman, in her insane and de
structive crusades.
John |. Minear departed for
Custer last Sunday morning. He
informed US that the Hartford
Copper & Gold Mining Cos. new
mill would be ready to start in
10 days. There is a large guam
tity of very high grade ore in
the ore house and blocked out in
the mine awaiting treatment.
Leon Czolgosz's father, broth
er and sister visited the assassin
in the jail at Buffalo last week.
The murderer would give no in
formation leading to the implica-
tion of any one else in the plot
to kill the President. He simply
said Il have done my duty,
and am ready to die"
1t is quite different now. In
stead of a stage ride of $50 miles
to Blackfoot or Redrock, Challis
people can board the train at
Mackay. 81 miles from Challis.
And now the stage ride over a
splendid wagon road to Mackay
will be considered but pleasure
trip.
Five Presidents of the United
States. dying during the term of
office for which they were elect
ed have been succeeded by Vice
Presidents. John Taylor sue
ceeded William Henry Harrison,
Millard Fillmore succeeded Zach
airy Taylor, Andrew Johnson
succeeded Abraham Lincoln,
Chester A. Arthur succeeded
James A. Garfield, and now
Theodore Roosevelt succeeds
William Mckinley.
The newspaper field is wide
and full of thorns and roses. If
you roast the ungodly the preach
ers smile; if you roast the preach
ers the ungodly smile. If you
roast the saloon man, the teetot-
aler smiles and sets 'em up. If
you swear, you are very wicked
man, and if you pray you are a
hypocrite. If you have an opiu-
ion, you get cussed; if you don't
you are a nonenity. The preach
er knows one thing, the sinner
another; but the journalist is
supposed to know everything.
He is the best man and the worst
in the community.
1t does not seem probable that
the train will carry the mail from
Blackfoot to Mackay for Custer
county points, although Mr.. Han
sen is trying to make arrange
ments with the railroad company
to that effect. In the first place
the railroad company would not
run a daily train to Mackay just
for the mail, unless other traffic
justified it. Besides it would not
carry the mail for the price of
Mr.. Hansen's contract. Next
July new mail contract will be
awarded over this route, and our
people should ask for daily
mail instead of six mails week,
| the service that Custer county