The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-19

supper Will Dc given dl nODSTL
Morrison's hotel, in Challis, on
next Friday night.
! On Friday of last week David
Tewalt purchased tne Huffman
ranch on Salmon river.
| w. P. Bascom has been ap-
Ipointed postmaster at Dickey,
Custer county. Idaho. vice How
ard Bascom, deceased.
A Challis young man saw the
the following advertisement in
paper
The Road to wealth senc ten swo-e=nt
stamps to
The young man sent the stamps,
and. in return for his outlay, re-
ceiyed minute instructions how to
get to the SanFrancisco mint
from any part of the country.
A stranger who has been in
employ of a railroad construction
company in Wyoming. was in the
News Office this week. and re-
ported the company's teams.
scrapers. etc, were headed for
Idaho, and he believed for Black
foot to work on the Blackfoot
and Houston branch road
Blackfoot News.
A visitor to a cemetery at
South Vernon, n. H., will find
the following upon tombstone
there
! o be she went and am she gone
And left poor here all alones
o. cruel fate TO be 20 blind
To take she fore and leave hind:
Her can never come back 10 We.
| But us must surely go TO she.
Governor Hunt has issued a
proclamation prohibiting sheep
from Cache and Box Elder coun-
ties, Utah, and Elko county,
Nevada. from being brought into
the State of Idaho for a period
of 80 days from and after Feb.
11th, 1901. This is done as the
sheep in those localities are
known to have scab.
The bachelors of Idaho should
hold Senator Moody. of Shosh-
one county. in grateful rememb-
erance. He has figured out that
statistics show that female school
teachers imported from the East
and other states don't generally
teach in the Idaho schools over
one or two terms till they get
married and live here. He said
Idaho bachelors need wives and
Idaho needs population.
E. A. Greene arrived yester-
day from New York to look over
the Midland railway project for
the capitalists of that city. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Greene will
make a thorough examination of
all matters connected with this
important enterprise. and that
his report will determine wheth-
er or not those for whom he acts
will take hold of the project
Boise Statesman.
There is a time in almost every
young mans life when he imag-
ines he is really a warm number.
When he grows older and. by
experience, accumulates a store
of good. common horse sense, he
views the same class of boys
with disgust. He meditates on
his past, aud wonders if he ever
was such a confounded fool. A
smart Aleck is about the most
despicable mortal that ever drew
breath. but the law forbids kill
ing them, and people have to
grin and bear their presence in
the community.
The cost of seeds compared
with the value of the crop is so
small that few cents saved by
buying second-rate seeds will
amount to many dollars lost when
the harvest is gathered. Farm
ers have found out by many cost
| ly failures what risky thing it
is TO buy seeds without being
pretty sure that they are reliable
and true name. The latest cata-
logue of the seed house of d. NJ.
Ferry & Co.. Detroit. Mich, is a
reminder that thousands of farm
ers in the United States and
Canada have pinned their faith
to the reputation of this great
firm. During a business career
approaching half a century in
time. Ferry's seeds have won an
annual increase in popularity.
which is perhaps the best evil
dence that they grow and give
satisfaction. Ferry's Seed Au-
nual for 1901 is a useful guide in
selecting seeds for the farm, the
trncly Garden and rho fforoY. oar