The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
Coroner NJ. O'Donohue is very

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sick.
Thanksgiving day after to-
morrow.
Valentine Maelzer was over
from May last week.
Cliff Womacks left for Seattle,
Wash, Wednesday morning last
for a visit with his sister.
Mrs. Baxter's youngest child
has been quite sick. but is near
ly convalescent at this time.
Mr.. J. A. Hoagland, represent
ing the Idaho Furniture Co, of
Pocatello, arrived in Challis last
Friday.
If the Navy Department should
decide to retire Maclay on half
pay. would he get S1.24 or $1.25
per day ?
Mrs. w. w. West departed for
Pocatello Saturday morning last
after a brief visit with relatives
and friends.
Married.-At Lima, Montana.
Nov. 9th, 1901, Miss Louella
Short of Pahsamaroi, and Mr..
r. B. Vanderyort-
Sam Young, of Salmon, ar
rived in Challis last Thursday
evening from the East where he
has been for medical treatment.
Wilson Ellis departed on last
Wednesday mornings stage for
Tacoma, Wash, where he will
spend the winter with his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Jas. NJ. Shoup.
Last Wednesday night water
was turned in the new ice skat-
ing rink at Challis. but up to
this time the weather has been
too mild to form ice.
The Idaho American speaks of
Blackbird copper camp as being
in Custer county. Better take
another look at your geography.
Bro. Wood, and see if it is not
situated In Lemhi county.
NOTICE A meeting of the
citizens of Challis is announced.
and those who are interested, are
requested to meet at the Court
House tomorrow night at z
o'clock, for the purpose of organ
izing Literary Society.
Mr.. White had one of his fing-
ers on his left hand crushed at
the Yankee Fork mill battery
last week. Tt was found neces-
sary to amputate the finger. Mr..
White was in Chailis last Thurs
day evening en- route for Salt
Lake City.
A. Woodson, the darkey who
has been running a short order
house in Custer for the past few
months. says the first man that
he asked to pay him what was
owing him. and instead of set
telling the bill in the usual way,
the fellow landed him a right
upper-cut on the jaw. Mr.. Wood
son says he does not care to do
business in a place where debts
are settled that way. so he closed
up his business and -hit the
hike" for Mackay.
Mr.. Thayer, the Boston mil
lionaire mining man who is at
the head of the firm of Thayer &
Wilkins, z Exchange Place. Bos-
ton, Mass, arrived in Challis
last Thursday evening from Gus
ter, where he had been inspect
ing the Yankee Fork mine and
and property. in which he is the
principal owner. He was ac-
COu PAutCU W Ou04AAS If JOlu L.
Minear, the Superintendent of
the property. with a private con-
veyance. They departed the
following morning for Mackay,
where Mr.. Thayer will take the
train for California and Colorado
to look at other large mining in
terests in which he is interested.
While at Challis, Mr.. Thayer said
TO the MESSENGER You may
say that the old Yankee Fork
mine is looking good-in fact,
better than ever before. and / am
fully satisfied with my Custer
county mining interests. The
mill is reducing from thirty to
thirty-ive tons of ore per day,
and the results and assays of the
ore is more than hoped for. "
I'VE plan TO do a vast amount of
Improvement work at the prop
erty next year. said Mr.. Thayer.
In the first place, we intend TO
enlarge the mill to double its
present capacity, besides we are