The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-23
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We have had a few warm days.
Frank McKennedy arrived In
Challis last Friday evening from
Salmon
Nearly every day witnesses
some new recrudescence in Mary
lands graveyard census.
Mr.. Heise. representing a San
Francisco wholesale liquor house
arrived in Challis last Friday
evening
Next Friday the 82nd aDniver-
sary of Odd Fellowship In Amer
ica, will be observed by Custer
Lodge No. 81.
Why doesn't Japan go ahead
and fight Russia Her neglect
to do so must be sad blow to
the London prophecy mongers-
Examinations for Eight Grade
pupils will be held in Challis the
first week in May. MARTHA
KEENAN,, County Superintendent
of Public instruction.
Leroy HilIman, foreman at the
Skylark mine. and family. spent
few days in Challis. On Sat
urday last they departed for
Custer on a short visit.
Sheriff Chamberlain landed a
Houston miner in jail last Thurs
day afternoon TO spend the night.
for being drunk and disorderly
upon oar public streets.
Sid. J. Roberts was down from
Stanley Basin last week. He re-
ports four TO five feet of snow in
the Basin, which insures the
placer miners an abundant water
supply, in fact. more than usual
With this favorable outlook We
may expect a big gold output
this season.
How about that Commissary
clerk who sent letters 10 Presi
dent Mckinley and Secretary
Root a year ago informing then
circumstautialIy of the frauds IL
the Philippines which the Gov
ernment is now longer able t.
hide. Will those high officer:
now retract the rude things they
said about him
Because we once prevented
Great Britain from robbing Ven
ezueIa is no reason why W.
shouldn't spank that countr!
when it misbehaves- is /
any reason why Venezuela shoul'
crawl at our feet in consequence
of the demands of an asphai
trust.
/ WANTED-TRUSTwORTHY MEr
and women to travel and adyer
tise for old established house q
solid financial standing. Salar,
$3.50 a year and expenses. all pay
able in cash No canvassing re
quired. Give references and en-
close self-addressed stamped en-
velope. Address Manager. 35'
Caxton Bldg. Chicago.
The State Board of Pardons
which met last Tuesday, denies
pardon or clemelcy in the cas-
of Seth B. Morgan. sent up from
Ada county for 10 years for in
cest: Elmer Halford. sent for
I wears from Custer county fO
grand larceny. and Albert Ran
dali, sent from Custer county 70
: 20 years for crime against nature
From parties just up fror
: Blackfoot, we learn that work j
being pushed on the Salmon RiV
{ er Railroad. a branch of the Orr
gon Short Line. The pile drive
has arrived and work is beln:
: pushed to complete the bridg
: across Snake river before th
high water. About 80 teams ar
at work and a force of about 10
: men grading. 1t natural raj
= road grade from BlackfOot I
/ Challis. except few miles
: is said, by those high In rallroa
circles. that the Salmon Rive
branch line will be complete
e as far as Houston this fall. Froi
q Houston to ChalliS, on Salmo
5 river, it 90 miles and good raj
+ road grade. and that road will b
I built 10 Challis next year. Th
a great Blackbird copper mines
I the country that this line is de
d string TO reach. If the Blackblr
proves half as good as it is ~
: ported, it is the greatest coppe
e camp in the world. From Cha
+ lis over the low pass of MOrga
e creek, VIII undoubtedly be th
f route of the railroad. The grac