The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-10-22
Lee Kirtley was up from
Salmon last Saturday.

Clayuon wednesday last.
Miss Myrtle Morrison is visit.
ing Dickey friends this week.
John Swauger, prominent
Lost river stock man, was in
Challis last Sunday.
President Snow of the Mormon
church died in Salt Lake CITY
last week. He was 80 years of
age.
VIM. Flenniken is now resi-
dent of this city, and will enjoy
the social whirl of Challis life
this winter.
George Taite, Miss Sadie Sui
livan. Flo Clyde and Emmett
Hosford. of Clayton, attended the
ball in Challis last Friday night.
The Clayton smelter closed
down last week. Although they
made but two months run this
season. we learn that it was very
profitable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitcomb were
down from Clayton last Thurs
day, and on the following morn
ing departed for Pocatello on a
visit to friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Bomar re-
turned from Boise last Saturday
where they attended the Grand
Lodge sessions. They report a
splendid time. The next years
session will be held at Pocatello.
Geo. R. Ashton has purchased
the blacksmith shop formerly
owned in Challis by Al. Hoskins.
George says Challis good enough
for him. He is anxiously await
ing the arrival of Mrs. Ashton,
who is expected in a-few days.
The negro show did not draw
a very large house in Challis last
Tuesday night. They did not
appreciate the way they were
treated here, and made some very
harsh remarks about some of our
prominent citizens On their
first visit here they dined at the
''Elkhorn Hotel"
1.-The most disgusted man in
Kansas, +" says the Wilson News,
lis the Methodist pastor at the
city of Topeka. who worked him.
self into a white heat getting a
barrel out of the fire when the
depot burned there recently, to
find out after the fire that he had
saved barrel of whiskey."
The Lemhi Herald has put in
new power press. We wish
Brothers Abbott & Preston sue
cess, and hope that their bust
ness may increase to such an ex-
tent that it will require half
dozen power presses. Although
we have had some words with
the Herald on different issues.
that only goes in the newspaper
profession, and don't count on
the outside. We expect to follow
suit, and put in a power press
when the railroad is built to
Challis in the near future.
Howard NJ. Lindsay, chief
clerk of railway mail service, was
in Blackfoot Friday. to establish
mail service between the two
points by train. Mr.. Lindsay
says according to rules of the
Department in such conditions as
exist now on the Blackfoot and
Challis route the service will be
reduced from six TO three times
a week.-Blackfoot News.
This would be great injustice
to the people of Custer county
and to every citizen in the whole
county, and calls for an earnest
protest from our people to see
that such a scheme is not put
into effect. We do not care who
care who is at the back of tit
is a plan to hamper at retard the
business interests of Custer
county. and we as citizens and
taxpayers of the United States.
appeal to our members in Cong
ress-Senators Dubois and Heit-
field and Congressman Glenn
our Idaho representatives, touse
their best efforts to stop any
scheme to deprive the sovereign
people of Custer county of just
mail service. Think of three
mails week 1t is an outrage
on 5000 people in Custer county.
AS American citizens we are en-
titled 10 all the rights that any
other people in the United States
are entitled to Lemhi county
has daily mail service, and Gus
ter county ought to have the
same consideration. Is the three.
times. a. week service our railroad
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