The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-26
Congress will soon convene.

NOugTScS Will soon convene.
Words of cheer costs nothing
but is beyond price.
Il am still a Democrat. Sen
ator Fred. T. Dubois.
A good character is not to be
builded on hate or envy
LOckhart Boyd returned from
Mackay last Friday evening.
Well earned glory will last
much longer than unearned prize
money
Telegraph poles on the Mackay
branch are now set for forty
miles this side of Blackfoot.
The Idaho American is the
name of a new Republican paper
recently established at Boise
We gladly place it on our K list
Next Sunday evening will be
Parents Night at the Church,
the pastor preaching Fathers
and Mother s" sermon. A special
invitation is extended to all par
ents to come and bring their
children.
Some men will tell you that
advertising doesn't Day-tbe
paper is never read But let one
of these men be caught hugging
the hired girl. or staggering on
the street with a jag.if the print
ing Office is in the garret of a 20
story building he will climb to
the top and request the editor
not to publish anything about
him In the paper where every
body can read it
There will be a Thanksgiving
service next Thursday evening
in the Challis Church. The first
part of the service viii be in the
hands of the Christian Endeav-
ors, as usual. The Thanksgiv-
ing address viii be by Rev. H
A Riser, and the choir viii rem
der special music appropriate TO
the occasion.
Judge Perky at HALEY on the
18th inst. gave a decision that
women are not eligible to serve
on juries. The Judge cited Sec
1895 of the Revised Statutes of
Idaho. which reads
"A jury is a body of MEN
temporarily selected from the
citizens of a particular district
and invested with power TO pre-
sent or indict a person for a
public offense or to try ques-
ton of fact
That young lady school teach
ers of Inyo county, Cal. are moro
than up to-date is evidenced by
the following good story, which
has the merit of being true. A
certain young lady from that
county wished the school at
Ballarat which would pay S75
per month. But one pupil was
to be found in the district, how
ever, and as the State law re-
quires an enrolment of five.
things were apparently at a
standstill. Not 10 be thus dis
couraged, however, the young
lady. for the munifcent sum of
50. hired an Indian to bring four
of his boys to the school. a dis
tance of 40 miles, and on Monday
morning school was opened with
an enrolment of FIVE pupils
Recess witnessed the disappear
ance of four of them. but the
young lady now has the pleasure
of teaching one pupil and draw
ing a good salary. Such ingenu-
ity is surely to be commended.
The Salt Lake News SAYS of
the railroad future General
Passenger Agent Burley of the
Short Line is alive TO the pos
sibilitieS of the Thunder Noun
tain mining district in Idaho He
has had special representative
looking over the ground in the
Salmon river country for an ex-
tension of the new branch road
from Mackay to Challis and
thence into the newly discovered
gold fields. The Boise people
are making strenuous efforts TO
have the Thunder Mountain road
run from the State capitol. but
such line would have seven
ranges TO cross and a greater
distance. 165 miles. 10 travel than
by the Mackay- Cnallis route, and
Mr.. Burley recently expressed
himself in favor of the Salmon
river line. w. G. Page, a prom
inent HALEY mining Ean. when
in Salt Lake lately. held that the
proper route would be via