The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-07

Maurice Ashton was out from
Forney one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. MCGOWAN,
Jr., expect to move to Bonanza
this week
Ed. Stevens and S. Calkins
were down from East Fork last
Wednesday.
G. S. Jordan on Saturday, May
4th, passed the three score and
ten mile post in life.
There is some talk of having a
grand celebration in Challis on
the next Fourth of July.
Frank Grotwold came down
from Bayhorse last Saturday.
He has light touch of grippe
Mrs. T. j. Paul departed for
Salt Lake City last Sunday
morning for medical treatment.
E. G. Headrick is treating Geo.
McGowan's residence in Challis,
to delicate and beautiful coat
of drab paint.
DIR. Allen was called from Gus
ter last week to see JOS Rodgers.
Mr.. Rodgers has about fully re-
covered from his recent sickness
All the track for the Salmon
| River Railroad will be laid to the
Snake river by Saturday night,
so says the head boss Black
foot Mail May 1st.
/ Geo. Sewell after spending the
winter in the midst of the gay
social whirl of Challis, returned
to Custer last Wednesday to get
even in financial way.
l.. Boyd and family on the lst
I again resumed charge of their
| hotel. Mr.. Jensen and family
moved into the Morler residence
and we understand have opened
a private boarding house
The C. G. & c. Stage Line has
changed on summer time The
stage now leaves Challis at six
O'Clock in the morning and arriv-
es in Custer at six o'clock on the
evening of the same day.
: Three sisters of Mr.. w. FL.
e Felkner and Miss Alice Felkner.
our County Treasurer, arrived IN
Challis on last Saturdays stage
and are from Indiana One OF
the sisters visited in this place
T some 10 or 13 years ago.
r Amos Franklin returned last
: Wednesday evening from Salt
Z Lake City where he had been for
! some time for medical treatment.
: Mr.. Franklin is getting along as
: well as could be expected, but
r he has to be cautious about his
9 diet
A. P. Challis expected to de-
It part yesterday morning with his
d conveyance for Stanley, soon to
} commence active operations at
O his placer mines. They will have
; an abundant water supply this
n season, and if everything works
e well, ought to make good clean
It up this year.
: The Clayton public school
closes on Friday, May 18th, with
! appropriate exercises. The
I I principal, Miss Martha keenan,
! who is also Superintendent O
8 Public instruction of Custer
! county, will at once after ths
I closing of that school move tt
ie Challis to assume the duties O.
County Superintendent.
al VIM. Flenniken returned las
le Tuesday evening from a fou
months visit to his old home q
le Pittsourg, Pa. He had not beel
IN back for 25 years, and the man,
OF changes during that made th'
4 city appear like d ditferentplace
"a That he had q good time goe
OF without saying. for he was witt
the 18th Pennsylvania boys a
te the Inauguration of Preslden
OF Mckinley at Washington. ID. {
40 Bill has assumed many cosmopol
Is itan ways since his visit to tn
9 Smoky City.
of A commercial traveller in talh
IS ing yesterday of the building Q
of the branch of the Short Lin
to from Blackfoot to Houston said
of Il have done business so ia
nv with two gentlemen who conteu
ed plate starting new enterprises a
ch Houston. One of the gentleme
lty will put in large store and th
he other hotel. Rumors are plenf
RS. that a numbe of other new en-
or terprises are to be started. Con