The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-12
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The chicken law expires next
Friday, the 18th.
Olee Mead of Pahsamaroi was
a Challis visitor last week.
Hon. E. S. Suydam of Salmon
made business trip to Challis
last week.
Bradley Jarvis of Custer de.
parted for Salt Lake City last
Wednesday evening.
Alex Kleupfer, wife and family
and Mrs. J. A. Bowman and
children, of Custer, are visiting
Challis friends.
A Chinaman who goes by the
name of Sue" from Custer, is
now serving a term in the county
jail at Challis for selling opium.i
Rev. R. S. Nickerson and fam
lily made visit to the up-river
towns last week. Mr.. Nickerson
held divine services at Custer
and Clayton.
]. G. Fox returned from a visit
to Blackbird last Thursday eve
ming. He says the camp is rath-
er dull at present, but the mines
never looked better.
VIM. T. Stethem arrived in
town one day last week direct
from the new gold discoveries on
Loon creek. He has good re-
port for the mines in that dis
trict.
J. L. Ebberts and family; T.
]. Paul and family, Jonathan Job
and Mrs. Connolly expect to de-
part Friday next for an outing
at Stanley Basin and Red Fish
7 AXE. Joe says he wants to go
to place where the fish bite.
Governor Hunt has appointed
Robert Bell, Reg. Coryell and
| M. M. Sweet delegates from the
State of Idaho to the Fifth Ses-
sion of the International Mining
/ Congress to be held in Butte,
Montana, convening September
1st, 1902.
G. E. Eddy and his brother are
among the fortunate prospectors
who have recently located good
claims at Loon creek. He writes
us that he has located the editor
of the MESSENGER one third in
terest in a claim called SILVER
MESSENGER" The ledge is IL
feet in width and an assay from
the ore went $44. 35 in gold.
Young men, don't swear. There
is no occasion for it outside of a
printing Office where it is useful
if the paper is late. 1t also comes
in handy in proof reading, and
is indispensable when the ink
, works bad and the presses begin
to buck. 1t is known to remove
that tired feeling of an editor
when he looks over the paper
after it is printed. Outside of a
printing Office it is a foolish habit,
The telephone poles are now
within sixteen miles of Challis,
and the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone Company expect tc
have their long distance phone
completed from Blackfoot to
Challis by the 18th of next
month. From here they intend
extending the line this fall uI
, Salmon river reaching Bayhorse
Clayton, Robinson. Bonanza and
Custer. Another branch of the
line will be extended down Sal
mon river from Challis to Salmon
City, thereby making a complete
circuit. Telephone connection;
: with the different towns of the
county and the outside world
will be of vast benefit and con.
venience to our people owing tC
our present slow mode of com
' munication.
Frank Nickerson and wife re
turned to Challis last Wednesday
morning where Mr.. Nickersor
has been since the 5th of July
last undergoing treatment at the
I Holy Cross hospital, Salt Lake
City, to save the eyesight of his
! eyes caused by a fire-cracker ex
d plosion in Challis on July 3rd
At present he is unable to Sc,
= with the injured eye, as a cat
aract has grown over the sight
< The oculists at Salt Lake are il
hopes they can save the eye anC
e remove the cataract by the l5tl
=" of next month, although it is ;
doubtful case. At the best tha
they hope for is defective eye
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