The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-15
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and for sale at Mrs. Dorgan's at
Baxter residence, one block west
of school house. South Main
street, Challis, Idaho.
Fresh rye bread for sale every
Saturday at Mrs. Dorgan's.
Warden c. E. Arney arrived
in Challis last Tuesday evening
and on the following morning
departed with Jacob Pettigrew,
who is booked for 10 years term
at the State penitentiary.
Chas. Waller had his collar
bone broken last week. The
stage upset between this place
and Custer and he was thrown
out causing the injury.
Mr.. Babcock. representing the
well-known wholesale liquor
house of Fargo & Co., of San
Francisco, was in Challis last
week.
The corps of Oregon Short
Line surveyors commenced last
Wednesday running survey up
Salmon river on the route to
Clayton and Custer, starting the
line and crossing the river just
above the Barr bridge. They
have under instructions from
headquarters, abandoned the sur
vey down the river toward Sal
mon for the present, at least.
The Mackay- -ChalIis & Thun-
der Mountain Stage Company,
with $50, 600 capital stock, it is
reported, will soon be incorpor-
ated with Wayne Darlington and
G. V. Hansen at the head of the
incorporation. 1t is the inten-
ton OF the new company to build
a wagon road from Three Forks.
or some nearer route into Thun-
der mountain, and also to run
line of stages over said route
from Mackay.
John III. Greene, trustee, for
g, 376. so. has conveyed to Jos.
Rodgers, of Challis, an undivid-
ed half interest in and to lots /,
2. 3 and 4, block. and improve
ments thereon, of Arco townsite.
Since the Thunder mountain
wagon road from Challis has
been opened for travel with
teams as far as Three Forks.
each day numerous teams and
freight outfits and pack outfits
supply at Challis and rush on for
the land Of gold. The town is
filing up with people as the rush
has commenced. They are com
ing from all directions, and with
all manner of conveyances. Some
are young and inexperienced and
some are old prospectors who
have joined every rush for gold
for the past thirty or forty years.
1t begins to look like old times,
said old prospector yesterday.
The travel is coming by the way
of Challis, said man from the
East this week. 1t has iustcom-
menced. Wait until about the
first of May, and then see if l am
not telling you the truth. All
the ''best route maps and ad-
vertising matter of other places
can't stop it. The public are
now commencing to learn the
truth of the matter, and are now
heading for Thunder mountain
over the Challis routes.
The question "Shall women
propose marriage ~ is agitating
the minds and pencils of some of
our Brothers of the State press.
We say, yes, if they desire to do
so. tits a lamentable fact that
eligible young men delight in
maintaining their freedom from
matrimonial bonds, aud young
women, finding they can enter
many employments giving them
independent support, persist in
refusing to enter into "entang-
ling alliances. However. there
are many who would marry if
the young men would grow sIffi-
cient backbone TO propose, and
this being true, why shouldn't
the young women bring them to
terms, or cause them TO desiSt
with their attentions. by propos-
ing 10 shitch teams ?" To some
matrimony may be a failure, bus
this is the fault of the married
themselves. Properly mated.
with due consideration on the
part of each. there cannot be un
happiness or want of congenial-
| ity. In the language of Mr.. c.
E. Eddy, the Custer poet
'Tis for her sweet smile
That We toll all the while.
Or. in the words of the lamented
Grorlat lat aaeh ros1r,la sshn eurn