The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-11
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Salmon. now owns up that they
were mistaken, that Mr.. G. G.
Tautphaus did not return from
Thunder mountain to Salmon,
but that his partner, Sid Roberts,
did return that way. Better
guess again, neighbor. Perhaps
John Doe, or some one else re-
turned from Thunder mountain
via. Salmon. But it is known
that neither Mr.. Tautphaus nor
Mr.. Roberts came out that way.
1t is reported that daily train
will be put on the Mackay line
within the next sixty days. This
is pretty correct as it comes from
an official source. This means
also a daily mail. The railroad
officials claim the Thunder Mt.
traffic will justify it. Through
trains will be run from Pccatello,
instead of Blackfoot.
The Salmon Recorder appears
to imagine the map used on Chal-
lis envelopes advertising our
route to Thunder mountain, does
Salmon a great injustice, for it
makes Redrock 220 miles from
Thunder mountain. This is
Custer county map and it shows
that we have shorter and bet
ter route than any other to the
new gold fields. The distance
nor the route from Redrock via.
Salmon to Thunder mountain, is
printed on these envelopes. If
some one has drawn the Salmon
route and marked Redrock 220
miles from the new Eldorado on
these envelopes. they have mere
ly infringed upon our copyright,
for we do not believe it to be over
215 miles. But what about the
Salmon map ? We suppose it is
all right. Although it has got
the wagon road from Mackay to
Challis laid out on the map as
running down through the Pah-
samaroi valley the entire length
to Ellis. There is no wagon
road on this map from Mackay
to Challis. Yet we all know
there is-and as fine a road as
one ever rode over, where daily
stage and freight teams run the
year round. Yet, with all these
intended errors in Salmon's map
it shows Challis nearer to Thun-
der mountain than Salmon. But
never mind, Bro. Walsen, the
cars over the Mackay branch
will be running to Challis by the
first of next September, then we
will send down a cordial invita-
tion for all the old Salmon Eat
ers" to come to Challis and hear
the iron boss snort. You may
come too, Mr.. Walsen. Well
have a genuine old Salmon bake
although the run is mighty
scarce nowadays. Yes, tell all
the old timers to come up and
hear the engine whistle.
Every community, be it large
or small, has its hindrances, or
in other words, its mossbacks,
and we regret to say, Challis is
no exception. 1t matters not
what enterprise is got up to bene-
fit the town these same mossback
individuals start in at once to
down it. They pose as being the
ones that know it all-they are
never wrong-but every one else
is wrong. Let a newcomer ar
rive who wants to invest, and
this same class of fossilized citi-
zens will relate a tale of woe to
him of gigantic proportions, will
give the country fits, will give
the county fits, the town fits, the
people fits, and will frighten
him so that he will engage
special conveyance to take him
away from the place. Further,
they aim to injure their own town
the business men who live in
it and pay taxes. There is no
man who has SO little influence
that he cannot help or hurt his
town. When he helps it he helps
himself, and when he hurts it he
Injuries himself. Internal dis
sensions and petty jealousies
stunt the growth of towns. The
individual is often who, to injure
his neighbor, and whom he i'm
agines might reap benefit, will
balk an enterprise which, if it
had succeeded, would have been
Of untold good to the community
at large. Human nature is very
queer thing, and all of us need a
little more of the spirit of Him
who lived not for Himself. The
sooner it is learned that whole
community must be energetic
and liberal-minded for the towns
welfare. the sooner will tharn ba