The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-05-27
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Memorial Day next Friday.

Concert at I. o. o. +. hall to-
morrow evening.
Attorney Brown left for Boise
last Wednesday evening on legal
business.
Assessor Johnson returned
from an official visit to Custer on
Thursday last.
Ed. O'Neal and family were
over from May portion of last
week on visit.
Ed. Kirk, who used to be a
resident of this county years ago,
returned to Challis last Friday.
Axel Olson and family depart
ed for Custer the fore part of
last week where they will reside.
A. G. Bomar has sold his ranch
eass of town to Mr.. Blume, for a
consideration, we understand, of
5000.
A stage line was established
last week between Challis and
Three Forks on the Thunder
mountain route.
Thos. Mollart and family of
Custer took their departure last
Tuesday for a visit with rela-
tives and friends in Iowa.
Republican senator's will find
the work of forcing a vote on
the Philippine bill, upon which
they have entered. a sizable job,
with warm weather almost here.
The grand Natal will be APP
propriately observed in Challis
this year. See lad" on page 8
of this issue. Soon we hope to
issue supply of 28x42 spread
eagle colored posters.
Billy" Mason has recovered
sufficiently from the knockout
administered by Congressman
Hopkins to announce that he
still expects to be re elected.
BILLY" always has been strong
expecting.
School election in this district
next Monday, June End, for
Trustee to serve 3 years. While
this is a thankless Office at the
best, yet at the same time some
one should be elected who will
take an interest in the matter.
Challis may have some queer
freaks, but one day last week a
show came along with a unique
freak. 1t was nothing more or
less than common domestic
sheep, but it had a large horn
growing from its nose, probably
10 or 12 inches in length. The
sheep in question was secured
down at Shoshone.
j G. E. Eddy, the Northwestern
poet and newspaper man, has
been in Challis the past week
compiling book consisting oi
so select poems of his own com.
position, and feticiously entitled
1.-The Pinnacle of Parnassus. .
The 100 pages of closely written
manuscript, all compiled from
memory, has been sent off fol
publication.
All the power of the republi
can bosses of the House having
failed to prevent the passage OF
the bill for the admission of Ari
zona, New Mexico, and Okla
homa, they have now centeret
their efforts to keep these Ter
ritories out of the Union on The
Senate, for no other reason thar
the fear that they would elec
democratic senators.
Senator Bailey's amendmen
to the army appropriation bill
forbidding the expenditures o
money to pay the expenses o
any person attending the corona
tion of a hereditary king o
potentate, served to put the re
pubIicans on record for and tn
democrats against such expendi
ture of the peoples money
Score another increase in demo
cratic votes.
5 The grand jury at Salmon Git,
has returned an indictmen
i against Geo. w. Walsen fol
: grand larceny of county funds
+ and his bond was fixed at $2, 00C
failing to furnish it he was plac
( ed in Jail. Mrs. Walsen, (see
Merritt, was indicted for embez
} element. her bond being fixe
D also at 3, 900. She at once secui
} ed the bond. The cases will no
r be tried until next October. DR.
VI n Rnrpatf haS haan anpoin