The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-14

LUCK is an tg7aas Jdtuats. You
may follow it to ruin, but not to
success.
You can scandalize the scan
dal-monger by refusing to be
scandalized.
Commissioner Uehren of Dick
ey, arrived in Challis last Satur-
day evening.
The Hon. Board OF County
Commissioners met in regular
session yesterday.
As long as Justice suffers from
ophthalmia she does not need to
wear that bandage over her eyes.
Tonight will be installation of
officers and a banquet by Silver
Leaf Rebekah Lodge No. q, of
Challis.
Esteem is of more value than
celebrity; respect is of more val
ne than reputation; and honor is
of more value than glory.
If we could live our lives over
again we would have an oppor-
tunity to avoid the same mis-
takes, and make different ones.
There appears to be little doubt
but Challis will be the terminus
of the Salmon River Railroad
next Fall. In that event there
will be no question but that
Challis will be the shortest and
best route to Thunder Mountain.
The Dancing Club committee
held q meeting last week and
found they had sufficient funds
for three or four more dances.
The next Club party, we learn,
will be held on Friday night,
Jan. oath.
To show what poor mail serv-
ice Custer county is now enjoy
ing, we desire to state that it now
takes ten days from Challis to
Salt Lake City to send letter
and get reply. But longer if
the letter leaves here on Satur-
days. Isn't this fine mail
system
Happy Hours in Coon Town"
negro show gave another enter
tainment in Challis on the 9TH,
on their return from Custer.
They played to light house. 1t
is a genuine blk show, and
very low and degraded outfit.
They attempted to jump their
board bill at this place, but final
ly reconsidered the matter and
paid it.
Mackay, the new town in the
copper district on Lost river,
which has been footing its horn
and doing a whole lot of blowing
generally since it sprung up al
most in a day like a mushroom
two or three months ago, will
soon cap the climax by having a
brass band. But the band boys
will be at a disadvantage as com
pared to other towns Of the
State. They will not enjoy the
felicity of being invited to tune
their horns to the hiarity key.
Mackav is strictly total absti-
nence town. No saloon is allow
ed within its limits, and the citi-
zens thereof vow that by the
eternals there never will be.
The proverbial friendship and
genial intimacy existing between
brass bands and old Gambrinus,
the god of the foaming extractE
hops, will be a minus quantityl
in Mackay. A beerless brass|
band with a lagerless, arid toot,
viii be quite a novelty. They]
will not ''get ON q toot" when]
they go out to blow.-Idaho City
World.
The Haley News Miner has
figured out the distances I'd
Thunder Mountain by the varioua
proposed routes
From Redrock and Salmon, 1910
miles. Wagon road 130 miles
pack trail go miles.
From Boise, City, 195 miles
Wagon road lis miles, pack ira
80 miles.
From Mackay via. Clayton
1875 miles. Wagon road 143 miles
pack trail SO miles.
From Grangeville, 183 miies
Wagon road 113 miles, pack tra
20 miles.
From Council, 170 mile
Wagon road 100 miles, pack ira
20 miles.
From Emmett, 160 mile
Wagon road 20 miles, pack tra
90 miles.
From Ketchum, 142 mile
Wagon road 80 miles, pack tra