The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-09-02


Custer Friday last.
Col. Spofford returned from a
trip to Boise last Tuesday.
Assessor johnson has purchas-
ed the Davis ranch on Pah-
samaroi.
The County School Supt's. Off
ce is now located first door west
of the postofice.
The big smelter of the White
Knob Copper Co.. Mackay. was
blown i'm last week.
Attorney E. E. Chalmers of
Blackfoot, was in Challis last
week on legal business.
A number of the Challis base
ball players went to Pahsamaroi
last Sunday to play a matched
game.
Nate Rosenbaum, one of the
best known and popular travel
ing men of Ogden, was in Chal-
lis Saturday last.
Senator Macbeth of Custer was
in Challis last Saturday en- route
to the State convention to be
held at Pocatello, Sept. 4th.
Our Red Fish Lake tourists re-
turned to Challis Tuesday last
They report a fairly good time,
but game and fish were scarce.
VIM. Busters building on Main
street, Challis, is nearing com
pletion. 1t will be occupied by
/ w. J. Lamme as law Office, and
| by Mr.. Williams for an assay
Office.
H. L. Benner, Stanley's only
merchant, was in Challis several
days last week on business. He
says Stanley has been a good
camp this summer, and looks for
a decided improvement next
/ year.
{ Geo. w. Emery, the genial
superintendent of Ramshorn
: Mining company, Bayhorse, was
, in Challis last Saturday on busi-
{ ness. This Ramshorn company
: is having a quantity of ore treat
: ed at the Clayton smelter.
Judge Stewart who was nomin-
! ated for District Judge on the
republican ticket at the Boise
convention, was asked to resign
the nomination by the labor
r unions of his district, and the
? Judge took the hint and resigned.
Reg. Coryell, of Custer, was
:. in Challis last week en- route for
J the Mining Congress at Butte,
! where he goes as delegate from
\ Custer county. The MESSENG-
! Err is under obligations to Mr..
! I Coryell for number of valuable
= specimens for our cabinet.
II Custer county has 1887 miles
It of railroad, and the State Board
II fixed the valuation on same a
y $33, 425.00. The state tax levy
e. for 1902 was fixed at 46 cents
N per 800 valuation. This reduc
ID es the state tax on all property
le 6 cents from last year.
n At the convention ball held in
ar Custer on Aug. 18th, ]. M. Hill
20 correspondent for the Boise Cap
20 tial News says
Il Miss Mabel Jose of Challi:
tv treated the crowd with oneof he
(. humorous recitations. We mus
re say that Miss Jose is foremost o
ct any lady in Central Idaho in tn
o art of elocution. "
Died:-At Salt Lake City. o.
en- August 25th, 1902, of typhoi'
ne fever, Ethel Jarvis, wife of B
10 B. Jarvis, of Custer, Idaho, age
ch 26 years. The deceased is we
g known in Custer county, NOR
especially In custer ana bOnanZ
~ where she lived from childhood
ge She leaves husband and
no young child, besides a mothe
IN and number of brothers an
:, sisters in Custer. Mr.. Jarvi
rn arrived in Challis last Saturda
'lo from Salt Lake City.
lat The Capital News correspo
VS. dent who reported the Cust'
le, convention held on the 18th
ch last month, has the affair bad
ay mixed. 1t reports Stanley wit
of 2 delegates when it had but
er. and gives Seafoam 3 delegate
,ut there being no such voting pr
vas cinct in the county, and omi
ex- Pahsamaroi and Sunol precinc
err altogether. Again it says th