The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-21

and work on their large irrigat-
ing canal will be resumed In the
Spring as soon as possible.
Smallpox is now mostly con-
fined to Mrs. Baxter's family. as
Mrs. Foster is nearly GONZALES
cent. Strict quarantine should
be established in these homes.
Mr.. J. P. Merridew, of Boston.
passed through ChaIlis last
Thursday en- route for Custer.
where he goes to fill the position
OF financial manager of the Hart
ford Copper & Gold Mining Co.
The Instar Literary Society
was not held In ChaIIis last Fri
day evening under advice of DIR.
Huston, chairman of the Board
of Health, on account of the
smallpox, which has made its
appearance. If advisable, the
next meeting of this Society will
be held Jan. 31st.
The corps of surveyors for the
Salmon River Railroad extension
are now camped about twenty
miles this side of Mackay. They
are following the survey made
to Salmon river last summer. but
are now making a permanent
survey. The surveys made from
Challis this winter viii all be
preliminary.
Married At Salmon, Idaho.
on Tuesday evening, Jan. 14th,
1902, Miss Jessie Black and John
d. Black, both of Salmon, Rev.
Mr.. White officiating. The new
ly welded couple arrived in
Challis last Wednesday evening.
and on Friday morning departed
for Custer, their new home. We
extend our congratulations and
best wishes.
The Board of County Commis-
sioners last week ordered that
South Mackay. which contains
saloons, should become a part of
Mackay School District. Mackay
proper is an incorporated town
also claims to be anti-saloon, yet,
at the same time. they shun the
idea of Incorporating South
Mackay within their town limits,
but are glad to take 80 per cent.
of the saloon license money to
support its school-money that
rightly and justly belongs to the
Houston School District. In this
manner Custer county has to
bear the Court expenses, should
any arise on account of the sal
oons in South Mackay. While
on the other hand, if Mackay
proper should incorporate South
Mackay within its town limits,
the Incorporated town, to a GER
tain extent, would have to bear
these expenses, if any, instead
of the county. But is claimed,
you know, that this is an econ
omical Board of Commissioners,
whose hearts throb for the inter
ests of the dear taxpayers. 1t
is beyond doubt that Mackay is
thriving, but at the same time
the interests of the whole county
should not be sacrificed for the
benefit of one town.
The mail schedule between
Mackay and Challis has been
changed again. A few more of
these changes and we will be de-
prived of our mail altogether.
The last schedule is worse than
ever. and the mail service in this
part of Custer county is pretty
BADLY mixed at present. The
last schedule provides that the
mail shall leave Mackay at 1
O'Clock p. M, or about hours
before the arrival of the train
three times week-and arrive
in Chsllis at II o'clock (noon).
the next day. thereby making
our mail one day behind the old
schedule. By this new arrange
ment the stage departs from
Cballis on the day of its arrival
at o'clock p. M, thereby max.
ing no connection whatever with
mail from Custer, Bonanza, Rob
iuson. Clayton and Bayhorse, for
mail from those towns are not
due in Challis until ) p. m. The
Department says in a letter to
the MESSENGER, that it is prac-
tically impossible to travel the
road between Challis and Dickey
after dark, in stormy weather. =
The road between Challis and
Dickey has been travelled after
dark for years by the stage, and
this is an exceptionally light
winter. Why is it practically
impossible this winter ?