The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-04
@LOcAL NEws-@

Fred Ilppey came down from
Bayhorse last Friday on visit.
March came in like a lamb
meek and gentle. Will it go out
like lion
An effort is being made to get
a daily mail service to Challis
via. Redrock and Salmon.
Mr.. M. A. Hewitson, of Sal
mon, has leased Geo. Ashton's
blacksmith shop in ChalIis, and
took charge on the 1st.
George Clemow returned last
Thursday from a visit to Salt
Lake City. He says that all one
can hear on the outside is Thun-
der mountain.
Lew Wells and Walter Hamil-
ton ran a foot race at Salmon on
the oath for a purseof $50. Wells
won the race. Distance-1O0 yds.
Time Iii Is seconds.
Attorney Brown, who has been
attending court at Mackay, re-
turned to Challis last Friday. He
informed us that an order was
made whereby the regular term
of District court, which should
have convened in ChalIis yester-
day, the 3rd, had been postponed
until next Monday, the 10th.
Frank H. Tolman gave an en-
tertainment in the |. o. o. F.
hall last Thursday evening with
the large and latest improved
gram -o-phone that he brought
from the East. There was
large attendance, and the people
were highly pleased with the
entertainment.
Some person or persons gained
an entrance through the back
door transom of T. J. Paul's
saloon late one night last week.
After tapping the till for three
or four dollars, they freely help
ed themselves to the whiskey.
The boom is evidently headed
for Challis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Lewis,
of Yellow Jacket, have been in
Weiser the past week, and Mr..
Lewis has bought a ranch in
Indian valley during that time.
He secured the ranches of John
B. Wilkerson and Henry Up
church. Mr.. Lewis is superin-
tendent of the Yellow Jacket
mine. The ranches cost him
$4600.-Weiser Signal.
In giving an account of the
costumes and by whom worn at
the masquerade ball held in
Challis on the 21st in last issue
of the MESSENGER, a typograph-
ical error appeared which made
us say Mrs. May VanCamp."
1t should have read Mrs. May
Sullivan. About one half of the
edition had been run off before
this error was noticed and cor
rected. Mistakes occur in news
papers as well as in individuals.
The Oregon Short Line sur
veyors are now surveying for the
railroad in this valley. The
corps consists of fifteen, and they
hope to have the line located to
Salmon river within two weeks.
In crossing Willow creek-the
only summit on the line-in or
der to get the per cent of grade
that they desire, it was found
that it would be necessary to
make a 40-foot cut for a short
distauce.
Hon. J. G. Fox received a let
ter one day last week from Mr..
Tautphaus, in which Mr.. Taut-
phaus desired to express his most
hearty thanks for the kindness
shown him and the courtsies ex-
tended by the people of Challis,
on his trip to Thunder mountain
and after his return to Challis.
We can state upon good author
ity, that Mr.. Tautphaus consid-
ers the Challis route to Thunder
mountain as the shortest and
most feasible. As he went in by
the Salmon City route, and re-
turned over the Challis route, he
is fully competent to judge the
merits of the two roads. The
purported interviews with the
Salmon newspapers. he says, is
all fake. Mr.. Tautphaus was
sent to Thunder mountain by
men with plenty of capital to
build wagon road to the new
Eldorado. via. Challis and Three
Forks. His report is favorable,
and he is now raising the money