The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-08-11


opened as hotel.
M. E. Foley came out from
Loon creek last week.
It's hotter than blazes these
days I'm the Good Old Summer
Time"
Frank H. Tolman and Lou
Wells were over from Pahsama-
roi last week.
Mrs. Richards and daughters
of Birch creek are visiting with
relatives in Round Valley.
Arguments in the Big Lost
river water case takes place to-
day at Boise before Judge K. l.
Perky.
Alex Kleupfer is out from Gus
ter on visit, also Carl Malm and
Cliff Larter are spending a few
days in town.
Miss Dora KIug, of Pocatello,
arrived in ChalIis on Sunday
morning last on a visit with her
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Margaret MCGOWAN and
Miss Martha keenan, departed
for the Yellowstone National
Park on Monday evening, Aug
ust 3rd
Born:-At Houston. Idaho, on
Sunday night. Aug. End, 1903, to
the wife of John johnson, an 8
pound son. Mother and son do
ing we'll.
Ed. O'Neal who went to Salt
Lake two months ago to have a
cancer removed from his lips
has been entirely cured by use of
the X-Rays, and is expected
home any day.
Born:-In Challis, Idaho, on
Friday, Aug. 9TH. 1903, to the
wife of John W. Jarvis, a bounc-
ing baby boy. Mother and child
doing we'll, and John the proud
est boy in Custer county.
George MCGOWAN is rapidly
failing in health. He can take
no nourishment now except to
eat little ice cream and drink a
small quantity of wine, and is
able to sit up but few hours in
each day.
| The Misses Sorensen returned
to their home in Nebraska one
day last week after several
weeks visit with their relatives
on Salmon river. They are ac-
comp3ished and beautiful young
ladies.
The joint Sunday School Con-
vention between Lemhi and Gus
ter counties will be held at Chal-
| lis on Sept. 8th and 9th. Dele
gates from Gibbonsville. Salmon,
Mackay, and elsewhere will be
in attendance. The program
will be announced later.
S. S. Lane on Thursday last
was brought before the Probate
court on a warrant sworn out by
Joe Horton, for killing sage hens
without license. He entered a
plea of guilty to the charge and
was fined g and costs. The
costs amounted to IS. There are
others violating the game laws
of Idaho in this county and there
should be no partiality shown.
The march" of Mother Jones,
with her under age textile work
ers, was a farce, so far as being
the progress of an Army Il
was a success, nevertheless.
Chronicles of the journey have
been wired to every corner o1
the country, and thousands now
think where hundreds knew be-
fore of the crushing influence
upon young hearts of over-e early
work. Prosperity thus gained
is too expensive to be profitable.
The great duty of a nation is to
throw its protecting arm over
the heads of the little ones. II
it fails, gold in great store-hous-
es will not save it from being
poor.
A weakness grappled with is a
} foe disarmed and strength
} gained. Let no man deceive
} himself-it is impossible to have
weakness in character and sue
| cessfully hide it from the world.
1t will tell itself somehow. The
{ man with a weakness is doubted
r by the clear seeing ones, even
: before he himself realizes that
his misdeeds can show. A man
who would do no public work
must purge himself, or at some