The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-17

Judge Cotter was over from
Ellis last week.
The church social last Friday
night netted in the neighborhood
of $50.
VIM. T. Oster came out from
Custer last Sunday on business
trip.
Harry Dunn. Thos. Gordon
and George Gebhart were over
from Goldburg last Saturday.
Jay Czizek was passenger on
last Saturdays stage. He goes
to Loon creek where he is inter
ested in the Lost Packer mine.
Assessor Elder received the
sad intelligence of the death of
his only brother last Saturday,
who died recently in Nebraska.
The ladies of the Congrega-
tional Church desire TO return
thanks to all who so kindly as
sisted them in their sociable
which took place last Friday
evening-to the workers, per-
formers. contributors and the
patronizers.
Mountain lions, with scarcely
a limit to their numbers, abound
in Custer county, but please don't
tell Teddy until he gets the pres
ent Congress off his hands. 1t
would grieve him much to know
that these big, fierce lions are
there, waiting for some heroic
Nimrod to come out and give
them battle. But when he comes
West along about the time the
wild roses begin to bloom, it will
be well to whisper in his ear all
about those Custer county lions.
1t might induce him to change
his plans for big hunt in Alas
ka and swing off to Central Ida
ho.-Idaho World.
A nervous looking man went
into store the other day and sat
down for half an hour or SO,
when clerk asked if there was
anything be could do for him.
He said no. he didn't want any
thing. The clerk went away and
he sat half an hour longer, when
the proprietor went to him and
asked if he wanted to be shown
anything. No." said the nerv-
Gus man, 81 just want to sit
around. My physician has rec
ommended perfect quiet for me,
and says above all things / should
avoid being in crowds. Noticing
that you did not advertise in the
newspaper. / thought that this
would be as quiet a place as 1
could find, so | just dropped in
for a few hours of isolation.
Washington newspaper men
payed their respects to Senator
Heitfeld, as follows
II view with deep regret,
aad know in this l voice the SEN
timents of all present, the de-
parture from our midst. for 9TH
er scenes. of our good and true
, friend, our genial comrade, Henry
Heitfeld. He came from out the
new west, from a region as yet
almost terra incognita to all of
/ US. He brought with him an air
, of mountain ozone, a breezineSs
that breathed of plains horizon
less, and frank and charming
; genialty that dispelled the atmos-
J phere of hypocrisy and selfish
; ness that pervades every avenue
t of official life in this city. His
. hand clasp was friendly and sin
cere. ana his sterling good sense
, never permitted him to assume
to be what he was not. He did
5 his work in Washington to the
best of his ability and shirked
\ none of it.
: I'VE of the quill who, by reas-
l on of our peculiar and intimate
i relations with public men, dis
' cover quickly their vanities and
t their foibles, we who find the
) clay where others see only gold,
t found that he rang true. There
was no base metal, no cheap al
i 10y, l move you, comrades, that
2 as we quaff this cup we sing, Fol-
? He Was Jolly Good Fellow,
! and let our parting wish be, Goo
! speed, Henry Heitfeld.' ,"