The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-10
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

Lincoln's birthday next Thurs.
day.
st. Valentines day next Sat
urday.
Former Assessor John John
son and wife moved to Houston
last week.
A largely attended ball was
held at the Hot Springs last
Friday night.
John Anderson's brother whom
he had not seen for Is years. ar
rived in Challis last Tuesday
from Sidney, Australia.
1t was Is degrees below zero in
Challis last Thursday morning.
This was the coolest weather
experienced here this winter.
The Rocky Mt. Bell Telephone
company expect to commence
work extending their line from
Challis to Custer, as soon as
possible in the spring, also to
Salmon City.
The United States Senate will
have to enact special legislation
TO provide a seat for the Senator
elect from Washington or Idaho,
Mr.. Hepburn. As it is there is
not a chair large enough in the
Senate chamber for him to sit
in. conseq uently one will have to
be built to order.
VIM. Burroughs, Superintend-
ent of the Stanley Dredging Co.
at Stanley Basin, was in Challis
a few hours last Friday. He left
the same day for Stanley on a
business trip. Mr.. Burroughs
expects to commence operations
with the dredger in the spring
as soon as the weather will per
nit. The boat was rebuilt last
year. and when they commence
active operations next spring
they expect good results.
The Telegraph goes to 90
states in the Union. two territor-
les. one province of Canada, three
states of Mexico. to England,
Ireland, Honolulu, China and
India. .-Mackay Telegraph.
This reminds US of the editor
who some years ago started a
newspaper in southern Californ-
la. He stated in his second issue
how his subscription list was
growing. Why, said he" the
Bulletin goes to France, Germ
any. England. China. Cuba. and
l am doing my level best to keep
it from going to hell.
Senator Heitfeld of Idaho says
that when he was campaigning
last fall in that state he did a
good deal of travelling in a bug
gy. One day a wheel came of
his conveyance and he went to a
near by farmhouse owned by a
huge Swede. Can you tell me
where | can find a monkey
wrench ?" asked the senator.
The farmer looked at him grave
ly for a moment and replied
This bin a sheep ranch. Bout
two miles over thar you find Ole
Hansen's cattle ranch. Don't
know whar you find monkey
ranch"
ChaS. Snodgrass died last week
at Salmon with smallpox. This
makes four death thus far this
winter in Salmon from smallpox.
The Herald diagnosticated the
malady early in the winter, and
proclaimed in a loud voice that
it was simply Cuban Itch.
Now. what right had that emin-
ent Salt Lake physician to come
up to Salmon and set aside the
the verdict of such high author
ity as that of the Herald, and
pronounce it smallpox =? The
Salt Lake doctor had plenty of
audacity to make the decision he
did right in opposition to the
Herald's Cuban Itch" diagnosis.
Among the articles for incor-
poration filed with the Secretary
of State last week was the Nam
moth Consolidated Mining com
pany, limited. TO buy and sell
real estate of every kind and des-
cription, TO operate aud sell
mines. milling and smelling ores,
locating mining claims and treat
ing ores of every description,
with headquarters at Mackay.
Custer county, Idaho, has filed
articles of Incorporation. The
capital stock is S250.0 900, divided
into 100000 shares of the par
value of 80 cents each. The dir