The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

april showers bring May
flowers"
Mrs. Mary Boyd and children
are expected home from Ireland
today.
VIM. A. Hill, civil engineer, is
out from Custer for a few days
on business trip.
The 84th Anniversary of Odd
Fellowship will be observed in
Challis next Friday.
Jas. Briner, Sid. Roberts and
Chas. Matley were over from
Pahsamaroi last week.
John Wells and George Wig
gins were over from May last
week, also Philip Hallaran and
John F. Christian.
We are pleased to learn that
the printing contract of Lemhi
county was awarded to the Re
corder for one year.
J. p. Dickey was over from
Dickey last week, and went over
to Pahsamaroi after his cattle
that he wintered in that valley.
All persons are hereby notified
not to purchase any cattle brand
ed HT OF right or left hip, as all
such cattle are my property
JOHN H. THOMPSON.
District Court for the Sixth
Judicial District convenes at
Challis next Thursday. There
are two criminal and several civil
cases on the docket. This will
be Judge Stevens first term of
court in the Sixth district.
Last weeks Prospector looked
Ito printer) as though a novice
had charge of the makeup" of
the paper. There was leaders,
ETC., used as column rules. and
nearly everything imaginable in
a printing Office was used tout of
place. in the paper.
One of the provisions of the
new printing law is that no legal
publication, can have force and
effect, if published in a news
paper which has not been estab-
lished for one year, and which
has appeared for % consecutive
weeks prior to the date of pub
| fishing the notice.
Mrs. NJ. E. Richard, of Chal,
lis, is Representative for the
Paris Skirt Co. Walking Skirts
and Petticoats made to order, and
modelled after the latest Partisan
novelty. Cut in the latest fare
effect of Fine Broadcloths, Mel
tons, Etamine, Mistrals and Sic
iIians. w.
The EB.Y of the Challi:
are girls small, tapering ant
/ beautifully shaped, we heard q
young man say last week. Theil
Iiii's are as brilliant as the ***'s S
and they are without a in thi:
or any other s; their frowns art
j like I rs and their smiles ex-
cite rs of pleasure. Perust
this q closely and do not its re
liability, and try to = the situa
tion.
The Board of County Commits
; sioners adjourned last THURSDAY
! night. Len. Peck was appoint
4 ed Road Overseer for this district
Red" Smith for the Clayton dis
: trict, James Jose for the Custe
D district and N. Cummins for tn,
Lost river district. The bone o
contention, however, was th
hospital contract. There wer
two bids in, viz: DR.. Huston an,
DIR. Kirtley. After due delibera
S tion the Board awarded the con
(: tract to DIR. Huston for min
!. months for $500, or 800 pc
!, month. DR.. Kirtley's bid wa
: $3.50 per month.
One of the richest strikes eve
!. made in Owyhee county is re
ported from the Homestak
group, three aud a half mile
north of Silver City. No dis
! covery, even in the early days
!; ever made better showing, nc
!. even those that were made o.
d War Eagle mountain, that led t
J. the great gold bonanzas in tha
!. section. The property show
;. from four to six feet of ore tina
runs from $3.50 to more than $40
ton. The values are practical
ly all in gold. This is an entirel,
new property, being one tina
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