The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-14
9nrnl 5letu# Ltents.

Haying has commenced in full
blast in this valley.
Pope Leo XIII is expected to
die at any moment.
DR.. R. L. Bybee came out from
Custer Thursday evening last.
Reg. Coryell Of the Prospec-
tor force was in Challis last
Thursday.
Six inches of new snow fell in
the mountains surrounding Chal-
lis on July 9th.
The new postofice building is
going up rapidly and will be com
pleted by August 1st.
W. H. Felkner returned last
Tuesday morning from a visit to
Los Angeles and Salt Lake.
Mr.. Valentine arrived in Chal-
lis last Tuesday and is collecting
mining statistics for the Govern
meRt.
A pleasant c. E. Social was
held at the home of Rev. and
Mrs. R. S. Nickerson last Friday
evening.
Chas. Frost and family, Miss
Hazel Paul and Miss Maud Eb-
berts went down to Salmon last
Friday on visit.
Miss Marion Bascom, of Dick
ey, has been engaged to teach
the Primary Department of the
Challis school next term.
The Custer ''fans" we're a lit
tie too heavy for the Mackay ball
twirlers at Custer on the Fourth.
The score stood Custer, 15;
Maekay, 13.
The Misses Mabel, Marion and
Anna Bascom and Bert Bascom
came up from Dickey last Thurs
day and remained in Challis a
few hours. They were en- route
to Blackbird for an outing.
The Stanley and Red Fish
L2ke outing party returned to
Challis last week. They report
a good time. The party was
comprised of the the two Misses
Sorensen. of North Platte, Neb.,
Miss Dora, Julia and Mary Jen-
sen. and Chas. B. Jensen, Wm.
Draper and Frank Means.
Budd and John Ireland were
taken to Blackfoot last Friday
evening by Deputy Sheriff Nor
rison on a writ of habeas corpus
issued by Judge Stevens. obtain
ed by w. j. Lamme, attorney for
the boys. Should they be re-
leased on this writ they will be
Immediately arrested on the
charge of burglarly.
Three Salvation Army people
two women and one man-were
in Challis few hours last We'd
nesday, and went on to Custer.
They held services in the church
at this place Sunday evening, and
last night gave a magic lantern
show in Challis. The corps con
sists of Staff Captain Woods and
wife and daughter of Salt Lake.
st. Vrain LeSieur, president
of the LeSieur Opal Mining Co.,
St. Louis, Mo-, passed through
Challis last week en- route for
Salt Lake. He had just return,
ed from a trip to the company's
mines at Forney, and is very en-,
thusiastic over the good showing
in his opal mines, and his com
pany will do considerable work
on the property this year in the
way of development, and will al
so erect a plant for cutting aud
| polishing the precious gems al
the mines.
The junk organ at Mackay has
been publishing legal notices ano
according to the law of Idaho
cannot publish them legally, as
it has not been published for s.
consecutive issues. Last week
we published the law on this sub
ject and our second hand friend
down at Mackay got so mad thai
he hoped that the MESSENGER
would suspend publication. We
feel real sorry for bird" in his
endeavor to serve his master
We desire to inform the Mackay
hypocrite that the MESSENGER
after being published for =:
years is not quite ready to sus
pend publication just to please
Bird" IL there is any suspend
ing to take place the corporation
organ will be the first, for Tregc
is only doing the bidding of his