The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-20

ter last week.
Don't forget the Old Folks
concert next Friday night.
The 'Beccas" will give ball
in Challis on Thanksgiving night.
Rev. N. R. Curtis expects his
wife to arrive from the East this
week.
B. S. Brown is building a Tx
Is foot addition to his boot and
shoe shop.
John S. Altham spent a few
days in town last week from his
Morgan creek stock ranch.
Salmon is getting rather met
ropolitan. A prize fight was
pulled off there last Saturday
night.
Mrs. Mary Golfer arrived in
town last Wednesday evening
from Salmon on a visit with rel
atives and friends.
Clyde Wilkinson and Jerry
Sullivan were out from Custer
on the 10th inst. as witnesses in
the Fegan case.
The Roosevelt Trading Co..
backed by the Pittsburg Mining
Tunnel Co., will open a bank at
Thunder Mountain.
Mrs. Jos. Rodgers and child
rem and Miss Monte Hallaran ex-
pect to depart tomorrow for a
visit with relatives and friends
at New Orleans, La.
Rev. Collins, Episcopal minis.
ter from Salmon, preached at the
Odd Fellows hall in Challis last
Wednesday evening. He is a
rather fluent speaker.
Billy Peck came out from
Thunder Mountain the fore part
of last week and departed at
once for Salt Lake to have a leg
reset that was broken some time
ago at Thunder Mountain.
Miss Pearl MCGOWAN departed
last Wednesday evening for
Ceur d'Alene City. She goes as
a delegate from Silver Leaf Reb-
ekah Lodge No. 27 of Challis to
attend the State Assembly. Be-
fore returning she will visit
friends at Spokane.
Mat Womacks was out from
Yellow Jacket Tuesday. He and
his partner have lease on the
Coleman placer ground at Yellow
Jacket, and they building fumes
and doing other necessary work
to get the property in shape for
a good run next spring Mr..
Womacks feels sanguine that the
ground will yield profitable re-
turns if properly worked.
Frank H. Tolman was in town
last week getting supplies pre-
paratory to doing some develop,
ment work on the lead carbonate
mine situated about Is miles in q
southeasterly from Challis. The
property is owned by the Bay
State Mining company of Mass.
Little work has been done on the
mine, but it shows up remarkab
ly we'll for an infant. Dave Clum
will assist Mr.. Tolman in doing
the development work.
Peter Ryan a we'll know pros
pector of this city was taken in
by the sheriff last Saturday on a
complaint that he was mentally
unbalanced. He was kept in the
Jail till yesterday afternoon,
when the doctors examined him,
and pronounced his case against
him. He will be removed to
| IBlackfoot. He has been a well
disposed man. a good citizen, and
his many friends regret the in
cident. His alteration is of a
dangerous order. He imagines
that certain citizens are exercis-
ing a. hypnotic influence over
him, and threatens to kill him.
Salmon Herald.
John Biggs, who has been in
the Greyhound district looking
after his mining interests during
the past summer, arrived in
town last Friday. on his way to
Boise, accompanied VIM. Glea-
son. Mr.. Biggs said the Grey
hound country was plenty good
enough for him as regarding
mining. the only drawback being
that the ore is base. He report
ed men at work on the Grey
hound group of claims, which
adjoinS his property. Quite a