The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-30
9ncnl 5tetna Itents,


water from said creek is not very
desirable for drinking purposes.
If you want to kill your town
is to "knock" against it. Never
say a good word for it, bet praise
some other town which is not a
whit better. knock" against
your own 4th of July celebration
and everything and every enter
prise your town inaugurates.
At the graduating exercises of
the Weiser Academy on June IS
Miss Julia Falls of Pahsamaroi,
and Miss Grace Jenney. render
ed a piano duet, Hocozeizug Op.
19, H. Hoffman, which was one
of the best features of the pro-
gram.
The Committee on Arrange
ments for the 4th of July in this
city, through an oversight, omit
ted in their advertisement two
committees, viz
Committee on Salute at Sun
rise-R. n. Hull.
Soliciting Committee -Maude
Ebberts and Hazel Paul.
The City Bakery and Ice Cream
Parlors under the management
of Mrs. Mary G. Dorgan and
Mrs. M. E. Richard, one door
west of the Barber shop, Challis,
is fitted up in elegant style. and
is receiving a liberal patronage,
During the week of the 4th OF
July there will be served ice
cream and cake. strawberries
and cream, soda water, ice cream
and delicious lunches.
| Jas. 7. DeMaris has returned
to Mackay from Heppner, Ore,
the scene of the recent cloud
burst and the frightful loss o.
life. He lost two sisters. one q
resident of Heppner and the 9th
er a resident of British Columbia
| who was visiting her sister al
the time of the disaster. Botl
of the bodies were recovered anC
properly inferred, but Mr.. Maris
says a large number of victims
were unidentified and a grea
many more will never be found
| His description of the condition
of things is something almost be
yond credence, the reason being
that facilities for removing tht
debris and caring for the deaC
were so meager.
And now comes Trego of the
Mackay junk shop, and cries ou
against the New Century Review
as being a 'grafter. Talk abou
a ''grafter, F" the Mackay junk il
a captain in the profession. Fo
example: the folders issued fol
, the state Commissioner of I'm
migration by the Telegraph off
ce. The New Century Review
5 while it did not quite come up t.
the expectations of its patrons
, yet it contained a far better re
: view of Custer county's resourc
: es than the simple writings o
Bird in his primer folder. Th
/ folder written by Bird" an
!. that alone condemned it. 1t re
3 fiected his writings in the Tele
graph from week TO week-simI
" that and nothing more. Thi
wonderful junk dealer has wor
derful imagination. and is prett,
badly gone ON himself. He is nc
S only learned in law, but is a min
2 ing expert. If you don't believ
this just read some of his article
on mines and mining, and if the
h don't make you sick, your cas-
+. is hopeless. Its a wonder tina
!. the Fool Killer has allowed hiI
to run at large so long. TO prov
our assertion that he is a maste
S of Blackstone, he holds the e.
allied position of Justice of til
t Peace at Mackay. Some fello
|, down there resigned the offic,
!, and Bird" with a keen eye fl
:. every old thing that comes alon
+, even gum boots, etc.,-got L
J. a petition and was appointed ;
Justice of the Peace-all other
refusing. Last April he atten,
ed District Court at ChalliS as
!. juror, and was on the jury in IL
- Huston case. The Judge gay
u u his instructions to the jury, b
e e this fellow Trego proposed
u give instructions to the Judge
presumably to show that he W;
lit" and the Court was sma
potatoes. The Telegraph wi
started the row with this pape
n has probably heard from his owl
,r ers, and is now endeavoring
crawfish out. We presume tht
he has run short of obscene ma
!. tor. and his innl<-ShoO trade Il