The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-01-12

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during the past week.
We are informed that Mrs. Ed.
Treloar, OF Forney, was in the theater
FIRE at Chicago, but fortunately escap-
ed uninjured.
The Board of County Commission
ers met at Chall!s yesterday. There is
quite an amount of business for the
Board to act upon at this meeting.
Good seed wheat for sale at Pah-
samaroi for s1.75 per cwt. cash, until
Jan. 18th. Write Morphey s. Nicker-
son, May, Idaho. 2w.
The Idaho Falls Register got out
New Years edition which was a credit
to the town of Idaho Falls. IL sur
passed any and all efforts in that line
in the State.
Japan and Russia are bound to
have scrap. The latest news is that
eight thousand Japanese troops are
ready to land at Masampho. Reserves
are being removed from Blagoveschen-
ska.
The Weiser Academy has closed
for want of funds. Miss Julia and
Flora Falls of Pahsamaroi who have
been attending school at that institu :
tion will resume their studies at the
State Academy, Pocatello.
The Supreme court of California
has sustained a decision rendered by
an Amador county court to the effect
that mine operator may follow his
his vein on its dip beyond his lines into
patented agricultural land and extract
the ore therefrom.
ID. Z. McCallum, president of the
Horseshoe Copper company, is up from
Mackay. Speaking of his company's
mines he gives out the information
that the property is looking better
each day, and hopes in the near future
to commence milling the ore.
Mrs. c. w. Forbush was a victim
of the Iroquois theater fire in Chicago
on Dec. 30th, but her husband escaped.
Mrs. Forbush is sister of w. j. and
Ed. Treloar and Mrs. j. 3. Short of
Custer county. Mrs. Ed. Treloar' S
little daughter. and formerly Leila
Ashton and her husband were in the
theater at the time of the fire but for
tunately they all escaped.
District Court will be held in the
Sixth Judicial District for the year
1904 as follows:
Bingham county-February 4th and
October 18th.
Custer couuty-April 4th and Sep
tenber 18th.
Fremont couuty-Merch 3rd and
June LIST and November 10th
Lemhi county-April 18th and Sep
tember 29th.
Last Thursday evening a very
pleasant party was held at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Brown in this
city. The program consisted of iu-
strumental and vocal music by some
of the best artists in the world, Sousa's
band, etc, by the aid of the latest i'm
proved Victor Talking Machine. An
excellent luncheon WINS served to all
present on this occasion.
| "A. S. Cotter was over from Ellis
a couple of days last week. He has q
petition which will be presented al
this meeting of the Board of Commits
siouers to build wagon road in the
lower end of Pahsamaroi valley short
distance, which will be of great benefit
to the people in his ghborhood, thus
making the distance to Challis fully
nine miles shorter than by the old
wagon road.
The Annual Thank Offering meet
ing was held last Friday night at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. John
ston in Challis. We did not count ths
invited guests present, but should
judge that there were fully eighty, II
not more. An excellent program was
given, after which a delicious lunch
was served. The offerings given on
this occasion amounted to nearly fifty
dollars. 1t was an evening well and
profitably spent.
Last Wednesday evening the fol-
lowing named officers were installed
in Custer Encampment No. 10, l. o. o
F., Challis, by Thomas lose, D.D.G.P.
G. P.-William Elder,
/ H. Pm. NJ. Sweet.
s. WIN. Bowen,
j. Wv. w. Adamson,
Seribe-J. G. Finnell,
Treasurer. c. Dougherty,
1st W.-Thos. Jose,
end WI. @. Adams,
3rd VT. j. Paul,
4th W.-Harry Dunn,
/. S.-J. L. Ebberts,
list G. of T.-John stephens,
2nd G. of TT. C. Fox,