The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-12-06
Congress convened yesterday.

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Challis last week on land bust
ness.
Mrs. John Bowman and child
ren departed Tuesday for Pearl,
Idaho.
James Hooper, of Morse, made
a business trip to Challis We'd
nesday last.
Carl Schoonover from Dickey
was in town Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mat Womacks has returned to
Stanley Basin from a business
trip in the East.
George Shoup and Willard
Rood came up from Salmon to
buy cattle Wednesday.
Commissioned elect Stephens
is visiting with a brother in Big
Hole Basin, Montana.
George Smith and Cliff Wom-
acks were down from Stanley
Basin during the past week.
Miss Pearl MCGOWAN returned
Wednesday after a visit since
last August with friends in Ind
lana.
Two degrees above zero is the
coldest weather EXPERIENCED this
winter in Challis last Sunday
morning.
Louie Mignott returned from
Ogden Tuesday where he had
been to receive medical treat
ment for his eyes.
Winter is here How about
that wood you promised US on
subscription ? Next July we
will not need it.
Roger Brasseur has purchased
the Judge Johnson residence on
Piety Hill, Challis, and with his
family will occupy it.
A pleasant party for the young
folks was held in Challis Satur-
day evening last at the home of
Rev. and Mrs. McDougall.
Arthur and Henry MCGOWAN
left Saturday with shipment of
cattle for Omaha. The stock
will be loaded on the cars at
Mackay.
Guard Clendenning of the Ida
ho Insane Asylum arrived in
Challis last Tuesday, and OF the
following day departed with
John Sullivan for the asylum.
On Tuesday night, Nov. 29th,
the smallest attended dance ever
known was held in the Odd Eel
lows hall, Challis. There were
only two couples in attendance.
Five inches of snow fell at
Salmon last Thursday. Up here
in Challis we have seen no snow
thus far this winter, only on the
distant mountain peaks, and yet
Challis is 1000 feet higher than
Salmon.
Interest has again been reviv-
ed in the Boise-Butte railway
over the old Idaho Midland sur
vey. The Goulds are now said
to be behind the project. This
old survey follows up Salmon
river and runs throught the
towns of Salmon, Challis and
Clayton.
Thos. B. Wilde, manager of
the Standard Metal company's
properties at Bayhorse, is in
Salt Lake from that camp, says
the Herald, and will spend the
winter here, going back only
as occasion demands in looking
after the development of the
mines, which are now being op-
ened through a main operating
tunnel. A trial shipment of ore
from the property was brought
out by Mr.. Wilde and the returns
he stated, were most satisfactory,
the chief values being in lead
and silver. The company is COM
posed of Philadelphia capitalists,
and Manager Wilde is now urg-
ing upon them the necessity of
equipping it with a mill next
season. The company's new
tunnel is being driven diagon-
ally into the great mineral zone
and during the winter Manager
Wilde is confident of making a
showing that will speak elo-
quently of the value of the
ground. He is enthusiastic over
the future not only of his COM
pany's properties, but of the en-
tire region of which they are To-
Gated. Better transportation
facilities, he says, must come by
and by, and when it is provided
\ the world will nOt hp slow t0 rnc