The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-02
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Observation-Disclosures
Ground Hog Day


Dance in Chailis next Friday night.
-"Buck" West is visiting with rela-
tives and friends in ChalIis
j. c. Fox returned last week from
a business trip to Pocate1lo.
Mrs. E. G. Dodge and Miss Myrtle
Morrison have been on the sick list.
DIR. C. P. Huston departed for
Boise last Friday to receive medical
treatment.
The last few days have been like
Spring in Challis. The streets here
are dry and dusty.
The Staples stock of general mer-
chandise was sold to ]. e. Greene at
Mackay last week for 81 300.
Mr.. Kent was up from Lost river
last week charged with insanity, but
was released and returned home.
Jack Bradbuary had an operation
performed at Salt Lake last week for
appendicitis by DIR. Root. The doctor
says Mr.. Bradbury is doing well.
Born I'm Challis, Idaho, on Sun
day January 24th, 1904, to the wife of
John M. Pushaw, an s-pound son.
Mother and child doing we'll, and John
is happy.
MIR. Huffman, the telephone re-
pairer, was in Challis last week and in
stalled a new booth at the telephone
Office at this place. 1t is fine piece
of furniture with double glass doors,
and cost over $50.
Mrs. Richards, sister of Mrs Elder
and Mrs. Howell, of Challis, underwent
an operation for cancer of the stomach
at Idaho Falls last week. and from
late reports over The wire, she is get
ting along nicely.
The Morris entertainment held in
Challis last Wednesday night was well
patronized The company consisted
only of Mr. Morris and his wife. and
they did excellent work on the guitar
and mandolin, and are also good sing
ers. From here they went to Custer.
The state republican convention
for naming delegates to the National
convention will be held at Pocatello on
May 18th. The convention for nomin-
atiug a state ticket will be held in
Moscow, August 10th. Custer county
is entitled to FIVE delegates in each con-
vention.
Frank Fl. Olsen came up from
Mackay last Friday to contest land en-
tered in this valley some years ago by
Rex Marquis, who has left the country.
Mir. Olsen said the committee had jus,
returned to Mackay who went down to
Salt Lake to confer with the Short
Line people about a daily train
so we could have daily mail. The
Short Line officials informed the COM
mittee that it would not pay them to
put on daily train, but would con
slider the matter next Spring if bust
ness picked up. The MESSENGER pub
lished this information from the Post
office Department last week.
Bird" Trego the Macksy junk
dealer, has considerable to say in 9
recent issue of that sheet relative tc
county printing. He says that the
Telegraph only suspended publication
for three weeks. This is false L,
was suspended for nearly two months
and the Board also suspend" ths
awarding of contracts until the April
meeting as their official paper-tht
TeIegraph-failed to fulfill its con
tract with the county. Also the sans
year it cost the county nearly SIOO or
account Of the Telegraph failing tC
get the election tickets out on time, a;
messengers had to be sent to Stanley
| and Pahsamaroi with the tickets at al
expense 70 the county which should
: not have been allowed. These are tht
facts in the case. Bird laments be
cause the MESSENGER goes to the rec
ords and publishes the Commissioner
! proceedings at least two weeks prio
to his publishing them. That's oul
business, He has just published tb'
, proceedings, which are rather stale
we admit Come up, Bird and WI
] will loan you some long primer "W's
/ as you appear to be shy of them in tn
3 proceedings. Custer county is tn
only county in Idaho were the count,
, printing is done outside of the count.
seat II is also the cheapest county il
the State on contracts. Last week il
owyhee county with less printing, tn
contrsct was let for 500. This
/, election year, and under the circum
stances we did not expect the contrac
at any price. But for the Citizen:
j ticket last time there would not hav
5 been republican elected in Custe
E county. This year there probably viii
be no third ticket, and the county viii
undoubtedly roll up its usual larg