The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-17
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Mrs. M. S. Hicks came over
from Patterson last Friday.
B. S. Brown departs for Stan
ley Basin tomorrow for the sum
mer.
Mrs. VIM. T. Oster and son ar
rived in Challis last Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Jas. A. McFadden came
down from the Yankee Fork
mine last week.
Salmon river is now bank full
and in places between here and
Custer, the water is running in
the wagon road.
K. Mckenzie and family of
Custer arrived in Challis last
Thursday. They had just re-
turned from trip to the Worlds
Fair.
Born:-Monday, May 9th, 1904,
to the wife of Dan. G. Breyer, on
Warm Spring creek, an 8-pound
daughter Mother and child do
ing we'll.
School closes next Friday end
ing a nine months term under
the able management of Miss
Sara Keener and Miss Marion
Bascom.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Roof and daugh-
ter departed Tuesday morning
for their home in Kansas City,
Mo. Mr.. Funkhouser took them
as far as Mackay in private
conveyance.
Miss Julia Peck returned from
Dillon. Montana, last Tuesday
where she has been attending
the high school at that place.
Miss Lizzie Thompson, who has
been attending school at Los
Angeles, Cal, and Amos Leaton
from the State Academy, Poca-
tello, are expected home this
week.
Ketchum is an unfortunate
town. Early Wednesday morn
ing last the following business
houses burned: The Williams
hotel, E. fuckers store, Metro
politan opera house, restaurant,
two store buildings of Walter
Clark's, and o number of vacant
buildings on Main street. Loss
estimated at $40, 900.
Dug. Kearn, a prosperous cat
tie owner living at May, in the
Pahsamaroi valley, during the
thunder storm of last Saturday
morning was struck on the top
of the head with volt of light
ming. He was out in the field ir-
rigating. The shock knocked
him down. The side of his face
and head is badly burned. After
long time Mr.. Kearn regained
consciousness and managed to
crawl on his hands and knees to
Sid. Roberts place, some little
distance away. Mr.. Roberts
came TO Challis and 'phoned for
DR.. F. S. Wright, of Salmon.
Mr.. Kearn received a hard shock
and his recovery is doubtful. II
seldom that lightning does any
injury in this country.
We wonder what idiot Bird, y
the junk dealer, alis 1.-THE left
handed wood-rat," left to run
the Darlington organ, also to
gather in gum boots, old clothes
and rubbish for the second hand
store ? He ought to have taken
the leather cut daub fool to the
fair as curio, for no other place
in the world is disgraced by such
artists. He came out from the
east short time ago to show the
western printers how to max
J this class of work, aud to show
himself to be a Davenport. Now
to the patent medicine advertis
: ing, the best paper in America
run their advertising matter
outside of the junk at Mackay-
although they run them on the
patent side of the rag. These
firms run their ads. in reputable
newspapers, hence the tool al
, Mackay is barred. Now thai
; cylinder press appears to dis
|, turbt the wart is who doing the
roller washing at low figure.
He fears we will not be able to
; pay for it. One sure thing this
nonenity will not be asked for q
loan out of his "rat" salary. The
: press was paid for in full before
: it left the factory also the freigh
so this need not worry the leath
er decorator any longer.