The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-05-31

Tor 81. Anthony Friday.
JAS. Z. Jensen and wife were over
from May during the week.
The church social in Chall.s last
Tuesday night netted about $40.
Bishop Funsten held divine sergio
es in challis one night last week.
-. Z. Hunt and T. J. Kerr made
business trip to Salmon last week.
L. Greene. of Salt Lake, has gone
to Loon creek to investigate his min
ing interests.
-R. L. Cheney OF he Prospector and
his wife returned Friday from visit
to the Worlds fair.
1t is reported that Chas- Daniels
will soon open a meat market in the
old postolIice building.
"A pleasant party was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. p Spalding in
Challis Thursday night.
Col. Jas. MeFaddsu and wife de-
parted fos their Yankee Fork mine.
Estes Mountain, last week.
Notice is given that stock owners
will commencer riding Round Valley
for stock on Friday, June 10th.
Miss Lizzie L. Keener came down
from Clayton last Wednesday where
she has just completed teaching a nine
months tern of school.
Miss Lizzie Thompson returned to
her home IN Challis Tuesday morning
from Los Angeles, CAT. where she has
been attending High School.
Miss Ruth Cameron returned home
last Tuesday morning from Salt Lake
where she has been attending High
School for the past niae months.
&C. f. Gable and o. J. Reynolds ar
rived in town last Wednesday from
Helena, Montana. and went up 10 the
Sunbeam mines on Jordan creek dur
ing the week.
lion. John J. Fitzpatrick and DIR.
Burdett O'Connor, delegates TO the
Clayto convention from Mackay, ar
rived in town Friday aud went to Clay
ton Saturday with the Challis dele
gates.
Mrs. f. Nickerson and children, of
Chall:s, and Mrs. Alvin West aud child
OF Dielsey, expect to depart this week
on visit to their parents who live in
'the Big Bend country, near Spokane,
Washington.
w. G.. Sweet returned Friday from
a visit with his parents and friends in
Decatur. Michigan. He visited the
big fair at 81. Louis on his return trip
to Id4hU. lie informed us that lie did
no. get married as reported.
Mrs. PenwelI, mother of Mrs. Chas.
Colvin and Miss Esther Penwell, of
this place, arrived in Challis last Tues
day morning from Chicago on a visit.
She was surprised TO find the fruit
l
the vegetation in Illinois.
The largest wine cask ever made
( is exhibited at ST. Louis. II is III feet
10 diameter aud III. feet long, aud
will hold Il. 600 gallons. IL is made
entirely of oak from Mississippi, Ken
tucky and Tennessee. The slaves of the
cask are five inches thick.
| An exciting horse race-running-
between a horse owned by Fred Blume
and horse owned by Geo. McGowan
took place on the ChalIis race track
last Sunday afternoon, for purse of SEQ
on side. The McGowan horse won
the money.
Boys who get tired of going to
school should stop and do little tigur-
ing. The average educated man gets a
salary of 81, 900 year He works 10
years, making total of $4,000 in a
life time. The average day laboror
gets $3.50 per day, 900 days in a year.
or sI5Oa year. In forty years he earns
Sls,0OO. The difference between S4O,-
600 and SIS, 900 is S22, 900 which equals
the value of education. To acquire
this earning capacity requires twelve
years at school of $50 days each, or q
total of sl6O days. Divide See, 200, the
value of an education, by el6O, the
number of days required in getting it,
and we find that each day at school is
worth little more than $40 90 the
pupil. Can't afford to keep them ou,
can we?
AT the Democratic convention held
in Clayton last Saturday, the follow
ing delegates were elected to attend
the weiser convention June 9Th w.
II. Felkner, j. A. Czizels, 5. F. Hunt,
w. J. Treloar, W. J. Lamme, Hon. ].
j. Fitzpatrick, DIR. o'Connor, Frank
Dearden. W. Il. Felkner was elected
! chairman of the convention, and Frank
Dearden, secretary. The delegates
were uninstructed, only to support