The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-26

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John johnson and NJ. Nordstrom
were over from May last Tuesday.
Mrs. E. P. Wilson and family have
moved TO the ranch on Challis creek.
"A three-room dwelling house in
Challis for sale cheap. Inquire at this
office.
Extra quality of seed potatoes for
sale. Inquire Of Arch Howell, Challis,
Idaho.
-Chss. Frost has moved his soft
drink outfit from the Boyd building to
the Jones saloon.
ID. w. shanafelt left last Saturday
morning for a short visit with his
family on Iron creek.
VIM. Buster is doing considerable
improvement iu the way of painting.
E. c. Headrick is handling the brush.
Mr.. Smith, superintendent of the
Greyhound mine at Sheep Mountain
arrived in Challis last Saturday on his
way to the mines.
w. w. Challis arrived in town last
FriGay evening from the Black Hills.
He has gone to Stanley Basin to com
mence placer mining.
The marriage of Auditor Smith
and Miss Mabel Ball take place at Sal
mon tomorrow night. The MESSENGER
extends congratulations.
1t is reported that Amos K. ZeigIer
formerly Probate Judge of Custer
county, cheated the gallows. 1t is
said he died natural death.
The Salt Lake Herald says that
daily train will be soon put on the
Mackay branch. This is the statement
that we made two weeks ago. If a
regular daily train is put on it means
daily mail.
Mail from Challis to Pahsamaroi
valley now goes via. Arco, a distance
of 200 miles. From Challis to the
mouth of Pahsamaroi over a good road
il is only is miles with a mail stage
from here past the Pahsamaroi three
times week. The Department at
Washington should investigate this
matter at once.
John H. Anderson arrived in town
last Wednesday from Roosevelt. He
came out by the Boise route on snow
shoes, and reports hard trip. He
says there is plenty of snow at the
camp. He has been mining there since
last fall and speaks we'll of the region
as a mining country.
We have Just received another in
stallment of the celebrated book-"Re-
alization of Hoper-written by Mrs.
Mary Rodgers of Challis. The book is
receiving many fattering comments
from the leading press reviews of the
United States. The first edition has
been sold. The books is on sale at this
office for 81. % each.
Abbott, in the Salmon Herald, has
struck platinum ore at Owl creek that
goes $4,000 per ton, with lodges of it so
wide that an ordinary tape-line will
not measure it. This fellow Abbott
makes some wonderful hot-air mining
discoveries through the columns of
the Herald, all of which are simply dis
gusting to people informed on mines
aud mining.
Miss Matte Mott, teacher who
has been very successful in her work
in Beaverhead county, has come to
Butte to iuaugurate novel work in
connection with the public school sys-
tem here. She proposes to organize
classes and give aid to children who
are somewhat behind in their studies,
and are apprehensive that they will
not pass in the coming grade examin-
atious.-Butte Miner.
The junk man at Mackay says that
our new press and engine is about as
big as (hisl Birds fist. Bird must
be an awful big man Tin his own esti-
mationl. Perhaps he was referring to
his cheek instead of his fist The press
and engine weigh 1900 pounds. The
junk dealer is continually blowing
about what a progressive rag he is rum
ming. He is the official paper, but
never has any Official proceedings in
the organ until they are stale. For in
stance, the MESSENGER this quarter
published the full proceedings of the
Board of County Commissioners on
April 10th. Up to this time and not
before April 29th, probably, will Bird
print them. This is the kind of print
ing service that Custer county is pay
ing for. The reason that he has not
printed the proceedings before this, it
is said, his junk store has demanded
his whole attention. During the week
he collected pair of old gum boots
and pair of worn out pants. There