The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-02-07
Spring in February.


are over from Pahsamaroi.
Mince meat, fresh apples, and
soon field, garden and flower
seeds at Busters.
Lockhart Boyd goes to Mac
kay this week to work for the
White Knob company.
Those Russian revolutionists
didn't seem to care whether they
woke the Cars baby or not.
Benz. Shanafelt, of Big Horn
county, Wyoming, is visiting his
father, d. w. Shanafelt, of this
city.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon
states that his conscience is clear
but the jury classed it as heresay
evidence.
G. T. Potter of Challis last
Saturday sold a good share of
his general merchandise goods
at public auction.
Since Tom Lawson asserted
thar ten men will soon own the
whole country, John D. Rock
afeller wants to know who the
other nine are to be.
E. @. Chamberlain and family
departed last Saturday on visit
to Nebraska to Mr.. C's. parents,
whom he has not seen for over
twenty years.
Another busted stock broker
has decided to follow Tom Law
sons example and drop amalga-
mated copper and take up ANAL
gamated literature.
F. ]. Clyde, Treasurer and Ex-
officio Public Administrator, was
down on Lost river last week
looking after the estate of Rube
Furgeson, deceased.
Maurice Inness of Bayhorse
was summoned to Salt Lake last
week by wire from Challis, on
account of three of his children
being down with diptheria.
The Philadelphia authorities
are taking steps to prevent
gambling except poker and
roulette. This leaves the stock
market a clear monopoly on the
gambling business.
Elmer Reese and family, Mr..
and Mrs. H. H. Cochran, Lorenzo
Falls, Ed. O'Neal, u as. Hooper,
F. II. Tolman, Benz. Borjeson,
Shannon brothers, Dick Jones,
and others, were over from Pah-
samaroi last week.
1t is reported that r. S. Nick
erson, of the firm of Morphey &
Nickerson, May, has sold his in
terest in their general merchan-
disc store to VIM. Hammond, and
that Mr.. Nickerson and family
will move to Utah where he will
again engage in the ministery.
The Eight Hour bill was again
defeated last week in the Idaho
legislature. This makes the
second time this bill has been
defeated in Idaho by republican
4 legislatures. The miner after
awhile ought to find out that
that party is no friend of labor.
A large number of Pahsamaroi
citizens were in Challis last Sat
urday as witnesses in the desert
land contest case of Robt. Shan
non VS.. Mrs. H. II. Cochran.
/ The case was before L. III. John
ston, U. S. Commissioner, and
the evidence was taken down
by Miss Della Morrison and
will be sent to the land Office at
Washington for final decision.
A letter from J. H. Babcock,
received by Q. 5. Jordan last
Saturday, states that Enos Wat
son had just arrived in SanFran
cisco and is now in a hospital at
PIG California street. The let
ter states that when Mr. Watson
arrived he was very feeble, and
upon examination at the hospital
the doctors found that his liver
was double the size it ought to
be. Mr.. Watson is receiving the
best attention available.
Report of the Custer Public
School for the month ending
Jan. 9th, 1905
No. of Pupils Enrolled. -. 36
Per Cent of Attendance -. 93
No. Times Tardy. ........ 10
Those neither tardy nor absent
Frank Casio, Elmer Caste,
Peter Lomberdina, Willie Lom-
berdina, Mae Dellen, Henry