The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-11-20

w. w. C0dl1lS mas departed lOT
the Black Hills, Dakota.
l.. FL. Johnston made a busi-
ness trip to Blackfoot last week.
Frank Fox, of the Big Bend
country, Washington, is visiting
relatives in Challis.
Mrs. Nels Jensen and daugh-
ters will shortly take charge of
the New Challis House.
There is an egg famine in
Challis. 1t is almost impossible
to purchase eggs at any price.
Con. Doty was down from
Stanley Basin a couple days of
last week on mining business.
]. G. Fox has gone down to
Salmon where he has a deal on
for his Blackbird mining prop
erty.
w. II. Felkner and o. F. Rie-
bel departed last Tuesday. Mr.
Felkner may go from there to
Old Mexico.
VIM. Buster expects a car of
choice winter apples this week,
and those in need of apples
should call early.
The bath house of the Challis
Hot Springs is being enlarged.
The bath pool when completed
will be about 40x40 feet.
The government has sent one
thousand men over into Wyo-
ming to teach the Utes to change
their war dance to waltz.
Hugh Clawson. a pioneer of
Idaho City, died last week at his
home on the Idaho City road.
He was about 20 years of age.
Kirkwood, Mo, has passed an
ordinance making it a misdeme-
amor to tell lie within the town
limits. AS a result no political
rallies were held in KirkWood.
/ President Roosevelt has just
created four new forest reserves
in Idaho. One of them, the Sal
mon river reserve, in Lemhi and
Custer counties, embraces 2, ,20l,
l20 acres. 1t comprises a solid
block of mountainous country,
lying between the Salmon and
the middle fork of Salmon river.
He has also enlarged the Saw
tooth reserve.
A coin collector had an ac-
cumulation of pennies. He told
his son he would make him
present of the entire lot if he
would put them in boxes, the
same number in each box.
There was an odd number of
? pennies, so that if he put an
equal number in each of two
. boxes there would be one penny
; left over; in a like manner he
5 figured on 8, 4, 5, 8, z, 8, 9, 10,
II, u, Is, II, 10, Z6, IL, 10, ~,
! 20, 2I and 29 boxes, but in every
! case if be put an equal number
. in each box there would be one
Z (only one) penny left over. The
$ son gave it up and told his faith
er he thought it impossible to
2 perform the feat.
His father replied "SKIDOO
e -23 for you"
The son then put the entire lot
of pennies in % boxes, the same
5 number in each box. How many
0 pennies were there /?
: The Challls branch of the
d Mothers Congress Club was full
!, ly organized in this city last
v Saturday afternoon, by electing
: the following officers
e President-Mrs. M. M. Sweet.
l. Vice Presidents Mrs. Robert
Morrison and Mrs. A. ]. Hoar.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss
Grace Anderson.
Recording Secretary Mrs. M
II Shanafelt.
Il Treasurer-Mrs. ID. Cameron.
le The meeting was largely at
l. tended by the women of this
S place, and much interest was
is manifested. 1t is not politica
organization, as some are led te
:, believe, but is a branch of the
ii National Mothers Congress, or
d ganized in nearly every city anC
it town in the United States. Its
at object is the Detterment of the
Of homes of the land and the prop
IA er training and culture of tht
a. children, who in a few more
1t years viii be the men and womer
who will handle the affairs OF
r the nation. The Hext meeting
n af the Challis circle will be held