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

LOCAL AND NElGHBoRHoOD NEWS
TOLD IN a BRIEF WAY.

About an inch of snow fell In
Challis last Friday night.
New York State went demo
cratic outside of governor.
Mearl Shanafelt arrived last
Thursday evening from Ely,
Nevada.
Mrs. Ed. O'Neal and family
moved to Challis last week from
Pahsamaroi.
A party of six left Challis last
Saturday morning for the noun
tains on deer hunt.
d. w. Shanafelt returned to
Challis Friday evening last from
a visit to Iron creek.
The official election returns
of Custer county are published
in full in this issue. This is a
good copy to file for future ref
erence.
Teachers examination will be
held Nov. %, % and "A. Ques-
tions will be issued for 1st, End
3rd grade county certificates. -
LOUISE BASCoM, Co. Supt.
DIR. G. p. Huston rafied off his
big phonograph and records last
Wednesday night. 1t was won
by John w. Stephens. The en-
tire outfit is worth nearly a hun
dred dollars.
According to an Iowa editor, a
certain church wanted some wine
for communion purposes, but
could get nothing but persimmon
wine. After partaking of this
the congregation attempted to
sing the Doxology, but their lips
were so puckered the best they
could do was to whistle it.
The Salmon Recorder publish
es the following, which contains
a good deal of truth
Custer county went strongly
democratic, electing the entire
ticket excepting NJ. M. Sweet,
the candidate for county treas
urer. 1t is not surprising that
the editor of the MESSENGER is
defeated. In fact it would have
been the exception to the rule il
he had been elected. For the
Ieditor of any paper to be elected
on any ticket it is necessary tha
the ticket on which he runs mus
be in the ascendency by a larg'
majority. It is invariably tn
case that man running a part,
organ is despised, politically, b,
the opposition party and the,
strain every effort to defeat him
If a man has well-defned idea
and is not afraid to expires
them, he is bound to have enc
mics in his own party, so that a
editor, to run for Office, is usual
ly up against hard proposition
The editor of the MESSENGEl
should feel no chagrin over hi
defeat for the position to whic
he aspired as he met with tn
fate which overtakes nine out c
ten editors who seek an electiv
position.
Although defeated by our ow
party we reduced Mr.. Clyde
majority of two years ago IL
votes.
While our feeble efforts pc
haps has not been appreciate
by Custer county Democrac,
our labors have been praised b
the Democracy of Idaho, in le
ter from the Chairman of I'll
Democratic State Central Con
mittee, as follows
BOISE, Ida., Nov. 8, '06.
Editor MESSENGER,
Challis, Idaho.
DEAR SIR We can nevt
thank you enough for your 10y
support in the advocacy of ii
cause which our platform a
vocated and which our speakel
advocated to the voters in th
campaign.
You have stood by US nobl,
you have fought valiently, W
have been loyal to the last, al
= while apparently we have NJ
% been successful in the sense tn
% we have carried by majority
s. the votes, still | think when yc
. analyze the vote you will be co
- vinced that we have won gre
30 victory.
s3 Thanking you again and assu
y ing you that the Executive Cor
q mittee endorses all | say al
= with kind regards to you, r
AZ main Yours truly, I'll. w. Loci