The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-19
LOCAL AND NEIGH6oRHOOp NEWS
TOLD IN a BRIEF WAY.

Mud is the condition of the
Challis streets.
Ice is being harvested here for
next summers use.
Assessor Ewing arrived home
last Friday evening.
Attorney Lamme went down
to Boise last week.
Mask ball in Challis next Fri
day night George Washington's
birthday
Teachers examination will be
held at Challis, Idaho, Feb. 81,
% and %. for all grades of teach
ers' certificates. MARTHA KEEN
AN, County Supt.
The Salmon stage had run
away and smash-up last week,
caused by bolt breaking and let
ting the wagon tongue fall to the
ground.
Hon. N. H. Clark informs US
that he and Senator Macbeth
have been promised 4-cent fare -
Il fare for round trip-and a
daily train on the Mackay rail
road after March 1st, next.
A Linen Shower" will be
given in honor of Miss Isabella
Beardsley next Thursday eve
ming, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Rodgers, in Chal-
lis. Nearly 300 printed invita-
tions have been sent out. The
wedding of John Hammond OF
May to Miss Isabella Beardsley
of the Challis Hot Springs, We
are informed, will take place a
few weeks later.
Messrs. Francis, an old New
ada miner, and Kimball were
out from Loon creek last week
Mr.. Kimball is interested in the
Loon Creek Placer company, anC
say his company has good
ground and that they intend tC
begging work in the spring will
a vim as soon as they can get il
their much needed machiner!
and freight.
The Idaho legislature is NOR,
than half through its session ant
! little or nothing of benefit to th'
ipeople have been accomplished
so far. They have killed tht
| local option and railroad com
mission bills. Now a bill is u
to license gambling, but there i
a big cry against it from th
churches. They say it would b
a disgrace to license a crime
For six years we have had
strict anti-gambling law in tn
State, and gambling wide-ope
has been running in nearly ever
, town since that time. The off
GERS of the law do not care to il
terrier for political reasons, S
, nothing is done. So the law j
a farce. Would it not be bette
to license gambling and get
good revenue, than to have th
law violated the way it is no
and has always been and get u
revenue whatever :?
According to Mine Inspectc
Bells report for 1906 Custe
county ranked second that yea
5 in Idaho as a mineral producer
0 That is saying a great deal whe
we take into consideration thS
5 not one-half of the big produ,
? ing mines of the county were OF
!. Grated at all last year, viz: Th
!. Ramshorn company's mines &
!, Bayhorse; the Clayton compan
: mines and the Lucky Boy con
e pany mines, besides hundred
f of others were not worked b,
e cause of high price of shipping
Had the county on Salmon rive
S railroad all these now id
r mines would be in operation, an
then Custer county would be
6 rival of Shoshone county for fir
4 place as a mineral producer.
l is question when we will get
/ railroad. At times the pro
4 poets look very favorable, b
l the whole matter amounts
= nothing in ohe end-only "hee
Z big talk, as the Indians wou
d say. Our only hopes is the TO;
from Butte to SanFrancisco, b
10 we hear little of this propos,
a road lately. Should this TO;
70 company mean business al
10 start building, it is almost ce
= tain the Short Line would extel
a it's line to Salmon river for Sc,
It interests, but not until some OF
: o,. road inyadas its ta1.,.ito,aNr