The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-26
LOCAL NEWS.

next Monday.
Fred Funkhouse returned to
Challis Thursday.
VIM. T. Oster and wife return
ed Thursday evening from New
ada.
G. E. Eddy is down in Nevada
and has position on the Rhyo-
lite Miner.
Mrs. VIM. Buster has jnst re-
ceived another installment of fine
new millinery goods.
F. S. Dietrich of Pocatello has
been appointed to the Office of
federal judge of Idaho.
Mrs. Geo. E. Keyes and son
departed yesterday morning for
Boise. Mr.. Keyes accompanied
them to Mackay.
A. K. Steunenberg, well
known Idaho banker and Odd
Fellow, died at Caldwell, his
home, last week.
The new school law which is
now in effect, requires that the
school trustees shall be elected
the first Saturday in April.
Mr.. c. E. Gable has secured
control of the stock of the Gold
en- Sunbeam mining property on
Jordan creek. Mr.. Gable is ex-
pected to arrive at Challis to-
day.
John Wells of May was last
week placed under $500 bond
to appear at the District court
for attempting to shoot a Mr..
Brown at May on the 18th. John
furnished the bonds.
McKeen F. Morrow, of Boise,
but born in Challis, won the
Cecil Rhodes scholarship to Ok
ford last week. The scholar
ship provides for a three years
course, with expense money at
| 81 800 per year, and he will en-
ter Oxford this fall
One hundred prizes, ranging
from $1O0 to 50, will be awarded
by the Salt Lake Tribune for a
photograph of the most beauti-
full woman in Utah, Idaho, Wyo-
ming, or Nevada. A Chicago
newspaper claims Miss Della
Carson of Chicago is the most
beautiful woman in America.
The Tribune challenges this.
Help the West prove that some
mountain state woman is the
most beautiful. Send the Trib-
une good photographs with the
name, address, and place OF
birth, and name and address OF
the sender.
We present an illustrated edi
tion this week showing some
of the beautiful scenery of Gus,
ter county. We do this for the
purpose of giving the tourists or
the outside an idea of what al
ideal spot Custer county is fol
hunting and fishing amid the
worlds grandest scenery. We
also publish these views to ad
vertise our home-scene and home
made postal cards. These view.
do not show up" in the paper
as they do on postal cards, fol
they are made expressly fol
postcard work. Any posta
card from any of these views cal
be had at this Office for cents
J each, or the set of II for Scots
all different scenes from Gus
ter county.
The two large reservoirs useC
for irrigation purposes located
on the east side of Salmon rive,
near Warm Springs Creek, own
ed by Joseph Rodgers and Bra
zill Clark, broke on Monday af
ternoon, March 18th, owing tC
the heavy rains which caused
the reservoirs to fill up and tht
immense volume of water wa
: more than they could stand, a.
i, the waste gates were insufficien
to carry off the waste water, S,
the upper reservoir gave away
carrying with it the lower reser
voir, and the immense volume o
water went rushing down thu
valley to Salmon river, takinI
: with it fences and washing ava.
irrigating bitches of the ranch
ers below. In places the waite
was six to eight feet in depth
Fortunately no lives were lost
The owners of the reservoir
have received a heavy loss o
Il property, while some of th
ranches below have been damag
!. cd more or less.