The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-10-27

-hdEtLE JCACS IS OlG LlCm Far
er Mountain.
August Norell is over from
Pahsamaroi.
DR.. B. B. Slick returned last
Friday from Colorado.
Miss Melissa Wilson slipped
and fell in Challis last week and
was quite seriously injured.
Candidates Hansen aud Bur-
nett we're in Challis Saturday
fixing up their political fences.
We had 267 names registered
IN this precinct last Saturday.
The total registration here will
reach about 300.
The Misses Sullivan, Miss N
| Hosford, Mrs. Sullivan and eld-
est son, and g. F. TAFT were
} down from Clayton last week.
Halle Dodge, well known in
Challis, and Miss Vina Locks. of
Idaho Falls, were married at
Blackfoot on Wednesday, Oct.
14th. 1908.
Rev. R. S. Nickerson of Utah
arrived in Challis last Wednes-
day, and preached in the church
at this place last Sunday fore
noon and evening.
Mrs. Harrison Watson from
Walla Walla, Wash, arrived in
Challis Saturday evening, and is
visiting with her son and dauoh-
ter and relatives.
Republican papers are now
claiming New York for Taft by
$4,000 majority, and have given
up electing Hughes. What's the
matter -Four years ago Teddy
get about 230, ZOO majority there.
A shooting scrape took place
at the Benner store in Stanley
last week. An Italian, whose
name we did not learn, shot
Harvey Stout with 38-cal. six
shooter. The bullet hit Stout
over the right eye, glanced and
cut an ugly cash around the right
ear. 1t is not serious. The It
Italian skipped out. The trouble
was over some horses. Sheriff
Morrison and DR.. Lynn departed
for Stanley Friday morning.
The only and great Dillingham;
to be afraid that we in
some way have insinuated that
some Republican nominee would
not make a good officer. New
isn't it really too bad that this
fellow Dillingham; is so disturbed.
Then again he distorts by omit
ting part of an item in this paper
last week, and quotes as sayine.
the Board may be Republican"
The statement we made was the
aext Board will probably be
Democratic, but it may be Re
publican or Socialist for all we
know" The Miner is Noted for
this kind of Notwithstanding and
The Republican speakers here
this fall have devoted most of
their speeches to the Cleveland
panic of 1908. Below we pub
-ish some panic history
The panic of 1873 was under
Grant, REPUBLICAN.
The panic of 1873 was under
Hayes, a REPUBLICAN.
The panic of 1884 was under
a REPUBLICAN.
The panic of 1890-O1 was under
a REPUBLICAN.
The panic of 1893 was under
Cleveland, a DEMOCRAT.
The panic of 1907 was under
Roosevelt, a REPUBLICAN.
The total of failures for the
ear ending June %, 1908, was
'ver five hundred and fifty-seven
1illion dollars. This is RePub-
ican prosperity.
For the last day or two the
'oise Statesman has devoted
lueh space to the fact Mr.. Jas.
'rady made two speeches in
ulster county, what large audi
nees he had, and how many new
otes he had won; and that Gus
II county was Republican this
ear by big majority. This
ind of hot-air stories may be
/ right to fill the column of the
tatesman, but people who live
Custer county do not credit
~ such fairy stories. As far
Le big audience that Brady had
Challis, two-thirds of the aud
nee was composed of Demo-
ats and Socialists, and no larg-
audience than Hon. q. A.
0yd had a few nights before.
) far as Brady changing any
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