The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-12-14

Two Columns Of Locals Picked Up
From Hero and There.
All kinds of pretty Christmas
goods at Mrs. Busters.
If you want a good smoke try
a Perfection" cigar, made at
the Challis factory.
John Johnson of May spent
several days in Challis last week
transacting business.
| Miss Kelleher, County Super
Iintendent, returned Wednesday
evening from Pocatello.
| It is reported here that John
J. Fitzpatrick and Miss Fredia
Helm, were married at Salt Lake
last week.
Born-On the 9Th inst. to the
wife of Mr.. Coleman, a 9-pound
son. Mother and child getting
along nicely.
About 4 inches of snow fell at
Challis one night last week, and
this is more snow than we had
at one time last winter.
There will be program and
public Christmas tree in the Hall
on Thursday night, Dec. %. All
are requested to join in and make
the event a success.
Mrs. Geo. H. Monk of Salmon
l is very sick and not expected to
live. A messenger was sent te
Challis at midnight for George
! Ellis Thursday night.
For Sale-A residence in the
! west part of town, known as the
Reese residence. Stable ant
three lots and one-half. Price
reasonable. Address: Valentine
O Maelzer, May, Idaho. 21w6.
: A western paper says that Mr.
e Cannon is not convincing in th'
$ role of martyr, but whoeve
q heard of profane poker -playin!
e Uncle Joe posing as marty
1t Hercules Furens or Bombaste
n Furioso will do for Uncle Joe
'e but a martyr ? no
$ DR.. Lynn operated at his hos
pital Saturday, Dec. 4, upon tn
% little Vandervort girl; the littl
n Carvin boy, and upon Mr.. Bal
er of Pahsamaroi. All doin
of nicely. He also operated upo
ly Andrew Johnson Tuesday for
0, dead bone in his arm.
~ The First National Bank (
aO Challis is still going ahead. 4
~ the close of business on Dec.
'7 ne there was over $4,000 on d
~ posit, and making total resou
~: ~ ces of $12O, 700. This is a r
~ markable growth for being
business only four months and
~ half.
It, Surveyor Hill informs US tn
he has received word from Bol
ier to go ahead and survey a big
h rigation canal from Salmon ri
st. er to reclaim a vast quantity
srs arid land in Pahsamaroi vale
he 1t is purposed to take the wat
his out of Salmon river,-i if gra
can be had, at or near MIR. 10
as Stephen s ranch on Challis cree
ee.
in Another crew of railroad s
20. veyors were last Friday morni
i'd camped at Bert Macnab's rar
:. and coming up Salmon riv
ed and are supposed to be work.
me- for the Pittsburg and Gilm'
tor Railroad. They are evlden
5he oss-sectioning, as it is sta'
,ily by party at Salmon who Or
,st. up the papers, that a 15-n
bile grs ding contract from SalD
aim IONdIU OudAliS, " uS AOSCAvAJ
he on this railroad.
IA Tuesday, December, the ira
an aS layers of the Gilmore q Fl
''i'0' burg railroad stretched the /
bands through the tunnel OF
"O Rocky mountains, and brou
00 the rails of that promising
into Idaho and Lemhi cour
On that eventful, epoch-mab
day, the air of this valley
re- first awakened by the whistle
a locomotive. The building
2 -, a switch back on the Idaho
let has begun, and all told there
we'd. about Is miles of line to lay
con fore the new railroad town
,e in Leadore is reached. The d'
at and water tank there will S
le. be built, and within ano
month trains will be sched
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