The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-17
Local News Items.

"CSn, HSuIlnR ON rent
ing the Challis House.
Last week DR.. Furgeson pur-
chased the new Chase Clark auto
1t is a fine big car and will carry
ten passengers.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles
OF Mackay will put on the best
snow OF the season in Challis on
the 9th of this month. Admis-
sion so cents.
Hear Prof. Bennie Outsen in
his masterpiece, Keep Your
Foot On The Soft, Soft Pedal"
at the F. O. E. minstrel on Nav
9th, at Challis.
John r. Wheeler, attorney for
the G. & P. railroad, spent a
greater portion of last week in
Challis, but what his mission was
here no one was able to learn.
A number from here will go
down to Salmon tomorrow to
join with the people in their
celebration of driving the gold
spike on the Gilmore & Pitts
burg railroad.
One thousand jokes and not a
stale one in the bunch, at the F.
0. E. Minstrel in the l. O. o. F..
Hall, Friday, May 9th. There
will be an admission fee dance
after the show.
VIM. Buster is erecting a new
building adjoining what is known
as the AdamsOn law Office on the
west, on Main Street, which is to
be used by l.. E. Glennon as a
law Office, and B. B. Barnes.
AL. West was up from Dickey
last week repairing the telephone
line. Nearly all the poles have
rotted off and will have to be re-
set, although the line was built
| here about Nov. 1st, 19O2-less
than s years ago.
A very dirty boy attended a
certain school, says the Ladies'
Home Journal. One day the
teacher sent the boys mother q
note saying that he was moi
clean and that she ought to battle
him oftner. The mother SEN
the teacher a note in reply IL
which she said: my boy, Bill
amt no rose. Don't smell him
learn him."
A man who stands on the stree
corner, chewing and splitting
telling how to run the govern
ment, cursing the town, finding
fault with his grandmother be
cause she was a woman, claim
ing the merchants are a lot o
thieves, that the lawyers vii
skin a man to a finish and
whole lot more, is a nuisanc
and an abomination. No one i
5 obliged to live where he is no
suited. If things don't suit you
) 90 where they will. A growle
and a sorehead in town is al
enterprise killer every time.
Mr.. G. V. Hanson, Manager 9
the M. & G. l. Stage Co., me
with a painful accident last Fri
: day evening at Mackay. he wa
was under one of his autos. re
pairing it, and lighted a mate
to see where the repair wa
l.. needed, and it appears that tn
car was leaking gasoline, an
instantly there was an exploslo
: ia Mr.. Hanson's face, and ne wa
burned quite badly, and it is TO-
tunate that he did not lose NJ
eyesight, but at this time "
have not learned how bad his II
iuries are. A phone messag
fhe following morning said TN;
his eyesight was not ruined
The man who was drowned
the Salmon River Land q lrrlg'
zion Cos. works, while attemp
ing to swim Salmon river over
week ago, has not been tahe
from the river yet, and the DOC
has not been seen for three
four davs. When he attempte
\ TO swim the river, on his own a
J cord. he had a long rope tle tls
around him, and the men on u
hank of the river let go OF u
rope at his request, and the eI 5s5
of the rope swung AROUND a - -
70 rock in the river and held tt tt
body for a number OF days y
as It is now high water there :. .
no way to get out and get mo no
of the rope. A boat was trie
Init the current is too swift
= manage boat. Since Thurst1 \
= or o. Friday last the rope nor q
body cannot be seen from sno, !.
The The drowned man has a wife al