The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-04-11
Next Sunday is Easter.

John Hodson returned one day
last week from Salt Lake.
DR.. Tyre and wife departed
last week for Tronto, Canada.
Perry W. Kious is again driv-
ing stage on the Boise road from
Idaho City.
Joseph Vosmus arrived Tues
day evening last from Maine to
join his wife.
T. A. Lynch of Stanley Basin
is spending a few days at Chal-
lis on business.
T. A. Lynch won out in his
law case before the Probate
Court last Saturday.
The Sunbeam mills on Jordan
creek started up last week, after
being closed down for the win
ter.
James G. Gwinn, the Probate
Judge of Fremont county, has
been appointed District Judge of
the new Ninth Judicial District.
Commissioners A. Burnett of
Mackay, and Robt. Campbell ar
rived in town Saturday and Sun
day ready for the Board meeting.
Custer cOunty's delinquent tax
list will be published next month
so those who do not want their
names published should pay up.
The latest railroad dope is that
the P. & G. will build 40 miles
of road out from Salmon this
summer. No one appears to
know whether up or down Sal
mon river.
Eight representatives of as
many different bridge firms ar
rived in this city last Friday, to
look over the plans and specifi-
cations of the proposed bridge
across Salmon river.
Congress is now in special ses-
sion. 1t now has a Democratic
House, the first time in sixteen
years. Champ Clark is the new
Speaker. The Senate now has
but 8 Republican majority.
The Village Council has des-
ignated May 1st, as the Annual
Cleanup Day in Challis, on or
before said date, it is hereby or
dered that each and every per-
son cleanup their yards in and
about their premises.
This is backward spring up
here. Here it is nearly the mid
die of April and scarcely any of
the snow in the mountains has
melted. Up in Custer there is
nearly feet of snow yet. Hot
weather will soon arrive, and
then look out for high water.
Alden Honey returned Tuesday
from Sweet, Idaho, where he
went to be treated for cancer by
a noted specialist, who removes
cancers by a certain drawing
plaster. Alden claims that four
cancers were drawn from him
by these plasters.
Salmon last Tuesday elected
the following city officers: Mayor
Emerson Hill; City Clerk-F.
C. Miller; Treasurer William G..
Smith; City Engineer-Allen G.
Merritt; Councilmen 1st Ward
E. K. Abbott, E. B. Mitchell
Councilmen End Ward-W. B.
Horn, G. G. Mathewson; Coun
cilmen 3rd Ward-John Lot
fridge, H. E. Ostrander.
The new law requires thet 6
notice of election be published
for two weeks prior to annual
election of school trustees in the
paper nearest the district. YOU
should make haste to comply
with this law at once. Mackay
Miner.
Our County School Supt. has
been looking this matter up an6
finds there was no emergency
clause attached to the bill, so il
does not become a law until some
time next month.
Assessor Burnett says that ht
will endeavOr to assess property
at what he thinks is it's actua
cash value. This cash value as
sessing is very unpopular over
the State. If property in Gus
ter county this year is assessed
three times as much as it was
last year, the levy this yeal
should be cut to about $l.00 thi.
year. So what is the difference
The only difference is that ths
State will get more money. and