The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-01-24
Your dog tax is now due.

The days are growing longer;
And the cold growing stronger.
There is more snow in the
mountains this year than usual.
Dick Graham, of Bayhorse, de-
parted last week for England on
visit.
Mrs. E. P. Wilson went down
to Iron Creek last week on a
visit.
Dan Stephens returned Thurs
day last from a trip to Salt Lake
and Malad.
The Sunday Rest law will be
greatly changed by this session
of the legislature.
Miss Nellie Fisher and Charley
Holm, both of Challis, were mar
ried Sunday evening, Jan. 22nd.
Harry S. Waters IS up from
Salmon and is making arrange
ments to move his family here
soon.
With Idaho's increase in popu-
lation the last census the state
will have another member in
Congress.
! Chas. Matley, foreman of the
Wood Live Stock Co. on Pah-
samaroi, was in town last week
on business.
John Wells, Lafe Frost and
Kim Whitsett came over from
Pahsamaroi Sunday morning to
see W. K. Flenniken, who is
very low at this writing.
A mask ball will be held in
Challis on Washington's birth
day, Feb. 22nd. The committee
giving the ball are ]. c. Dough
erty, Ralph Baxter and Guy
Bradbury.
A program will be held in th'
church next Friday night, Jan
9th, to pay due respect to tia
!. birthday of Robert Burns, VIII
: was born at Alloway, Scotland
near Ayr, on Jan. 25, 1889.
For Sale, Very Cheap.-A fey
J. hundred shares of the stock
The Idaho State Life Insuranc
Company. Will trade for Bois
: City real estate or land nea
Boise. John NJ. Haines, Boise
;s Idaho.
Both members of the ldah
f. legislature from Custer count.
are getting in and endeavorin
g to do something for the count.
whether they accomplish an.
g thing or not.
Supervisor Laing of the Cha
- lis National Forest, and wife, r
e. turned Friday evening from Sa
I'd mon. Mr.. Laing has been a
IN sent on forest business for
lg month past at Ogden, Bois
le Weiser and Salmon.
70 No railroad news this CO
ar weather. Probably in the spril
~ paper railroad talk will be sta
~ ed. There is little doubt but t
Nv G. & P. railroad will extend frc
" Salmon City this year, but it
a question whether it will exte
up or down Salmon river.
Dan. Shay, an oldtlme min
of Custer county, died at t
county hospital in Challis,
Friday morning, Jan. Goth.
miners consumption, and "
Or. buried on the 21st inst. He +
at worked in the mines of Gus
ice county for the past 90 years.
". was a native of Ireland, and
DIV are informed was about IS ye;
in Of age. Those that know b
,be best speak very highly OF
et, deceased.
Hon, l.. E. Glennon has ]
ard introduced another good bill
be the Idaho Legislature, known
DER H. b. No. 81, the text of VIII
rst is as follows
,ne Authorizing the repair
per that portion of the state was
Ind road beginning at Banner,
me Boise county, and running
ur- way of Bear valley, in Ids
as county, and thence down
the main Salmon river, in Gus
ind county; providing for the is
.rly ance and payment of state DO
,ec in the sum of $4,000, and
}. 90 propriating the proceeds ther
oin for said purpose; and autho
for ing the levying of an annual
und valorem tax to provide for
use sinking fund for the payment
six such bonds at maturity and
,uld interest thereon as the same
rA ,o, l,,o. v,rovi1ino for a. r