The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-10-24
Local News Items.

Jas. F. Wilkinson arrived last |
Saturday from HALEY.
Ben. Metzgar and Bert Clar-
rington are down from Stanley.
Say, If your watch is ont of fix
G. ST Louis will make it keep
time.
Examinations for assistant for
est rangers will be held in ChaI-
lis this week.
The white rat show" gave an
in the opera house
last Saturday evening.
DOC" Leonard, the pioneer
dentist and lecturer, arrived in
Challis Saturday from Salmon.
Commissioner job and wife,
Mrs. Maud Bradley, and ]. G.
Fox, returned Saturday evening
from Twin Falls.
All of the Challis school teach
ers departed Saturday morning
last for Pocatello, to attend the
Teachers Institute.
Cy. Jones returned last week
from an extended trip through
the East. He declares that there
is no place like Idaho.
We are informed that Thurs
day night of this week will be
the last moving picture show.
One reel will on this occasion,
will show the wild animals of
Africa. Don't miss it.
Work on both the irrigation
canal on the east side and west
side of Salmon river, is going
right ahead, and if work keeps
and good weather continues,
both projects will be completed
this fall.
John Mock has a contract on
the Bayhorse High Grade to
build a new wagon road. The
new road will be built only ten
feet above high water mark, and
it will save long, tedious climb
over the hill as at present.
The false bridge is now being
built across Salmon river for the
Challis steel bridge, and soou
the work of placing the steel
will be commenced. The ap-
proaches to the bridge are going
to cost the county nearly as
much as if the bridge had been
placed at the lower site.
Last week E. P. Wilson sold
his big ranch in Round Valley
to Sam. Bradbury Of Patterson
This is considered one of the
very best ranches in this valley
1t consists of 400 acres, and has
good buildings. The purchase
price was $4,000. Mr.. Brad
bury and family will move t.
their new home shortly.
The new chemical FIRE engine
for Challis arrived one day las
week, and on that same day wa.
tested on big bonfire 1t had
the fire almost extinguishet
one of the big glass chemica
bottles in the engine was broker
and pieces of the glass got intt
the hose and stopped the flow ol
water. The engine is all right
the chemicals almost instantly
smothers out FIRE.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Waters re
turned from Boise last week
where they attended the Stat,
Fair. In speaking of the fair
they said it was excellent, bu
the exhibit from Custer county
made poor showing the way i
was displayed, for the product.
were badly jumbled up and nj
pains was taken to even wipe tn
dust off the exhibit. In potatoes
they say, we had as good as an,
county. Custer county, however
won first prize on copper matt
from the Lost Packer smelter
Mrs. Waters while in Boise hat
her pocket book stolen contain
ing $S.O 90 and a railroad ticket.
Notices have been posted il
the opera house prohibiting tn
use of tobacco in the building
Last picture show night half
; dozen or more young men, ant
some old men, TOO, INDUCED il
} smoking during the entertain
} ment. in the presence of ladie
. in a crowaed hall. Coed manner
, should forbid it, without postin,
notices. No other place allow
it where respectable people cor
: gregate, and it should not b
tolerated here. The Odd Fel
|, lows here will not permit it il
J their hall any longer, at an