The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-11-07
Local News Items.

Mrs. M. M. Sweet arrived Sat
urday evening from Salt Lake.
Lagrande Honey and family
arrived Saturday from Kansas.
Miss Carrie Casio is visiting
friends and relatives and Chal-
lis.
Mrs. Chas. Wilkinson returned
last week from Idaho Falls and
ArcO.
Rodger Brasseur is building
new residence below the school
house.
Say, If your watch is out of fix
G. St Louis will make it keep
time.
f. r. Jackman was in town
last week from Mackay on ex-
press business.
Ross S. Tobias has purchased
H. H. Chase's in the Challis
Meat Market.
Thomas Murray Spencer, poet
and cigar salesman, arrived Sat-
urday from Butte, Mont.
DR.. Kelly of Seattle, Wash,
was in Challis last week. He is
contemplating locating here.
Four steel bridge men arrived
Saturday to lay the steel for the
new bridge across Salmon river.
The first snowstorm of the
season in Challis lest Saturday
evening-about half an inch OF
snow fell.
D. V. Arcbbold. DR.. Arthur
and Harry Naylor were up from
| Mackay last week on hunt for
deer at Parker Mountain.
Hawley's cash value" makes
taxes high in Custer county. It
now looks as though Governor
Hawley could never carry Custer
county again.
The Village of Challis is ad-
vertising in this issue for bids
for the construction of a rock
building, 25x25 feet, to be used
as an engine house, police court,
ETC., on Main Avenue.
B. S. Brown has just received
a big assortment of fine pictures
and picture frames-frdmes are
suitable for framing any kind Of
a picture, and which he is offer
ing for sale at low prices.
A sociable will be held at the
church next Friday night, Nov.
10th. Refreshments = brown
bread, beans, coffee, pickles
sandwiches and doughnuts. AL
invited.
Clarence E. Eddy arrived Fri
day evening from Loon Creek
where he spent the past month
prospecting. He departs in {
few days for Death Valley t(
mine and prospect.
The Supreme Court of Idaho
last week handed down an opin
ion in the Ada county school ta1
levy case, holding against tn
reduced levy made by the count.
e commissioners and institutinI
the statutory minimum at tiv
mills. The opinion was given b.
a divided court, Judges Sullivan
3 and Stewart cOncurring an
: Judge Ailshie dissenting. Th
+ case heard was James A. Fento
;, as respondent, VS.. the board Q
county commissioners of ADJ
: county, appellants. Judge Sul
IS livan prepared the majority Or
e ion.
The Salmon River Land & Ii
a rigation Co. expect to have tn
Al big canal completed to the tuu
!, mel by next Saturday so that
e will be capable of carrying 400
T. inches of water taken direct frOI
N Salmon river, where there
i. never shortage of water SUP
y ply. The recent work done o
I'd the canal to complete it so ia
$, has cost nearly $4,000. And las
"a "a Friday the stockholders met an
pc voted funds to complete the er
tire work to the intake. Tt
" work now being done on the bi
y, canal is first-class and thorough
" Attorney Chase A. Clark is tt
os o one who financed and in chare
d. of the work, while contractt
$ Hesse is dong the work. I'll
be be canal will now be pushed to ear
~ ~ completion so that there will /
plenty Of water for next year
crops. The completion of tn
- big project means much to Cha
lis and Round Valley.