The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-06-20
Local News Items.

G. St Louis will make it keep
time.
It you want a big time come to
Challis to spend your 4th and 5th
of July.
Old-timers say this year is the
highest water that they ever saw
in Salmon river.
Mrs. d. G. Smutz returned last
week from Utah where she had
been visiting her daughter.
Emmett Hosford and wife at
tended the wedding from Challis
at Clayton last Friday night.
George Clemow returned Sat
urday evening from Salt Lake
where he has been for several
weeks past.
U. S. Senators by adirect vote
of the people. Such resolution
passed the U. S. Senate last
Tuesday by vote of GA to "a.
A buckskin horse with a sad
die was seen floating down Sal
mon river last Friday. Probab
ly some unfortunate man was at
tempting to ford the river, and
has been drowned.
David Gekeler, of Boise, ar
rived in Challis last week. He
is highly pleased with this Sec
ton of Idaho, and while here
purchased two ranches in tile
Pahsamaroi valley known as the
Barnes and Wells ranches.
Travel between Challis and
Pahsamaroi and Salmon. is now
over the mountain on horseback
to Pahsamaroi. The approach
bridge to the Watson bridge has
gone out, but main bridge across
Salmon river at this point is in
> tact. The small bridge will soor
be put in.
The people of Mackay are liv
: ing right now in fear. The big
dam above town is expected tt
go out any moment. What dam
age to life and property it viii
do if it goes out, no one knows
At any rate, whether it goes Ou
or not, these are anxious MON
ents to the people who live un
der the dam.
Andrew Jackson RAIDER, bet
ter known as "Charlie RAIDER,
died at his home in Casio at 7:3(
, o'clock, June 18th. He was bur
led the following day at 3 P. NJ
in the Caste cemetery. He ha(
been having a good deal 0
trouble with his stomach lately
and was in bed several days. HI
was taken sick the day he died
Death was probably caused b.
inflammation of the bOwles.
1t is great benefit to have
9 jeweler in town who is able t
, manufacture all kinds of jewel
cry out of solid gold. Challi
has such a jeweler, and his nam
is G. St. Louis, and he is locate
in the Vandervort building, an
it is worth your time to call an
see the beautiful rings, pins.et
that he has manufactured out
n gold. He is also an expert
y repairing and cleaning watche
= and clocks.
Under the cash value" syste
of assessing this year everybod
in Custer county are rich-wOrt
from two to three times as muc
as they we're last year. But al
they ? Farm lands have juml
ed to a value of from "a to s.
per acre for improved land, ar
p the old buildings and real esta'
Il in the towns have increased fro
so to Is per cent. Won't this
a harvest for the State and fixt
levies At this rate the asses
ment roll of Custer county tn
year ought to be So, 100000. B
will the tax levy one-half,
i. one third what it was last year
\ Married-At Clayton, Idah
- at the residence of the bride
parents, on Thursday evenin
June 18th, 1911, Mr.. Earl
Tunison and Miss Naomi He
ford, Rev. VIM. Burnett pc
formed the ceremony. Near
everybody in Clayton and sol
from Challis were present at Il
wedding. The bride is the sc
g ond oldest daughter of Mr.. a
- Mrs. Geo. Hosford, and "
born in Challis, and is a We
popular and most estimable al
charming young lady. L
groom IS a very respectful
young man, and has been boz
keeper for the Clayton M. 4
Co. for a number of years. Th
have many friends who wi