25 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1903
Page
1
Robert Morrison Prop markets New Challis House as a strictly first class hotel with top meals and prompt service. Located one door west of the telephone office, it offers convenient staging, board and lodging at reasonable rates. Tables feature the best market supply for traveling men and the public.
Mrs M Jose offers first class meals and lodging northwest of R N Hull Co’s store in Challis Idaho. Fine large rooms wood beds and a well supplied table. Board and lodging available by day week or month at reasonable rates.
Bascom House promotes itself as the last stopping place before crossing mountain passes from Mackay to the Salmon River Valleys. E. W. Bascom, proprietor, vows to spare no pains to make the house the best travelers home in Central Idaho with reasonable terms.
A two part page features Br T Sueiter Surros poetry about camping by a moon red night and mountain pine, with a refrain of westward camp and home by the camp fire. The second piece by T Sublley SurroN reflects on persistence, defeat, and true success, ending with a line about dawn and a beacon in Los Angeles California.
Assessor Wm Elder visited on official business as Stanley farms a fine potato patch. Cattlemen and sheep men amid Sawtooth, Salmon valleys face future conflicts while tourists from Chicago visit. Valley Creek mine shows promising ore, English interest rumored in the Valley Creek and sale to an English syndicate discussed. Skeptics urged to visit the mine.
The Open Mind urges a return to childlike curiosity as a path to the kingdom of God. It celebrates frank inquiry and honest interest, portraying openness as a spiritual treasure visible everywhere.
A reflection on open mindedness and the flood of books as a reflection of national aspiration. The piece argues that effort and thought uplift society, that death is only a transition through influence, and that living for others grants eternal life, contrasting selfish living with a universal calling.
A reflective meditation on how joy can outshine sorrow, erasing memory of clouds and disaster. The text argues sorrow remains a companion, but a moment of bliss at sunset forms a background that enhances joy and guides toward hope and living. The memory of joy endures while sorrow fades.
Reformers are urged to mirror patience and restraint rather than chase rapid results. The piece argues life is short yet progress comes slowly, and true workers contribute steadily without hurrying or worrying. It stresses shared effort across ages and cautions against restless, flashy activity.
A reflective piece on love and labor frames a district court docket for Custer county August 1908, listing criminal and civil cases including quiet title, debt, and multiple divorces. Custer Jottings notes local updates from Guster Ida about ore strikes, mining activity, and a new hotel project on Jordan Creek.
Local notes from Challis Idaho report Labor Day events, sermons by Rev Kingsbury, school teaching appointments, and a first Auto-Bi seen in Challis. Mines at Valley Creek to restart with 20 cyanide stamps, ownership by Rice Darlington Hastings, and a pending district court suit.
Traveling photographer camped in town as Attorney Walker and Reginald Coryell visited Challis. The annual teachers examination held last Thursday to Saturday. Old post office building rented for a furnishing store. Local residents visiting Challis include Roscoe Hamilton Elmer Hotes and family. Boyd hotel reopened under Mr Jensen from New Jersey. Miss Colter heads to Salt Lake for treatment. Attorney Brown traveled to Pocatello on legal business. Several Challis 8th graders go to State Academy at Pocatello. Craigue from Salmon surveying for Hartford Copper & Gold Mining Co. Maud Jose Ruth Cameron and others visited Pahamsamoi. Social at Odd Fellows hall tonight to raise funds for a piano. Beccas hosting free entertainment and money-back guarantee.
Arrivals listed from multiple states and Idaho towns including Rochester Utah Salt Lake City Bayhorse Custer Rockland Ida Boise and others. Named guests include G A Smith Chas Spaulding C R Pennington Fritz Thurman W P Carter Clara Colter George W Emery Henry Long Bud Griffin and many more visiting or staying at the Challis House for the week ending August 22 1903.
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