New Challis House Promises First Class Hotel Quality
The New Challis House is strictly a First Class hotel and offers meals and accommodations unmatched in the county.
28 Jun 1904
Page 1
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1904
Page
1
The New Challis House is strictly a First Class hotel and offers meals and accommodations unmatched in the county.
U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor based in Salmon Idaho is identified as an architect and civil engineer. The brief card notes the professional titles and location without detailing projects or affiliations.
The Bascom House at Willow Creek Branch on the Mackay to Salmon River Valleys route invites travelers to Central Idaho. The proprietor E. W. Bascom promises reasonable terms and a goal to be the best travelers home in the region.
A Messenger feature extols Central Idaho scenery with snow crowned peaks, lakes, and forests then shifts to summer lust for wealth and adventure. It humorously describes a prospecting trip, mule mashing, burros, bacon and beans, a six shooter, and a stampede toward Geiser gulch, nine barrels of whiskey already gone.
A city news note proclaims a hot air boom within 37 miles, urging sober development of a prospect in Central Idaho. The piece promotes prospecting as the sure path to success, contrasting Idaho’s opportunities with harsher climates abroad and stressing hustle as key.
Arrivals at the New Challis House include L. Greene family Nate Rosenbaum R G IL Chamber lain Salt Lake Utah F Shafer shon E B Cooper Mackay Idaho F Cleghorn Ellis Ida Chas Kindling Seattle Wash C E Eddy Boise Ida John Hodson M Donnelly Bayhorse.
A fragmented verse piece about the life of a newspaper writer and the relief found in a friendly gaze. The narrator reflects on the fatigue of toil, the crowd’s worries, and the sustaining light of a steady companion who brightens the weary day.
A notice from the Sixth Judicial District Court of Idaho County of Caster warns of an attachment action. The document asserts proceedings to seize property of listed parties and states the date of first publication. The notice emphasizes court authority and the parties involved in the attachment process.
A notice announces a new song and chorus titled Little Japan by J. T. Hilder. It claims wide theatrical use and offers a mailed copy for 3 cents postage to Theatrical Music Supply Co. New York, with requests for readers to send a address.
Local items recount Yual events around Challis including town improvements and socials. Mentions Mal Branca and visitors from Bayhorse, a new saloon, 4th of July plans, a snow cover, a free church social, and the burning of gambling devices by court order. Also notes the death of Frank Woods near Clayton, school staffing changes with R C McCormick and May Weaver, and resignation of Challis pastor Herman as he moves to Utah. Roosevelt nomination referenced with cautionary tone.
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