Challis Election Day News and Community Updates
Election day issues dominate Challis news with calls to vote no on amendment No. 2 and a tally of local movements and deaths. Reports cover residents visiting from May and Mackay, a pioneer woman’s death in Salmon, legal case outcomes, town fire scares, new goods from Mrs. Wm. Buster, trout stock deliveries, and a crowded Democratic rally. Local politics, incorporation critiques, and upcoming elections loom over daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Challis
Geo. E. Keyes
Valentine Maelzer
Lumme
Adamson
Sadie Sullivan
Clayton
Yellow Jacket Float Update From Challis Winter Trade
Old Bill departed for Challis to cast his gate for Wn. J. Bryn. Mrs 0 Rebbin from Middle Fork came to the city for winter and sent her children to school. Sam Wyatt and Rebbin began work on the Steen property. John Johnson arrived from Salmon with a pack train of supplies. Four pack trains left with gear for Wilson Creek and Middle Fork. Frank and Ben Beagle visited for supplies. Lee Wyatte left for Wilson Creek with a pack train of winter supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
0. Rebbin
Middle Fork
City
Wilson Creek
Frank
Ben Beagle
Lee Wyatte
Bayhorse Jottings Reveal Mining Moves and Town Tension
Bayhorse dispatches report Grotewald assessing Dewey and Minnie Moore mines on Ramshorn hill, with Hurst helping from Mackay and Ennis seeking leases. Watson and Blime finished ore hauling at Homestake mine owned by Beatty interests. Ennis visits from Boise City. Marker plans Bayhorse station move toward Burns ranch. Town fears stray livestock after election. Oct 21, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prank Grotewald
Bayhorne
Dewey
Minnie Moore
Ramshorn Hill
Ramshorn
Lee Watson
Fred Blime
Homestere
James Beatty
Republican Frauds and Campaign Tricks Across the Nation
The piece accuses Republicans of fraud and covert interference to secure Taft's election. It claims trusts are mobilized to feign support, notes Chas. P. Tutt buying the Baltimore Sun to back the ticket, and argues Roosevelt ignores Civil Service norms to favor campaign funding. It frames this as a Democratic year with Democratic wins possible.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Samuel Rea
Bryan
M. E. Ingalls
National Salvation
Taft
C. N. Bliss
Roosevelt
Chis. P. Tutt
Balthaore Sun
Tike | Brother
Nebraska
Dan
Beershaba
A& Civil Service
Republican Committee
Civil Service
United States
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WM. Elder
Arch Howell
Main Street
R. N. Hull & Cos
P. O
Board & Lodging
Challis, Idaho
Mary E. Morrison
G. W. Meitzler
Im Necennor
Whitwell Drug CO
Salmon, Idaho
Roy Gwinn
Mackay
R. W. Murphey
May
Reg. Coryell
Salt Lake
R. P. Wilson
W. H. Feller
Miss Alice
James Kirtley
Lemhi County
Salmon
L. Kirtley
Custer
Murphey & Nickerson
I. Neff
Wm. Buster
Custer County
Horton
Stock Garden Creek
Buster
Stock Garden Lake
Garden Creek
Chas
Waddleton
Frank Nickerson
Joe Ebberts
Jasper H. Baxter
John Johnson
Alexander
State
Morrison
Jesse G. Finnell
Clark
Sessor
W. J. Lamme
Sam
F. Taylor
Matt Womacks
Stanley Basin
Macbeth
George Ellis
Robert Campbell
R. H. Ewing
McPherson
Episcopal Church
Bryan and Kern
Harvey Stout
W. W. Challis
Hermosa
South Dakota
Mr. Bryan
The
Henry Sturkey
Challis & Sturkey
H. VanCamp
Salt Lake City
Tne
Bank Guaranty
U. S
Jennie Kelleher
Milton Cage
Boise
Brady
Justice of the Peace
J. C. Pax
Chas. Baker
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Peice
Juses Teiel
Uve
C. C. Williams
Bryan Club
Woods
Yellow Jacket
Sam Wyatt
Rebbin
Steen
Bayhorse
John Hurst
Tommy Ennis
Loon Creek
Maurice Ennis
Boise City
James I. Marker
Burnsranch
Jb Baing Dulf
Tru Bayhorse
Tda
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