23 Oct 1906
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1906
Page
1
Business directory style notice advertising board and lodging with best market supply and comfortable accommodations for travelers and the public. Mentions good sample rooms for commercial men and reasonable rates.
Mrs M Jose offers first class lodging at a hotel north west of R N Hull Co store in Challis Idaho. Large rooms and good beds available by day week or month with reasonable rates.
Challis and Fork country bustle with campaigns and ore. Wells McGowan and W E Borah visit, and David Clum reports snow near Stanley Basin. New mining groups North and South Sunbeam lines draw capital, while Letha Corona ties up claims on Dickens Hill. Cooper and Prohibition era politics blend with town chatter as voters prepare for upcoming ballots.
Snow dusts Yankee Fork while locals predict six weeks of good weather. Oxama Co with 20-stamp mill nears completion under Regi Coryell, employing about 20 men. Through promotion, 25 to 30 claims on Custer Mountain east of Custer town, including Badger and Black groups, promise rich gold and silver values near the new mill.
The Challis county Democratic convention on Sept 28 1906 reaffirmed allegiance to Democratic principles and endorsed U S Senate nominee Fred T Dubois. They backed county tax reform railroads liable for taxes and direct primary plus employers liability acts while condemning Gov Gooding and the Gooding Borah Republican machine. Officers J H Greene chair. Ravenel Macbeth Campbell George A Butts W H Felkn er. Challis Idaho Sept 26 1906.
Discrepancies in county accounts allege Robert Lansdon, Republican nominee for Secretary of State, received a $40.50 rebate on F M Brown taxes and altered a duplicate receipt from $163.50 to $125.50. County Commissioners claim he pocketed funds. Idaho Republicans fear impact on the state ticket as ballots are filed.
In Salmon and Challis rallies, speakers push turnout for the Democrats, urging support for Senator Macbeth for Idaho Senate and N H Clark for the lower House. They denounce Republican candidates as tax payers and accuse R H Ewing and Robt Campbell of lying about office intentions.
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