The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1895-04-09

neSuay OF laSL week from VlSlL
to his many friends at Pocatello,
Ogden and Bellevue.
The old saying "April show
ers brings May flowers" is evil
IDENTIFY fact, but this year our
first April shower brought snow
birds.
On account of the light snow
fall in the mountains last winter
water will be very scarce for
irrigating and mining purposes
this summer.
Miss Emma Kalkofen closed a
six months term of school in
this place last Friday. She will
depart for Salt Lake City dur
ing the present week.
The Salmon City Recorder says
II. S. Howe and sons have sold
their interest in the Columbia
property at Yellow Jacket to
McDonough and Ellis.
o. E. Penwell left for Glib
bonsville on Sunday morning.
He received an invitation to put
in bid for a big mining ditch
that will be constructed at that
place this season.
1t is said that H. c. Lewis will
remove his freighting outfit from
Ketchum to Red Rock. Montana,
this spring, where he has con-
, tract of delivering freight to the
Yellow Jacket.
T. H. Latimer, of Salt Lake
City, arrived in .Challis on Sat
urday of last week, and departed
for Bayhorse to make arrange
ments to start the concentration
and smelter at that place.
Earl Michael, w. G. Sweet,
w. Chambers, Chas. Farley and
Martin Joyce came down from
Bayhorse Friday evening last
, and attended the social hop at
this place on that evening. The
boys report q pleasant time.
The old Walton & Curl store
, room on Center street, is being
re-papered and thoroughly over
hauled, and will in the near
future be occupied by Frank
Willis with a complete line OF
drugs. gs.-PocatelEo Adrance.
r H. F. Powell returned from
D Mt. Estes last Thursday evening
where he has been engaged in
mining since last fall. Mr.
I Powell informed us that he had
D not been idle but one day during
this time. He is looking the pic
f ture of health.
u Carl Lane returned from an
: extensive visit to Wisconsin las
e Sunday afternoon. Carl says hi:
t sojourn at the old homestead ha.
i been very pleasant, but there il
no place to him like unto Custer
county, where he has resided
= many years.
n Arthur MCGOWAN was dow
from Stanley Tuesday. He say
the State wagon road from th
e mouth of Yankee Fork to Stanle
g Basin is in a horrible condition
e it being almost impossible wit
falling rocks and loose cart
;. caved in.
g George Ashton arrived i
d Challis Sunday morning las
from Yellow Jacket with mes
% sage for DR.. jacobson to procee
81 at once to the Jacket, as Jas
"a Mackleheny was lying at tn
point of death with pneumoni;
The Doctor proceeded at one
er on his journey.
i'd A phonograph entertainment
st was given by j. G. Doughert
with his phonograph at M.
=, Sullivan's residence in the va
;s ley, last Tuesday. A very plea
20 ant afternoon was spent. M
Dougherty run through his ei
tire list of songs except one, e.
ce titled II Found It." which
st forgot.
VI The Yankee Fork Gold Mimi
y and Milling company, owning tt
lis famous Yankee Fork mine {
in Mt. Estes, in Custer county, Id
8. no, have placed an order wi
of Fraser & Chalmers, for 4O-tt
with a possible 80-ton capacit
combination plant of Huntini
to tons and Frue Vanners.-Denv
is. Mining Record.
ha The new Anti lottery law pc
sed by congress gives the post