The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-08-25
The Rocky Mountain Nesos of

The ROCKY Mountain NeEOs OF
August 9Th contains the follow
ling
Five years ago preliminary
railroad survey was made from
Boise, Idaho, to Butte, Montana
The route selected passes
through rich mining country,
practically undeveloped. 1t is
section which the free coinage of
silver would Immediately com
mence TO develop, and the open
ing up of the mines would create
traffic sufficient to make the
building of the proposed rail
road a necessity.
s'Smal mining camps are scat
tered here and there along the
proposed line, and the residents
thereof are anxious for free silv-
er and railroad; which, when
obtained, will make it one of the
busiest regions in the West
Pine Grove, Rocky Bar. At
lanta and Yuba are small towns
sixty miles north or Mountain
home, in Elmore county These
four places are improving some
| on account of being situated IN a
t district which is more or less
/ gold producing. Rocky Bar has
| a large placer company operat-
ing within mile of town. The
principle quartz mine there has
i employed a small force of men
t regularly, and the residents of
, the place expect the company to
increase the number of employees
| before long.
From Atlanta to Custer, via.
Sawtooth City and Red Fish
lakes one continuous stretch of
timber country. and the trail is
d exceedingly rough. and In many
r places obliterated. The state
f wagon road down Salmon river.
from Stanley Basin to the Hot
Springs is washed out in many
places.
e "Prospectors are numerous
a most everyone travels with pack
If outfit and saddle horse Tbs
v grass is good everywhere and
d game is plentiful
Ii There is no healthier countr.
5 to travel through in the hot sum
n mer months. and the city mai
le who wants a vacation can inS
A. no better sport than a tril
5 through portions of the interio
lie of Idaho.
le From Custer to GibbOnsvill'
a wagon road can be travelled
q, Clayton, Bayhorse. BONANZA
ID Challis and Yellow Jacket ar
e all on the road. Each place ha
Is a small pay roll, which sustain:
y a limited number of business
e houses. They are camps which
t have many natural advantages
ar but the low price of silver ha
Il kept them from making any i'm
j. provement worthy of specia
a. mention.
Il Salmon is town of 1000 in
ne habitants and is surrounded ol
ut all sides by rich mining region
rt Some improvements is seen i
ar the place since visited last yeal
r. but the business men say time
Ill are not as good as they were La;
re year.
n "a telephone line to Re
ly Rock, Montana, is under col
ot struction and will be in operatio
lie by September 1st. GibbOnsvill
he has grown during the past yea
re- The population has nearly doub
Is ed. and the A. ID. & NJ Co
MT employing in the neighborhoo
ey of 80 men.
an The Hughes creek place
Id company has suspended wori
on which is a backset to the plac
mt 1t is rumored they will resun
'p- work with q large force of me
sr- next season
he CLYDE Wilkinson returned frol
ast Stanley Basin last week
Mrs. Agnes Jones returned
nd Challis Friday last
~ There are only ten polite
- is parties now, classified as follow
ne 1. The gold republican part
le- 3. The free silver democrat
10y among whom are (al those WI
10 10 want populist support and
g and those who don't want pop
- =, list support
g g 3. The free silver republican
We We 4. The gold democrats. amor
.n R whom are (a) those who viii su
as a port Mckinley and (b) those W
~ viii nominate a candidate
their own
@ 5. The prohibitionists-
~ 6. The bolting prohibitions
@@ 81 4. The Bryan populis1
~ among whom are (a) those W
O favor BRYAN and Sewall and