The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-03-02

March came in like a lamb.

March came in like a lamb.
IT, S. Senator elect Heitfeld
has departed for Washington.
Hugh Wood and Ed. Krise
came over from Pahsimari last
Sunday.
The Pocatello Herald has COM
menced the publication of a daily
edition, with Associated Press
dispatches.
Charlie Heney came up from
Lost river Saturday evening last.
He soon expects to be able to
throw away his crutches.
1t appears that more interest
is being taken in the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons mill, than in the
Inauguration of Mckinley.
The State has begun suit
against the bondsmen of Charles
Bunting as State Treasurer for
the sum of 81, TT. 49. Attorney
General Mcfarland filed the
papers in the case in the Third
district court last Wednesday.
The suit is against Charles Bunt-
ing as principal and Ell. O. Hark-
ness, Henry Dunn, George B.
Rogers, Chas. Bergman, John
Lemp, Hosea B Eastman and
George L. Shoup as sureties. 1t
is brought under the direction of
Governor Steunenberg and is to
recover the amount of State
funds that the State has not vet
received from Mr.. Bunting.
The alarming increase of bank
failures is a matter of universal
comment, and will tend to streng-
then the ranks of those who be-
lieve in the utter abolishment of
the whole system. What can be
more injurious to the business
interests of the country than to
see the supposed strongest bank
ing institutions continually going
to the wall =? What ones are safe
when the safest" fails ? Who
will place confidence in any of
them unless there is soon a
change for the better in their
stability and management ?
Many people believe they are a
necessity, but the opinion is fast
gaining ground that the people
who have money for safe keep
ing will begin to exercise great
caution on the score of deposit
ing it.-News- Miner.
The Pocatello Herald is now
building a railroad through Gus
ter county, from Pocatello. We
will help the Herald drive the
spikes. 1t says
The Pocatello & Salmon Riv-
er Railroad Co.
How does that sound ?
''And this is what may be ex-
pected to be reality in the near
future.
"A branch line built from Poe
atello across the desert to the
Lost river country and Houston.
would tap that farm region and
also the big copper mining in
dustries at the latter place.
These copper mines alone would
furnish large amount of bust
ness for such a road.
Two of the mines there, we
are informed, have enough ore
on the dump to load two freight
trains a day for six months, be-
sides thousands of tons of ore in
sight in the mines. One of these
properties belong to Col. Sharp
and his co-partners, the other
mine is owned by w. A. Clarke.
of Butte. Mont, and b. f.
Brown, of Salt Lake, Utah.
THE scheme is thence to ex-
tend the line to Challis on the
Salmon river; thence up the riv-
er to Bayhorse, Clayton Custer
and Bonanza, thus tapping the
great mining resources of that
country. which are in close touch
with the great mines of Sheep
Mountain and Seafoam. In the
other direction from Challis
down Salmon river to Salmon
City, reaching the great mining
and agricultural interests there.
Such a line would bring
thousands of tons of freight to
the main road and act as a splen-
did feeder for the Short Line.
The road would be easy of con-
struction, running as it would
over comparatively level route
and but little grading would be
necessary.
''The Oregon Short Line. be-
ing now segregated from the
Union Pacific system, is an Idaho
enterprise and will do all that is
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