The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-15
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The Challis boys got up q show,
And for awhile twas all the 20.
| They quoted jokes all the time.
And for awhile the play was sublime.
They tried rehearsinx for awhile
Between each rehearse took s-snile-
Until at last II was quite the reverse
They wouldn't get around 10 rehezrse-
Then they all tried to ind out
What all this delaying was about;
But like many others have done
Each laid II on the other one
At last some one thought out q way
u was the Characters in the play
Then he dropped his idea like chunk
That Damon had got Pythias drunk
Peace at any price is Spain S
program. This the latest war
news. Our readers should keen
in mind the fact that Wall street
holds $40,0OO,OO of Spanish
bonds.
George MCGOWAN has returned
from his visit to Salt Lake City
and other points.
The first woman member of a
political committee in Idaho is
Mrs Eliza M. Smith of Boise.
who has been appointed to fill a
vacancy on the Republican State
committee. caused by the resig-
nation of Judge Stewart.
The last Club dance was held
on Friday night last. The total
receipts during series was $1S7. 65
and total disbursements $167. 65.
A gentleman arrived in Chal-
lis on the 9TH, sent up from Salt
Lake City by Mr.. o. J. Sails
bury, to close out the stock of
goods in the Company's store,
at Bayhorse, regardless of cost.
This would indicate that Mr..
Salisbury does not intend to do
any great amount of mining at
that camp this year. The Com
pany has plenty of good ore, but
does not propose to produce sill
yer at 81 cents per ounce.
A. ]. Crook spent Tuesday
night in Payette on his way to
his ranch on the bench after hav-
ing spent the winter in the Seven
Devils. Mr.. Crook has had
charge of burning coke and sew
eral operations for the company
that is working the Old Peacock
mine. He says that there is no
question about the quantity of
the ore. or that the company
proposes to get if out to market.
Every man who wants work has
got it, and the country is filling
up with people. Mr.. Crook also
says that the company has paid
every claim against it to date
Payette Independent.
That the Rothschilds will at
tempt to build a railroad to the
Yukon is now believed a certain
ty. The steamer Walcott, which
arrived at Juneau on the 1st.
landed a party of over 40 men
and equipments for railroad
building at Pyramid Harbor sal
mon cannery, says the Salt Lake
Herald.
S. Onderdonk, the engineer in
charge of the party and of the
construction, Immediately order
ed the men to locate and build
houses upon the lands near the
cannery. Lumber was taken
along for the purpose. The move
is made to hold the townsite.
The place had been surveyed in
January and a plan of the dis
trict was submitted at that time
TO the surveyor general of Alas
ka- There was filed notice that
a grant from the United States
was wanted for a railroad ter
minal, trading post and factory
and for right-of-way for a rail-
road over the Dalton trail.
These transactions were all
accomplished in the name of II.
Bratnober, who is known to be
VIC iAAAAhS C4ktAt 0AQ mlucI al
purchasing agent of the Roths-
childs, and who a few weeks ago
left for London to consult with
the Canadian government for the
privilege of crossing their ter
ritory.
Mr.. Ouderdonk reports that
the grades are several per cent.
less on the Dalton trail than on
the Canadian Pacific and that the
climate difficulties are no more
difficult to overcome. 1t is said
here by those who accompanied
Bratnober on his expedition to
the interior that he thinks taat
in several places where excava-
tions for roadbed are necessary,
enough low grade ore will be
loosened TO finance many, miles
of construction.
Twenty employees of the
Treadwell company. who have
learned of the objects of the ex-