The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-07-05

~ Ice IOr sale at buster s.
Chas. Frost and family and
John Frost and wife have moved
out from Custer.
Flattery is like kolone water,
tew be smelt of, not swallowed
Josh Billings.
Martin Joyce End Mr.. Christen-
son were down from the Skylark
mine last week. Martin was
Slightly injured by some falling
rock.
The MESSENGER force receiv-
ed sample box of those delici-
Gus strawberries kept on sale by
VIM. Buster. Mr.. b. always
keep his shop well supplied with
choice fruits.
DIR. F. Pyle, the 'fOld Relia-
BILE, went down to Lost river
one day last week to do some
dental work, after which he will
go on to his main Office in Port
land, Oregon
Dingley's tariff law displays a
shortage in June equal 81. .S34. :
900 and deficit for eleven mon
tbs of S32. 355, 900. The war tax
VIII cover a multitude of short
comings.
1--WE. need a directing person,
competant and authorized to con-
troll our whole force and its sup
ply. As it is, we have too many
heads-one result should be a
decided change in our methods
of administration, says the
Army and Navy Journal. That
is the trouble-too many heads
with too little capacity.
United States Attorney Ge1.
81. Jones of Washington, ID. c.,
Is in HALEY taking dispositions
for various parties who lost stock
during the Bannock outbreak in
1878. in the territory then COM
prised in old Alturas county. At
torney Jones will be here for two
or three weeks, and parties In
Elmore, Lincoln and Custer
counties having claims for In
dian depredations. are notified to
appear with their Witnesses
Haley News Miner.
Manager Darlington, of the
New York company that is de-
veloping the Lost River copper
mines. is at present sinking a
shaft on the property, and this
Fall viii commence on a tunnel.
He proposes to determine the ex-
tent of the ore body, and it is the
first time in the history of the
mine that this work has been
taken hold of with the necessary
means and determination to car
ry it through successfully. The
pay roll amounts to nearly 5000
per month, and 10 or Is addition
al men will be employed this
all.-News- Miner.
A Custer correspondent writes:
"Mr. Calkins and Chas. Draper
have nearly completed the new
road at the side of the bluff by
the old Norton arasta. This
avoids the bottom lands in front
of the SPAIN brewery that are so
muddy in wetseason. aud twice
crossing the Yankee Fork. 1t is
much needed change in the
road from Bonanza to Custer.
There are some new discov-
cries of what are thought to be
superior mines of gold and silver
on Jordan creek. This is, doubt
less, a great mineral belt. and
viii, eventually, come 10 the
front with very good showing,
but there is host of good claims
that are lying here in idleness.
Monday morning last, all up
the valleys wherever the water
accumulated during the heavy
rainfall on Sunday night, it was
noticeable that a sulphuric de-
posit covered the water and had
gathered along the margins of
the same in such quantities that
it could be gathered up by the
hand. A number of people motto
ed it and suppoSing it to be the
shedding of the blooms from the
trees, thought nothing more
about it, but at Asotin, a number
gathered this accumulated sui
phur. dried it and burned it to
satisfy themselves as 10 its gen
uainess and found that it gave
off strong fumes of sulphur.
This same deDOSit has baen no,