The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-08-29

miner and prospector, aged rs
was found dead on his cabin floor
in Hunt, Idaho, on the 18th inst.
The deceased came to Leesburg
Basin in 1867, where he has lived
ever since.
! Last Friday and Saturday
nights the people of Challis and
vicinity were imposed upon and
"taken in" by another snide
show, who posed as the great
and only Lewis & Fields Color
ed Concert Co. On Friday night
they were favored with large
audience, but on the following
evening the attendance diminish
ed to a marked degree. The
show consists of two black and
three rather light colored mig
gers and one white man. The
only thing that merited any
praise whatever was their or
chestra, and that was nothing
to brag of. Their intended jokes
were old and stale in the ex-
treme, and their singing and
dancing very common. They
attempted "cake walk" but
this also proved dismal failure.
Taking the whole performance
into consideration. it was a gen.
uine first-class blk. We had
some hopes that the concert
might have some merit, but find
that we were mistaken. This
class of people appear to make
it a business of defrauding the
people of small isolated inland
towns, for they never appear in
the cities, knowing full well that
they would be subject to show
er of bad eggs. The only way
to treat shows of their ilk is tc
allow them the pleasure of per
forming to empty chairs. The
whole performance verged quite
strongly on the boweryvulgar
order. Admission prices were
75c. for standing room and 81, ,0(
for a chair, which was enough
! for a first-class show, but they
seem to take the people of the
small mountain towns for fools
and appear to have no limit tt
fleeing them. This wonder
) full (?) ''coon" outfit is headed
, for Salmon, Leesburg and Glib
, louisville.
Custer county's apportion o
the State taxes this year amount
to 50, 355.57. In 1898 it was 50,
, $3.50.
We are informed that a mar
by the name of Mahoney wa.
"held up'' on the main highway
! : of Salmon recently and robbed
1 of nearly $400. Salmon is be
! coming bold, tough town.
: The assessor of Blaine count,
r only managed to find 10000 hea'
e of sheep in that county. 1t i
Y estimated there are probably
$50, 1000 in the county he didn'
o find.
, d. It. Miller and party arrived
= in Challis last week. They ar
= making a careful trip over th
! proposed route of the Idaho Mid
land railroad, making a repor
of all the resources and the feast
e bility of the proposed road fo
y eastern capitalists. They lei
y Boise over a month ago, an
IS have been gathering facts fo
5 their report all along down tn
line, and consequently have Wis
tied ever mining district an
; farming region that would pa
tribute TO the proposed road
; OF course their report will nc
: be made public. but Mr.. Mile
. feels sanguine that the Midlan
= will be built next year. /
speaking of Custer county, h
, said THE people do not knoN
the wonderful richness of th
~ county, would rather own Gu.
E ter county than all of Alaska
- But the county's resources need
development and capital, an
al the only thing will bring abor
a. the desired result is a railroad
1t Capital will not ride 200 mile
" on stage coach or horsebacl
s | am more than pleased with m
D. trip of inspection thus far, an
Is feel confident that your peopl
IN will soon have railroad" M
m Miller will remain in Challis seN
l. eral days longer, and then pr
0r ceed down the river to Salmo
r and other points in Lemhi coul
?" ty, but, however, before takin
c. his departure, the party viii Wis
e. Big Lost river valley and Il
Ig mines in that vicinity also Ye
a. low Jacket and Singiser.
is first he undertook estimate I'll
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