The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-09-19
Following is the tax levy of a
number of the counties of Idaho
for the year 1899

CuSter county -..-..-.... .......-......... 90
Blaine. .........................-. 10
Aoa--...--..s..-.. ....-.................-. Oh
Bingham ....-...........-.......... 2 IS
Bannock. ..........-............. / 65
canyon. .-....--.................- 30
Lemhi. ....-........-........... 800
Elmore. .......................... 3 06
Bear Lake. ........................... 2 40
Lincoln. --.........--..-..-.... 95
Fremont -...-.........-............ 80
Snoshone ......-....-...........-..- 25
Custer county undoubtedly has
the highest levy in the State, but
it shows a reduction from $500
in 1898 to $500 in in 1899. We
should be thankful for small fav-
ors-larger ones in proportion.
There are 5000 theatres in
America, and one million and
half people attend them each
week-day night, spending seven
ty millions of dollars year on
theatre-going, are surprising
facts.
Alex. Burnett, of Antelope,
shipped five cars of cattle last
week; Thos. Ferguson, two cars
and VIM. Beers two cars.
The large wire tramway for
the Lucky Boy Company at Gus
ter has arrived and will soon be
in place.
A IA year-old son of Alex Bur
nett, of Antelope, was quite bad
ly injured one day last week near
Blackfoot by running into wire
fence while riding his horse. The
boy received two gashes clear to
the bone, that required twelve
stitches. The horse is a total
wreck and will never be fit for
use again.
Fresh fruit at Busters.
The Salt Lake Tribune has
gone over into the goldbug camp
again, but this is nothing new.
Hon. j. G. Fox, of Challis. has
been selected as one of the COM
mittee on reception to welcome
the Idaho volunteers at Boise on
Sept. 28th.
Capt. Dreyfus, it is stated will
be pardoned by the French Cab
met today, the 10Th.
A valuable new strike has been
made near the old Charles Dick
ems mine on Dickens mountain,
which goes $12 in gold and SIS
in silver.
A large bear was killed up
near Robinson Bar last week.
The Haley News Miner says
Quite a number of men are en-
ployed on the placer properties
in Stanley Basin, and they will
continue at work until snow flies.
The last of the machinery for
the Pearl L" dredge was late
in being shipped from Kansas
City, but it has now arrived, and
the dredge will probably begin
Operations on the 25th of this
month, or the first of October.
The company has 30 men at
work.
Ballentine and Waters, who
bought Cooper's ground and
bonded Sid. Roberts, on Stanley
creek, are now prospecting, bor-
ing holes in various places.
They have about & men at work.
The Idaho City Dredge Co. is
also boring on Valley creek,
above the mouth of Stanley
creek. Where they first started
at the mouth of Stanley they
found it to be 10 feet to bedrock.
and at a distance four miles fur
ther up the creek they found it
to be 81 feet to bedrock. All the
four miles have been thoroughly
prospected. The company has
six or seven men at work.
Mail facilities are not good
just now, and an effort will be
: made to have mail route es-
} tablished. Mail comes from Bon
anza, and while letters are deliv-
cred all right, often times many
pounds of papers are left behind
by the mail carrier. Next sum-
mer will see a large increase of
pODulatiOn in the Basin.