The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-16
Spring

for summer range.
B. F. Rapp, Henry Sturkey
and Dave Clum expect to depart
this week for Stanley. to be at
their placers to commence work
as soon as the snow commences
to melt.
Examinations for Eight Grade
pupils will be held in Challis the
first week in May. MARTHA
KEENAN,, County Superintendent
of Public instruction.
Mr.. Baker, Supt. of the Mon
treal Gold Mining Co., returned
last Tuesday night from a trip
to Salt Lake City.
w. G. Sweet was out from
Bonanza several days last week.
The Pan American Exposition
opens at Buffalo the first of next
month. Put Me Of at Buffalo"
will be popular this year.
Rev. Guy Foster has handed
in his resignation, and will leave
for another field. He resigns on
account of his wife's health.
Their departure from this place
will be much regretted.
The Board adjourned last Sat
urday evening.
A dance was held in Challis
last Wednesday night.
A. G. Bomar made a business
trip to Salmon last week. He
expects to return in about two
weeks.
At last the miners inch of
water has been standardized in
California by legislation. At the
recent session of the legislature
an act was passed providing as
follows "The standard miners
inch of water shall be equivalent
to II cubic feet of water per
minute, measured through any
aperture or oritice." ("
DR.. J. o. Allen and family ar
rived in Challis last Tuesday
night from Boulder, Colo, and
on Thursday departed for Custer
where they will reside. The
Doctor having just returned from
Boise, where had been to take
the medical examination before
the State Board of Examiners.
While there he told a Statesman
reporter of his experience in
taking a fast ride down Custer
Mountain
1.-The Lucky Boy mine," he
said, ''is about two miles, almost
straight up from the town. There
had been a couple of weeks of
almost continuous snow, and it
must have been 10 feet deep. One
night late a man called on me to
go up to the works and help them
with very sick man. OF course
| went. They had zigzag sort
of winter trail up the mountain
side, and we made it very nicely
with snowshoes. The sick man
was in bad shape, and [ stayed
with him till after breakfast.
when l concluded to return
to town | stepped outside and
began trying on the snowshoes.
A. miner asked me what / was
doing, and / said | was prepar-
ing to get back to Custer. He
said it would be foolish aud un-
necessary to put on the skees.
and that the better plan would
be to tie them securely together
and carry them in my arms. He
said he would accompany me and
stepped inside a cabin. In a
moment or two he returned with
two gunny sacks. Tossing them
down upon the snow, he told me
to sit upon one of them, which /
did, having meanwhile tied the
skees together. | had no more
than got settled on the gunny
sack than the fellow gave me a
gentle shove, and | started down
the hill. / landed almost in the
main street of the town before ]
had time to learn how scared ]
was. Don't you know, to make
that trip of nearly two miles, il
only took me about a sixteenth
of minute !? Scared Well,
when | finally rose to my feet ]
could hardly stand. But it got
to be an old story, finally, and
now | often go up to the mine
just for the fun of riding down,
AS | look back, though. | otter
wonder what some of the "big'
members of the profession would
think if they could see me, with
my medicine case under one arm
and pair of snowshoes under
the other, coming down a steer