The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09
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ed to their ranch across the river
last week.
Forbes, the Custer smith, ar
rived in town last Thursday from
Houston.
Clyde Wilkinson was down
from the Ramshorn mine several
days last week.
Assessor johnson left last
Wednesday morning to visit the
Pahsamaroi people.
Mr.. l. B. Christensen, one of
the old-time prospectors, miners
and mine-owners at Bayhorse,
spent a few days in Challis last
week.
A surveyor for the Montreal
Gold Mining Company arrived
in Challis last Thursday night,
and the following day left for
Custer where he goes to do some
surveying for the Montreal Co.
1t is the intention of this com
pany to put in a mill this sum
mer and build wagon road up
Jordan creek. besides doing a
large amount of other develop
ment work.
Commissioner w. J. Treloar
is taking out some fine ore now
at his Democrat" mine near the
town of Bayhorse. He has a s.
foot ledge carrying good grade
of ore, and some of it running
very high in values. There is
now IS tons of ore on the dump,
and the output being increased
daily. The Democrat" is fast
coming to the front as one of
Custer county's great producers.
After July 1st it will not be
necessary to place stamps on
bank checks, certificates of de-
posit, promissory notes, money
orders, export bills of lading, ex-
press receipts, telegraph and
telephone messages, power of
attorney, mortgages, protest,
warehouse receipts, proprietary
medicines, chewing gum. per-
fumery and cosmetics. The law
will not go into effect until July
1st next, the ending of the fiscal
year.
A sad and fatal accident in
which William, IL year old son
of Frank Reno of Birch creek
lost his life occurred at that place
on Friday last. The young man
went to the creek with some
horses to water and thoughtless
ly tied the rope of one he was
leading around his waist; when
the horse became frightened at
something and started to run.
He was dragged quite distance
when his head struck a rock, and
was kicked a number of times.
He only lived a short time.-Reg-
lister, Idaho Falls.
A new series of stamps will
soon appear-the Buffalo exposi-
ton series. The one cent stamp
of green will have picture of a
lake steamer to represent the
great transportation industry of
of inland seas in which Buffalo
is so much interested. The two
cent stamp. printed in red, will
have railway train; the -four
cent stamp in red and brown, an
automobile; the five cent, blue. a
picture of the new bridge at the
Niagara Falls; the eight cent
lilac, a picture of the lock al
Sault Ste Marie; and the ter
cent stamp of brown, an ocear
steamer.
| Governor Hunt at Lewiston
the other day, said: Il have
just completed weeks visit tC
the C9ur d'Alene mining camp:
with the exception of Murray.
visited each of the towns, re
manning long enough to meet anC
converse with the people of al
classes. In my visit to that sec
ton / had the object in view o
determining for myself just wha
the conditions were Throughout
the Coeur d'Alenes. l talked
with miners, laborers, business
and professional men, and pai(
particular attention to conditions
as they seemed to exist, anC
have concluded that the Ceur d
Alene mining camps are as Law
abiding as can be asked for and
as are any other portions of thO
state"
From the above it indicate.
that the Governor contemplates
soon to abolish martial law il
, the CRur d'Alenes. 1t shoult
, have been abolished there Ions
ago. for no peaceful commuuit,