The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-05-21

Fresh Strawberries and fruits
at Busters.
District court convened at Sal
mon yesterday.
ThOs. McGoyern, one of Gus
ter cUunty's mine owners, was in
ChalIis last week.
c. E. Thum. post trader at the
Ross Fork Indian agency was in
Challis last week.
Bud Sterling was in this place
last week in the interest of a
Portland wholesale house
Oneof the surveying parties on
the Salmon River Railroad are
now II miles this side of Hous-
ton.
DR.. j. NJ Kerns. of Malad. ar
rived in ChalIis last Saturday to
look over this field with a view
of locating
Miss Martha keenan,. County
Supt. of Public Instruction OF
Custer county. moved to Challis
last Saturday
Mrs Mckinley. wife of Presi-
dent Mckinley, is very sick as
SanFrancisco. and her death is
expected at any moment
There are Is. 600 ties and fifteen
miles OF rails at Blackfoot. ready
TO be dropped into place as soon
as the graders get over that
much ground on the Salmon
River Railroad
The Salmon River railroad will
not be difficult line to grade
with small percentage of rock
work The maximum grade will
be 40 feet. and the maximum
curvature 3 degrees
The Boise Statesman in addi-
ton to the morning daily States
man. has just launched an eve
ming daily called the Evening
Bulletin. The Statesman people
are an enterprising firm
1t is quite probable that the
term of District court for Custer
comfy, set TO convene on June
5rd. in Challis, viii have to be
postponed owing the extreme
sickness of Judge Perky.
Custer county ought by all
means send a good mineral col
lection TO the Mining Congress
at Boise in July Let some min
ing man in the county take the
matter IN hand and collect samp-
les of ore from the various mines
of the county.
Jos Rodgers on Saturday last
sold TO c. E. Thum 6. 500 mutton
sheep. ranging in price from &
to S2-75 per head. and said Rodg-
ers to have the wool on the sheep
thus sold. and they are to be re
ceived in Antelope valley during
the month of June Ii IS said
Mr.. Thum Is buying the sheep
for other parties, and that they
will be slaughtered for mutton
for use on the Salmon River
Railroad
f. f. Fisher has returned from
Kansas City, where he remained
some weeks While in the east
the Fisher Mining&Milling com
pany was re-organized. and he
has returned with handsome
cash balance in the bank for this
years development and much
improvement.
Mr.. Fisher states that at the
Fisher mine. located some 20
miles from Stanley Basin. there
has been constant work during
the winter. and with excellent
results. The shaft is now down
a little more than 500 feet, with
levels every 50 feet The work
is all in ore, of very good
grade. running from IS to $50
per ton. with occasionally q find
of exceptionally rich stuff.
To the new mill. set up last
fall. will be added this season a
new set of mortars. steam hoist
and a tramway khree-cuarters OF
a mile in length. The work OF
installation viii begin as soon as
the material can be taken in, not
earlier than the 1st of June, there
now being some 1 feet of snow
upon the ground In that section
Mr. Fisher states that his last
report from the superintendent
shows 500 tons of ore on the
dumps, extracted in the routine
development work. without stop
ing. and some %, 600 tons block