The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
Chas. Waller was out from
Custer last week.

O1dhCs w Cbl1Cl w 0O O0D 4lOd1
Custer last week.
Apples by the ton, box or
pound, at Busters.
VIM. Peck departed last Fri
day morning for Salt Lake City.
The Pocatello Advance has
greatly improved in appearance
of late.
The Idaho American is the
name of a new weekly paper
soon to be launched at Boise City
by G. E. Wood.
Mrs. w. J. Treloar and daugh-
ter departed for Salt Lake City
last Wednesday morning. They
expect to be absent about one
month.
Mrs, o. E. Penwell departed
last week for her old Indiana
home last week. Assessor John
Johnson and wife are now occu-
pying her residence.
Mr.. Campbell, Secretary of the
Montreal Gold Mining company,
Custer, was in Challis last Tues
day. He informed US that every
thing was moving along about
right at the Montreal property.
Eight hours to work; eight
hours to rest and eight hours to
sleep is the fundamental law of
Nature, and this is as it should
be, and the sooner an eight-hour
law is made universal better will
be the condition of mankind.
A series of successful religious
meetings were held in Challis
last week at the church, under
the direction of Rev. H. A. Riser
who at each meeting delivered an
able address. The meetings were
largely attended.
The proposition to reduce Gus
ter county mail service to three
times a-week, we are informed,
as recommended by Mr.. Lindsey,
has been postponed. and the SER
vice will remain as it is at pres
ent. The Department was ignor-
ant of the facts until it heard
from the people.
John 1. Minear, Supt. of the
Hartford Gold & Copper Mining
company, of Custer, was in this
city last week. He informed US
that the new mill that his com
pany put up last fall is now run.
ming nicely, and crushing about
80 tons of ore per day, and the
concentrates on the plates of the
high grade ore assays $500 pei
ton. A new strike of $3.50 ore
was made in the old Yankee Forl
mine a few days ago $50 fee
down in the shaft. The ore body
thus discovered is said to be near
ly four feet in width. The ole
Yankee Fork mine is all right
Mr.. Thayer, of Boston, the head
of this company, is expected il
Challis this week.
An organization has been form
ed in this city, says the Bois'
Capital News, of the Stanley
Basin Mining Power & Wate
Co., limited, and the following
officers and directors have beel
selected Hon. Frank Steunen
berg, president; Hon. Frank w
Hunt. vice president; j. L. Weav
er, secretary; J. H. Richards
treasurer. An organization O
the same kind was commences
last spring, but the articles wer,
not filed, and this week the com
pany is contemplating its plan
and will begin active operations
The new company owns $50 acre
of Stanley Basin land, and ha
taken out a water right abov
Stanley lake. Water will be car
ried by ditch and pipe line an,
the ground will be operated b,
hydraulic elevators. The com
pany has purchased the Stanle.
Basin Mining Co. property, an
other property to the amount @
737 acres, giving a total acreag
of 1740 acres. Operations wi
commence at once and the prop
erty will be opened up mex
spring.
The elections held in man
States last Tuesday resulted il
both Republican and Democrat
victories, so the honors are abou
evenly divided. In Kentuck.
the Democrats will gain an U
! S. Senator aud also in Maryland
The Southern States that he'll
elections went Democratic, an
the Northern States Republican
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