The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-09-03
Don't fail to see the Lyceum
Comedy Co. this week.

II. OOubuTdS Was Oul JTOu1 OuS-
ter several days last week on a
business trip.
A. G. and o. G. Bomar left for
Mt. Estes last Thursday morn
ing to do the annual assessment
work on their mining claim.
The atmosphere has been
dense with smoke in this valley
during the past week, owing to
heavy timber fires west of here.
Frank Morrison, representing
the Boise Statesman, was in
Challis last week. Mr.. Morrison
while here paid the MESSENGER
friendly call.
A ledge of high grade ore has
been uncovered in the old Won
der mine on Jordan creek. A
pay-streak 10 inches in width
goes 1000 ozs. in silver.
The State Board reduced the
value of sheep from 1915 to s.. 80
per head, but added the words
land lambs" which now makes
the latter assessable.
New Arco, on the Salmon Riv-
er railroad. promises to be live
ly town. Already a number of
business and dwelling houses are
being erected, Lots are selling
from S25 to 1925. The townsite
is owned by j. HI. Greene, Geo.
S. Corser and Otto B. Fleischer.
Work is progressing nicely at
the Lucky Boy shaft. Custer.
The company are anxious to
complete the new shaft so they
can start their mill. The work
on the shaft is necessarily slow,
as only a small force can be
worked. They hope, however,
to complete it this month when
the mill will be put in operation.
A Pittsburg company has a
party of surveyors in the Lost
river region, locating the lines
of several proposed irrigating
canals. 1t intends to take up the
water of Lost river before it
sinks under the lava, about ten
miles south of Birch creek, and
to divert water from seven points
on the Snake river. Haley
Times.
We learn of a very rich strike
made recently on Greyhound
mountain in the Seafoam district,
by miner named Smith. A
five foot ledge of ore has been
uncovered that goes up to 200
ounces in silver, besides few dol
lars in gold. 1t is claimed by
those who saw it. to be one of
the richest strikes made in Gus
ter county in recent years. 1t is
said this property has been bond
ed by Col. Dewey for SIS, 900.
Fifty miles of track had been
laid Saturday night on the Sal
mon river branch, says the Salt
Lake Herald. This takes the
iron almost to the first crossing
on Lost river. The grading is
practically all completed, the ex,
ceptions being a few pieces neal
the west end, where there is some
difficulty over rights of way.
This new road will open up one
of the richest farming regions of
all Idaho, that of Lost river val
ley. The land lacks only water
to make it one of the most fertile
tracts anywhere, and a canal is
being taken out from the lower
end of Lost river narrows and
conducted along the foothills sc
as to water a great tract oi
country. Lost river is a very
uncertain stream in its flow, ow
ing to the lava country through
which 1t runs. sometimes there
will be a big flow at certain
point until suddenly an outlet
some place above is found into
of the great lava assures in which
the country abounds, and the
stream becomes dry while thi:
great subterranean passage is
being filled, when the flow may
come on again as suddenly as i
ceased.
The taking of the water by the
foothills will keep it from vast
ing in this manner. and vii
greatly increase the irrigatins
power of the stream. The rail
road company will drive a few
artesian wells at intervals along
it's line, and the great Lost rive
desert will soon be desert onl,
in the memory of the earlies
settlers.
+ Senator Macbeth and Hugh c
Baker. of Custer, were in Challi
last Friday. and on the following
morning left for Houston, wher