The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-25
Mrs. t. J. Paul returned last
Friday from trip to Salt Lake
City and Nevada towns.

Mrs. L. j. Paul returned last
Friday from trip to Salt Lake
City and Nevada towns.
Custer is commencing to show
great activity in mining. IT. is
estimated that about $50 men are
now at work, and double that
number will be employed within
sixty days.
Several sheep-shearers came
over from Haley last week and
went to work for Mr.. Marquis.
The Supreme Court of Idaho
wiped Clearwater county off the
map last week. This county was
created at the last session of the
Idaho legislature, and now the
Court says that the Act was not
constitutional.
The wool growers, many of
them, are so mad at President
Mckinley that they call him such
harsh names as Grover the III, f"
etc. The low price of wool is
the cause. 1t will be remembered
during Growers time wool went
down TO four cents a pound, and
it is quite liable TO reach that
mark under the present pros
perity" administration.
The prospects are exceedingly
bright in a railroad way from
Salmon City and adjacent ter
ritory. There are indications
that instead of allowing the work
to stop when Houston is reached,
the Short Line will push on to
Salmon City as rapidly as pos
sible. 1t was the intention to
build only about 80 miles of the
road in that direction at the pres
ent time. but that plan has evi-
IDENTIFY been changed. A corps
of surveyors has been sent on
from Houston to locate the line
all the way through. They have
reached the divide, which is less
than 90 miles from Salmon City,
aud are hurrying reports back to
the Short Line officials as they
progress. Thus far they have
encountered no serious difficulty
in getting through the mountain
GUS region. The directors of the
Salmon River company. the name
under which the road is being
constructed, net yesterday and
approved maps and surveys COW
ering the distance from Black
foot to a point about six miles
beyond Houston.-Salt Lake City
Herald.
The Herald has evidently got
mixed on this matter. The divide
where the surveyors have been
at work for the past three weeks
/ is the Willow creek divide, 20
miles east of Challis and between
Houston and Challis. Salmon
City is still 60 miles down Sal
mon river from Challis.
/ Mont White, brother of the
late Mrs. Ann Colvin, died at
his home near Salmon last We'd
nesday morning. June 18th.
! Benz. Borjeson of Pahsamaroi
did business in Challis last Frid
dav and Saturday
Chas. Matley was up from Ellis
last week.
/ Challis now has three M. DIS.
but not a single D. d.
Mrs. Katherine Dore, Misses
Mabel Ball and Kate Edwards
and George Sheets, returned
Thursday from their visit 10
Challis in attendance at the Re
bekah district meeting. They
report having a most enjoyable
as Well as profitable time. They
cannot speak too highly of the
courtesy and kindness shown
them by the members of the Or
der in Challis, As a finale a
grand ball and banquet was given
in their honor on Wednesday
evening. Mrs. Dore carried off
first prize for her paper. The
next meeting will be held in this
city on the second Tuesday in
January. Salmon Recorder.
The Lemhi Herald in its last
issue publishes a 5-column article
of the Indian fight which took
place at Battle Ground on Big
Lost river years ago. The bat
tie in which Jesse McCaleb lost
his life. The article in question
is from one Dan. Wade, who
claims to have been an eye wit
ness. Mr.. w. ]. Treloar. our
fellow townsmau. and chairman
of the Board of County Commits
sioners of Custer county, was in
this Indian fight. but he does moi