The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-07-16

fair last week.
E. B. Curtis was over from
Goldburg last Saturday and Sun
day.
Ed. Treloar, of Forney, has
returned from his eastern and
southern trip.
Married AT Salmon. Idaho.
on July 3rd, 1901, AL. Ford to
Miss Mamie Daniels.
William Mcqueen. well known
here, died at the Provo, Utah,
insane asylum on the 18th.
For repair of the Colvin bridge
the Commissioners decided not
to let the contract at this meet
ing.
"Mackay." is to be the name
of the new railroad town near
Houston. named after John w.
Mackay.
Don. Rowles expects to depart
tomorrow morrow morning for
Salt Lake City to receive medical
treatment.
Sheriff Chamberlain has order
ed all nickle-m-slot machines in
Custer county that are played
for money closed.
Phil Roach, the Salmon jewel
er, and @. B. Hamilton, the cigar
man. were in Challis last week,
went on down to Houston.
Hugh c. Baker, Supt. of the
Montreal Gold Mining Co., re-
turned last Saturday from bust
ness trip 20 Salt Lake City.
The Commissioners adjourned
last Saturday night as a regular
Board. They will meet again
next Monday to hear complaints
from tax-payers-to raise or re
duce assessments.
The county hospital contract
was awarded to DR.. c. Huston,
recently of Boise City, for a term
of 18 months for 81, 500. Six
bids were submitted.
Last Saturday night the frost
killed Dave Tewalt's potato crop
on Salmon river, three miles from
Challis. yet in town that night
there was no damage by frost.
Judge Perky and wife and
daughter will depart by private
conveyance tomorrow for Challis,
going by way of Big Camas.
HALEY and Ketchum- Mountain
home Bulletin, July 1lth.
H. c. McKendrick was award
ed the contract for Road Districts
Nos. l and 3, for two years, alI
the rate of 5000 per year. Dis
tricts 3 and 4 will remain as they
are-not contract districts-but
with Jas. Jose, as overseer-
Moses Alexander, democrat.
was elected mayor of Boise City
on tie 9th, and j. B. Morrow was
elected one of the city council
men. This makes Mr.. Alexan-
der a probable nominee on the
democratic ticket next election
for Governor.
Surveyor Mandel has complet-
ed the survey for Small Bros.
large irrigating canal in this val
ley. In order to get sufficient
grade to take the water out of
Salmon river, they had to run
the survey to Colvin's bridge,
distance of about 4 miles.
Last weeks Blackfoot Mail
contains the following items rel
ative to the progress of the Sal
mon River Railroad
The lumber is now in the
Blackfoot yards to build a depot.
section house, and a water tank
at Arco.
more than half enough ties
are piled up in the Blackfoot
yards to build the new Salmon
River Ry. to Houston.
Five cars of material for the
steel railway bridge across Snake
river, arrived Tuesday evening.
''fhe railway grade between
Blackfoot and the Big Butte is
so nearly completed that all the
camps have removed beyond Big
Butte except two.
The Utah Construction Co.
has l, 900 men at work on the new
railway, and the Salmon River
Co. will put 500 more at work
laying track and doing bridge
work within 10 days. A tele-
graph line will be constructed as
soon as the track is far enough
ahead so that material can be
handled
s.rTha Utah CONSERVATION COM