The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-02

Mr.. ana Mrs. Geo. II. Ashton
for Houston last Thurs
day morning where they will re-
side-George having leased the
Baxter blacksmith shop at that
place.
Thomas Gordon has been down
from the Redbird mine the past
week recuperating his health.
Peach trees have been in bios
som on Snake river at Lewiston,
for the past two weeks.
Salmon has a coal excitement.
1t is said that coal mines have
been struck on Jesse creek.
VIM. Dunn returned from
trip to Wood River and Silver
City one day last week.
Andy Newman after making
an extended visit to Challis, re-
turned to Custer on last Sun
days stage.
WIN. Igou, the popular livery
stable man at Salmon, brought
up three ''drummers" last
Thursday evening. viz /: Messrs.
King, Babcock and Hansen.
In next issue we will publish
an interesting mining article
Yankee Fork Colors."
Abe Kuhn, representing Kuhn
Bros, of Ogden, arrived in Chal-
lis last Thursday night.
A Miss Ache and Mr.. Payne
were married in Arkansas few
days ago. 1t looks like a frying
pan fire-jump on the part of the
lady, as far as names are con-
cerned.
Col. E. A. Greene, the eastern
agent and capitalist and Hon. d.
T. Miller of the Idaho Midland
railroad, and DIR. Springer, de-
parted for Salmon last Thursday
morning, highly pleased with the
railroad proposition in Custer
county. They expect to return
about May 1st. when the snow
will be gone, and more fully ex
anime the mining and other re
sources of this county.
A corps of surveyors for the
Idaho Midland railroad left Pine
in Elmore county, last Tuesday
to definately locate the road, the
second survey having already
been completed to that point
This line will be built rapidly
when finally begun, as it will bt
built simultaneously from botf
the Boise and Butte terminals
HALEY Times.
A New York dispatch dated
March 26th to the Salt Lake
Herald, says
Confirmation was had toda,
of the report that papers hav'
been signed between the Oregon
Short Line company, which is
part of the Union Pacific, AM
the White Knob Copper com
pauy, limited, consummating |
contract for the construction Q
about 100 miles of railroad. Thi
road will run from a point nea
) Blackfoot, on the Short Line, I
Houston, located in the centrs
, part of Idaho"
The above dispatch is confil
nation of the announcement, e1
, clusively made by the Heral
several months ago, that tn
Blackfoot- Houston branch woul
4 be built this season. The SUI
vey was made last fall. and
corps of surveyors is now settin
the grade stakes.
The White Knob Copper con
pany, which, as stated above, hs
entered into q contract with th
Short Line for the constructio
! of 4he road, is an eastern corpol
!, alton owning extensive coppt
,, mines near Houston. John v
!, Mackey is said to be one of til
: principal stockholders. 1t
understood that under the col
tract referred to, the coppe
: company undertakes to furnish
certain traffic tonnage to the ne
road, and it is stated that po
# ton of the construction cost wi
o be advanced by the copper cou
:. pany, the sum to be refunded
r the form of transportation. 1t
n estimated that the new lin
d which will be 80 miles long, wi
# cost in the neighborhood of 81
d 100000. The Short Line exec
It tive board has appropriate
o $3.50, 900 for the work, and it
S supposed that the difference b
It tween the appropriation and IL
e whole cost is the sum to be a
is vanced by the copper company