The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-13

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Abner Cummings, an old Lost
river pioneer, died on Aug. 3rd.
Ex-senator Hooper was over
from Morse last week on q busi-
ness trip.
Dwight Peck, the popular
landlord of Malad, is spending q
few days in Challis visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Sheriff Chamberlain made an
official trip to Houston last week,
and Assessor johnson went to
Little Lost river on official duty.
Some parties stole 27 of Fl. C.
Lewis fine freight mules off the
Eagle creek range, near Ketchum
last week. Mr.. Lewis has a
posse of men on the trail of the
thieves.
The Challis MESSENGER has
entered on it's 22nd volume. May
it still live long and prosper. It's
present condition indicates that
it is strong and healthy young
ster, just old enough to vote.
Idaho Falls Times.
A party composed of Miss Cuba
Trusler, Miss Nellie Bennett and
Miss Effie McKendrick, departed
on Wednesday morning last on a
pleasure trip for Stanley Basin
and Red Fish Lakes.
The Challis MESSENGER rec
emily celebrated its 21st birth
day. This journal is one of our
most valued exchanges. May it
have many prosperous years
ahead of it.-Salmon Recorder.
The Challis MESSENGER has
passed its majority and though
it makes no promises it seems to
intimate that it is just about as
big and smart as its neighbors.
-Emm Index.
School will probably commence
in Challis on Sept. 2nd. There
will be plenty of money this year
on account of the high license
for good school, that is, if the
money proposition is all that is
required.
Hon. O. J. Salisbury and wife
and children, of Salt Lake City,
arrived in Bayhorse one day last
week. They came up in the
mountains for a few weeks rec
reation-h hunting and fishing. w.
J. Treloar met them at Ketchum
with private conveyances. Mr..
Salisbury is the principal owner
of the famous Ramshorn mine at
Bayhorse, one of the largest and
richest mines in Idaho. Mr.. S.
is not saying much as to the
future of his Bayhorse mining
property, but in all probability
very little work will be done al
his mines until such time as the
branch railroad from Blackfoot,
or some other road is built to
Salmon river.
Thunder Mountain is having g
good sized mining boom. 1t has
always been known to be very
rich gold camp, but some of the
newspaper reports relative to its
richness are probably overdrawn
Col. Dewey has already shipped
a 10-stamp quartz mill to th'
camp. The mill will have to be
packed in from Bear valley. |
said that wagon road at cos
of $40, 900 will be built this fall
and also a stage line put on from
Idaho City. This would be goot
summer route but not much of ;
winter road on account of ths
deep snow. Thunder Mountain
can be reached quite easily from
from Challis over two differen
routes, both routes a good dis
tance of the way can be made
over good wagon roads. On
route is via. Silver creek or th'
Yellow Jacket, thence to Mid
die Fork. The other route is al
the State wagon road through
Stanley Basin; thence on sale
road to Cape Horn and Bear val
ley; thence by trail to Thunde
Mountain.
Those parties who got ava.
with $3.50, 900 of gold bullion Of
the night of Aug. 5th. from th'
Selby Smelling & Lead Co., a
Vallejo, Cal, was one of th
most skilled robberies ever exc
cuted. They tunneled under tn
strong room, drilled large hol'
through. the iron floor and too
Z the bullion out while the me