The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-17

CnalllS enjoyed me SUMMER
shower last Friday.
Salmon and Mackay are to
have 4th of July celebrations.
Mrs. Margaret K. MCGOWAN
has secured a position as teacher
in the Custer public school which
commences in September.
George McGowan's pack train
came in from Thunder last week,
and the boys report a good trip,
and have returned with the train
loaded with freight.
o. G. Bomar departed Wednes-
day last for Idaho Falls where
he goes to assume charge of one
of DR.. Wilson's big ranches.
Mr.. A. c. Bomar and family will
also move to Idaho Falls in about
thirty days.
Otto Wald. who recently made
the big copper discovery out on
Morgan creek. was in town last
Thursday for supplies. He in
formed US that the property was
proving better and better as de-
velopment work progressed.
Miss Martha keenan, is busily
engaged in training the Eighth
Grade scholars-those who live
in Challis-and other pupils who
are to take part in the Com
mencement exercises on July 3rd
at Challis.
An arrival from Thunder Mt.
in this city last week dropped
into the MESSENGER ofice-an
honest old German-and he Gus
sed the country by townships.
sections and half-acre lots, and
said he struck nothing but them
dam Thunder mountain lice" He
went in over Wood-tick summit,
and what he calls Thunder Mt.
lice. in plain Idaho language
means wood-ticks.
DIED-At the Bayhorse bridge
at his home, Arthur Ferrin, from
consumption. on Sunday morn
, ing. June 18th, at o'clock.
: Aged, about so years. Deceased
I has been a resident of Custer
+ county for the past 90 years and
more, and has many friends who
n will be panied to learn of hi:
: death. He leaves a wife and hel
! two children-Mrs. A. Greene O
!. Salmon. and NJ. E. Foley-tC
: mourn his death. The funera
Q will be held tomorrow.
) We are in receipt of one of tn,
{ Fort Hall books giving full de
: tails concerning the lands of tn
I Fort Hall Indian Reservation q
Z be opened for settlement on Jun
: 18th. The book contains tn
> Presidents proclamation. tn
treaty, classification and descrip
u ton of the lands, instruction
= concerning the opening. etc.
le to which is appended a complet
y map showing all the cut of. TIL
20 map is taken from the govern
u ment plats. The book and ma
q can be had by sending 80 cent
as (money order) to The Tribun
~ Company, Ltd, Pocatello, Ida
ry A claim may or may not prov
ly of value to the locator. There
ld no harm, however. in the locate
n, taking as much pains in layiu
yh out his claim as if he knew
re was worth million dollars. I'll
at first thing to be done in layiI
be out the claim is to get the dire
ly ton of the outcrop. If it is nj
es possible to trace the outcrop f
re 1900 feet, set up few stalk
nd along the line of the vein al
a take the course with a compass
ed Make this line pass through t
middle points of the end line
I'D Then lay out the claim accordiI
rm to the law of the state in viii
ON the locations are made Ii. e.l 10
of feet long and from $50 to 800 fe
ZEN in width. Whenever poSsit
re. measure the claim out instead
ldo pacing it. For measuring a cla
ain the writer uses a piece of lig
cordage, say three-eights of
vel inch in diameter. and 800 fe
his long with knots to indicate eve
the fifty feet. The use of q tape
ad- apt to be expensive owing to
nto breakage when scramble
ow through the brush and oN
rocks. The laws relating
ons location are simple and read
me obtained and every prospec
ma should have the fundamen
ing points at his fingers end. Tt
an observe the laws to the very
say ter. Much of the expens
side litigation which is the bane
the the mining industry is direc