The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-01-28
John I. Minear departed last
week for Boston.

JOLu L. Mluedr departed last
week for Boston.
25 degrees below zero last Sun
day morning.
Mr.. e. L. Thomas of Custer,
returned Tuesday last from a
visit to his parental home in
Ohio.
Few women are expert WELD
ers of the hatchet. Carrie Nat
ion cut off one of her big toes
the other day.
According to the always YER
acious space-writer. the Indians
are preparing to fight under
banner inscribed. "Give us paint
and hair, or give us DEATH"
Miss Katherine Navarro, who
is well and favorably known in
Challis, and Thos. Pence, were
married at Blackfoot, Jan. 22nd.
The nearest railway station to
Thunder mountain is Mackay,
Idaho.-Butte Miner.
Many a noble hearted young
woman today rests under cloud
because some low down, sneak
ing unmitigated scoundrel has
told lie regarding her charac-
ter.-Ex.
In New York City there are
1000 children who cannot go to
school, because there are not
enough school houses; and in
that city, is the greatest concen-
tration of wealth that was every
known in all history. The poor
est county in the sage plains of
Idaho provides school houses
enough for all the children.
That is the result of a life of true
manhood where the gathering of
gold is not thought to be the
highest ideal to which men can
attain.
Smallpox in Challis is on the
decrease, and it is hoped this
week to permit public gatherings
]. T. Johnson, an old prospec-
tor, arrived in Spokane Satur-
day from Thunder mountain,
where he spent the past summer,
says the Spokesman Review. He
came west in the fall of 1848,
when ten years old. The trip,
he says, was made on the trans
port Ohio, around Cape Horn, in
company with 1916 other pas
sengers, who were seeking their
fortunes in the California gold
diggings. ''Since them" he
says. II have been in every min
ing camp in the West. l herded
mules on the site of Spokane be-
fore single cabin was built.
81 came out of Thunder noun
tain district on snowshoes and
arrived at Sites, Idaho. / was
about a week making the trip.
While 1 make no pretense of
knowing what is hidden in the
ground, if surface showings are
to be counted Thunder mountain
will develop into the greatest
mining camp in the West. 1t
will surpass Cripple Creek or
California in their best days"
The surveyors at work on the
proposed extension of the Sal
mon River railroad north from
Mackay have abandoned the sur
vey made last year on the east
side of Big Lost river to Thous-
and Spring creek, and are sur
veying for a line that will run
nearly due west from Mackay to
the Big Copper Basin, thence
north on the west side of the Big
Lost river to Thousand Spring
creek, Dickey, and on to Clayton
and Salisbury. The reason for
this change is that the develop
ments in the mines of Big Cop
per Basin justify the construc-
ton of a railroad to the 600-ton
smelling furnaces at Mackay.-
Haley Times.
The Times has got the new
survey to Salmon river badly
mixed. Note what the Salt Lake
Herald of the 22nd inst. says !:
This is nearly correct.
"In the north the surveyors
locating an extension of the
Mackay branch have proceeded
for little over ten miles. Their
work will be comparatively easy
until after they have passed
Challis, as up TO that point they
will simply be relocating an old
survey. Beyond Challis, how
ever, it will be new work and
slower progress will probably
be made. The construction of
the road will probably not be