The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-18
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Custer several days of last week
on business.
A number of parties are at
Challis having arrived from Col
orado and Oregon. They will
depart for Thunder mountain in
"a few days.
Carl Lane was mp from Hous-
ton last week visiting his many
friends.
Geo. ]. Lewis will soon start a
weekly newspaper at Thunder
mountain.
G. V. Hanson was awarded the
mail contract-six times a week
between Mackay and Challis
for 81, 995 per year from July 1st
next.
G. A. Hall at Potter's shop is
prepared to do horse -shoeing and
general blacksmith work. Good
work and reasonable prices.
Mackay Lodge No. 80, /. o. o.
F., was instituted at Mackay on
the 9TH inst. with 50 members.
A new case of smallpox IS re-
ported four miles northeast of
Challis-Roy Moore. The house
has been quarantined-
The wagon road from Challis
to Three Forks and the trail from
there to Thunder mountain will
be opened shortly. A consider
able sum of money was raised in
Challis last week for that pur-
pose, and active work to open the
road for travel will soon begin.
a stock company was organic
ed to build a wagon road from
Three Forks to Thunder mount
ain last week. From Challis to
that point there is already good
road. We are informed that ac-
tive construction work will be
lcommenced on the new road as
soon as the weather will permit.
| Court is progressing nicely and
Judge Perky is holding night
sessions in order to expedite the
business. and the term would
have closed last week but for
procuring some witnesses from
Mackay and for the filing of new
informations. As it is the ses-
; sion will close tomorrow or the
next day.
A corps of Oregon Short Line
surveyors comprising Of fifteeI
are now running a line of survey
down Salmon river, on the othel
: side of the river, and are nov
locating the line close the Chal
: lis Hot Springs. The line dow
the river is preliminary worl
, and is either headed for tn,
. Morgan creek pass and Thunde
mountain, or Salmon City. 1t i:
said the party will divide. an,
one survey will be made Up tn
h river and one down.
g John Mullen, one of the oil
pioneer miners is out from Gu:
u ter. He says in the Yanke
Of Fork district the mines are looE
10 ing better than usual and ther
are a large number of men en-
ployed. The Lucky Boy Co. ar
operating their mines and mil
and at present giving employ
:, ment to sixty men. The Hart
1e ford Co. over on Estes mountain
are also operating their mill an
mine and employ about thirt
men. On the whole. Mr.. Mule
expects a very active minin
- season in the vicinity of Custe
5 this year.
q A big stage line syndicate h;
been formed within the last fe
days with such well known ssss
:. line operators and capitalists ;
or Wayne Darlington. F. w. Voi
f. Ter. G. V. Hanson and E. !
Of Readicker, at the back of II
ly company. The new organic
Te Is ton will operate all stage lin,
m now operated by F. w. Vogle
.ts the Redrock & Salmon; Il
." Salmon s. Gibbonsville, and OF
de er lines under his control; Il
ns Salmon g. Challis line. under Il
ss sS management of E. A. Readicke
= the Mackay & Challis line und
= the management of G. Y. Ha
ss5 Se5 son. and the Challis. Bayhors
Of Clayton. Bonanza & Custer lii
after July 1st next. The ne
81. company will also operate Il
T. stage lines both from Challis al
al Salmon to Thunder mountai
ISe ISe The syndicate will outfit the
"a. different lines with fine outf
as and aim operate the finest sy
,nS 'S tenn of stages ever known in Z
r. inter mountain country.
I4ater-We learn that Mr..