The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-15
9nrnl 5letus Itents.

This is the time of the year to
put up you parlor stove.
tits learned that the dredge at
Stanley has closed down.
Mr.. and Mrs. Readicker, of
lola, Kansas. visited in Challis
last week. He is brother of E.
A Readicker of this place.
Col. Nick Treweek, of Salt
Lake, was in Challis few hours
between stages, on his way home
Monday evening, the 9TH. He
had just returned from a visit to
the mines at Custer.
Rev. Edwards, of Salmon, gave
an excellent lecture on Abraham
Lincoln at the city hall in Chal-
lis last Wednesday evening to a
large and appreciative audience.
Mr.. Edwards is profound and
fluent speaker.
Miss Helen McGreal, popular
and accomplished young lady of
Butte, Montana, arrived in Chal-
lis last Wednesday evening on
the Salmon stage, and departed
for Custer the following morn
ing on visit to her sister, Mrs.
! S. w. Egau.
G. G. Chapman of this place
has just completed an extensive
write-up, which will be illustrat-
ed, of the mining industry of
Custer county. The article will
soon appear in a special number
of the Pacific Coast Miner, pub
lished at SanFrancisoo. Cal.
S. w. Egan, who does the
mechanical work aud a liberal
amount of the writing on the
Prospector, at Custer, arrived
in town last Wednesday evening
and returned to Custer the fol
lowing morning He came down
to meet his sister-in-law from
Butte, Montana.
Con Sullivan and wife, Robert
Campbell and family. aud Wm.
Branca, of Clayton; E. j. Mich
ael, Geo. Emery, Willis Chamb-
ers and Jas. Golfer, of Bayhorse,
were in Challis on the 9th inst.
to attend the funeral of the late
George MCGOWAN. This was
the largest funeral held in Chal-
lis since that of Judge Burns. In
the procession on Sunday, the
9th, there were thirty seven car
riages, besides many people were
on foot.
Miss Julia Peck departed last
Wednesday evening for Dillon,
Montana, where she will enter
the High School as a student.
| At the same time Miss Lizzie
Thompson departed for Salt
Lake to attend the High School in
that city. Besides the two young
| ladies mentioned above, the fol-
lowing named scholars of Chal-
lis contemplate going outside to
school within a few days. Miss
Della Morrison, Miss Allie Bax-
ter, Arthur w. Gayle and Felix
Paul, goes to the Idaho Academy
at Pocatello; Miss Julia and Flora
Falls goes to the Weiser A 3ad-
emy, and Miss Ruth Cameron
will attend school at Salt Lake.
1t is a burning shame that Custer
county has not a High School so
that her children could be educat-
ed at home.
Steve Smith and son, Frank,
and Andy Phelps came in Mon
day night from the Greyhound
/ Mountain and proceeded on to
Boise Tuesday. Mr.. Smith will
start on his return in four or five
days. Three men are at work in
the Rufus, one of the mines OF
the Greyhound group. The low
er tunnel is in a distance of 365
: feet. A rich vein was recently
struck in one of the upper drifts.
1t is a foot wide and runs $500 in
J silver, lead and gold. The lower
} tunnel has not yet reached this
rich vein. Steve reports that
, the Daleys, Emerson, Hull and
others have made many rich gold
discoveries on Float creek, in
Greyhound district. About &C
, locations have been made. AS
says made of the ore run $3.50 9
, ton. Fifty or more locations
: have been made the past sum,
: mer on the Greyhound ridge. be
ginning mile and a half north
east of the Rufus. Assays rur
as high as $3.50 in silver, leae
and gold. Quite a number o.
new locations have been made at
Seafoam, and old claims have