The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-17

Owen Swift came up from Mackay
Saturday.
&C. E. Eddy and wife returned to
Salt Lake Tuesday.
The dance last Friday night failed
to materalize.
Last Saturdays rain took all the
snow off at Challis.
w. II. Felkner departed for Salt
Lake Wednesday on business trip.
Ike Hill, the popular cigar travel
ing man from Salt Lake, was in town
last week.
The new $4,000 Wing piano for
the challis Rebekah lodge has arrived
in Mackay.
John f. Christian was over from
May last week, also Lou Wells and E.
L. Popejoy.
-Fitz Mac, the noted newspaper
correspondent, has returned TO Boise
from an extended trip to Alaska.
"A new tin discovery has been made
near Salmon, which has caused con-
siderable excitement in that locality.
Flo Clyde returned to the Redbird
mine Sunday. There are twelve men
employed at the Redbird this winter.
1t is reported that there are now
in the ncighborhood of 500 men in the
employ of the White Knob company at
Mackay.
-Pahsamaroi had a basket social
and dance last Friday night given as a
school benefit, which netted nearly
10000.
"A man who whips his wife is a
brute. Yet Gus Carlson while here
pleaded "Yaw has been as good to
yaws wife as yaw could be"
Sheriff Bowen departed for HALEY
Friday with James Walker. Walker
is wanted there as witness in some
csse before the District court.
VIM. Ginnell was down from Bay
horse last week. He with II. f. Terry
and Martin Joyce have secured lease
on part of the Skylarx mine.
-Challis will have telephone booth
at the central office soon, which will
be decided improvement to those
who desire to transact private business
over the phone.
1t is reported here that W. w.
Adamson and C. c. Chapman were
bound over under 81, 900 bonds each to
the District court. District court is
now in session at HALEY.
-On Saturday last Gus Carlson had
his trial for beating his wife before
Judge Horizons Justice court in this
city. The Court took the matter under
advisenent and will render decision
Monday morning Nov. 10th.
The Salt Lake Tribune, twice a
week (semi-weekly), from now until
May 1st, 1905, for ST. so, is the biggest
newspaper bargain ever offered to the
people of the inter-mountain region.
Send for it at once or see your post
master.
Work was resumed last Wednesday
in all the properties of the Amalga-
mated Copper company in Montana.
In Butte $500 men went back to work,
in Anaconda 20OO men are again en-
ployed in the Washoe smelter, and at
Great Falls the Boston & Montana
smelter has started up again with a
full force of 1000 men. The Butte
Miners union has passed resolutions
thanking Governor Toole for calling a
special session of the legislature. In
all nearly 81 900 men viii return to
work.
The Ell Paso, (Texas) Herald says !;
sit is reported that the Wood Hagen
barth company, who owns the Palomas
tract of land which is being converted
into big cattle ranch, will soon start
the work of fencing the northern line
of the lands. This line extends from
point about Is miles west of El Paso
to point about miles in Sanora,
distance of about 14O miles, making a
fence of about 429 miles. 1t will be
constructed of three strands of barbed
wire"
Dick West came out from the Loon
creek country on Wednesday where
he has been prospecting for some time
past. Last fall Mr.. West and others
made an exceedingly rich strike
on what is known as East Mayfield
creek, in the Loon creek region, which
they called the Hope group. The
group consists of five claims. On one
of the clsims in this group, Mr.. West
informed us, 15-foot ledge of gold ore
had been uncovered that run as high
as $50. 90 per ton in gold Mr.. West
and Charles Webb own the group, but
have bonded a one-third interest In it