The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-31

walter Webb returned from
New York last week.
Nate Rosenbaum, an Ogden
travelling man, was in Challis
last week.
Byrd Trego, of the Mackay
Telegraph, was in Challis several
days last week.
Sheriff Bowen is out picking
up trial jurors for the April term
of District Court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. McLerren
have both been quite sick for
several days past, but now are
improving rapidly.
The MESSENGER Office last
week received a new Reliance"
Paper Cutter from Chicago. It
cuts 1000 sheets of paper at one
stroke with ease.
Rev. G. Grovenor Haley and
wife of Mackay arrived in Chal-
lis last Tuesday. During the
past week Mr.. Haley has been
assisting in a series of religious
services at the church, which
have been well attended.
Tomorrow, April 1st, says the
new fish law of Idaho, you may
procure license and catch fish
with a hook and line until Nov.
1st. During the months of April
and May should be the time that
the fish ought to be protected,
for nearly all kinds of Idaho fish
spawn during those months.
A large number of Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs from Challis form
ed themselves into surprise
party last Saturday, and drove
over to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Funkhouse, on Challis
creek. spending the afternoon,
enjoying an excellent dinner, and
having royal good time. The
occasion being Mr.. Funkhouse's
10th birthday.
Clough and Denny, the trap
pers who came in last Friday
from Bear valley, report that
last summer they counted thirty
carcasses of deer at the licks on
Sulphur creek. Deer are slau gh-
tered by the hundreds every
summer at the licks in the cen
trail portion of the state. There
is where a Deputy Game Warden
should be during the spring and
summer months. Hunters camp
at these licks and kill hundreds
of deer every year, some for the
hides, while others slaughter the
game for no purpose whatever
just simply following the dictates
of pure cussedness.-Idaho City
World.
P. L. Fearne. consulting en-
gineer of the White Knob mine
in Custer county, purchased a
new compound steam and air
compressor of the latest pattern,
for the mine last week. The
compressor is designated to be
run by either steam or electric
power and will deliver 92O cubic
feet of air per minute, enough to
keep from 10 to Is machine drills
In continuous operation. The
machine will cost $4,000 and
was purchased from the Rand
Drill company of Butte, Mont. 1t
will be at least go days before
the uew compressor can be in
stalled, as it is being manufac-
tured to order, but in the mean
time the drill company has loan
ed a compressor for use in the
mine until the new one is ready
for operation.-Capital News.
Already the managers of the
Twin Falls great irrigation enter
prise are receiving many inquir-
les from persons desiring to take
up land under the canals the
company is now constructing,
covering 271,00O acres of fine
lands, with conditions of climate
calculated to make that section
of the state as rich and prosper
Gus as was the valley of the Nile
when Egypt was the center of an
ancient civilization. The canals
taken out of Snake river 20 miles
above the Shoshone Falls, with
their laterals, comprise system
over 1000 miles in length. Snake
river always supplies an abund-
ance of water and no reservoirs
will be required to conserve it.
The canal, taken on the south
side Of the river, will be 80 feet
wide on the bottom and to carry
10 feet of water; on the north
side the canal will have less cap
acity and cover less land. The