The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-06-02
9nrnl qe,'ta Itents.

Miss Etolia B. Jones and Mr..
Sherman Russum were married
at Arco, Idaho, on Wednesday
evening May 9th, 1903.
Bennett S. Brown, the Challis
photographer, boot and shoe
maker, leaves this week for a
four months trip to Stanley.
A. S. Livingston, one of the
owners of the Livingston group
of mines on Slate creek, above
Clayton, came in from Denver
one day last week.
Grub" is limited at Roosevelt
at this season of the year. Flour
retails at so per sack; beans Is
cents per pound; sugar 80 cents;
coffee $1.00; bacon so cents and
tomatoes rs cents per can.
James G. Wells and Mrs. Sarah
E. Wells, both of May. Idaho,
were married at the M. E. par
sonage, Salmon, IdaEo, by the
Rev. G. A. Edwards, on Thurs
day evening, May 21st, 1903.
Rev. c. E. Mason, formerly of
Challis. but now pastor of the
Congregational church at Noun
tainhome. is soon to wed Miss
Elenore Shedden, assistant prin-
cipal of the Mountainhome high
school.
J. N. Collins, of st. Louis. who
spent a few days in Challis three
weeks ago. has a party of sur
veyors at Red Rock. Montana.
1t is reported that they are sur
veying for an electric railway
from Red Rock to Salmon City,
thence up Salmon river to Stan
ley Basin.
A Blackbird correspondent of
the Salmon Recorder says: THE
people here are talking of send
ing in a petition to Challis and
Custer county officials praying
for the opening of the road over
Morgan creek divide, TO enable
them to get out 10 Challis to pur-
chase supplies. The Commits
sioners of Lemhi county were
asked to open the road over the
Leesburg hill, but they refused
to do So"
An Idaho paper tells of a man
named Jones, a new conner, who
deposited $3.50 in the preachers
salary box on Sunday recently.
The preacher asked why he had
been so generous, and he said he
had just engaged in business in
the town, and wanted to help
along the cause. Then the
preacher announced that he
would surely patronize Mr.. Jones
and asked the congregation who
would do likewise to stand up.
The whole congregation arose
and the preacher asked Mr..
Jones what his business was and
he replied I'm saloon
keeper"
We are in receipt of a fine
specimen of high grade ore this
week for our cabinet. 1t is from
the Letha mine on Dickens Hill,
owned by Frank Georgetta and
Llewellyn Clawson. and assays
800 ozs. in silver, $500 in gold
and 90 per cent copper per ton.
The Letha is easy of access, be-
ing but a short distance from
Custer. There are several good
claims in the group. 1t is called
the Letha Group of Gold Mines.
In the Letha the boys have de.
veloped a good strong ore body
with values that will pay well
for treatment. This group is a
splendid proposition for a com
pany with capital to properly de-
velop the group.
Mr.. st. Vrain LeSieur, an emf
nent mineralogist of Salt Lake,
returned one day last week from
Panther creek where he owns
valuable opal mines. He went
in with light rig, and reports
the road in pretty fair condition
for this season of the year. Mr..
LeSieur brought out with him
several fine fire opal specimens.
Probably this is one of the great
est opal discoveries made in
years, and the ledge is an i'm
mense opal deposit. The mine
was located by Mr.. LeSieur last
summer. For years people in
Challis have known of this opal
field but gave it little attention
until recently when brought into
prominence by Mr.. LeSieur.
The owners, we understand. will
do considerable work On these