The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

District court meets at Salmon on
the 18TH
M. Nordstrom was over from May
last week.
April showers brings May flowers
-snowstorms included
The joyful songs of the bluebird
and robin are heard once more.
Mrs. VIM. Bradshaw of Dickey Wis
tied friends in Challis last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Hanna were
up from May last Friday and Satur-
day.
Reg. Coryell, of the Custer Pros
pector, was in town last week attend
ing court.
All kinds of seeds that grow for
sale at Busters field, garden and
flower seed.
The funeral last Saturday over the
remains of the late Mary A. Boyd was
very largely attended.
Salmon river and the smaller
creeks are commencing to show the
effect of the warm days.
Ex-senator Hooper was over from
Morse last Saturday to attend the
stock association meeting.
1t is now good fishing in Salmon
river-the best season of the year for
catching trout and Salmon.
The fields, lawns and mountain
SIDES are beginning to wear a mantle
of green denoting the return of Spring.
The relatives of the late Mrs. Mary
Boyd desire us to express their heart
felt thanks to the kind friends who
assisted during her last sickness and
of deceased.
Miss Scott of Colorado, who at one
time taught school at Goldburg, we
are informed was married last week TO
"a young man on Pahsamaroi by the
name of Neff
Judge Stevens will hold a special
session of court in Challis the oath of
next month to hear the cases-George
B. Baldwin vs.. R. Coryell and R. Cory
ell VS.. John P Dudley.
News comes from East Mayfeld
creek of rich strike in the group of
gold quartz claims owned by Webb &
West. The assays run way up into
the hundreds of dollars per ton.
k. D. Williams the genial proprie.
tor of the Park Medical Hot Springs at
Robinson Bar, was down to Challis a
couple of days last week. He reports
vast amount of snow at Robinson
this year.
Col. Jas. A. McFadden is dowr
from his Yankee Fork mine on Mt
Estes for few days. He reports the
old mine looking better than ever
with plenty of good grade milling ore
in sight. There is from to feet oi
snow at the mine.
A. L. McKeeth, who departed from
the Salmon Jail few weeks ago with
out the sheriff's consent, was captured
last week at Wisdom, Montana. His
feet got frozen and he came iu camp
for medical aid.
John Mullen, one of the pioneer
mining men of \ ankee Fork, is at the
county "huo" for few days. lie has
been doing development work on the
Vishnue group of mines all winter
The Vishnue adjoins the Lucky Boy
mine on Custer Mountain and is sai6
TO be good property.
Last Wednesday night there were
three new members who went over the
rocky road" in Custer Encampment
No. 10, viz: Judge James NJ. Stevens
Hon. j. c. Rogers and Lee Kerr. They
all claim that they got their moneys
worth so it will not be necessary tC
put them through again. For the oe
casion an excellent banquet was helC
at the Hotel Leaton.
AT this meeting of the County
Board will be fixed the salaries of the
next incoming officers, except that oi
County Attorney, which is fixed il
July. 1t is thought that the salary OF
the County Attorney will be raised
and probably the salary of Treasures
cut. At the present time the County
Attorney receives salary of 5000 pei
year and office rent, and the Treasurer
salary of $500 year and office rent.
MIR. Dooly says "0pporchunity
knocks at livery mans dure wanst. Or
some mems dures it hammers till il
breaks down tn dure anethin it goes
in an wakes him up if he's asleep, and
afterward it wurruks FIR him as
night watchman, On other ment
dures it knocks and runs away, an or
tn dures iv some men it knocks anC
whin they come out it hits thin ovel