The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-02-16
Next Monday is washington's

The Challis girls contemplate Civ
ing leap-year party.
Ash Wednesday, the frst day of
Lent, commences tomorrow.
Miss Martha keenan,, County Supt.,
visited the Ellis school last week.
-Rodger Brasseur departed Friday |
for Butte, Montana, on business trip. |
Attorney Brown and Sheriff Bowen
made professional trip to Custer last
week.
The recent snow storms have ad-
ded two more feet of snow in the
mountains, so there will be about the
usual amount of snow this Winter.
On sth page of this issue will be
found an excellent article on the min
ing industry of the west end of Custer
county by well-known and able cor
respondent.
We are informed there are three
cases of smallpox at the State Acad-
emv, Pocatello John Kilcup of Clay
ton is said to be one of the victims.
The cases are not considered serious.
The democratic party is so govern
ed by principle that it is weak in coh-
esive elements. The republicans in
Congress act as one man; the demo-
Gratis seem hopelessly divided. They
are worse off than the old woman who
had two teeth left, one in each jaw.
She earnestly called attention to that
fact and added, But, thank God,
, they hit y
The Salmon Recorder has inaugur-
ated voting contest whereby the sub
| scrihers of that paper are entitled to
cast SO many votes (their choice) for
the most popular young lady in Lemhi
county. The lady receiving the most
F, votes will be given a free round-triE
ticket to the Worlds Fair. The vote
thus far stands as follows: Miss Jose
Ball, Salmon, 1856; Miss Elsie Morrill,
Gibbonsvtlle, 959; Miss Alta Barrack
: Baker, SOC; Miss Nellie Davis, Salmon
; 462; Miss Della Mahoney, Leesburg
IS $50. 1t is thought by many that Mis-
r. Morrill, will win the con test, owing t.
Is the fact that she is cripple, besides |
J. very deserving young lady.
r j. A. Czizek, general manager o
'r the Lost Packer mine at Loon creek
e has just returned from three weeks
J. soiourn in the camp, says the Salt LAX
I'd Tribune. He will remain here som
&c ten days, during which an informa
lr meeting of the heavier shareholder
will be held to discuss importan
e. measures for developing and handlin
~ the rich ore bodies of the Lost Packer
is Mr.. Roe of Chicago, who represent
n &c, 900 Packer shares, is due here; Mile
hi Finlan of Butte will attend or send
40 representative, as will also Mr.. Ivel
rs and Mr.. Walsh of Park City. Thes
lie together with Mr.. Czizek, will repr
st sent a majority of the Packer capita
b. ization of $50, 900 shares.
1T Mr.. Czizek is non-committal as
ge future plans of the company, but u
air doubtedly has great confidence in Il
- merits of his property. He said Il
,c- Lost Packer had passed the stage of
ms prospect; that the company was n
Is. expecting to develop sensations aloI
ire the line of prospecting new porto
in of its holdings, but would run numt
or GUS levels and crosscuts to place I
lis. known bodies of ore in position
in stoping. The $50, 600 worth of G
nb- shipped by the company the pa
1ut season, he said, did not represent
bv per cent of what the product wou
yet have been if special effort had be
wi made to mine the ore instead of dri
oh ing prospect tunnels. Two hundr
ret feet of rich chalcopyrite ore has be
of discovered by the intermediate tunr
his between tunnel No. / and No. 2.
Irse MIR. Czizek is confident that a wag
pre- road will be put into Loon creek
dg- coming season, but is not cert'
of whether the Boise route or the one v
in Mackdy, OudAllSs CtC.s Will OS ~h0S
and The latter route would best conse
18th the central Idaho trade for Salt u
any ers, as they are interested at pres
de- in about hundred Loon creek claiI
des He said the tunnel on the Lucky 5
veal was reported as having struck
cas- ledge. He thinks the Valley Cr'
as mine in Stanley Basin, is miles sou
fire west of Loon creek, is very meritorio
,ney The 2O-stamp mill is earning am
ia dividends, as is also the mill of so t
the capacity on the Sunbeam property n
The Custer.
, its On his return Mr.. Czizek stopped
ion day at Mackay and inspected the
Gov. White Knob copper mine and SINE
iur, of 500 tons capacity. He says it II
with wonder, and obtaining results h'g
ason satisfactory.
d to After the meeting of the Pae
,ibit shareholders here, MIR. Czizek