The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-06-21
Observation-Disclosures
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time July 4th and 9Th.
Jas. Kerr arrived in Challis
last Tuesday from Bellevue.
Salmon river is getting very
high again owing to the hot days.
Alex Kleupfer departed on
Thursday evening last for Tona
pah, Nevada.
Bert Skinner has quit driv-
ing on the Custer stage lire and
has gone to Mackay.
Prof. r. W. Morphy was up
from May Wednesday and went
to Mackay Thursday.
Prof. Parsons and wife were
here from Salmon last week, and
went to Lost river on a visit.
-Messrs. Grain, Grubb and
Hallaran were over from Pah.
samaroi Wednesday on land bust
ness.
The Lost Packer pacl1-train
came into Custer the 18th with
ore and went out the 18th loaded
with goods.
Col. S. j. Hallett and S. F.
Hunt returned Friday from Sill
yer creek, where they had been
examining mines.
The Loon creek population
is on the increase. There are a
number of families in there now.
and six or seven ladies.
Levi Gheen, at one time
agent at the Duck Valley Indian
reservation and an old-time Ne
vadan, died in Ruby valley, Elko
county, Nevada, May %. Gheen
was for a time resident OF
Challis years ago.
Col. S. ]. Hallett, of Aspen,
Colorado, Consulting Engineer
for several big mining compan-
les of that place, is examining
into the mining resources of
Custer and Lemhi counties. Mr..
Hallett is prepared to stay the
season in search of good thing.
1t is reported, but not from
an authentic source, that Prof.
c. W. Stickney and his wife com.
mitted suicide in California last
week. Stickney is known here.
He erected and was in charge of
a concentrating plant near the
town Of Ketchuin a fcw years
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Cramp-
ton desire to express their sin
cere and heartfelt thanks to the
kind friends during the last sick !
ness and death of their infant
daughter-for assistance given
and sympathy expressed. The
child had skilled medical attend |
ance, and all was done that could |
be done to save the baby.
Our Custer correspondent |
writes US that reports of a rich |
strike of quartz came into Custer
last week from the Loon creek I
The discovery was
made by John Thomas, who is
putting up a hotel at Frying
Pan Flats, on the trail from Gus
ter to Loon. The ledge is about |
50 feet wide and is said to be rich. |
-Chas. Pagan came near hav-
ing an encounter with large
bear over on Challis
creek last week. The bear came
1ut from the dense underbrush
nto the road in front of Mr..
Fagan's team, and the frightned
horses endeavored to get away
md in so doing broke the buggy
n several places, but finally the
oruin leisurely returned to the
where she had two cubs,
md the horses became pacified. |
Mr.. Pagan reports bear very
on Challis creek this
season.
The voting contest by the
Salmon Recorder which has been
# great interest for some time
,ast terminated on June 9th. It
vas for the most popular young
ady of Lemhi county, the win
Ter to receive a free round-trip
icket to the Worlds Fair. It
vas-a winning card for the Re-
order. Miss Alta Barrack, of
Baker, won. The vote stood /,
Alta Barrack 22,751; Jose Ball
6,958; Elsie Morrill, IS, 5,142; Mel
lie Davis IL, ,094; Della Mahoney L
,535. More people voted for
elsie Morrill, than for any other
andidate, but the votes were
lot in such large blocks. L