The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-07
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"a PIaea where ThIne Honor Dwelleth.' .


the current of civilization was
slowly advancing Westward
Alvah p. Challis, with other
heroic miners of this country,
located at Loon Creek in the COS
in Custer county. This was dur
ing the great gold excitement in
placer mining in this and other
adjacent sections. Very rich
strikes were made and the noun
tain sides and desert lands for a
time began to blossom and prom
Use a rich fruitage. Custer coun-
ty is one of the happy spots of
the Western mountain region.
In the extreme east IS the broad
sweep of plains, and on the north
and west the grand architecture
and sculpture of nature, lighted
every morning with the memoir
les of the historic East and ting
ed at evening with glorious
promise of the future Here
nature furnishes all that is in
spring and beautiful. Among
these canyons, peaks and val
leys men may easily find their
Vale of Tempe, their Olympus
Peaks crowned with everlasting snow,
Crags where only eagle go;
Wild retreats from haunts OF man.
Gulfs that only eye can span
Custer county rare and Wild
OF Natures children falrest child
This county was named after
General Custer and was created
in the year 1880. 1t would hold
within its confines two of our
smaller eastern States. It's seen
cry is indeed grand and enchant-
ing. Not even the the magma
tion of Milton could portray it.
Behold these eternal hills, jewel
ed, sunlit and eternal Have
you traced His footsteps in the
mountain moss and heard the
rustic of royal robes whose wear
err ia unknown ?
Millions of dollars have al
ready been won from these rock
ribbed mountains and sandy bar
rem wastes, which shows that
the natural resources are varied
and inexhaustible. Gold, silver,
copper, lead, iron, and other
valuable minerals have been
mined. Two tilted coal veins
are now visible to the naked
eye. One of them can be seen
about Z miles above Challis, on
the way to Bayhorse, while the
other out-cropping is noticeable
just 9 miles below town. AS to
water power for domestic and
manufacturing purposes, you
have magnificent rivers and
power pulsing in profusion from
d myrid cataracts Your Stock
and agricultural industries are
only in their infancy, because
your stock range is boundless
and your wafer supply unlimit-
ed, and now that you are within
a National Forest Reserve, the
strong arm Of the government
will protect you from forest fire,
cattle thieves and see that your
range is not overstocked with |
outside cattle. But the point at
issue is the protection of your
timber and forests the crown.
ing beauty of your mountain
Businesses.
Your valley farms and homes
owe their grandeur and fertility
to the towering hills above you
because they are watered by
mountain streams. Perhaps
your greater God-given boon is
your genial and healthy climate,
worth millions to you. Does this
climate account for you having
so many handsome men and
strong looking women These
grand features need but the per-
spective of time, through world
wide advertising, energy, cour-
age, brains and high moral stan
dards to give it universal pros
perity and glory Much depends
upon your support, financial and
moral. 1t was the mining men
who made Greater Denver. When