The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-08-04
Wild chickens are not very plentiful


Bryan is friend to silver and the
West and the laboring men. Taft is
the friend of the trusts.
DIR. b. b. Slick and wife and Young
lady relative departed last week for
ouray, Colorado. The doctor and his
wife will be absent Is days.
Caste & McGee have named their
Custer saloon "Doo Drop In Saloon. y
We have just turned out 1000 letter
heads for the "Doo Drop In"
Ice cream and cake every evening at
the Drug Store from : o'clock D. M.
on Sunday evenings from o'clock D.
M. ice cream and cake will be served.
Hon. James Macnab and william T.
Stethem, of Salmon, were in Challis
the fore part of last week, and have
gone up to Custer on mining business.
Arch Bowel and Wells McGowan
have struck good body of good ore on
their Gilbert & Carr lease at Mackav.
and the boys expect to make a good
cleanup.
Alex Klug within the past few days
has made coed ore discovery or 7
miles west of Challis, and located a
number of claims. The ore is rich in
lead and copper.
James Salisbury, of Salt Lake, arriv-
ed last Wednesday evening on his an
nual hunting and fishing outing. He
is the sou of Hon. o. j. Salisbury who
died about year or more ago.
Miss Jennie E. Kelleher, County
School Supt., arrived Saturday even
ing from visit at Caldwell. Mrs.
Worth Clark and children, her sister
from PocatelIo, accompanied her.
Taft was the fellow Teddy sent to
Idaho two years ago to make speeches
for law and order. The Idaho voters
should not forget this. Idaho has lust
as law-abidiug citizens as any other
State in the Union, Taft to the contra
ry, Notwithstanding.
A wagon road from Cballis to IYers
via. Parker Mountain, would shorten
the distance from Ivers to Maekay 25
miles, besides it would be an easy
mountain grade all the way. A 25-
mile cutoff would be big item for {
company that has as much freight as I
The Lost Packer. G
Paul Gardiola tells us how he hired c
/ man and how the fellow built fence '
around his ranch in quick way never t
heard of before. The fellow dug post d
loles and set the four corner posts, and e
hen took team and plowed furrow S
IN each side of all the other posts, then s
ie got man to help him nail on the C
ails. 1t is not very durable fence Z
tut it is rapid way of fence building t.
Flowing in fence posts is something il
lever heard of before in fence-building y
md the method ought to be patented. s
Senator Macbeth is receiving manv
etters from prominent Democrats in =
Iiferent parts of Idaho, urging him to
lccept the nomination for Governor of
daho on the Democratic ticket, and :.
hey almost assure him the nomina-
ion if he will accept it. The Senator
writes us that owing to his mining in :
erests that he is not candidate for !,
he office, and requests his friends to
lot place his name before the conven- II
ion for this honorable position.
Thomas Ennis arrived in town the t
ore part of last week from Hyden, in ll,
fremont county, Idaho, where he has D
'een working in the coal mines at that h
lace. These mines are owned by u
robert N. Bell, and others, and Leroy 5,
Iillman, formerly of the Skylarlx mine q
'ayhsrse, is foreman. Mr.. Ennis says a
we men are employed at these coal Ii
lines, and each man mines about four ii
ons of coal per day, and the coal sells Il
eadily at the mine for $3.50 per ton. m
If you want to buy one of the very So
est buggies, built of the best material g
hat ever came to Custer county-the b
'ood work is black hickory and Sec 81
nd growth hickory and the hubs are
lack locust. 1t is built for mountain
srvice and these buggies are used al
lost exclusively in Colorado. The fac T.
'ry warrants them for one year. 1t
'oks light but weighs over 500 pounds T.
eeause it is built of the very best ma
rial. 1t has never been used. Call T.
1d see it. Rodger Brasseur offers it
n sale for Sl5O. eS
F. j. Cowen, County Attorney, re- n' m
lrned this week from brief trip of ar
spection at the Parker mine, Parker of
ountain, in which he is interested. hs
e says the works look good, that y, ~,
ey have lots of ore, aud expect soon ca
have it running toward the reduc- CT
on plant. They have the machinery
! the ground for fve-stamp mill. @
i'd sawmill is there to cut such g
mber as they need. The ore is high
'ade in free gold and silver, and some +
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