The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-10-19
Loon Crock News.

Chas. E. Plummer, having dis
continued operating the stage
line between here and Custer,
the Loon Creekers have been
somewhat up against it for their
mail of late, no regular mail car
rier having been employed as
yet. The only way of finding out
what is going on on the outside
is to hike over the hill and bring
in. the news. Most of the Loon
Creekers have not found out that
the North Pole has been discOv-
cred twice, and the excitement
will be all over before many of
will know anything about it.
1t has been reported that Nick
Cutliffe has been lost in the
mountains in the Sheep Noun
tain country. Nick was out with
Mr.. Caste of Custer, and appar-
emily lost his directions in that
vicinity. Mr.. Casio after look
ing for him over three days
thought that he saw his tracks
where he struck the Greyhound
Mining Cos. road, and he will in
all probability show up at Wagon
Town or Greyhound with good
appetite, but none the worse for
his walk.
Paul Walter of the Forest Ser
vice has completed a pasture
fence enclosing 100 acres of pas
ture for the Loon Creek Range
Station. He is now building a
log barn for the same station
and will have same completed
this fall. Mr.. Walter has receiv-
ed an appointment as defooter
for the State of Idaho, and will
receive coyote, fox, wild cat,
lynx, and wolf feet for bounty.
Both front feet are required cut
off at or little below the knee
joint. The bounty on coyote,
lynx and fox is 81. so; on timber
-clves $40. The bounty on cou-
gar is SIS, but this office has
nothing to do with paying that
bounty. In order to obtain this
in removing the skin the bone
should be left in the right front
leg, taken to the County Com
missioners and they will skin the
bone out and return the hide
with the bounty. Owing to the
fact that the nearest defootel
heretofore has been stationed al
Dlckey, Idaho, most people ir
this vicinity after trapping OF
killing coyotes, foxes, wild cat:
or lynx, simply threw the fee
away, as in most cases it wa!
more bother to collect the bounty
than it was worth, and it il
thought that the appointment o
Mr.. Walter will be convenience
to residents of this district.
Mrs. Will Mckenzie was owe
to visit Mrs. Frank Coleman las
Sunday.
E. w. Garretson was over tt
Custer Saturday and brough
back load Of provisions.
October is the Loon Creeker
most busy time, and every on
is chinking up houses, hauling
in wood, and laying up thei
winters supply of provisions
Every morning the minimum
thermometer shows lower temp
erature and the near by noun
tain tops are covered with snow
the foliage of the quacken aspe
and other decidious trees hav
turned yellow and red, and b
all appearances winter is clos
at hand, and in the absence {
. one of Wright's aeroplanes tn
only feasible mode of locomotiO
, will be a pair of 1O-foot skee
, which every Loon Creeker know
, how to use. The summer seaso
r being over, most of US are VOL
, dering what we have done wit
, our summers wages. Winter
in Loon Creek are long and CO.
longer than most any place
Custer county-unless it is lib
, that old joke about married PEI
pie living longer than sing
> people, which as a matter of fa'
!. they don't-it only seems tn;
Q way.
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