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Newspaper

The Silver Messenger

Location

Challis, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1897

Page

4

Cowboy and Ashcroft Route to Dawson City

The Challis paper describes the Ashcroft overland trail from Ashcroft British Columbia to Dawson City. It details distances and routes via Quesnelle Fraser crossing Black Water Hazelton Skena Babine Kispinx Nasse Koningees and Telegraph Creek with a final run on Teslin Lake to Dawson City. It notes pack trains take about thirteen days and that pamphlets with full information will be mailed to inquiring parties.

J. L. Keller Ashcroft B. C Klondike Sons of Adam Dawson City White Horse British Columbia Vancouver Cassiar Omerica Seattle Times Canadian Pacific Railroad Quesnelle Fraser River Fraser Crossing Black Water Valley Nachaco Fraser Lake Hudson Bay Company Buckley River Hazelton Skena River Hudson Bay Skena Babine Kispinx Nasse River N.W.B Koningees Iskoot Telegraph Creek Stikeen River Sound Lake Teslin Teslin Lake Hootalinqua Lewis

Guardian Appoints Miss Evangeline Cisneros’s Custodian

Mrs John A Logan named guardian for Evangeline Cisneros a Cuban girl in Washington district court. Court appoints guardian for care and education in Washington DC pending custody and welfare provisions.

John A. Logan Orphans’ Court Washington Evangeline Cisneros Frans Ea Washington, D, C

Custer County Warrants Notice From County Treasurer

County treasurer J P Spanpine in Challis issues notice that warrants against Custer County in current expense redemption and road funds dated 1894 to 1897 will be paid on presentation with interest within sixty days. Interest at 7 percent from registry date to ten days after advertisement.

Custer County de Ronnee Road Fund J. P. Spanpine Challis

Miner mocks Joaquin Miller as Packed-in Miller

An Alaskan miner who has returned ridicules Joaquin Miller the Examiner correspondent. He says Miller never walked, instead pays natives 45 cents a pound to carry his carcass across the pass and writes that the journey is to inhale fresh air while climbing the summit.

Joaquin Miller Examiner

Mayor opens free matrimonial bureau in St Louis

The St Louis mayor says 10,000 young men remain unmarried as they fear the new woman and sets up a free matrimonial bureau. Women may send names and references if they refrain from politics and knickerbockers. The old fashioned girl has the world at her feet. The season’s football toll rises with eight dead 286 maimed and seventeen injured for life per the New York World.

St. Louis New York World

Miners Union Plans Home for Aged and Disabled

The Western Federation of Miners seeks to establish a miners home in Salt Lake City. A fund created last May will finance a $25,000, self sustaining facility for aged and disabled miners, with plans to be submitted next May and Ed Boyce tasked to survey western city offers for sites and inducements.

Western Federation of Miners Salt Lake City Ed. Boyce

Next Year Boom Echoes in Hailey News Miner Voice

For fifteen years residents have waited for a boom labeled next year. The refrain has echoed through generations as babies mature and elders gray, with locals watching for promised prosperity that never arrives. The piece notes a persistent forecast culture shaping a town's expectations.

Hever Hailey News-Miner

Horse Shoeing Services Offered by W. E. Hanna

W. E. Hanna, proprietor of Challis, offers all kinds and classes of horse shoeing up to No 4 shoes for two dollars per head. All other work charged proportionally and guaranteed to give satisfaction. Call to be convinced.

W. E. Hanna Challis Ipauo

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