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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1907
Page
8
Silver Messenger reports confusion as M M Sweet, proprietor, describes disruption at Challis post office. unclear text indicates a route problem and possible delays affecting mail service and local communication.
President Theodore Roosevelt issues a June 25 1907 directive through the Secretary of the Interior barring final certificates patents or land titles without on site examination by authorized officers with listed exceptions including prior on the ground examinations cross examined proofs regular proceedings and reissued patents Indian allotments and certain agricultural or classed lands are exempted the order substitutes the December 13 1906 directive and calls for carrier
County treasurer advertises payment of warrants with interest to date if presented within sixty days from January 29 1907. Lists Current Expense Fund and Road and Bridge Fund issue numbers and dates with interest at seven tenths of a percent from registry to payment. Interest ceases ten days after the advertisement. J Crypt County Treasurer Challis Idaho January 29 1907.
A feature on the iris diaphragm used in cameras and microscopes, detailing its layered metal plates and automated iris control. It notes inventor John Henry Brown, his death in Hove, and a 19th century note from Dr Hollis about Brown's model and lack of patent. Brown was a respected dental surgeon and Royal Astronomical Society fellow who died at 67.
The article explains asbestos as a hornblende mineral linking plant and animal realms. It highlights fibrous and crystalline qualities, elastic and brittle states, and its high density in crude form versus lightness after processing. Best fire proof cloth fibers come from lower Canada. ore from rock is $200 per ton, spun fibers reach $1,500 per ton.
Handball has rapidly become popular in a short span of time. The sport is healthful and exhilarating and engages major muscles while sharpening eye quickness.
In a dramatic 15 story fall risk, Williams carries Penfield to safety amid a blazing elevator collapse. Behetty narrates a tense rescue as crew members work a fragile ladder traverse to reach the victim and pull him to safety despite searing heat and looming danger.
The London Daily Mail notes radium could light gun sights and sighting marks at night, aiding warfare. Andrew A. Common of Eaton-rise, Faling, pioneered the approach, his widow Mrs Common has now had the patent specifications accepted after his death. Australi an Aboriginals practice tooth mutilation as a rite of manhood, with boys breaking a front tooth to gain status.
Public notice states that Valentine Muelzer holds permit 442 for diverting 415 cfs of Sulphur Creek water in Custer County Idaho for irrigation and domestic use. Completion date set for March 19 1907 with 31 5 cfs capacity and 160 acres described в Sec 12 Tp 14 N R 21 E BM. First publication Feb 5 1907.
Coowners announce expenditures of 215 dollars for 1905 and 1906 on the Altora Jode mining claim atop Estes Mountain Yankee Fork Mining District Cus ter County Idaho. If one half owner does not pay 115 dollars plus costs within ninety days after final publication, their interest will vest in the undersigned per Revised Statutes. Dated Bonanza Idaho January 2 1907. First publication January 5 1907.
Albert M Williams notices a co owner of Paxacas and Gran Bag lode claims in Parker Mountain Idaho that $200 was spent in 1906 for labor to hold the claims under US Revised Statutes. The reader must contribute $115.50 within 90 days. otherwise the co owner's half interest will be foreclosed to Williams.
Notice from Custer County Idaho inviting sealed bids for construction of a bridge over Salmon River ten miles below Chaht town. Bids due before April Kn. 167. Board reserves right to reject any bids. Clerk M Henderson signs for Board of County Commissioners.
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