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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1909
Page
4
Legal notices from Idaho district court and land office details. Plaintiffs pursue ruling against John G Morrison over a fraudulent mortgage tied to mining claims including George Washington, Paradise, Felt Play and others in Custer County. Also a land settlement notice for Sawtooth and Challis National Forest tracts with homestead entry deadlines.
Prospectors Mining & Developing Co Ltd of Boise City Idaho issues a forfeiture notice to Boyan Spaing Marely 16 and all coowners. It states $100 labor and improvements on the Brown Beauty lode in Thunder Mountain Mining District Idaho were performed to hold the claim for 1904 annual requirements. If co owners do not contribute one third of $33.33 within 90 days of service or publication, their undivided one third interest will vest in the subscriber. Publication dates April 1 1909 and July 1 1909.
An advertisement touts Kasparilla as a natural corrective for digestion and overall health. It promises improved appetite, regular bowels, relief from headaches and backaches, and notes a refund policy if the product fails, authorized by the seller in Portland, Oregon.
Pilgrims travel from Paris to Lourdes in a crowded train as miracles are eagerly awaited amid the ill and dying. Reports claim cures at Lourdes, with nuns and priests aiding the pilgrims. Separately, Fort Leavenworth will host a new federal penitentiary, the largest in the U.S., built largely by convict labor for about $4.0 million in cost savings.
The Grande Place of Brussels is praised as Europe’s finest square. The piece highlights the opening towers the Hotel de Ville spire and the St Nicholas statue atop guarding the city, plus the Maison du Roi and its arcaded gallery and Venetian loggia, creating a breathless view for travelers.
The Chicago Tribune notes a planned French military uniform change from the iconic red trousers to a more inconspicuous color. La Presse laments the loss of the distinctive sign that gave the army its character, while acknowledging progress as Paris braces for a somber olive on its soldiers.
The Fifty-eighth congress shows a surge of young members, about sixty having emerged since the Civil War era. Ages range from 28 to 32, with many viewed as embryo statesmen poised to rise, supported by experienced lawmakers and officials across legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
Battersea mothers follow a new municipal milk depot weighing day. Infant weights rose since the program, with the heaviest eight month old at 28 pounds and a three week old at six pounds. Daily sterile milk for 400 infants costs six to nine bottles per child, depending on age. Death rates among battersea infants fell from 10 to 6 per 1000. An article on muscular energy suggests faster alcohol elimination with exercise, illustrated by a dog-wheel experiment. American tourists in Switzerland numbered 9,700 last summer.
Historical overview of Custer County Idaho highlighting its mining boom from placer beginnings in the 1860s to quartz riches, rising population to 5000, key towns Challis Mackay Bayhorse and Stanley, major mines like Morgan Creek Garden Creek and Yankee Fork, plus mills and smelters and the need for better transport and capital.
Agriculture ably supplements mining as Salmon river irrigates thousands of acres of arable land. Stock-raising is a leading industry, with mild winters and rich summer ranges, yielding substantial tax revenues. The county boasts timber, farming, growing schools, churches, railroads, and vast mineral wealth including gold and silver.
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