Miners' Union to Celebrate With Races and Dance
Custer Ida May 30 1903 the Custer Miners Union plans a June 3 celebration featuring foot races and an evening dance. Ralph Beane was treated for typhoid fever after arrival from the creek on May 26. Dr. Allen attended. Mrs S W Egan arrived from Pocatello by stage. C E Eddy and Reginald Correll returned from Utah and California on May 28. Numerous arrivals included George L McGowan Guy Bradbury Ben Metzger John Ireland Wm Sullivan E P Wilson Frank Wilson of Challis F J Clyde Art Pritchett Thos Pritchett Thos Crocker Ramey Howell and families H H Warren and family of Mackay J J Smith of Cleveland Ohio J A Czizek and Wm Oster left for Loon Creek May 28. Dr Allen was called to Small's ranch May 24 to tend W E Hanna who fell ill suddenly. Ravenel Macbeth has gone to Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. McGowan
Guy Bradbury
Ben Metzger
John Ireland
Wm. Sullivan
E. P. Wilson
Frank Wilson
Challis
F. J. Clyde
Art Pritchett
Thos. Pritchett
Thos. Crocker
Ramey Howell
H. H. Warren
Mackay
J. J. Smith
Cleveland
Ohio
J. A. Czizek
Wm. Oster
Loon Creek
Dr. Allen
Small
WE. Hanna
Ravenel Macbeth
Salt Lake City
Local Challis items mix mining news and weddings
Challis Chronicle reports on First-Class Lime for sale at Challis Bridge, weddings in Arco and Salmon, mining notes from Letha Group of Gold Mines, and plans for electric railway surveys. Also covers Road issues, Preston indictments, photographers, a bakery, and Memorial Day observances with a rose drill by young girls in Challis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Challis Bridge
Roosevelt omits Col Shoup from Boise carriage roster
President Roosevelt removed Col Shoup from the list of riders for the Boise Roosevelt reception last week. The president is being very particular about his company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Col. Shoup
Boise
Teddy
Childrens Foot Races for Fifty Dollars Purses
Afternoon events feature children’s foot races with a fifty dollar purse while a baseball game offers a one hundred dollar purse in the afternoon and a separate ball game in the evening.
Salute of Big Guns and Independence Day Events
July 4th schedule featuring sunrise salute by Liberty Car and reading of the Declaration of Independence. Afternoon horse races offer $150 in purses. Officers listed include Geo. E. Keyes, Wm. Buster, Chas. Frost, Wm. Adamson, Lee Kerr. Treasurer Wm. J Bowen, Chairman W Lamme, Secretary J Dougherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall and
Reading Declaration of Independence
Geo. E. Keyes
Wm. Buster
Chas. Frost
Wm. Adamson
Lee Kerr
Treas
J Bowen
W .Lamme
Sec
J. Dougherty
Warden Implements Fish Ladders Across County Dams
Warden Richards plans to equip county dams with fish ladders to help fish pass over barriers. A paddle wheel at ditch heads will let trash pass while fish are deterred. He vows to outfit all streams with wheels or screens and has already updated most dams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warden Richards
Richards
Montpelier
Idaho Lands Opened Under Carey Act Near Snake River
General Manager Filer of Twin Falls Land and Water County says Idaho State aid will settle 60 000 acres along the Snake River in Lincoln and Cassia counties under the Carey act. Public entry begins next July with tracts up to 160 acres each available to settlers who start obtaining irrigation water next spring.
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Filer
Twin Falls
Arrivals at the New Challis for Week Ending May Beth 1908
A list of arrivals includes J A Czizek Salt Lake City Utah T A Doud Boise Idaho Chas S Watkins Ellis Idaho Nelson Watkins Ellis Idaho R L Bybee San Francisco Bert McNab Salmon John Kilcap Clayton David Clum Garden Creek Mines Ida Raverel Macbeth Custer E Coryell E Eddy Mrs P C Felsted James Mahaffey American Falls John Mollen Custer Henry Duffy Stanley James Beatty Clayton David Fale Challis Lou Ross Pahsamarol Henry Bradbury Goldbury John Leonard and wife Pah samarol Idaho.
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New Challis
Beth
J. A. Czizek
Salt Lake
Utah
T. A. Doud
Boise
Idaho
Chas. S. Watkins
Ellis
Nelson Watkins
R. L. Bybee
San Francisco
Cal
Bert McNab
Salmon
John Kilcap
Clayton
David Clum
Garden Creek Mines
Ida
Raverel Macbeth
Custer
R. Cory
Also Mentioned on This Page
Challis House
Robert Morrison
New Challis House
Atl
Bascom House
Willow Cherk Hanch
Dickey, Idaho
Salmon River
E. W. Bascom
T. J. Kerr & Son
D. W. Shanafelt
Tpano
E. Williams
Prop
Main St
Main Street
Thunder Mt
Custer Miners’ Union
Ralph Beane
Creek
S. W. Egan
Pocatello
C. E. Eddy
Reginald Coryell
California
Etelia B. Jones
Mr. Sherman Rossum
Arco, Idaho
Bennett
Brown
Stanley
A. S. Livingston
Theowners
Livingston
Slate Creek
Layton
Denver
James C. Wells
Sarah E. Wells
May
M. E. Parsonage
C. A. Edwards
C. E. Mason
Congregational Church
Mountainhome
Elenora Shedden
Mountainhome High School
J.N. Collins
St. Louis
Red Rock
Montana
Salmon City
Saloon River
Stanley Basin
Blackbird
The
Salmon Recorder
Custer County
Morgan Creek Divide
Lemhi County
Leesburg Hill
Jones
Mr. Jones
Dickens Hill
Frank Georgetta
Llewellyn Clawson
Letha Group
M. G. Dorgan
M. E. Richard
Preston
Bar of Justice
Trepp
Mackay Telegraph
Rees H. Davis
Immigration, Labor and Statistics
Trego
Telegraph
Messenger
Pasarae
Prospector
Cy. Jones
J. A. Caizek
John Jarvis
H. F. Powell
F. E. Landerbach
Aeea R. Bybee
Martin Joyce
Skylark
C. T. Jones
Pahsamaroi
John Mullen
Custer Mountain
Mullen
Vancouver
Henry Duffy
Henry
Ed. O'Neil
Mr. O'Neil
George McGowan
Byter
F. A. Reed
Mildred Gayle
Eleanor Adams
Edith Frost
Evasi Pearl Adams
Lillian Sullivan
Katie Nickerson
Ruby Jones
Eliza Jones
Louise Jones
Ruth Dorgan
Minnie McLarren
Challis, Ida
Court House
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