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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1899
Page
2
James Betts and Patrick Sexton are named in a local public notice dated February 27. The fragment references identities and a specific date without additional context or details about action, place, or authority.
An advertising notice proclaims the cheapest shortest and most direct route to Bayhorse Clayton Bonanza Custer Stanley Basin Seafoam and Algorntains. It mentions US mail and express service, with P. Spalding from Challis as contact.
The Challis Shallis Stage Co offers carries mail express and passengers twice weekly on Saturdays and Tuesdays between Challis and Salmon with connections at Salmon for Bedrock Gibbonsville and other towns in Lemhi and Custer counties. W Raddicker proprietor Batmon Tpana.
Notices show settler Talley Idaho filing proof of residence for land claim, with hearings for April. Also a road repair project near Yankee Fork requiring bids by county board, detailing obstruction removal and rock work to restore travel conditions. Bids to be filed with the county auditor, with right to reject any bid.
Promises prompt shipping of mail passengers express and freight from Blackfoot to all points north south and east. Shipments marked Care B. H. & Stage Co via Black rock. Apply to J. P. Spalding agent Challis Idaho or Crank Anderson secretary and general manager Blackfoot Idaho for details.
F. W. Vogler general manager of Redrock outlines plans to connect Redrock to Salmon by rail, aiming to improve daily connections and freight routing. The proposal centers on establishing dependable service between the two locations.
Notice of application for patent for the Fourth of July Lode, Homestake Lode, and Fourth of July Mill Site in Custer county Idaho filed by Goldafin et al, legal description and survey data, adjacent claims noted, public claims adverse within sixty days, publication ordered for sixty days in Challis newspaper.
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