Fashionable Millinery and Road Land Hustle Stir Ontatio
Capitalists from St Paul and Mineo close to Hill seek to buy out the Willamette Valley & Cascade Mountain Road land interests in Oregon. Ontario visitors with Col Wood and Reeder inspect holdings as Hill invasion rumors intensify. Boise & Western line touted as Hill road, linking to Oregon Trunk and routes toward Coos Bay and San Francisco.
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St. Paul
Hill
Notario
C. Robertson
Joseph C. Wood
W. P. Davidson
Snd
John E. Burchard
Ontario
C.E.S. Wood
Frank Reeder
Portland
Road Land Company
Willamette Valley & Cascade Mountain Road Company
Oregon
James 4
Mum
St. Paul Syndicate
Colonel Wood
Boise & Western
Malheur Canyon
Harriman
Gilmore & Pittsburg
Boise
Coos Bay
San Fracisco
Capital News
First National Bank of Challis
Notice for Publication of Desert Land Claim
Serial No. 1356. Notice that Harry Mates of tothbucy Custer county Idaho filed Desert Entry No. 1501 for NE NW Section 22 Town 1 North Range 24 East Boise Meridian. Intent to make Final Proof to establish land claim before L. Al. Johnston US Commissioner in Challe Custer county Idaho on April 27. Witnesses Ed Hooter Mason Allen James Wells all of Goldburg Idaho. Morne Register first publication March 23, 1909.
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Harry Mates
Tothbucy
Caster County
Idaho
Range
Boise Meridian
L. al. Johnston
United States
Challe
Custer County
Maho
Ed, Hooter
Goldburg
Custer Co
Medilton
Mason Allen
Alie
James Wells
Probate Court Estate Matter in Custer County Idalo
In the Probate Court of the County of Custer State of Idalo the matter involves the estate. Details inaccessible in fragmentary OCR but prominence given to probate proceedings and estate administration within the jurisdiction.
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Custer
Idalo
Black Hawk Mining Company annual meeting notice
Notice is given of the annual meeting of Black Hawk Mining Company Limited to elect officers and directors, raise funds, bond the properties, and take necessary action. It will be held at the corporate offices in Ollis Idaho on May 2, 1910 at 2 o clock p m. Dated Challis March 2 1910 Mutos A Browns Secretary First pub March 5 uu wi
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Black Hawk Mining Company, Limited
Ollis
Idaho
Challis
Mar
Local Items and Community Happenings in Challis
Religious meetings were held at the church each night last week. A number from this place attended the dance at May last Friday night. WANTED 500 to smoke Challis Special cigars made at the Challis Cigar Factory. A D Prose plans an office building between the Hotel Leaton and Main street for a real estate office. Miss Kelleher fixed Arbor Day for April 22 in Custer county and hopes schools observe it. Frank O Leary was brought to Challis and jailed awaiting May District Court on worthless checks. he couldn't furnish bonds. In society notes we corrected omissions about Mrs Maude Chivers winning first prize and the Pitt party being hosted by the Ladies Club. New G P railroad survey crews arrived, reportedly altering Salmon river and building bridges to save costs. A petition seeks village bonds for waterworks and electric lights to be owned by Challis. The Board will decide next Tuesday night, likely calling a special election. Town needs water, lights, telephone exchange, and aims to raise revenue for improvements. Challis is well located for waterworks and power, with Garden Creek supplying potential for the system. If the election is called, all taxpayers support bonds for town welfare.
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Frank O'Leary
Challis
Roberts
District Court
Mackay
O'Leary
Garden Creek
Comet sighting and Idaho forest news prompt talk of politics
The report notes a visible comet and multiple Idaho items: Forest Service workers arriving from Salmon for the Salmon River Land and Irrigation project, autos nearing a new mining camp near Jarbridge, and a local contest where Ross Tobias wins a pistol event. It also mentions Pinchot Ballinger politics, Uncle Joe Cannon’s role, and census hopes for Idaho’s population growth and potential two‑member Congress.
Forest Officials Meet At Ogden And Local Tragedy Noted
A three day gathering of head Forest Service officials from Ogden and regional forests met in Challis and nearby areas, with about thirty five officers attending. The report lists numerous officials from the Ogden, Salmon, Lemhi, and Challis national forests. Separately, J S Darrah, an elderly local resident, was killed when his buggy overturned near Shoshone, fracturing his skull. he was about 70 and a longtime Mason and Shriner.
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Challis
Forest Service
Ogden
Utah
Salmon National Forest
Lemhi National Forest
Challis National Forest
Big Wood River
J. S. Darrah
Jtown
Darrah
Shriner
Capital News
Valley Creek
Stanley Basin
Festive Wood-Tick Prosperities Feature Sketch
A quirky sketch by Clarence Fo wer' Tee Port imagines the wood-tick in Idaho and beyond. It jokes that the tick emerges from April Fool's to July Fourth, claiming unsuspecting prospectors as its victims in a humorous cautionary note.
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Clarence Fower
Tee Port
Idaho
Rey
Harry Friend Found in Rough Gulch Snowslide
A Rough Gulch incident reports Harry Friend’s body recovered after a snowslide prior to Christmas. The letter from Ida Robinson dated March 26 notes he was about 60, owned placer ground with Clay Vance, and that relatives may live in Ni. Details on the cause or moment of death are unclear.
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Harry Friend
Robinson
Ida
Messenger
Harry Frend
K_D
Wituiass
Mr. Friend
Clay Vance
Rough Gulch
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