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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1904
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR item lists names J Sharp W A Hodgman with unclear dates and months. Reads Bentember 20th auUnLY October 3th Nav. Likely garbled public notice or obituary line. No clear event or action evident from readable text.
Notice to Camille Hichams heirs and legal representatives that expenditures were made on the Hot Placer claims at Jordan Creek Idaho in Yankee Work District Custer County. It states costs to hold the claim through Dec 1, 1904 and a 30 to 90 day window to contribute or lose co-ownership to the claimant who funded 1902 1901 expenditures. Dated September 1904.
Notice states defendants in a case in the Fourth Judicial District Court of Idaho for Blaine County with L Renner and Hiram Mesheman as attorneys for plaintiffs. It lists defendants Lytleton Price and Wayne Tartestos among others and references "Water Creek Mine" and a district court term. The Clerk of the court is McLeod. Also an employment ad seeks two people to establish a wholesale house in the region.
The article surveys naval catastrophes from Port Arthur to Lissa and Camperdown. It recounts Admiral Makaroff at Port Arthur and the Petropavlovsk loss, notes the 1782 Royal George and Soleil Royal duel at Quiberon Bay, and recalls wars at sea with heavy casualties including the Ajax, Captain, and Tryon.
The notice states labor and improvements totaling a prescribed amount for the year and requires co owners to contribute a proportional share within a set period after publication. It references specific names and deeds related to a property sale by order of court and attorney, with dates and locations noted.
Mr Broughton Brandenberg describes Abyssinian women in Egypt during festival time. A bangle head dress, gold and silver adornments, red and white blouse, beaded skirt, colored leg stripes, toe rings and ankle bracelets mark their attire. Also: England fox terrier Prince praised for collecting coins for Norwich Victoria infirmary. He deposited coins in a collection box, having gathered over 2000 in 1903.
Custer County Idaho offers vast inducements to settlers, noting a transformation from a wilderness to a mining and farming region. It highlights towns Challis Mackay Stanley and diverse mines, orchards, and ranching, along with irrigation hopes, transportation aims, and stock-raising strengths. The piece frames the area as rich in copper, lead, silver, gold, with major mines like Mackay and Yankee Fork and plans for canals and rail access.
The piece extols Custer County climate with snowy valleys and mild winters at Challis height of 5400 feet. It notes one fourth of mountainous land timbered with spruce fir and pine and highlights farming, grazing, growing taxable property, railroads, schools, churches, low crime, stock ranges, fertile soil and rich mineral wealth including gold silver copper lead.
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