The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-12-29

You can soon write it 1887"

State Senator elect George
Coryell came out from Custer
last Friday evening en- route for
Boise City.
Our school teachers-Miss
Barton and Miss Thomas, are
spending the Holidays with
friends on Pahsimari.
We are in receipt of the annual
Christmas edition of the Poca-
tello Tribune. 1t is a beautiful
number and reflects much credit
on the enterprise of its publish
ers.
The old question is asked
again Can one do the assess
ment for group of lode claims
on one claim, and have it count
for them all. That is, If I have
five claims, can I do $500 worth
of work on one of the five, to
hold them all p"
The answer is that work done
anywhere, even hundreds of feet
away from the claim, viii count
as annual assessment work, if it
is intended to develop the claim.
The deciding point is, viii the
work develop the claim !? III it
will, it will count as assessment;
if it viii not, it viii not count.
An editor comes In contact
with many amusing articles for
publication. Notice the follow
ing ''Mr. Editor, I desire to
thank the friends and neighbors
most heartily in this manner for
the united aid and cooperation
during the illness and death of
my husband, who escaped from
me by the hand of death on Fri
day last while eating breakfast
To the friends and all who con-
tributed SO willingly towards
making the last moments and
and funeral of my husband a
success, / desire to thank most
kindly, hoping these few lines
viii find them enjoying the same
blessing I also have a good
mich COW; and roam gelding
horse of eight years old which /
will sell cheap. God moves In a
mysterious way his wonders to
perform He plants His foot
steps in the sea and rides upon
the storm. Also a black and
white shoat very low. ."-Ex-
The following article taken
from the Missoula Democrat, en-
titled Jurisdiction Defined" is
of much importance
THE uncertainty that has pre-
vailed as to the jurisdiction of
our courts has been a serious
matter to litigants and has cost
large sums of money to the State
and this same cause has been the
intervening hand between crime
and its punishment. By common
consent it has been conceded that
all crimes committed upon an
Indian reservation must be tried
in the u. S. Court So firmly
was this conviction seated that
many persons suffered wrongs
rather than resort to the courts
for redress with the certainty
staring them in the face of wait
ing four or five years before
their wrongs could be possibly
righted by the court of last re-
sort. Matters have remained in
this shape for more than a quar-
ter of a century and might have
continued indefinitely had not
Lewis Penwell, a bright star in
the legal armament of Helena,
become convinced that the
impression that had so long pre-
vailed was erroneous. He was
appointed by the court TO defend
Pleasant Draper. charged with
shooting to death one Lena Tur
ner. He was found guilty ane
sentenced to death. The crime
was committed within the limit:
of the Crow Reservation. Herr
was the opportunity for Mr.
Penwell to put his theory to ;
test and he lost no time in takins
an appeal to the supreme court
His wisdom has at last beel
demonstrated, for the Supreme
| Court of the u. S. has just hand
! ed down decision that Judys
! Knowles exceeded his jurisdic
ton in trying Draper and sen
: the case back for trial in ths
State courts. 1t is splendit
: victory for native Montanal
and sets at rest for ever tn
question of jurisdiction owe
: crimes committed on Indian Res
ervations.
mfr. Penwell was in Challi
!, last Summer. and it was ou
pleasure to form his acquaint