The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-06-01
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prepared to do boot and shoe
work, repairing, etc.
Blaine county has about 600
names on its delinquent tax list.
Custer county has about go
names.
Last Sunday being Memorial
Day it was duly observed in
Challis by our citizens with APP
propriate exercises both at the
Hall and cemetery. The
children took an active part in
program, and they, with others,
decorated the graves with gar
lands of sweet flowers. The diff
ferent branches of Odd Fellow
ship in this city also joined in
commemorating this day with
the exercises of their Order.
The combined procession of men,
women and children laden with
baskets and boquets of flowers
were escorted to the cemetery
by the Challis Cornet Band.
An accident occurred at Glib
bonsville on last Sunday morn
ing at about z o'clock, whereby
two men have died and five 9th
ers were more or less seriously
injured by the giving way of the
trestle on the tramway used by
the A d. & NJ. Co. to convey ore
from their mines to the mill.
This tramway is about a mile in
length and at the point where it
crosses Anderson creek gulch,
is built upon trestle which was
about 65 feet high at the point
where it collapsed. From what
we can learn it appears that six
workmen. Windover, Hulett,
Clock, Johnson, Stevens and an
other man, were at work repair
ing the trestle and had notified
the foreman that the tramway
was unsafe and no ore cars could
pass over it, but by some means
the order was not understood or
needed and the first intimation
the men received of their danger
was the sight of the ore train of
eight cars bearing down upon
them. They signalled and yell
ed 10 the carman to stop the car,
but although he tried his best TO
do so he could not. When it
reached the weak spot the whole
thing collapsed, carrying the
carmen. cars and mule down with
it, the heavy timbers and debris
burying eight human beings.
Windover was instantly and HUI
lett so badly injured that he died
on Sunday evening. The other
four men were all more or less
injured, Stevens having an arm
broken. Smith, the carman,
miraculously escaped injury.
The wreckage fell directly upon
Geo. Croghan's house, which is
buried in tons of ore, broken cars
and timbers, but fortunately for
him he had just stepped outside
and although he suffered a bad
scalp wound and is bruised from
head to foot, he considers him
self lucky man. Windover
| leaves wife and six children in
| Michigan. Hulett belonged to
the Odd Fellows and the funeral
services occurred yesterday,
under the auspices of that order.
A messenger arrived Sunday at
$3.50 o. m. for DIR. Whitwell to
assist DIR. McNevin in caring for
the injured ones, and he hastened
at once to the scene of the acci-
dent and did all in his power to
alleviate their sufferings. He
returned yesterday and reports
the injured ones all getting along
nicely although it will be some
time before they recover.-Sal-
mon Recorder.
Probably there never was g
law governing the sale of intoxi-
cants or regulating saloons like
, that which recently passed the
Pomona City Council. Pomona
is very evenly divided between
high license and prohibition
sentiment, and the ordinance
just passed is the result of Ions
: and watchful experiment in deal
ing with saloons. The new law
. provides that there may be two
+. saloons there, each to give ap
proved bonds for $4,000, and Il
. pay $500 license every six months
: in advance. The saloon keeper
: TO be resident of Pomona. HI,
E may hire barkeeper. but tn,
5 character of the barkeeper mus
!. be passed upon by the City Coun
: Gil before he can serve. The sa
f loon must be even with the lin
r of the street and on the groun,
floor. Its front must be NOR
: than half of clear glass. N,