The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-10

larged to an S-page paper next
week
District Court adjourned last
Friday evening.
The Board of County Commis-
sioners convened in Challis yes
terday in regular session.
Three dances and one show In
Challis In one week is doing
pretty well.
In the matter of the tax case of
Lemhi county VS.. Custer county
the Court in session here last
week granted an alias pre-empt-
ory writ of mandate commanding
the county commissioners to con-
vene forthwith and levy a tax to
pay the warrants held by Lemhi
county.
Prof. Barnes Dog and Pony
Show gave an exhibition in this
place last Thursday night This
was by far the best show that
Challis has bad for many long
day. 1t is said that they had a
s16O house.
| Bert Fox of Co. &c." Idaho
volunteers, brought US a fine
sea shell as a memento from the
Philippines. 1t is a beauty, and
we appreciate it very highly.
John Galland, of Challis, We
are informed, enlisted with tht
regular army recently, and has
gone to the Philippines.
DIR. J. S. Meyer has gone tC
Silver City for a few weeks t.
relieve the doctor at that place.
Robt. Campbell and wife o.
Clayton; Jas. McFadden and wifi
of Custer, Supt. Greene. of Clay
ton; Ben Clark, E. J. Michael
Chas. Baker and Nal Branca, o
Bayhorse, Emmett Hosford, o
. Clayton; Mat Womacks and Ben
Metzgar. of Stanley Basin, wer
!, among the visitors at Challis las
week.
]. G. Fox returned from Boise
and ]. P. Spalding from Black
foot last Tuesday.
To the Teachers Of Custer County
THE questions for county ex
aminations in History and Peda
gogy will be taken, as nearly a
is practicable. from the Readin:
Circle Course. MARGARE
; KEENAN,, County Supt-
Hugh Woods, who is connect
ed with the Woods Live Stocl
Company of Spencer, Idaho
: which coucern is one one of tn
: largest live stock organization
in the west, was in town a fel
: days during the week on bus
q ness for his company. Will
e here he made a deal whereby b
secured lease on the Genera
: Joe A. Brownies place, nea
5 Melrose, and will convert it int
a sheep ranch. 1t is said ths
g the Woods company will put i
9 20, 900 head of sheep in this cour
ty this fall. The range will b
around Melrose and in the MC
: Carly mountain country. Thi
a is one of the best sheep range
in the state. 1t is now occnpie
: to large extent by the cattle
men of Twin Bridges and tn
! jefferson valley who will Ii
q relish this movement.-Dillo
Tribune.
d Salt Lake Tribune In ti
= suit of the Pocatello bank again.
G. Bunting & Co, bankers,
4. which c. E. Thum was appointe
? receiver, the last of the inte
l. veuor suits have been Submitte
l. to the court, all of which are
20 be argued at the term of tt
District court in Pocatello. III
suits are brought by Bingham
Fremont and Custer countie
and by an Ogden bank. aud th
IN ex- assessor and Sheriff of BinI
Of ham county. These suits COW
very large amounts. the Biughal
st suit being for over so. 600. I'll
ol others are for from s.. 900 TO ST.
% 900 each. These suits are
S, keeping with and following tt
decision of the Supreme court
nt the suit of the State against Il
4, receiver of the same bank, a,
i, the intervenors seek to have Il
amounts of their respective d
sr posits declared trust funds
te the hands of the defendant ban
at If these suits are successful,
" will practically consume all
n the money on hand and preve
j. the paymelt of any further di'