The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-31
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county said yesterday that the
new railroad from Butte, Mon
tana, to Boise, via. Clayton, Bon
ANA, Stanley Basin and Cape
Horn is an assured fact, and op-
erations on grading will probab-
ly be commenced before another
year passes. HALEY News Miner.
The next session of the I. O..
o. F. Grand Lodge of Idaho will
be held in Lewiston.
Rube Still, of Hamilton, Mon
tana, spent several days last
week in Challis. Mr.. Still used
to be a Challisite some IL years
ago. He is here with another
gentleman, selling the new gas
oline lamp.
The Shamrock" proved to be
no match for the Columbia"
Miss May Purviance, John @.
Adams and J. G. Fox returned
on Sunday evening the 22nd,
from Weiser, where they had
been in attendance at the ses-
sion of the Grand Lodge I. o. O..
F. They report a splendid time.
There is some talk of Cover
nor Steunenberg calling an ex-
ira session of the Idaho legisla-
ture to provide means for guard
ing the men confined in the bull
pen at Wardner, as the Govern
ment troops are to be withdrawn
at once. Had the prisoners been
given trial as they ought to have
been-as two terms of District
Court have gone by-there GER
tainly would have been no need
of this extra expense imposed
upon the people. The Govern
ment wants clean its hands of
the affair for political reasons,
so our worthy Governor has pub
lished a letter to the effect that
the State government is is re-
sponsible for the whole affair.
B. H. Roberts, the Utah Con-
gressman, it is said, will resign
his position thereby not allow
ing his opponents the pleasure
of ousting him.
Two Idaho volunteers-Jay H.
Hard and Bert Colvin-died in
Boise the other day. They were
born in the same town in Michi-
gan in the same year, and died
in Boise on the same day.
Mrs. Call, of Nevada, is visit
ing with her sister in Challis,
Mrs. T. J. Paul.
Dancing parties are quite often
in Challis of late. Another en-
joyable party was held on Mon
day night the 23rd.
Mrs. G. E. Mason, formerly of
Challis, but now of Mountain
home, has been granted a license
to preach.
Mrs. Fielding and son of Riv-
erside were in Challis last week.
Henry Horton brought back
with him from Manila number
of curios, and among them were
a battle axe and a dirk knife, both
of which he picked up on the
battlefield of Santa Ana, by the
side of a dead Filipino officer
They are very ancient imple.
ments of warfare, and were evi
IDENTIFY made by hand, and pre-
sent a rough appearance. They
are very ugly looking weapons.
According to an Idaho law
commencing with tomorrow, the
1st, you cannot catch fish in any
manner until the 1st of next
May. This will be a severe blow
on Joe" The law reads
sit shall be unlawful to catcf
or kill any species of fish, excep
salmon, carp, club, mullet
sucker, shad, white fish ant
sturgeon in any of the streams
rivers, lakes. reservoirs or wat
ers, lying within the State O.
Idaho, with any seine or othel
net, or any spear, weir, fence
basket, trap, gill-net, set-net
otter or any other contrivanct
except hook and line attached tc
a pole or held in a hand Pro
oided, That no fish shall be tGke'
by any method, except for breed
ing purposes.
ANY person found guilty o
catching any species of fish ex
cept for breeding, between tn
first day of November and tn
first day of May of the succeed
ing year shall upon convictiol
thereof be fined in sum not les
than tan nor more than fit