The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-08-01
Silver, 6Os; Lead, s455; Cop,
per, $3.50; Wheat, III.

ROA, VLOsOOs W ACob3 L.
Henry Lynn, of the Stanley
Basin dredging company was in
Challis last week.
G. E. Kinney, of Antelope, and
who was at one time one of the
County Dads of this county,
was Challis visitor last week.
The Boise Statesman passed
its 35th birthday on the 26th
inst. The Statesman is Idaho's
only great daily newspaper, and
with age it appears to improve.
We wish the Statesman many
more prosperous birthdays.
The Wood River Times says ::
The fish and game law is unreas-
enable, unconstitutional and void.
AS it stands no one can sell an
eanoe of fish or game. Hence
d0ss keepers or housekeepers
must catch the fish they want to
eat or use, or kill the game that
they need. This is absurd. The
law cannot contemplate such
nonsense. If it does, 1T is con
trary to public policy and an at
tainder upon individual rights.
1t is stated that the new salary
law has put matters in such
shape that the sheriff of the
county cannot go out of his own
county to arrest an offender un-
less he pays his own expenses,
no mileage can be allowed the
sheriff for such purpose. If this
is true an escaping prisoner is
comparatively safe after he is
out of the county in which his
offense was committed, as sheriffs
of adjoining counties get nothing
for extra expense of assisting
and returning such parties to
the county in which they are
wanted. -NaInra Leader.
| John G. Bell, w. d. Ratchford
and j. D. Kennedy, sub-commit
tee of the congressional indus
trial committee, arrived at Wal
lace on the Oath to examine into
the Ceur d'Alene mining troubl-
es. This subcommittee under
arrangements made by the full
: committee in dividing the work
looks after the industrial disturb
ances among the miners partic
ularly. They came west to lool
into difficulties between Colorado
smelters and employees, continu
ing on here at the instance o
Edward Boyce, president of th'
Western Federation of Miners
Senator Heitfeld and others
Today was spent quietly by the
commission in acquainting them
!, selves with the local situation
The length of their stay is un
certain, but they will be her
long enough to become familia
: with the causes leading to the
: strike at Wardner and the subse
quent riot which involved th
r whole Cnur d'Alenes. The in
: formation they secure will be tn
f basis of a report to congress a
o the session next wiuter.-Bois
4 Statesman.
w. Fl. Silberhorn returned las
i Friday from Stanley Basin. TIL,
r men who went out with him ar
o still there, prospecting place
/ ground. Mr.. Silberhorn wen
n out as far as Caster. He CAV
4 the details of an accident at th'
t Jordan bridge. across Payette
d last Wednesday, A. d. Stewar
from Deadwood, South Dakota
and Frank Feltham, of Boise
n were on the way to Sheep Mour
S tain. In crossing the bridge tw
S of the stringers broke, precip
= tating Mr.. Steward and two Q
y the horses into the river. Th
ut other horses had crossed. Nj
II Feltham took Mr.. Steward OF
II of the river fifteen hundred fee
ID below the bridge. At that poir
IS the water was only waist deel
Steward to all appearances wa
:. dead. He didn't regain consc
- BUSINESS for over three hour
y The only sign of life during tn;
- :, time was q slight twitching
= the hands. Mr.. Steward says a
- that he remembers was crasl
y thump on the head and a mi
up with the horses. This wa
st only for a few seconds. His i
Id iuries consist of a long cash
I'd the calf of the leg and bruisl
to about the body and head L
VS. was taken to Herman Myer
re place, three miles below t.
~ bridge. Mr.. Steward had a vel
d. narrow escape. If he had bee
I'd in the river few moments Ion
We er life would have been extinC