The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-03-27
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School closed Friday.

OCuOOl clObeu Iludy.
Smoke "Victor Dewey" cigar.
Alonzo Dodge returned last
Tuesday for a visit to Salt Lake
City.
The 'Beccas will give another
banquet tonight in this city.
Most of ranchers have been
plowing for the past week or ten
days.
The Challis Odd Fellows will
observe the 81st anniversary of
the Order on April Goth.
Rev. w. G. Veazie, of Topeka,
Kansas, arrived in Challis last
Saturday with Rev. Foster.
Born:-To the wife of Senator
Hooper, at Salmon on March 18,
a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Greene, of Clay
ton, visited friends in Challis
last week.
We understand the Indian scare
at Lemhi agency is a fake.
Mr.. Heise, the popular travel
ing liquor salesman, was in Chal-
lis last Friday.
Robert Bell returned from Sal
mon last Friday evening in
the interest of the Idaho Mid
land railroad.
Yankee Fork postofice is to
be established in this county at
the McFadden mine with Mrs.
Caroline McFadden, postmistress.
Watson & Jordan have had
their saloon front recently paint
ed by E. G. Headrick, which adds
greatly to the appearance of the
building.
w. H. Felkner and Enos Wat
son departed on Friday last for
Salt Lake City to receive medical
assistance, and expect to remain
about month. They went to
Blackfoot by private conveyance
and from that point will board
the train.
Jim Townsend, formerly ot
Bodie, wrote to friend in thai
place from Oakland recently,
that he had undergone an opera
ton for dropsy and had abou
three gallons of water taker
from him. Jim says that the
story may sound fishy to hi;
mountain friends, as they viii
all corroborate his statemen
that he never drank that mucl
water in his life.
The Indians are catching ;
great many Salmon trout now a
the mouth of Pahsamaroi river
law or no law. The presen
Idaho fish law is a great farce
for people are bound to fish will
hook and line at any time of thc
year, and such a nonsensical lay
! tends to make people violaters @
law who otherwise a good law
abiding citizens. The same Law
that is intended for us should b
1 intended and enforced agains
; the Indians.
5 K. Mckenzie, Arthur McGowa
5 and Frank Tully, of Custer, a
4 charged with violating the CANT
l ling law, were arrested on in
: formation by County Attorne
g Calhoun, and were brought be
f fore the Probate Court in thi
Y place and were tried by jury o
S Tuesday last. The case of Nj
a Mckenzie was tried, but he wa
e acquitted by the jury on accour
e of insufficient evidence, and th
|, other two cases were dismisse
e on the same grounds. 1t appea
, ed that the complaining witne'
1T knew all about public and ope
/, gambling being carried on
y Custer-in fact these witness'
'e had played and lost money
If these games, but when placed c
b the witness stand did not kno
y whether gambling was done
l. Custer on that date or not-ol
lr witness was drunk, according
d. his story, and had an idea tn
re he lost his money gambling, al
re thinking, perhaps, that by ha
u. ing these gentlemen arrested,
i'd would get half the fine. The
lie is no doubt that gambling b
been carried on openly in tt
and other places in Custer cou
f. ty, but requires positive eviden
er to convict. The County Attorn
20 no doubt, thought that he b
es secured this kind of evident
i'll but when he put his witness
lp upon the stand, he soon learn
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