The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-09-09

Geo. ASDCOn mas ledSeQ O. i.
Potter's blacksmith shop in
Challis.
G. S. Jordan is expected home
from his Maine visit the latter
part of this week.
Maurice Ashton left on last
Friday evenings stage for Poca-
tello to attend school.
Mr.. McGrath, who used to re-
side in Challis twenty years ago,
was a visitor here last week.
Quite q number of our people
have had their orchards raided
by midnight invaders of late.
F. H. Tolmau was in Challis
last Tuesday en- route for his
gold mines on upper Salmon
river.
The MESSENGER office is under
obligations to Mrs. L. HI. John
ston for choice boquet of fra
grant flowers.
Shelley, Idaho, a small town
near Blackfoot, was almost com
pletely wiped out of existence by
fire one day last week.
Challis will enjoy three days
of sporting, Sept. 25-26-27, con-
sisting of baseball, horse racing,
etc. For particulars see post
ers and advertising matter.
w. E. Hanna. one of Custer
county's prominent cattle own
ers, was down from Stanley sew
eral days last week. He brought
his little down to attend school.
Action has been commenced in
Lemhi county to recover from
Mrs. Merritt's bondsmen the
amount due the county from the
shortage of funds in the County
! Treasurer's Office.
G. B. Hamilton was in Custer
county last week in the interest
of his cigar factory at Salmon.
Mr.. Hamilton is spoken of as a
probable candidate on the Demo
cratic ticket of Lemhi county fo1
the Office of County Treasurer.
We are in receipt of a compli,
mentary ticket which admits us
! and our family to the South
eastern Idaho Fair Association,
to be held at BlackfoQt October
7-6-9-l0, 1902, and for which We
are very grateful.
The State Board of Equaliza-
tion dealt rather lightly with the
Oregon Short Line branch from
Blackfoot to Mackay in the way
of railroad valuation They only
fixed a valuation of $2, 500 a mile
, on this branch line. Nearly
everyone here expected that thu
5 valuation would be placed a
double that amount.
On the 3rd inst. at Pittsfeld
Mass, President Roosevelt mar
rowly escaped being crushed f.
death under a tram car wheels
! While riding in a carriage tn
J vehicle was struck by an electri
: car and Secret Service Agen
: Craig was killed, and the drive
was terribly injured, while tn
a President and Secretary Corte
/ lyou were badly shaken.
A decision was handed dow
, the other day by the Suprem
Court of Idaho in the case of I
= Sweet VS.. Samuel Ballentine
: which emanated from Bois
. :, county. This case which ha
y been known as the "sheep" cast
: was tried in the Boise count
,, . district court some time ago, tn
y details being pretty thorough
: told at the time. Ballentint
dSdluSb WlIOul % LolSu was LOi
ID dered and damages assessed
le asked through his attorneys fc
a rehearing some time ago. b
rs claimed that the law was settin
le aside certain portions of th
" public domain for the benefit I
ii settlers and ranchers having otI
IF er classes of livestock than shee
N at the sheepmen's expense. Al'
It. that another hand of sheep hs
in caused the damage alleged
le the case. The court turne
5h down the latter claim because
" insufficient evidence, and as
Id the former took the ground tn
s. legal damages are in the natu
I'd of penalty and are not to
is considered as an injury to Il
Sc vested property rights of al
ed settler. The petition for a I
ch hearing was denied. JUST
at- Sullivan rendered the opinio
lie Chief Justice QuarleS concurril