The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-15


was in town last week.
Mr.. A G. Bomar and family
will move to Idaho Falls about
the 1st of next month
Messrs- Waller and Bradley
arrived in town last Saturday
evening from Seafoam.
Chas- S. Jordan departs next
week on visit to relatives and
friends in Maine. and expects to
be absent about two months
John Padrina brought Nal
Branca down from Bayhorse last
Wednesday evening Mr.. Branca
is quite sick with erysipeIas.
J. G. Fox went down to Poca-
tellO last week He is interested
IN some mining claims that he
and others secured when the res
eryation was opened
Mrs A C. Bomar. D. D. P of
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge No
q, l. o. o. F., ChaIIis. installed
the following newly elected OIL
GERS last Tuesday night
n. G--Miss Cuba TrusIer.
" G.-MisS Pearl MCGOWAN.
Sec--Miss Mabel Jose.
Treas. Mrs E Huffman.
The MESSENGER received a
visit from DR. C. Jones Sunday
morning, very prosperous and
energetic young man from Cali
fornia. who IS looking for loca-
ton We are pleased to hear the
Doctor speak so favcrabIy of this
locality He has almost decided
to locate In this section, as up to
date he has had all the work he
cares to do, and we hope he will
remain with Us, as he has proven
himself beyond a doubt, to be a
first-claSs mechanic, and we bel
ieve him TO be honest and consci-
entious in his profession. His
Office will be the J. C. Fox lOdg-
ing house until July 21st. He
viii then return to Custer where
he has many friends and patients
Judge Beatty of the Circuit
court Of the United I States for
the District of Idaho. rules that
a bank cannot knowingly pay
check which has been drawn on
il for gambling debt when
gambling is unlawful. This de-
cision was made in the case of
Florence Young against Frank
McGrane. of Grangeville- 1t APP
pears that Mrs Young's hus-
band. while under the influence
of liquor, got into a little game
of draw. and invested In $1,000
worth of cellulOid chips, paying
for the same in checks ON the
Camas Prairie Bank.
Mrs Young brought suit
against the bank for the amount
and Judge Beatty makes this
ruling on the demurrer of the
bank against the complaint. The
decision on the demurrer is as
follows
by the law Of Idaho gambling
is unlawful. 1t should be un-
lawful for any one to in any way
aid or encourage it. Even banks
may aid in discouraging it by re
fuSing TO nay such checks, and
the law should protect them in
such refusal. In view of the
policy of our law, and until see
some conspicuous authority to
the contrary. / hold that under
the allegations of the complaint
the bank should not have paid
the checks. and the demurrer is
Overruled.
Captain Bryan is in town for
the purpose of getting some
assays made and buying a load
of supplies for his mines This
done he will go on to Washing
ton. d. c.. 10 report TO his syndi-
cate, among the members of
which is ex-United States Sena-
tor John NJ. Thurston.
Captain Bryan is more than
pleased with Stanley Basin. as
he never saw so much mineral in
any other district that he was
ever in. And the lodges are
simply enormous. In his five
claims. for instance. three ledges
Outcrop. One measures up To
102 feet in width. a second So
feet. and the third is feet. Some
of the vein rock aboundS with
free gold in speckS. wires. scales
and nuggets. Yet if the ore,
which is free milling. should av-
erage only s. ton Captain
Bryan would be satisfied. there
being so much of it and the
working facilities being very