The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-09-29

Born-In ChaIlis, Idaho, on
Friday morning, September %,
1903. to the wife of j. P. Spald-
ing, fine daughter.
DIR. J. o. Allen, of Custer. was
in town a couple days last week,
and departed for Spokane, Wash. 4
the other evening, and intends
locating in that vicinity.
Roy Huffman left last week
for Kansas City, Mo, where he
has accept a good position in the
machine shops of Allis- Chalmers
Co. manufacturers of mining
machinery.
Nate Franklin, one of the
members of the firm of Franklin
& Hayes, who own the big brew
cry at Pocatello, having spent a
number of days in Custer county
last week in the interest of his
house, departed for home last
Tuesday evening.
B. S. Brown returned from
Stanley Basin last Tuesday. and
has opened up his boot and shoe
making shop and photograph
gallery. The small boys vel
coined him home. He has a
large and fine collection of views
taken in the upper Salmon river
country
James R. Sovereign, and his
sister, Miss Carrie Sovereign.
have commenced the publication
of an excellent weekly democrat
ic newspaper at Wallace known
as the Idaho State Eagle. Mr..
Sovereign is an able write He
was formerly editor of the Trib-
une at Wallace. We wish the
new journal success
John Mullen. one of the pion-
eer prospectors. miners and mine
owners of the Yankee Fork Dis
trict, was in Challis several days
last week. He informed us that
the mines in the west end of
Custer county were looking ex-
ceedingly well. The old reliable
Lucky Boy mine was producing
good ore, and that company has
a good force of men at work
One, more burglar has been
caught, and before the court has
pleaded guilty. He gives his
name as A. L. McKeeth.
| Last Saturday word reached
Salmon that Oliver Dupuis and
others at Forney had captured
one of the crib-crackers who at
tempted the Monk warehouse a
few days ago, one of whom. Geo.
Mcbride, is already in the pen.
Sheriff Wright at once went to
Forney, and on Sunday evening
arrived with his quarry. who
was arraigned on Monday before
Judge Steel, for burgling Oliver
Dnpuis' cabin. As he was wear
ing a suit of Dupuis' clothes
when caught. he could not very
well deny it. He was bound over
TO the district court
1t is understood that he ack
nowledges completely in the
| Monk robbery. and tells all about
his movements in the county
how two of them went to Kirtley
creek canyon, then back-trackeC
at night to Leesburg. FOrney
and Silver creek. Out of the
icaravansary captured on Kirtley
creek by the sheriff, McKeett
claims four horses, one saddle,
two packsaddleS and a lot ol
grub.
Beating back from the Rockies,
after they failed to make the
Montana side, McKeeth says
they abandoned their camp. came
in the night back through Sal
mon and struck up the south
fork of Jesse creek 10 Leesburg
4 After leaving their camp they
were seven days without food
and the first feed they got was
at John Richardson's cabin neal
Leesburg.
McKeeth and his pal had brok
en- open several prospectors' cab
. ins in the southwest country. in
cluding Dupuis' on Mosgrovs
creek and one on Silver creek be
longing to NJ. L. Thompson and
Ed. Medford. AT the latter. they
took grub and razOrs, and shaved
themselves, The pal. supposed
; lly gone to Thunder mountain. is
being pursued. and may be pinch
, ed at any time.
With several of our young meT
in the penitentiary. the citizens
of Lemhi county will have |
splendid chance to exercise theil
characteristic tenderness aud re
gard for criminals. Governor
. .x-sl1 y.