The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-08-08
Local News.

Attorney Crum, prosecuting
attorney of Usage county, Kan.
was in Challis last week looking
after matters in the estate of the
late A. p. Challis.
Judge James M. Stevens, VIM.
l.. Wilson, Attorneys Cochran
and Brown and Jas. Kerr re-
turned Saturday from a mining
and an outing trip to Parker
Mountain and Loon Creek.
Lemhi county has big law.
suit on its hands. Winters, Par
sons & Boomer have commenced
suit against that county for the
sum of $14, ,445, with interest,
which in total amounts to about
S25, 900, which they claim justly
due them for road building.
Fred G. Brennan, of Mackay,
of the hardware firm of Brennan
Bros, died at that place on Tues
day, Aug. 1st, from appendicitis
and other complications. He
was good citizen and was high
ly esteemed by all who knew
him.
Last week J. L. Ebberts pur-
chased the old James M. Shoup
ranch of 800 acres, and improve
ments thereon, at Ellis, for a
consideration of S3,10O. James
Bradley has moved onto the
ranch. Joe says his ranch has
the best fish hole of any ranch
on Salmon river.
The following named officers
of Custer Encampment No. 10,
l. o. 0. F., were installed last
Wednesday night by Thos. Jose,
D. D. G. P.
G. P.-Lee Kerr,
H. Pm. M. Sweet,
S. w. G. Fox,
j. WIN. Elder,
l. S.-J. @. Adams,
Guide Geo. E. Keyes,
1st W.-Thos. Jose,
End W.-John Stephens,
3rd VT. ]. Paul,
4th W.-Harry Dunn,
1st G. of T.-Mal Branca,
End G. of T.-W. J. Bowen.
Most of the space in this issue
is devoted to County Commits
sioners' proceedings. 1t might
almost be called a Mackay edi-
tion, as the proceedings are for
the most part devoted to town
lots and improvements in that
village. The proceedings pub
lished in this issue and next at a
legal rate per folio, amounts to
double the price of our yearly
printing contract. This was an
session of the Board,
and amounted in total to $7,352.
O5-Current Expense Fund was
S4, ,098.75 and the Road Fund
went up to SO, ,253.3O. Owing to
these expensive sessions and the
great cut down on Mackay prop
erty valuation, the tax levy this
year will reach four dollars, if
not more.
Little the smoothest horse
stealing we ever heard of took
place in Custer county a week or
so ago by fellow going by the
name of Becker. The ordinary
horse thief has to rustic his
horses on the range, but it was
different with Becker, the ami
mails were delivered to him and
he paid the boys fancy prices
for their horses with worthless
checks drawn on a Denver, Col,
bank, and hiked out with the
horses, and at this time no one
knows the whereabouts of the
horses or Becker, but in due
time the checks came back pro-
tested. Pat. Lynch is the heav-
lest loser, being over $4,000. |
Several of the boys lost small
viz Lee Kerr, Arch |
Howell, Thos. Chivers, Henry
Bradbury, Mearl Shanafelt, and
others. Mr.. Lynch's loss is a
severe blow, and represents many |
years of hard labor and expense
the horses. Why didn't |
hose holding these checks tele- |
graph the Denver bank to see if |
hey were good -? 1t would have |
aiken but a few moments. Next |
lime they may be more careful. |
This is an Eden section for the
CRATER and stranger. He is |
picked up and made much
lido over, and numerous incidents
,an be cited where tha lionized /