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since that GATE 10 carry out the PROJECT,
such changes being made in the plans from
year to year as the necessities or the Sltua-
ton demanded.
The following work under this project has
been completed Easily Point intercepting
sewer, F street intercepting sewer Tiber
creek and New Jersey avenue high level
intercepting sewer, east side intercepting
sewer between Second and Twelfth streets;
east side intercepting sewer, between
Twelfth and Twenty-second streets: extern
sewer for low areas; Rock Creek and B
street intercepting sewer, upper section.
and Rock Creek and b street intercepting
sewer. lower section.
The following work Is now under con-
tract, to be completed before June 80. 1905.
namely: B street and New Jersey avenue
intercepting sewer, Water and L streets In
terceping sewer, Four and-a- half street
with existing sewers which can only be
made after the completion Of the pumping
plant.
Sewage Pumping Station.
This station. which Is situated at the foot
Of Second street Sc. on the banks Of the
Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, is
now In process Of construction and is ex-
pected to be under roof In December next
The pumps and engines to be installed in It
are practically completed and. it is possible,
will be erected by May 81, 1905.
The plant will probably go into regular
service July 1. 1905 The estimated cost Of
this station, with machinery, Is 81 ,170.5S
The cost OF the sewage-disposaf system,
when completed Is estimated at $5O23 $50 81
The amount heretofore appropriated for the
work is "a, SS7 .092.44
The sewage Is to be pumped from this
station by means of an inverted siphon un-
der the Anacostia River to the shore on
the opposite side, and from there will be
carried along the shore of the Potomac
River down the river to about opposite
Alexandria, where 1t will be discharged into
the channel of the river. The siphon pipe
has been laid under the river and a portion
OF the outlet section has been completed.
Condemnation proceedings In order to Sc
cure the right of way for the lower section
have been completed, and 1t Is hoped Il
complete the line OF sewer by July l. 1906.
contract has been let for the outlet
consisting of twin pipes which will dis
charge the sewage into the river. The sys-
tenn provides for q dixie along the low por-
tons OF the southern part OF the city. No
appropriation has yet been made for this
dixie. but such an item has been included In
the estimates of the Commissioners for the
ensuing fiscal year.
Suburban Sewers.
The Commissioners believe that Increased
appropriations should be made Tor sewer
age OF the suburban sections OF the District
OF Columbia. These sections are rapidly
being developed and built up and their de-
yeioprneDt vvot.id ha pS,1ch mora saffafartnrr,
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made.
Cement Sidewalks.
During the year the prices paid for lay
ing cement sidewalks were 96 cents and
S1O6 per square yard. the former price be-
ing for large jobs and the latter for small
ones. For the fiscal year 1906 the contract
prices are 90 e-10 cents and $1.O9 per
square yard. depending upon the locality in
which the work Is to be done. All work
Of this character Is done at half cost to the
abutting property. New sidewalks. with
rare exceptions. are laid of cement The
appropriation for laying cement sidewalks
during the year was $3.50. COO AS one-half
of the cost OF the work is assessed against
the AUDITING property. and as any pay
ments made on these assessments are cred
tied to the appropriation for the fiscal
year in which they are collected, the
amount expended during any year ia
The demands for these walks are such.
ways adequate to lay all the walks re-
quested. nor can the work be done as rap
idly as desired by the property owners. and
they are often required to wait several
months after the work Is ordered before
the contractors force can reach them. The
distribution of the requests for work Is over
a large territory. so that at the beginning
of each working season the contractor has
TO be given a route to follow, in order that
he may not be compelled to move his force
from one end of the city to the other. which
Is an expensive matter. When he Is In any
particular section, however, he does all
work which has been ordered in that sec
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21

he out on the stages
|tbis a convenient hotel
A as the drivers board
Iesls always promptly
4 Located one door
lhe telephone Office.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21
DISTRICT COURT.

District Court for Custer coun-
ty convened in Challis Thursday
at , o'clock p. M, March 10Th,
1905.
Present:THonorable James M.
Stevens, District Judge; VIM. J.
Lamme, County Attorney; Geo.
E. Keyes, Clerk; C. C. DIETRICH,
Stenographer, and VIM. Elder,
Sheriff.
Members of the Bar present
G. F. Hansbrough and w. W.
Adamson, of Blackfoot; r. A.
Pierce, L. H. Johnston and M.
A. Brown, of Challis. Attorneys
N. H. and Chase Clark, of Mac
kay, and K. 1. Perky, of Boise,
are expected this week.
The following business was
transacted up to Saturday night,
the 18th inst.
CIVIL DOCKET.
No. 1. Jas. Fl. VanCamp, ,et al
VS.. Daniel G. Breyer, etal.
No. >. Jas. H. VanCamp, ct al
VS.. VIM. ]. Trealor, ct al.
No. 3. David Tewalt VS.. Thos.
Jose, ct al.
No. 4. ]. B. Waite VS.. Chas.
B. Jenson. Continued for term,
No. ). Joseph Rodgers VS.. C.
1. Lane, ct al.
No. 6. Joseph Rodgers vs.,
Mary G. Dorgan, ct al.
No. Z. John Taylor, and ano
VS.. Erik w. Garretson, ct al. W.
L. Wilson intervenes. Continued
for term.
No. s. John Taylor ano. VS..
Erik w. Garretson. w. L vii
son and P. Garretson intervenes
Case continued for term.
No. 9. Singleton VS.. Single
ton. Divorce granted.
= No. 10. Neider VS.. Neider
Divorce granted.
No. IL. Nal Branca VS.. Ar
thur Farran, ct al. Motion tC
re-tax cost withdrawn. Case
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Idaho, so let us pay due respect
to their memory.
Deceased leaves brother,
Harrison Watson, at Salmon,
Idaho, John L., at Brashear,
Mo-, and two sisters at Brashear,
besides other relatives to mourn
his loss.
Mr.. Watson must have been
conscious up to his death. 1t
was by his request that his re
mains were shipped to Challis
for burial. The remains left
SanFrancisco Wednesday eve
ming, March 18th, and should ar
rive in Challis today. 1t is the
intention to hold the funeral in
Challis today TUESDAY, the 21st)
from the Odd Fellows hall at
3 o'clock this afternoon.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21

stricken from docket.
No. 12. r. A. Pierce VS.. J.
P. Spalding. Continued for the
term.
No. 13. r. A. Pierce VS.. K.
ID. Williams.
No. IA. May Sullivan vs.. John
Sullivan. Divorce granted.
No. Is. John Short VS.. Ber-
tina Short. Divorce granted.
No. 16. Mike Calvin VS.. J. G.
O'Leary.
No. II. Minnie L. Zilkey VS..
Robert Zilkey. Divorce granted.
No. 1s. Rosa Frost VS.. Chas.
E. Frost. Divorce granted.
CRIMINAL DOCKET.
State of Idaho VS.. J. G. o.
Leary.
Trial set for today.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21
RICH srHIkE IN LOST PACKER.

Good report comes from the
Lost Packer mine at Loon creek,
which indicate another sensa-
tional development in the winze
with which the management has
been following the channel be-
low the lower tunnel level. Ac-
cording to advices, there has
been encountered at the bottom
of this winze ores containing
from $50 to $130 in gold in ad-
dition to the high percentage of
copper, and while the extent of
this ore had not been defined at
that time, there is no doubt of
its showing the strength of the
same class of ore in other por-
tions of the property. On the
strength of this strike 3 was of
fered per share for the stock at
Salt Lake but was rejected.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21
NOTICE.

There will be issued by the
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction two sets of Eighth
Grade examination questions
this year. The first set are to
be used the last week in March
27-28- 30 -30-31. The second set
the third week in May 15-16-17-
1919.
The subjects should be given
in the following order as near as
possible Arithmetic, Spelling,
History, Grammar, Reading,
Geography, Physiology, Civil
Government.
The minimum in any one study
will be 20 per cent. and average
IS per cent.
LOUISE BAScOM,
County Supt.
By L. H. Johnston, Deputy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21

There Is no death the choicest giftS
That heaven hath kindly lent TO earth
Are ever first TO seek again
The country OF their birth.
Mrs. ]. H. Richards, daughter
of Aaron Conover, died in Chal-
lis last Friday evening, March
18th, 1905, at 6:15 o'clock, after
a lingering illness from cancer.
Mrs. Richards leaves a family
of three daughters and three
sons, an aged father and two
sisters in Challis TO mourn her
loss.
Deceased has been a resident
of Birch creek and Challis for D
long time. She was a devoted
mother and a good neighbor. If
are not mistaken, she was born
in Utah some so odd years ago.
Her husband died a few years
ago at their home on Birch creek.
The funeral services were held
in Challis Sunday, the 18th inst,
at 2 o'clock p. M, and We're
largely attended by the citizens
of this town and vicinity. All
was done for her during her sick
ness that was possible, and but
a few weeks ago she returned
from Salt Lake where she had
been in hopes of obtaining medi-
cal relief, but to no avail.
The relatives have the SYM
pathy of the community in their
sad bereavement.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21
EMANUEL SELL DKAe.
But now he's left this Gulch Of Care
And crossed the last Range Ger;
He's got prospect over thers.
Beats all be had before.

Hes got prospect over thers,
Beats all be had before.
Emanuel Bell, another old
pioneer of Custer county is dead.
He died at Robinson on Tuesday
morning, March 14th, 1905, at
4:30 o'clock. Deceased was
aware that he was going to die
and told those in attendance
where to find the lumber for his
coffin, and picked out the place
where he was to be buried. He
had been sick for several days,
but had the best care that could
be given him.
Mr.. Bell was an old-timer in
this county. In an early day he
worked with pack train, but of
later years he has been engaged
in prospecting and mining, and
has mining interests at Sheep
Mountain, and also owns placer
ground at or near Robinson Bar.
Deceased was native of Por-
tugal, and was in the neighbor-
hood of 20 years of age. He was
a good, honest and upright man,
and has a host of friends who
will be panied to learn of his
death. Rest in peace
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21

Lodging at reasonable
Fbe tables are always
with the best the
,fords. Good acom-
Is for travelling men
public.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21
MAS. RICHARDS DEAD.

There is no death the choicest gifts
That heaven hath kindly lent TO earth
Are ever first TO seek again
The country Of their birth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

VIM. Buster.
DR.. G. P. Huston returned
from Boise Saturday.
Dave Edison was up from Iron
creek last Wednesday.
John S. Altham returned last
Tuesday from visit in Utah.
James E. Jensen returned last
Saturday from Pearl, Idaho.
R. G. Henderson, of SanFran.
cisco, was in town last week.
A large st. Patrick's ball WAS
held in Challis last Friday eve.
ming.
Reg. Coryell returned last
week from a business trip to
Salt Lake.
Mrs. Arthur McGown and Mrs.
NJ. Black, of Custer, visited in
Challis last week.
Harrison Watson came up from
Salmon last week to attend his
brothers funeral.
Mac Black returned Thursday
from a visit to Goldfeld and 9TH
er Nevada mining camps.
AdvIces from Salt Lake are to
the effect that ]. P. Spalding is
getting along nicely and will
soon be home.
DIR. O'Connor came up from
Mackay Saturday morning, and
left for Pahsamaroi to see Mr..
Wells, who is sick.
John Sullivan was discharged
from the asylum at Blackfoot on
the 7th inst, and left immedi-
ately for Old Mexico.
L. L. Warburton, the brick
and rock mason (?) left Challis
the fore part of last week, on
foot, for Glenn's Ferry.
Frank Reed left for Mackay
yesterday to meet Miss Julia and
Flora Falls, who are expected
home from the Walla Walla,
Wash, college.
Drs. Baker and O'Connor of
Mackay, were called to Challis
last week to see Mrs. Frost's
youngest child. The child IS
now much improved.
J. A. Czizek, manager of the
Lost Packer mine, and three
mining and smelter experts ar
rived from Salt Lake Saturday
last, and proceeded to Loon
creek.
Attorneys Sinclair and j. ID.
Padgham, of Salmon; John W.
Jones, of Blackfoot;Worth Clark
of Pocatello; N. H. and Chase
Clark, of Macl1ay, arrived IN
Challis Saturday.
A letter was received here on
Saturday for Enos Watson, after
he had passed away, from Bert
Martin. at Iron River, Wis. Bert
remembers his Challis friends
and says he is coming "esV III
May.
The mail schedule from Chal-
lis to May has been changed SO
it now departs from here after
the arrival of the Mackay stage
on Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday, and arrives in Challis Oh
Sunday, Wednesday and FRIDAY
Those desiring calendars 1or
advertising purposes for 1906 IN
any quantity from one hundred
up can procure them from TINS
office. We have nearly TWO nun, III
dred samples to select from v we
can do the work as well as the
outside firms.
Lee Watson departed en- the
18th inst. to see his uncle Lnos
Watson, at SanFrancisco, but al
R,ackfoot he was intercepted oy J
. ,phone message from here tna'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21

4'O iiNer sunday.
Jas. Hooper, Ed. O'Neal and
f. b. Curtis came over from
Pahsamaroi Saturday.
Harry Dunn, w. ]. Mcdonald
and Chas. Matley were over
from Pahsamaroi last week.
Arthur Fox is burning a large
quantity of lime, and is prepar-
ing to rebuild L. H. Johnston's
rock library building.
The Salmon Herald says twin
girls were born to Mr.. and Mrs.
f. X. Hall on the 10th inst, and
weigh 81 pounds each.
Manchuria has never been con.
sidered a mining country, but
the Russians are discovering
some fine lead deposits there.
There is more than usual talk
now that the Oregon Short Line
railroad will build its Mackay
branch to Salmon this summer.
There is very little business
before the District court here
this term. Evidently Custer
county people are on their good
behavior.
From the way Oyama bucks
the center and makes gains
around the end, he has cinched
a job as a foot ball coach as soon
as he gets through his present
engagement.
The property of the White
Knob Copper company at Mac
kay was sold at receivers sale
Saturday. 1t was bought in by
N. H. Clark, manager of the
property for 81 100000.
The young man Mr.. Wells, was
brought over from Pahsamaroi
Saturday night. 1t is feared
that blood poison has set in and
the young man will have to lose
one of his feet. He is a brother
in law of Frank Tolman.
The Salt Lake doctors claim
that more cases of cancer come
there from Challis than any 9TH
er part of the country. What is
the cause ? Is it the water we
use ? Our people if it is pos
sible would like to know.
This is the season of long eve
nings, when people devote fewer
hours to outdoor work and more
to reading. It is also the right
time to send the Salt Lake Trib'
une $3.50 and get a splendid
paper twice a week for one year
A new problem that threatens
to become as exciting as the age
of our old friend Ann has been
sprung.
A train one mile long starts
from the station at Glady. The
engine leaves the station and the
conductor waits until the caboos'
comes, when he jumps on th'
caboose and walks forward Owe
the train. When the engine
reaches the next station, Oxley
four miles distant from iron
Glady, the conductor steps OF
the engine. How far does th'
conductor ride and how far doe
he walk ?
Why is it that people will snee
at Christian Science in view o
such facts as this. 1t was
q wonderful cure indeed: 'Ou
in Iowa an earnest advocate o
science noted a very lame mai
passing her house a determines
to effect a cure through absen
treatment. After several day
of prayer she was delighted on
morning to see that his limp ha'
almost disappeared. That eve
ming she accosted him as he ap
reared and joyfuIly related wha
che had done for him. Yes
ma'am, he said, it has been YER
had lately, but yesterday l ha
1 NTIE
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21
Enos WATSON AT assr.

@zlESasS ~eA~M
Life's rugged Range hes chmoed at last
He's on its summit now
The trail of Time he's passed
Which furrowed deep his brow.
Enos Watson of Challis is deadl
Thus another of our early pion-
eers of Lemhi and Custer coun-
ties has passed away. He died
at a SanFrancisco hospital on
Monday night, March 18th, 1905,
at 10 o'clock, from dropsy. He
psssed away peacefully, we are
informed.
About two months ago Mr..
Watson departed for Salt Lake
for medical treatment, as he had
been in poor health since last
fall, but he found no relief in
that city, so he went to the hot
springs near Paso Robles. in
Southern California. He found
no relief there, and was taken to
SanFrancisco, and placed in a
hospital, where he died, as above
stated.
Mr.. Watson at the time of his
death was 65 years of age. He
was born in Harrison county,
Indiana, but most of his life be-
fore coming West was spent in
Missouri. When a young man,
in the late fifties, he crossed the
plains with an emigrant train
for California, and has made the
West his home since that time.
After arriving in California, he
first worked on a ranch, and
later mining. He delighted in
placer mining and followed the
early day placer stampedes, so
he was found at Elk City, Flor
ence, Kootenai, Leesburg and
Loon creek in their early days of
mining excitement.
Deceased was one of the old
pioneers of Custer county in the
mining stampedes at Loon Creek
and Stanley Basin. Later, in
the 70's., he located in Bonanza
in business, and when that camp
went down moved to Challis, and
has been in business here since
that time. He also has ranch
near here, and has been engaged
in stock raising for many. years,
Mr.. Watson-e everybody called
him watt" was one of our best
and most substantial citizens
He was an open-hearted, honest
man, and his word was as good
as gold, and you could always
rely upon him. He spoke what
he thought in a bold and fearles.
manner regardless of consequen
ces. He lived to the rule to "d(
unto others as you would have
them, under similar circumstan
ces, do unto you." He love-
right and detested wrong-ius
tice instead of oppression, anC
he gave freely to charity. Il
fact watt" was good man il
any community, and he is MAJ
that the community will miss.
1t is not our privilege to un
derstand the mysteries of lif
and death. The only light an,
hope we can get from the revela
ton is given in the Book o
Books. For a man like Mr.. Wat
son, whose life was one of hon
est purpose and noble deeds, W
should not grieve, but rather be
lieve that his labors on cart
were finished and that the Mas
ter called him to his eternal re
ward. God bless his memory
May we, standing as it wer
around his fresh-made grave, re
solve to initiate his virtues.
Mr.. Watson had not yet reacl
ed his three score and ten years
yet he was like the golden graf
ready for the harvest. On
by one Custer county's pioneer
are passing to their eternal rest
and few years more but fe'
more will be left from the rank
who mined in the early days c
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21

(%r and Fisherman is
%aln a.a street, Challis,
n 'sn u drop in and get
N tae s tonsorial line you
Speciality NAN''A A''
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21
! MORRISON, Prop.

Ihallis House is strict
Glass hotel, and the
4 recommendations can,
IrDassed in the county.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21

Life's rugged Range hes cimoed at last
He's on it's summit now
The trail of Time he's passed
Which furrowed deep his brow.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-21

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-28
DATE OF CUBAN TREATY.
Appraisers Declare Presidents Ten-Day
Delay Unauthorized.

In decision handed down by board No 3
Of the United States general appraisers
yesterday in New York the question as to
whether President Roosevelt possessed the
legal authority to postpone for ten days the
time when the Cuban reciprocity treaty
should go into effect was discussed The
board held that he had no such authority
but pointed out that the clause in question
was doubtless inserted because of the con-
fusion in dates, which was inevitable under
the circumstances.
The exchange of notifications occurred
March 81 1903. The United States Senate
however. in ratifying the treaty, inserted
an amendment that it should not take eff
feet until approved by Congress. That was
not done until December II. 1903, and the
President issued his proclamation on that
date
Judge Somerville wrote the opinion of the
board in the present case, in which the i'm
porters, the Walton Company, maintained
that the treaty went into effect on the ex-
change of rati..cations, and protested
against the imposition of the full duty on
consignment. He held that the amendment
made by the Senate was as much part of
the treaty as though it had been originally
inserted, and that its validity could not be
challenged before the courts.
Judge Somerville called attention to the
language of the Presidents proclamation,
and inferred therefrQm that the convention
should have become Immediately operative.
He maintained that there is constitu-
tional authority which would authorize the
executive to postpone It's operation day
after this time.
ut would seem that he could no more
postpone the operation of a treaty. duly
ratified, than he could that of a statute
duly enacted the opinion declared. Judge
Somerville pointed out that the Gction of
the President was clearly attributable to
the ambiguity of the text of the treaty it
self and the confusion of the dates which 1t
contains.
BY the terms of the decision one protest
for goods entered on December 18. 1903,
was sustained and the Others for goods en-
tered prior to December II, were overrued
Under the treaty a reduction of 20 per cent
In the duty is allowed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-28
PAID FINES IN POLICE COURT.
Young Men Charged With Attempting
to Pick Pocket.

Carlton Sheperd and Charles Pearlman,
two young men about twenty-five years of
age. were before Judge Scott in the Police
Court yesterday upon charges of ,vagrancy,
and fines of $40 were entered in each case
after the evidence had been heard The
men were arrested at the race track Satur-
day afternoon by Detective Herman of the
Pinkerton agency and Detectives Weeden
Pratt and Father.
When the case was called in court De-
tective Herman took the stand and said
the men were followers of the races. and
that when he placed them under arrest
they were about to pick the pocket of a
gentleman who was attempting to place q
bet He also said he knew Sheperd to be a
crook and professional pickpocket.
Detective Weeden testified that the men
were crowding about the betting shed and
attempting to pick pocket and that at
the moment the detectives closed in on them
to place them under arrest Sheperd turned
to his companion and said: at looks like
a pinch
torney Joseph Solomon. He got into col
loquy with Detective Weeden as to what
constituted truth from the standpoint of d
detective, and Mr.. Weeden retorted rather
holly. & ~
The fines imposed were later paid and
the men taken to the railroad station by
Detective Father. where they boarded the
train for New York city.