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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1907
Page
4
The Challis Idaho village adopts ordinances prohibiting gambling games within the corporate limits with penalties up to 100 dollars or 66 days in jail. It also imposes a dog tax of 3 dollars per dog and 5 dollars per bitch, with tags issued and unpaid licenses leading to impounding and possible destruction. The measures take effect after passage and publication in November 1907.
Challis Idaho village adopts a ordinance restricting saloon operations to bar women and minors, forbids intoxication and street access by intoxicated patrons, and imposes misdemeanor penalties up to one hundred dollars or county jail. Signed November 14 1907 by Chairman Joanne Rybolius and Clerk W J Lammo.
Ordinance prescribes limits within which garbage or refuse cannot be dumped near Challis and sets penalties for violations. It designates an official dump quarter mile southwest of Challis Cemetery and provides misdemeanor fines up to one hundred dollars or up to sixty days in jail.
Ordinance defining who are vagabonds and providing for proclamations. It declares any person without visible means of living and able to work who refuses employment as a vagrant and bans roamers late at night. Punishment on conviction includes up to 100 dollars fine or up to 66 days in city jail. Passed November 16, 1007.
Ordinance No 11 restricts selling or peddling merchandise within Challis village limits Idaho without a license. It sets monthly license fees 100 for selling at auction 20 for a pack and 40 for a wagon with penalties up to 60 days imprisonment or fine. Passed November 16 1907 by Chairman Joseph Roarns and Clerk Avesta W J Lamu.
The Challis Idaho village trustees enact measures to maintain public quiet. It prohibits loud noises tumultuous conduct and fighting within the village limits and bans horse races on public streets. It also forbids using vulgar or indecent language in view of women and children and addresses intoxicated disorderly behavior.
Regular session on November 16 1907 updated village ordinances for Challis Idaho. It defines misdemeanors for maintaining or erecting nuisances injurious to health or comfort and imposes fines up to one hundred dollars or up to sixty days in jail for violations.
Ordinance No 4 of Challis village Custer County Idaho fines exposure to contagious or infectious diseases. It requires informed individuals to notify physicians and follow sanitary measures. Violators face a minor misdemeanor and may be discharged or required to obtain a city physician certificate. Signed November 1007 by Chairman Joralph Rodgers and City Clerk W J Lamme.
The village of Challis Idaho adopts an ordinance requiring a license to sell malt spirituous fermented or mixed liquors within its corporate limits. It prohibits nonlicensed sale and imposes fines up to fifty dollars per quarter and potential penalties including imprisonment for violations. The measure sets license terms, quarterly periods, and Clark duties, approved November 20 by Joseph Rodgers and Clerk W. J. Luma.
An ountable ordinance of Challis Idaho declares it unlawful for owners to permit horses cattle pigs goats sheep and other domestic animals to run at large within the village limits. It authorizes seizure and sale of unrestrained animals posted in three public places after ten days and directs sale proceeds to a Pound Fund with specified keeper fees. The measure, approved November 1 and signed by Clerk W J Lamine and Treasurer, sets pound rules and seizure procedures.
In Custer County Idaho probate court a petition by George W. Emery administrator of the estate of Ingvart Cheleten reveals Mearce the estate of Togvart Christensen. The court notes the petition was presented and filed this day.
In probate court of Custer County Idaho an order directs the administrator to sell the mining property known as the Silver Brick lade patented and the Mire od fee in Hay Horse Mining District. Interested parties must appear December 26 1907 at 11 a m in Challis to show cause why the sale should not be approved. Four weekly publications in The Silver Messenger begin November 26 1907.
Public sale of real estate under execution in Custer County Idaho follows a 1907 judgment of Carlo Gossi against Frank H Olson and J H Olson for 7000 plus costs. Property includes 165 acres irrigated land by East Fork Salmon River and a desert claim No 817. Auction set for December 11 1907 at 2 PM at the county courthouse. Sheriff Robt Morrison oversees sale.
Notices warn graziers to file grazing privilege permits with the Forest Supervisor by December 14, 1907. Sheep rates set at 7 cents per head, horses 5 counts, cattle 25 cents for the summer season. Information available from Forest Supervisor Bolsa, Boise, Idaho, November 4.
Custer County Idaho offers vast inducements to settlers and capitalists. The region, once explored by Indians and a few prospectors, grew from placer discoveries in Stanley Basin to a booming mining district. It hosts towns like Challis Mackay Bayhorse and Custer with major copper, lead, and gold mines, seven quartz mills, a dredge, and an 800 ton smelter at Mackay, and claims nearly 5000 mining holdings awaiting further prospecting.
Agriculture ably supplements mining by enriching this county. Salmon river drains creeks and Lost river, with vast arable land uncultivated. Irrigation will transform deserts into valleys and canals will tap endless water. The county yields abundant hay oats wheat potatoes per acre and large crops. Stock-growing is a leading, remunerative industry with mild winters and good ranges, driving yearly tax revenues.
The piece touts Custer county as delightful with light snows, short winters, and a thriving district school system. It notes abundant timber spruce and pine, vast grazing land, growing taxable property, rail prospects, and rich mineral wealth including gold and silver, promising progress and healthful living.
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