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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1905
Page
8
Silver Messenger notes official involvement with ouster matters. Proprietor M M Sweer details local postal records and a charged issue around Challis. The snippet references post office entry and an administrative matter tied to a government body.
A column lampoons Czarist diplomacy and American politics as Manchuria and Poland temper relations. It mocks Roosevelt era officials Morton Bowen Loomis, questions tariff reform, rail monopolies, and the ethics of public service while hinting at Linevitch's strategic caution after encounters with Oyama.
Challis observed a warm Fourth of July 1905 with a Liberty Car parade featuring 46 girls and Columbia figure Bya Mason, led by Marshal W. K. Fienniken. An Opera House program included the Declaration read, an oration, music, and recitations followed by multiple foot races, pig catching, greased pole climbing, and horse races. A grand ball at LO C F Hall capped the festivities, ending in the early hours.
At Challis the July 4th and 5th celebrations closed with races at 2 pm. Pah samaroni horses dominated events including a one quarter mile dash and a one half mile dash. A later ball drew fewer attendees than the night before, completing a financially successful holiday period.
Maggie Jose of Challis Idaho files notice to make root on desert land claim No 879 Lot 2 Sec 3 Tp 13 N BR 10 E B M before L H Johnston A S Commissioner Challis Idaho Friday July 25 1905 with witnesses William Chivers Joseph L Ebberts William Elder Arch Howell J Sharp Register Tiest publication June 6 1905.
Notice is given that John Q. Adama of Challis Idaho has filed to prove desert land claim No 893 for sections 22 and 27 in township 14 north range 19 east. Final proof before L H Johnston assistant commissioner at Challis on July 26 1905. Witnesses: Aaron Richards Henry Sturkey Milton A. Brown Charles Waddleton. First publication May 30 1905.
Department of the Interior Hatley Idaho notices that William H Seaton has filed for final proof to support his homestead claim No 1900 for SW1/4 NW1/4 and Lot 4 Sec 4 and Sec 26 Tp 14 N R 19 E. witnesses John Stephens Duncan Cameron Thomas W Chivers and William H Felkner all of Challis, Idaho. First published May 9 1905.
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