18 Jul 1905
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1905
Page
1
County held the delinquent tax sale with the county as sole bidder. Challis and Parker Mountain mining news report new ore finds, prospecting activity, and mining firm moves, plus local deaths, marriages, and government actions.
Week of deaths notices from Challis Idaho and Salmon City recount the passing of John P. Spalding at West Jordan near Salt Lake City due to cirrhosis. Spalding, 57, formerly of Monroe Michigan, then Bayhorse and Challis, left a widow and three children. Grace Kesl, Miss Grace Barrack by maiden name, was found dead near Salmon City with a baby in the house. believed to have died from a burst artery after giving the child a bath. Deceased Spalding was a prominent Custer county citizen, former county treasurer and school trustee.
A deaf man aged 58 named Pilmer was struck and fatally injured when a street car hit as he attempted to cross a track while leading a horse. The horse pulled him back onto the car fender, and he was dragged under the vehicle. Pilmer, an longtime resident and builder of the Salmon river wagon road from Clayton to Custer, was widely known in the county. In other notes, Silver Leaf Rebekah lodge No 27 installed officers including Mrs. R Brasseur as V G and Miss Gertrude Mc Kendrick as I G, among others.
A lone highwayman halted a Warren to Meadows stage about 4 30 am three miles from Resort Station. He forced the driver and two passengers to open mail sacks and stole all registered letters. The unseen thief, unmasked, walked away toward Warren and left the scene with apparent ease. Postal authorities were notified and a search for the robber began.
Edith Huwkes of Clyde Idaho files Desert Land Final Proof to prove irrigation and reclamation of Lot 4 Northwest Quarter, North Half Northeast Quarter and other parcels in Sec 3 Township 10N Range 41E before Otto B Furisenner U S Commissioner at Arco Idaho on August 2 1905 Witnesses: Charles Van Vor Clyde Idaho Lille Yeartan Clyde Idaho George Ferris Arco Idaho Charles Schafer Arco Idaho First publication July 18 1905
Department of the Interior notices a settler named Joly Hin Notlee intends to file final proof for NWY SEY and SW M, Section 17, Township 1? North, Range unknown, with hearing set before United States Commissioner Lunt Jona Stom at Charles on August 18. Names of witnesses listed: Moy, Coarien Mately, Juba Memes, Mabeel Metlowem, S.ISUAEP, Beye.
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