29 Oct 1901
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1901
Page
1
Notice to the public for Mrs. M. Jose offering first class meals and lodging northwest of R. N. Hull & Co store in Challis Idaho. Rooms are large with good beds and the table supplied with the best in the market. Available by day week or month at reasonable rates.
A fragmented page mixes poetry notes on the ploughman and grammar with Idaho rail road chatter. It notes Col Dewey’s freight plan for Thunder Mountain, Boise opposition, and possible aid from Chas Crane, alongside a 1901 wedding in Challis between John Johnson and Mary Katherine Wallace.
B F Rapp remains ill while local horses suffer pink-eye. Mat Womacks and H C Lewis visit Seafoam and Thunder Mountain to survey a wagon road. The route would cross Seafoam country along Rapid river to Thunder Mountain, about 40 miles by air, with a 50 to 60 mile road at roughly $1000 per mile. Lewis holds the construction contract to build the road and haul vast freight.
Sunday evening A K Henderson known as Haunt Henderson was fatally shot fourteen miles from Mackay in Custer county during a dispute over a horse deal. John N Pettigrew says Henderson threatened him with a knife. Pettigrew fired his 45-70 rifle, striking Henderson in the groin. Pettigrew surrendered, both newcomers on Lost River. Henderson hailed from Richmond Utah. Pettigrew, a married man with a bakery stint at Houston. A coroner's inquest found Henderson died from a gunshot wound inflicted by a gun held by Pettigrew.
The text reports John Pettigrew involved, with preliminary examination held by Sheriff Boon and County Attorney Johnston. Pettigrew was captured after evading, then recaptured by Sheriff Chamberlain last Sunday. The piece notes mixed public opinion on justification but defers judgment to the courts.
Week ending Oct 27 includes guests from Spokane Utah Montana and Idaho. Local items cover a Challis remonstrance against reduced mail service, church events, rail extension rumors, and school praise from Miss Permal French.
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