The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-02-20
<'rur d'Alcne,

A correspondent to the Nez Perez
News has this to say of the CGur
dAlene: We are having a smart
sprinkle Of snow here, about two
feet, and more coming. There has
been a few days cold weather, Their
mometer going down to ii degrees
below zero; but two days of such
weather LET the machine out and
now Cnur d'Alcne holds the top
hand, and will as long as the alco-
hol holds out. The roads are open
east and west from Thompson to
the Old Mission and large quanti-
ties Of freight and machinery are
being hauled in and freighters are
making hay while the snow lasts.
Mining operations are about done
for except on lodes. The Golden
Chest mill has shut down. The
cold weather did it. \ large
amount of development work is
being done on soth fork and iii the
vicinity of Murray. Two Louisville,
Ky, companies are operating here
and working on the Skookum
group and the Idaho company is
running a tunnel on the property
recently purchased by them. Bus
mess is dull and some of the way
side inns, where fluid comforts for
the BOYS were bartered over the
counter, have been suspended for
a while. We have many new arriv-
ais by stage, still the rush has sub
sided, except TO the south fork,
whore the bonanzas in silver bullion
in ore is said TO exist in fabulous
richness and unlimited in extent
Towns are being laid out and inn
mense deals in cornor lots are
being made through the efforts of
the old boomers Of 1914. We hope
their widest fancies will be realized
and That they may come out ahead
on their "job lots" Eagle is down
again and the second era of its size
and vast importanceis gone beyond
recovery. We hear the Delta and
Myrtle on the south fork quitely
wait for the good time coming, and
they have some prospects of build
ing up. Murray is still in slow
( way Of progression and building.
She may make herself solid as the
Pritchard Creek metropolis. The
| Probate Court has a hard case on
public roads and highways at bar
and the weighty question will be
settled soon. Legal talent for both
sidesis fighting stubbornly for want
age ground and it is difficult to tell
who will win. Annexation is the
leading topic for discussion here
and the politicians look on and
await developments. There has
been an effort made to annex
northern Idaho to Montana, but
tlsre are very few in camp who
favor such a scheme. We all think
il is far better to remain a part of
/ Idaho than to be showed off to Mon
tana, Never have the people of
this section expressed a desire for
an alliance. We are satisfied that
if left TO vote Shoshone county
will be steadfast for annexation to
Washington territory, regardless Of
/ the Montana influence in and
around the camp. Some of the
reasons advanced in support of the
Montana project are very thin and
yelled to deceive the unwary. One
of them is Woman Suffrage
another is that Washington's
resources are mostly agricultural
while Idaho's are mining and that
the two interests would not fare
well together Both these alleged
reason are SO iiimsy and shallow
that the average reader would laugh
! them to scorn without loss of time.
No, such assertions cannot be
intelligibiy accepted.
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