The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-04-10


Abbott, on the 2Sth inst, an eight
+ pound boy. Mother and babe boil
. doing well.-Atlanta News.
> Two or three hundred emigrants
are expected to arrive from the
East and settle on Camas Prairie
in about ten days.-News-Miner
We understand that eleven miles
, Of the ditch taken out of Boise
river at Eagle Island is under con-
tract and work will be hurried
through as rapidly as possible.
| Maj. F. P. Cavanah left Atlanta
last week, going from here to Boise,
thence to Wood River, then viii
proceed to London. He will be
there, perhaps, two or three
months, and will then return to
Atlanta.-Atlanta News.
The enforced resignation of Gov.
Murray, of Utah, is not at all cred
liable to the present administration.
Gov. Murray has stood courageous
ly in his contest with the MormOns
in enforcing the law against their
vile practices, and the saints !"
are the only ones who rejoice in
his retirement. 1t is understood
that he was compelled to give way
on account of the partisan hatred
of Secretary Lamar-Ex
We notice by the Statesman of
the LIST inst. that Mrs. X. L. John
son and her son Dick were to take
their departure for Germany on that
day. Dick will be placed in school
in that country, where he will grad
uate. He is an uncommonly bright
boy, and we all feel an interest in
him there. He is Silver City boy
and we hope and predict that he
will graduate with high honors and
return to this country and make a
useful citizen. We wish Mrs. John
son a pleasant trip and a safe
return -Ayalanche.
1.-TWO thousand acres of land
have been taken up in the vicinity
of the proposed new inland empire
of New Jerusalem, nine miles east
Of Caldwell, on the O. S. l.. The
toYnsiters say New Jerusalem is
bound to be the loveliest village of
the plain" says the Democrat of
the 2Sth. Jud, over 1000 acres
were filed on the 9th, making
about 12,009 taken in the township.
Don't know much abont the town
site: but we can say there will be
a fine ditch and water galore
Caldwell Tribune.
a big suit has been commenced
in the United States District Court
at Deer Lodge, says the Dillon
{ Montana) Tribune, in which over
81 100000 is involed. The suit has
been brought by United States Dis
trict Attorney Robert 3. Smith, for
the Government against the Mon
tana Improvement Co. and the
Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, 10 recover from those compa-
MES the sum of $1,16i,000 The
suit is for an accounting for timber
cut from unsurveyed lands belong
ing to the United States in the
coutics of Deer Lodge and Missoula.
When all the Improvements are
made at Shoshone Falls, now in
contemplation, that place will be-
come a very popular resort for
tourists and pleasure seekers. The
falls, of which there are several, are |
the finest and grandest in
the world, but owing to their hith-
erto isolated situation and lack of |
hotel accommodation very few per-
sons come to see them, but they |
are reached now by an easy stage /
drive Of twenty miles from Sho-
shone, on the Oregon Short Line |
railroad, and, as soon as the hotel |
is finished, hundreds of people will |
come to Idaho to see these
famous falls.
Caldwell Tribune
immigration is attracted toward |
Idaho this year. The ditch does it. |
A. A. Holcomb has taken up a.
homestead in the realms of New
Jerusalem.
Howard Scbreo will spend most
of the summer in Caldwell, while
his family Is casf