The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-02-25
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ment should use little of the large
surplus now in the treasury in erect
ing suitable buildings at the Ross
Fork Indian Agency. The shacks
now in use there are a standing
disgrace to a civilized government
and only fit to be used as COW
sheds.-The railroad company
will have paid out snug little fo:-
tune by the time it settles with all
the stockmen of this county who
had cattle killed by the trains dur
ing the late cold weather.-A
vague rumor says Judge Broderick
will locate in Blackfoot when he
leaves the Bench in March
Land Attorney Duddenhausen has
returned from HALEY and reports
all the Wood River country on the
tiptoe of expectation over the big
mining booms next summer.
Shoshone Journal: The snow
is melting fast on the foothills
north of town and Little Wood
river is beginning to turn black in
the face as if working itself into
rage to sweep everything before it.
Would it not be we'll to examine
the bridges and see that they are
secure before a repetition of the
scenes of last spring are enacted?
The citizens of Cassia County
are petitioning against the discon-
tinuance of the mail route from
Minidoka to Albion and a large
number of prominent citizens Of
this county have signed the remon-
STRANGE. The mail service of this Ter
ritory should be greatly increased
rather than diminished. t{kn
Cassia County Times: We sup
pose that it is simply in accordance
with the nature of things that brings
on unusual sickness with the in
flux of physicians. There are two
new doctors in the county and
there is more general sickness
the past few weeks than was ever
before known at any one time in
the county.
Salmon City Recorder: w. w.
Sunderlin, proprietor of the Cold
Spring Station, ON the Red Rock
and Salmon City stage line, was in
town the forepart of the week. He
reports new gold discoveries
near his place as immense, and will,
as development is made, give the
readers of the Recorder true state.
ment of facts. He reports several
locations taken up by old-time
prospectors, near his mines, az
looking equally as good in richness
as the ore taken from his. AS soor
as Spring opens up the mines vii
be thoroughly worked, and if they
pan out as we'll in the future al
they did at the beginning, it is saf'
to say that the Cold, Spring mines
will be the richest in the world.
Boise Statesman A singula
occurrence took place upon tn
ranch of William Francis, on Dry
creek, Wednesday morning of Thu
week. A vicious stallion kept upor
the place attacked Jack Berry ant
Selling him with his teeth carried
him about twenty-five yards ant
dashed him to the ground. III
then held hip in that position TO
a time by placing a knee on eacl
side of his body. Finally the hors
rose to his feet and again seizini
the man as before threw him owe
his back. The animal then ran 70
; Mr.. Francis, who was near, but h
made good time in escaping into
: stable. Stephen Keyser was com
PEELED to scale fence and take t
a tree. Fooled in his efforts to &c
! at new victims the stallion agai
sought out Berry, who during tn
, intervening time had crawled int
, a pig pen. This the brute under
! took to tear down but failed to az
complish his object. Mr.. Berr
was severely injured, his right arr
being broken between the elbo'
and wrist and he sustained severe
other cuts and bruises.
Bellevue Herald: Ten miles b.
T. low Bellevue Wood river is perfcc
ly dry and dead fish by thousand
lie in the bed of the stream.
|, Boise Statesman: The otht
n afternoon a man whose name "
!. did not learn drove into town wit
: q wagon load of sturgeon which h
: said had been caught at the mout
e of Boise river in Snake. When v
Y saw him he had but three left, b.
}, one of them measured ten feet an
e five inches in length and weighe
d over eight hundred pounds: I
r was selling them off at lively ra
e at eight cents per pound. Cooke
# properly there is no better fish, b.
o the way they are generally dishe
p up they would sicken dog.
It Idaho Free Press: Talk abo
climate! Right here on Cam
prairie, at an altitude of 5000 fe
above sea level, Cyrus Overms
g seeded twenty-five acres of barlt
! !; on the 4th day of February-tl
), first grain sowed this year-ar
n plows have been running every d.
e since. In the winter of 1885, plo'