The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-11-03
SHERIFF KINNEY
Explains the Question Of License Rev
enues--.The Ring Silenced.
HALEY, October 26. 1883.

j snues---The Ring silenoed.
i HALEY, October 2e, 1883.
Editor Wood Riper Nesos- Miner:
Knowing you to be an honest man and
believing that you are not willing to see
an injustice done to any officer Of this
county, whether he be democrat or re-
publican, / ask you to publish the fol-
lowing statement, taken from the Books
of the sheriff 8 Office, for the years 1884
the first two years that my predecessor,
Mr.. Furey, was in Office. would give
you statement of the entire county for
but that my entire time and that Of my
deputies are taken up in attending court
now in session and performing other dn-
ties of the Office.
| But the brief statement l send and
which ask you to publish will convince
any honest and fair minded man that
have been basely slandered by the Wood
Rirer Times in an article published some
ten days ago, in which it stated the
amount collected by Sheriff Furey in the
four years averaged about sci 900 year,
and that / had collected only a little
over $11 900 for 1887, and over $4,000
for the three quarters of this year. The
Times does not directly charge me with
having collected any money for licenses
and appropriated it to my own personal
| use, but it endeavors to make the people
| of this county believe that have failed
to do my duty in collecting the saloon
and gambling licenses. Therefore l sen
you statement showing the reason why
have not been able to collect as much
money as Mr.. Furey did. All candid
men who are acquainted with the condi-
ton of the county at the present time
know that the number of licensed houses
has diminished materially from what 1t
was four, or even two years ago, when
Mr.. Furey went out of Office.
The Times, after publishing the article
to which l have alluded, stated that "if
the county of Alturas was not bankrupt,
it was not Sheriff Kinney's fault" Now
I appeal to all honorable people, ire
spective of party, to read the statement
which / send and ask you to publish,
showing that it is impossible for Tue to
collect Us much money from saloons, etc.,
as Sheriff Furey did while in office, as
those houses are not now IN existence,
and even some of the towns that were
fourishlng In '83-4-5-6, are now almost
uninhabited-
With this l leave my case in the hands
of the people of Alturas county, and
believe they will do me justice.
P. H. KINNEY.
STATEMENT.
Atlanta had during 1874, the first two
years of Furey's administration, IL diff
ferent houses engaged in saloon business,
Is merchandise houses and II different
parties engaged in gambling and paying
license therefor. During the two years
of Kinney's administration Atlanta has
had but 2 saloons, 2 merchandise houses
and no gambling.
Bellevue had % saloons, 8 different
parties engaged in gambling and IS bust
ness houses. During Kinney's two years
there have been Is saloons % merchan-
disc houses, and $3.50 have been paid for
| gambling licenses. Bellevue was then
paying from $500 to $400 per- quarter;
but it has been paying in the last two
years only $3.50.
Bradford had four licensed saloons, 9
| licensed games and merchandise houses.
During Kinney's administration Broad
| ford has had merchandise houses, 9 sa-
looms and / licensed game.
Bullion had Is saloons, 8 different par
ties engaged in gambling and merchan-
disc houses. During Kinney's admins.
tration it has had saloons, 2 merchan-
disc houses and no gambling.
GleDn's Ferry had saloons, l licensed
game and 2 merchandise houses. In the
past two years it has had 2 saloons mer-
chandise houses and gambling house.
HALEY had 80 saloons, % different par
ties engaged in gambling and paving
license therefor and IS merchandise
houses. During Kinneys administration
it has had Is saloons, licensed games
and 80 merchandise houses. These four
games have been running but small
portion of the two years past, and have
realized but $500 to the county, while In
1874 the county realized from gambling
licenses in the town Of HALEY from $500
to $500 quarterly.
Ketchum had "a saloons, 10 different Ii
censed games and 80 merchandise houses.
During the past two years it has had IL
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licensed game.
Rocky Bar had s saloons, 4 licensed
games and merchandise houses. In the
last two years it had 6 saloons, 8 licensed
games and IL merchandise houses.
Sawtooth had saloons, licensed
game and four merchandise houses. In
the last two years it had l saloon and
store.
Shoshone had Al saloons, Is licensed
games and 26 merchandise houses. In
the last two years it has had saloons, IA
merchandise houses and no gambling.
Vienna had saloons, 6 licensed games
and 8 merchandise houses, which realized
to the county over $2,7O0 in those two
years. At the present time there is not
q single business house in Vienna.
During the present year the town OF
Pine Grove has sprung up. and In 1t at
present are saloons and 2 small mer-
chandise houses.
Sheriff Furey collected in 1874 from
gambling licenses $3.50. There has
been collected during Kinney's two years
from gambling licenses, 81, 800, leaving
about $1,000 difference in the two years
or $4,000 per year.
Is IT not fact that if the Mills
bill had passed and lead was allowed
in free from Mexico that the mines
would be observation-disclosures Jour-
nal