The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05
IDAHO NEWS.

asked the origin of the name o.
Potlatch creek. We have given one
or two versions of the circumstan'
ces, but we will give one more. The
term "potlatch" in Nez Perez is
to "give." In high water what we
call the Potlatch creek is full and
sometimes swimming near i its
mouth. When the miners were 60
ing to Orc Elmo they travelled up
the north bank of Clearwater, and
when they would reach the Potlatch
they often found it swollen, and
had to apply to the Indians to get
them and their traps across. The
Indians usually charged them a
quarter of a dollar. On one occa-
sion some parties had occasion to
cross. They had already taken over
their luggage and then were to take
the men over on ponies. A large
man who weighed fully ESQ pounds
was to be taken across; he got on
the pony behind the Indian and
they We're making their way over,
! when the pony by some means STUN
bled and threw off the large man,
and as the current was strong he
was carried down the stream to the
Clearwater and came near drowning,
but fortunately was rescued. When
the Indian saw he was saved, he
came up to him and says "potlatch
quarter" and from this circum-
stance the creek has since been
called Potlatch.
Avalanche: The late rains have
done the ranges great good. The
grass is now springing up all over
the foothills and under the sage
brush in the valleys. There is now
no danger that stock won't winter
well.-It is said that the lands
along Snake river, and in all the
valleys leading out of the foothills
of this county, are admirably adap-
ted for beet culture, if water can
only be brought on the land. If
such be the case, and water can be
brought on the sagebrush lands,
there is very bright future for the
whole of this country, and fortunes
to be made in the raising of beets,
of which sugar can be made. In
less than a score of years the coun-
ties bordering on Snake river in
this territory will be noted for the
quantity of beets cultivated, and
the superior quality of the sugar
manufactured thereform. Even now
mandatory Of sugar would pay
in this territory, if there were any
thing to -cheaply manufacture sugar
from. Beet culture will come to the
front, and sugar manufactures will
be established in this territory with
in ten years, or Just so soon as water
can be brought on the sagebrush
plains of Ada, Alturas, Owyhee, Cas-
STA, and other counties bordering on
Snake river. 1t is only necessary
to have leader in the cultivation
of beet for sugar purposes, when
others will follow in the same pur-
suit.
Blackfoot News: Saturday after
noon of last week Bud Ready shot
and killed his brother-in-law Chas.
Divinny at McCammon. Divinny
had threatened Ready but Ready
got the drop on him. Divinny was
no stranger to the officers nor the
jailer of Bingham county, and it is
said left but few mourners over his
untimely end. Ready has been
held for his appearance before the
next grand jury.-Little Robert
Miles, 13-year-old son Of Calvin
Miles, living near Fox's ranch north
of town, met with a sad and pain
full accident Friday of last week.
The little fellow was out hunting
and in riding through the sage
brush his horse stepped in bad
ger hole and fell, throwing him
over his head. In the fall his gun
was discharged and the load of one
barrel passed through his right
hand and wrist, lacerating them
terribly. He was also wounded in
the right arm near the shoulder
and slightly in the body. After
the fall he remounted and rode a
mile or more to a neighbours house,
his father being away from home,
where DR.. Behle was summoned
and administered to his sufferings.
Upon examination the doctor found
the hand and wrist so torn to pieces
that amputation was necessary,
which he successfully made, and
at last accounts the little sufferer
was bearing his pains heroically
and was doing as we'll as could be
expected.
Boise Democrat: It is said that
the Idaho test oath will be argued
before the supreme court Of the
United States early this month.
The Salt Lake gang-who are un-
able to handle Utah-would care
nothing for decision declaring the
test oath unconstitutional. They
have drafted another bill more obi
Gus than the test oath, which will
pas the Idaho legislature. The
slow-moving U. S. supreme court
oon'f Eoor, within hoilino distorco