The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-19
IDAHO NEWS.

| A"A~A VA 0A0Ae E1veT, DeAOW STARR
ferry. With one wheel the frs
season they have raised 80 inche,
OF water and irrigated IS acres 0
land. BY the addition of another
current wheel they expect to cult
vate 100 acres of alfalfa and othel
crops. The expense of both wheel.
will be 5000, but this is less thar
the usual cost. Thomas Starrh has
built q similar wheel for his ranch
1t is a settled fact that when the
conditions are favorable these cur
rent wheels can be made very val
liable. In the near future Snake
river will be lined by fruit farms,
placer mines end ranches.
Bulletin: Our Atlanta correspon-
dent says: The Buffalo mine has
an ore body exposed that is seven
feet in width uncovered for dis.
lance of so feet. The ore is of good
value-gold predominating. 1t is
now being treated on an improved
Frue vanner up to rs per cent OF
its assay value. The results 80 far
exceeded the company's most san
guine hopes, and all that is needed
is another machine to keep the ten
stamps dropping indefinitely. The
Washington mine, belonging to J.
D. Heath & Co., is turning out a
nice lot of high grade gold quartz,
which they intend having treated
this fall. Altogether the outlook is
very hopeful for this mining camp,
and for which we are indebted to
the present cheap method of work
ing low grade ore.-Wednesday
night, about 9 o'clock, VIM. Knop,
engineer, was accidentally killed
while on duty at the Lincoln saw
mill. It is supposed that he was
tightening some of the nuts of the
machinery near the aywheel with a
monkey wrench, and the wrench
slipped, throwing him against the
hlywheel, which struck and crushed
his head to jelly and also threw
him fifteen feet distant. His body
struck 2x6 timber that served as
a support for temporary roof, and
breaking it caused the roof to fall
in. The noise of the falling roof
attracted the attention of other
workmen and the mill was stopped.
Examination revealed blood upon
the wheel and a lantern near by
that Knop had been using, but he
was not to be seen. Further search
was made and his lifeless body was
found at the distance above men,
toned. August William Knop was
about 80 years old. His relatives
reside in Lomira, Wisconsin.
Montpelier Observer Our taxes
now are $3.50 on straight property
tax, to which add the poll and road
tax, which to poor man amounts
to fully 81 on each 800 Of taxable
property. This tax we now have to
pay to the comfy and territory, the
general government paying our leg
islative, executive and judicial ex-
penees. Now, any frst-class fool
can take his slate and pencil and
by adding what the government,
with so per cent for additional SAL
aries and advances, now pays for
US to our already burdensome
county and territorial tax, and he
can approximate somewhere near
the proposed blessing Of statehood
on the first financial proposition.
All who feel that the assessor
and collector has sighted them in
the past ought to be punctual on
election day and give one vote any
how for statehood.
The Challis Messenger is informed
by r. C. Watson, division agent of
the Rocky Bar stage road, where
the recent robbery took place, that
the robbers didn't get $500 as re-
ported by most of the territorial
papers. They only found a couple
of Chinese books in the treasury
box, which were not of much value,
and in regard to the robbers search
ing the passengers that is also q
false report. Two or three regis
tered letters were taken from the
mail sack, but how much they con-
tanned he was not able to ascertain
at this writing.
Ketchum Literary and Musical Society.
The call issued last week for a
meeting to be held in Union Church
last Tuesday evening for the pur-
pose of organizing a society that
should be the means of providing
pleasure and interest to it's men,
bers during the winter, brought out
quite large number of interested
people. A lively discussion Of meth
DDS, object and intentions was the
feature of the meeting. At last 1t
was decided to name the society the
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