The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-05-25
IDAHO NEWS.

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afternoon sheriff Havird went up tc
the ranch of ]. P. (''Pete") Larson
to look after the property, which is
under attachment and in charge Of
James Weston, who had been liv-
ing with deceased for several weeks
Deceased had been drinking heavily
of late, which was undoubtedly ow.
ing to financial embarrassment and
encouragement, and when sheriff
Havird arrived he was asked how
he felt. "Dead," was the prompt
and only reply. He arose from bed
and in few moments laid down
again. Havird and Weston then
went to the barn, not over fifty
yards distant, to look after the
property and attend to the horses.
Returning to the house in probably
little over five minutes they opened
the kitchen door and smelled pow
der smoke. Havird then went into
the bedroom, where he found de-
ceased lying across the bed with a
Ballard 44-calibre rifle by his side.
He was still breathing, but uncon-
scious. He had placed the muzzle
of the rife against the breast bone
and fired. The ball passed straight
through, coming out on one side OF
the spine and entered the wall. The
charge tore large hole through his
body, which was badly powder
burned, and he breathed only for a
few minutes. Deceased was an up
right, honorable citizen, and has
many friends in this county, where
he had resided since 1875, having
come here from California.
Register: A party Of travellers
from Texas came in the other day.
They started from their former home
just one year ago and have been
ever since on the road. The whole
party seemed at home wherever they
camped; chickens walked quietly
out of their coops and began pick
ing around but never got tar from
the wagon. Before starting they,
at the signal, went just as readily
into their places in fact, discipline
seemed perfect all round in camp.
They are bound for Salmon river.
Democrat: Surveyor General
Straughan has been directed by the
Secretary of the Interior to prepare
instructions for survey of the Poca-
tello townsite, for which survey
work he will detail a special deputy
under contract. The Surveyor Gen
erals Office is full Of pressing bust
ness, but this townsite matter is
one of SO urgent Importance that
the instructions for survey will be
prepared here at once and submit.
ted to the Hon. Secretary of the In.
terror for his approval. Messrs.
Carlyle, Collins and Ramsey-the
three appraisers appointed by the
commissioners of the General Land
Office, with the sanction of the Sec
rotary of the Interior, under the
special law enacted by congress
Sept. 1st last "to accept and ratify
the agreement with the Shoshone
and Bannock Indians for the ces.
sion to the U. S. of portion OF
Fort Hall Indian reservation-are
at Poca:ello awaiting the coming
of General Straughan1s deputy sur.
veyor-The proclamation Of Gov,
Stevenson calling a constitutional
convention, after being strongly en-
dorsed by the republicans (includ-
ing Gov. Shoup, Dubois, Sweet,
Hepburn & Co. as illegal, all that
was necessary, &C., has been set
aside to give place to sort of q
pronounciamento of two columns
in length issued by Gov. Shoup.
Thus the republicans not only
knocked Gov. Stevenson out after
he declared for Statehood, but made
null and void the proclamation
which they were the chief ones in
urging him to issue. A republican
is a republican wherever you may
find him. Q
Weiser Leader: Jas. Reardon
one of the proprietors of the Cleve-
land mine in Alton district, spent
several days in town on his way to
the mine to prosecute season Of
active development work. A syn
dictate of St. Louis capitalists and
stockholders in the Granite Noun.
tain mines are negotiating for the
transfer of the property and if the
sale is consummated, they will ex.
pend two millions Of dollars in
building roads, erecting saw mills
and reduction works and develop
ment work on the mine. Alton dis
trict is in Idaho county, thirty miles
southeast of Warrens, and from al
accounts it is the coming bonanzs
camp of the territory. Several Wei
serites have prospects there
The Leader has received Governor
Shoup's proclamation urging the
pet scheme of statehood upon thu
people. We do not believe in THU
move at all, thinking that it hal
been sprung by and wholly for tn
benefit of gang of office makers
office-seekers, political sharps ant