The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-08
IDAHO NEWS.

has the charge and the general Oh
rection of the Irrigation Division
of the United States Geological Sur
vey for the Northwest, has kindly
furnished data for the following ac-
count of the work in this section
Of the field: Mr.. w. T. Griswold
is topographer for the division, and
Mr.. L. D. Hopson will start out
with a party this week for the pur-
pose of examining and gauging the
streams flowing into Snake river
east of the Boise river. Other par
ties will be subsequently put into
the field, surveying for and locat-
ing sites for reservoirs. A map Of
the region traversed and worked, on
a scale of one mile to the inch, will
be made as the work progresses.
The country represented on this
map will have for its western limit
a base line already located few
miles east of Boise City. The geo.
graphical position of this base line
has been determined by triangula-
ton and by accurate measurements
from the Capitol building in this
city, the latitude and longitude of
the site of this building having first
been determined and scientifically
verified. The work and the map,
thus starting from the base line
named, will evidently extend over
the Snake River Valley. The OBJ
ject of the survey, as stated in the
law passed at the last session of
Congress, is to determine the pos
sibilities of the arid region for irri-
CATION. AS in all matters under ma
tional management, we may quite
naturally expect that a good deal
of time will be required for the COM
pletion of the entire work, but we
can reasonably hope to see a report
on the work in this section Of Idaho
before the present season closes.
There remains but a single case
of diphtheria in this city. The dis
ease was never general or epidemic,
and the few cases that occurred were
all owing to strictly local causes.
Register: Scarlet fever has been
raging at Pocatello and Blackfoot
for the past week or more and sew
eral deaths have occurred in Poca-
tello. The greater number Of deaths
in Pocatello, we believe, is on ac-
count of the poor quality of water
there. Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Jenk-
inson have lost their little girl !;
Mr.. and Mrs. Topaz have also lost
their little boy. Both moved there
from Eagle Rock. At Blackfoot
one child of Mr.. and Mrs. R. H.
Hopkins died, which is the only
death we have learned of there.
Idaho Herald: We have positive
information that the survey of the
Pocatello townsite will be made at
once. Instructions were forwarded
to the surveyor-general, Wednes-
day, that everything was all right
and to have the survey begin at
once. This will be good news to
our people, who have waited long
and patiently for the survey to be
made, and were beginning to think
that we would nsve to live in the
same old "shacks" and shanties for
the next year to come.
Blackfoot News: Bingham comfy
leads in the van of new appoint
ments. She has new postmaster
at Eagle Rock, one at Pocatello
and one at Blackfoot. She has two
new appointees for the land Office,
register and receiver and one dep
uty U. S. Marshal. No other county
in the territory can boast ofas much.
Idaho Recorder: James St. Clair,
the accused burglar, who escaped
with Frank Sinclair from the Lemhi
county Jail on the night Of May LIST,
was captured in Anaconda a few
days since and returned to this city
on Tuesdays coach in charge of
Harry Norfolk and ]. A. Leopold.
The reward Of 5000 goes to Norfolk
and Vance, through whose indefat-
igable efforts the prisoner wac final
ly secured. They followed his trail
from this city all the way to Ana
conda. They secured the country
in southerly direction, making
two unsuccessful trips to Challis
and home by the way Of Junction.
They have we'll earned the reward,
having ridden over q thousand
miles on horseback in their search.
st. Clair was held to await the &C.
ton of the grand jury on q charge
of burglary, and is supposed to be
one of the ght-fingered gents who
robbed the store of French & Ken
ney last fell. He will now have to
answer to a charge of Jail breaking
also, and will without doubt take a
trip to Boise City within the next
few weeks.
Idaho World: Chas. Magee un-
loaded six more bars Of bullion at
this place last Tuesday. This makes
thirty-nine bars Of bullion turned
ont NV tho Rannnr mine since the