The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-07-27

in climate, soil and pasturage. Sew
eral other places are bidding fol-
the location but he prefers Ogden.
He suggested joint stock COM
pany with 100000 capital. He
read letters from Senators Hawley,
Evarts, Ingalls,, Jones, Plumb and
others, stating that Congress could
be depended on to assist materially
in the enterprise, and also an
nounced that the railroads would
contribute something to it's success.
After discussion it was decided to
organize a joint stock company on
the basis suggested by Mr.. Jones,
and committee of FIVE, of which
Mayor Kiesel is chairman, was APP
pointed to incorporate the company
and solicit subscriptions. The mat
ter of location being now definitely
settled and a plan Of action ar
ranged, the success of the enter
prise is assured, and the Commercial
is jubilant over the fact that "thus
Ogden scores another point in the
race for attractions" Mr.. Jones'
plan is to locate geological gar
den some place near the city within
easy reach by street car, where
they will keep not only a large herd
of buffalo but all kinds of wild an
finals. Up in the hills, where it is
cool in summer, he proposes to
have breeding ranch. Congress
will be asked to give at least $50, 600
to assist in the matter, also to give
the land. The senators above named
were very much surprised to learn
that there was a herd of buffalo
left in America, and regarding Mr..
Jones' herd the very last, express
much interestin having it preserved
and means provided for it's increase.
Mr.. Jones bears the sobriquet of
Buffalo" Jones. An account re-
Gently appeared in the telegraph
reports of six buffaloes being cap
tured by A. W. Williams up north.
Mr.. Jones says he saw them and
only one was alive, the others hav-
ing died from over exertions dur
ing the intense heat. Mr.. Williams
felt very bad over the fact that he
was responsible for the death of
half the remaining wild buffaloes
in America. There were only ten
or twelve in the herd, and not forty
or fifty as reported. 1t is extremely
doubtful if there are dozen buffa-
loes, outside Of Mr.. Jones' herd, |
left in America.
COLONY OF SEA LIONS
Passed through Ogden last week in |
q special car for Lincoln Park, Chi
cago. where, after being on exhibit
ton for month, some of them will |
be forwarded to the Paris exhibi-
ton. The outfit was in charge of
an old hunter after geological curl
osities, named Eastman, who made
his first capture Of sea lions in 1853.
He says that the lions were cap
;ured on the small islands in the
Santa Barbara channel. He left
Santa Barbara with twenty-one an
mails; one had died, but the others
ooked in good condition. They
Iveraged about 600 pounds, but
here was one little fellow which
Weighed only 60 pounds. The cap
ain is an old Mexican war veteran.
md had with him small collec-
ion of interesting Aztec relics.
VINEGAR.
The secretary of the Indiana state
'oard of health has been collecting
amples of vinegar sold in Indian
polls and in other cities through
ut the state, and has just COM !
'leted careful analysis. OF eight
amples tested but one proved to
re pure cider vinegar, the other
even being nothing more than
decoction of rain water and
ulphuric acid. The largest vine
ar factory in Indianapolis, which
laims to sell the very purest of
pple vinegar, furnished the very
1orst stuff that was found among {
be samples. The secretary says it !
'ould destroy the stomach even of 8
n ostrich if used freely. The law t
nacted by the last Indiana legis-
ature prohibits the manufacture |
nd sale of any vinegar not the +,
roduct of pure apple juice. Such I
law might be adopted in other i
tates with advantage. t