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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-01-25

he might b With and act a. bis father 3
counselor. The father, in the discharge Of
bis official duties, leapad heavily and de-
pended much upon Walker, who was 4
congenial companion, truthful and faith
fpl:
The death of Walker Blaine is some
thing more than family loss. It is loss
to his country. His fathers hope was to
make him his worry successor. He hoped
that when he laid down his cares of public
life, Walker could take them up and
carry his work forward. Now the hope OF
his life seems to be at an end. There are
those of Mr.. Blaine's friends tonight who
believe that he will feel like retiring from
public life, but that cannot be, for the
country needs his services - long as he
has physica: strength to serve.
Walker Blaine was the eldest OF
the Secretary's, three sons, and un-
married. He was a great favorite
in Washington society, and a great
help to his mother in assisting hel
in her entertainments and other
social duties, which press heavily
upon the ladies of the cabinet OF.
ficpra.
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Notice of Forfeiture.

To GEORGE GOULD or his heirs or assigns
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT
/ have expended the sum of 81 900 in
labor and improvements upon the {" Blue
Jacket lode mining claim, situated on
Eagle Creek. about five miles in a north
eastcrly direction from Wood river and
about eleven miles in nOrthwesterly di-
rection from the town of Ketchum, in
Warm Springs Creek mining district, Altu-
ras county, Idaho Territory, III order to
hold said premises under the provisions of
section 1924. Revised Statutes of the United
States. being the amount required to hold
the same for the years 1888 to and ending
1889; also, for development work which
was performed by your written consent
during said above mentioned periods of
time, and for which your proportion is $500
for your one-third interest in said mine or
lode, and if within ninety (9O) days from
the service of this notice, or within ninety
(9O) days after this notice by publication.
yeu fail or refuse to contribute your pro-
portion of such expenditure as co-owner
your interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, under the pro-
visions of said section 1924
CAD AYLWIN.
Oakland. CAL, Oct 16, 1899.
First publication, Nov. 2, 1880.
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Weather Extremes.

The weather throughout the east
ern states is the most unusual and
remarkable for this season OF the
year ever known within the MEM
ory of the "oldest inhabitant."
While st. Louis was experiencing
a cyclone and frightful storm was
raging throughout Pennsylvania,
New York, Minnesota, Illinois, Kan
sas and many other places, and men
and stock were being frozen to
death in Colorado and Wyoming,
Delaware was really suffering from
the heat. A dispatch from Dover,
that state, of the same date of the
awful storms elsewhere, says that
the thermometer registered from 70
to 80 degrees in the shade, and in
the sun the mercury went up to LOG,
and that peach buds are so far adj
vanced in that vicinity that gen.
eral freeze would kill them.
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Death of Walker Blaine.

A dispatch dated Washington,
January 18th, brings the news of
the sudden death of the eldest son of
the Secretary of State. 1t says:
Walker Blaine, Examiner of Claims
for the State Department, and eldest son
of Hon. James Il. Blaine, Secretary of
State, died at the family residence at 8 30
o'clock this evening. of acute pneumonia,
superinduced by an attack of 'la grippe"
He had been i'll only few days, and the
death is sudden and severe shock to his
unusually large circle Of friends, who we're
not aware that he was dangerously i'll un-
til this morning, while the family are
Frustrated with grief.
He was not feeling we'll last week, and
compelled to take to his bed. Walker
Blaine graduated from Vale College in
1875. and studying Law, received his diplo-
ma from Columbia College, New York,
in 1873. In 1881, while Garfield was on
his death bed, he sent for Walker Blaine
and appointed him Third Assistant Sec
rotary of State, saying he appreciated his
ability and desired to show it. After serv-
ing in this capacity for very nearly a year,
he was appointed on the Alabama Claims
Commission, where he served with great
credit from 1882 to 1885. On the advent
of the present administration he was ap-
pointed solicitor of the State Department,
position which he has also filled with
great credit and ability.
A later dispatch, commenting
upon the irreparahle loss to his illus
trious father that this death is, fur
Their says,
Walker was lawyer, = reader of books,
stndent Of literature, and, above all, q
statesman and a politician. He was with
his father 90 much and had 20 many Of
the fathers characteristica that he could
maintain the fathers policies on all &C
casions. He was given the position he
occupied in the Department Of htate that
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Notice Of Forfeiture.

To THOMAS B. SHAW, his heirs, personal
representatives and assigns, and to whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred 400 dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
BLUE BIRD lode mining claim, sit
uated in Sawtooth mining district, Alturas
county, Idaho Territory. in order to hold
said premises under the provisions of sec
ton 1924, Revised Statutes of the United
States, being the amount required to hold
the same for the year ending December 81
ture as co-owner is twenty five (25) dollars
being one-fourth, and if within ninety days
from the service of this notice, or within
ninety days after this notice by publication
you fail or refuse to contribute your pro-
portion of said expenditure as co-owncr,
your interest in said claim will become the
property of the subscriber under said sec-
ton 233 LEWIS J. BAKER.
Ketchum, I. T., January Is, 1880.
First publication, Jan. Is. 1890.
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STEWART. of Vermont, last week

STEWART, of Vermont, last week
introduced in the House of Repre-
sentatives a bill declaring no Nor
}F,Hfon eligible to vote at any election,
or hold civil Office in the territories
Of the United States, or be natur-
sslized as citizen of the United
. tates, or settle upon any public
lands. If Mr.. Stewart can succeed
in passing such a measure thu ough
Congress, he will be styled the hero
of proscriptive legislation, which
leaves the poor saint only the poor
privilege of breathing the air and
drinking the water of the United
States" An amendment ought to
be made to Mr.. Stewards bill so as
to make it more efficacious by adj
ding and Furthermore shut off the
wind of all Mormons," or words to
that effect
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The Admission Of Idaho.

The report of the Senate Com
mittee on Territories on the bill for
the admission of Idaho seems to
be hanging fire. The further con-
sideration of it by the committee
has been postponed and no report
will be made to the senate until
after the supreme court has rem
lered its decision upon the consti-
tutionality of the Idaho test oath
case. We repeat what we have
heretofore expressed as our opinion,
that should the supreme court de-
clare the test oath unconstitutional,
that would be the end Of any fur
Their action on the bill to admit
Idaho as a state, during the present
session of Congress, as the consti-
tuition upon WHICH the territory is
asked to be admitted into the Union
as a state virtually embodies the
same law which the supreme court
is now sitting in judgment upon:
We cannot foretell what the decis-
ION of the supreme will be upon
the test oath case, but we are in
clined to believe it will be adverse
to the position of the advocates of
statehood. And in such an event
we reiterate what we have said be-
fore, that the statehood scheme,
from first to last, has been prema-
ture, and the downfall of the pres
ent movement and the consequent
delay for years, probably, to the
admission of the territory can only
be attributed to a few enthusiastic
leaders whose zeal led them to ex-
tremes, regardless of the will and
welfare of the commonwealth.
We assert that had the statehood
agitators postponed the movement
until after this year when the CEN
sus would have been completed,
then if it was found that we pos
sessed sufficient population for a
representation in Congress, and our
resources were found to be in a
condition to warrant the assump-
ton of the varied responsibilities OF
state government, the people then
could have gone abaut the matter
in business-like way, elected their
delegates in a proper manner,
framed a constitution republican
in form, and with a good grace
knocked at the door of the Union,
and have encountered no obstacles
in the way of admission.
The prospect of Idaho becoming
a state in consequence of the pres
ent movement appears to be ex-
ceedingly gloomy. And if our fair
territory is retarded from entering
the sisterhood of states, the cause of
it must be laid to the oyer-zealous-
pess of a few ambitious politicians
Of the territory:
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Notice Of Forfeiture.

To CHARLES A1KENs, his heirs or assigns:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT
i we have expended the sum of two hum
dred 2U0) dollars in labor and improve
ments upon the LAURA e.. lode min
ing claim, situated in Warm Springs Creek
mining district, Alturas county, Idaho Ter
ritory, as required by Section 1924, Rivised
Statutes of the United States, being the
amount required to hold the same for the
years ending December 81, 1888, and 1889;
that the proportion of said expenditure
due by you, Charles Aikens. is >66 68A<
being one-third, and if within ninety (9O)
days from the service of this notice, or
within ninety (90) days after the notice by
publication, you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of said expenditure as CO.
owner, your interest in said claim viii be-
come the property Of the undersigned, un-
der the provisions of said section 1894.
r. B. MORTON
= T. A. CAMPBELn
Ketchum, Idaho, January 2, 1880.
First publication, Jan. 4, 1880.
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Notice of Forfeiture.
To JOHN KANE. or his heirs or assigns

To JOHN KANE. or his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred 1907 dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
POPPY lode mining claim, situated
near Oswego, in Little Smoky mining dis
trict. Alturas county, Idaho Territory, in
order to hold said premises under the pro-
visions of Section 1924, Revised Statutes of
the United States, being the amount re-
December 81, 1889; that your proportion 81
the same 10 fifty (5O) dollars, being one
half, and if within ninety (9o( days from
the service Of this notice, or within ninety
(00) days after this notice by publicatio
you fail or refuse to contribute your pro-
portion of such expenditure as co-owner,
your interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned. under the
provisions Of said Section 282A
NJ. RYAN.
Ketchum, Idaho, January Il, 1880.
First publication. Jan. Is. lsg0. :
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A Dakota Gusher.

The flow of a great artesian well
of warm water at Woonsockett,
South Dakota, which has been Gre
ating a deluge lately, has at last
been brought under subsection. A
lake covering over forty acres has
been formed in the lower part OF
the town, on some vacant lots. A
dense fog is constantly rising from
the warm water. Numbers of barns
and walks are flooded. Half the
pressure is turned on, and the water
runs through six-inch pipe, and
throws solid stream $50 feet. Ar
tesian experts say the well is one
of the most powerful in the world.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-01-25

ARTICLES of incorporation have
been filed in the Office Of the terri
torial secretary Of Boise City incor-
porating the Idaho North and South
Railroad Company. The object OF
the incorporation is to construct a
railroad commencing at Nampa,
running northeasterly through the
counties of Ada and Boise, by way
of Star, Emmett and Horseshoe
Bend, on the Payette river, thence
in northwest direction by way of
Long Valley, Big Payette Lake,
Lewiston, Spokane Falls and some
point on Puget Sound, in south
west direction by way of Sucker
creek, Jordan Valley, De Lamar,
South Mountain and on to the coast.
The capital stock to be 50, 100000.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-01-25

CASTLE GARDEN received 315, 1928
immigrants during the past year.
Every nation on the face of the
earth, except China, was represent
ed. The character of the immigra.
ton has been vastly superior to that
of the preceding year, while in vol
ume it decreased 6S,2S7 compared
with 1888. A decrease in every ma
tionality is perceptible. Italian inn
migration has fallen off about @ff-
teen thousand, representing the
poorer element of that country.
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N>tice of Forfeiture.

To T. E. CLoHEcY and Mrs. c. F. CLoHEcfs
their legal heirs or representatives:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED. IN
1 dividually and severally, that the un:
dersigned has expended the sum OF one
hundred 1OO) dollars in labor and improve
ments upon the MAMMOTH lode MIN
ing claim, situated in Sawtooth mining
district. Alturas county, Idaho Territory
in odrer to hold said premises under the
provisions of Section 1874, Revised Statutes
Of the United States, being the amount re.
quired to hold the same for the year ending
December 81, 1889; that your proportion 2;
the same Is IS follows, to-wit: for the sa,o
T. E. Cl0hecy. twenty 2O) dollars, being a
One-hfth, and for the said Mrs. &. +. ClV
hecy, ten lO) dollars. being one-tenth, anu ina
II within ninety (9O) days from the serves VICE
Of this notice, or within ninety (9O( days
after this notice by publication you fan OF OF
refuse TO contribute your proportion OF su sts
expenditures - co-Owners, your Interests
In said claim will become the property % f
the undersigned, under the provislonS ~
said Section 2824. +. F. SHAW.
Ketchum. Idaho. January 2, 1890.
First publication. Jan. 4, 1890
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Notice of Forfeiture.


To ]. w. LANE and WILLIAM LANE, their
heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred (1OO) dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
MORNING STAR lode mining claim,
situated in Sawtooth mining district. and
adjoining the Telephone and Emma min
ing claims on the southeast, in Alturas
county. Idaho Territory, in order to hold
said premises under the provisions of Sec
ton 1924, Revised Statutes of the United
States, being the amount required to hold
the same for the year ending December 81.
1899; and if within ninety days from the
service of this notice, or within ninety days
after this notice by publication you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure as co-owners, your inter-
est being an undivided one-third, amount
ing to $33. 1875, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the subscriber
under the provisions Of said Section 1924.
JOHN COLLINS.
Ketchum, l. T., January %, 1890
First publication, Jan. Is, 1890.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-01-25

GEORGE I. BECK, son of the Ken
lucky Senator, and leader of Wy.
oming democracy, has been elected
President of the Council of the leg.
islative assembly of that territory
Young Beck is becoming quite
prominent in Wyoming. He has
lately built two -four mills and
large irrigating works in Johnson
county, and given the town of Buff
falo electric light and system Of
water works.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-01-25

THE Cronin convicts have been
assigned jobs at the Illinois state
penitentiary. Burke was sent to
the cooper shop, Coughlin to the
stone-cutter's shop and O'Sullivan
to the shoe shop. The trio will have
a lifetime to perfect their respective
trades, unless sooner relieved by a
pardoning power.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-01-25

GEORGE M. SCOTT, prominent
hardware merchant, has been NOM
mated for Mayor of Salt Lake City
by the Liberal party. The election
takes place February II. A lively
contest for the control of the mu-
nicipal government of the city is
ANTICIPATED.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-01-25

SENATOR MITCHELL, of Oregon,
has introduced sweeping anti
Chinese bill in the Senate. 1t pro-
hibits the arrival Of Chinese into
the United States whether as sub
jects Of the Empire or otherwise.
Those now within the limits of the
United States, and who may here
after leave and attempt to return
are also excluded.
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NEW TODAY.
NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
been placed III my hands for collection
and all parties indebted to said Jerome F
Jacobs are requested to call and settle al
once and save costs.
E. B. WILLIAMS.
Ketchum, January l, 1850.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-01-25

NELLY BLY,, the N. Y. Worlds
ACKNOWLEDGMENT trotter, arrived
in San Francisco last Tuesday. She
took the S. P. railroad for the east.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-01-25

IT has been so long SINCE we have
had any mail communication from
the east or west that we have about
.dcspaired Of ever getting any.
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Letter List.

The following list of Advertised Letters
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not
called for in thirty days, being advertised
at Ketchum. Idaho, for the month ending
January Is, 1889:
Bunker, George Jose, Mrs Maggie
Gay, Alfred NJ Wilmoth, F NJ
Jameson, Arthur Weaver, Frank P
Persons calling tor any of the above let
ters must say advertised" and give date
e. B. WILLIAMMS. P. NJ.
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NOTICE TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS,

The date printed on the wrapper of each
paper denotes the time up to which the
subscription has been paid.
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thraldOm OF those peculiar ideas which
for centuries past have distinguished his
nation, but he makes tremendous stride
on the road of progress in regard to his
wife. Hereafter that almond eyed little
woman is to be allowed the freedom of
the legation, and will mingle with her
kind, after the manner of the world in
general. She will receive and entertain
all the ladies who call upon her, though
exactly how this latter portion of the
programme is to be carried out is some
what of a mystery, as she neither speaks
nor understands word of English. The
Minister announces that all visits will
hereafter be returned in person by his wife.
NARROW ESCAPE.
During the recent cyclone that
visited St. Louis, the passengers on
the Ferguson, Mo-, accommodation
train had narrow escape and they
congratulate themselves that they
did not have their heads cut off.
How they were saved from death or
injury is a miracale. Colonel
Thomas Thoroughman says the
train had left the station and pro-
ceeded as far northwest along the
river front as Knapp, Stout & Co. s
lumber yards, when the water
poured down in such quantities that
no one could see outside the coaches.
Slowly the train proceeded, and
when everything looked darkest
there suddenly was smashing oil
glass that rose above the din, and
inch planks came shooting into the
coach windows on one side and
went out on the other, just like
they had been fired from q huge
cannon. What few passengers were
in the passenger coach crouched
down close to the floor and the
lumber went flying over their heads.
The storm of planks and wood was
so heavy that it smashed every pane
of glass in the second coach, and
the wind jammed it in a pile on the
track between the trucks, stopping
the train. There the cars stood till
the storm abated, when the train
or, W got out and cleared the road.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-14
HOW 1T WORKS.

In the last few days, the ability Of a
of considerable number of persons to
''live up to- the new tariff-in the
words of Speaker Reed-has been in
juriously affected by reduction Of wa
ges. Here are three dispatches pub
lished on election day:
The spoilers in the Merrimac mills
lat Lowell, Mass.) have had their pay
reduced Is cents per day, and the wa
ges Of the drawing-in girls have Deen
cut. 1t is thought among the opera
tives that a general cut down will fol-
low.
The armature winders of the Thom-
son-Houston Electric company, (at Lynn
Mass have struck to resist reduct-
ion of wages. Fifteen Of the sixty
men employed in the department left
to-day, and the others will leave as soon
as they have completed their work.
Seventy girls employed in the under
garment factory at this place lash.
land Pa. have quit work on account
of the posting of new instructions thai
will cause reduction Of wages.
The Cleveland Leader Rep) an
nounces that the Otis Iron and Steel:
company Of that city, one Of the Jar
gest concerns Of the kind IN tie coun
try, and the Cleveland MalleabEs {rol
works, reduced usees last week =.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-14
SOMEWHAT OVERDONE.

Of all the cock and bull stories OF
the recent campaign, that published by
the New York Voice [prohibitionl re-
garding election day in Omaha, is the
most inconsistent. This fanatical pa
per publishes a special dispatch from
Omaha regarding scenes of outrage,
terror and bloodshed in the streets of
that city on election day that curdle
the blood, make the hair stand eject,
and the eyeballs protrude. The cor
respondent, however, overdid the thing
and consequently none but hide-bound
prohibitionists give credence to this
wild and weird tale of an unbalanced
and fever heated mind.
The correspondent, getting warmed
to his work, says: Drunken men
reeled through the streets insulting
women in the basest manner, whole po.
licemen looked on and did nothing
Little girls were rotten egsed; anyone
found with an amendment ticket was
beaten, and if they resisted they were
thrown into Jail; many were compelled
to flee for their lives" and so on
Could any thing more inconsistent OF
absurd be written? Not a word ol
this has been uttered except by thi:
one rabid organ of prohibition. Th'
agents of the great press associations
the prohibition papers of Omaha, nom
of these seemed to have found out tha
':women were insulted, little girls rot
ten -egged." Pah! the inconsistenc,
the thing is enough to disgust even pro
hibitionists.
Dodge City times., 1890-11-14
TO BORE FOR IRRIGATION.

Several mortgage companies in Kan
sas, which have come into possession
of million or so acres of land ty fore
closure, have organized syndicate for
artesian investigation. These lands
are in Western and Southwestern Kan
sas. They lie south Of the Smoky
River. 1t Is the intention of the syn
dicate to bore experimental wells and
try other plans to get at the underiow
with view of applying it to lrriga-
ton. If the experiments are success
full the syndicate will 60 into well-bor'
ing and ditch digging on large scale,
with view of putting the land on the
market again when they are able to Sc,
cure the settler steady supply of wa
ter sufficient for irrigation. The de-
partment engineer and geologist, who
are now in net field, will be asked to
look: ::ovcr the plans Of the mortgage
company's syndicate and criticise OF
approve them. At Garden City the
undersheet water Of the Arkansas riv
er is beng tapped by company which
expects to find enough to supply big
ditch. This thing has been success
fully accomplished at Dodge City. Al
this place a canal heads underground
and extends down stream at a grade
less than the natural fall OF the VALLEY
until it brings the water up to ant
above the surface Of the large trac'
of country. The Dodge City canal il
considered perfect success 1t vii
irrigate 300, 900 acres of land as far al
at present developed.-Kansas Cit.
| Gazette.