The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-05-10

IDAHO NEWS.

GUARDS Band Will appear To-Day
Sunday at 4 P. NJ, on the streets
On the Both day of April there
was shipped from the Boise Assay
office to the Philadelphia mint
$28,998.47 in gold, the result of the
deposits OF the next preceding nine
days. The amount of deposits fo1
the month of April was $40, 248. AZ
As an illustration of the rise
of real estate in this city, one month
ago H. H. Beckwith purchased OF
Thomas Finnegan fifty-five feet on
Main street, opposite the Statesman
office. Yesterday Mr.. Beckwith
sold the same to L. D. Young Of
Salt Lake City for the sum of $11,-
OOO.-There is rumor af1oat
that man named George Cham
berlain, who was hunting horses in
the vicinity of Willow creek, has
been drowned in Boise river. His
blankets were found upon the bank,
where it is supposed he entered the
stream for the purpose of fording.
The date Of the incident is not CIV
en- and it may prove to be an in
vention.-The Nampa Progress
gives the following list of buildings
in course of construction, some of
which are nearly completed Cap
tain J. E. Sears $4,000 residence !;
the Wilson Hotel, $4,000; the Epis-
copal church, $4,000; John Young's
residence, $500; Albert Bergh's bar
Der shop, $500; the bank building
by DUTIES & MCGEE, estimated cost,
$4,000; two residences by N. Falk,
residence by B. F. Walling, a sa-
loon by John Young, residence by
J. A. Gould, business house by
George Fulmer, a general merchan-
disc store by O. F. Persons The
Idaho World says that woman
who resides on Squaw creek slew
two hundred and ten rattlesnakes
and one racer in two days recently.
Bellevue Press: Idaho is the
finest potato country in the world.
Those who doubt this ought to call
and see the potatoes which Mr..
Birch raised on his ranch last year.
This is an industry which would
pay ranchers to look into. Pota-
toes fed to COWS makes the finest
quality of butter, and are good for
horses as well as cows.-The peo-
pie of Pine Grove are considerably
elated over the showing that the
Mountain View mine is making.
The ore is very extensive and mills
$50 to the ton.
Silver Press The snow has about
left the mountain tops-Daniel
Reber is making his regular trips
from Clayton to Custer-up one
day and down the next ANTE
lope are very numerous in the val
leys, but are too poor to kill just
now.-Mr. George Kirk informs
us that he has resigned his super
intendency of the Cinnabar mine,
and thinks of going East, He will
make it business as we'll as a
pleasure trip.-The miners from
the Dickens were let out May 1st.
Mrs. Nels Johnson, of snow
slide fame, Custer, has a nice g.
pound boy, born the 26th ult., and
is doing nicely.-A social dance
for the benefit of the Clayton Cor
net Band will be given at Fashion
Hall, Friday evening, May 23d.
Challis Messenger, May 6: Judge
Berry opened district court this
morning.-The water in Salmon
river and all the mountain streams
in this vicinity is much higher at
present than during any time last
season.--Morrison & Stems pack
train started for Orc Elmo, Sunday,
with load of supplies for the
Gladstone Mining Company. A
force of men will depart in a few
days, when the mines and the mill
will again resume operations.-
The dam at Clayton, on Salmon
river. yielded TO the mighty force of
rushing waters of the above named
river, Sunday morning, causing
considerable damage.
District Court convened at Chal-
lis last Monday.
Nebraska potatoes are selling in
central Idaho at from four to five
cents per pound, and yet Idaho is
a great potato country.
The whole amount appropriated
for the improvement of Capitol
square, Boise City, was $14, 1880; of
this amount $6,244.S9 has been
drawn out on warrants. The rock
alone cost 81 ,967, and penitentiary
hands were employed in its being
quarried.
Moscow, in the northwestern part
of the territory, obtained artesian
water in great abundance. A fine
flow was secured after boring
depth OF 45 feet from the surface.
A new town has been laid out on
the Short Line where the road
crosses Snake river near Hunting
ton. The Weiser Leader saws
number of business houses will soon
be erected on the new town site.