The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-06-21
IDAHO NEWS.

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Mail: Wool is King at Noun
tain Home at present. It is piline
high up on the warehouse platforms
at Helfrich & Miller's, Fletcher &
Fletcher's, and at the Hagar ware.
house. Wool brings about Is cents
on the home market, which is hard.
ly as much as it is worth, but many
prefer to sell at home rather than
take the risk of shipping. Wool is
very light this year. Sheep that
sheared 8 lbs. last year will not
shear more than 7 this year. This
is owing to the cold weather prin-
cipally, as the grease did not raise
in the wool. But the wool men
will lose nothing by this as the per
cent of shrinkage will be cores
pondingly light.-W. NJ Stockton
of Glenn's Ferry, will put two men
at work to-day developing the coal
discovery near that town. He has
made location above the one be-
fore mentioned in this paper, and
an extension of the same vein. He
thinks he can prospect it without
the water interfering. He showed
US the surface groupings, which are
certainly the groupings of coal, and
he proposes to test the quantity
and quality of it at once.
Statesman: Right now there is
a call for fifty men to work on the
New York canal, and within ten
days they will require 100 more.
Skilled mechanics in many lines Of
work are wanted. The outlook for
Boise workingmen at present is
brilliant. A reasonable amount of
building is in progress, and con-
tractors have trouble in getting men
to do the work.-Governor Shoup
returned from his Northern trip on
Monday night. While gone he at
tended the meeting of the regents
of the University at Moscow. All
were present except Mr. Morris, the
member from Idaho county. The
Governor says the foundation for
the University has been laid but it
cannot be completed until after the
next Legislature shall have conven-
ed so that an appropriation can be
made therefor.
Salubria Citizen: A ferry boat
has been put on the Payette river,
near Harlo, in Long Valley. This
has long been needed in that local
ity, as the Payette river is a bad
stream to ford at any time Of the
year, and is especially difficult at
present on account of the rise and
the swiitness of the stream.
Long Valley is at present attract
ing large immigration. Last win
ter was very severe in that locality,
and that fact has to considerable
degree retarded the progress of the
valley. 1t is a we'll known fact,
however, that the winters there are
getting less severe each year, and
in few more years the winters viii
be as mild there as they are here.
Considerable Improvement is going
on and several large tracts of land
have recently changed hands. A
railroad survey was recently made
through the valley.
Lewiston Teller: News reached
here on Tuesday morning that Old
Timothy, a we'll known Indian liv-
ing at Alpowai, had died on Mon
day. \ little inquiry regarding
this parsonage led to the informa-
lion that he was, at least calculation,
one hundred years old, having been
a boy when Lewis and Clark made
their expedition to the northwest
in 1904. He was a noted chief of
the Nez Perces, having made him.
self famous by saving Col. Steptoe's
command during early times in the
settlement of the northwest. Tim
othy has ever been a warm friend
of the whites, and chief high in
honor and respect among his peo-
pie. He has resided for many years
at or near the mouth of Alpowai,
and is said to have been a very elo-
quent orator when occasion offered
to address his people.
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