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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03
PERSONALS.

DR.. Brown was up from HALEY
last Thursday.
Shelley Sutton has been too sick
during the week to pi any type, but
promises to be on deck again next
week.
Thomas Popham, of the Harrison
mine, Boyle mountain, was in town
and took in the New Years pro-
ceedings.
Nick Hickey was down from the
Baltimore mine one day this week
to partake of New Years cheer with
his friends, and as usual placed the
KEYSTONE under obligations for lit.
tie favors in the way of news items.
C. F. Buss, representative of the
Great Western Type Foundry,
Omaha, visited the KEYSTONE on
Thursday OF this week in the inter.
est Of his company. Mr.. Buss is a
genial and pleasant gentleman, and
will make friends and business for
the firm he represents.
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No. 228.
REPUBLIsHED NOTICE OF
Application for a Patent.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

OEtFEO SoIATES LAND OffiCE.
HALEY, Idaho, september 15 1887.
Notice is hereby given that Alexander II.
Dollarhide, Lewis G. Dollarhide, Joseph
Pinkham and Albert Griffith, whose post
Office address is Ketchum, Alturas county,
Idaho Territory, have this day filed their
application for patent for fifteen hundred
linear feet of the
LEAST SsDE@'
lode, mine or vein, bearing galena. with
surface ground six hundred feet in width,
situated in Little Smoky mining district,
county OF Alturas and territory of Idaho,
and designated by the field notes and Off
cial plat On file in this Office as lot number
tifty-seven, said lot No. 81 being described
as follows, to-Wit:
Beginning at the discovery stake, running
thence north 40 So 4O'' west lis feet to q
point on north end OF claim; thence south
AGO As west 202 feet to east side line of Scott
lode to post set IN earth and stone mound,
corner No. l; thence north 400 As east 500
feet to northeast corner of claim, post set
in earth ,and stone mound, corner No. 2;
thence south 40 So AZ" east $50 feet as
cending and quartering hillside to ridge
1850 feet, descending on Warm Springs creek
side to southeast corner of claim, post set
in earth and stone mound, corner No. 3;
thence south 1870 45' west 100 feet, ascend
ing small ridge GOO feet on level along hill
side to southwest corner of claim, post set
in earth and stone mound, corner No. T.;
thence north 400 15> west 3O9 feet, ascending
to ridge 400 feet, descending and quarter
ing hillside on Little Smoky side, intersect
corner Nc. of survey No. 6lO, 1214 feet
intersect corner No. 3 of survey No. 6I0
and angle i'll west side line of claim oppo-
site discovery, corner No. 5; thence north
40 go west 2S2 feet, descending and quar-
tering hillside along east side of survey No.
6lO to corner No. of claim and place of
beginning; magnetic variation $50 go east,
containing 1856 acres.
From corner No. east side Z. s. NJ. NJ
No. bears south $50 l6' west 22466 feet
The location of this mine is recorded in
the Recorders Office of Alturas county,
Idaho Territory The adjoining claims are
Bunker HILL Isabella" Covert" and
Scott"
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion of said " East Side D lode mine
or surface ground are required to file their
adverse claims with the Register of the
United States Land Office at Haley, in the
county of Alturas aforesaid, during the
sixty days period of publication hereof, or
they will be barred by virtue of the pro-
visions of the statute.
H. o. BILLINGS, Register.
It is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice of application for patent be pub
lished for the period of 60 days (ten con.
secutive weeks in the KEYSTONE, a weekly
newspaper published at Ketchum, Idaho.
II. D. BILLINGS, Register.
A. ]. PINKHAM. Ate'y for Claimants.
First publication, Sept. II, 1887.
First republication, August 80, 1890.
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Is CONSUMPTION INCURABLE7

Read the following: Mr.. e. II. Nor
ris, Newark, Ark, says: "Was down
with Abscess of Lungs, and friends and
physicians pronounced me an incurable
Coasumptive. Began taking DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, am now
on my third bottle, and able to oversee
the work on my farm. 1t is the finest
medicine ever made"
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says
Had it not been for DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption / would have
died Of Lung Troubles. Was given up
by doctors. Am now in best of health
Try 1t. Sample bottles free at Steward
Bros Drugstore.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

THE following was handed in by
an old bachelor whose interest is
awakened in the matter:
The single portion of the inhabitants
of Mount Pleasant. Pa, appear to be en-
tirely regardless of that momentous ques-
ton, us marriage failure" ETC., and
are all determined to marry before JAN
uary LIST. The cause of the excitement is
a partial shutdown which will take place
on the above named date, when all single
men are to he discharged from the vari-
Gus shops. The parsons are reported as
having their hands full, and engagements
are as thick as flies around a sugar bar
rel in the bloody month of August.
Some of Ketehum's matrimonial
delinquents of the masculine gen.
der might derive useful hint from
the above item. But we hope no
such measure will be adopted in
Ketchum without notice as such a
course would leave the KEYSTONE
hopelessly in the fog.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

Day is breaking for Idaho. The
Granite mine at Ceur d'Alene has
been sold for 100000. Sales at
Seven Devils reaching the neighbor-
hood of 100000, are of recent
occurrence. The sale of an inter
est in De Lamar's great mines in
Owyhee county, involving 81 ,5O0,-
600, and other smaller sales, are a
part of the history of business
transacted in that section during
the closing months of 1890. Sales
of mining property in Boise, Lemhi
and other places in which consid-
cradle sums of money changed
hands were reported during the
same period; and here at Wood
River other sales have been made.
This is an encouraging sign. 1t
points to an early renewal of min
ing operations, and the fact that
these investments have not been
confined to a single locality, but
have been general over the State,
encourages the hope that resump-
ton when it comes will be general
likewise,
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Letter From Colorado.

ASPEN, COL, Dec. /, 1890.
Ed. KEYSTONE: After an absence
of six months from Wood River, I
write you line to let you know
how l have been, what l have seen
and conclusions reached.
arrived at Aspen on the 9Th of
July last. Was completely broken
down with rheumatism all summer,
and have not seen a we'll day since
l left Idaho.
There are about 5000 miners
working in this camp at present !;
wages are So day, but the average
miner just manages to make liv-
ing, for the reason that the mines
here that are working men lay off
from one half to two-thirds of their
men from one to two weeks out Of
each month.
The output Of Aspen camp is
about 5000 tons of ore month,
it's commercial value, on an aver
age, $35 a ton, giving a total value
of $525; 500 a month. Two mines,
the Aspen and Durant, produce
more than two-thirds Of this amount
and are the only dividend paying
mines in the camp. Yet the amount
Of money expended here in pros
pecting is something wonderful.
You can stand in one place and
count within radius of one mile
ten large plants of machinery which
with the development work done
by them represent an outlay Of
$50, 100000. This is on one noun
tain only, and is as nothing COM
pared with the amount of prospect
ing done on the Aspen mountain.
Of the ten mines just spoken of but
one has ever paid dividend, five
have never shipped pound of ore,
while three have never gotten min
eral enough for an assay.
| mention this fact only to show
what capital does in Colorado.
There are thousands upon thous-
ands of feet of tunnels, and up
raises here where never color of
mineral of any kind has been found,
and prospecting here costs heavily.
Shafts are sunk from from 500 to
SIS feet deep, miners having to sink
10 that depth to get through the
wash before they can hope to get
even a ledge, and then run hun
dreds of feet of crosscuts to get
what they call a ledge, but what is
in reality only two formations COM
ing together, but often without a
single color or particle of ore or vein
matter. And in this way thousands
of dollars are spent here in pros
pecting that are absolutely thrown
away, and the work still goes on.
Certainly capitalists will tire of this
kind of investments after awhile.
And / say here, if there was one
dollar spent on upper Wood River
for every ten spent here Wood
River would be one of the best
mining camps in the known world
This is a broad assertion, but tits
true. That country only awaits the
advent of capital to make it one o.
the foremost mining camps Of the
west, and it will not wait long.
My observations in this country
have impressed me with Wood River
more favorably than was before
and / am coming back there in the
Spring, and shall come with money
back of me, so l can do something
and shall spend my money and
efforts where | think the probabiii.
ties for success are greatest, and
that place is Wood River.
H. G. RICHARDSON.
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The World Enriched.

The facilities Of the present day for the
production Of everything that will con-
luce to the material welfare and comfort
Of mankind are almost unlimited and
when Syrup Of Figs was first produced
he world was enriched with the only
perfect laxative known, as it is the only
remedy which is truly pleasing and re-
.reshing to the taste and prompt and
effectual to cleanse the system gently ir
the Spring time or, ia fact. at any time
and the better It is known the more pop
ular it becomeA
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

THE Idaho World reports warm
rain in Boise county on Christmas.
It began on the morning of that
day and the day following was just
like showery day in the merry
month of May" At this place
Christmas day and week were dry
and frosty. A difference so marked
in so short distance is not readily
accounted for.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

Snow began to fall on Tuesday
morning last and continued all day,
and it really looked as if winter had
come; but when Wednesday morn
ing came it was clear and warm
again, and an inventory showed
onlv about two inches of snow.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03
A GENTLEMAN in town from

A GENTLEMAN in town from Po-
catello last week gave US brief
description of the lively times that
burg is enjoying, that reminded US
forcibly of the ''good old days.
when money was a nuisance, and
gold dust a drug on the market.
He says there are two large gam
bling saloons running there in which
music and games of chance are
kept up nightly until a late hour
and money changes hands freely
both at the bar and at the games.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

A DANCE took place at Metropol-
itan Hall on Wednesday night last,
which was attended by about twelve
couples of the young people OF
Ketchum. 1t was gotten up special
ly to "dance the old year out and
the new year in." The merry rev.
elers supped on fat turkey, cake
and other delicacies served at Cal
liahan's and were made happy.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03
Colorado Letter.

We publish letter this week
from Aspen, Colorado, that is not
without interest to our people, as
showing that there is still capital
being invested in mines, and a
good deal of it in mines that are OF
no value. A portion of this money
should be invested at Wood River,
and were our people to make a
proper effort there can be little
doubt that it would be. We know
that there are more dollars expend-
cd, in proportion, in a single
camp in Colorado than in all of
Idaho together, and we think this
is so because those people are more
hopeful and confident of their state
than we are of ours. They believe
in Colorado, and they back their
faith with their money. Their
mines have therefore been developed
and are being worked, while ours,
though far more numerous and
rich, are lying idle, or are being
worked by the scratching" pro-
cess employed by men without cap
ital. Exactly the reverse of this
state of things ought to be true,
and would be true if our own citi-
zens, having means, would take the
lead in making investments in local
mining enterprises. By thus ex-
hibiting their confidence in our
mines they would, as the Colorado
people have done, inspire confidence
in others, and instead of idle mines.
idle men, business depression and
laggard growth, we should have a
larger number of paying mines in
operation than any other state in
the Union; cities where we now
have villages, and a quintupled
population fully and remunerative-
ly employed. No man is afraid to
invest money in farming, yet it is
fact susceptible of arithmetical
demonstration that the profits on
farming do not exceed, basing the
estimate upon the whole country,
p q on the capital invested. On
the other hand the profits on mining
will exceed four times that amount,
and it is the recognition of this fact
by the people Of Colorado that
makes that state so much more
prosperous than Idaho. We have
every advantage and resource that
Colorado can claim; their value is
enhanced by a better climate. To
reap the benefits of these advant-
ages we have but to prove by oul
own efforts and by the investment
of some Of our home capital that
we have them and have faith in
them, and others will follow our
good example, and in a few years
Idaho will be the first of American
states in the production of the pre-
cious metals. Why do our men o.
means hesitate to invest in home
mining enterprises?
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

Two WEEKS ago it was announced
~ 'hlS paper that Ed Williams
~. Ths headquarters for holiday goods.
.nas was a fact, then. But Ed is
,.sver satisfied, and one can't tell
s "as. day may bring forth in his
..;osaoiishment. His store is con-
uaually expanding and his titles
aecumulating. He is now post
o masler, notary public, telephone
ope1ator, mining recorder, and
; "e,i' II you want genuine surprise
Juss read his new I'D, and if you
W uans to converse with President
HARRISON about the weather or the
arm on peanuts; or With Wana.
; inc. about . postal telegraph,
NV ~ step into the postodice and turn
, ,a1 crank and they will hop up and
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03
ELECTRIC BITTERS.

This remedy is becoming so we'll known
and 80 popular as to need no special men.
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song Of praise.-A purel
medicine does not exist and it is guaran
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bit
tiers will cure all diseases of the Liver and
Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt
Rheum and other affections caused by i'm
pure lOod.-Will drive Malaria from the
system and prevent as we'll as cure all
Malarial fevers.-For cure of Headache,
Constipation and Indigestion, try Elec-
trio Bitters-Entire satisfaction guaran-
teed, or money refunded Price so cts
and 81 per bottle at Steward Bros Drug
store,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

A FIRE broke out in private
residence in town last Friday night,
but Mr.. Fred. Fulford being by
when it was discovered, ran into the
house and put it out before much
damage was done. The alarm bell
was rung, and the fire company was
out in giffy and on the ground,
showing a highly creditable prompt
ness in answering calls as well as eff
cheney in handling their apparatus.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

THE Salt Lake Tribune, one of
the greatest republican Journals Of
the country, came out last Sunday
with a sixteen-page issue filled with
q high order of very interesting
matter. Salt Lake City is distin-
cuished for the excellence of its
daily newspapers, and the Tribune
is one of its best.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

Dick WEST, Hailey's popular res
.surant-keeper, was in town a few
days ago and was welcome visitor
q, the KEYSTONE Office. Dick is q
tyo.thirds owner in the Lolo mine,
and gives notice in this paper to a
delinuuent co-OWner.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

LITTLE Miss Gertie Messerly pre-
sented the KEYSTONE Office with a
handsome bouquet of artificial flow
ers on New Years day of her own
manufacture. Miss Gertie is quite
skillful for one Of her years, and
her present is an elegant one and
highly prized.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chil6lains,
Corns, and all SKIN Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Plles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Steward Bros.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

TIE best and cheapest publica-
ton of it's class in the world is the
Architects and Builders edition 81
the Scientific American. It's Illus
trations and descriptions are un-
rivaled anywhere.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

SENATORS Shoup and Dubois ar
rived in Washington some days
ago, and the former was sworn in.
Dubois will not present his creden-
tials until the 4th of March. Nc
Cornell was expected to arrive and
be installed within q few days. His
visit to his home in Northern Idaho
prevented his arrival in Washing
ton with Shoup and Dubois.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

KErcHuM ice-packers might make
hit by putting up supply of ice
,b;s winter little in access of the
home demand, as there seems fair
variability that the crop in the
Valley will be short this year.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

Dr.. Richie has had hole bored
through the east end Of the Union
Church building, and the rope Of
the fire alarm bell passed through
il so that it now hangs on the out
side Of the church on the south
side Of the porch and between that
and the corner of the building.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

TIE Idaho World mentions rich
strike made last week by Thomas
Wright in the old Chickauaon mine,
near Idaho City There are three
veins in the mine, and the ore from
zach is rich enough to ship.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

Mrs. Fulford, who left this place
son,e weeks ago for Colorado, has
s .s,nrned. She was sick all the time
while there, but has recovered her
ho.lth since her return to Ketchum.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

r. has been suggested to us that
:, uonld be a good plan to put the
49, !. cart on runners, and we offer
, lIu,t suggestion to the fire company
t,r What it is worth.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

THE question: "What is the hap.
piest moment of a woman's life, is
being discussed. We had supposed
it was when she got a new bonnet.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

rW DAWSON was in yesterday
,.. =, = East Fork after medicine for
!, ,i 70 s;ster. Mrs. Norman Edwards,
~ '' ;s suffering from a serious at
,,.I of erysipelas of the face.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

THE last seen of Constable Mar
latt after the subsistence Of the New
Years festivities, he had concealed
about his person generous supply
of eggnog, and was going up Main
street with couple Of fat chickens
nicely folded away under his arm.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

TEE Weiser Leader Is informed
that a syndicate has been organized
to build = railroad from Weiser to
Seven DcyilA
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

The Agricultural College is still
without habitation. If no place
else can be found to accept it bring
it to Ketchum. Our city dads have
not yet been consulted about the
matter, but they are accommodate
ing, and we are satisfied would take
even an agricultural college were
the opportunity given them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

M. LAURA C. TUCKER has the
Nks' ~ the KEYSTONE for a New
;aanh' supply N of eggnog and cake.
nth e were excellent.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

The parties whom the KEYSTONE
mentioned two weeks ago as having
|gone out to work on group of
mines near Upper Warm Springs,
owned by Geo. Metzler and others
have already shipped two tons of
ore, and We hope the returns will
warrant them in shipping all they
toka nrt
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

y WILCOX, who has been lying
p ,. 81, the Palace Hotel for several
'. o.ks is recovering.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03

The residence of Mrs. T. T. Hunt
ington was the scene of a very
pleasant little social party and sup
per q few evenings ago. A most
excellent repast, which was served
In manner to give relish to each
tempting dish, was partaken of and
highly enjoyed, and the guests each
and 9, all went away delighted with
their evenings entertainment,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-03
The Old and the New.

Another year has passed away
the story of 1890 has been told, and
we have entered upon 1891. Like its
predecessor, the new year stretches
out before our mystified gaze, as
an unexplored and interminable
forest before the traveller in q new
and unknown world. It's mystery
Is, and and must forever remain
unsolved and insolvable. We enter
into its labyrinths because we must
some elated with hope aud others
depressed by incurable despair. As
we began the old year, so shall we
begin the new one-with many good
resolutions and unctious promises
of reform. But we shall not change.
What the past has been the future
will be. Human nature and human
conduct are fixed as the stars, by an
immutable edict of habit. Invari-
ability is stamped as intellectually
on the law of moral as on the law
of physical action. The things we
did: the errors We committed last
year, we will do and commit this
year, and perpetually. We will
pander to the rich and trample the
poor. We will aaunt fine and costly
raiment in the eyes of the unclad,
and tempt the hungry with savory
foods that we may punish them
when they fall. We will send mis-
sionaries to save the heathens of
distant lands whom we find much
happier than we leave them, while
our own people, our own blood and
kin, linger in ignorance, skulk in
shame-faced nakedness, starve in
fgted alleys, or work their lives out
in the moral miasm of factories
for bread. We will rhapsodize gilded
vice, and mock at and taunt un-
vanished virtue. We will build
splendid churches with richly up
holstered pews which we will close
against the fishermen and carpen-
ters with golden fastenings. We
will sell justice to the highest bid
der, while lauding our enlighten-
ment and our Christianity. We will
take the bread of the widow and
the orphan, because, forsooth, a
barbarous law permits, and heap it
up in the already bursting vaults of
some church or charity, while they
starve, and call our folly philan-
thropy, just as we have done in all
the dreary past. But we shall not
do these things from evil motives.
Our intentions will be good, our
purposes benevolent and our aims
kind in all we do. Human nature
is weak, not wicked; and it is easier
to do as we always have done than
it is to think out better way and
better things to do. Still, we wish
all the readers of the KEYSTONE
could realize and enjoy a happy
New Year; because, if for no other
reason, it would be SO ineffably
pleasant to see so many people
| happy.