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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
Some Corrections.

TN the GOOD old democratic days Of
1888. a farm hand could get so cents q
day for labor, and could get ten pounds
of common brown sugar for $1,-two
DAYS work for ten pounds of sugar. Now,
farm hand gets 81 to $3.50 per day,
and gets twenty pounds of good refined
sugar for 81. Down with the robber
tariff. Register.
There are only four "errors" in
the above. One is the statement
that farm hand gets $3.50 day
Another, that he gets 20 pounds of
refined. or any other sugar for a
dollar. A third, that he only got
ten pounds of brown sugar for q
dollar in 1858, and the fourth that
the robber tariff has anything what
ever to do with the present price Of
sugar. We have no means of know
ing what farm wages were east of
the Rocky Mountains in 1853, but
in Southern Oregon, where we lived,
wages on farms was $40 to $50 a
month, with SO day during hay
ing and harvest time. So it will be
seen that locality and conditions
fixed the wages Of day laborers just
as they do now. In all of the south
ern states except Texas, $40 to $12
month is called good wages for
farm hands, and We think the same
is true throughout the Atlantic
states. If Idaho farm hands re-
ceive $3.50 a day, which we very
much doubt, it is the only place in
the Union where that wage is paid
Brown sugar sold in Tennessee in
1858, at retail, 20 pounds for a dol
lar; on Frazer river it sold for sc
cents pound. But there was this
difference between 1858 and 1891
The brown sugar we bought then
was pure, and a pound of it con
tanned as much saccharine as is
contained in two pounds of the
bleached isinglass and chalk fol
which we now pay 10 cents pound
Finally, it is free trade and an I'm.
constitutional bounty, and not the
''robber tariff" as our contempora
ry we'll knows, that has brought
about whatever actual reduction
has taken place in the price of sugar
Had there been a tariff of two cents
a pound placed on sugar instead OF
a bounty of two cents, nobody is
fool enough to suppose dealers
would not have taken advantage oil
the changed condition to make all
they could out of it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

THE most erudite editor in Alameda
county has retired from Journalism and
will devote himself to the practice OF
medicine. He is DR.. B. F. Mason and he
edited the San Leandro Reporter, which
he filed with treatises on geology and
original serial stories.--Oakland Gal. }
Enquirer.
This reminds us of a story DR..
Mason told on himself when we we're
both mining on McAdams creek, in
Siskiyou county, CAL, in 1854. AS
we remember the story, he had been
brought UP near Shawneetown, and
having graduated was seized with a
desire to see the world, and in order
to see it all at one sight betook
himself to Chicago. Arriving in
that then Village by the lake." he
was soon taken in tow by gang of
sharpers who, having depleted him
of his paternal coin, left him Oh the
street to devise ways and means as
best he could to hold the landlord
down and defray his travelling ex-
penses back to Egypt. Nothing
presented itself that promised the
supply of ready cash, of which he
found himself so urgently in need,
and in desperation he announced
that Rev. B. F. Mason, a rising
young divine from the interior,
would preach at - &C., &C., at 1
A. NJ. Sunday, when collection
would be taken up. The programme
was carried out to the letter; the
sermon was preached; the sin OF
gambling properly mathematical
the devout congregation warmed up
to the necessity of bestowing their
money literally in support Of the
good cause; the hat passed and the
eloquent young divine" sent back
to his people wiser if not q better
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

PRESIDENT HARRISON has just
been to New York, and made a
speech which his dutiful subjects
Of the press will straightway char
acterize as another "oratorical GEM
because spoken by a president. In
fact, and in truth, however, it was
exceedingly trashy, as few ex-
tracts will prove. II believe" said
the orator, II speak the common
thought of all when l say that every
dollar, paper or coin, issued OF
stamped by the general government
should always and everywhere be
as good as any other dollar" Again
II am one that believes that these
farmers, remote from money centers
have the largest interest Of all PEG.
pie in the world in having o dollar
that is worth 100 cents every day
in the year." And still again, 81
venture the assertion that the poorer
dollar will do its first errand ir
paying some poor laborer for hi
work. Therefore, in the conduc
of our public officers, l feel pledged
for one that all influences Of gov
eminent should be on the side o
giving the people the only goot
money and just as much of tina
kind as We can get" All Of which
is poor and transparent attorney
plea for gold standard,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
From the Bellevue Herald.

rom tue bellevue deT3lu.
The Pocatello Tribune mentions
having received a copy of the laws
passed at the last session Of the
Idaho Legislature. Glory be to-
Time. Yes; if any one is entitled
to be gloriied, it is Old Time, for he
has had his own way in this matter.
The laws should have been out
three months ago, and great blame
rests upon somebody's official
shoulders for their late appearance.
They should have been printed
through a special contract, as to
both time of completion and man.
ner of doing the work, This thing
of allowing State officials to delay
public business, to the great incon-
venience and expense of the people,
will have to be overhauled and
amended in the future. The print
ing could be done as well and as
quickly at the capital Of the State
as elsewhere, and if men and ma
terial are not there to do the work,
they could be brought there in short
order. There is postal and tele-
graphic service throughout the
country, and plenty of printers and
type-founders, and these should all
be brought into requisition when
the peoples interests are at stake
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

THE law clothes Secretary Pink
ham with the power and makes it
his official duty, in intent if not in
words, to contract for the publica-
ton of the laws of the state within
a reasonable time, and to enforce
the contract. In failing to do this,
Secretary Pinkham has been guilty
of a dereliction of duty greatly to
the inconvenience, annoyance and
cost of the public, and in denying
that these are among the powers
and duties of the Secretary, the
Statesman inadvertently and Incl
dentally admits, as every intelligent
man must see, either that it has
hoodwinked Mr.. Pinkham in the
matter. or has taken advantage of
his indifference to the public good
(admitting the truth of the States
mans assertion that he has not
profited by the delay to benefit
itself to the cost of the people. The
Statesman in taking the offense here
committed off the shoulders of Mr.
Pinkham, with its customary stu.
pidity, shoulders the responsibility
itself, as all must see; but then its
record for intelligence and yeracity
is go far below zero that it can gel
no lower, and so no harm is done
except to the public which has sui
fered the wrong and paid the ex
Dense.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
The Course OF q Bully.

The KEYSTONE showed last week
that. Secretary Pinkhsm having
power to let a contract had power
to enforce the performance OF that
contract, and further, that the
Statesman was guilty of subterfuge
in pretending that charge for work
which any man could perform and
for which Secretary Pinkham or
anybody else could rightfully re-
ceive pay, was fee; and unable to
reply it continues its usual tactics
of scurrility, bullying and lying.
By this course it has succeeded IN
browbeating nearly all opposition
to it's brutal behests into silence,
and has brought itself into such
disrepute at home that during the
late city election at Boise it felt the
necessity of calling upon voters not
to let their enmity to the Statesman
influence their action as electors,
but to vote the republican ticket for
the good of the city. A paper so
low in the esteem Of it's neighbors
displays illimitable effrontery when
it twits others with lack of charac-
ter or responsibility. But whatever
course others may pursue the KEY.
STONE will continue to speak OF
public officials as it finds them, re-
CARELESS of the bullying of the
Statesman, and if any man does
not want to be hit he must stand
out of the way of the chips. The
KEYSTONE, however, will not engage
in any Safeguarding bouts with the
Statesman. The contest would be
too unequal. It's instincts are high.
err. It's publishers were not raised
in tsh-market.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

THE Chinese government appears
dilatory, il not indisposed, to make
amends tor the outrages committed
against foreigners during the late
riots in that country, and dispatch
to the Salt Lake Tribune of late
date says CONCERTED hostile action
on the part of the American, French,
German and English fleets now
lying in the Chinese waters is inn
minent." Such union of the bar.
barian" forces would probably have
the effect of bringing the Celestial
to his senses without much parley-
ing or delay.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

The Statesman endorses the pri.
vate character of Major Pinkham-
the only way it could do him any
real harm--when nobody has at.
tackled it. Only his official conduct
has been criticised. Nevertheless
If the Statesman can now get ar
endorser for its character, Pink.
hams standing as citizen may no
be seriously injured by the misfor
tune of it's endorsement.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
THE Sir Jack Brags of the repub-

THE Sir Jack Brags of the repub-
lican press of this state are contln-
ually affirming and reaftirming that
the democrats have been driven
from their opposition to the Nc
Kinley bill. No doubt these valiants
wish this were so, but the fact
that not one democratic paper can
be found in the country that has
abandoned it, and that Mckinley
himself has but recently had to
make frantic appeal to the pro-
tected barons of Pennsylvania to
advance money to save him from
impending defeat, belle their asser-
ton.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

The New York Recorder says,
1.-The contrast between Cleveland
and Harrison administrations is
one between sententious and empty
promises and patriotic perform
ances." Rather it is one between
excellent business economy and the
widest extravaganza ever known
in the country.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
EVERYBODY IS INVITED.
NOT ICE
Of Application for Permit to Cut
Timber Upon the Public Mineral
Lands-.-Unsurveyed.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed will, in compliance with the Act
OF Congress approved March 8. 1891. apply
to the Honorable Secretary of the Interior
of the United States for a permit to cut
timber upon a tract of public mineral land
situated about six miles, in westerly
course, from the town of ketchum. Alturas
county, Idaho, u miles from sawm,ll: on
the left-hand fork of what is known as Dry
gulch, commencing at stake marked No.
l at point about so rods from mouth OF
said Dry gulch, in westerly course from
stake thence in southwesterly course
252 rods to stake marked No. 2; thence
in course about 20 degrees south of east
erly course 200 rods to summit of noun
tain to stake marked S. E.. thence east OF
north about 20 degrees, distance of 252
rods; thence 20 degrees north OF west to
point of commencement, distance of 2333
rods. Also, to cut timber on creek about
two miles from sawmill, in westerly
course, estimated amount of timber to be
about 300, 600 feet, and no more.
A. ADAMS.
Ketchum, August I, 1891.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
Disinterested Views.

The Weiser Leader copies the
KEYsToNE's criticism of Secretary
Pinkham's neglect Of duty in not
having the laws of the last session
published and appends comments
as follows:
The Idaho Statesman has made an
answer to the above, excusing Secretary
Pinkham of any dereliction in the duties
Of his Office, and accusing the KEYSTONE
of general asinine conduct for making
any complaint over the delay in the pub
licatlon of the last session laws. The
KEYSTONE, like the Leader, is not proba-
bly, SO favored as the Statesman and has
not access to the statutes passed by the
late session, unless it. like the rest of
Idabo's citizens, pays for certified copy
of this statute. Therefore we have good
and sufficient reason, the same as the
KEYSTONE had, for not knowing the par
ticular statute providing for the publish
| ing of the session laws, and it is possible
in the wisdom and light Of the Statesman
that We may be characterized, like the
KEYSTONE, as dOlt and fool. Let that
be as it may, the blame lies somewhere
for the delay in the publication of these
laws, and some person or body Of persons
deserve censure. The idea that tho pub
lication of statutes of importance, the
same as these are, the most of which
have been in operation and force for a
number of months, should be delayed for
SIX months, is absurd and preposterous
and the people have right to kick about
it, and somebody is to blame for the
delay and deserves censure.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

BALLOON containing bride and
groom bursted and fell 5000 feet
at Denver on the 10th, and the par
ties, though unconscious for several
hours, were but slightly injured.
The silk of the balloon forming a
parachute saved their lives by ar
resting their descent when near the
earth
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

BILL NYE commences late letter
with the words: Here on this his
toric ground the pilgrims tirstlanded
on the shores of the new world. Here
began the colony which has grown,
under the blessings of heaven, to be
q prosperous and self-supporting
nation" This is not direct mis-
statement; but it is misleading. 1t
leaves the impression on the mind
of the reader that the settlement OF
this country began at Plymouth
Instead Of on tho James river.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

ADMINISTRATIVE of the Treas.
ury Nettleton has rendered a decis.
ion to the effect that Chinese who
may have gone from the United
States under the instructions in the
Department circular of July 3Oth,
may be admitted on return to this
country, under the conditions pre-.
scribed in said circular. provided
the Collector is satisfied as to their
e1entitv ,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

IT is reported that a free silver
coinage plank in the Maryland
democratic platform was killed
lately by Senator German. OF
course the statement will be taken
for what it is worth, and it isn't
worth much until confirmed.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

IT is estimated that the farm
crops Of the United States will ex-
coed in value the crops Of recent
years of depression by a billion
dollars. This estimate places the
corn crop at 2,OOO,OOO,OO0 bushels,
wheat at 5OO,OOO,00O bushels, oats
at 622, 100000 bushels. This years
corn, wheat and oats crops will be
if the published estimate is correct
$3.50, 900, 600 more valuable than the
same crops were last year.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
JIM KEENE. the eminent eX-mil

JIM KEENE, the eminent eX-milk-
man of Shasta county and whilom
famous and successful stock opera
tor, who was potted by Jay Gould
some years ago, is again in position
on Wall street, with his debts all
paid up and ready to lock horns
with Jay or any other man.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
A Mrs. MCMAHON horse-whinne,

a millionaire and his lawyer in
Chicago last Wednesday and then
tainted in her husbands arms. The
horse-whipping was all right--about
the best use that could be made of
the average Chicago millionaire !;
but we fail to see the use of faint
ing about it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

MAJOR PIsKHAM has extraordi-
nary reasons just now to cry out
"Save me from my friends" The
fulsome and nauseous adulations
of the Statesman are more harmful
to him than the worst ISLANDERS the
most evil disposed Of his enemies
could utter.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

THE French wheat crop, accord
ing to present estimates, will
be 100000 hectoliters short of
the necessary supply, and in conse-
quence the tariff on wheat will be
suspended for a year. Evidently
those fool Frenchmen believe a
tariff is tax.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

THE Statesman's interest in the
welfare of the democratic party is
quite touching. It almost moves
a fellow to tears" Pity it's bloom
is blighted by hypocrisy.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

The widow Of ex- President James
K. Polk died at her home in Nash
Vile, Tennessee, on the 14th, at the
ripe old age of 88 years, and was
buried on the 18th Of the present
ynoufb
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

A PARIS dispatch relates the ex-
h;bition of the "Holy Coat" at Ar
genteuil a few days ago. The "Holy
Coat" is represented to have been
worn by Jesus-date not given.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
WE are in receipt of an admirable

We are in receipt of an admirable
pen sketch of the natural wonders
and scenic magni6cence of the Sec
ton Of Idaho commencing at Sho-
shone and including Bellevue,
Haley, Ketchum, Galena, the Guyer
and Haley Hot Springs, the saw
tooth mountains, the Reddish lakes
and Upper Salmon river. the flrst
installment of which will appear
next week. The sketch is from an
illustrated work soon to be pub
lished by Mrs. Cal: ClaWson, enti-
tied "Sketches on Idaho," and we
promise our readers an unusual lit
erary treat. 1t is certainly gem
of descriptive excellence-an epic
in prose.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that have R, evil,
my accounts in the hands OF ueo,f for OF co]lee
tom IL me All shF1 PERSONS showing ths%sf "
Cornucopia Bakery and Res stsa"oants ris
please cali and settle their o.aoceipt fol
Mr.. Lewis, who is authorizes - IIAHAN.
the same. GEO. .. Ho,ooi
Ketchum, Idaho, June l3' lo9i'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

The city of Philadelphia has one
hundred and sixty millionaires, the
sum ofwhose runearned increment
exceeds $4OO,OOO,OOO.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
THE POLICE GAZETTE

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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22

COMMITTEE ON MUSIC.
JAMES JUDGE, P. MCMAHON.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-22
FLOOR MANAGERS.

J. G. RUMSEY, FRANK. J. STONE,
SID VENABLE, E. B. WILLIAMS.
The morning call., 1891-06-17
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT,
Blaine's health continues to improve.

Blane's health continues to improve
General Boulanger is determined to return
to France and have his case retired.
The Sultan of Turkey is arranging to
have a worlds fair at Constantinople.
Mapor Grant Of New York is said TO be
very much bothered over the matter of his
appointments.
Mrs. Herrick's new book is on 'What to
Eat and How TO Serve 1t, but not "a word
as to how TO get it,
Senator Davis made a great hit in his adj
dress before the students of the law school
of the University of Minnesota.
Ex-Governor Gilpin of Colorado and wife,
after fighting the divorce question in the
courts for years, have finally come 10 terms
and will live together.
The Duke of Rutland is credited with ex-
ercising the most influence over Queen Vie
toria of any individual since the death OF
the Earl of Beaeonsfed.
II. S. Leon, who has been elected to the
House of Commons to succeed Mr.. Nerney,
recently expelled from that body, is young
man of the Hebrew faith.
Edwin Booth has gone TO StOckbrdge,
Mass. He will visit Boston before long and
will then go to Newport for the summer
His health Is said to have greatly improved.
Harriet Cook, who holds the chair of his
tory in Cornell University, is said to be the
first woman professor to receive salary
fully equal to that which male professor
would get.
Stephen Colsrdge, son of the English
Chief Justice, is an artist of no mean abil-
ity and has a collection of pain tngs Of the
Lake country on exhibition just now. Rus
kin commended some of his landscapes.
Professor John Stuart Blackie, now 81
wears of age, is said to be as busy as bee
and as playful as a kitten. He Is a frequent
lecturer before general audiences, but no
longer fills the chair Of Greek in Edinburgh
Ex-Empress Euge ME, who has been stay
ing at Venice, has purchased well-wo0ded
property on the coast, near Mentone.
France, on which a villa is to be at once
built, which will be her future winter resi-
dence.
Frau Won Bismarck is a most charming
and attentive hostess in her quiet home ami
looks after the comfort OF her guests with
almost motherly solicltude. Her husbands
devotion to her is most touching aud she -
the confidante of all his cares, both private
and official.
Lord Coventry. Of whom so much has
Deen heard In the GOrdOn-Cummlng trial, is
the principal steward of the Jockey Club,
the final authority on racing matters and
Chairman OF the tribunal before which al
offenders against the laws of the turf and OF
betting are tried.
The morning call., 1891-06-17
PROPOSALS..

GAN FRANCISCO, CAL, JUNE i, 1891
- Sealed proposals, in tripiicate will be received
here untll II NJ, Friday. June 10, 1901, and then
opened, for furnishing IL cavalry horses at the
Preside of San Francisco, Cal. Government re-
serves the right TO reject any all bids in whole
or In part. Bids will be considered for less num-
Der of horses than that stated Preference given
articles OF domestic production conditions OF price
and quality Qnclading in the price of foreign pro-
auctions the duty thereon) being equal, and such
preference given to articles OF American production
produced on the Pacific Coast, to the extent OF the
consumption required by the public service there.
All Information furnished on application to under
signed Envelopes containing proposals should be
j. q. CHANDLER, Deputy Quartermaster-General,
L. s. A lei 1t iel6 2t
The morning call., 1891-06-17
LORIN REAL ESTATE.
NREAT BARGAIN-BRANp-NEW ROOM


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VI tage; all modern Improvements; block from
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Bargain-New cottage OF rooms and basement:
cement walks; all modern improvements; min
utes walk from station and electric road; corner;
lot 1o0xl35; price S4SOO; $500 down, balance $50
a month.
Houses built to order on the instaIment plan;
$500 or $500 down, balance easy monthly pay
ments.
Cottage of rooms; $1,000; $4oO down, SIS per
month.
Cottage to rent. furnished or unfurnlshed: lots
5000 upward. OF IS, $1O SIS per month. Inquire
of W. G. MORAN, Lorin, or DUSINBURY &
WURTS, 467 Ninth ST.. Oakland; take Berkeley
train or new electric car, which passes door; Sun
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