The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-07-25
STATE NEWS.

NeW6.MlneI. ne TNUHluR VI
the lower level on the Red Elephant
mine has developed an immense
body of ore, but how extensive is
yet unknown. 1t has already been
penetrated sixteen feet and the op-
posite wall not yet reached. There
are two streaks of solid high-grade
ore, each two feet wide, and the bal
ance is good milling ore. The Red
Elephant may now be we'll consid-
cred among the best mines of the
state.-A gentleman from Camas
Prairie states that the grasshoppers
are thick along Soldier creek. A
large number perish in the stream,
and their decaying bodies fairly
pollute the water so that a stencil
is perceptible, and stock will not
slake their thirst in the creek. This
is another serious damage that the
grasshoppers cause. They have be-
come such a destructive pest in SO
many parts of the west that the
agricultural department at Wash
ington is taking action to afford
ranchers some protection, but what
means of grasshopper extermina-
ton it will discover remains to be
seen.
Nugget: The question of the
constitutionality of the high license
law, which went into effect July 1st,
has been raised by the saloon keep
ers Of Boise City and the attorney
for the board of county commits
sioners of Ada county, has arranged
with the attorney for the saloon
keepers to bring a case before the
judge of this judicial district for a
decision in the matter. District
Attorney Hays and District Judge
Nugent are both now in Boise and
the case will probably be brought
up soon and the judges decision
will probably put the matter at rest
throughout the state.-Patience
under adverse circumstances will
often bring about favorable results,
while complaint often accentuates
and fixes the cause of complaint.
Avoid mention of the disagreeable
things that may come into your life.
If you cannot be patient you can at
least be silent. The secret of sue
cess lies not so much in knowing
what to say as in what to avoid
saying.
Shoshone Journal: On last Mon
day we were shown a lump of ANAL
gam weighing 60 ounces, the result
of a three-days run of one machine
at the Vulcan Ferry placer mine.
the 10th inst. Judge Stand
rod rendered a decision in the sa-
loon cases that have been causing
Pocatello city scrip to sell so far
below par. The courfheld that the
city was properly incorporated and
the right to collect license was good
The city license has been reduced
from $1,000 to $500, and it is prob
able that no appeal will be taken.
Blackfoot News: Overland i'm
is on the move in dead
earnest. Not day passes but the
covered wagon, jaded team, white
haired children, the old man, the
old oman and the dog go through
town hunting the "better country"
Avalanche: Theo. Dusinberre,
who was quite seriously injured by
q blast in the Manhattan last week
is doing finely. Fears were at first
entertained that his eyes were de-
but he will undoubtedly
recover his sight.-Business men
of Silver City have subscribed
S165.5O for purchasing instruments
for a brass band.
Messenger: Some time since the
Boise Statesman made the state
ment that the legislature had made
no provision for the election of
presidential electors. Senator Jas.
NJ. Shoup, who was chairman of the
committee on Privileges and Elec-
tons. informs US that every partic-
ular in reference to the election of
presidential electors is provided for
in the election laws.-The smelter
is running on it's eighth car load Of
bullion, and yet it has not run a
month. There is also considerable
matt on the yard.
Moscow Mirror: Last evening
during the electric storm bolt Of
struck a telephone pole
on the Lewiston line near J. B. Nc
Farlane's place, and Miss Weatherd
to be passing under the
wire about mile south of where
the stroke occurred and she was
knocked down by the shock. She
was not injured other than being
stunned.
Statesman: A colored man oil
the name of Pierce has had some
grievance, real or imaginary, with
John Page, the barber in the rear
of the Overland hotel, and yester-
day about 5 o'clock in the afternoon
entered the place of the latter with
q razor, intent upon the shedding
Of human blood. Page is a stout
built, muscular-appearing man, and
proved to carry too many guns for
his assai!ant, for he picked him up
and threw him out in the street with