The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15
A Distinguished Visitor.

written about and the most enie
matical and the least understood o
men, arrived at Ketchum by specia
train on Monday of this week. III
was accompanied by members O
his family, by General Manage,
CLARK, of the U. P. System, by Dr.
Mum, his physician, and Attorney
John NJ. Thurston. The party re-
NAMED over night, Mr.. Gould and
his physician passing Tuesday at
the Guyer Hot Springs, while the
rest of the party 6shed for trout in
Wood river.
Mr.. Gould, whatever his faults
may be, is very pleasant gentle
man to meet and although he is not
an ELUSIVE conyersationalist, talked
freely about the resources and to-
Biography of the country, with the
view, of course, of informing him.
self concerning the feasibility of
building railroads in the state and
of its capacity to employ them when
built. This purpose was plainly
indicated by the questions he asked.
lie was particularly inquisitive
about the timber resources of the
region, the whereabouts, extent and
accessibility of the best bodies of
timber in the state, etc. He also in
quired about the agricultural value
Of Boise and other valleys, and
whether their productiveness had
been materially increased by irriga-
cation; and, incidentally, about the
stock and mining interests of Ida
no. But seemed incredulous on
both points when we told him that
stock was wintered on Snake river
and kept in good condition without
feed, and that Boise valley was re-
ally more productive and would
grow a greater variety of crops than
could be produced on the best soil
east of the Rocky mountains. So
little do people of the Atlantic
States know Of the peculiarities of
this Pacific Wonderland. Only OBJ
servation and experience can teach
them that stock can actually be
wintered on the range in this far
Northland without other than nat
ural feed and be in good flesh when
spring comes. Accordingly, when
the story is told to the inexperi-
enced from that region politeness
may restrain them from disputing
the statement but they look wise and
have their opinions nevertheless.
Personally, Mr.. Gould is an in
teresting study. Small of stature,
urbane of manner, courteous and
aff,able of speech, small, pale face,
emaciated by sickness and covered
with gray beard that once was
black; a lack lustre eye of the same
dark hue, hands diminutive and
soft as a child's, he looks anything
but the terror he is to the gamblers
of Walls street. And in very truth
he is not--can not be-a great
man, except in his peculiar and
eminently successful financiering
specially. Some gift, some occult
quality not possessed
by other men nor understood by
them. enables Mr.. Gould to reign
King Wolf over the banded wolves
that intest the Safeguarding dens
of New York, while in other mat
ters he is an ordinary man. He is
Jay Gould, in short, simply because
a vicious and barbarous system
which civilized men should long
ago have displaced has made him
possible; and he is vastly wealthy
because his special talent has en-
abled him to successfully exploit
the expioiters of that most damna-
bic system, and not because he is
any worse than other men.
After an absence of twenty-four
hours Mr. Gould and party returned
70 ketchum again on Wednesday
and remained until yesterday norm
ng when they left for the East, hav-
ng made friends of every person
hey met.
DIR. L. GALITzKI, the well-known
Salt Lake eye, ear, nose, throat,
and spectacle-fitting spe-
,ialist, will be in HALEY third
7isit) from Sunday till Tuesday
loon-August 10Th, 18th and 18th.
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