The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-12-10
STATE NEWS.

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Caldwell Tribune: First blood
for Canyon county. The question
of division came equarely before
the district court at Boise this week.
Twelve men summoned on the
grand jury resided in the county of
Canyon, and Judge Nugent, in spite
Of the protests of Boise City attor-
neys that no such county existed
under the law, dismissed them.
Before Ada county was divided
there we're twelve postoffices in the
county. Now there are two in Ada
county and ten in Canyon county.
There were FIVE towns in old Ada ;
now there is one in Ada and four in
Canyon.-Two children of Mr..
and Mrs. J. c. Bernard of the Snake
river ferry died this week of diph-
iberia, and others are down with
the dread disease.-The Tribune
printed the court calendar this week
in and for Ada county. Court con-
|vened last Monday with two GRIM
tinal cases and 10 civil cases on
ahe docket. There are twenty-one
actions for divorce, which fact
shows that either Idaho climate is
not conducive to connubial bliss or
we are wrestling from Dakota her
Ilaurals as divorce machine. There
are thirty-six actions for debt, and
still we have people who stand up
and say more money would ruin
the country. The remaining fifty
three cases are insolvency, foreclo-
sure of mortgage, recovery of per-
sonal property, etc.
Cnur d 'Alene Miner; The Helena
& Frisco Mining company has filed
with the board of commissioners a
claim Of upwards of $4,000 on &C.
count of the damage done it in the
destruction of its mill in the riot
at Gem last July. It is not our in
tention at this time to discuss the
merits of the claim. There are some
presidents in favor of the claim
and there may be some against it.
1t is made on the ground that it is
the duty of the people of the coun-
ty through their officers to protect
property, at least to make reasona-
BILE effort in that direction. If the
commissioners do not allow the
claim suit will probably be COM
menced, and the county will have
a long and expensive fight to make,
with the possibility of having to
pay at last. In any event the tax
payera are likely to have impressed
upon them that riots are expensive
to the county as well as individuals.
a number of Wallace people
have announced their intention of
going to the SLOGAN country in the
spring. No doubt that country pos
sesses much merit and its prospects
are certainly very encouraging, but
they should remember that when
they leave the Ceur d'Alenes they
turn their backs upon tried and
determined quantity for an uncer-
tain one. There is such a thing as
Swimming a stream to get drink, .
and there is much more of this kind
of work done than the world is
aware of. The brightest days are
yet to come in this great silver-lead
belt.
Idaho Citizen: The Citizen ac-
knowledges an invitation duly
signed by the secretary, to become
| a member of the Idaho State Press
| Association. This organization be-
ing owned and controlled by repub-
licans, smacks "leetle" too much
of politics to ever accomplish any Of
the purposes for which it was organ
lied. If the democratic and indie.
pendent elements of the newspaper
fraternity il the state were as prom.
inently connected with the organi.
cation as the republicans are and
politics and religion were thrown
out bodily, it certainly would event
! ually accomplish worthy objects fol-
which it is supposed to have been
instituted. But 80 long az politics
| or sectarianism enter into it's make
up in the least it will never be q
complete success. Let us have q
press association that knows no
partyism, sectarianism or clanism,
but journalism, in fact as well as
in name. Then we'll all "joine'
hands and whoop her up.Since
our last issue two more Of the Smith
children living in Bacon valley have
died. This makes four children in
this much to be pitied family that
have died within the past two weeks.
| Silver Messenger Only two men
VIM. Little and Lou Tracht, will
remain at the Skylark mino this
winter. One of H. C. Lewis big
| freight teams loaded with Skylark
ore from Custer county was showed
in at the Twin Bridges.-We were
shown yesterday fine specimen Of
cinnabar ore and rubies found in
Stanley Basin, BY Messrs. Challie
and Sturkey, in their placer dig
gings. They are fine specimens
The cinnabar sample weighs about
three pounds. Many pieces Of thai
kind Of ore has been found in thal