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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11
SINGLE TAX MEN ORGANIZE.
Platform Expression of Principles Issue

Platform Expression of Principles Issued
by lis Influential Adherents.
New York, March1.-Single tax men
are out with new platform, embody-
ing the principles upon which d new
organization will be founded. 1t has
been signed by a number of influential
adherents of the cause in various parts
of the country and will be given wide
circulation. -Four of the planks are:
l. Taxes should be simple, just, def
mite and easily collected.
?. They ought not to restrict pro-
duction or saving, nor to favor individ-
uals at the expense of the community.
3. Labor should always be able to
find suitable employment, and for this
purpose only the use of land is a bso-
lutely necessary.
4 A taxon the rental value of land
exclusive OF improvements, is direct,
equitable and certain; it would encour-
age production and industry and hinder
the Withholding of available land from
use. 1t would take for public purposes
only the value created by the public
growth. leaving to labor and capital
their full earnings, free from all tax.
Therefore single tax on the rental
value of land alone is the best possible
tax.
Besides the signatures, which are nu-
merous, letters indorsing portion of
the platform have been received from
Congressman Breckenridge of Ken
lucky. bishop Huntington of New York,
Lyman j. Gage of Chicago and others.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11

We are born at home. we live al
home, and we must die at home; so
that the comforts and economy OF
home are OF more deep heartfelt and
personal interest to us than the public
affairs OF all the nations in the world.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11

IT was not possible to give individu-
ality to American cities unless TO the
building OF each new city were given
special architect with the genius OF
Michael Angelo. American cities
bear the material impress OF the
American mind; they may not differ
greatly from each other but they diff
fer radically from the cities OF tt , Old
world
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11
Gouid's Health Improyin /.

New York, March Jay Gould is
said to be somewhat improved in
health to-day. Mr.. Gould has been
confined to his residence, Forty-scventh
street and Fifth avenue, since Tuesday
evening last by fit of illness which
attacked him after a reception to mem
bcrs of the Church Extension society of
the Presbyterian church of which the
Gnancicr is member.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11

LONDON, NJ arch 1.-The Times Oporto
correspondent gives details of the
frightful storm there Saturday. 1t is
reported that 800 boats are lost and
300 persons drowned. The loss of life
is probably moderated. The steamer
Elbe made three futile attempts to
leave the Lcixoes harbr on Saturday
and fourth attempt on Sunday morn
ing, which succeeded. While nut she
saved boatload of twenty men.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11

furious determination that the chain
was loosened from its fastenings.
Brown fed followed by the otter aud
the trap. Brown lodged behind a
stump where he fortunately found a
heavy club. and as the otter rushed
around after him he finished it with
two or three blows on the head. The
animal was over four feet long"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11
The Third Lesson.

Each member of the Special Class re.
ccives letters regularly from Professor
Moran, the Author of this course. These
letters are found to be encouraging and
helpful in various ways. Those who
have not already become members
would do well to join ut once. lnforma-
ton furnished on application.
II you meet with any difficulty, or II
you do not find shorthand clear and easy
at the start, do not for that reason throw
down your pen. You can afford to be
patient. Do not be overly anxious about
the next lesson. 1t will come Soon
enough. Mehnwhilc, learn this one still
better. Study, write, read, practice;
work away. The oftener you copy tho
characters the better you will understand
the principles. Obstacles melt away be-
fore an earne st worker. Leave no lesson
until you are certain that you have mas
tered It, and can say "yes" to the SO
questions: Do you understand the prin-
ciple7 Can you write 1t in the required
time? Can you read 1t afterwards? Have
you written 1t as 1t was read to you?
Introduction cards will be issued with
this lesson I'd all members of the Special
Class.
Vowels are written at the beginning,
middle and end OF the stems, in what are
called the first, second and third places.
The sound OF dot or dash depends Oh
the place It occupies. A third place vowel,
occurring between two stems, is put by
the second, as oto, in cotoed, line 0. There
are likewise, three consonant positions.
LIST, above, 2d, upon, and Sd, through, or
beaedth, the line.
The circles should be made small aG
possible, and always be placed on either
! 10 rt<xt,t nd ciI Il, ~ fba OF
If begins q word, it is pronounced first,
although a vowel may be at the left of 1t.
Zee side, line 6. Many of the commonest
words are expressed by Authorizations,
called word signs. See lines IL and IL.
These should be copied q great many
times, and committed we'll to memory.
Frst-Copy Plato 3 ten times. Com
pare and correct.
Second Write lines 8 to 10 as the
words are read to you from tho Key.
Carefully compare your writing with the
Plate, correct and continue writing until
mistakes cease to be found.
Third - Practice on Word-stgns until
you can write the list easily, forwards
or backwards. as it is read to you. Prac-
tice on the plate until you can write 1t In
four minutes.
KEY TO PLATE s.
Dec tea key geo exc peak peep deep.
Joy toy coy Boyd bough chow out
Dutch. Days goes pays pose chose
gaze buys joys. 6 Side seat soap seige
sage soak sake safe. Spice space seed
sakes skies spokes spikes DeSoto. 8
Dow stow cows base chase scow bcak
cope. 0 Beach check keep keyed cowed
gouge coke bcstow. 10 Cages betakes
beseech bcseigc beside decide outside
decays. III Word Signs Common come
give together which advantage is his as
has. IL high how tho q all two Cor
too) already before ought who. Trans
late lines IS, II, and 10.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11

MosT quadrupeds marsupials ophl-
dams are devotedly attached to their
natural relations and will not only
care for the weak. the crippled, the
young. the old. the mate. in sickness
or infirmity. but will superbly fight in
their behalf whether to procure food
or to protect them from injury. 1t Is
mooted among naturalists whether
certain species OF snakes when danger
threatens those nature has taught
them TO cherish swallow them. pre-
serving them alive in the stomach
and emitting them again when danger
has passed, or carry them merely in
the mouth until safety is secured. Is
man--so noble in person, so infinite in
faculty. In form and movement SO ex-
press and admirable. in action so like
an angel in apprehension SO like a
gods man to be made q hero OF be-
cause he does not become a monster
and resist laws that extend even to
the things that crawl on the earthe
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11
SHORTHAND CLASS.

The Pitman System In twelve easv las
sons. Membership 600. Every member
receives twelve individual lessons by mail
from Prof.. Eldon Moran, the Glass Con-
ductor. Remittance should be made to
Secretary University Extension, Box 800.
81. Louis, Mo-
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11
A Noted Fat Man.

Some years ago man named Han
son Craig, hailiug from Kentucky,
claimed to be the heaviest man In the
world. His weight was given at 792
pounds. II took thirty-six yards OF
cloth to make him q suit. He was 6
feet AZ inches high, and at birth
weighed only seven pounds. At two
years OF age he took 81, 600 prize in
New York and tipped the beam at zoo
pounds. His father and mother were
small people, both under 100 pounds
ptttsburg Leader.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11
Eat W hat You Like.


1t is n sound rule for all OF u.s. says
an eminent doctor. that with respect to
food our likes and dislil1es are the best
guide as to what is good for us and it
is safe to ent upon the plan that what
ever we rel ish will prove on the aver
age harmless and wholesome, and
whatever produces disgust will prove.
as general thing. indigestible. Moth
ing can be more wrong. for instance,
than to make children eat fat for ex-
ample. when they don't want it. A
healthy child likes fat and eats as
much OF it rs he can. Ii he shows
signs OF disgust at fat that proves him
, to be OF n bilious temperament and he
ought never to be forced to eat it
against his will. A good many of us
have dii ordered digestion in after life
simply because We were compelled 10
eat rich food in childhood which we
, felt instinctively was unsuitable to US.
Work of the Revenue Gutter service.
OF the %, 900 or 80. 900 vessels that
are every year boarded and thorough
f, ly examined by officers Of the revenue
cutter service. many are found to
have side lights. anchor lights or fog
signals OF nm efficiency far below what
is deemed safe by the government.
These faults are corrected, and thus
one OF the greatest dangers OF the sea,
collision. is mitigated to a great ex-
tent. The benefits OF the increased
thus effected are shared, not only by
the seafaring man, but also by that
immense portion of the travelling pub
lie that selects our coastwise steamers
as means OF conveyance. The con-
slant patrolling OF the coast enables
the cutters promptly to discover and
report to the proper authorities the
absence or imperfection OF buoys
spindles, lightships and other aids TO
navigation -Scribner's.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11
WASHINGTON NEWS.
EERiNC SEA DECISION PROF.
ABLY RENDERED TO-DAY.

Ceiicf That 1t WIN he Against Eng
land--The Outlook FOR Free Silver
The Anticipation ELI to Come Up
About March 20.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-03-11

WIS ~ i y::s IN IL, '' '" without making
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-17
Electricity In the Corset.

Now that electricity is being more and
more widely used it is no longer safe for
woman to carry her watch in the place
where it has always been most secure
in her corsets. A New York woman, q
few days ago, was going to pay visit OF
curiosity to an electric light plant. She
was warned that her watch might be
charged with electricity, and so she did
not take it with her. The precaution was
useless. The next day the movements OF
the watch were most eccentric. Now
1t was fast, now slow, but never right
She asked her husband, who was an cleo
trician, what could be the matter with it,
and be soon found that her corset steels
had been charged with electricity during
her visit to the plant and that next day,
when she placed the watch in its usual
resting place, the charge had been COM
municatcd to its works.
Ofcourse women have often worn cor
sets that have been charged the
shop. But here is new idea. A young
woman in Pennsylvania brought sui,
against gallant the other day because
he tried to hug her, against her will
while they were driving together. If her
corsets had been charged with electricity
the young man would have been shocked
not she.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-17

One Of the worst evils attending penal
servitude Is said to be the hunger which,
assails . man with q healthy appetite
during the first few months or years of
his imprisonment. A man who has lust
done a long term for forgery says: II
used to 60 to bed every night pinched by
hunger. began dreaming of banquets,
and would have thought nothing strange
about it had not the same dream come
to me every night. The banquet was
always the same, in the same place and /
always had the same place at the table.
The cxasperating thing about it was
that just a. the frst course was offered I
always awoke, 80 that even 10 my dreams
l was not permitted to taste of the NUM-
ficent spread which was nightly presented
to me in my sleep. dreaded to 90 to
bed because the dream tortured me. It
only made me the hungrier, and / then
understood the agony Of Tantalus, the
sabled hero who was tortured With Thirst
and to whose lips the waters we're ever
coming and receding just ~ he was IN tho
act Of taking drink - Boston Globe.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-17
No. $50.
Application for q Patent.

U. S. Land Office, Haley, Idaho,
March q. 1891.
Notice is hereby given that Nicholas Z.
office address is Ketclum, Alturas county,
Idaho. have this day filed their application
for a patent for 1878 linear feet OF the
sTRAPPER
mine or vein, bearing lead and silver ore
with surface ground six hundred 1eel ~
width, situated in Warm Springs oreeh
mining district, County of Alturas, and d
State of Idaho and designated by the neu
notes and official plat on file in this once
as Lot No. 81. said Lot No. 50 being de-
scribed as follows, tO-wit: o 9
Beginning at discovery point, thenc CIV ?
500 45' w 237 feet to fir post marked 90 20
central end Trapper lode;", thence N.;cal
so w 257.5 feet to corner No. l, ldei'i y
with corner No. 9 of "Ophir" lode, lot NO
So: thence s 22o go Z $40 feet to co o 9ea
No. 2. whence u. S. NJ. NJ. No. bears = !, y ,Un
Is, 6O6.7 feet distant; thence n w 10 ~.
feet to N w corner of Sullivan 1 19ue 3e W.
surveyed, and corner No. OF Up iot
lode, survey 927, I'LL feet to corner 81 ~ 4,
thence n 22o so w GOO feet to corner ~ vo
thence $50 27' w 1873 feet TO coln r.er;o,
1, the place of beginning survey OF eA'e area
boundary of this claim, embracing an a aa..
OF 14.G67 acres applied for. No COMMITS
Magnetic variation $50 90 r.. aod in
The location of this mine is reeo do',utS :.
the Recorders office Of said Alturas cv ""a !!
in Book "E'' of Quartz Claims, PasTT sn
The nearest known locations are the (; . ialp
Top "Sullivan" and 'Ophir' Iooe c, anselv
Any and all persons claiming, a @iee o.
any portion of said "TrapIet t1e their
surface ground are required !c ne If the
United States Land Office at Haley, Wv. 70 ne.
state Of Idaho, during the sixty ,yy.S ea vii be
Rod Of publication hereof, or s .ney Of the
statute ysn ~ s " r. RILEY, Register
It is hereby ordered that tile fG Re- O"S.
notice of application for patemsf Ton con-
lished for the period Of sixty days i. .r
secutive weeks in the kETcHga - etchunl,
q weekly newspaper pubIlsneo ~
Alturas county, Idaho pee;ster.
First publication March T. i0'''
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-17
no. ~.
Application for a Patent.
Q. S. LAND OFFICE, HALEY, Ipauo

Y. .. LAND OFFICE, HALEY, IDAuoj
~. July "a 1850.
Notice is hereby given that John D GRAY
by his attorney intact. Isaac |, Lewis AMI
Isaac /. Lewis, whose postoffice address S !,
ketchum, Alturas County, State of Idaho
have this day filed their application for
patent-tor fifteen hundred linear feet of the
"lNDEPENDENCE"
Lode mining claim or vein, bearing silver
and other minerals, with surface ground
six hundred feet in width, situated in Min
eral Hill mining district. county of Alturas
and Stare of Idaho. and designated by the
field notes and official plat on file in thin
office as lot number S., said lot No. g. be-
ing described as follows. to-wit:
commencing at the discovery point and
running thence with magnetic variation
at $50 SOY Z n $50 G0' w 775 feet to the "
end line of claim; thence S 80 95' W SIS
feet to corner No. z; thence n $50 75 E65
feet to corner No; 2; thence S $50 20 h
5I5o feet to corner No. 5; thence S 200 SOW
G35 feet to corner No. 4; thence n Go 10
w $500 feet to corner No. 7, the place Of
beginning survey OF exterior boundaries Of
claim.
Containing sOGCO acres.
No conflicts.
From cor. No. s, "A sec. cor. OF sec. Is on
eastern boundary. L. 4, n, r. s. E., bears
$40 95' w 1868 feet distant.
The location of this mine is recorded in
the Recorders office of Mineral Hill min
ing district and Alturas county. State Of
Idaho.
The claim is situate on the Mt. ridge on
S. side of h. fork of Wood river about four
miles from its confluence with main Wood
river. No known claims in the immediate
vicinity.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion OF said Independence lode,
vein, mine or surface ground, are required
to file their adverse claims with the Regis
ter of the United States Land Office, at
Haley, in the county of Alturas, State OF
Idaho, during the sixty days period Of
publication hereof, or they will Re barred
by the virtue Of the provisions OF the stat
ute
1t is hereby ordered, that the foregoing
notice OF application for patent be pub
lished for the period of sixty days ten con-
secutive weeks il the KErcHUM KEYSTONE,
a weekly newspaper published at Ketchum,
Alturas county, Idaho.
w. T. RILEY, Register
VIM. HYNDMAN, Atty for Applicants
KotchUm. Idaho.
First publication, July 26. 1890.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-17
Origin Of the Word "Canard. "

You often declare that some floating
piece of intelligence is "cauard" with
out hardly knowing why such wore
should be applied to an unfounded story
The word itself is the French for "duck,
and was first used in its present sense ir
the latter part of the eighteenth century
having its origin in a gigantic hoax
About that time French, German and En-
glish papers were straining every nerv.
to see which could publish the most sen
sational items.
Their writers ransackcd the earth, the
sky above the earth and the caverns be.
meath its surface for material on which
to found extraordinary stories. At last
Cernelison, one of the Paris competitors
stated that an interesting experiment had
just been carried out in that city which
proved the extraordinary voracity OF
ducks (canards.) Twenty of these fowls
had been placed together one morning
and at an appointed hour one of the mum.
Der was killed, cut into small bits, fea.h
ers and all, and fed to the other nineteen
Fifteen minutes later No. 10 was hashed
and served to the remaining eighteen in
the same manner. The experiment was
commenced at o'clock in the morning
the experimenters regularly "hashing" a
duck every fifteen minutes, and at q
quarter to IL (noon) there waa but one
duck remaining in the pen, and he, of
course, was placed in position of having
eaten his nineteen companions.
This story, pleasantly narrated, obtain
ed success which the writer had never
even anticipated. Before the end of the
year 1t had run the rounds of all the
most prominent journals Of Europe and
had even been translated into Indian.
Chinese, Japanese and other oriental lam
guages. When it had been all but for
gotten the American papers took it up
and gave it many amplifications, includ-
ing certificate of the autopsy Of the last
surviving duck which was declared to
have swollen out of all proportions and to
have had his esophagus badly injured.
For many years afterward the story OF
"twenty canards" was common laughing
stock, and the word itself has ever since
retained its novel signifcance.-St st. Louis
Republic
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-17
LEGAL
Application for a Patee,

No. 22s.
UNITED STATES LAND Orr
VII: HALEY, Idaho. September Is. 100.
Notice is hereby given that Alos iSl
Doliarnloe, Lewis c. Dollarh;Saa h !,
Pankham and Albert Griffith ' nue., JoseuS
once ADDRESS is Ketchum, whose Pot
Idaho territory, have this dsn s ss Count
hppear feet Of do the patent for fifteen Iaas
s'EAST SIDE.
lode, mine or vein, bear;ro
surface ground six hundrad salena, viz
situated in Little Smoky m;n reet IN widn
county of Alturas and ferr;,,,nihg distnc,
and designated by the field nny OF ldshaS
ciai plat on file in this Office " 10 and on
hfty-seven, said lot No. 81 he is not numb+,
as follows, tO-wit: 'ii's descrilS,
Beginning at the discovery
thence north 40 59' 4OM west 'a an. ,runnin,
point on north end of claim th ,o ieet to-
4So 40 west 2o2 feet to east side l;n ellee south
looe 10 post set In earth and stono VI Sco,r
corner 40; !; thence north 4So o az, Mound,
;s 70 hortneast corner of claim east so
:. eal'u .anu stone mound, cornotp post Set
.nehce south 40 So 4on east ~, Mop;
l isnnfaa; ana qnarterng hillside ~ leet as
l?9o ieet descending on Warm Snr;r 70 ridse
?lue 70 southeast corner of claim Creek
thence south 400 IS, west *, '4rher No. 3.
ing small ridge 655 feet on Ior ,seI, ascend
side to southwest corner of c,o;n along hill
IN earth and stone monna OIL, post set
thence north 45o Ii, west 35a fo Turner No. 4
70 rldge 459 feet, descending ana ascending
ing hlllsidesOn Little Smokv SD; %nu quarter.
corner No. of survey No. 6lN ,,nn,tersect
lntersect corner No. 8 of snrv,, IA feet
ana angle III west side line of clai;,N NO. 6l5
ste discovery. corner No. 5. tb"Mn oppo'
400 32' west 2S2 feet, DESCENDING aus north
terlng hillside along east side of2 s u,u guar
6io TO corner No. l of claim and niy No,
BEGINNING; magnetic variation 1so l p,ace OF
containing 1886 acres. d" east,
from corner No. east side II sN,,
No: bears south $50 Ii, west pSac ?: ~ NJ.
Inc location of this mine is rcco, ,se!'
the Recorders Office of Alturas o oo" IN
Idaho Territory. The ADJOINING cl. i;uuh1y,
bunker Hill" Isabella" Govern r1's are are
Any and all persons claiming ,dr.,
any portion of said East Side ? lnd ,s n';
or surface ground are required to fila tI hd
adverse claims with the Register Of N ,h'
United States Land Office at HALEY in ~, .Ie
county OF Alturas aforesaid, during W., ,le
sixty days period of publication here's, VI" nc
they will be barred by virtue of ths ~. u
visions of the statute. VIC pro-
II. Q. BILLINGS, Register
1t is hereby ordered that the foreso;n.
notice OF application for patent be e UnTs
llshed for the period of GO DAYS ten r roa
secutlve weeks in the KEYSTONE a wo sph
newspaper published at Ketchum, IdaLn9
II. .. BILLINGS, Register
a. - III Nh ~. Atty for Claimants.
First republication, August 80 1NN
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-17
No Place Like Home.

The Boston Transcript tells about 1
queer little lumber camp, high In the
hills. On one side of the road the mill,
on the other the rough board shanty that
served as lodging for the men. It was
the forlornest place imaginable, with
great cracks where every wind that blew
could ruth in between the loosely nailed
planks, with rusty stove pipe, al askew,
by way Of chimney, with volcanic mar
gin al about the door Of empty tomato
cans and cast-od boots and such like rub
Dish; With lipe stretched from tree to
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-17

tree tapping With masculine underwear
in various stages Of dilapidation. And
In large, bold lettefs vas scrawled above
the outer door Of this cheerful apology
for domesticity, aGod Bless Our Homer