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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11
The Mining Assessment Bill.

The bill to suspend for one year
the clause on the act of 1872 re-
curing the annual expenditure of
800 on unpatented mining claims
which passed both Houses of Con-
gress, is not yet law. The bill as
passed by the House exempted all
unpatented claims. 1t was amend
ed in the Senate by inserting clause
excluding claims owned by corpor-
atoms and non residents from its
benefits. Conferees were appointed
by both Houses, and when they
met Senator Pettigrew presented
petitions from miners in the Black
Hills protesting against the passage
of the bill. 1t was finally agreed
that South Dakota should be ex-
cluded from the operations of the
law, and with this proviso it was
favorably reported to the House.
If the House concurs in the amend
ment the bill will become law.
1t appears that foreign corpora
tons claim several gold and tin
mines in the Black Hills of South
Dakota. The miners are not favor
ably disposed toward these corpora
tons and insist that they shall
make the annual expenditure on
their claims or abandon them
hence their petition that only ac-
tual residents in the State or Terri
tory in which claim is situated
shall be exempt from assessment
work.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

The reading circle of Unity Club
neid their third regular meeting
last Wednesday evening at the res
,dence of Mr.. and Mrs. F. K. Gil
iette. Several new members were
ADDED, viz: Mrs. +. J. Stone, and
mr. and Mrs. Z. C. Norris, running
Tue number up to fourteen or fifteen,
, nnlch indicates healthy growth Of
'hls local institution for winter
study, and social intercourse and
acquaintance. The topic under
saAen for this season is American
history, and a growing interest is
manifested in each successive
meeting. 1t is intended that all
h'erested in the work Of the club
snooid feel themselves free and well
soule 70 come in and all such are
. ~ invited and urged to do
80 80. Our shut-in hamlet furnishes
~ ~. little In the way of intellectual
=, " social interchange and associa-
. s,on during the long winter and all
asIl'empts to supply such needs
should call out the cordial interest
'na support of the community. :
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

VIM. B. Cullen, formerly editor
and proprietor of the Pocatello
Herald, died at DeLamar last week
of brain fever. He was scarcely
twenty-one years of age, yet con-
sidered to be one of the brightest
Young men in the state. His re-
mains were taken to Elko, Nevada,
his former home, where his mother
lives.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

is. Weaver, of Baltimore, owner
of the Oswego mine. near Bellevue,
recently made a visit of inspection
to his property. He remained in
the city several weeks, and was
greatly pleased with the landscape,
climate and people. On his return
home he visited the Worlds Fair,
and made this entry on the regis
ter at the Idaho building: II. S.
Weaver, from Gods country, that
beautiful little gem of the noun
tains, Bellevue, Idaho" He writes
to r. J. McPhee, his superintendent,
in these words: ~ am longing to
be with you and with those grand
old hills again. shall return next
spring, bring my wife and baby,
and spend the summer on Wood
River" Mr.. Weaver is a man of
strict business methods, and thinks
there is no better time to develop
mining property than when wages
are low and supplies cheap. Acting
on this theory. it is more than like
ly that he will keep the work going
ahead on the Oswego all winter
Bellevue Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

II. NJ. Stewart and wife, the &C.
NAL host and hostess of the Guyer
Hot Springs for many seasons, with
E. B. Williams, our gracious and in
comparable postmaster for the past
ten years, and his charming little
lady, depart hence forthwith to as
sumo proprietorship of the new
Capitol hotel at the metropolis of
. the state. Our loss is Bosses gain.
Never could loss be more keenly
felt, nor will gain ever be worthy of
greater appreciation.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11
Notice of Forfeiture.


To II. L. Dickinson, his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that | have ex-
pended four hundred 400 dollars, in labor
and improvements upon the
ssPlute'' and s.Sflver Wing''
lode mining claims. situated in Warm
Springs Creek mixing district. Alturas
county, idaho. in order to hold said prem
ises, under the provisions of section 1924.
Revised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
for the years ending December 81. 1884,
and 1892 that your proportion of the same
is $l33 3:3l1ss, being one-third; and if within
ninety days from the service of this notice,
or within ninety days after this notice by
publication you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion Of such expenditure as CO.
owner, including costs of publication. your
interest III said claims will become the
property of the subscriber under the pro-
visions of section 1924 of said statutes.
r. o. HAMPTON.
First publication. June n. 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

The Tribune Of this city declares
that Governor Mcconnell has made
a consummate ass of himself" Nc
Connell has done nothing of the
kind. Natures factory turned out
an ass when Mac. was born, and
human genius has ever failed to i'm
prove on natures own productions.
Idaho Herald,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

AT a regular meeting of the trus-
tees of the Ketchum Spring Water
Supply Company, Tuesday evening,
L. B. Williams rendered his resig-
nation as trustee and also as secre-
tary and treasurer of the company,
which was reluctantly accepted.
Geo. J. Lewis was appointed trustee
to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of Mr.. Williams and
was then elected secretary and treas
urer of the company.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

Mr.. w. M. Terry, who has been in the
drug business at Ekton, Ky, for the past
twelve years says: "Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy gives better satisfaction than
any other cough medicine have ever
Sold" There is good reason for this. No
other will cure cold SO quickly; no other
is so certain a preventive and cure for
Group; no other affords so much relief in
cases of whooping cough. For sale by
Frank j. Stone, Druggist.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

Francis H. Weeks, the greatest
known embezzler of this or any
other age, who fled to Contra Costa,
was recently extradited and is now
in durance vile in the New York
Toombs awaiting trial and punish
ment, is, we are sorry to say, one OF
our most prominent mine holders,
being chief of the Columbia and
Beaver syndicate, owners of the
Columbia mine and mill and vari-
Gus other valuable mines in the
Sawtooth region.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11
State Wagon Road Bonds to be Taken

A compromise has been effected
between the state and the Coffin
Stanton Company with reference to
the floating of the state wagon road
bonds. Saturday the company
through its attorney, w. A. Under
wood, signed contract to take the
balance Of the bonds, amounting
to $115. 900, in consideration of the
time for paying the premium being
deferred.
The firm contracts to take $685.
600 of the bonds at once and $27,-
600 worth on December /, 1893.
This issue of $4,000 was made on
July /, 1898, but the Coffin, Stanton
Company were unable to comply
with the terms of their contract and
the bonds were not taken. The firm
agrees to pay the II per cent pre-
MUM, amounting to $3.50, April
/, 1894, together with interest at
the rate of 5 per cent from July /.
The remainder of the bonds, $780,
600, are to be taken, when rendered,
any time between April l, 1894, and
July /, 1894, the premium to be
paid Immediately upon the bonds
being delivered.
The state officials have security
for the performance of the contract
on part of the Coffin, Stanton COM
pany in the shape of $4,000 in
bonds deposited with the state
treasurer.
The state officials now turn the
entire matter over to the wagon
road commissioners.
The first contract made with the
Coffin, Stanton company provided
for the payment of the premium
upon the delivery of the bonds.
When the financial depression came
on, the firm adopted unusual tactics
to find some loop-hole through
which to escape, but the contract
was impregnable. They secured
extension after extension from a
lenient administration. The Off
GERS of state finally threatened to sue
the company, and an attorney was
sent out to arrange compromise
if possible. This was yesterday
on the basis already
stated.
The wagon road commissioners
will meet in a few weeks. There
will be sufficient money available
to commence work OH the road
early next spring.-Boise States
man,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11
STATE NEWS.

Idaho Falls has organized board
of trade.
Surveyors are in the field making
surveys of townships in the south
ern part of Bannock county.
| VIM. A. Clark, Butte City mill
ionaire. is making extensive i'm
provements at Shoshone Falls.
A twelve-year-old son of John
Priest of Pocatello was run over
one day last week by a loaded wagon
and died the next day from the eff
fects of injuries received.
The Mountain Home Publishing
Company was organized on the 9th
ult. The Range and Valley has
been purchased by the company
and the name changed to Gilmore
County Republican.
The Cassia County Times will
shortly appear in a brand-new dress.
A touching appeal is made to their
patrons to come down with the
stamps so as to enable the enter
prising publisher to issue paper
that will be credit to the county.
Grangeville Free Press-A man
named O'Neil, aged 80 years, was
brought here Tuesday in dement,
ed state. He was found wandering
around the hills near Red River
meadows a few days since in to-
tally destitute and irrational con-
dition. He was we'll cared for in
Elk, and with good treatment he is
recovering the use of such intellect
as he has, which evidently is not
much at its best. His parents re-
side in Minnesota, and sheriff Gre
CORY is communicating with them
to ascertain what disposition they
wish to make of him. If they re-
fuse to take any steps in the matter
he will be sent to Blackfoot asylum.
He was examined by DR.. Searight
yesterday, who pronounced him a
chronic case of lunacy, caused by
paralysis and nervous troubles.
There is noticeabl increase in
the amount of money circulating
here in the last two weeks. Times
are picking up and business inn
proving. From new until the
Christmas holiday things in general
and business matters in particular
will be at their brightest and best.
The Improvement is owing to the re-
cent sales of cattle and hogs on
Camas Prairie. The live stock in
dustry is at present our sole means
of support, and without it under
existing conditions, life would not
be worth living here till the railroad
comes. After the holidays business
will drop to zero and remain there
till May or June, when transient
travel will resume again, if the
world don't come to an end in the
meanwhile.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

Hon. Geo. f. Mills has gone to
definitely locate that Payette hop
aud fruit ranch, and Major Hynd-
man has gone along to try to show
Kim the difference between sage
hrush and saryice- berry.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

A small item in a paper will some
times make a man an enemy to the
paper, and change him from SUBJ
scriber to a borrower. 1t doesn't
stop him from rerding the paper.
Oh, no.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

Governor Mcdonnell is a Joe
Dandy, At the Ketchum conven-
ton he said IF the republicans
continued to oppose silver he would
leave the party" Now he writes
letter which appeared the other
day in the Statesman, in which he
argues that even if the majority of
the republicans are opposed to sill
yer, it is duty incumbent on all
to stay with it. A republican re-
marked the other day, that the gov
ernor was on the fence, and he
was caught on a barbed wire and
could not get down. But he has,
and he has landed on the republican
side. The agony is over, and the
G. O. P. is safe.-Boise Sentinel.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

1oseph J. Stole, having taken a
,oase for clean up of the Muldoon
l walters. has moved his family to
MuIdoon. May early spring tind
.hem again residents of ketchum.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

Bob McQuillan and Geo. Yount,
falling to get a square deal on a
contract to have their North Star
,oase ore milled. are hard at work
these stormy late fall days hand
;ipging with good results.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

pov Father Van der Donckt of
stello was in Ketchum this week
Conducted services at the Cath
a al;a Church Wednesday and Thurs
dau evenings.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

THE BEST PLASTER. Dampen piece
of flannel with Chamberlain Pam Balm
and bind it on over the seat of pain. 1t
is better than any plaster. When the
lungs are sore such an application on the
chest and another on the back, between
the shoulder blades, Will often prevent
pneumonia. There is nothing so good
for lame back or pain in the side. A
sore throat can nearly always be cured in
one night by applying flannel bandage
dampened with Pain Balm. so cent bot
ties for sale by Frank j. Stone, Druggist.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11
Frosty mornings.

The Republican BOOSTERS are out
~ . tremendous strut and crow
WIZ unown went McGinty."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11
"The melancholy days have come,
The saddest of the year"

And "the cold, chilly winds of No
vember have taken my flowers, my
companions, from me" are strictly
in order nowadays. "Direcly in
pint" so to speak, and with depart
ing friends and coming storms and
tribulations we can hardly sing
"Hail the coming, speed the part
ing guest"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

Some people want the earth.
ouch, however, was not the case
with our venerable friend, Mr.. A.
Dollarhide-he wanted venison, and
lots of it, too. Last week he hied
himself to the Smoky range and, in
company with Tom Covert, whom
ne took along to "pack" the game,
succeeded in making eight fine, fat
deer bite the dust, six of which he
brought home with him last Mon
DAY. MIR. Dollarhide is a sports
man of the first water and whenever
lie draws a bead on deer it's his
meat. The kEYsToNE's larder was
supplied with quarter of the ven
lson, which will keep the wolf from
Tue door for the time being. Next.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

Emil and Alex. Kleuper returned
last week from Sheep Mountain,
where they had been doing assess
ment work on their claims. The
boys have good property but prefer
to await further Developments on
the silver question before taking out
ore. They will winter on Salmon
river. about ten miles from Challie.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

"P NJ" which is postmaster, is
now in order as an aflix to the name
Of Pat Mcmahon, our loyal demo-
cratic fellow-citizen. Pats bond
and a good one it is-has been duly
eyecuted and sent to be filed in the
appropriate archives, and his COM
mission has been received.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11

What our Jack Crook-recent
populist standard bearer-re ally is
doing at Payette is this: He has,
in conjunction with his brother-in-
law, taken up all entire desert Sec
ton under the new 3O-mile Payette
irrigating canal, eight miles east of
Payette; has moved his family to
Payette, taken his coat off and gone
to work with the same vim, vigor
and intelligent effort that he applied
to mining and smelling, and popu-
lar or populist interests. Starting
on dry, sagebrush plain only a
few weeks ago, he already has COM
Portable quarters, buildings and ac-
commodations for six men and
twelve horses. all of which he has
at work clearing with great, heavy
sagebrush destroyer. He has we'll
dug sixty feet to fine water; has
bitches trained all over his land
from the main canal and will have
most if not all of the entire section
under cultivation next season. He
proposes fruit and hop culture to
great extent, and his efforts, more
than any others yet made in that
promising region will demonstrate
it's future. Fortunes in fruit are be-
ing made off 20 and 4O-acre tracts.
Fruit that finds ready market
everywhere, even in Chicago and
the further east, what ought Jack
to accomplish?
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-11-11
Payment Of County Warrants.
For Sale Cheap.

A first-class hand Fire Engine. complete
without hose. Apply to
WN. D. GoEHRING, Sec'y.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-24
THE LATE LOT SMITH.


In the second edition of the NEWS
yesterday afternoon there appeared n
brief mention OF the suit shortly before
filed by Wells Smith, administrator OF
the estate OF Lat Smith, deceased,
against George W. Palmer, o. J. Sale.
bury and the Salt Lake Valley Loan
Il Trust oompany,in the Third District
court. SubjoiDed In n more extended
notice of the complaint. II Is alleged
therein that Lot smith died Interstate
Ia Tuba, Ariz., on June 81, 1892, anu
owning very valuable real anu per-
sonal property In Davis county, Utah;
that on August IL, 1891, being finance.
ally embarrassed, ne executed to
George w. Palmer deed, with the
confederation aud name OF the
grantor being lett blank, anu that
hs did II solely for the purpose OF
raising money on the said property
also that the defendant did not raieu
any money OF Nil up the blanks while
Lot Smith was living. But on Jun e
%, 1892, Palmer, hearing OF the death
OF smith, went 10 tue latttr's wife be.
fore she haJ learned OF his death, and
through false and fraudulent repre-.
sentatiOns, pr0cired her signature 10
the blank decd, at the same time
promising TO pay her $1,000. II IL next
claimed that Palmer, for tho purpose Of
cheating anu deirauling plaintiff and
other heirs at law, also filed In the
blanks with her own name, and made
Sl6UO ne the consideration thereof, anu
that on July 80, 1902, Palmer caused
the fraudulcntly changed anu altered
deed 10 be catered OF record. The
other defendants Claim to have an
interest In the property mentioned nd-
verse TO the title VI Tho plaintiil, and
the plaintiff believes tnat such alleged
claim accrued aiter the death Of the
said Lot smith. Wherefore plaintiff
prays that Palmer loo ordered 10 pro-
duce and ille the original blank deed
la the Third district court, and thst
the same be- declared fraudulent. Also
that plaintiffs title to the property be
buieleI.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sAlf.

NOVICE IL iiEWEUN GIVEN, TuNr ~
~ pursunncu ui OH order % mo Probate
Court ut he County ~ salt Lake ana 1ctrt
tuty OF Utan. made uu the itth uay Of NO1vm
Der. IsI', no She matter 90 tho CstHty nt NlrH
D. NHiHms. deceased, tho undermined, tnu
administrator 0f said ystuu, wall sru Ht private
sale hy .vhot hids Va writing 10 tho iuRhcs.
said Probate Court IN fhursday, tue lHiu daT
at February, isll Ht tAcVc ucluc. m, A.
Room auI mcdonnell liuiiiifE cornoi NAN
ana , lr-l south S.frois, SAT- lake tiiy, Utah,
all tie ught. tue. Interest ami estate ut tho
shid Nigs g. Nilaus ~ tho tiWC u his death.
aud al tho ght, 90 q All tutvfcst NAT the
slii citatr, hy operation ~ Law or uthCtNHv,
acquired other than 90 rddutun To that - the
said Nios l. ~ iams ~ tho umr of his u.f IN,
lauI situate. wing ind being IN said uity aud
tnlntH ur sat Latu, Territory ot itah
lnunutd and described o. follows, 10 VT
Commencing u O. rutnt ou the acst side OF
NluC street. 10 said ruf ClhtY.tWu AMI three.
iourihH 80. fcet north % tnu UuuthOIltr rucr
OF lpt nine Ih' I'pcs nto SD, plat &C. -alt
Lake iiiy furttN ana runuiul Thence norm
foriy.uuc and Onc.iouith .4iil feet; theatre
touth eighty degrees tony minutes PIP 90 We 81
nineteen doItrcs Ousl east forty .ono aud one.
fourth ltiit feet thence n1rth Huuut % ~
east " feet more or less TO the point Of com
mtueCment
Terms aud condition Of sale Cash ten per
cont of the purchns money M be- uaid on the
day Of ale balance on confirmation - sale
by snl Probate Court Decd at expense
OF purchaser.
.. Naturalization 81 ihc estate u Miles /.
Williams, deceased.
Datpl January 9tlh. lsHl
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-24

gentlemen present wrre about TO
erect In Colorado, Utah or Montana.
A venting party Of smelling nnn was
also present aud was composed OF
Meesr.. 3. NJ. Gfoeu, D. T.. posey.
Colonel =. a. EsitF, j. +. Mitchell
and Otto Stailman. Messrs. Green and
poscy arc the heaviest Stockholders ia
the Standard Smelling Company OF
Durang0, Colorado.
Mr.. Green said that ut present the
c.ppsr product OF the west Is sent TO
bridgeport, Conn, aud other eastern
cities Tor refining. 1T. company had
inst completed reduction works al
Durbnr6, ind had decided to erect
now plant that would not only reduce
the oio % metal, hut ih Vt would e. duc
1t and work the prOuuct into copper
plate and wire, thus saving the TX.
pente of shipping the copper ems. fOr
preparing itiof tbs mnrke'. The plant
would he very expensive, 10 quiting
large amOunt OF costly machinery.
They ciuiI not uflDtu 10 mako any
mistakes aud had broight tbuir melal.
lurplst. MIR. Stalmnu, along He
thought Salt Lake city was In hRl
way ~ regards froightsi for he found
that the railroads dlscriminated ngeinst
n, the rates on copper products being
40 per ton lees nom Butte 10 New
York than they are from this city. lie
diin,t know why this was, unless
Butte hsd more railways. lie sail
they wanted to look over the ground
thoroughly before they would decide
on location.
The proposed plant would cost from
5000 coo to STjO,0O0, aud when In mll
operation give employment TO 200 0r
800 men tue year round. rne visit
was In tue nature OF n tour o, inspec.
ton, they said, nnd, while they were
more than favorabiy impressed with
this city as q bnse Of operations, they
could not fully discuss their plans ani
hopes until their return from Butte,
which would be In about week or ten
days.
a committee consisting OF George
a. Love. II. w. Lawrence, w. E.
HubOart, Franz; knOx, NJ. III. Walker,
George NJ. scott aud Weudull Benson
were appointed to meet ana confer
with Me-srs. Green and Posoy on their
return from Butte, and resolution by
Judge Colborn pledging the support OF
the business meu OF the city 10 tbs Gu
terptssr, impasting OF any information
desired, anu providing for Their enter.
tainmcnt ON their return, was unani-
mously adopted.
Sps eches were made by some o. the
gentlemen present and all were Of the
undivided opinion that " the works
could be secured II would be "a big
thing for Salt Lake.