The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-05-26
state News.
It showed at Idaho Falls /,

Hirshley who has driven sheep
through this part of the county for
several seasons is now in Washing
ton county With 5000 sheep and
will start east with them as soon as
shearing is over.
Elmore Republican: The once
famous Orc Elmo mines at Silver
City were sold at sheriffs sale last
Saturday. Mr.. T. Regain, who held
q mortgage on the property, bid it
in for $3.50, 862.98.
The Merits, who recently pur-
chased large placer fields at Grand
View, are contemplating putting in
an electric plant on the Bruneau
dam site and conducting the power
by wire to their placer grounds,
there to be used for hosting or
pumping water for placer purposes.
Grangeville Free Press: Geo. B.
Florence, state land selector. filed
claims to "a, 900 acres of state lands
in tho Pierce City country in the
Lewiston land Office last week. The
state will soon own the entire Clear.
water country.
A private letter from Senator
Vest, of Missouri, to the editor, says
that he believes a tariff bill will
pass the Senate about the middle or
last of June, and that it will prob
ably put revenue) duty of three
quarters of cent a pound on lead.
Mr.. Eb. Pinkham, brother Of
U. S. Marshal Pinkham and Major
A. J. Pinkham, and a prominent
resident of Ada county, died at
his home near Boise, Friday, the
18th inst. Mr.. Pinkham was a
prominent figure in Southern Ore
gon during the Rogue River Indian
war, where he eqipped company
at his expense and led it to victory.
The deceased was an uncle of Mrs.
James Judge of Ketchum. His re-
mains were inferred Monday in the
Masonic Cemetery at Boise.
Mountain Home Bulletin: Willet
Young, the Bellevue druggist, and
several other gentlemen passed
through this place Tuesday with
teams, on their way to Silver City.
J. NJ. johnson, L. L. Ormsby and
others are now gathering a large
number Of sheep for the purpose of
driving them east at an early day.
The bands will number about So.
600 head.
A few days ago the wife of DR..
Swan lost a valuable gold watch on
the street. A stranger picked it up
and left it at Sam Brady's saloon
for Identification. Mrs. Swan feels
very grateful to the finder for his
truly honest act.
Caldwell Tribune: It has been
rumored for some time that Lemhi
county was swinging into Populist
ranks and little is the wonder.
When a county gets down so low in
its own estimation that it is satisfied
to be represented in any capacity
whatsoever by one-third of Frank
Fem it is not far from revolt. Pre-
sumably there il not a decent Re-
publican left in that county, and
the Salmon City Recorder was
forced to discard the disreputable
wreck in order to preserve the re-
spectability of the press.
Vic Bierbower, Union Pacific at
torney, was in Caldwell Thursday
looking up matters in connection
with the Coxeyites. He says orders
have been issuedto stop carrying
the army on U. P. trains at all haz-
ard. One reason for this is that no
sooner was the first contingent car
ried through than kilograms were
sent back advising Coxeyites all
over the coast to come on via
Union Pacific. This had the effect
of concentrating thousands and
thousands of men at Portland and
other coast points all scrambling
for Union Pacific trains. The bust
ness of the railroad was thus seri-
ously embarrassed.
Boise Democrat: Tom Hutchins,
the cattleman, in town yesterday,
said the boys were getting along
finely with the round up that COM
menced several days since at the
mouth of the Boise. There are
twenty-five or thirty men in the
outfit, and they are driving to the
summer ranges on Camas prairie.
The number of cattle gathered is
much smaller than usual.
C. Jackson and Amos Lee arrived
from Neal on Monday bringing with
them two pieces of quartz weighing
each several pounds that came from
their Hidden Treasure claim. The
samples were almost rich enough
in gold plainly visible, to be classed
as nuggets. They attracted much
attention. These men own two
claims, the Hidden Treasure and
Mountain Boy, which are extensions
of those bought Of Plowman by
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