The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-12
IDAHO NEWS.
Items Of Interest Taken From Gu!
state Exchanges.

0t&t0 0ACA00 A0os |
James Cook, Of Moscow, while
unloading hay fell through a hole
in the barn floor and broke his
neck.
There was 1900 acres of land
filed on in the Blackfoot land office
in the month Of November.
It ia rumored that Gov Neon
nell will engage in business in Butte
City at the expiration OF his term
Of office.
Statesman: The total amount
Of bullion shipped from the assay
Office during the month Of NoveD-
Der was 1924, 1915.
Forty tons Of mining machinery
belonging to Col. McFadden were
shipped from Blackfoot to the
Colonel's Custer county mines last
week.
The Central Pacific railroad com
pany, headquarters at San Francisco
| filed on $500 acres Of Idaho land
in the Blackfoot land Office one
day last week.
Gilmore county has finally settled
her share of the old Alturas county
debt. Wednesday Dec Ord she
turned over to the Blaine county
officials cash to the amount Of $l3,
427 SO and bonds to the amount OF
50. 300.
The farmers on Camas Prairie
are Offering a bonus of $4,000 to
anyone who will build first-class
-four mill at HALEY. Or they will
organize joint stock company
and put up the funds if they can
secure responsible man TO take
charge of the business.
| In the Little Lost River country
the jurisdiction of justice of the
peace court is being enlarged SO as
to take in that Of the district court.
A man was tried in the justice
court for shooting piece Of an
other mans head off. The jury
found him guilty and the j. p.
fined the would-bs murderer $50.
Contests have been commenced
/ against three Dubois members oil
!. the legislature i'll Bingham county
and the statement has been mad.
, that four Dubois members will be
:. contested in Bannock county ant
!. two in Fremont county. II il
o claimed that the Populists are be
mind the contests, the chief allega
). ton being that the candidates were
:. on two tickets The seat of Frank
h A. Fem, the only Mckinley sup
!. porter elected to the Legislature bas
" also been contested.
> The Idaho Falls Register says pc
tatoes in that locality are advancing
in price, being quoted now at 81
J. cents per 100 pounds. The pric'
l. must have started up from few
n degrees below nothing. Mckinley
0 wave of prosperity has surely STRUCK
d that part of Idaho and caused th'
i. lofty jump in price of spuds.
II A dispatch from Boise, Dec. Sd
o says: Attorney-General Parsons re
n turned to-day, aud quorum of tn
n Board of Pardons being present
n formal action was taken in the cas-
'f of George N. Hinckley, the Latal
re county forger, and he was set a
is liberty. Hinckley, while auditor o
is Latah county in 1893 robbed tn,
d people of $15, 900 by forging count.
se the penitentiary for IA years. Tn
y warrants and was sentenced l.
y members of the Board of Pardon
ID are Governor Mcconnell, Attorney
y General Parsons and Secretary {
I'd State Garrett. Two are a majority
e Idaho Avalanche: Last week tn
~ Avalanche had an article annount
a, ing the disappearance of Germa
:. from the Thomas ranch on Sinke
~ Since then we have been informe
= by James Murray, who resides nes
:, there, that the German, whose nan
,s is Otto Solm, left openly and pu
IA licly for DeLamar, Nevada, sou
" time since. We were also shown
letter from Solm to Murray, date
= November 6, 1896. from Eiko, Ne
svs Murray claims that Solm purchase
IL il goods from Isay Il Gombrig, givi,
yer an order upon Administrator Thor
sis as for the amount, and also gave hi
uid 49,
, ng, Salmon Recorder: The Saline
, ns river at what is known as "Dea
srs' water" is frozen up for the seast
a asS and the fleet of boats and machi
me cry for the Monelith mill is st
ely this side of the ice bound chann
CIV The lumber, which was to ha
Ine floated down the stream and caug
Ing at Shoup by boom, is frozen sol
.u No in the ice strung along the strea
,ver for Is or 20 miles and it is thong
Ike. that not one-lhird of it will ever
recovered.
BOY FATALLY SHOT.
NJ y, James Burbank, IA years ol
n. who lives on farm at Benningtc
R. four miles north of Montpelier, Ii
-. with fatal accident Sunday aft
= noon while his parents were
lens church. He was loading shotg
and with lead slugs, when it was &C
dentally discharged, blowing