The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-02

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tho Shoshone Journal, has accepted
. position on the Caldwell Tribune
Tho livery men 1t Blackfoot IN
going into tho bicycle business
They viii hire bicycles % we'll q
horses.
Frank Moreland, champion sheep
shearer Of the world was in 8ho-
shone last week. His record il 356
sheep in ten hours.
The Populists Of Shoshone county
have decided to 60 it alone ia county
matters. There will be no fusion
with the Democrats.
The Salmon City Republic of last
Saturday says Judge Stanrod Of
Pocatello and Miss Sara Van Wor-
mer, court stenographer, arrived
there that day.
Challis has issued bonds for the
building Of a 1880 school house
which is to be built between now
and fall. The bonds were taken by
Custer county parties.
Louis Allen died at Lewiston last
week from blood poisoning result
ing from a slight injury to his toe
while pairing his toenail. He sub
mitted to the amputation of his
foot, but not in time to save his life.
The Boise Democrat says that
parties have written the Idaho Min
ing Exchange saying they wanted
to buy good copper mine, no
matter where located. Another
party with $3.50, 600 to invest, wants
to buy . gold mine.
The republican central COMMITTEES
that met at Pocatello April 23d
elected fourteen delegates to the
Pocatello state convention which
meets May Goth. The Dubois men
controlled the committee. Strong
resolutions were passed endorsing
Senator Dubois position on the
silver question.
The republican county central
committee met at HALEY last Satu-
day and elected r. F. Butler chair
man, and 3. G. John secretary. II
was ordered that primaries be held
May I'd (to-dsy to elect delegates
to . county convention to be held
in HALEY, May 9th, to elect eleven
delegates to the state convention at
Pocatello, May 10Th, to elect six
delegates and six alternates to the
national republican convention At
st. Louis.
Challis Messenger: A. P. Challis
left for his Stanley Basin placer
mines Wednesday. Mr.. Challis 10
sanguine that he will make . good
cleanup" this season. The Lucky
Boy Company, at Custer, has con-
tracted with Rube Jones to furnish
500 cords of wood.
Shoshone Journal: Assessor F.W.
Gooding has been after the sheep
men this week, to collect the taxes
on their focks before they are
driven to smother county. So far he
has assessed aud collected the taxes
on about $4,000 sheep, amounting
to nearly 81, 400.
Silver City Avalanche: Idaho
has reason to be proud of her junior
Senator's record with the "sterling
silver five," and will enthusiastic-
ally endorse the same at the Poca-
tello convention. We want no "sil-
YER plated" representatives-they
are detrimental to the cause.
Ceur d'Alene Miner: About 200
citizens of Wallace assembled near
the city Jail yesterday afternoon
upon invitation of Mayor Lockman
and Chief of Police Rose for the
purpose of acting as escort to eight
toughs who had been run in the
day and night before. The individ-
uals who we're thus honored were
required to carry a rope to hold
them in q squad, and two abreast.
with Mayor Lockman in the lead,
Chief of Police Rose behind, and
the populace bringing up the rear,
the procession marched east toward
Mullen. The gentlemen who had
been escorted were given orders to
keep moving and never turn back,
or they would receive harsher treat
ment. They moved. Thus have the
people of Wallace served notice
that toughs, crooks and disreputa-
BILE persons generally will not be
tolerated here.
The mystery surrounding the sud-
den disappearance of Dick Thomas,
brother Of John 4. Thomas of Hal
lev, and his wife from their stock
farm in Owyhee county, is still en-
veloped in gloom. Detectives learn
that Thomas secured S., recent
" from the sale of cattle, but have
not learned what part, if any, was 10
the house up to the time Thomas
and his wife disappeared. Robbery
and murder are naturally connected
with the story concerning the money
still there is absolutely no evidence
of any struggle in the house. The
only plausible explanation in the
line of the murder theory is that
Thomas and his wife were lurei
from the house and then killed. II
d murder was committed It Glands
an the holdest and most artistic