The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-05

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Items Of Interest Taksn From ou1
state xxohanges.
Judge W. s. Hopson Of Pocatsllo
distributed 40 fins turkeys among
tho poor Of tho city, on Thanksgiv-
ing day.
Boise City experienced tho coldssl
weather last week known in sixteen
years. with one exception in the
winter Of 1888.
The Pocatello Tribune will issue
= mammoth Christmas edition Of
SO pages. There will b. 5000 copies
Of the paper published.
The Mountain Home Bulletin
says one of Mrs. RENDERS bonds.
mon having Withdrawn, she Is again
an inmate Of the county Jail.
About sixty deserving poor fam
lilies were supplied With clothing
and . large amount of provisions
by tho Boise Relief Society on
Thanksgiving day.
The State Canvassing Board for
mally decided against the woman
Suffrage amendment. 1t Was un.
derstood this was done by consent
of all parties so as to have the
question brought before the Su-
preme court 1t once. Had the
amendment been declared carried it
might not have been attacked until
the next election.
The Prison board has decided to
try the contract labor system in
the management of the penitentiary,
and have advertised for bids. It is
not generally believed the plan will
be successful. This step is taken,
it is said, because the last Legisla-
ture failed to make an appropria-
ton to keep the prisoners employed,
and they are now idle. The peni-
Tertiary 1t present contains 1873
inmates.
Blackfoot News: A party Of Chi
cago business men visited the land
Office Wednesday, looking up lands
in the vicinity Of American Falls.
They expect to plant = colony in
that vicinity in tho early spring.
The most valuable train of silk
that ever passed through Blackfoot
ran up the train Saturday night to
20 east over the Northern Pacific.
It consisted of II CARS baggage
and 3 refrigerator cars-all loaded
With valuable silks fromt orient.
The value of the train load was
near 81 100000.
Caldwell Record: Sheriff Csmp-
bell returned Monday evening from
La Grande, Or, having in charge
Arthur Arey, one of the hold-ups
who broke Jail here Sunday. Nov.
I'D. In speaking of his experience
since he broke Jail, Arey says that
IS, 600 and his freedom would not
temp. him to again make the trip.
After digging hole through the
brick wall, Arey and bis partner,
McCarty, made q straight line for
the railroad bridge, which they
crossed and concealed themselves
ia the brush. At one time some of
The posse in pursuit were within six
teet Of them as they lay concealed.
They travelled all night and were
within City feet of Billy Hollenbsak
md Dan Brown, who went down
he track to head them of, but it
Vas quite dark and they got BY un.f
They took dinner on tho
,ench near Payetts, Wednesday, tho
irst meal they had eatsn since they
escaped Sunday. They made their
way to Payette and slept in barn
Wednesday night, the thermometer
'egistsring 10 degrees below zero.
From there they made no further
.ffort at concealment and walked
o Meiser next day, eating at farm
houses. They also slept in = barn
It Weiser and came near freezing to
isath. Friday found them drill
ng" to Huntington, their shoes be-
nc completely worn out, being al
most barefooted. At Huntington
hey talked with the marshal, who
directed them TO = restaurant. Lsav-
ng Huntington they walked to Dir
Lie, where they caught the passen.
Ler train and rode to Baker. There
hey separated and .Arey went 10
- Grande, whore hs was captured
Within an hour after his arrival.
Arey says McCarty 10 ''quittsr
Ind laid down to die several times,
,ut he induced him to try again.
When Sheriff Campbell arrived in
~ Grande he found Arey in jail, to-.
,ether With the entire gang Of hobos
hat WAS here Ct the time Of the
,old.up. The sheriff also brought
he kid of the gang, who gave the
lame Of Frank Johnson, back with
lin TO b held - : witness.
When most needed It 10 not unusual for