The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-03-21

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miles from Mountain Home. fsv
The Shoshone Journal says T. II
Gooding will put out 200 fruit treel
I-ih the spring on his 1ahch NGodd
ing.
West B. George, proprie tor o
the Evening Nail, has purchased
lots in Boise n which he will have
. handsome residence erected.
The famous Last Chance mine
in the Ceur d 'Alene district. Idaho
has been mortgaged for $400, O0(
and all the creditors of the company
have been paid of.
Salmon Recorder: Mrs. G. v
Gilmer and two little daughters ar.
rived from Lead City, 8. D., lasl
Friday for 4 three months visit with
her mother, Mrs. Ada Merritt.
Evening Mail: A Boise lady hal
been accepted as q student in an
essay Office Of this city and will
learn the mysteries of thatinterest.
ing and locally all-important art
The Yellow Jacket company are
dropping sixty stamps and milling
about $50 tons per day. The New
Columbia company, adjoining Vel.
low Jacket, are buying new ma.
chinery for large chlorination
mill, which they expect to have in
operation by July next.
Cmnr d'Alene Miner: Coming
from Murray last Monday night the
team and sleigh driven by Frank
Storms went over the grade near the
Custer road and rolled down about
fifty feet. III. L. Swift was the only
passenger. There was no serious
damage barring the fact that Swift
had to walk to Wallace, which was
quite hardship upon one disin-
clined toward prolonged physical
exertion.
The Republican State Committee
meeting was held at Weiser Tues
day. 1t was decided to hold one
Republican state convention at Po-
catello May Goth, the other at Boise
on August 26th. The subject OF
politics was fully discussed, OF
course, from which much imforma-
ton was gained III regard to the
would. be candidates for Governor.
Robert Noble, the sheep man,
Monte Gwinn and Vic Bierbower,
like "Barkis" are willing-to enter
the gubernatorial race.
Silver City Avalanche: John Nc
Bride, who lives about half.a.mile
below Boonville, was arrested this
week and given preliminary ex-
animation before Judge Lewis for
raping his 11-year-old step-daugh-
ter. The complaint was sworn to
by the child's mother, McBride's
wife. The testimony was partially
subetantiated by DR.. Weston. Nc.
Bride made no defense. He was
bound over to the District Court
With bail fixed at $1,000, in default
of which be is nov in the county
Jail.
Congressman Wilson has asked
the River and Harbor Committee
to advocate an appropriation OF
5000 for the improvement of the
Kootenai river from Bonner's Ferry
to the boundary and for . survey
and estimate on the Pend Oreille
river in Idaho. He also asked for
an appropriation of $25, 900 for the
improvement of the Clearwater river
from Lewiston to Kamiah. On
this request, be pointed out the me-
cessity to the Government of inn
proving the channel in the river in
order that communication might
be had With the Nez Perces reserva-
ton by water.
Henry D. Booth, q miner about
So years of age, was found dead
Tuesday, morning in his cabin up
Panther, gulch, a tributary Of Deer
creek. Fred Bradley is located in
the same gulch a few hundred yards
above, and az no one bad seen or
beard Of Booth for several weeks
he concluded to make trip to his
cabin and found that 4 snow-slide
had smasked it in and the unfortu-
nate man in bed dead and frozen
stiff. He was pinned to the bed by
timbers and his body covered with
snow. It is supposed that the fatal
slide occurred during the severe
storm in January. The News-hiner
saws that Booth bad spent over
$4,000 on his claim and hadAaken
out only q few tons of ore. He died
. poor man. His remains we're In
TERED at HALEY.
A special to the Salt Lake Her
aid from Pocatello March 14th says /:
Sheriff Oliver Of Mountain Home,
Idaho. arrived here Wednesday and
left for Ogden and Denver yesterday
morning in search Of J. D. Helfrich,
tho missing assessor and collector
Of Elmore county Who 10 wanted
for embezzlement. Helfrich left
Mountain Home about tho middle
Of February, ostsnsibly to visit
acme friends, stating that be wouId