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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16

The Bozeman, Mont, Chronicle,
tells of Montana legislator, who
when some corrections in his spell
ing and grammar in his bill were
called to his attention by the COM
mittee, said: "Why. you fellows
have mucilated it" 1t was the
same statesman who said, in ad-
dressing a committee of which he
was o member: "The muddy slough
Of politics was the boulder upon
which the law was split in twain
and fell in a thousand pieces from
the pedro Of justice. Let US then
gear up our lions that we can go
forth with clear head"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16

The Nevada State Journal says
the Carson CityAppeal suggests that
on the first day Of next January
all the papers in the United States
favorable to William ]. Bryan hoist
his name to the head Of their edi-
torial columns and keep it there
until he is elected. The simultane-
Gus flinging to the breeze of Bryan's
flag at the head of several thousand
newspapers all over the country
would be q good object lesson to
the gold bugs.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16


The phonograph men at Chicago
are having fun with the Luetgert
case. The big sausagemaker refused
to talk into Photographic receiver
until q contract was made that
would assure him SO per cent Of
the receipts. 1t had been agreed by
Arnold Luetgert, son Of the prison
er, that the Columbia Photograph
Company should have an option on
the talk" for two weeks at 5000,
and if the company declined to buy
at that time the SO per cent contract
should remain in force. But Luet-
CERT refused to talk. Talk is cheap
40 a general thing" said he, "but
my talk costs money"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16

A Chicago girl has a unique avo.
cation. She styles herself "bird
and flower attendant" Her bust
ness is to take care of other peoples
property. She goes daily from
house to house of her patrons.
feeding and watering pet birds. and
cleaning their cages, watering and
trimming drawing-room plants and
window boxes, cleansing their leaves
giving them q dose of fertilizer
when they need it and in other
ways keeping her feathered and
vegetable patients in good condition.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16


The following 10 an expedition Of
John L. Sullivan's proposed Fsforms
in the municipal governmsnt OF
cultured Boston in event that the
ex-pugilist Is elected Mayer Of that
city:
III I am ever Mayor Of Bostoo or any
other town, does anybody think there
would he any bribery with my know ledge1
No man ever aaid he could bribe john +.
Sullivan, and the Alderman that ever tried
to get anything past me would Be an am
bulance case. 90 matter what dude critics
might cay. i.
s.I'd ind places for SMALL children to
play. I'm nosociaiist, but It makes me
tired to see city speeding millions Oh
paths for horseback and bicycle riding
and holleriug anarchy it any man asks
for land that children can have fun on.
sIf you want to stop the growth Of
thieves treat poor children right. Make
them think that somebody has IN interest
in them, and don't let them grow up with
= feeling ti,at tho world 10 down on them
everybody talks--except ignorant
dudes afraid Of the dark-about how 4
stop vice in big cities. The way to keeI
women out of trouble 10 not to drive theu
to it. Any man who doubts that halt
chance for an honest living would keel
our women straight has poor opinion .
| American girls and ought to be kicked
..If I am ever Mayor Ut Boston. M
motto will be-: Treat the poor right
Give the under dog chance. Tax tn
man that can afford to pay. Help thu
poor women and girls that will be mothei
of the next crop of citizens. Scare tn
thieves. Do everything in the open.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16
Fireman Fearfully s1aagled.

A special from Pocatsllo Tuesday
Oct, II says:
J. F. Allen, . fireman, had his
face literally torn off just after mid
night this morning at Garner, a
small station 100 miles south Of
this place. He was firing on a light
freight engine running ahead of the
passenger. The mail crane at Gar
ner had bsen loaded ready for the
passenger. Allen had hjs bead out
of the cab window and tbe- crane
caught him squarely in the face,
tearing out his nose and feAffuily
hanging his upper jaw. His r.
covery is very doubtful.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16
An important enterprise has bee

An important enterprise has been
undertaken by an Oakland man.
who has had much experience in
Alaska. He has gone to Sweden,
where he expects to secure fifty
reindeer, which he has cabled to
have shipped down from Lapland,
with two experienced Lapland
drivers. If he gets the animals, be
will ship them by steamer to New
York, thence by rail to Seattle, and
then by boat to Juneau. He will
use the animals in transporting
supplies over the Dalton trail.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16

Disease, according to Christian
science theory, is not a condition,
but a vagary. You are not ill ;
you simply think you are. Carried
TO it's logical conclusion existence
is imaginary. We think we are,
but as matter Of fact we are not.
The Nebraska State Journal says
that toothache is about the only
thing that will make a scientist
abandon the philosophy long enough
to let an imaginary dentist extract
the imaginary tooth for an imagin-
ary compensation of so cents.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16
mr cUaAr ArrAin
Hints That Tie UnitsA eeatss + Preparing
1sR War.

Hinh That Tie Unitsa seatss + Preparing
ssr War. j
Our Washington City corrs-
spondent says:
Secretary Sherman declines to
discuss or in any way indicate what
this government will do when Spain
officially declines our assistance in
bringing about peace in Cuba. That
is probably the proper position for
the Secretary Of State to take, but
those who are not hampered by
their official relations are discussing
the matter with much interest since
the new Spanish premier by his
unofficial utterances has made it
plain that the offer of mediation
made by this government will not
be accepted and that the most that
Spain will do for Cuba will be to
recall Gen. Weyler and offer the
Cubans q sort Of home rule, under
Spanish direction. 1t is the general
belief in Washington that the
Cubans will not pay the slightest
attention to this offer and that the
war, which has already impover-
ished Spain, will 60 right along
That being the belief, everybody
wants to know what this govern
ment intends to do. Will it try to
aid Spain by persuading Cuba to
accept the offers which have been
made by the new Spanish ministry
Or will it recognize the belligerency
or the independence of Cuba? o.
maybe go even further and send
armed help to the Cubans3 It is
not difficult to find in Washington
men of standing and influence who
advocate one or the other of these
steps, but those who have any idea
of what the administration intends
to do are keeping so close. m outhed
that the public can only guess. The
administration may have no idea Of
fighting, but there have been a mum.
Der of orders issued concerning the
preparation of ammunition for the
navy which indicate that it is going
to be prepared to fight, anyway.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16

An item 10 going the. rounds that,
beside the Calumet and Hecla, the
Con. Cal. 4 Va, the Granite Noun
tain and Ontario, there are no other
mines With j dividend record Of
SIC, O00, COO The Belcher and Grown
Point have zach exceeded that
amount ID sjdonds. The Belcher
Mining Company paid 416 .397 200
and th3 Caprh r oihf 1l189&0 600
both Cometeck Mines Mining and
6cianti6c Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16

At Austin, Texas, a fey days ago,
q student attending the law class of
the state university suddenly be-
came violently insane. He was
sent to the lunatic asylum and con-
fined in the same cell with another
lunatic. The next morning he
choked his cellmate to death de-
spite the fact that four attendants
were trying to tear him loose.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16
Notice Of Forfeiture.


To Greenhow & Rumsey and 7. w. Gillette,
their heirs or assigns: ~
You are hereby notified that ] have ex-
pended the sum of tive hundred 200 dol
lars in labor and Improvements upon the
Highland Mary
lode mining claim, situate in Bassett gulch,
about eight'miles from Ketchum III Warm
Springs Greek mining district, Blaine coun-
ty, state of Idaho, as required by section
1924. Revised Statutes of the United States,
being the amount required to hold the same
Tor the wears ending December 81, 1895 and
1886; that your proportion OF the same is
US follows, to-wit: for the said Greenhow 4
Rumsey. SIS, being one-eighth; and for the
said I. W. Gillette, $25. being one-eighth
and if within ninety days from the service
Of this notice, Or within ninety days after
this notice by publication you fail VI refuse
to contribute your proportion Of such ex-
penditure rs co-owner, including costs Of
publication. your interests in said claim
will become the property Of the under
signed under the provisions of said section
1894. JAMES A. SLOWER.
Ketchum. Idaho, Jan. Fl. 1857.
First publication. Jan. 2S, 1897.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16
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CALLED DOWN.


John Mex lin, Klondike pioneer,
has arrived in Tacoma and is en-
gagged in casting reflections upon
the veracity of the great Joseph
Ladue. founder Of Dawson City and
booster in chief for the Alaskan
transportation company.
Il see,' said McKlin to Ledger
reporter, ..that Mr.. Ladue is cred
tied ia an interview sent out from
Chicago with saying: 4 do not be-
Iieve any one will perish. There
are not over 1000 people at Dawson
City, many of whom will be en-
ploved going back and forth to St.
Michaels.' Now. Mr.. Ladue, If he
made any such statement, shows
his ignorance Of the present condi-
ton of affairs in the Yukon coun-
try. He says st. Michaels is only
100 miles away, and that distances
do not count in Alaska. When be
talks of small boats making the trip
10 and from st. Michae!s in 20 days,
he stamps himself fool or . liar.
ut is just such statements as these
that are doing SO much to drive men
to their own destruction, for thous-
ands, when they read what Mr..
Ladue, the founder Of Dawson, says,
won't stop to weigh his words, but
will lump TO conclusions and i'm
mediately sell all they have got to
get means to reach the land of gold.
Now, when l knew Ladue, found
him a nice, steady truthful fellow,
SO I can hardly believe that he ever
said what he is credited with saying
in the dispatch.
There is great danger of actual
starvation at Dawson City this win
ter. 1t will be case of the strong
pushing the weak TO the wall, and
when the pangs of hunger begin to
get in their deadly work, there is
no forecasting what will be the out
come.
Il spent seven years prospecting
in Alaska, and l don't care q rap
what these weather sharps may say
about the climate of Alaska not be-
ing bad. / tell you, it is fact that
if man is not we'll protected for
the winter, spring will find him, il
be lives through the winter, a phys
ical wreck, as the chances are ten
to one the germs of that dread dis
ease consumption will have taken
firm hold on him.
ALASKA as country, is rich in
gold. that is, an area covering prob.
ably 1000 square miles carries gold
in small quantities; but the area Of
extraordinary rich disposits is very
limited.
For the first two years l was in
the country | would work q few
days for some miner, and then work
my own claim as long az my pro
visions held out. When | got down
to bedrock l found a pay streak
that l figured out paid me S12 40 9
day for every day | had put in on
the claim. AS all the money l had
spent on the claim l had earned
working, l was the whole amount
ahead.
IF man has good health and
is fairly strong, see no reason why
he cannot make a reasonable large
stake in Alaska, but / can assure
him he will earn every cent he gets
as the gold streak lies all the way
from 80 to 40 feet below the sur
i faco ~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16

A Chicago playwright has written
q play entitled 1.-THE Sausage Maker
Of Lakeview." He derived his in
spiration from the Luetgert trial,
and it has been presented to the
public. If the play is q success,
the author says he will endeavor to
secure the services of Luetgert as
the hero, provided the latter is &C.
nllittad.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16

Mrs. Grover Cleveland has re-
tired from society for a time. Only
her most intimate friends are now
received at the Cleveland mansion
in Princeton. ~ Mr.. Cleveland
is engaged in writing his memoirs.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16
Administrator Notice.


ceased. ,.,t.rs Of
Notice is hereby given, that le'' an Tie
administration, with will anneAe11 s,css.ed.
estate of William Hyndman, IN TIE
were granted to the undersisnS ne probate
10Th day Of November. lS96, Dy 'ns
Court of Blaine county. ..;rst sad
All persons having claims agaln,,c. ~
estate are requirtd to exhibit then. o ~
& nv store in KetchLm, Blaine TO- oss Iss
Idaho. within ten months after ~ ~ ahs9
publication OF this notice. OF 'ne5
b foRoHor barred. .eoe
IAis Oh day uf December. lao'
c. =. Will IL
Administrator with tbs WI. .sils ., ~.
Estaas Of william IyrQaii'' w.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16
Total area of survey 1890 claimed

Total area of survey 1893 claimed
and sought to be patented. ioo-oei acies
The said mining claims beng of reco's
in the office OF the County hecoraci
HALEY, in Blaine County, state OF iupno'
as follows: Haimdal, III BOOK rs Oh Ao'st
lions vt page los; Smoienskl. III BOOK "
Quartz Mining ClSllns at page ~ VI" W..
ern, in Book - OF Locations at pase iiv,
ben HARRISON in Book 20 of Locations .
page ll2; Midland, IN Book 70 oil L"'
.loiis st page ia; kdbem rasha, III oo1 ,'s.
OF Quartz Lode Mining tlailus al psee - ~,
Union, iii Book " vi Locations at paee -. ~.
The nearest known locations pei'6
Ula. Silver Buliion. Orc and lelier. .,v
Any and NIL persons claiming au'e .ra.
any PORTION vi the said uainidai, S.ly
4enskl. " estern, Ben Harrison, Mioi-"1
Edhem PAsha and Unior Conseos'ssIS
i.odcs, Survey No. 1899, or surface s' ,.,ns
are required W tile their aoseIse ,r",,.A
thereto with the Register OF Tue V no
States Land Office, at HALEY state oi 'a uss.d
within the sixty days publicalon . .ns 're
Ur they will be barred ny virtue Vi "a. "a
yi4iOns Of the statute Ill sucn cases
and provided. .,.,
". H. BRODHEAD, Regis'ss ~.
/ direct that the foregoing hoiioe -.
plicxtion for patent be published Lo' nasss,)
rlOd of sixty days ten CONSECUTIVE MS.
an the kkTCHUM KEYSTONE, WeeAe r,,a.
paper published at kctcAuni. Biaiho ., ..r
~, State of Idaho. being the hs"sf''
published nearest said claim. .,..,.
w. II. BkUDHEAD, kes'iI ssI
First publication, September ~, 80.
W. II. WATT. AStayncy tor Claiinah'~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16

Major General Miles, commander
in chief of the army, arrived home
from Europe October 9th, accom-
panied by his aid-de-camp, Captain
Maus. Since last May the General,
acting under the orders Of Presi-
dent Mckinley, has been making
an inspection of the armed force Of
Enrnne
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16

NOTICE..

Notice il hereby given that tho Ketch.
ma 4 Challis Toll Road Company, after
this date, will not accept at the toll gate
Scrip. knowp . the s'Ketchum q Challis
Toll Road 6ctlp," in payment Of tolls.
II. G. LEWIS, Nanaeos.
xstsAum, Idshe, J6ae -, 1871.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16
Of the Union Lode Mining
CiAtsn.

Beginning at the initial point and dis
covery stake, thence n 1oW 4s7 leet "
corner rs.
From corner 26, the a section corner Dc.
tween sections ~ anu 70, L. 1 n. Il. 10 b.,
bears N $50 IA w. io7 u feet
Thence 70 Z ga feet to corner q; thence
n 45o w 1900 feet to corner 2oi thence
% w S74 fest to corner -; thence No.
800 feet To corner %, the place OF begin.
ming survey of the exterior boundsrits Oh
the Union lode: including an area 81 z0.oS
acres applied tor. No conflicts.
AREAS.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-16
Description of the Edhem Pasha LsAs
Mining Claim.

Beginning at the hi ial point where the
iocaIlUn notice was originally posted, thence
n 20 W 487 feet to corner ~ thence . 10 Z
J71 feet to corner % thence II $50 W 1861
ieet to corner "a; thence n 20 " y74 feet
~ corner rs.
From corner 25. the 7. section corner be.
tween sections 22 and -. 4. N, Il. Is b.,
sears n J5o IL " lott ieet.
Thence s $50 + 1901 feet TO corner 2, the
place OF beginning survey OF the exterior
boundaries of the Edheln Pasha lode; IN
Guiding an area OF 20 oi9 acres applied ivE.
No conflicts.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-14
WHEN GRANT VISITED JAPAN.
Most Important Pageant of His Tour Was
In the FIowery Kingdom.

"There was no pageant in General
Grants Journey round the world more inn
posing than the reception given by the
mikado at Japan's capital" writes John
Russell Young in The Ladies' Home Jour
nal. "The United States steamer Rich
mond, bearing General Grant and his
party, steamed into Yokohama, the har-
Dor of Tokyo, escorted by the Ashuelot and
q japanese man of-war on July 3, 1879.
There was assembled "a fleet of warships of
other powers. At noon the admirals
barge flying General Grants flag as ex-
president and conveying the general and
wife, Prince Dati, Minister Bingham and
Minister Yoshida, slowly pushed for the
shore, and on the instant every naval ves-
sci manned yards and fired the American
national salute. The day was as beautiful
as days of which we dream-a blue, cloud
less sky, a soothing, tapping sea. The sud
den transformation from this sleepy, lazy,
silent summer day into the turbulence and
changer of war; the roar of cannon, the
music-every band playing an American
air-the manned yards, the officers on
deck in full dress and saluting the barge
as it passed, the cheers OF the multitude
thronging the shore, the fantastic day Ire
works, the cannon smoke banking into
clouds, the barge moving with slow, steady
stroke, all formed brilliant and extraor.
binary scene.
AS the admiralty steps were approached
there in waiting stood the imperial princes,
the ministers and the high officials of the
realm, in the splendor of their rank and
station. AS the general stepped on shore
( the japanese guns Numbered their greet
! ing, the bands played The Star Spangled
Banner, and Mr.. Iwakura, the venerable
prime minister, advanced, and taking the
generals hand in the name of the emperor
J welcomed him to Japan. Reaching Tokyo
after an hour in the train, the city au
thorties met us with an address, and the
mikado's state carriage, through contin
uous, double line of infantry standing al
[ present, conveyed the general to the i'm
perial palace of Enriokwan."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-14
Extreme Delicacy.

The man who always looks good natured
was in a particularly glowing mood as he
remarked:
81 closed first rate deal yesterday; sold
piece of property at big advance on the
original price. never should have bought
it in the first place If 1t had not been for
the fancy my wife took to 1t. / tell you
it's always a good idea to get your wife s
advice about any business you may have
on hand"
eyes," replied Mr.. Meekton. 81 have
always thought it was good idea where
1t is practicable.
ooh, 1 see You are facetious You
mean that man may be unmarried.
"No. / was thinking of my own case. "
"Don't you ask your wife's adviceS'
81 used to. But don't any more.
"Didn't 1t turn out wellp'
"Oh, yes. But circumstances have
changed
"You don't mean to say that you and
she have had "a diiferenceY''
mo, indeed | shouldn't think of differ.
ence But ! shouldn't ask her advice
about any business for fear of having my
motives msconstrucd You see, Henrietta
has been studying law, and If were to
ask her advice she might think was try
| ing TO take advantage Of our relationship
| to get something for nothing Washing
ton Star
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-14
AN OLD NEVADA TRAGEDY.
The Fight Between Bodien and Chimsy
at the Bodie saloon.

at saw a great deal of killing In one
form or another and a heap of savage
fights In Neyada's mountains" said Cap
tain William Mason, once of the Comstock
lode and "a score of other lodcs In the sill
yer State, but for surprise and horror the
fight between Bodlen and Chimay in the
Bodie saloon lay over anything else by
long odds. IL Was about midnight that
the men foll 90 shonting-what II was
about Gorge, nOw--but the saloon was
running fun last and there was scat
tering 20 get out Of the way Of the shots
But the shooting was oil on one side for
the cylinder Of Chimay pistol wouldn' {
reyolye, and BOdlcn sent shots into him un
I'll Chlmay fell with holes enough in him
10 have let out three lives He was carried
into a back room and laid out on the floor
10 wait for the coroner, and then every
body went back into the front part Of the
saloon, and the games and drinking went
on as lively as before.
"Bodlen, as the winner, was naturally
popular and good deal looked mp to that
night, and had good many invitations
10 drink, and he set EN- up himself OIL
and on. He was standing at the bar with
group around him, the hero of the night.
| OF sudden the door of the back room
| WntI6 1nlllug btNu away OPOhSNj
| and the first man that looked gave yell
| like an Indian and nearly fell backward
| and the rest of us felt like doing the same
| thing when we saw that 1t was Chimay
standing there, pistol in hand, looking
| around. He saw the man he wanted, and
| by this time every body between him and
| Bodlen had got out of the way. He raised
his pistol and Bodlen pulled his, and the
shots rang out again, but this time Chi
mays pistol cylinder revolved and at his
second shot Bodlen dropped his pistol,
staggered and went down on his face, shot
through the heart. Chimay watched him
fall, and then his pistol dropped from his
hand and he fell backward into the room,
| a corpse for good this time.
"For clear nerve and resolution what
Chimay had done beat anything / ever
knew Of Left to himself, he had revived
picked up his pistol, taken 1t apart, fixed
the cylinder so that 1t would work, and
then came out and shot his man. That
was specimen chip of Nevada in the ole
days. New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-14
Our Big Country.

The distance across the United States Is
found to be $685. geographical miles
from the lighthouse six miles north OF
Cape May to the lighthouse six miles south
of Punta Arenas, Cal, following the thirty
niuth parallel of latitude as closely as pos
sible. This is conceded to be about the
mean breadth of the country. A glance
ut the map will show that the United
States Is much wider toward the north
and much narrower toward the gulf coast,
but the thirty ninth parallel Is about as
fair an average as can be drawn. The
measurements were made by triangulation
that is, by taking observations from
fixed landmarks and verifying them by
astronomical tests. The distance across
the continent thus obtained Is 14O feet
longer than that reported by Bessels in
1866, and % feet longer than that reported
by Professor Clark in 1s66.-Chicago
Record.