The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-24
IDAHO NEWS.
Items of Interest Taken From Our
State Exchanges.

OoVeTaI patients were discharge
from the Blackfoot insane asylul
last week, being pronounced cure
by DR.. Moore.
! A one-year-old child Of Mr.. an
Mrs. w. E. Young, of Ross Eorl
died recently from the effects (
swallowing small iron bolt.
Pocatello is experiencing a mil
boom. Several new business build
ings are in course of erection, an
there is not an idle man in the town
A man about so years of age b
the name of Lee died on the trail
at Glenn's Ferry Sunday morning
He had been in the hospital at Or
den and was on his way to Payette
where he had been employed al
section boss.
AT Pocatello, several days ago, 8
man was arrested charged with lar
ceny of water. His offense consisted
in appropriating a bucket of water
from neighbours hvdrant. He was
tried before jury aud found guilty
of the alleged crime.
Charlie Butler, the 14.year-old
son of R. F. Butler of HALEY, sus.
tanned compound fracture of the
right leg Tuesday night while he was
playing" Run. sheep, run" Several
of the boys were trying to catch him
when he ran against a post.
The brick portion of the Arch
Light saloon, one of the oldes,
buildings in Boise, collapsed Mon.
day night. There were Is men in
the wrecked portion of the building
when the crash came. Herbert
Alderman was killed and several
others were injured.
Boise is experiencing the usual
spring floods. Monday afternoon
4 break occurred in the Cottonwood
dume just above Warm Springs
avenue submerging several hundred
;eet of the street. A number OF
dwellings, were damaged. The walls
and foundations of several will
nave to be rebuilt.
Jack Davis, alias diamond Field
lack" who has been on trial at AL
'ion, since April 5th for the murder
If John C. Wilson, a sheep herder
IN Deep Greek, Cassia county, il
February of last year, has been
ound guilty Of murder in the first
legree. The jury was out little
ess than two hours. The pris-
'ner smiled when the verdict was
nnounced.
Boise Statesman w. D. Stout,
Who has just returned from a
months trip along the Snake river.
eports activity in the placer mines.
lie says there are 20 men at work
i've miles above Walters Ferry
tho are averaging from 81 to $1Oa
ay each on the bar at that place.
his is on the south side of the
liver and is about two miles long.
aving some ~ locations upon it.
he pay ground lies under a light
oil which is moved by scrapers
nd teams. The gravel is wheeled
, the river and rocked with water
aised by wheels. The best gravel
ans about SO to the ton.
The Idaho Canal Co. has awarded
ne contract to the Corey Brothers
o. of Salt Lake for the construc.
on of Is miles of canal and the
of two masonry dams
he Idaho Canal Co. has the con-
act from the government and gave
sub contract to the Corey Bros
he work is to be i'm the Snake river
llley, the canal beginning at Black
OF and running south to the Ross
Drk. The masonry dams will b.
tilt in the latter stream and art
r raising the water up to the level
the great tract Of farming land
ne work is government work, the |
nd TO be watered being parts OF |
e Bannock and Shoshone Indian
The work will involve
e expenditure Of about $4,000 !
is summer. I
Silver City Avalanche: At the }
n term of the district court in !
is county. Messrs. A. A. Berg and
lilo Nette brought a civil action r
ainst E. H. Dewey, J. H. Galley =
d J. NJ. Guffey, for the unlawful i
traction of $500 tons of ore from i
aintiffs' ground, and damages y
re claimed at $25O,O0O. The q
Sc was continued. This week the j
.erested parties met at Boise and
ected compromise. The dis i,
ted ground was portion of the +.
orida Mountain Mining Com a
ny's group, and known as the Ii
orida Hill claim. On January +,
!, 1893, Messrs. Berg and Nette f
coated the lode. calling it the 5,
[ammer," alleging that the annual Fl
,essment work for '92 was no, "
As we understand the d
ms of the settlement, Messrs b
re- and Nette have decided all
,ir rights and interests to the Flor
Mountain Company, thus giving N
endents peaceable and undis. al
ted nOssession. The price paid II