The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-21
IDAHO NEWS.
Items Of Interest Taken From On,
State Exchanges.

Wheat is selling at Idaho Falls
at .O3 cash.
] Hon. John HALEY has purchased
and taken possession of the Sho.
shone Meat Market.
There were about $50 cars of cat.
tie and SO cars of sheep shipped
from Shoshone last week.
Pocatello is to have a new Jail
The steel corridors were made by
the Anaconda Copper Mining com.
pany and cost nearly 81 900.
| North Idaho gamblers have raised
fund and begun proceedings
against the anti-gambling law of the
state. Hon. J. w. Reid Of Lewiston
has undertaken the case for them.
The Idaho Democrat mine, stu
ated six miles west of HALEY, was
sold last week to Boston capitalists.
Thomas Brennan, one Of the former
owners. will continue in charge as
superintendent of the mine.
Boise Democrat H. B. Eastman
and Al. Macnsb, who accompanied
James Shoup to Alaska to properly
install him as the U. S. Marshal Of
that territory, got back here Friday.
They went as far as Dyea. The re.
turned Boiseitas say that no one
should start for Klondyke until
next spring.
The HALEY Times says Hill &
Ballentine, of Bellevue, have become
interested in the Minnie Moore tail.
ings as sub-leasers. They put
through about SO tons per day, and
make about II to 2 tons of concen.
trates. These will probably prove
to be worth about $50 per ton,
while the daily expenses will prob
ably not foot up over $50. The
sub-lessees will therefore do very
we'll.
Pocatello Tribune: Reports from
Soda Springs say that not less than
1000 carloads of sheep will be ship
ped from that place this fall. This
means at least 100000 head of
sheep, yet strange to relate the as
SCISSOR found less than l6, 900 head
Of sheep in the entire county. OIL
course some Of the sheep at Soda |
may be vagrant herds but certainly |
not all of them.
Pocatello Tribune: A sad case of
restitution and desertion foated
INTO town in q rickety old wagon
and behind a sorry old team yester-
lay. 1t was Thomas Blalock and
1is six children, the youngest q
,ube Of two years and the Oldest
ess than IA years. Blalock told
,itiful tale. With his wife and
he started out from Mont
,elier about ten days ago, heading
or Washington where he hoped to
,uild home and wiring a living
rom the soil. The second day out
lis wife deserted him and the chill
rem and, without a word, went of
nth a Cokeville sport. He tried
0 induce her to return but in vain,
nd then came on. He arrived here
lex and destitute, his children help
ess and uncared for and was COM
elled to appeal to the county for
id.
An Indignation meeting was held
y the citizens of Paris Wednesday
light over the brutal assault, Mon
ay, of Jas. H. Wallis, of the Post,
y Deputy Sheriff Neibaur. All the
men of the community
ere present. A committee was ap-
ointed to draft resolutions. Spirit
speeches were made denouncing (,
he outrage in question as the worst
yer committed there, as it appeared {
, be the result of a conspiracy. {
resolution denounced Joseph A. 4
'eibaur as the actual perpetrator /,
the crime, and Joel Rich as
n alder and abettor, by accompany a
Y Neibaur to the place where the T
lime was committed, and standing
lere during the commission of the g
lime without making the least at r
mpt to prevent it. The dismissal
both Neibaur and Rich from the
,eritf 8 employ was demanded.
One Child Kills Another. q
A sad accident occurred at Boise O
Tedaesday by which Peter Lubkensl b
,e 3-year-old son of Mrs. George 8
ubken, was accidentally killed by l.
alter Hagenbaugh, about the same Fl
ze. The latter had a small rifle, f
I'd in some way discharged it 80
at the ball struck his companion Il
the head. l
Subjects For a Reform School.
A correspondent of the Shoshone q
,urnal from Hagerman says: Sew :!
al years ago law was passed for u
e erection of a Home of Refuge q
a Reformatory for bad boys, but q
r the want of funds it has never q
en carried out but it ought to be. e.
MS valley could furnish several be. U
zen ten and seventeen that would 9
axe good subjects for start. A u