The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
IDAHO NEWS.
Items of Interest Taken From Our
State Exchanges.

IDAHO NEWS.
Items Of Interest Taken From Our
State Exchanges.
Diphtheria of violent type is
raging at Downey, near Pocatello.
The schools have been closed on
account of the epidemic.
The salaries paid teachers in the
Wallace public schools are higher
than in any other place in the
United States. Aside from the
principal, the salaries run from $40
to $50 per month, With . nice
months school year.
&c. Brandon of Rexburg, Ere.
mont county, has been arrested. for
making false entries in the books
Of assessor and collector while he
filled that Office. H. was taken
before a justice of the peace and
held under $4,000 bonds to await
preliminary examination.
Attorney General Mcfarland
states that, in Kootenai county, he
called the attention Of the grand
jury to thefts of timber from school
lands. The matter is being investi-
gated. A large quantity Of timber,
he saya, has been cut from some
sections. the logs being Aosted into
British Columbix.
Boise is to have . new public
building. It will be erected by the
United States government, and have
the general dimensions of 53x118.
feet. The appropriation for build
ing and site is $500, 900. 1t will be
erected under the direction of James
Knox Taylor, supervising architect
of tho U. s. Treasury Department.
The combined offer Of $25, 900
reward for the capture and convic.
ton of the murderers OF F. D.
Whitney, who was killed at Gem,
Idaho, last November, has been the
means of bringing into the Ceur
d'Alenes, some Of the most noted
man hunters iu the country. 1t is
said that no fewer than q dozen de.
tectives from the east and west are
working on the case, in addition to
local talent.
Idaho World: Dell Shearer and
Hugh Mcmahon struck the Buffalo
ledge eight or ten days ago, east OF
the pay chute, and last Tuesday
struck pay ore, but are not to the
main chute. The ledge is seven
feet wide and will mill $12 or $14
per ton. When the tunnel is driven
underneath the old works it will be
at a depth of 200 feet.
Boise Sentinel: Ed. Smith of the
state land department returned this
week from Blackfoot where he went
to conduct sale of state lands. OF
nearly ten thousand acres offered
for sale. buyers appeared for only
5l4 acres. The price, SIS per acre,
seems to be too high to induce 9
rush of buyers until the prosperity
wave" reaches a greater velocity.
Died On the Train.
A special from Weiser, April 4th
SAYS: ION the arrival Of the west
bound train here to-day the dead
body of an aged woman was taken
off and left in the freight depot until
further arrangements can be made.
The old lady died on the train east
of here. She was Mrs. Jennie Nulty
and Was on her way from Yates
Center, Kan, to Tacoma, Wash"
Large Cattle Sale.
Boise Statesman: John LemE
has just closed the sale Of 1900
head of cattle to Thurston Hntchin'
of Mountain Home. These include
three different bands that are or
the range in the vicinity Of Middle
ton. The purchase price was $50,
600, or an average of $25 per head
| including the calves. Mr.. Hutchin'
| will shortly remove the entire bane
to Camas prairie.
A Sad Accident.
Malad Enterprise: A sad acciden
| occurred Sunday by which Mrs
| Childers' daughter, Rachael Pea
body, aged about 10 years, came t
her death. 1t seems the child va
out gathering eggs and entered tn
rranary, which has loose hoard il
the floor, and by opening the doc
the board can be raised and the egg
gathered from beneath the floor
| The child had evidently done this
and when she was reaching dow
for the eggs. with her head thrus
through the hole, by some mean
sbe must have closed tho door caus
ing the board. which was . heav!
one, to fell and pin her neck in tn
hole, which caused her death. TWEEN
" minutes must have elapsed be
fore Mrs. Childers missed the child
and whom she went to look for he
she found her dead.
i The following 10 . statement 9
receipts and expenditures Of the on
tertainment given by the Ketehur
Juvenile Dramatic Club April 1st
Il RECEIPT6.
Receipts from play, ball and supper $oo
EXPENDITURES.