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by Boise City parties, lias recently been surveyed for the purpose of securing a patent. It lies west of the Carrie ta*onard, on the opposite side of the gulch, and the owners intend to put a small force of men at work immediately. Thecompany also owns other locationsin the immediate vicinity, and will, during the season, do a considerable amount of work.The Alma mine, on the hillside opposite the Tvrannis, has been worked during the past winter by Charles Mutton and Joseph Pierson, who leased the mine from the owners in November last. Four tons of first class and a large quantity of concentrating ores were gotten out, the former being shipped to Hailey for sale. Work has been suspended for a few days, but tin* leasers will soon resume operations, and expect to make a good clean up before the snow Hies.SMOKY ITEMS.Considerable inquiry is made as to the Ketchum and Smoky mail route, and the establishment of the is line anxiously looked forward to.Dan Beaton, the driver of the Hailey stage to Smoky, arrived last week all broke up. He said he made the trip over the “cut-off, but would never do it again. The old road was bad enough in all seasons, but the alleged short cut was so crooked that he grew crosseyed trying to keep his team in the road.1). E. Jones of Ketchum is erecting a line building, forty-two feet front by thirty deep, to be used as a hotel. It will completed in about two weeks, when he will be prepared to furnish all comers with good, wholesome meals and comfortable sleeping quarters. Bud. Reynolds, formerly at the Springs, has the construction of the house in hand. At present Mr. Jones occupies a log building and has many patrons. There is just enough business for one restaurant, and David .-ompletely fills the bill.Charley Davis, postmaster, store secper and general rustler, will this summer erect an additional house. His store is the general gathering dace of the camp and does a good msiness. K 1. Steventon is to be bund here as clerk, and has made iianv friends during his short stay n camp.Freighters arc charging $10 a on to bring supplies into camp rom Hailey, and it causes no little 'rumbling among those who haveTHE SMOKY MAIL ROUTE.An Effort Being Made to Have It's Establishment Abandoned.Some weeks ago, in compliance with instructions from the postal department, Postmaster Williams received a number of bids for carrying the mail on a new route to be established between Ketchum and Smoky, once a week, to commence Julv 1st. Seven bids were tendered and this has been the last heard of them. It seemed somewhat strange that no advice had been received from the depattmcnt and a well grounded suspicion was formed that some underhand work was going on. and there is every reason to believe that there has been. .Smoky is now supplied with a mail service at present from Hailey, the contractor being V. II. Pease, who receives $0f»O per year for the same, and has sub-let the contract to Dan Beaton, owner of the stage line. Mr. Benton's interests are naturally enough with Hailey and the statement made bv him* mduring the week to a resident of Ketchum will possibly explain why nothing has been heard concerning the new mail route. He says that he has made an offer to the department to carry the mail from Hailey to Smoky, three times a week for the additional sum of $;!lt;0 and that the second assistant postmaster general has been informed by him ami several influential citizens of Hailey that there is no necessity of a mail route from Smoky to Ketchum, as nearly all the letters are sent to Hailey and that the road is impracticable for travel. Mr. Beaton also states that parties in Ketchum have joined in making this statement to the department. Can it be possible that such is a fact! Our informant is a gentleman well known in town, hi* word can be safely relied upon, and the above statement was made to him bv Mr. Beaton personally. If suchw m wis the case, the department should be promptly notified that the statement is false in every particular. A mail route to Smoky from Ketchum is an urgent necessity and will give more satisfaction to the people there than tin* present service, as it will arrive several hours sooner. The manner adopted to defeat the establishment of the route shows more than anything else the fear of a rival that his business will suffer.HvmeneAl.(
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The Ketchum Keystone
Ketchum, Idaho, US
Sat, Jul 02, 1887
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