Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-10-26


Rocky Bar Monday.
This community has been blessed
with copious rains the past week.
C. w. Watson, foreman of the FL
more mill, had one Of his fingers
badly crushed by a rock-breaker a
few days ago.
Casey, Holland & Smoot will
hereafter deliver lumber for $50,
425 and s35 per thousand. and
shingles at $3.50 per thousand.
Hike Gould last Monday sold to
wm. McKim, for 1925, one-year
old dog of the st. Bernard breed.
He is a large "beauty OF bulldog"
and weighs 155 pounds.
Whites team, loaded with Ophir
mill machinery, got stuck on the
Ophir grade last Monday, and in
consequence the road was blocked
nearly all day Tuesday.
Last weeks Silver City Avail
anche announced that j. G. Kemp
van Ee was seriously i'll at that
place. All over this way hope that
his recovery may be speedy.
Let the people Of Little Gilmore
show her voting strength on the 9Th
of November by every man going to
the polls and casting ballot for
the adoption Of the constitution.
The present spell Of weather"
may be warning to all in these
mountains to prepare for winter.
Therefore, lay in six months sup
ply Of grub and fuel, If you can.
The Ladies' Guild will meet next
Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock
At Mrs. Payne's residence. All la
dies interested in the welfare Of the
Church and Sunday school are re-
quested to attend.
Casey, Holland & Shoots teams
daily deliver immense sawed tim
bers Mt the Ophir works, and Mr..
Thexton is pushing the new mill
buildings to completion with all
possible dispatch.
Bear in mind that if you vote for
the constitution yon vote for State
hood--and Statehood means flow
Of money and people into Idaho
yet not experienced by the Oldest
Mossback in our midst.
Special Land and Timber Agent
Tyner, was in Rocky Bar the past
week, and also visited Atlanta.
Complaints had been made to the
Interior Department regarding
waste of timber in this section, but
Mr.. Tyner has found little founda-
ton for the complaints.
Gus Rikewine, one of the boy
cotters of the BULLETIN ut Mount
ain Home, silly skipped away from
that place a short time ago, leaving
his business partner, poor, sick but
honest Joe Vanderpool, to face an
army of creditors. The goods of
the firm are now under attachment.
Adjoining the BULLETIN Office
workmen are laying the foundation
for the Odd Fellows hall. 1t will
be 24x60 feet--the upper story to
be occupied by the Odd Fellows
and the first floor to be rented for
business purposes. Weather per-
uniting, this building will be ready
for occupancy within six weeks.
The Board Of County Commits
sioners of Alturas has decided that
inasmuch as there is no provision of
law for the constitutional election,
nor for the payment of the expense
incurred for said election, that the
Board take no action in the matter.
Hence there will be no election held
on the 9th in Alturas, and ii will be
no credit to that once famous
county.
At the intersection of the John,
Boyle and Jim Blaine mining loca-
tons there is an immense body Of
ore croppings-so large indeed that
its extent is not yet known. Good
assays have been had from this
rock and the owners purpose in q
few days to have about five tons
worked at Reeser's mill in order tc
obtain its true value. Should they
realize only SO ton from this rock
the owners, Messrs. Fitzgerald
Towne, Boyle, Downey and coch
rane would have cause to feel thai
they possessed big bonanza.
A few weeks ago w. ]. Turner
who attempts to run n hotel il
Mountain Home, circulated papel
binding the signers thereof to boy
colt the GILMORE BULLETIN. Out o
list of fifty-eight subscribers a
that place Turner succeeded in OBJ
tanning 7 signatures. This boycottin.
document was mailed to US Will
the request that we send bill for tn
amount due from each boycotter
Their names were promptly eraseC
and bills forwarded, yet up to THU
date three of the noble seven hav'
failed TO respond. The BuLLgTrl
man is proud to know that he ha
many warm personal friends il
Mountain Home and would fain le
the world know the names of suel
scrubs in their midst, but if thu.
do not promptly respond he vii
feel Il his duty to expose then