The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-15
General Boise Notes.

Many of the sidewalks on Main street
are being paved with cement, put down sc
as to resemble stone. 1t looks well and
some property owners are having good
pavements taken up to give place to it.
On Friday evening last we had a thunder
shower with the first rain in about two
months. 1t was accompanied with wind
that shook hundreds of bushels of fruit
from the trees. There is more left than
will be sold or used.
The officers at the barracks conceived the
idea of running ditch diagonally along the
I foot hills in the rear of the military post,
with the view of tapping blind springs, or
in other words, springs known to exist but
running beneath the earth's surface, and
conveying them to the reservation with the
view of irrigating the grounds and obtain
ing supply of pure water. They have sue
ceeded beyond their most sanguine ex-
pectations, and it is probable that another
year will make the reservation one of the
most attractive places in the country.
An old prospect near Idaho City, which
for more than twenty years has been aban-
doned as worthless, has been relocated and
found to be rich in tin. 1t is owned by
Hon. George Alnslie. William b. Hepburn,
Esq, and DR.. a. d. Bivens, the two latter
of North Idaho.
The water in Boise river is very low and
there are places between this city and the
mouth of the stream where the bottom is
said to be entirely dry.
There has been considerable talk about
the establishment of new Democratic
daily in this city. There are many cliques
and rings and each was intent upon getting
its control, so thai its establishment is
doubtful. If established at all it must be
by northern capital. Pocatello is as near
as Democratic daily should be published
to this city until the men of another genera
ton shall control the organization, pro
vided it can survive that length Cf
time its many misfortunes. We
say misfortunes, for that is the word that
expresses the situation. Some of these
leaders are too inexperi-
enced, others old and cranky, and there are
enough of the worthless class to keep the
sensible men in hot water all of the time. !
We have some new leaders from the out
side, residents of North Idaho, and it is to
be hoped that more discipline will prevail
in the future. They will find the Demo
cratic party of Idaho hard mass of men
to control. New methods, however, may
avail, bnt we cannot conceive what they
may be.
News comes from Rocky Bar that the
camp is again lively-that the Albatros
company are running forty of its fifty
S amps, the Wide West twenty, while
smaller mills is pounding away at gold
ore. The work of development goes on in
in an encouraging manner, and the camp is
in prosperous condition.
There have been several transactions in
real estate in this city of late, encouraging
in their character. The Jacobs corner sold
on Tuesday last for $4,000 cash, which
would be about seven thousand five hun
bred dollars for the naked lot.
Hon. Joseph Rich, of Montpelier, Bear
Lake county, is in the city with his young
daughter. He comes on professional bus
mess and will be here three or four days
If the convention were in session he would,
of course, be charged with attempting to
it. Mr.. Rich has been many
times a member of our legislature.
Rr-y