Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-05
SATURDAY, April 5, 1890.
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Several cruel jokes were played
upon the unsuspecting on ''all fools
day"
Jake Reeser and Cy. Smith
started for Boise City Last Monday
morning.
Sunday-school will hereafter meet
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the
court house.
The House passed the Wyoming
admission bill on the 9th. idaho
next.
Speaking much is q sign of van
ity, for he that is lavish in words is
niggard in deed.
Miss Ada Wooten arrived here
from Caldwell Tuesday, on n a visit
to her sister, Mrs. VIM. Mackey.
John Goodyear, popular mix
ologist," has charge Of the Alturas
saloon during the absence of Cy.
Smith.
Mike Johnson and wife have gone
} down to their ranch below Pine
Grove, where they will remain a
month or more.
Major Cavanah will return from
the east in time for the meeting of
the Commissioners on the 18th,
provided no unusual railroad de-
lays occur.
Mrs. Joe Doney and Mrs. Henry
Warren departed Tuesday morning
for Beloit, Wis, on visit to their
invalid mother and other relatives.
These ladies will be absent several
months.
.'Boney" Contancin has sold his
interest in the Gilmore Saloon to his
former partner, j. Stedman, who,
aided by A. III. Stedman, will run
this popular resort as heretofore
in first-class manner.
Atlanta people will ask for an
appropriations from the Board Of
commissioners at their next meet
ing to build a better wagon road
from the Bar to that place-and
they should secure it without diff
Guilty.
Messrs. Abbott, Jackson. White
and other interested parties have
commenced the construction of q
ferry boat to be used at the Jackson
crossing on the South Boise river.
They hope to have il in readiness
for use before high water occurs.
Considerable interest is mani
tested by our people in the Sunday
evening meetings Of those inclined
10 exercise their vocal musical
powers. Last Sabbath night about
90 ladies and gentlemen assembled
at the court house, and with Miss
Baxter presiding at the organ the
evening was spent in pleasurable
manner.
Major Cavanah and Captain Bax-
ter left Baker City on the 9th ult.
for New York, for the purpose Of
purchasing quartz mill and saw
mill machinery for the Shake Creek
mines, near Rocky Bar, which have
been sold to a wealthy eastern com
pany. 1t is proposed TO get this
machinery on the ground as soon as
the roads will permit.
Usher Chase and Lew Fergerson
last week went up TO Trinity lakes,
~ miles from this town, and brought
Ia over 100 pounds of fine noun
tain trout, which they readily sold
at 80 cents per pound. After
shoveling ten or twelve feet Of snow
and cutting through several feet
Of ice, they were kept busy hooking
the speckled beauties until they
had secured all they wished to pack
on their backs. The same parties
returned to the lakes Monday last.
RAY Ethel is an honest lad.
Tuesday, while sitting N the office
of the Alturas Hotel, Ray noticed
what he supposed TO be paper
money lying on the floor near the
safe. On picking it up two fifty
dollar bills were revealed, and the
honest hearted little fellow imme-
diately sought the proprietor Of the
house, John Gilman. and informed
him of his find. Mr. Gilman did
not know the owner of the cash, but
he did remember that b. Contanein
was the last person with whom he
had money transaction. The
matter being reported TO "Boney"
he examined his wallet and to his
utter dismay found that he was
short just an even 800 Mr. Con-
tancin offered to reward Ray with a
$40 bill, but the boy remarked that
lac didn't want to be paid for do
ing an honest act.
Up here in these golden noun
tains, although the first week in
April. we don't yet bask under
cloudless skies; the orange trees
don't vet bud and blossom, filling
the air with fragrance; roses don't
yet bloom in tropical luxuriance,
and mocking birds don't yet trill
their lays of spring-time; strawber-
ries are not vet ripe and fresh vege-
tables do not abound But not
withstnndinp all these "don'tsn our