The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-20
BOISE CITY.
Small Houses at Lower Rent are
Sadly Needed.
Preparing for the Coming Political Battle
Exhaustive and Interesting Report on
the Mining Situation.

BOISE CITY, Idaho, Jan. 19.-[Special cor
respondence of THE HERALD. While in
business circles there has been something
of a lull following the activities of the holi-
days, still trade is good in BOISE, and the
outlook so far is extremely promising.
Every indication points to an unusually
prosperous year. While the year 1891 wit
messed quite building boom in the capital
city, the year 1892 will far outstrip it in
this regard as far as the number of build
ings go. Sonna's new block, handsome
brick joining onto the opera house, is near
ing completion, and every room in it is
already taken. The lower part will be
used as stores, one of the upper stories is
rented by the Y. NJ. G. A. and will be
fitted up for reading room and gymnasium
while the other is fitted up for offices. The
Boise National bank building will be ready
for occupancy by the middle of February.
Tie United States court has secured com
modious quarters in this handsome struct-
ure. Architects say they are kept quite
busy on plans for prospective buildings
that will be erected the coming summer.
| What the town needs more than anything
else in the way of building is for some
man to build quite number of cheap cot
tages that will rent for from IS to SO a
mouth. At present rents are entirely too
high, and people won't stand them much
longer.
THE BOARD OF TRADE
met last week, planned out it's work for
the year and elected it's directors The
following were chosen: a. r. Andala j
w. Daniels, Nathan t'alk, G.. A. Clark,
Bi, shop Glorrieaux, r. q. johnson, John
Lemp, G. w. Moore, w. H. Rldenbaugh
Peter Soma, J. r. De Lamar. The board
will raise from 81, 500 to 50, 600 which thew
will eXpend IN judicious advertising OF the
city. The board is an active and vigorous
one and much of the prosperity of BOISE is
due to their efficient services in advertis-
ing the resources and possibilities of the
town.
The projectors of the north and south
railroad are very enthusiastic over the
prospects of the building of the road. A
meeting of the board of directors will be
held in this city on the 9th of February.
Arrangements will be made for the com.
pletion of the surveys The road will pass
through one of the best timbered portions
of Idaho. As it Is well known that j. r
De Lamar, who 10 reputed to be worth
quite large sum of money, is interested il
this road. it will very likely prove a sue.
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will interest number of eastern capital
lists in the road while he is travelling abou
in the east.
THE POLITICAL SKY
in this section of the state is already dark
ening with the clouds of coming battle
Democrats claim that they have quite al
advantage by reason of the fights amons
Repu blicans and the recent scandals con.
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} the muzzle with ammunition, and wait ONLY
the signal of battle to fire broadside afte
broadside into the enemy's ranks. 1t is no
probable, however, that the Democracy O
Ada county will do much before the meet
ing of the national Democratic committee
Then the Democratic state committee will
be called together to fix the times an
: places of holding the two state copven
tions, one for electing delegates to tn
4 national convention, the other to nominal
: state officers. Due notice will be given O
the time of meeting of the state committee
1t will no doubt be held in Boise City.
, MINING MATTERS.
The recent researches and analyses b
Captain Baxter, of Idaho ores submitted t
him, demonstrate beyond REASONABLE
doubt that there is fair amount of tel
lurium in them. This was suspected b
s some of our leading mining men some
, time ago and Captain Baxter has show
t that their suspicious were well ounded
One sample submitted for examinatio
s assayed 2 ounces in gold and ounces i
q silver to the ton, and was found to contai
an admiXture of quartz, pyrite, and sewers
other ingredients, which on concentratio
:, showed no traces of free gold even unde
y the microscope. A chemical test of thi
sample gave the reaction of bismuth, an
after careful and prolonged treatment til
gold was separated in a fine crysta
: lied form. Another sample from the Rock
e Bar mines was found 10 contain both hi,
= muth and tellurium, the former in well-dt
IL fined quantities. The careful attentio
which MIR. Baxter has given to examine
ton of ores taken from prospects nea
n Boise City has greatly encouraged til
10 owners of these claims to prosecute thei
20 work on them, and being assured tbs
20 Boise will have stamp mill and smelte