Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-07-21

Mrs. HOWE departed Tor Salt
Lake Sunday last
Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Orebaugh
departed Monday on a visit to
Washington.
Tantphaus, the 0wyhee canal
contractor. il this week on q visit
at Idaho Falls.
Ex-editor Currey came up from
Glenn's Ferry and spent the past
week with his family.
Mrs. McAtee returned with Jim
from Boise and they left for Rocky
Bar Tuesday morning.
Dan Fitzwater is now nursing a
very sore finger caused by rope
attached to fractions horse.
Billy Gilbert shot and killed Jim
Turner in the Free Roll saloon in
Boise ON the night Of the 18th.
Mrs. J. e. wilkins has been
quite sick the past week but Ii now
convalescent, we are glad to learn.
John Clark acted az night watch
man during Constable Rinehar.'s
absence at Smiths prairie on off,
cial business.
- Reynolds Il Shaw have just
received q large lot Of handsome
screen doors. which are just the
thing for fiy-time.
Herb Howeth, Geo. Bell and
Bob Maize returned from their pros.
pecting trip on the upper Bruneau
ON Wednesday evening.
George Kelly of Mayfield, after
an absence Of about year in the
east trying 10 sell q big band Of
horses, returned here Friday.
Wilson. of Washington. has in
troduced in the House bill for the
purchase of all railways and tele-
graph lines by the government.
Jim Stewart and Hugh Riley
two veteran Rocky Bar miners,
have secured contract for running
shout 100 feet of tunnel in the
Gold King mine at Dixie.
Mountain Home Lodge No. Is K.
of p, Monday night installed the
following new officers: J. A. Purtill
C. c.; Z. NJ. Wolfe, v. c.: II. C
Madison. X. of r. and g.; r. F
Whitney, 0. g.; VIM. Hanley, I. q
II. A. Howeth will in few DAYS
return to his placer claims lac
miles from Min Home, on the head
waters of the owpnee river, in Ne
vada. He and Geo. House. Jack
Hill and Chas. Combes have located
$40 acres Of ground that prospects
well, and having plenty of watel
they will soon commence ground
sluicing.
Captain Geo. w. Hill would make
a good senator for Elmore county
in the State legislature. He is a
pioneer of this county, man o
large experience and sound Demo
cratic views, of irreproachable char
acter and would be an honor to oul
people in the Idaho Legislature
Will Captain Hill please step intt
the ring7
4. A. Stevenson stood by Littl,
Gilmore in her hour of need, anC
our people should never forget bis
services. He would have been
elected Governor two years ago hat
he been the nominee Of the Democ
racy. Give him the place at tn,
head of the ticket on August Is
and the Democracy will surel,
march to victory.
An opportunity is now offered tn
railroad companies TO do an &C
which will go far towards allayinl
the hostile feeling that the genera
public entertains for monopolies
Practically the railroad companie
have won the fight-and they shout,
be magnanimous, as they can wei
afford to be. They should say +
the men: LET by-gones be by
gone" The men who in the pas
have given faithful service; VIII
are skillful. competent and indus
trious, should now be put to worl
again--not merely for the presen
until their places can be filled b,
others-but permanently. Such al
act would go quite way towar,
squaring the railroad companies il
public estimation.
M. 8. Comes to-day SHES hi
castor into the political field TO
county treasurer. Manuel is on
of our best citizens and most en-
terprising business men, and shout,
he be successful in this particu la
desire he would have no difficult,
in giving the enormous bond tina
is required to occupy this RESPONSE
BILE position. Better men than NJ
8. Comes are very scarce anywhere
Joe Alden, an aged rancher O.
Smiths prairie, arrived here Tues
day in a somewhat dilapidated cor
dition. On Monday he found ma
named Charles Morgan on his prem
Uses with mower and cutting hi
hay. Alden rode over 10 Morgal
and protested against his unlawful
conduct. Morgan thereupon pickle,
up a claw-hammer and struck tn
old man with IL IN the head infiirt