Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-09-11

itor here Saturday.
Mrs. John wilkins returned home
from Atlanta last Friday.
The Boise Mail SAYS that Mrs. J.
Fl. Wickersham now occupies her
new dwelling house.
Miss Annie Clark of Boise and
niece of Mrs. VIM f Wilson, il
visiting Miss Leora Lockman in
this place.
~ aides, keep in mind that
Mr.. Fred Epstein of Boise city will
be at Mountain Home about Sep
TENDER 18th with all the latest nov
elites in dress goods, jackets. wraps.
cloaks. etc, which will be sold at
remarkably low figures.
Parties who have recently passed
over the new road along Wood creek
hill on the Rocky Bar road say it is
a great improvement over the old
route inasmuch as it avoids several
heretofore steep pulls and is grad
ual grade from top TO bottom j. n.
johnson did the work for the stage
company and they award him great
credit for the same.
L. P. Anderson came down from
Atlanta Friday evening. on his way
to Boise to attend the grand lodge
of Masons. This is Pete's first visit
to the lower levels i'm five wears, and
he is liable to meet a host of old
time Nevada and Wood river friends
in the capital city who will greet
him in a most cordial manner. He
is reminded that upon his return he
will find the BULLETIN latch-string
hanging outside the door.
Dan Hill a few days ago received
a lettef from Amos Lee, his mining
partner at Neal, in which he speaks
most fiatteringly Of the mines Of
that camp. His mine is showing
up better every day, as depth is at
tanned, but water is now bothering
the workmen and they will soon re-
quire a pump. The ledge Is six
feet wide, three feet of which is very
rich in gold. Mr. Powers has found
a two foot ledge that ASSAYS $177
per ton in gold. The High Five
men have sold their ore to Balbach,
the mill man, for $103 per ton.
| Here is a pointer for our business
men who advertise: A short time
ago the BULLETIN received propo-
sition from Harold w. Phillips, ar
advertising agent at Salt Lake, &c
. run q column or more of advertise.
ments for Salt Lake business firms,
for which we were offered the mag
nificent sum Of three cents per incl
per month, less agents commission
The BULLETIN columns are just 2.
inches in length, and by accepting
the proposition we would derive ,
monthly revenue of 66 cents less thu
! agents commission for publishing
those Salt Lake advertisements
Not wishing to become bloate,
millionaire in the short space o
one month, we indignantly cast thu
proposition into our waste basket
This munificent offer was doubtless
made to all Idaho papers, but Their
is but one paper in the State. so ia
as our observation extends. that ac
cepted and is running these ads
and what we started to say is. tina
il is great injustice to our mer
chants for a paper TO run foreig'
advertisements. TO induce on
people TO send their money ava,
from home. for the miserable pit
lance of three cents per inch whel
at the same time il is chargin
home advertisers 800 per inch pc
month. II is not a square deal, an
our merchants should hereafter re
fuse TO pay all such papers NOR
than the rates charged the Sal
Lake firms. The BULLETIN believe
in maintaining living rates for ii
work, and when it Is driven to tn
necessity Of taking ads and othe
work at such ruinous rates we wi
endeavor to mortgage the plant |
!. some simpleton for double its valu
|. and then retire from the publishin