Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-05-13
$l6,627.65. an increase of %, 5s9. 90,
or IS per oant.

A sawmill, with daily capacity of
5000 feet is being built on Chinook
river. in Pacific county, by Mr.. Will.
son, of Clatskanie, Or, and will saw
to fill local demand.
Tommy Lane, chief of the Puyallup
Indians. was knocked down by hobo
last week, near Puyaliup, and robbed
of twenty cents, two pounds of beef
steak and an umbrella.
The civil service commissioners of
Tacoma have gone over to Seattle to
investigate the methods and familiar
ize themselves with the workings Of
the civil service commission of that
city.
A few days ago, while a workman
was excavating for the Stahl building
in Walla Walla, he found coffin con-
tanning human bones. under the Albeit
building. The new building will be
lower than that of the adjoining struc-
lures. and the coffin was exposed to
view when the exoavators got below
the foundation Of the Albeit building.
A number Of sheepmen from Adams,
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Walla Walla to answer in United
States court the restraining orders re-
Gently served upon them by United
States Deputy Marshal #. J. Parker.
The orders were issued by Judge Han
ford, on application of the receiver of
the Northern Pacific company, who
wishes to stop tresspass upon the COM
pany's lands.
Mrs. James Walters. of Garfield, was
frying eggs for breakfast the other
morning. She broke one into the fry
ing pan and was surprised to see a
small egg inside Of it. Mrs. Walters
took spoon and lifted it out and
found 1t to be a perfectly shaped egg
nearly two inches long and covered
with shell nearly as hard as the
usual egg shell. 1t was inside the yolk
OF the larger egg.
Owing to the fact that the supreme
court has decided that school districts
could not legally validate indebted
ness, as was done in Pullman, the pub
lilo school there closed Friday. The
warrants drawn since the districts
voted to validate are said to be illegal,
and the teachers who sold them have
been asked to take them back. II they
are forced to do this a great hardship
will be worked upon the teachers.
A man by the name of Peterson of
Spokane believes he has a method by
which he can save the fiour gold con,
tanned in rivers, and is building q
plant for that purpose. The water and
! gravel is run through sluice boz
which contains six copper plates. one
upon the other. These will be charged
with quicksilver They are not fiat
surfaces, but are even in waverine
sheets to catch the fine gold. A patent
has been applied for. The machines
will sell for from $3.50 to 5000 apiece.
Idaho.
! A four-foot vein of coal has been dis
covered within four miles of Montpe.
, lier.
The big Boonyille stamp mill will bt
located at De Lamar, and will cos
/ when completed, 800, 600.
Parties coming in from the Nei
Perce reservation say that the rain
: have made the roads impossible.
The base of service supply for tn,
special mail service from Glenn
Ferry to Roseworth, Cassia county
has been changed to Hagerman.
The Consolidated Tiger Poormal
, Mining Company is the Couer
: Alenes have satisfactorily settled thei
losses with the insurance company.
The new cable for the Bunker Hill
81 Sullivan Mining & Concentratin
Company has arrived and is being pu
in place. 1t weighs eight tons and /
d $500 feet in length.
Ten of Lewiston's business firm
4 have become associated to exploit som
, mining claims on Snake river fort
: miles above the city, twelve miles b,
q low the Salmon river, and just opposit
the Oregon and Washington stat
4 boundary. line.
a There is a prospect of the compile
4 tion of the Palouse branch of tn
!, Northern Pacific railroad to Lewiston
| ah dkohb VI lilo COuA HAS De64 i
the field looking over the prospect
. and gathering statistics. He fled th
: : right of way grant from the interie
department for track across the resel
= vation with the county recorder.
!, Montana.
q The. Northern Pacific has receive
q patents for all their lands classified /
. non-mineral land in the Bozeman di
D trict. These patents cover nearl
;, 200, 900 acres.
. There has been received at the Hell,
/. ma land Office 76l patents for lands
that district. of this number 587 al
for agricultural lands, $50 for miner,
and "a for coal lands.
n Articles of incorporation of the ST
yer Bow Mining Company have bee
filed with the secretary of state. Tt
l. company propose to carry on gener,
l. mining business in Silver Bow count
! with the principal Office at Butte. TIL
n capital stock is $780, 600.
The woolmen of Montana at reoer
"a meeting, endorsed the position taken b