Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-07-22

~ was on our streets rrlUdy.
Forest fires are raging west of us
and the sky is filled with smoke.
w. V. Helfrich made business
trip Saturday to Cold Spring creek.
Harry Madison came in Monday
night from business trip to Rocky
Bar and Atlanta.
Professor Mullins and family
went to Bliss last Thursday, to
spend about month.
| Jack Mullen, of Rocky Bar an ex-
soldier, has gone to Boise to be adj
to the Soldiers Home.
| Geo. A. Mccormick departed Mon
day evening for HALEY, where he
will remain for ten days or more
The wool clip of this section is
nearly all in at Rice & Cos plat
form. Mr.. Shields informs us that
it will foot up 100000 pounds.
DIR. James Dawson, after spending
about a week with his family in
this place, started west to-day in
the interest of his Cincinnati drug
house.
Mrs. M. Young and two children,
of Santa Cruz, Cali, passed through
this place Saturday en- route to At
lanta, on a visit to Mrs. Bobo, her
sister.
Mrs. Smith received cablegram
from her son, A. G. Smith, last
Saturday, announcing that he had
safely arrived at Liverpool. Bert
is on his way to Australia to take
charge of one of J. c. Kemp van Ee's
mines.
The red-hot tariff sheets in this
country, which have been lamenting
"free WOOL" and shouting that the
industry was being ruined, will be
pleased to learn that the wool clip
Of Australia is 6000,OO0 pounds
short this year.
Judge CIaggett, Capt. Gum and
J. H. Anderson, Idaho delegates to
the Popullst National Convention,
passed through this place Saturday
evening, on their way to St. Louis.
They are all enthusiastic in support
of Bryan for President.
A public examination for teachers
certificates will be held in the Pro-
bate Judges office, Mountain Home,
commencing Thursday, August 6.
Superintendent Sprag1e requests
all those who desire or expect to
teach in the county next year to re-
port at his Office promptly on the
above date.
Senator Teller will take the stump
for Bryan and Sewall In a
lengthy congratulatory letter to Mr..
Bryan, Senator Teller concludes as
follows at will afford me pleasure
to place myself at the disposal Of
national committee to make speeches
in your behalf as my health will
permit, where and when they may
think | will do good"
After the adjournment of the
board of commissioners Saturday
afternoon, Commissioner Frank
Lester hitched up his team, drove
40 miles to his ranch, cut 1C
acres of hay and returned here in
time to meet with the board Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock. 1t was
a case of necessity and Frank did
the work in good shape.
Sunday J. G. Clay, station agent Al
Glenn's Ferry, James McFadden
Frank Carrigan and Dick Skinner
came up from the Riverside towr
, on their bicycles. Before returning
they enjoyed a swim in cur bis
lake near town. Nearly ten years
have elapsed since the BULLETIN
man had the pleasure of greeting
r Colby Clay, whom we are pleased
5 to say "holds his own well and en-
joys life equal to any of the forme
residents of Nevada now in thi
, section.
9 Mrs. Dora Abbott, Asa Abbott
first wife, came here from Portland
Q one day last week to overhaul GER
tain records in the district cour
n clerks office. She informed par
! ties here that she was arranging
n matters to legally get possession 3
her two little boys. Mrs. Mau'
Abbott, Asa's second divorced wife
has gone back to Boston, and hi
y third wife, we suppose, is yet wit
!. him over somewhere in Cassi
y county, where district court is he'll
only twice a year.
!, Cal Epperson came down fror
: Rocky Bar Monday evening, wher
= he is engaged at mining. He n
= ports that the Gilmore company ha
s the diamond drill machinery il
= place in the mine and that 1t work
y like a charm. John Shields, vel
70 eran miner of the Bar, had his hea
: severely cut by heavy piece I
:, rock falling upon him while worl
ing in his mine a few days ago, an
!, Mute Nichols made narrow e
Al M from death hv n cava IF ror