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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-11-25
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
In the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District
of the State of Idaho, in and for
Elmore county.
Charles W. Howeth, County Treasurer, Plaintiff,
Geo s Rice, Alice Shields, land Frank J. Shields
her husband) surviving partners of the late firm
of Geo. S. Rice Alice Shields, and j. W. Camp
hell, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given. that an attachment was is
sued out OF this Court the l4th day Of November
A. D. 1896 against the property of the above named
defen
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my
GL.Sl hand and affixed the seal Of said Court thi
the 18th day of November, A. d. 1896
W. A. REYNOLDS, Clerk.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-11-25
Held for the District Court.

The examination of Josie Kensler
and Alfred Freel, charged with the
murder of John Kensler, consumed
three days in Justice Mullany's
court at Glenn's Ferry, all the legal
talent in the county-represented
by Wolfe, HOWE and Sinnott-be-
ing engaged on either side. No
clue to the whereabouts of the miss
ing man, dead or alive, was OBJ
tanned, but most of the evidence
was such as to weave strong webs Of
circumstantial evidence against the
prisoners.
The testimony Of ]. III. Morrow,
Fl. c. Tingley, Joseph Rosevear and
d. E. Bayles showed that all tracks
from the Kensler place have been
carefully obliterated and that the
condition of affairs are entirely un-
harmonious with the stories told by
the defendants of Kensler's alb
sence. Freel states that Kensler
woke him up on Saturday night,
October 10th, at 10 or II O'Clock,
asking him to go to Ferry and help
him spend $1400; that he heard
Kensler drive the team and wagon
out of the gate and over a culvert
crossing an irrigating ditch, and
that was the last seen or heard of
him. Mr.. Bayles found the team
in the morning about a quarter of a
mile from the ranch, with the fore
wheels of the wagon hitched to
them and one of the reins wound
about the hub of the wheel SO tight
that the horses could not move, and
apparently there but short time;
d little further back he found the
balance of the wagon, all apart, but
although the ground about was very
soft and sandy, there were no indi-
cations or tracks of any one getting
out or falling out of wagon; no
tracks were found about where the
wagon was that the team was tied
to, and tracks from the gate leading
out seem to have been swept over.
All witnesses testified to the APP
parent utter indifference of Mrs.
Kensler, she taking no part in the
search for her husband and acting
totally unconcerned.
Mrs. Garfield testified that Mrs.
Kensler told her a few months
ago that she would vet be sole owner
of the ranch and when witness ex-
pressed surprise Mrs. Kensler said,
wait and see"
The BULLETIN is informed that
the prisoners exhibited a remark
able spirit of bravado during the
examination. The court placed
them under bond of $500 each pend
ing further investigation. Mrs.
Kensler furnished the bond on Sat
urdav and was released, but Freel
fingers still in the county Jail.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-11-25
WEDNESDAY, November %, 1896.
Turkey day-to-morrow.
HUGH Latham visited with frien,


Hugh Latham visited with friends
at Nampa Sunday.
Keep your pistols in good work
ing order for providing hobos
County Surveyor Rhoades re-
turned from Denver last Friday.
John Portlock of Bruneau re-
turned Friday from a visit in Pay
cite valley.
w. J. Turner returned Monday
from a hunting trip down on the
Snake, bringing in five deer.
w. V. Helfrch returned Sunday
from a business trip to Big Camas
and reports the roads in horrible
condition.
Judge Sinnott, | A. Heron, w.
T. Orr and John Latty were up
from Glenn's Ferry Monday, and
all on legal business.
Mrs. Ella Hill has received a
draft for ~, 800 from the New York
Life Insurance company, being the
amount of the policy carried by her
deceased husband, d. b Hill.
The man arrested by All Oliver
last week in Jordan Valley, who
was suspected to be Frenchy. the
Glenn's Ferry murderer, proved tc
be an innocent party and was dis
charged.
w. J. McVety of Boise has gone
to Greeley, Colorado, to visit his
mother. He will probably return
early in the new year. Nc stopped
over here couple of days leaving
on Sunday nights train.
Families on the outskirts of town
have been greatly ANNOYED recently
by insolent tramps appearing after
dark and generally when the male
members are absent. A dose of
bird shot Would be beneficial to
such visitors.
The editor of Corker's organ is
undoubtedly the biggest liar in
America, and in one issue he fatty
contradicts what he said in the pre-
vious one. We have come to the
conclusion that it is only notarietv
the fellow wants, even if it is of the
basest kind.
"Old Kit" chinaman and the
worst nuisance in The south end of
town, has recently assumed the
character of 'Peeping Tom
One night last week, about II
o'clock, Mrs. Bell heard footsteps
around her premises, and going out
with pistol in hand, she observed q
man at her bedroom window. She
opened fire and shot four times al
the fellow as he ran, but her aim
was not good and he escaped un
harmed. Officer Hubbell was soor
at the scene Of disturbance anC
found Kit" hid in the sagebrusl
not far distant from the premises
Judge Sprague interviewed the old
heather the next day and sent hin
to Jail for ten days.
Last Saturdays Nampa Leade
mas the following nollce OF the mar
riage of well known and popula
young manof Atlanta. The BuLLE
TIN extends congratulations to tn
happy couple: Last Tuesda
evening at the home of the bride
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hart
of this place, Miss Matte May Har
and Edward Lee Abbott, of Atlanta
were joined in holy wedlock by Rev
t. H. Lydston. Both were born j
Idaho-the bride in Boise and tn
groom in Placerville. The weddin
was quiet one, only a few friend
being present The contractin
parties each have hosts Of friend
who wish them long happy lft
They will leave Immediately fC
Atlanta, where they will at once c
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-11-25
A turkey sat on lofty fence,


And he said to himself, said he,
The way they feed me is immense,
And they seem dead stuck on me.
I'm getting fat and I'm feeling gay,
And the world seems good and glad
In day or two, I'll bet, I'll weigh
About as much as dad.
And he dropped from his perch and
drummed the ground,
And he put on a lot Of airs,
And he fiercely gobbled and pranced
around
Nor thought of worldly cares.
All the man who is full of pride today
And thinks himself so fine,
May like that turkey-who shall say 2
Be standing on mine.
--Pocatello Tribune.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-11-25

An exchange, in reference to the os-
tracising of women while the man
is petted and honored, says: Minis
tiers of the gospel are continually
preaching about the return of the
prodigal son. 1t doesn't Seem to
make any difference how low down
young man becomes; no matter
how low things he does, if he has
strength enough to enable him to
stagger back to his old home his
father is ready to meet him with
open arms. But let young woman
stumble a few degrees from the
path of rectitude and her fatherss
bristles raise up like quilts of ar
angry porcupine. If the fatted cali
never dies until it is slain in honor
of the prodigal daughters return il
will live to be the oldest as we'll al
the toughest beef ever killed in this
the boosted land of the free and
home of the brave"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-11-25
Notice for Publication.
Land Oflee al BOIL City, 4

Land Office at Boise City, Idaho,
November 8. 1896.
Notice Is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention make final
proof Ia support his claim and that said proof will
be made before the Register and Receiver Of the u g.
Land office at Boise City, Idaho, DECEMBER %,
1885, viz. EDWARD PAYNE, Maytfeld idaho, lid
Application No 3791 for the Sc or NE or hf Sc
ar sec. Is, NE or NE or sec. q, tip R6E, b. NJ,
Idaho. He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon ami guilty of,
said land viz, Joseph c. Pence. William L. Basil
John q. Breckenridge, all of Boise City Ada county
Idaho, and Wilelem Book OF MAJ field, Gilmore
COUNTY, Idaho.
nviI CHARLES HIMRoD, Register.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-11-25

MRS. Llnnenan ana cnlldren re-
turned to Mountain Home from
Owyhee last week.
Chris. Baeltzer and John Nit
chell, the Bruneau merchants, each
visited this place last week.
B. G. Mullins of Bliss has sold to
j. S. Fordyce, his entire band of
sheep at IS cts. for lambs and 81. 40
for ewes.
Hon. Tom Stevenson, John Mar
ley, Ira Schof and Adm Hall we're
up here Saturday from the Cold
Spring country.
John M. johnson returned Friday
from a visit in Oregon, where he
says 1T rained a few over there
during his stay.
A successful eastern financier ut
tiers this warning. Never buy town
lots or lands where a poor half
starved paper is published"
Gov. Steunenberg and Congress
man Gum passed through this
place Yesterday on their return
home from southeastern Idaho.
August and Billy Kunnecke and
James Morris left Saturday morn
ing for a big deer hunt in the Snake
river bottoms. They took along a
four-horse team, presumably TO
bring back the captured game.
w. D. Reynolds, the jeweler at
the postoffice, has recently placed
in his establishment large
plush-lined silver-ware case which
shows off his fine goods in that line
in a splendid manner. His holiday
goods are beginning to arrive al
ready, and they are of a kind to
please those of moderate means as
well as the mors fortunate.
A HALEY letter to the Boise Sen.
tinel says: A movement has beer
instituted in HALEY to perpetuatt
the union between the peoples and
democratic parties. Two prehmi
nary meetings have already beer
held at which were present P. NJ
Bruner, Geo. A. Williams. Texas
Angel, Kelly and Ensign. Capt
Gum being in town was asked tC
attend. He strongly commended
the club and its object. 1t will b.
: remembered that four years ago TIN
. silver movement which has sine
swept over Idaho had it's inception
in this valley, the first club was or
gained at ketchum. 1t is there
fore eminently proper that here il
!, the locality of its birth steps shout,
be taken to perpetuate the recen
9 consolidation of Idaho's silver allie;
The silver men in this state ar
q now beginning to realize thei
! strength and are anxious to cor
q tinue and make more powerful tn
o bonds that bind them. All tru
!. silver republicans will be asked {
: join, and those democrats and popr
!, lists who went astray during til
4 last campaign will be welcome
: back to the fold, barring out nor
l. but the $3.50 men. They will /
I forced to remain out between tt
! devil and the deep sea" where the
Il will he compelled to endure the scor
of all men.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-11-25
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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-11-25
NOTICE

In the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District
of the State OF Idaho, In and for
Gilmore County.
C. L. Corker plaintiff
j. ii. Ellison, defendant
Notice is hereby giver. That an attachment was
issued Of this Court the 18th day OF November
A. D. 1896, against the property of the above named
defendant.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my official seal, this the Iith day Of
lis. November, A. d 1895.
W A. REYNOLDS, Clerk.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-11-25
Tbe Glmore Bulletin.
RAILWAY TINE TABLE.
Gilmore Lodge. A. F.. & A. NJ.

0G@ The regular communications Of Elmorc
w Lodge No. 80, F. ard A. NJ. are held on
* ~ the Wednesday evening Of or next pre-
~ ceeding the full Of the moon OF each month.
Sojourning brothers are cordially invited to at
attend. WIN. F. SMITH, w. NJ.
J. NJ. COWEN, Secretary. au2SyI
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-15
A Originating Library.


Miss Henrietta Owen, with the as
distance of several ladies of The Dalles,
has started movement toward a cir
culating library The need of such a
library is badly felt in every town,
and The Dalles is probably the only
place of its size without such an ad-
vantage. Good. miscellaneous books
at this time are q luxury and obtaina.
BILE only by a few, where they are
obliged to be purchased, whereas
circulating library places at tritling
cost good and profitable reading with
in reach of the mass of the people.
Such movement should by all means
be encouraged. Miss Owen has re-
Gently graduated from the University
of Oregon, and is familiar with good
literature and highly competent to
place in our city library of which We
may justly be proud.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-15
Farewell Party.

The elegant residence of Mr.. and
Drews on Tenth street was scene of
pleasantly Friday night, the event be-
ing farewell party to Miss Agnes Bates,
given by Miss Pauline Drews. The
parlors were handsomely decorated
with evergreens and flowers, and as a
source of amusement the guests for a
time engaged in the enfatuating game
of hearts" In the contest for prizes
fate dealt kindly with Will V1uBibber,
and he was awarded first, he having
secured the least number of hearts.
while the "booby" fell to Miss Bates,
whose cards contained more hearts
than all the rest. At IL o'clock an
inviting lunch was served, after which
the rooms were cleared and dancing
was indulged in until the ''wee sma"
hours. Those present were: Misses
Agnes Bates, Minnie Gosser, Lizzie
Elerick, Pauline Drews, Messrs. Will
VanBibber, Will Norman, Ed Burch.
torff, NJ. Harsen and Frank Chrisman.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-15
Land onice transactions.

Homestead proof, Margaret A Brock,
nw4 sec %, s. lS9.
Homestead proof A G Bartholomew
e1 nw4 sw4 nw4 sw4 sec p, - n r 26 e.
Cash entry, William Heisler ct nw4
sec 2 5, r 13 east.
Timber culture proof, William
Kinney, nw4 sec. II, l $, rise.
Homestead entry, Henry McGrinns.
SET sw3, st se3 ne3 Sc sec %, :, r
% e.
Homestead proof. Leonard Beaber,
WI set, sec 20, NV! ne!, net nwi sec %,
t 5 s. r % e.
Homestead entry, Geo. W Patterson,
ne4 ne&. sec 20, nj set se4 se4 sec. II,
t 8 8, rl7 e.
Homestead entry, James H. Garrett,
e4 ne4, nj se4 sec 9, 9s, r Is e.
Homestead entry, Charles NJ.
Thompson, sw9 se3 sec II, rw! net sec
II, u s, rl2e.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-15

Land & Live Stock Co. wherein the
United States sought to enjoin the
company from ranging sheep on the
Cascade timber reserve. The dispo
sition of this case virtually settles the
criminal proceedings brought against
Waseo county sheep raisers for en-
croaching upon the timber reserve;
and while it is not direct decision ia
their favor tends, to show that Judge
Bellinger takes common sense view
of the matter, and the sheeDmen have
little to fear from that source. Now if
they will use reasonable Judgment and
keep off the Bull Run and Crater Lake
reserves. there is little probability that
they will be interfered with again this
season, and by another year it is likely
the order closing the timber reserve
will be rescinded.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-15
aMExrcAN PROSPERITY
It IS irnnossib1e With Such People Says
Gentleman Who Visited That
COnnfry

Country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. P Thresher, of
Boston, accompanied by their three
daug gnters, arrived in The Dalles, Fri
day evening and spent Saturday and
Sunday in the city. MIR. Thresher and
family left Boston two years age, in
tending to spend FIVE years making a
tour OF the world, and have during the
past two years travelled extensively
over the United States aud Mexico.
They spent February, March and
April of this year in Mexico. and DUR
ing their travels had good oppor-
tunity to judge of the condition of tnat
country. The boasted prosperity of
Mexico, Mr.. Thresher says, is largely
mythical. In fact general prosperity
among such q class of people would
be impossible. Seventy-ive per cent
OF them are low, indolent type of
humanity, morally and mentally hardly
the equal of tn American Indian, who
have no care except for the present,
and who spurn every system of ad-
vanc-ment or progress. They refuse
to use modern agricultural implements
o. household utensils, preferring the
old wooden plow and the stone bake
oven to the best steel plows of modern
invention or the cooking range. They
are satisfied with the actual necessities
of life, which are indeed small, since
they are most frugal in everything,
and are content to work for such wages
as will supply their simple wants. AS
rule they have no ambition to
accumul te property except TO satisfy
immediate wants, and are perfectly con-
tent TO work for from s. TO so cents
day: With the masses composed of
such people, Mr.. Tnresher says pro-
gression and modern pros perity in
Mexico would be impossible, no matter
what form of government.
The building of the Mexican Cen
tral railroad had, he said, created some
perceptible thrift in certain localities,
and the road appeared to be doing
thriving business. and was a good in
veStlnent for the owners. Railroad
men are the only ones who are COM
manding high wages in Mexico, so far
as he could learn, and most of the rail-
road employees are either Americans
or English, but so soon as a Mexican !
masters any branch of the work he is |
employed at a less salary than the
American or Englishman.
Mexico possesses rich mines, a
magnificent climate and productive
soil, bur the people are such an in
feriOr race, and so welded to the old |
style of life, which has prevailed for
That they Can never become
a progressive, enterprising GLASS. They /
are Indians who have degenerated by
their assimilation with other races,
and they will be nothing but Indians
so long as time shall last.
When asked if he believed the con.
ditious that exist in Mexico were due
to the form of government or the
financial system, Mr.. Thresher said he
could not tell, but he hardly thought
any form of government could make
] progressive, enterprising, goahead
people out of class of individuals who
had no thought of anything but the
present, and who were content to live
On brown beans and corn meal, and
,lothe themselves in the simplest and
cheapest garments.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-15
CASCADE FOREST RESERVE.

Immense Domain of Grazing Land it Ir.
ciudes
"Have you any idea cf the inm ensity
of the Cascades forest reserve; of the
thousands of acres OF land that, should
this prosecution of the sheep men sue.
ceed, will be taken from the public do
main of this state?" asked Mr.. j. r.
Fletcher, an eastern wool buyer this
morning of group of men in the lobby
of the Imperial hotel, says the Tele.
gram.
There was not one OF the party, al
though they were all Oregonians, who
could give really correct description
of the reserve. Some thought 1t was
park immediately surrounding Mt.
Hood; others that the reserve extended
from Mr.. Hood to Mt. Adams, and one
man believed it was circular reserve
extending about the base of each of
the mountains, also Mt. Raineer.
"You are all wrong" replied the
wool man. "The Cascades forest re-
serve, according to the proclamation
of President Cleveland, made in Sep
tember, 1893, extends from within Il
miles of the southern boundary of Ore
gon to the northern limit of the state,
on the Columbia river. Commencing
in Jackson county, near Ashland, it
stretches away 225 miles to the north,
with an average width of AZ miles; one
reach of 100 miles in the center of the
state being "a miles wide.
"Ever since the state was settled;
ever since there was head of cattle or
a sheep in Oregon, that region, with
its sloping foothills has been the sum-
mer grazing ground for the Aocks and
herds of the state and its very posses-
SIGN has worked wonderfully to the
prosperity of the country. Now, at
the behests OF enthusiasts-no doubt
well-meaning, but whose mountain
climbing pleasures are to be in no
sense weighed against the extinction
of one of the principal resources of
Oregon-this vast domain is to be de-
clared closed to the men who, after
years of hardship and toll in propagat-
ing the wool industry. have succeeded
in getting their hocks on paying
basis.
ibid the sheep do any harm in the
timber OF the reserve it would be diff
ferent, but instead. the focks are
benefit, in that the heavy fern growth
is kept under.
"This is not the question, however.
The proposition is tbs: Shall, through
mere romance in the preserving of GER
tain isolated spots, ,frequented by noun
tain climbers, near which the sheep
men do not go, and as for the Bull
Run reserve there is not, to my Ger.
tain knowledge, sheep within Is miles
of the watersheds larger part of the
wool growing business of Oregon be
forced 10 suspend?"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-15
STILL UNSETTLED.
The City Council Unable to Agree Upon
the appointment of Marshal

The City Council Unable to Agree Upon
the appointment of Marshal
The city council was convened in spe
cial session Friday evening, by Mayor
Menefee, and all were present except
Mr.. Thompson. who is out of the city.
In assembling the council, Mayor
Menefee stated that they had been con.
vened for the purpose of choosing
city marshal, and he was prepared to
consider any method by which the
question of marshalship could be
settled satisfactory, whereupon Coun-
Gilman Kuck moved that The Office OF
marshal be declared vacant. In second
ing Mr.. Kuck's motion, Mr.. Nolan
said he believed this. TO be the best
ising over the appointment of Mr..
Butrs could be settled. This idea was
concurred in by majority of the coun-
ell. and the motion carried. This
sent other names before the council
for the Office of marshal, and he made
the following appointments in the orr
der named: Frank Conley, Adolph
Phirman, Charles Lauer, Frank Gabel
and Jess Blakeney. Each name was
voted on in rotation by the council,
but none of those appointed by the
mayor receiving majority vote, the
Office remained vacant. The council
then went into secret session to con-
slider the matter Of confirming some
one of the appointments, but failing to
reach an agreement, the present mar
shal, J. H. Blakeney, was employed
to conduct the business of the office
until his successor could be selected.
The matter of street lights was
brought up and referred to the COM
mittee on streets and public property.
Recorder Phelps asked for leave of
absence for ten days, which was
granted. During his absence the
municipal court will be presided over
by Mayor Menefee.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-15
The Tournament

The Astoria regatta and tournament
from the 18th to the 22d, promises to
be the most attractive event of the
kind on the coast this season. The
first three days will be devoted to boat
racing and sports on the river, while
the firemens' tournament will occupy
the last two days. Some handsome
purses have been offered for the latter
event. The first premium in the hand
engine test is Sl00; in the hose race.
wet test, 500; hub and hub race, S75;
dry test 500, and association champion
test, $3.50. Such purses as these are
worth contending for. and ought to
bring out some fine contests.