Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-05-12
ELMORE BULLETIN.
NJ, PAYNE MABEL l.. PAYNE.
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IDAHO STATE NEWS.

O d. Crane. editor of the Red River
col. Review. took poison and physi-
ciap thought he had him safe. but the
patient died Thursday evening Mr..
crane leaves wife and six children at
Hellevue. Ida. from which place he re-
Gently came.
There is to be an immediate
change in the postmastsrship at Boise
City. 1t has leaked out at the post
office department at Washington that
as "A result of alleged ire egularities in
the Office at Boise. Postmaster Il. b.
Tage well shortly be removed and re-
placed by a Republican. Senator
Shoup. it was stated. had been notified
of the fact and asked to name a success
sor to Mr.. Tage. Information respect
ing the amount of the alleged shortage
is withheld as are all other details (
the case.
The packet steamers Ruth" and
"Gwendolin, which piled between
Jennings, Mont, and Fort Steele BIC,
were both sunk in the Kootenai river
four miles from Jennings by the same
rock within a few hours They were
loaded with Canadian ore for the
Great Falls smeltcr. The passengers
and crews escaped.
Edith Easley has been appointed
postmaster at Houston, Custer county.
Ida. vice q. Il. Easley. resigned.
Quite a large outfit of men. teams,
ploughs and scrapers have arrived at
Iayette. and work has been begun on
the Seven Devils railroad.
Men who have come up from the val
ley below Boise state that the river is
playing havoc with the farmers about
the headgate of the Dry creek ditch.
This is near the ranch of c. Rhodes
There is a turn in the river at that
point and the entire force strikes the
headgate of the ditch
5. II. Ticher, one of the men injured
in the Short Line wreck in Idaho died
last week in Boise.
The trustees of the Albion normal
school will hold meeting soon for the
purpose of selecting a principal for the
ensuing year in place of Professor
Swanger. There have been large
number of applications and the board
will have no easy task to choose from
among them. 1t is barely possible that
the other positions in the faculty may
may also be filed at this meeting.
The Lucky Boy gold mining compa-
ny, whose property is located near
Blaclfoot are preparing to resume OPP
GRAFTON. 4 carload of machinery con
signed to them arrived last week
Carpenters are at work now.
Quite large outfit of men and teams
have arrived at Payette and are work
ing on the Seven Devils road
High water is causing farmers much
annoyance in Boise valley. Not only
has the river overfowed, but much
damage has been den, to irrigation
ditchps
The Shoshone journal believes there
is little likelihood of Diamondfield
Jack paying the penalty of his crime.
His friends have too muchlwealth. II
he should be hanged the people may
expect disclosures that will startle the
people of Montana and Nevada as well
as Idaho. Hired assassins never die
on the scaffold with sealed lips
The warm weather is raising the
river and unusually high water is cx.
pected in June.
The grand lodge of the A. O. L. w.
of the district comprising Idaho, Wy
oming and Utah meets in Boise on the
10Th inst
State Engineer Mills is now making
arrangements for putting in measur,
ing devices tocomply with the require
ments of the irrigation law passed by
the last Legislature, which becomes op-
erative ON May 18th, except that pro
vision changing the method of meas
urement of the amount of water sold
which takes effect next spring. II
changes the manner of measuremer
from that of acreage to quantity, max
ing it possible for the ditch com.
pai1ies and the farmers to make &
&c Unite and sensible contract; but
does not take from the courts Their
former jurisdic zion over the matter o
fixing the price of water. Severa
ditch companies realizing the grea
benefit and saving of water which will
arise from compliance with the new
law, are placing measuring boxes fo
use this year. These devices are to be
approved by the state engineer.