Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-08-25
QLENN'S FERRY NEWS.
Local and Political Items Dished
Up by an Able Hand.


time, your scribe takes up Ms brand Faber-
bought on jawbone--and onPe attempts to an.
nounce TO the world the status OF affairs in the River
side town.
For the past month the town has been nearly de-
serted, the people flying 10 the mountains from
town Of a los degree temperature in the shade, n
primer edition Of Arizona Those left here have
been able to do little more than pant and sweat
hence items of news have b4en about plentiful
tropical vegetation in the Kondyke country.
Last SUNDAY morning Guy Dulfoth OF Ogden,
while riding the trussrods Oh freight car In train
No. 81, fell of near King Hill and laid alongside the
track until picked up by engineer OMAHA and
brought here, and left OBJ the car shop platform,
from whence he later taken to the Stockton hotel
and cared for He was suffering from a shock Of
complete nervous prostrati1n and several bruises
well as internal injuries Iurng the first day he
unconscious DIR. p w. Hughes rendered him i'm
mediate attention, and Tuesday he was conscious
although helpless. At the time he was brought to
| the hotel there found ih his socks the sum OF
fifteen dollars in paper and in his pocket eighty five
cents In coin. This money was used for immediate
necessities, and it being exhausted he placed
the county, but refused admission TO the county
hospital for the OF hs not being resident Of
this county. and Dr. BearbF claiming that her con
tract calls only for the of actual residents and
transents On Thursday constable Smith made q
collection and the injured man sent to Ogden by
generosity. Queryf-Ifa county hospital contractor
is, by his contract with the county dads to only
for the sick INDECENT people actually residing in the
county, what s 10 become of many deserving parties
forced into tramping by the the existing conditions
OF industry, the fruits Of yibous financial legislation
who may become stricken down either by sickness,
crime accident, must they perish by the cruelty of
the law? IL is the law OF the land which has iostered
the conditions that make tramps and paupers, and
having done So should the law punish the creatures
Of its creation by either neglec, penalty? 1t
is about time that indignant protest should be
made everywhere against turning over the deserving
sick and aged TO the mercy(D OF the lowest bidding
contractor for the business Your scribe has no
Election to make on the present management of the
county hospital In this county, but he attacks the
system and the principle as vicious and perncious
In many their Sanctioned of to the low
est bidder at of money too small to do Justice
to the unfortunates to procure them proper care
The bidders for the job not Influenced by patr-
otto or humane motives. II is simply motive OF
revenue to the contractor md the unfortunate sick
poor must often suffer do that the hospital keeper
can increase his revenue. have In mind one In.
stance of where sick, destitute citizen commit
ted by Justice OF the Peace to county hospital
contractor and his arrival at the hospital he was
given two silver dollars by the humane CD keeper,
and put into side-door pullman and told to hit the
road to the next county. This is sample Of q crea
ton OF such a condition OF the poor laws A public
officer is public servant and In his capacity should
show the same care for Tho deserving needy sick and
Sore as he would have shown himself or member OF
MS own family III similar physical cohuitlon.
Peter Minker started on Thursday morning for a
rro,roo,od ,,s;, 70 Er-a,a oxooon
Il M. ROBERTS, at one tilne yard master here but
let out after the r. u strike wrote to some friends
Luo A.. = . - -, - a.. a., ,,,,. -.
'i 'h"' ne was Oii ms way " Uie hoiiuS Nc ou'
that though he might cbme back with carload OF
the yellow metal he would still be a good Free Silver
por,.. no.. ,,oI ,t. .. -. p.,
iooPie' Dehiooia' 'oou ru0N " 5ou' rfahN'
The genial countenance d State Sheep Inspector
Chattn illuminated our streets Thursday like good
o+,rod ,uho
''''o''e U suiiD'"'i
Judge Willis and j. F. Iyar were here from the
shretown in the past week, combining business with
-,
pressure
Frank and Mrs. White of Boise are on visit to
Uncle Hiram Garfield on King Hill creek
n - .,t, :, n e. - r,, -,
por"' 10 inc WIG Vi Dr spencer Oh FRIDAY the
goth, an eight-pound girl. Mother and baby doing
well and the doctor ia bapDy.
Al
an" :" w. l'ie'se give u1 space ioI announcer KICK at
conditions OF law that nohrish the "starve and be
damned" nolicv of concentrated wealth Arc ,va n
yovarnnnent of tho neone NV the neonla and tor ,h
,ood az tbn reonIe or arc No an abedin,a ,,,aai
- he r,ed IN he courts md cornorate ,ayarsS ny
ia,as. I'll 4, oyar, noet IL, he * - 10. "e
injunction Tho miners bnu ort ~ stub ~ ou ~
So ,ya,o hon, on and 40 stilI hana ~, ~ my e
All tbrongh their strike aps;nst sta ryation ond
nation Nv tbn cooi barbns AMI tha Iatast IL a..
thev are nernetually restrained from III. 80.
;ny nd nrarahIins on To ,,bIi bih,Ir, 1I iiees
oc11ualIv dany them tho annstitntona riht - t 70
sneach the nee ~ Tho co,1ntv roads and H. ny
iawf,,llv assemble and iisscuss tbair ,;aH "
Such an attitude NV the dourts is IN ps,trna,; 20
hoth the aveentive md IegisIatve royars - - ~
business ~ courts 10 nunisb violation ~ tba Ios
and to interpret the statutory laws. Int 10 moLe
laws and nttemnt 10 enforce them by Tho ,,anJa ~
a indge at the crack of a whin Of eornoratIon Ia
Yer Ia an Illegal infrngen,ent ~ mr. nhar,;as 80
onr gnarant.ed tights and the count insta. Su ~
being an institution of ilstce and nrotectioa Il an
engine of misrule and oppression six hnndred yearo
aro when the magma chdrta was Wrrng from KIM
Iobn nv the sturdy Saxons and Normans ~ bo aas
the foundation Of our boosted iiherties Tie docti
that tsthe Lino can do nd wrcng was s,,nnneoJ ~
he relocated 10 ablivinh hut now II COMES 10Th
slightly modified II is now not he who w.aya Tho
crown can do no wrong. but he who wears the iud;.
ciaI ermine The law Of the people ID set aside and
ae .nd n g
meeting behind closed doors, and plot against the