Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-12-29
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The articles of incorporation of the
Idaho Northern Railway company
have been filed with the Secretary of
State.
j. N Buttner was last week ap-
pointed postmaster at Kenterville,
Idaho county, vice "a. Menther, re-
moved
William Satterley a miner working
In the Last. Chance, at Wardner was
accidentally killed by the falling of
rock recently
Twenty-Five thousand acres of land
will be reclaimed in the Minidoka val
ley. The work now going on is being
conducted by a Montana company.
Adjutant-General Higgins has taken
an inventory of the effects of the
Idaho national guard, which are stored
at the state house. The munitions of
war invoice about $s, 600.
Assessor Pettingill of Boise county
had some difficulty in persuading three
ChiItamen to pay poll tax. The celes-
tials were not induced to settle until
the assessor had levied upon their
chattels.
One of the stray shots of some care
less hunter knocked the pipe out of
the mouth of a man who was driving
with his wife on Silver creek. This is
not the worst record the present
sporting season has made.
While at Kaslo recently Sir William
van Horne said: Goat river, at the
south end of the Kootenai lake, is apt
to remain the westerly point reached
by the actual extension of the Crows
Nest main line for an indefinite time"
In addition to the Dunkard colony,
Southwestern Idaho will receive a
heavy immigration the coming year.
Representatives of a colony of Kansas
farmers have recently been looking
over the country recently. They are
well pleased.
When Mrs. R. G. Elder of Garfield,
Kootenai county was dressing a duck
few days ago, she discovered a gold
nugget in the crop as large as a small
pea 1t was ground off until it was
nearly round The duck was raised on
Mr.. Elders ranch.
The Coeur d'Alene Cooperative
Mining association Qimited) of Wal
lace, capital 81 ,oDo,O 900. has filed its
articles of incorporation with the
Secretary of State. 1t is desig ned to
raise money by monthly contributions
for the purpose of securing and work
ing mining property.
The young people of Malad have
organized, hired a music teacher, and
win soon be dispensing delightful
music. In other words the boys of
Malad have infused little of the
essence of "getiveness" into their
system and are going to have the
finest band in the state in few
months.
Three of the largest fish perhaps
that have ever been seen in Boise
excited much curiosity. They were
sturgeon from the Snake river, and
were shipped from Guffey by R.
Hutchinson. The three fish weighed
sos pounds dressed, and the largest
one measured nearly nine feet in
length.
The supreme court has reversed the
Judgment of the lower court sentenc-
ing Ed Farris to ten years in the peni-
tentiary for cattle stealing, and Farris
goes free The supreme court holds
that the proceedings were illegal, be-
cause Farris had no preliminary ex.
animation, being prosecuted solely on
information.
The supreme court threw out the
appeal in the anti-g ambling cases,
holding it has no jurisdiction, as the
state cannot appeal from a judgment
of the lower court in favor of a
defendant The lower courts have in
variably decided the anti-gamblinp
law as invalid, and the action of the
supreme court in refusing to disturb
these decisions gives the gamblers 8
free handin Idaho.
The first case tried by a woman jury
IN Nez Perce county was heard before
!, Probate Judge Starkey recently. L
was a criminal action, in which Jane.
Didwell and Newton Lille were charged
with the larceny of doors and win
dows. The following women whc
served on the jury, returned verdic
in favor of the defendant: Mrs, Sui
livau, Mrs, L. Rowley, Mrs. f. j. Ed
wards, Mrs. J. M. Fix, Mrs j. H. How,
and Miss Allie Frazier.
C. f. Brown, young man who wa
befriended and aided by the churcl
people of Idaho Falls, stole bottle o
whiskey and revolver and attempte,
to hold up party of card players a
the hotel. The gun was not loaded
and the young man is in Jail.