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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
SMITHS PHARMACY
NOTICE.

In the District Court of the Fourth judicial District
OF the State OF Idaho, in and for
Elmore county.
W. Nieukirk, plaintiff,
George s. Rice and Alice Shields, eopartners under
the firm name and style Of The Elmore County
Bank defendants
Notice is hereby given. That an attachment was
issued out OF this Court on the 10th day OF Defem-
her A ID 1896 against the property of the above
named defendants.
In witness whereof, | have hereunto set my
u-S.l hand and affixed the seal of said Court, the
18th day OF December, A. D. 1896.
w. A. REYNOLDS, Clerk.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
NOTICE.

In the District Court Of the Fourth judicial District
OF the State OF Idaho, in and for
Gilmore County.
C. e. Corker, plaintiff,
George Rice and Alice Shields as copartners under
the firm name and style Of The Enore COUNTY
Bank and George S. Rice & Co, defendants.
Notice is hereby given, That an attachment was
issued out OF this Court on the 10th day OF Deceni-
her, 4. d. 1895, against the property OF the above
named defendants
In witness whereof, | have hereunt0 set my
HAS.I hand and affixed the seal OF said Court, the
18th day Of December, A. d. 1896.
W. A REYNOLDS Clerk,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
Take Notice.

All parties indebted to us must
come forward and settle with cash or
otherwise BEFORE February /, 1897,
as all accounts on our books at that
date will be put in collectors hands
for collection.
If you want to save trouble and costs
you had better settle at once.
This means you.
Respectfully,
j. OTTENHEIMER & Co.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
Rocky Bar MaSOnS.

Alturas Lodge No. -, A. F. & A
at Rocky Bar installed these officers
on the afternoon of st. Johns day
the 9th of December:
G. d. Golden, w. M.
f. III. Davis, S. w.
J. 7. Gilman, j. w.
]. p. Martin, Treasurer.
John Van Schaick, Secretary.
C. M. Brown, G.
Charles Davey, s. d.
James Stewart, j. ID.
Henry Casey, S. S.
Jacob Reser, J. S.
G o. w. jackson, Tyler.
Cy V. Smith, Marshal.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

bees that have ever lived have come into
existence here and afterward been sent all
over the country 10 propagate the species
and furnish the fsweetest of sweets for
all the land. But it takes billions of the
little busy bees to produce all the honey
needed. Furthermore, bees are extremely
delicate and whole hives of them are likely
to meet death from some mysterious
cause in a few hours. To keep up the
supply it is necessary to have queen bees
always on hand, and in any Of the towns
near he bee districts they can be obtained
every day in tt year. In San Jose, Bakers
field, San Diego and many other places
there are men who just make it a business
10 raise queen bees for sale TO apiarisis.
A queen bee is not exactly born queen.
She is laid in egg the same as all The
other bees, but when a queen is needed In
the hive she is, while still in the embry-
otic Stage, fed certain mysterious jelly
that hastens her development and rem
ders her capable OF reproducing the spe-
cies. In the natural state of affairs in the
hive only one queen is permitted at
time. Should she be lost OF destroyed the
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

mum Ter Of hotels had been made at lucra-
live rates, and the sloop made all haste
back across the twenty-Ihree miles of
water that intervene between the Gate
ana the lonely rocks, at that time inhab-
tied only by seal.hunters-
Several cargOes of eggs were landed at
an average profit of about $500 trip and
the vessel ana her fitting out were soon
paid for.
About this time rumors came to Mr..
Russelrs ears that his partner was bring
ing more eggs than he accounted for and
that, therefore, he was not getting a fair
division of the spoils. he decided to visit
the islands on the next trip and see just
how many were loaded onto the sIoop by
the pickers and so informed the skipper.
When he went 10 the beach at the ap-
pointed time to embark neither skipper
nor sloop was to be seen, nor were they
seen ever afterward.
Whether the man had stolen the boat
and fed because he feared detection and
was wrecked outside and drowned without
the tragedy having been noticed, or
whether the sloop was stolen by others
and the skipper murdered, are still mys-
teries.
Mr.. Russell had taken more out of the
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

that creates queens the inmate Of it was
soon supplied by the working bees with all
she needed and given ali the care neces-
sary to make her royal parsonage.
This phase of nature has been taken ad-
vantage of by queen bee raisers all over
the world, and particularly in California.
The way this is done is to remove the
queen bee from the hive. The workers
then prepare few cells for the purpose,
providing another queen. At this stage
the apiarist selects several dozen cells
and anoints them with as much of the
mysterious compound as can be obtained
from the cells already pre- pared. The
anointed cells then receive the proper at
tention from the working bees, so that in
sixteen days the apiarist can obtain a
large supply OF queen bees. These are
eacn put IN suitable receptacle with a
reiinue OF drones o. males and workers.
When an order comes for queen bee
the apiarist selects the one wanted and
puts her in her travelling box. The price
of queen bees varies from 50 to $50.
according to the breed and the known
power OF eproduction.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
TO LE4RN
TO SHOOT BETTER,
II New and Novel System of Targets
to Represent Human
Forms.
Forms,

The United States Government has just
adopted for the army revised edition
of the small-arms firing regulations of
that body. Death is written in every line
OF the new regulations. Ii they are faith
fully observed, as they probably will be,
the effectiveness of our soldiers i'll time of
battle will be noticeable.
The keynote of this new dispensation is
to train the United States soldier to fire
at the head and heart of his enemy. Few
persons are aware of the fact that the
target practice, in which every member of
the army required to bear arms must
hereafter participate, has for it's objec-
tive point representations of human
figures in the various positions in which
the soldier would encounter his enemy in
action. A glance at the accompanying
ilIustra tion will convey, better than it is
possible for words to do, the full meaning
Of this fact.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

the mines with goodly sack of golddust
and nuggets that he had accumulated by
delving in the bowels of the earth.
He was looking for profitable invest
ment and not long after his arrival here
fell in with the cook OF the only pilot boat
that at that time stood guard at the en-
trance to the Golden Gate.
The man had seen the millions Of sea
birds nesting on the rocks and drew such
alluring pictures of the money TO be made
by landing the big eggs IL this City where at
that time chicken fruit was not over plen-
tiful, that young Russell at last consented
TO furnish the sinews OF war for the enter
prise, the cooks contribution to the as
sets of the firm to be his labor and expe-
rience in gathering the eggs, getting them
to this City and finding q market. A
stout sloop was purchased and an outfit
made ready at total cost of about $4,000.
When the egg season arrived the expec-
tntions OF the partners were more than
realized. The first cargo that arrived sold
like the proverbisl hot cakes at the prices
OF early DAYS, the big, queer. looking eggs
tickling the fancy as well as tho palates
of the pioneers.
Within q few days contracts with a
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

In many parts of the United States it is
quite a fad 10 send these queen bees
around the world, and after they have
made the journey to keep them as curiosi-
ties. The operation is simple. All that
is necessary is to address the travelling
box to the city from which it is sent, ''via
London, Hongkong, etc, )" and affix the
necessary stamps. Thousands of bees
have made such journey in comfort and
safety.
The travelling box is a small wooden
affair with two compartments divided by
a fine gauze screen. The queen occupies
one side and her suite the other. In the
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center of the box is a lump of candied
honey to last the royal party on Its travels.
A very small hole in the side of plug
ad mit3 al, the air needed. The address is
written on piece of paper that is pasted
over the plug in such way as not TO in
terfere with the air supply, and away the
queen goes to her new home.
When the apiarist receives his new
queen he either places her in hive with
the suite, or puts her in an old one that
has either been deprived of its queen or
has one that is Tot useful. When once
established in her new home the queen
will reproduce her species at the rate of
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
I'LL qROUND THE
WORLD FOR Il DIME
i Queen EctualIy Makes the Trip for
That Sum and Goes First
Class. Too

Fancy queen being sold for few DOL
lars, and then boxed up like a piece OF
freight and sent on journey, the ex-
penses of which are paid with 1O-cent
postage stamp. You may think it cannot
be done, but it has been done and is done
nearly every day in the year right here in
California. And not only does the queen
travel first class but she has wnole suite
for comT any, and takes along a erge sup
ply OF luxuries for use on her journey.
OF course, you ave most likely guessed
by this time that the queen referred to is
a queen bee, and you have guessed
rightly, But have you any idea OF what
an i'm portant matter the transportation
OF these queens is TO the Golden State, or
how they are brought into existence so
that they can be sent on their travels?
California is now conceded to be among
the foremost honey-producing States in
the Union, and some of the finest queen
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

At the station you reclaim it with the
check and pass it in at a counter and re-
ceive another check. AS you approach
your destination another functionary
comes along the train, takes your check
and gives you another check in its place.
He fishes out your baggage and conveys
it to your hotel-for a consideration. You
have LETT your third and last check at the
Office of the hotel when you enter it, and
thence it is delivered up on receipt OF the
baggage
A. first you bless the arrangements as
the salvation of the traveller. After few
weeks OF it the tyranny of the check be-
comes so CALLING that you begin to long
for the good old English method of dump
ing down your goods in front of porter
and leaving them to find the way them
selves. You would even hail it as a per-
sonal triumph if some of your baggage
would get lost. But it never does. Some
time it arrives late, but it always arrives.
Yet it seldom arrives in the shape IN
which it started, if that is any consola-
tion- They who have 10 do with the bag
gage see to that. You Will soon discover
why Americans carry their goods in iron
clad trunks, and why it is madness for any
body TO 10 anything else. started out, like
an idiot, with new leather portmanteau.
They ripped the stout brass lock off in
the first week-not for plunder, appar-
emily, but simply because it is the tradi-
ton OF the service. They punched it and
kicked and danced on it. In softer hours,
when literary inspiration came, they
wrote on it. Ny portmantesu to-day is
an epitome Of the political sentiment of
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

other inmates of the hive al once prepare
to create another, or perhaps several.
This is done by simply selecting a num-
Der Of cells containing the neuter or fe-
male eggs and feeding them the mysterious
compound. Unlike the other bees, the
queens are not allowed to escape from
their cells as soon as developed, but are
kept sealed up until wanted. Sometimes
a fully develoI ed queen enters the hive,
and is at once accepted by the others. In
that event she is allowed to kill the par
italy developed queens in the cells.
at one time the only way to obtain
queen bees was 10 remove them from
their hives as fast as they were produced,
but this was a slow and uncertain process.
Science at last came to the rescue. so that
now queen bees can always be obtained.
In the course OF studying bees II was
discovered that if any cell were even
touched with the mysterious substance
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

houette, is the figure OF a soldier lying
down, as he does i'll action sometimes. In
such case as this the soldier is seen ly-
ing directly on his face, his head being
elevated from the ground as he leans on
one elbow while taking ann. In other
words it is the exact position OF the skir
misher, and the skirmisher is the man at
whom the soldier must ordinarily first
fire, as every advance of an army is led by
a skirmish line.
The center of the target is rectangle-
that is, space of any desired size, the
four corners of which are right angles.
The rectangle may be in form of a square,
oDfong or diamond shaped. This center
as it is called, is % inches high, just the
height CT a soldier who is lying down, and
four feet wide, this latter being the width
OF he target.
These three divisions are subdivided in
two sections each, these two portions be-
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Il New Style Of Letter Linen

Many freak letters have been received
by various City officials in times gone by.
but the record was broken few days ago
by letter that came to the Health Office.
With the other mail that he delivered
the postman whose duties take him to the
Health Department lie a linen collar
a plain "standup' collar. Secretary God
chaux was about to consign it to the waste
basket, under the i'm preston that Joke
was being perpetrated on him, when his
eye was arrested by the sight of cancelled
twO-cent stamp that was pasted on the
collar in the upper right hand corner, just
as it is used on regular letter.
Inspection showed that inside the collar
was written long complaint regarding
the condition of sewer on Bryant street.
The address of the Health Office was
written on both ends of the outside of the
bit of neckwear, which was folded so that
the ends met. Ii had evidently passed
through the Postotfice in the regular man.
ner, for in addition to the cancellation of
the stamp the postmark of the San Fran
cisco office appeared on the linen, show
ing that the clerk had handled il on June
Is. The reading of the letter was as fol-
lows:
CITY, June 16.
Board Of Health: Having used up all the
writinE-paper l possess in a vain endeavor to
have the Bryant-street sewer, from Twenty
sixth to Army, attic .ded 10, l am now COM
PEELED to use my linen informing this Office
that its condition warrants attention.
There is evidently some one connected with
the Health Office not doing his duty, and who
ever the collar fits let them wear il. Within
the past year there have been thirty deaths in
the immediate vicinity of this sewer, and your
records will show it that at the present time
there are 100 sick children living near this
morAss. Yours truly, NJ P. JONES.
Secretary Godchaux was uncertain
whether to consider the collar as an Off
ciaI document or not, but as it came in
regular form and related to matters per-
tnent to the business of the board he de-
cided to file it in regular order as it now
reposes, with other official documents, in
the sale If the department. The queer
epjstle will be read at tue next meeting of
the board and probably given as much
consideration as though 1t was written on
scented note paper.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

1000 to 5000 day, and keep up the rate
for several months out of each year. In a
few months the progeny of queen will
completely destroy the old colony. A
queen of pure Italian stock will live n bout
three years. and the number of eggs she
will lay is almost past count
A few apiarists in California still insist
on sending to Europe for their queen bees
and paying fabulous prices for them. The
tiny insects come all the way across the
stormy Atlantic and the desert wastes of
our own country without apparent incon-
venience, for as soon as they are located
in their new home they start laying.
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eggs, scrambled, for 10 cents. ="

eggs, scram bled, for 10 cents"
he edict has gone forth that the birds
must be protected, and protected they
Will be, fer Uncle Sam has a habit of
doing such Things thoroughly when he
starts 10 do them al all, and there is no
reason to suppose that he will make this
case an exception.
A.year or more ago rumor reached the
ears o. the powers that be at Washington
that the great natural avlary on the
islands was being destroyed, because
during the nesting season thousands of
eggs were taken from The rocks and sent
to san Francisco and interior towns 20 be
so d.
In due time a representative of the
Smithsonian Institution, deeply learned
in bird lore, went to the Farallones and
made an exhaustive study of the subject.
His report was evidently against the
continuance of the industry, for after the
customary red tape had been unwound
Head Keeper Beeman of the island light
house received a curt communication
from the Lighthouse Department stating
that in future no egg-coIlecting, except
for the use OF those who make their
homes on the desolate pile of rocks,
would be allowed
Thus perished one of the most pictur-
esque industries OF the Pacific Slope and
one that furnished the people OF San
Francisco with an article OF food not en-
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

the United States from New York to San
Francisco. AS a historical document it
is beyond price, and L am contemplating
the gift of it to the library of Congress at
Washington. AS a portmanteau it has
both feet in the grave.
The system of checks is not confined TO
travellers luggage. The conductor of the
train passes carelessly to and fro asking
for your ticket and giving you check in
return, or asking for your check and re-
turning your ticket. If you hand your
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

The targets range in their distance from
the soldier from 200 to 1000 yards. Care
ful calculation has shown that it is within
these points of distance that the soldier
must do his effective firing. It would be
nonsense to talk Of firing with accuracy
with a Government small arm at a greater
distance than 5000 feet. When the conflict
becomes very much closer than 600 feet,
the only things for the soldier TO remem-
ber are to keep cool and shoot at the head
and the heart.
The first of these targets is called a
short range. Sometimes it is used for
100 yards practice; that is, at a distance
of 100 yards from the marksmen. More
often it is used at 200 yards ana OCCASION
ally at 800 yards. On this target. in sill
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

In 1853 others went into the business
and made it profitable. so that in a short
time the annual eGg-picking became
recognized industry ana was practiced
every year up to the present one.
This is the month when the birds begin
to lay, and the eggs will be unused from
many tables to which their peculiar flavor
made them a welcome addition.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

ioyed by any other seaport in the
country.
The stoppage OF the egg-picking brin gs
TO mind the experience of the first man
who embarked In the business-none
other than John A. Russell. the veteran
and widely known clerk of the local Board
of Supervisors.
1t was in the latter part of 1850 that Mr
Russeli, then lad of Is, came down from
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
UNCLE SAM HAS STOPPED THE PICKNG" OF SEA GUILS EGG

After having been despoiled OF their
eggs for forty-five years as regularly as
the laying season came round, the sea
birds that inhabit the FaralIons have
been taken under the protecting wing of
the United States Government.
No more VIII the pretty spotted and
mottled eggs grace the tables of those
who are fond of them or enable the cheap
restaurant to advertise "four tresh ranch
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
A Nation Of Checkers

The American constitution has been
called a system of checks. So in Amer
lean life. When you want to travel you
give your baggage to the porter OF your
Motel and he gives you check in return.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Bicycle Interference With Sunday.
Schools.

The forty-slxth annual meeting of the
Universalist Sa bbath-school Union was
held in the Every Day Church one
afternoon quite reGenty. The union is
composed of nineteen schools, in which
there are 500 officers and teachers and 3I3S
scholars. Some OF the schools showed a
falling off in attendance, and there was
consldera bic d scussion as 10 its probable
cause and possible cure. The fact that
scholars were not looked after, the in.
difference of parents, removals from one
part of the city to another were all ad-
vanced by way of explanation, but the
greater part of the blame was laid to the
bicycle-Bosion Herald.
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ing known as the right nd left centers.
The same rule appl;es to the inner and
outer. To thoroughly understand just
what is meant picture yourself something
like this: Take target six feet high and
four feet wide, divide il into three sections
after the fashion OF the measurements
given, the sections running from right 10
left, Then draw a line directly through
the center of this target from top to bot
tom. First you have the center twenty
two inches high an four ieet wide. Then
comes The inner, which IS n rectangle also.
This inner runs In depth from point
forty-two inches above the bottom of the
target to the lower line OF The center. The
outer is the rest of the target. The entire
target forms rectangle six feet high and
four feet wide.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

OF 1000 persons only one reaches the age
of 100 years, and not more than six that
OF 65 years.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-27
IS A TOUGH INDIVIDUAL
Young Coyle Arrested for Steal
ing a Robe.
He MADE A CONFESSION
A Clever Piece of Work by officer Pc
ters-Coyle Owned Up to Having
Stolen a Chest of Tools Wants
to Go to the Reform School.

/ To Policeman Peters Is due the credi:
for the clever capture of very tough
young citizen at an early hour yes
terday morning, who will doubtless get
what he was apparently looking fora
term in one of Montana's public institu-
tons. His name is James Coyle. and
he was booked for petit larceny and for
burglary, but the prosecuting attorney
VIII probably proceed against him for
grand larceny. He was locked up in
the county jail to await the disposition
the authorities decide to make of his
case.
Coyle's arrest came about through the
watchfulness of Officer Peters. He saw
the young man enter an East Park
street saloon, carrying a fine robe and
as the hour was about o'clock a. m,
thought 1t was rather queer. lie con-
cluded to look into the matter and asked
Coyle where he got the robe He said
tnat his father gave 1t to him. The
officer remarked: "All right we will go
down and see your father about it,"
and started toward the address Coyla
had given as his home. They had no;
gone far when the young fellow would
go no further, and he was taken to the
city jail. There he confessed he stole
the robe out OF a sleigh in the street.
and getting confidential told Captain
Dawson he had also stolen a chest of
carpenters tools the evening before. He
accompanied an officer and showed him
where he had left the chest and what
tools he had not sold and furnished the
names of the persons to whom he had
made the sales. The chest of tools
proved TO be the property of a carpenter
named Louis Rossi. Coyle had pulled
the chest off a porch, dragged it a short
distance away taken out the tools and
sold part of them to +. w. Reising: part
nf IL VRIrs,,
and part to +. f. Dunkell. living in East
Galena street. All three We're arrested
Tor receiving stolen property Coyle
told the officers he had escaped from
the house of correction of Pennsylvania
ana said he stole the property because
he wanted TO go to the reform school
here. He is about IL or 20 years of age
and very tough Individual.