Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-07-14
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DaVlS store, near the Dbl house IN
Shoshone, was recently burglarized OF
$3.50.
One farmer on Boulder creek, in the
Potlach county, picked from two acres
Ts6 gallons of Strawberries, which paid
him about 500 per acre.
John Ahlfors of Ketchum wants to
sell his mower He returned from
doing assessment work ON his mines,
intending to cut his hay but found 60d
head of cattle in his field.
The Soldiers Home board has ap-
pointed Charles A. Clark of Boise su.
perintendent of the Idaho Soldiers
Home vice Mr.. j. A. McGinty who re
signed.
party of Qua1ers have arrived in
Boise from the east to investigate that
section of the state and report to their
fellows in the east They number
eleven.
John Boggs has purchased the inter
est of Thomas Mcmahon in the lease OF
the Bullion, Mayfower and Jay Gould
group of mines at Bullion. Considera-
tion IS, 900.
Gurney rutherford, boy about IA
of Pocatello, attempted to board
moving train in the yards and got his
right foot under the wheels and all
the toes. except the great toe, were cut
off
One of Mr.. Berry's teams, loaded
with giant powder, was climbing the
hill to the De La Mar mine. and when
part way up the load capsized, rolling
distance of 100 yards. Fortunately
the king-pin came out uncoupling the
front wheels, which freed the horses
from the wreck, and only one of them
was slightly hurt. The driver escaped
without injury.
Willie Chambers of Lewiston, with
other children, was attempting to
drive wildcat from its lair, which
was in the face of a high cliff over
hanging George creek. when he lost his
footing and fell backward. He rolled
several feet in fruitless effort to regain
his footing, and plunged helplessly
over the edge of the cliff, badly dis
figured. The unfortunate boy fell
over 100 feet and struck on his head.
The newly discovered ore at Black
bird is creating quite sensation. The
new camp is situated about thirty
eight miles from Salmon City. The
ores are copper, carrying gold. Nearly
all varieties of copper ore are found
except metallic copper. Experts who
have visited the camp speak in the
highest terms of the formation and
mineral showing. The values appear
to run from SS to S25 in gold and to
80 per cent copper.
At Oxford, an alteration arose be.
tween Matthew Gooch and Charles
Walker, the disagreement arising over
the division of some water for irriga-
tion purposes. Words led TO blows,
and as near as can be learned they
struck each other with shovels and
clinched Gooch was getting the best
of the fraeas when Walker pulled his
Knife and stabbed HIM four times, one
cut being in the abdomen. Gooch is
in a dangerous condition and Walker
has skipped. Both men have families,
their homes being in Cottonwood val
ley, near Oxford.
Lee Ramey. OF salmon City, was bit
ten by rattlesnake He was walking
up the trail by the side of the noun
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warning, the snake sprang out and
seized him by the left hand between
the thumb and fore-fnger. Ramey
could not shake it loose, so he shot the
reptile just below the head with his
six-shooter. This caused il to loosen
its hold, but it sprang again quick as
flash and sank its fangs into his leath-
er coat and wound itself around his
leg at the same time. In vain did the
young man try to shake 1t off. After
grasped it by the neck and Shot its
head off.
Trappers are returning from the
mountains to Kendrick with the re
suit OF their winters work, some
bringing in valuable pelts. A trapper
arrived from the Isabella Creek dis
trict, about eighty miles from Ken
drick in the Bitterroot mountains, with
some excellent marten and two valua-
BILE bear hides-one of a brown color
and the other Of a silyer-tip. The sea
son has not proved as profitable as us
ual, the cause being the early disap-
pearance of the now, which gave
the game plenty Of vegetation and took
them from their haunts along the
river.
Jack. the six-year-old son of Mrs
Nellie White, was run over and thrown
by Poison. when that horse flew the
track at the HALEY races. lie suffer
ed a compound fracture of the left el
bow.