Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-05-19
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land district amounted to 5000 acres in
April.
james McCord of Boise has been ad
judged insane and sent to the asylum
at Blackfoot.
Idaho's fruit crop promises an abun-
dant yield. Particularly is this true
of small fruit.
The Weiser murder case has been
ended by the discharge of Mat Crump,
the suspect
The iron for the bridge over the
Snake near DeLamar is on the road
from Pittsburg
A test case has been instituted at
Boise to determine the constitutional
ity of the new county fee law.
Prospectors are warned to keep out
of the jackson Hole country, as the
snow will not disappear till July.
Not less than 100 car loads of freight
from Camas prarie have accumulated
at Lewiston waiting for the roads to
dry up
The Hickock Mercantile company OF
Boise, with assets of $4,000 against
claims of S4soo is in the hands of re-
ceiver.
A string of coaches will be run into
the Seven Devils country from Baker
City, crossing the river at Billiards.
landing.
creamery at Mendon was opened
last week by appropriate ceremonies
The plant cost $4,000 and is owned by
farmers
NJ B. Parma, Boise valley rancher,
lost twelve acres of land by the food.
1t went at the rate of half acre
day during the highest water.
well is being bored at Boise bar
racks to obtain hot water. At depth
of $50 feet the temperature was very
promising, being about 100 degrees.
Miss Della Couey of Mount Idaho,
whom J. Martinez is charged with as
saulting has been committed to the
insane asylum mental and physical
wreck
The telephone line running from Red
Rock to Salmon city will be extended
to Gibbonsv!lle The contract speci-
fies that the work must be completed
about July 1st.
The new town of Guffy is now con
nected with Boise by telephone and
may now be called up by all towns on
the Central Idaho system of the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company.
Superintendent George w. Hall OF
the Boise county poor farm has been
sentenced to three months imprison
ment and to pay fine of $3.50 for mai
treating a 1e-year-old boy under his
care.
Charles White, witness for the de
Tense in the trial of Geo. w. Hall o
the Boise poor farm, has been arrested
for perjury. He confessed that he ha6
been fixed by Hall to testify that thu
boy was not severely injured.
A young son of John Davis of Em
met fell from a wagon, his head lodg
ing between the box and the wheel
which was locked tight before tn
team could be stopped. One ear wa
torn off and bad cash cut in the sid
of his head.
l.. L. Ormsby, one of the leadin
sheep dealers of Idaho, has contracte
for SO, 900 sheep, to be driven to hi
feeding grounds in Nebraska. The
will be divided into bands and traile
along, reaching their destination i
about six months.
The compilation and publication c
the laws of the last session hos deve
oped serious blunder in the hort
cultural bill The law contains n
provision for collecting from owner
the cost of eradication of pests whel
the same is done by the state.
Hayball g. Co. of Lewiston are thanl
ful to the thoughtful burglars WI
robbed their store for putting out IL
fire started by the explosion thi
wrecked the safe. Several thousar
dollars were thereby saved to the firr
compared to which the goods stole
were but trife,
Complaint comes from Cassia coun
| that half of the funds of the cuun
are being used to prosecute couple
drunken cowboys. The county is ne
bankruptcy. 1t is claimed that t
| legislature should devise some mea
by which the state should stand t
! expense of criminal prosecutions
/ Lincoln county sheepmen claim
have discovered simple but effect
/ preventative to keep coyotes from
tacking small punches of ewes a
| lambs that are left at distance fr
the main herd 1t consists of firms
few frecrackers near the bunch. l
| smell OF powder keeps the wary or
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