Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-08-18
IDAHO STATE NEWS.


the early cos, died at Quartzbury last
week.
About 300, 900 feet of lumber per
month win be sawed by the Hoge &
Pigott sawmill at Paris
j. NJ Clark, chief engineer of the
Boise, Nampa & Owyhee railroad, ain
Boise. He has blue prints of the Snake
river bridge taken, which show the
stucture is practically completed
The Camas Prairie ranchers say that
the grain crop there will not be over
one-half that of last season; that the
ground was so dry in the spring that
much of the seed did not sprout, and
the warm weather in May took off the
snow too rapidly. Hay is about an
average crop.
George c. Parkinson president or
the northwestern line mission of the
Mormon church, including Idaho,
Oregon and Washington is in Boise.
1t is the purpose to establish mission
here, with Elders Pond and Preston
in charge. They will make Boise
their headquarters and will work
throughout the surrounding territory
Lew Sweetser, the Cassia county cat
tleman, says that cattle stealing has
grown to such proportions that the cat
tie industry cannot liveunder i much
longer. Unless measures are taken to
protect the herds the thieves will break
up the business. They steal stock and
ship it out of the state. kill beeves and
brand calves wherever found
A son of Bishop Richards of Malad,
while haying, sought shelter from a
storm beneath "A wagon. The boy
was lying crossways of the wagon SO
that his head was in front Of one wheel
and his feet in front of the other
When the team started the boys head
was pushed out of the way, but the
opposite wheel passed over his thigh,
fracturing it.
A prominent sheepman from Kansas
has been in Nampa for the past week
He came to look for a location, saying:
1--WE cannot raise sheep with profit
in our state, and am coming to Idaho.
We have to ship our wool to st. Louis,
and the railroad companies charge MS
s3 hundred freight, while Idaho
growers ship to Boston for S1.sO a
hundred, so we will move our f1ocks
to Idaho"
bau httY, lat .Cf I 1f,r1 4
ming struck at the Reay ranch near
Blackfoot, killing a COW and calf One
of the Reay boys was sitting at the
window watching the grand electrical
display when he saw bolt of light
ming suddenly descend upon a COW and
calf browsing in the pasture a short
distance away. Upon examination,
the ground around the dead animals
seemed literally perforated with holes,
as if bullets had been shot into the
ground.
The five men of company A, Six,
tenth infantry, at Boise barracks, maxi
ing the best scores at the 500 and 900
yards ranges are as follows, the 500
Kiedidger s5-73, Private Sommon 70-ss,
Sergeant Jansen 90-G6, Sergeant Ahern
7O-65, Private Condor 65-56 The
troop has completed the sllirmish
practic and the company will begin to-
morrow. Twentythree men qualified
at the lower ranges at shoot at the 500
yard range, and of this number Is
qualified to shoot at the | 900 yard
range having made the necessary 20
per cent
A very mysterious affair is reported
from the reservation country on the
Idaho couty side of the line near ka-
mysteriously disappeared, and the re-
port is circulated that he was murder
ed by Indians. The man was at Stuard
making some purchases, and about
the time he should have reached his
home his house was seen burning,
Examination showed that his young
orchard had been chopped down and
the footprints of two men, one wear
ing 11l5 inch boot, were visible An
axe, covered with blood, was also
found. The mans horse was found
the next morning about four miles
down the trail, sadilled and bridled
and with a new pair of shoes attached
which were not Parker's property.
Sheriff Williams visited the scene. He
made a close examination of the prem
ises, but was unable to find the body
or any evidences of the murder or any
other crime, save the total destruction
of the house by fire and the chopping
down of the orchard. 1t IS very
mysterious case all around.
There is a rumor out that several big
mines in the SLOGAN will be forced to
close down. The continued fall in the
price of silver and the $50 a ton duty
on lead ore is little too strong a com
biuation for them to stand.