Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-06-23
IDAHO NEWS.


gan City Major-General Merritt may
accompany this force.
Crops of all kind in the southern
part of the state promise large returns.
Lucern is in process of cutting and
gathering and the yield the largest for
many years.
The two factions of the republican
party in Oneida county have united
and are prepared to sail along harmo-
niously in the future. The silver ques-
tion as an issue was thrown aside.
b. f. Morrow of Long valley has
purchased band of cattle, which he
drove to his home in Boise county He
reports pastures fine in the valley, but
the sheep are crowding the cattle ont
large colony of members of the
Society of Friends will shortly be es-
tablished on the Boise river, near the
city of Caldwell. Representatives of
the QualSers have recently viewed the
ground and made necessary arrange
ments to locate.
State Engineer f. j. Mills has rs.
ceived authorization from Colonel Will
lard Young to recruit at Salt Lake a
company of engineers for the army
service, Mr.. Mills instructions are to
enlist from the states of Idaho, Utah,
Montana and Nevada company Of
ninety one men. Mr. Mills will re.
oeiye acommission as lieutenant, the
captain being a regular army officer.
1t develops that the Illinois party,
consisting of Governor Tanner aud
members of his staff, who recently
made a trip through central Idaho, left
word with people in the section where
they lost their guide, that they would
give $4,000 to any dependent relatives
of the man who might be found. The
man was drowned while fording the
Payette river. His name is not known.
The following appoint ntment of idaho
postmasters have beer made: Dairy,
Owyehee county, c. NJ. Dealxins, vice
Jacob Deary, resigned; Hot Springs,
Owyhee county, Mrs. Carrie Olson vice
John ;. Lewis resigned; Independence,
Fremont county, Alvin w Nichols,
vice Mrs c. /. Kimball resigned
Thomas Fork, Bear Lake county, Fred
C. Evans, vice Lyman S. Conley re-
signed
Any special display of lightning in
Idaho is very uncommon, yet the re
cent storm was extremely violent in
its electrical manifestations, particu-
larly in the northern part of the state.
At Menan, a man by the name of Con.
nors was found dead. He had been
subject to apoplexy, but it Is thought
he was killed by electricity by reason
of the fact that he turned black right
after being found.
One of the swellest hunting lodges
in the country is to be built in the
Teton mountains by $. L. Meyers, the
st. Louis tobacco manufactures. The
work of construction will begin at once,
under the supervision of a skilled
architect. The lodge itsself which
will be built of logs. will cost $50, 600.
1t will be situated in the heart of the
acknowledged best hunting and fish.
/ ing ground of the United States, and
some of the wealthiest families of the
east will have headquarters there foi
portion of each season.
Mr. Green, manager of the Rider
haugh canal, is growing four acres oi
sugar beets this year for experimental
purposes. The land used for the pur
pose is near Soma station. A mar
named John Cloves is in charge of til,
tract. He is from L Utah and has hat
long experience in growing beets. Th,
plants are now about six inches higf
and make a fine appearance. Th
beets viii be sent to the factory Il
Utah and worked, and if the result
are as good as expected, the exper
ment will have an influential bearin
on the problem of securing beet su
gar plant for Boise valley.
The supreme court has decided th
most important ease in the crimina
annals of Idaho, that of Jack Davis
more commonly known as Diamond
field Jack. The courts dictum is tha
tDiamondfield. must bang. "Diamont
field jack was brought to trial in Cal
sia county in April 1897, for the muir
der of John c. Wilson on or about Eel
ruary 4th, 1906. on Deep Creek, in tina
county. After a stuhbornly Tough
, contest he was convicted and this cor
! viction is now al1iemed. The murde
was the outgrowth of bad feeling tina
had existed between sheepmen an
cattlemen in that section for lon
( time.
! In Judge Johnsons court Fran
Walton of the Boise Sentinel waive
examination on two charges, one fl
! perjury and one for obtaining none
under false pretenses and gave bond
the sum OF $500 for his appearance
the district court.
The men of Company E, First Idah
: volunteers, have presented Capital
. Thomas T. Homer with handson
gold-monuted sword and scabbard, d
= pIieates of those given to Generi
9 Shafter when he left San FRANCISCO Il
: the Philippines.
/, II. c. St Clair has been sentenced |