Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-11-17
M. PAYNE. MABEL L. PAYNE
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j. Hill is to begin work at once on his
new British Columbia railroad from
Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, to Nelson. The
Contract was let November II to Fol
liet & Guthrie The line will be known
as the Nelson & Bedlington. 1t will be
& about sixty miles long. This will give
the Great Northern a second artery
Into British Columbia
A reward of $3.50 has been offered for
the arrest of the parties who, on No
vember 2, attempted to blow up with
Dynamite the diamond drill of the
Junction Bar Mining and Development
company at Mountain Home. The drill
is very expensive piece of machinery
nnd was taken in there by this com
Pany for the purpose of prospecting
placer bars owned by them.
From the Golden Eagle mine, near
Albion, comes a report that rich
strille has been made in that property
b. the bottom of Il forty-foot shaft
The character of the new ore is galena
fhat carries big per cent of gold No
assay has yet been made of the new
End, but it is thought the ore will pay
TO ship. Work will be continued on
the property and the ore body thor
pughly developed.
Gus Enz, night clerk and John
Moore, waiter in the New York Kitch
en- at Wallace, had a narrow escape
IN fire in the Idaho hotel. They oc-
cupied rooms in the hotel The hotel
and livery stable adjoining, owned by
Glen Mcdonald, and John Camerons
Balloon and lodging house, Tom Rey-
pold's saloon and lodging house, all
two-story buildings, were entirely con-
fumed by fire. The Fuller hotel,
three-story brick adjoining, was saved.
Fred Gaylor, the Spalding butcher,
and S. A. Eslicl were held up on the
road between Lewiston and Lapwai
one night last week and robbed of SIT
and S744 respectively. They had
tarted to descend the hill about three
liles from Spalding, when three men
confronted them and commanded them
% halt and deliver their valuables.
One held the horses while the other
two went through the pockets of the
Victims. They were armed with re-
Volvers and wore masks.
w. f. Pierce has returned from the
Bason to Boise, where he went in com
pany with one of Captain De Lamar's
experts to look at some mining proper
ties on Gaines creek short distance
from Idaho City. Among other prop
critics examined by the expert, were
those of the Stevens brothers and
Jake Welch of Boise and others. The
Former have two claims and they hold
Them at $50, 900. Mr.. Welch and his
partners have two claims which they
bold at So, 900.
The long distance telephone line con
necting Boise with all the cities of the
eoast as well as those of eastern Wash
ington and British Columbia was finish
ed on the 10th inst, in the presence of a
large company of Boise's prominent
citizens and President George Y. Wal
lace of the Rocky Mountain Bell Tele-
phone company. The line is perfect
success, the voices coming over the wire
as distinctly as on any short circuit.
II is the intention of the company to
build from Boise to Pocatello, which
vii give a connection with Utah, Mon
stana and all southeastern Idaho.
Idaho people in the vicinity of Lew
iston are elated over the prospects of
an extension of the Oregon Railway &
Navigation to the Columbia river, as
well as the rumored extension of the
Northern Pacific from Butte to Lewis
ton. Contractors went over the pro-
proposed route one day last week, PIE
pairing toestimate and bid on the work
There are now three surveyed pos
sible routes from Anaconda or Mis-
soula to'the terminal point, all through
the Bitter Root valley-one up the Lo
Io and down the north fork of the
Ilearw ater to Lewiston one up Lost
Horse creek and down the Lo Lo fork
to the same place, and the third up the
west fork of the Bitter Root and down
The South fork of the Clearwater All
OF these routes are said to be practica-
Bile and will tap the richest undevel-
oped mineral region in the United
States. 1t is also said that the Lost
Horse route is, all things considered,
the most desirable, as it win bring the
road near the Seven Devils country,
which experts say will, when tapped
by transportation facilities, double the
mineral output of the west.
The women's ballots at the recent
election could easily be detected at
sight. They were folded carefully, the
crosses were small. and the whole bal
lot was SO neat it seemed to say: Il
was voted 10y woman The state
ment Is also made that not a single
woman voted straight ticket.