Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-04-06
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Blackleg or murrain has broken out
among the cattle in Wood River valley.
In Nez Perce county they are leas-
ing some of the state school lands at
SO per acre.
George f. New nan of Grangeville
has purchased the Cottonwood Report
and took charge April l.
T. C. .Egleston & Co. of Caldwell,
place their loss at $3.50 in scissors,
knives and plated ware, as the result of
visit from burgulars.
1t is announced from Nampa that
Col. Dewey has placed the bonds for
the b. N. & o. railroad, and that the
road will be extended north.
l. W. Garret has received his com
mission as receiver of the United
States land office at Boise He was in
stalled in the Office on April 1.
William Dye, youth of 8 years,
gave bonds in $500 at Boise Sunday on
q charge of criminal assault preferred
by Tilley Kostie, aged IS, of Long
Valley.
Robert Curland was buried under a
cave in the Tiger at Burke. His part
ner escaped with a crushed foot. This
is the third fatality there in two
weeks.
A hearing was had at Moscow in the
disbarment proceedings instituted by
Attorney George w. Goode against
Attorney A. L. Gallagher of Spokane,
and taken under advisement.
The Kendricll Times says Mr.. Louczs
of Vollmer, has force of men now
awaiting a favorable opportunity to
drive about 10000 ties down Little
Bear creek. The rapidity with which
the Potlatch and Bear creeks flow
makes logging a business that must be
done with a rush.
Articles of incorporation of the Sal
mon City Electric Light and Power
company. have been filed with the sec
retary of state. The capital stock is
100000, and the directors named are
G. G. Shaver, William F. Boxwell, Will
liam Peterson, w. T. Robinson, r. w.
Mcbride and Ed Mingle.
The work on the Lewiston extension
is being pushed rapidly, and every
thinrr 81 -, -. -.
by July 1st. About eleven camps are
established between Juliaetta and the
Clearwater and grading and blasting
are in full operation, The first 1000
feet of steel were laid last week.
Attorney General Mcfarland states
that in Kootenai county he called the
attention of the grand jury to thefts
of timber from school lands. The
matter is being investigated. A large
quantity of timber, he says, has been
cut from some sections, the logs being
Aoated into British Columbia.
The Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany has been cited to appear in suit
in equity at Moscow, e led by John f.
Thompson, A. A. Crane and John b.
Goode, of Kootenai county, who pray
that the company be enjoined from in
terfering with the performance of a
contract entered into for the removal
Of timber from its land.
F. w. Volger of Blackfoot, has Sc
cured the bid for the next four years
on the mail contract from Red Rock,
Mont, to Salmon City. He has bought
up the stock, stages and complete out
fit now on the line belonging to Emer-
son Hill, who has had the contract for
the past four years or more, and en-
tered into possession of the line. In
the transfer the sum of $40, 900 changed
hands. 1t is one of the best lines in
the country.
A Rathdrum jury acquitted George
Hoffmaster upon his second trial for
assault. Hoffmaster came to Medi,
mont last November from the Palouse
country, where he had been harvest.
ing. He had been in town but a short
time when he made friends with little
Ollie May Harrington, the daughter oi
a school teacher. After purchasing
candy for the child, he asserts that hs
went into haymow TO take sleep
where the child followed Her criei
attracted the attention of some of tn,
neighbors, who rescued her.
The Record says California man il
inquiring as to the opening for a CO
operative creamery at Caldwell.
strengthening has begun all alonl
the Short Line The season began
two weeks earlier this year than it di,
last year.
Oakley Sun: C. H. Hewitt, manage
of the Sparks-Herell Cattle company
says his company will probably put OF
big team to haul freight from OgdeI
for their store at San Jacinto on &C
count of the high freight rates on tn
Central Pacific railroad,