Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-04-06
Gilmore Lodge, A. +. & A. M.
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 1898.
Silver men, organize.
Easter Sunday next Sabbath.

AAeeeinS fortnight.
Carpenters are pushing work on
Helfrich's big warehouse.
Just received new line of car
pets at Cowen Il Whitneys.
Roscoe Smith made business
trip to Boise on Monday.
Mrs. J. M. Johnson has been suf-
fering with an attack of the grip.
The Fletcher Co., have recently
received another large lot of new
goods.
Harry Thompson came down
from Rocky Bar and went to Boise
on Mondays train.
Ex-sheriff John McCabe of Owy-
hee county was a visitor here the
latter part Of last week.
The Helfrich Mercantile Compa-
ny have had new sidewalk placed
in front of their business block.
Keep cool by Sc curing a family
refrigerator, a large number of
which have just been received at
Cowen e. Whitney's.
Adm Hall came in Monday from
his Bennett creek home after ply
stefan to attend his daughter, Miss
Olive, who is very sick.
c. d. Cannon has bonded the
Daisy mine at Pine Grove and will
in few days leave this place to put
in a summers work on the Daisy.
Charlie Ross was in town Mon
day from Bennett creek. He re-
ports that water is already scarce
in that section and he fears that we
will have similar dry season to
that of 1889.
Grand Master Dunton will next
SATURDAY. evening officially visit
the Odd Fellows lodge of this place
and also the Rebekahs. He will
remain here over Sunday.
President Mckinley says that the
blowing up of the Maine was "a la
mentable incident" The spirits of
the 260 brave seamen who were vic
Tins of that 'lameptable incident"
should haunt him.
The Woman's paper, issued in
this place last Saturday by the la
dies of the Congregational Church
Aid Society, was an interesting
number and showed great ability
on the part of the numerous female
writer's who had charge of that is
sue of the paper.
The New York Dredge Company
composed of New York and Trenton,
N. j., capitalists, have located,
through agents, three miles of river
bed above, opposite and below Gar
net. They propose to build one
hundred and twenty foot boat at
Garnet and if the deposits equal
their expectations will have several
boats at work before fall.
J. H. Perry, who is extensively
engaged at placer mining at Garnet,
on Snake river, was here yesterday
experimenting the removal of his
engine from the depot to Snake
river. He will soon have it in place
on his claims and we trust it may
prove all he anticipates. Mr.. Per-
ny is the owner Of large tract of
very rich placer ground and will
doubtless get good returns this sum.
mer for his labor and enterprise.
The editor of the BULLETIN, to his
great surprise, has been appointed
by Governor Steuenberg a member
of the Idaho State Board of Arbi
tration created by act of the last
legislature J. d. Young of Sho.
shone county and K. II. Britt o
Owyhee were appointed some
months ago. Under the law these
two had the privilege of selecting
the third member. They, however
failed to agree and the duty of thu
selecting the third man devolyeC
upon the governor.
Frank AXE and G. e. Corke,
went up to Perry Sprowls ranch
on the South Boise river, last week
to select new wagon road route
leading from the head of Bennett
creek and to cross the river a
Sprowle's place and continue uI
the river to Pine Grove, with tn
view Of building a toll-road anG
bridge-so the BULLETIN is informed
Arriving at Sprowl's, they pickete'
their horses and sought rest 70
their weary bones. During tn
night, it is surmised, the horse
held a non-partisan caucus ant
concluded that they did not wan
toraise any strife in the communi
ty by aiding in any such enterprise
and then strolled away over tn
mountains. The next morning, s
our grapevine telegram tells us
when the two gentlemen awoke an
found their saddle horses had de
camped, they sadly hoofed it u
the big mountain to the Rocky Ba
road, where they fortunately So
cured a blackboard and silently rod
into town after dark. We presum
their official report of this new toll
road route will be published in du
time.