Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-12-08
IDAHO NEWS.

1t would seem that eastern erpitalisti
are awakening to a realization of the
wealth that is hidden In the hills OF
this state.
No one has yet heard Of an Idaho
soldier making application to be sent
home. The boys enlisted with the in
tention Vi serving their country, and
think that the authorities will release
them at the proper time. Until that
time they win be found doing their
duty.
The board of pardons met in secret
session on the 5th inst, to consider the
"Diamondfield Jack" Davis case. The
meeting was protracted. At its close
the members refused to say what had
been done, though il was admitted
that decision had been informally
arrived at. The decision will be an
nounced in a few days
The Lucky Boy mill, in Gambrinus
district, started up few days ago and
will run all winter This is one Of the
great mines of the county, being about
eighty feet wide of ore, much of which
is very rich. 1t is the intention of the
company to add five stamps right
away and next year put up larger
mill for the reduction of the low-grade
| ore.
The fourteenth annual report of the
bureau of animal industry for the
state of Idaho has just been issued 1t
shows the following as the number of
farm animals last year and their
value: Mich cows, 28,595, $500, 544
other cattle, 3s7,o35, 1916, 1879; sheep,
1876, 119, s2,s64, 9s3; hogs, rs, 1872, s277,-
731; horses, 1901, $3.50, $40; mules,
GAL, $14, 1878.
The good results of Idaho's display
at the Trans-Mississippi exposition at
Omaha are d; ly becoming visible
through the numerous inquiries re-
ceived by real estate dealers and prop
erty owners regarding prices of farm
and city property, and also in the ad
dition to the population of the state
brought about by this judicious ad'
vertising.
match foot race was run at Oxford
one day last week that was of more
than local interest. The race was be-
tween John Sparks of American Falls,
and travelling sprinter who gave his
name as James Hough. The distance
was sixty yards, the stake 81, 900 a side,
The race was tie, so decided by the
Judges, and had to be run over, when
it was won by Hough The race was
very close, Hough winning by about
eight inches. There is no doubt but
what the man Hough was the fastest
sprinter.
ID. f. Lowell foreman of construc-
tion for the Rocky Mountain Bell Tel.
ephone company, left Pocatello last
week for Salt Lake City, having com.
pleted the Pocatello exchange. His
construction gang went with him,
The work for the season is over, and
Mr.. Lowell will probably do no more
''wire stringing" until next spring
when the company intends to rebuild
the line between Ogden and Logan
When this Is done, attention will bt
paid to closing up the gap between
Idaho Falls and Dillon, which viii
connect Pocatello with the coast
Mr. Williams in his annual repor
says: "The conditions in the northern
Rocky mountain district are, in on,
noticeable respect, very unfavorablt
for swine breeding. The farmers hav'
not yet learned that isolation SHOULD
be the chief factor in the prevention
of contagious diseases. Furthermore
the popular belief is that hog choleri
will not exist at this altitude, and con
sequently no precautions are observed
against 1t. Swine in this section arr
generally confined for a short time dur
ing the short cropping season of this
altitude, and are then allowed to roam
at will, getting their living from vast,
grain left upon the fields, from alfalfa
etc. As the fences are mostly of tire,
barb wires, they are effective only
against the larger domestic animals
so that swine go from farm to farm
and the herds of various farmers min
gle Unfortunately. Otherwise tn,
opportunities for limiting the ravage
of hog cholera are better in this region
than they are in the Mississippi val
ley, as the hog reproducing areas arr
comparatively small and isolated from
each other, with scant interchanges o
stock between them"
Gen. Maxine Gomez, com mander-in
chief of the insurgent forces, has or
dered that apartments be prepared
for him at his residence in Guanabaco
now occupied by his niece TIL
general will 60 TO Havana after tn,
completion of the evacuation.
Jim Corbett deposited 81 900 as
forfeit for match with Tom sharkey
Corbett said he was willing to bo,
Sharkey in public, the gate receipts t.
go to charity, but would prefer t,
meet sharkey for $4,000 a side il
private.
DIR. E. De Josipevics, minister fol-