Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-04-20
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An original pension of S19 was grant
ed one day last week to August s. II.
Trotter of Boise
A postof1ice has been established at
Geneva, Bear Lake county, with Henry
Teuscher jr., as postmaster
Arthur LouclIs has been arrested for
stealing horse from Joe Brown, at
HALEY. He claims that he borrowed it.
Sheep shearing is in progress along
the Wood River Branch and Oregon
short Line. The clip will be heavier
than heretofore.
Acting Indian Agent Irwin has pub
lished a notice to stocl<men that they
can no longer have the use of the
grazing lands on the Blackfeet reserva-
tion,
While exeavating for the foundation
for cabin on the Ophir, at Florence,
f w Thornton uncovered a four-foot
ledge upon which he will sink inn
nediately
The people of Caldwell and Nampa
were excited last week over report
of the declaration Of war received
through the railroad operators and ran
up flags in profusion.
There seems to be no demand what
ever for wool, says the HALEY Times,
at least no local demand This is evil
denced by the entire absence of buy
ers. Although the shearing season is
so we'll advanced that many of the
sheepmen are through shearing, there
is not single buyer in Idaho as far
as known.
W. b. George of Bellevue says there
are large number of persons on Wood
river that are willing to go to war as
army officers, but that Uncle John
HALEY is the only man in the state
that has offered his services to Cover
nor Steuneberg to fight as private
soldier in the event of war.
Curlew valley has a sensation. W.
I. Hail. a man % years of age, fell in
love with a Miss Edwards who is be-
13 and "A. Some four weeks ago the
Cassia county. The girls parents live
in Oxford, bingham county, and were
ignorant of the affair. 1t is not known
how the man and child succeeded in
procuring a license without the con-
sent of her parents.
Advices from Kendrick say the Bear
and Potlatch rivers are booming again.
The snow is from four to seven feet
deep around the country where these
streams have their source, and more
high water is looked for. A large
gang of men are at work on the tie
drive on Bear creek, where there are
10000 ties, and the water runs SO rap
idly that a number have been lost by
passing the two booms made to stop
them.
The frost last winter made a bad
leak around the gates of the Birch
creek reservoir, near Malad, in conse.
quence of which vast amount OF
z<hS p0ei Atsls lJhIIiG bllC pas
week force of men has been at work
repairing the break, but have not yet
succeeded in stopping the leak. Nc
doubt this accident and the subsequent
loss, the value of which runs into
thousands of dollars, results from i'm
proper construction. The people who
built the reservoir had probably never
had any experience whatever in by
draulic engineering or constructive
work of any kind involving any de
gree of seien tific knowledge. They
have now began to learn that exper
imentation is a costly business.
In 1882 farm of so acres, located
miles from Elberton, Wash, was deed
ed to Nez Perce county, Idaho, by /
man named Wright, on the surrender
of bond and since that time Ne
Peree county has been paying tn,
treasurer of Whitman county, Wash.
the annual taxes on the land Al
agent recently sent to dispose of th,
property was surprised to learn thaf
the land was occupied by man ant
his wife, who had resided on the plac
since 1855. Further investigation dis
closed that after deciding the propert,
Wright moved to Montana where h
died a short time afterward. His wild
ow married again, and with her hus
band returned to Washington in 1ss
and settled on the land. The place /
valued at $4,000.
Another Idaho law is to be tested
It is an action to recover $50, 600 unde
the mechanics lien law, and is agains
the Owyhee Land and Irrigation com
pany. The service performed for tn
defendant was on the construction c
the Bruneau Valley canal.
Grass is sprouting rather slowly
and the ranges are practically bar
IN western section of the state. Frui
buds are swelling nicely and in E
more county strawberries, apricots
cherries and peaches were reported i
bloom last week