Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-06-09
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Potato and garden planting are gen.
orally completed, or nearly So
Director Roberts OF the mint bureau
was in Boise on business last week.
An original pension has been granted
70 George A. Manning of Lewiston.
Papers generally throughout the
,tate are speaking highly OF the colonel
If the Idaho troops.
horse reared and fell down q noun
tain, with r. f. Wilson, near Ruth
burg, severely iajuring them both.
The Idaho battalions are now at
heir maximum strength, are we'll
equipped and ready for active service.
The ranges have been much improved
BY recent rains, which means many
extra pennies in the pockets of stock
men.
c. A. Warner, the newly appointed
indian agent at the Fort Hall agency,
took formal charge of his office on the
Ind inst.
SShhooi t9houp hecurtu bHc dpA
pointment of Elmer A. McKennar, a
private in the Idaho volunteers, as
captain in the signal corps.
Colonel Jones of Blackfoot, who is
colonel of an Idaho regiment, served
in the confederate army. He is gain
ing great popularity with his men.
Joseph Foreman, an Idaho pioneer,
died at Rocky Bar June 3. He was
about 67 years of age, and came to
Idaho in the early COS from Missouri.
James Willis died at Boise June 8,
aged 70 years. He came TO Idaho from
Oregon in 1864 and has resided here
ever since, excepting about two years,
Sheepmen of Idaho say the wool is
of a high grade this year, due proba.
bly,, to the mild winter. There will be
about 100000 pounds in the Lewiston
neighborhood
Idaho has sent to its volunteers in
San Francisco sufficient money with
which to purchase instruments for the
organization of band among the
boys. The sum was $3.50.
Ice an inch thick formed In the
neighborhood of Wood River one nigh
last week, and about all kinds of gar
den produce was frozen. 1t showed ir
the hills for several days
The two wings of the Republican
party of Oneida county have gotter
together under the national Republican
committee has been effected, with
three members from each precinct, ont
administration Republican, one silver
Republican and one woman. A former
silver Republican has been chosen
chairman.
t. J. Reid made his appearance In
Ketchum last week after a stay oil
seven months at his home in Sawtooth
mountains all this time without com
munication with the world simply be-
caused he wanted to, for he and his
family were snowbound all winter.
When he struck civilization again he
discovered that war had been declared
against'spain and hastened to Ketchum
TO offer his services to his country
A tragedy was enacted at Boise Sat
1rday, when Charles II. Nelson shot
and probably mortally wounded Thos
Il. Kerr. The shooting was the result
af the alleged criminal intimacy of Kerr
and Nelson's wife. Nelson called a
kerr's home, called him outside ant
smptied the contents of his revolver a
aim, two shots taking effect, one In tn,
abdomen and one in the thigh. Nelson
bad parted from his wife, she havin,
confessed to improper relations will
Kerr. Kerr is quartermaster genera
Of the Idaho National Guard, one o
she best known young men In the stat
and is married.
Engineers are working on the Bea
River canal system In southeastern
Idaho. The canals to be constructs
will cover $50, 600 acres of fertile land
The system embraces four separat
canals, with Bear river as the fountai
head At point near Soda Spring
waters OF Bear river will be diverte
on each side of the. river, one branc
being carried through the Chesterfield
valley and the other through Gentil
galley. The Chesterfield valley wi
be continued to the Portneuf river, th
surplus being received by that stream
the present volume of which is mad,
quate for the lands contemplated TO /
irrigated. From the Portneauf, cana
will be taken out to irrigate lands
Cache and Marsh valleys.
May Brooks, better known as "Bi
May was drowned in oaynon ereel
at Burke, the other morning. She fe
in off the foot-bridge above the Tige
Poorman mill, and her hody was n
covered just below thu ] risco dan
nearly mile below.