Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-03-30
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John A Corey of Shoup fell over
cliff 100 feet high and was instantly
killed.
Rev. E. L. Fife, of Lincoln, Neb., has
been called as the pastor of the First
Presbyterian church at Boise.
The Twin Springs company is send
ing fifty men to Idaho City to go to
work on the placer property there.
There was lively competition for
leasing of school lands at Moscow re-
Gently, $4. 30 an acre being paid. The
average price was about Sl.25 to 50.
The 0. S. L. Railway company has
just paid S12, 900 delinquent taxes into
the Blaine county treasury as the re-
suit of recent court decision.
At the Morning mine, Occur d'Alene,
the strike was of short duration. The
demand of the men for So. so per day
for all underground men was acceded
to.
The State has received from the
National Government Sl249, the
amount due under the law donating 5
per cent of the money derived from
public lands.
The last two of the thirteen convicts
that escaped Jail at Boise have been
captured. They were Pat Sullivan
and Harvey Cole. Sullivan was caught
by Guard DonnelIy at Payette and
Cole was stopped at Reynolds creek
by Lex Brunxelle
The road between Bruneau and
Mountain City, New, is to be put in
good condition at once, at cost of
$4,000. Mountain City will contribute
$1,000 and Mountain Home will assist.
A force of men are now engaged and
work will be pushed
The grand jury at Lewiston has rec.
commended the discharge of f. n. Hal
lett, charged with embezzlement. The
specific charge against Hallett was the
embezzlement of a 5000 certificate of
deposit, the property of John Lowry,
a Nez Peree Indian.
superintendent Allison, e. j. Faust,
principal, of the High school, and Mrs
Hawes, principal of the Whittier
school, that their services will not be
required next year. explanation is
made in the premises.
Dr. Gundlach is looking over the
ground with view to starting a bank
at Moscow. 1t is reported that two
other parties, one from Colorado and
the other from Missouri, are consider
ing the same matter and the former
seems to have the inside track.
Aels johnson and Will Peterson took
1t afoot over the Challis tpail, and
were twelve hours from Forney to
Hotel De Witt, on Morgan creek They
were oyertaken by George Wiggins, on
snowshoes He built fire for them.
got their feet thawed out and started
on the trail again. The boys arrived
at the station OF o'clock, pretty badly
nsed up.
Ihe Payette Independent issued a
souvenir number for March, printed
on book paper, illustrated and bound
IN convenient form. Its leader is a
Well-Wrltten article on "The Promised
Land, and contains much information
ol value of the great Payette valley.
The varied interests of marvellous
country are put before the homeseeker
attractively.
lhere was considerable excitement
IN Wallace the other day. when one of
the principal owners of a Sunset peak
property went around town exhibiting
sample OF the ore which one of the
"orkmen had brought down. Stock
eooN Doom, but as suddely dropped
When 1t was learned later that the
eaiiple was one that a boy had found
N an alley, and some of his friends
thought it would be fun to show il to
the heavy stockholder.
Concerning the charges of cattle
stealing against Banker Kentten bach
OF Lewiston, that Indian Internreter
Mcconnell wants investigated, it ex-
planned that the cattle, thirty head
were sold to Kettenbach by William
King, who stole them and subsequent
~ left the country. They were inter.
eepted at Poeatello and returned to
the owner. A grand jury investigated
the charge against Kettenbach and
dismissed it by unanimous vote.
The increased acreage and better.
ment in condition of farmers around
kendrick has caused demand for work
horses. prominent raneher saws:
There has been no breeding to any ex-
tent in the last Ave years, and the
stock OF the country is run down.
petition has been sent To Wash
lngton asking that mail service be es.
taolished betwlxen Riddles and Noun.
tam Home via the Duck Valley Indian
reservation. II this is granted it will
make mail connections continuous be.
tween Mountain Home and Ellso, Ney.