Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-11-10
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The postoffice so Cariboo, Bingham
county, has been discontinued.
During the past month the citizens
of Idaho have enjoyed IL clear days,
T. partly cloudy and cloudy.
Craig j. Baugh has been appointed
postmaster at Menan, fremont county,
vice Charles A. Smith, removed.
Reynolds Bros have commenced the
erection of a distillery at Grangerville.
This will be the first dstillery to be
operated in the state of Idaho
Weston ward people have this year
raised about 5000 bushels of wheat,
besides lucern, oats, garden truck, etc
Weston is growing and its people are
thriving.
The contract for the excavation and
erection of exterior walls of the base
ment of the public building at Boise
has been awarded to Finnegan & East
man of Boise at Ss,243
The Oregon Short Line and the
Southern Pacific have agreed to carry
free of charge to San Francisco all the
Christmas presents put up by the
Idaho people for their soldier boys in
q Manila.
An agent of Captain De La Mar has
Il recently been looking over certain
a Idaho mining properties. and it is ru-
n mored some promising properties will
be bought in for the great mining
magnate in the near future. The
agent stated that Captain De La Mar
was particularly anxious to get hold of
some promising Idaho properties.
Mrs. Culbertson. postmistress, and
Harry Rue, assistant postmaster, at
n Wallace, have been arrested by the
federal authorities, The arrest is said
to have grown out of the recent disap-
pearance of 81 ,00O mostly money order
funds. Mrs. Culbertson claims that
she placed the money in an outhouse
for safe keeping and it was stolen.
rich strike has been made in the
Friday mine at Willow Creek. A rich
chute of ore has been found cropping
Oub ou lllC SuIIdCt. II Nus OGth Slllp-
ped for thirty feet, and has been cut
into from the bottom of the cut a dis
tance of eight feet, without exposing
the hanging wall. The value of the
ore is not given out, but it is said that
u it averages over $50 ton in gold.
Near Kamiah, this state, few days
ago, an Indian was torn to pieces by a
silver tip bear. The Indian was in the
timber, armed with nothing but a 22
d rifle, when he met the bear. The ami
NAL at once attacked the Indian. The
latter used his rife, but the only eff
ect was to aggravate the monster, who
soon succeeded in killing the Indian,
scattering portions of his body in all
directions.
Jacob West, who raises cattle on the
Portneuf river near Bancroft. has
gained an enviable reputation in his
success in the business He raises
Durham and Herefords, and through
good care of his animals gets top prices
IN when he markets them for beef. He
cuts large quantities of wild hay and
purchases more from the Indians, the
product coming from the Ross Fork
reservation. This year he has sent to
@ the Missouri river forty-nine carloads,
aggregating over 900 steers, for which
he received S45, 900 lie classes wild
hay as the best of feed for making
good beef
A sad tragedy occurred at the farm
of Ned Bartlett on the reservation foul
miles from Genesee. Charles Settler
stabbed to death Robert Fogarty, in
M flicting a deep wound in the victims
right side. A few minutes before the
# boys, who are about Is years of age
were engaged in contented play. Th,
boy who committed the awful deed /,
M a quarter-breed Indian, the son o
M Charles Settler, a well-known citizer
residing near Lapwai. The victim
who is half breed Indian, is step
son of Ned Bartlett, at whose home
the tragedy occurred.
Very sensational stories are told re
Twin Springs Placer company on tn,
Upper Boise. According to these re
ports the company has opened a chan
mel in which the gravel for depth 0
fifteen feet and width of 15O fee
runs over Is cents to the pail This i
one of the companies working what il
called the high bars on the river
These bars are from 100 to 500 fee
above the present bed of the stream
and IL has taken large investments t
put water on them. Their value wa
not known until few years ago, a
the early prospectors did not think Q
looking for rich ground on the tops .
the mountains.
Phil Mcerory, who stole horse fror
Boise liveryman last July has bee
arrested in Milwaukee and will b
brought back for trial. McCrory wrot
letter to the Boise sheriff admittin
his guilt and expressing a desire t
return and pay the penalty of his crime