Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-05-11
IDAHO NEWS.

The Kendrick State bank, with
capital of s25, 900, has been organized.
Dewey Day was observed as half
holiday in many places throughout the
state.
State Senator John L. McMurrin has
been appointed commissioner to the
Paris exposition,
Mary Patterson at Stuart, and Mrs.
Addie Lister at Clear Water have been
commissioned postmaster.
A colony of sixty families has pur-
chased land near Nez Perce and Lap
wal. They come from near St, Paul.
Three miles of the grade of the ten
mile extension of the Boise, Owyhee
q Nampa extension have been COM
pleted
Japanese workmen have been inn
ported from Portland, to work on the
grading of the Weiser road, by the
contractors.
The Western Union Telegraph com
dany will string wire to the Seven
Devils country along the line of the
Weiser road.
A publication containing the min
ing laws Of the state has been issued
by State Mining Inspector Czizek. 1t
may be had upon application.
Up to Saturday night last about $50
of the lawless miners of Wardner
were arrested and guarded by the sol
diers. They are confined in a barn.
Miss French, state superintendent
of public instruction, on account of
illness, was unable to attend to the
duties of her office part of last week.
State Immigration Commissioner
Bassett is having issued treatise on
irrigation which will be distributed
among homeseekers throughout the
east
George W. Ball has resigned his po-
sition as inspector of government sur
yeys and has accepted position as en-
gineer with the Pacific and Idaho rail-
road
William b. Saunders, Placerville
pioneer, was found dead in bed last
week, death resulting from heart dis
ease. He packed into Florence in the
early days.
Company f, Fourth cavalry, sta
toned at Boise, is rejoicing over being
ordered to the Philippines. The boys
have been clamoring for active service
ever since hostilities began.
The recent cold snap did not mater
tally affect the prune crop. Idaho
prunes are celebrated for their excel
lence, andsprune-g growing is one of the
coming Industries of the state.
The large number of irrigation
companies being incorporated are an
evidence of the development of the
state. Many thousands of acres of
unexcelled land will be reclaimed.
pension of IS q month has been
granted to Emergene c. Moore, widow
of Francis Moore of Caldwell, and an
increase from $l4 to Sl7 per month
allowed Gilbert II. Farris of Haspster
Charles 81 nclair, who issued checks
aggregating thousands OF dollars with
which he purchased property at Pc
tousky, Mich, on Boise banks, is not
known there and has no bank account.
Captain Bachelor, who has command
OF the company of the Twenty-fourth
infantry now at Wardner, is charac'
terized as combination of cyclones
and wildcats, when it comes to fight
ing.
The road leading from Weiser to the
Seven Devils country is lined with
men bound for the copper fields. I'm
til recently there has been so much
snow in the hills that travelling was
done on snowshoes.
Governor Steunenberg was Obliged
to go to the hospital for two days last
week, suffering with a severe pain In
his head. In the emergency occasiones
by the Wardner lawlessness he was as
sisted by other state officers.
The contempt case against William
b. Connor of Boise, who refused t'
give his deposition in case against
himself, has been dismissed by thu
court, as failure to appear at the tria
would permit judgment to be entered
by default
The miners at Wardner threatened
to clean out the first detachment o
troops that arrived before reinforce
ments could come, and created SOM
apprehension in official circles, but n,
attempt was made to put the threa
into effect
Peaches aud pears have been injur
ed in the Boise valley by frost, bu
other fruit escaped. Smudge fire.
were built in several orchards, and by
actual tests the temperature wa
raised two degrees. In some instance
this saved the crop.