Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-06-29
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A patent has been issued to George
M Club for wedge cutting ma
ching,
Ex-senator Fred T. Dubois has ac-
cepted an invitation to deliver the
oration, Fourth of Jnly at Baker City, |
Oregon.
Surveyors who were camped at the |
head Of the Malad last week killed
silver-tip bear that weighed 600
pounds.
The !, Wardner Lumber company,
limited, of Kellogg, capital $500, has |
fled its articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state.
The postoffice at De Lamar will.be
relegated to the forth class July /.
owing to the falling off of receipts |
during the past year.
The Banner mill of Florence, the
chief milling plant of that district,
was destroyed by fry last week Loss
$4,000 insurance S., 900.
One harness dealer in Weiser sold
100 pack saddles last week. These go
to men Quitting for the Seven Devils
and Buffalo Hump sections
Elmer Francis Of Moscow, gradu-
Rted this year from the Colorado
school for the deaf and blind at Colo
rado Springs. He is is years old and
Is blind.
The snow is still seven feet deep on
the summit between the middle fork
of the Boise and Rocky Bar, and fully
five feet deep between Rocky Bar and
Atlanta.
An immense ledge of graphite has
been discovered in the Seven Devils
region. A ledge of asbestos has also
been located within a short distance of
the graphite find.
The State Bank of Idaho, limited, OF
Weiser, has been Incorporated with a
capital stock of S25, 600, the articles of
incorporation having been filed with
the secretary of state last week.
De Lamar has been afflicted with a
number Of petty thieves recently, half
a dozen roberts having occurred in
one day. The officials contemplate
making clean out of all suspicious
characters.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
has denied Smiths motion for review
and rehearing in his contest against
the townsite of Hope, from the Occur
d'Alene district. His homestead entry
will be cancelled.
In the apportionment of the annual
appropriation for the education of In
dian pupils in contract schools, Idaho
gets S216o to be expended for the ben
eft Of twenty children In the Occur
d'Alene agency.
The Comptroller of the currency an
nounces that the First National Bank
of Kendriclx has gone into voluntary
liquidation by resolution of its stock
holders dated May 2, 1899, to take
effect June 20, 1899.
The Idaho sheep quarantine law,
passed by the last legislature has
been upheld in test case brought be-
fore Judge Richards of the Fifth dis
trict, from Oneida county. A Utah
sheep man instituted the case.
Captain W. W Hart, United States
engineer, last week inspected the
Snake and Clearwater rivers for the
purpose of determining what improve
m4nts should be made by the govern
Ifient on these streams, and upon the
= report will depend future appropria-
i tions for that purpose.
Colonel II. w. Dewey, president of
the Boise, Nampa & owyhee railroad,
last week piloted O ~. Moomaw OF
Roanoke, Va, and Thomas Nalwai OF
Peel, Wash, over Boise valley, who
are looking over this part OF the state.
Mr.. Moomaw represents an eastern
colony which desires to secure land
enough for settlement.
The appropriation for reimbursing
the subscribers to the Omaha exposition
fund is now available and the certif-
Gates will be paid on presentation to
the state auditor. Those who have
not yet received their certificates will
please mail their receipts 10 the secre-
tary, R. L. Greene of Boise, and their
certificates will be handed TO the aud
itor.
The governor has made the follow
ing promotions in the Idaho volun-
teers resulting from the vacancy caused
by the resik nation of Captain Schnat-
ter of Company b: First Lieutenant
Edward o. Martinson of Company B te
be captain of company u; Second Lieu
tenant Robert D. Stanton to be first
lieutenant, and Private Chipear Wilcut
to be second lieutenant of the COM
pany.
Adjutant General Weaver Of the
Idaho militia ia making arrangements
for fitting reception for the Idahe
volunteers WI they return from the
Philippines. 1t will be one of the
biggest demonstrations in the states
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