Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-02-16
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The oldest man in Idaho died recent
" at Delamar. He was John Noble,
who had passed his 99th year.
The building occupied by the Lewis
ton Teller was burned last week, but
most of the plant was saved
Sheepmen in the vicinity of Ameri-
can Falls report that the weather is SO
cold that sheep are dying there even
when well fed.
The Columbia mine, in the Buffalo
Hump district, has been sold to the
Columbia Mining company, a Spokane
corporation, for S25, 900.
1t is reported that good many
sheep were turned out in Payette val
ley just before the present storm,
owing to scarcity of hay.
The Catholic church at Boise was
looted by burglars, and a large num-
Der of vessels used in the service taken.
No clue to the robbers has been
secured.
The present snow is one of the heavi-
est known in Boise in many years.
The weather bureau reports that eleven
inches fell in two days. The depth,
packed, was about nine inches.
c. S. Loveland and Frank Martin
have been appointed by the governor
to investigate the status of the text
book matter as shown by the records
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The mayor of Boise granted the
Chinese residents of that city from 7
to 12 o'clock each night in which to
turn loose their fireworks during the
celebration of the Chinese New Year.
The ackeriack mine, in the Buffalo
Hump district, boasts of u streak of
quartz that will average about ten
inches wide and from which average
samples show by assays a value of
S2,45761 per ton.
The Trade Dollar mine at Silver City
is one of the most wonderful proper
ties in the country. In the south drift
in the Alpine, ore is being sacked that
is strealxed with gold. The ore is from
four to sixteen inches thick, the vein
at that point being from two to four
feet thick
The resignation of Colonel Jones,
the death of Major McConville and the
resignation of Captain Murphy, will
make number of promotions necessary
in the Idaho regiment. The power of
promotion rests with the governor and
all these appointments will have to be
made by him.
Adjutant-General Weaver has been
ad vised that the Idaho troops will be
paid by the general government for
the time they served between their
enlistment under the presidents call
and their muster into the service. A
former order stated they would receive
no pay for that time.
The teamster that hauled the scat
fold upon which "Diamondfield jack
was to be hanged. from Minidoka to
Albion, was almost compelled to feel
supersttious, for first his wagon
backed off the ferryboat into Snake
river, and afterward his team ran away
and broke the wagon to pieces.
The presidents rostrum in the SEN
ate has been tastefully drapped in
respect to the memory of the Idaho
volunteers killed in the engagement
at Manila. The colors of the Idaho
troops have been crossed in the back
ground, their crimson folds being
caught up with rosettes of crepe.
Henry Smalley, aged SO years, who
lives on Snake river, forty miles south
west of Shoshone, was recently caught
in violent snowstorm and wandered
about during one whole night without
being able to find shelter or make
fire. The old man did not feel the
worse for 1t, however, after finding hii
way home the next day.
Miss Della McAfee, student OF thu
Ohio Wesleyan, at Delaware, o., from
Boise, entered friends suite of room
and discovered the carpets and cur
tains in a blaze. Selling blanke
she smothered the flames, holding
tnem IN cneck until the nose VI WI
hall was connected and water wa
thrown, extinguishing the fire. Mis-
McAfee escaped with only slight burns
Representatives Of the Moscow 4
Eastern railroad are in Portland TAX
ing the preliminary steps toward tn
construction of the road which is t
run from Moscow to Collins. Th
Moscow g. Eastern is an Independent
company and has no connection VIII
any other line The promoters say tn
road will surely be built during tn
summer.
The outlook for phenomenal minin
activity throughout the entire north
ern part of the state during the presen
year is most promising. Capitalist
are beginning to realize that there
vast amount of wealth underlyin
the soil of the state of Idaho.