Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-02-02
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supreme court.
Miss French, state superintendent,
has completed the January apportion-
ment of school money. The amount
apportioned is $9,0Os.43.
The farmers of Canyon county have
perfected an organization for the pur-
pose of shipping some fine dairy stock
into the country for the patrons of the
creamery.
The town of Standpoint experienced
Sl5, 900 fire on the cath. There being
no vacant houses in the town, the fam
lilies burned out find it difficult to Sc
cure shelter.
There is every indication of sub
stantial mining boom throughout the
state of Idaho during the coming sea-
son, which will prove of material bene-
dt to our citizens.
The Chinese of Boise have received
from China $3.50 worth of paraphernalia
which they will use for their celebra-
tion. They will turn out next Fourth
Of July in their new trappings.
The assessor of Blaine county has
written AttorneyGeneral Hays, asking
II women are subject to poll tax, and
II patented mining claims can be taxed
The answer was mo" in both cases.
The president has appointed John s.
har . I
Mrs. Sophia Davis at Caldwell. Both
OF these appointments were made upon
the recommendation of Senator Shoup.
The fruit trees of Canyon county are
loaded with buds, and an increase of
over 100 per cent in the product of the
fruit drying establishments of the
county is assured for the coming year.
A. w. Branner has arrived in Boise
from Dawson City, Alaska, which place
he left on December Is. He says Daw-
son is experiencing a mild winter, the
thermometer going to only 60 below
zero.
Isaac Thompson was found dead in
his cabin in Boise on the 21st. The
coroner's jury rendered verdict that
the deceased came to his death from
the effects of poison, administered with
suicidal intent.
While making a visit to one of his
camps near Idaho Falls, State Senator
Gooding's team ran away with him,
wrecking the buggy and throwing him
out. Though badly shaken up, he was
not seriously hurt
The governor and secretary of state
on Friday last week visited the state
penitentiary with members of the
state affairs committee to look over
the institution with view to deter
mining what additional room is needed
There has just arrived at Meridian a
party of settlers from Missouri. The
party numbers sixteen, and it is theil
intention to purchase property in that
vicinity, they having brought large
quantity of household and other goods
Among the voters who were recently
drawn at Wallace for jury duty at th'
coming session of court were four ladies
three on the trial jury and one on tn,
grand jury. Their presence in the cour
room as jurors promises to be quite al
attractive feature.
A valuable discovery of an excellen
quality of bituminous coal has beer
made by r. II. Robb of Horseshoe Bend
about tweuty-four miles from Boise
Mr.. Robb has sunk shaft ninety fee
and struck a we'll defined ledge of coal
two feet thick aud underlying 240 acres
Two Cinnamon who were serving
sentences in the Boise Jail and wer
put on the streets to work, caused
little excitement the other day by re
fusing to work. They sat down in tn,
mud and began to disrobe, declaring
they would die rather than work, bu
after a little coaxing resumed thei
labors.
prominent business man of Bois
has just returned from an eastern
visit He says he never before hear
so much talk about Idaho away iron
home. At a number of places he hear
OF parties intending to move to Idah
this spring and he is confident the stat
will secure a much larger immigratio
than ever before in it's history.
Secretary of State Mart Patrie ha
just won a victory in the suprem
court, a judgement secured by hir
against the Oregon Short Line for S32
for horses killed on the track nea
Market Lake being affirmed Th
question involved in the case was i
relation to the obligation of the raj
road company to keep its right of wa
fenced where it passes through privat
land that is unenclosed.
Soda Springs in the past has not bee
considered a very desirable agriculture
district, but it has lately so come int
favor that all the lands are being Il
Gated. Within a radius of ten mile
there has recently been 122 location
made for agricultural purposes.