Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-01-19
, NJ PAYNE MABEL L. PAIN
PAYNE & PAYNE, Publishers.
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IDAHO NEWS.
David Kinport of Pocatello has been
npointed a railway mail clerk.

or sion
"a Nelson Reque has been appointed
POSTMASTER at Park, Lake county, vice
Andrew A. Hollond, resigned.
E william Bounds of Spalding has re-
ceived letter from Pomery, stating
that j. N. De Partee was not drowned.
M Comptroller of the Currency Dawes
ity has approved the Omaha National
ph Bank of Omaha, Neb., and the Mer-
ins chants Laclede National Bank of St.
led Louis, Mo-, as reserve agents for the
ms First National Bank of Boise.
-o c. s. Varian, an attorney of Salt
co Lake City, has formed partnership
OIL with j. w. Ayers of Weiser. The firm
nd will be known as Varian, Ayers &
he Varian. c. S. Varian, the senior
pin member of the firm, will remain in
ont Salt Lake and only go to Weiser when
, ,ae necessity demands.
n, A glove contest is to take place at
nd Victor, March 1st, between Ben Parker
Of this place and Jesse Tayrel of jack
sons Hole. The purse is $500, and the
- winner gets two-thirds of the gate
money. Mr.. Parker has been humping
'er' up against the boys for year or two,
iuu and some thinlx he has run against
- the right one this time.
r.,
Of George IL. Pease. for two years
ain Sheriff of Kootenia county, is fu-
Ca gtive from justice His term of office
'nu expired hut he was not there to turn
0' the office over to his successor. The
-. safe was opened but held only post
ats age stamp. 1t is thought Pease was
Old short about S., 900. Woman and wine
NJ are said to be the cause of his down
fall.
Lewiston, and Huntington, Ore,
nat are soon to be connected by direct
OK railroad and along Snake river, ac-
W cording to present indications. This
N 4 will involve the building of $50 miles
: of railroad by the O. r. & n. company.
ar This important extension of the Q. K.
al & N. will open up immense region
e. Il directly along the boundary line be
tween Oregon and Idaho.
@ Mr.. Spencer, an experienced hydrau-
to lie engineer of Salt Lake City, has
rs commenced to run three or four sur
w veys for the Sweetwater Irrigation
i, nj company near Lewiston. These lines
i, will be run from the present terminus
of the ditch at the head of Tammany
into Lewiston, and from these differ
E ent surveys the company will select
= the one which they will use to pipe
:" the water into Lewiston
" The supreme court has handed down
: an opinion in the case brought in the
1t name of the state against Blaine coun-
u ty to determine the validity of the law
= creating the county. The judgment
n of the district court is reversed. The
l. ground of the decision is that the state,
+ after having repeatedly recognized the
u county as legal subdivision Of the
state, is estopped after the lapse OF
four years, from questioning the reg
nlarity of the passage of the act.
In the supreme court Charles
Sweeney secured n writ of review
against Judge Mayhem of the Firs
district in the case brought by
Kennedy ]. Hanley against him and hi
associates in connection with Shoo<un
~ mine in the Yreka district. Hanley
claims an interest in the mine and Sc
cured the appoin tment as a receiver
This action is to be reviewed. Th'
writ is returnable on the 23rd. 1t il
telegraphed Judge Mayhem stay oi
proceedings is ordered.
General Superintendent Calvin o
the Short Line according to dis
patch from Boise furnishes an ex
planation of the interruption of tn
telegraphic service between this plac
and Salt Lake that occurred last week
The wires were rendered useless by
heavy deposit of salt from the atmos
phere, the phenomenon occurring thi
side of Ogden on the part of the lin
running in the vicinity of the Grea
~ salt Lake. The first salt was foun
k#@ to have fallen about twenty-one mile
out of Ogden, and it continued TO
point eighty miles from that place
The salt came down with the snow
1t settled on the insulators and cross
arms, and constituted a perfect cor
ductor when wet, and thus the wire
were practically crossed at every poll
1t was necessary to send out cre'
with hose and wash off every eros
arm. This operation covered the el
tire sixty miles before the wires wei
again in working order.
Charles II. Wolverton, of Nelson,
G., committed suicide at the Bancro
hotel Boise, January l6, by shootin
himself through the head with 8
calibre Colts revolver. The cause
the rash act was dependency, cause
by financial EN- barrassment.