Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-10-05
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The law prohibiting the firing Of
iirecracllerp in Boise was suspended
when the volunteers returned.
An attempt was made to wreck a 7.
4 l. \. train last week by some mis-
crcants who placed obstructions on
the track.
II was one year four months and
fourteen days from the time the voun-
tocrs left the state until they returned
seasoned veterans with an honorable
record
feature at the state fair was ten
mile cowboy relay race. each man hav-
ing five horses. 1t was won by +. W
Brown, Frank Pinkham being 900
yards behind,
state Auditor Bartlett Sinclair, gov
eruor of Shoshouc county. reports
everything quiet in the Cocur d'Alenes
with prosperity prevailing. General
Merriam has advised him that the
troops will be directed TO prepare
quarters for winter
'The blacksmith shop at the Boise
barracks was destroyed by ire last
week. The blacksmith, who has the
combination to the Naterworlls. was
away and the pressure could not bc Sc
cured for some time 1t came too late
to save the buil ling.
The bee exhibit at the state fair
showed colonies making honey in all
stages from the beginning Of the cell
TO its completion. where the process
could be watched through glass sides
in the hives. 1t was very instruc
tive
J. L. Shelby OF Parma is growing a
field of lo-acres Of peanuts. 1t is too
early to be certain of the result, but
everything indicates big crop. The
crop is worth cents pound on the
ground. and il II can he proftably
grown will open up a new industry.
viii Long of salmon City. who has
been sick for some time, became de-
mented last week and burned down
storehouse on his fathers ranch en-.
failing loss of $500 He then wander
ed off and was found at Junction, fifty
y
ing.
Edward I. Plank. an eX-president of
the typographical union died at Boise
last week He was taken sick in the
mountains where he had been pros
pecting, and was brought to town. lie
was an old-timer. and worked on the
Virginia City Enterprise with Mark
Twain
The new miners union at Wardner
has adopted resolutions reciting that
life and property are safe under mar
tial law and that conditions are
acceptable to the residents, The reso-
luton was called out by interviews
and false statements published in the
east that the rights Of people under
martial law were not respected
In June. lsa7, NJ w Miner and
Adam B. Lyons were camped on Sui
phur Creek, in Idaho county. Mr..
Lyons took mountain fever aud was
delrious for four five days and
wandered away while Miner was
asleep. \ long search was made for
him, when it was concluded he had
been drowned in attempting to cross
creek to which he had been tracked
Ills remains have just been found on
the opposite side of the creek from
camp, in clump of brush two and a
half miles away.
The dairy exhibit at the state fair
occupied one section of the horticul
AZ Fnu r.
the fair Improved methods were
illustrated. The exhibits of full
creamery cheese and butter were ex-
eeptionally good.
Last Monday Morning at 10 o'clock
all pioneers, both men and women
gathered in front Of the city hall, at
Boise where picture of the group was
taken. The names were left at
Stampers gallery so that they may be
printed on the pictures.
Word has been received from Mrs.
Wortley Hunt Trevitt Of the death in
Portland of ler mother. Mrs. Hunt,
an Idaho pioneer The deceased was
born in Virginia on March 20, ISL
She will be remembered by many OF
the old timers.
salmon City has put in a bid for
fame with a ,200-pound bear story
Bruin was found asleep on craig ., OOn
n feet high When shot he fell down
the mountain: but returned to be shot
twelve times more before he died His
weight was guessed at.
T. 7. Shelby has made great sue
cess of hop culture on his ranch near
Parma He has twenty-five tons of
hops produced from as many acres
They are worth II cents pound. The
crop will bring 10 cents a pound net,
% or 5000 an acre