Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-12-21
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IDAHO NEWS.

peeh appointed railway mail clerk.
He will go to Portland to commence
his new duties.
Work along the line Of the New York
Canal, near Boise, progressing rapid
ly and Will be continued as long as the
weather will permit.
The state land board hiss decided to
grant free to lessees of land in the arid
belt years lease on all lands cleared
of sagebrush, for the year when the
land is being cleared.
The old Overland hotel, at Boise,
which has been the headquarters Of the
politicians Of the state since the early
days, is to be torn down and replaced
by modern four-story structure.
The deposition of Governor Frank
Steunenberg was taken in Salt Lake
last week to be used on behalf of the
defense in the case of Captain Fred j.
Mills, who is charged with the killing
of. c. O'Melveney. His testimony was
to the effect that he had known Captain
Mills intimately for many years, and
that the defendants reputation was
good in every way.
The Oneida county poll tax case,
wherein it was decided that it was the
duty of g. j. Sponberg to collect $3.50
poll tax after the second Monday in
December, and that Judgment against
him for so cents each on 616 polls col
lected between the second Monday in
December and the first Monday in Janu-
ary be had, has been affirmed by the
supreme court.
The last smallpox patient was re-
leased from quarantine at the isolation
hospital at Lewiston last week, and the
establishment was closed. With the
exception of a single case the disease
has entirely disappeared from the Lew
iston valley. In no case have the re-
suits been serious, and in each instance
where the couvalescent stage was
reached the patients rapidly recovered
their normal health.
Last week passenger coach was put
on the z. e. l. N, being one rented
from the O. s. L., pending the compile
tion of the new p, 81 |. n. coaches, and
for the first time in this history of the
world the mail from the upper country
was put on railway train and headed
for Middle valley. Thus several houls
are now saved in the arrival of mail
and passengers at upper country points
and the dreary, muddy climb over Mid
die valley hin is thing of the past
Governor Steunenberg, who has gone
to Washington to attend the meeting
of the committee that is to arrange a
celebration of the anniversary of the
establishment of the national govern
ment in the District of Columbia, has
officially notified Lieutenrnt-Governor
Hutchinson of his absence from the
state. So far as known, this is the first
instance in the history of the state
when such a notification has been sent
to lieutenant governor on the oecas-
ion of governor absenting himself
from the state.
Senator Shoup is trying to secure
a continuation of salary during the
winter months for the Idaho forest
recerve superintendent and the super
visors of the Priest river and Bitter
Root reserves. Two of the last named,
r. S. Bragaw and j. b. Chamberlain
have been laid off for the win ter owing
to the insufficiency of the oppropria-
tion and the fact that the forest reser-
vations do not need much care during
the winter months when the ground is
covered with snow.
Senator Shoup has received two pc
titions from citizens residing near the
Fort Hall reserve asking for the ap-
pointment of John II. Mullen a. Indian
agent to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Agent Warner. The petitions
arrived to late to be considered
Piled up at the bottom of Kendrielt
hill, on the Northern Pacific branch
last Saturday were two engines and 10
cars loaded with steel. In houses near
by were the dead bodies of Engineers
Arthur g. Balm and John A. Ogden,
Fireman Earl Bradshaw and Brakeman
A. Bulge, all of Spokane, and the fatal
ly injured body of John Peterman.
The train was an extra with load
of steel for the Northern Pacific ex-
tension. The rails were covered with
ice and snow and in descending the
long grade, leading into Keudrick, the
train got from the control of the train
men. and dashed madly down the steep
grade. A mile and half east of Ken
rick four cars were ditched and the
track torn up for quarter of mile.
When the rest of the flying train struck
the yards the engine and all the cars
were ditched and completely wrecked,
and the track torn up for 200 yards.
Attorney General Hays has received
letter from the recorder of Bear Lake
county, asking if he is obliged to make
abstracts when requested. He replied
that recorders are required to furnish
abstracts but that they are not obliged
to furnish the bond exacted of private
abstractors.