Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-23

IDAHO NEWS.

Idaho has 2,445, 70s acres of patented
lands, valued at si2 $50, 912
New militia companies have been
organized at Wardner and Gem.
School lands near Nampa and payette
were last week sold by the state land
board.
Nampa will probably secure the pro
posed sugar factory to be built by the
oXnard company.
Ada county's bond issue, amounting
to 500. 300, was sold last week at
premium of S2,j3s
The express Office business transact
ed ut Boise this year will be 30 per cent
more than that Of 1898
Jess Hawley son Of J. H. Hawley Of
Boise, has been appointed a clerk in
the census office at Washington.
Congressman Wilson has departed
for Washington and does not expect to
return to Idaho until next summer
The total assessment of the state is
S3S.iis.65s. Railroad assessment, S.
i5o.452; telegraph, s94 79D telephone,
S-1 ,OG9
Boise is enforcing a rigid quarantine
to stamp out scarlet fever, quaran-
tine Of thirty-fve days is enforced in
every case.
Adjmtaut General Weaver is sending
blankets, overcoats. etc to company II
at Wardner which is now on duty ut
the prison there
The Boise railroad committee reports
that the subscriptions to bring the
main line OF the railroad to Boise
amount to $2oa.ooo
Night shifts have been placed on the
grade of the Pacific x Idaho Northern
in order to complete as much as possible
of the grade before winter sets in.
Another new Goeur d Alene company
is the Mulian Mining company, capital
$4,000, which has just fled its articles
of incorporation with the secretary of
state.
Thomas {. Maupin, Boise pioneer,
died last week. The deceased was
born in Virginia in 1871 and came to
Idaho in the fall Of 1s6l, making Boise
his home
The smallpox scare in Lewiston has
abated TO such an extent that the seso-
luton closing plblie schools and for
bidding public meetings has been
rescinded
The state has received second pay
ment from the national government on
its war claims Its amount is s633a, SO,
making total of 81 ,33s. 90 SO far re-
ceived There remains about $4,000 to
be adjusted.
George r. Settle. who was charged
with stealing horse from the Green
acquitted, Mr.. Settle paying the costs.
1t was found that the horse was not
taken with criminal intentions.
townsite company has been organ
lied by men connected with the 7. 4
l. n. company 1t is called the Pacific
K Idaho Northern Townsite company,
its capital stock is $4,000 The articles
Of Incorporation, state it il to lay of
townsite at Cambridge in Washington
county.
G. T. Prescott well known in Lewis
ton. was killed near Grangeville while
leading a packtrain Of thirteen mules
The animal he was riding went over
a precpice, dragging the others after
it, killing eleven of them. One of the
animals fell on Prescott breaking both
arms and botn legs, aud iniuring him
internally.
The camp of the Enited States troops
in the Goear d,Alenes has been remoy.
ed to 0sbnrn. four miles below Wallace.
The site is one that will make a very
good camp ground, and it is probable
that tho military will be able TO secure
the use of Il number of vacant build
ings there.
Governor Steunenberg has offered z
reward of 81 900 for the capture of Ed
BOYLE, president of Wardner union, uu-
der indictment for completely in ths
Wardner riots. Boyle fled the country,
aud has not yet been apprehe nded.
shipment of 20 boxes of apples
very badly infected with San lose
scale, were condemned at Boise last
week The apples are part OF con.
signment OF 200 boxes from Emmett
The whole lot will be destroyed
Hank Trimble,a Il big farmer near Lew
;ston has lost $50 acres of flax from tho
effects of continued rain. Climatic con
dtions delayed the ripening of fax til
the rains came. The yield was esti
mated at 500 bushels, worth a dollar
bushel
Idaho apples are selling in Montanl
for 81. > and 81 box us against 81. 2
for Utah apples In Portland Idah'
apples are selling for S2. 25 box
Portland has never before been open t,
Idaho fruit. but This year can not ge
enough,