Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-04-20
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The Northern Pacific expects to set
tie the Clearwater extension difficulty
at once and complete the Lewiston ex-
tenson this season.
The rush into the Buffalo Hump |
country continues, and the indications
are that there will be the greatest ex-
element over this country ever known
in the state
DR.. E. T. Mathes, Professor of his
tory and economics in the Idaho State
Normal school at Lewiston, has been
chosen president of State Normal
schools at Whatcom, Wash
A colony of about 40 persons is or
ganizing in Ogden, Utah, to settle in
Camas prairie by the first of May.
The interior of the state is being set
tied as well as the portions along the
railroad.
Walter Boise and a man named Seal
lion attempted to ford the river at the
Bonanza Bar ford, below American
Falls, and were drowned, one day last
week The bodies have not yet been
recovered.
c. A. De Saussure, the Coeue d'Alene
banker, was found guilty by jury of
twelve men on the charge of misde-
meanor. He was charged with having
accepted deposits in his bank after he
knew it was insolvent.
w. S. Mack died at Boise last week
of spotted fever, He was well known
in Boise and elsewhere in the state.
He was warden of the Idaho peniten-
tiary for part of term under the Gov
ernor Wiley administration.
Governor Steunenberg has pro-
claimed a quarantine against sheep
from Cache and Box Elder counties,
Utah, and Elko county, Nevada, or
which may be driven through those
counties, for period of 60 days. Fear
of contagion is the cause of the quar-
pntine
Z. j. Odum has been arrested at
Market Lake on charge of forgery,
school warrant. Odum is a school
teacher, and it is claimed this is the
second time he had been guilty of the
same crime, but the matter was hushed
up on the previous occasion, after he
made the loss good.
An impressive feature of the funeral
services of Major Edward McConville,
was the presentation of a commission
as colonel of the Idaho National Guard
to Harry McConville, the seventeen
year-old son of the dead hero, the com
mission having been issued by the gov
ernor few days ago. The young man
was fighting as private in his fathers
battalion when the latter fell.
Il. Il. Lippman, a well-known min
Ing man, said on his return to Grange
Vile, few days ago from Buffalo
Hump: 1T is ridiculous to see how
many locations have been made and re-
located in the snow. We dug down in
one place just out of curiosity and
Il found three location notices one above
another in the snow. The last man to
locate had appropriately named his
location the Pirate. ;"
State Irrigation Commissioner Bes-
sett says the Short Line will make a
strenuous effort to divert the Buffalo
Hump travel to the southern route via
Warren. The latter place is only
Ai inh oil bn
camp on the Salmon river on an extern
sion of the Buffalo Hump belt. There
are good roads into that section from
the south, and it is regarded as the
quickest and best route to take
Four cars of freight train on the
Lewiston extension of the Northern
Pacific went over an embankment, kill
ing Engineer Mat Ralston and Fire
man Fred Lemon. The wrecked loco
motive and cars lie half imbeded in
the stream 100 feet below the track
Fireman Lemon was killed instantly
and his body was shoclSingly mangled.
Engineer Ralston was still alive when
found. He said; "Hold my head for
me; | am dying. Take my hand; l
don't want to go alone
The remains of Edward McConville
Of the Idaho volunteers, who was
killed at Manila on February 14th
while leading a charge at Santa Ana,
arrived at Lewiston and were inferred
last week. The remains were in charge
OF Anjt.-Gen. Weaver of the Idaho
National Guard, and were accompa-
Med by the widow and son of the de,
ceased, the latter having accompanied
the body from Manila. The Governor
and staff and other state officers were
in attendance at the funeral
hnffaio Hump and Seven Devils is te
nave telegraphic communication soon
Inc Rocky Mountain company will
extend its lines from nearest points
hne will also be constructed from
idaho Falls to Dillon, Montana, and
'aen to Virginia City,