Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-03-30
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II The postoffices at Burke and Genes.
see will be made money order offices
after April.
Professor G. o. Broxou of Caldwell
has been installed as deputy in the
u Office of the state treasurer.
II Marion Donlxer of Boise and Horace
T. Jones of Pocatello, have been APP
pointed railway mail clerks
new creamery is to be established
at Salubria. The capital stock of the
company is placed at IS, 900.
l Railroad men believe that the immi-
grafton from the east TO Idaho this
year will be greater than ever before.
The Lewiston Mercantile company
filed articles of Incorporation last week
The capital stock is placed at $4,000.
1t is feared that the peach buds in
h Boise valley were killed by the heavy
freeze in February. Apples were mot
hurt.
Hay is very scarce all over the state,
Il and those who have a surplus find a
ready market for it at twice the figures
i it brought last winter.
The Clearwater Valley Railway com
pany will build a railroad to Buffalo
H Hump from point between Cotton
wood and Mount Idaho
The stories that are now reaching
Idaho respecting the part taken by
our volunteers in the fighting about
ma Al.
covered itself and the state with glory.
Attorney-General Hays has received
printed copy of the transcript filed
in the United States circuit court OF
appeals in the Diamondfield Jack case.
The case will be heard in May or June.
Articles of incorporation of the Ok
ford Reservoir & Irrigation company,
capital 81, 900. and the Weston Reser-
voir " Power company, capital SIS, 900,
have been filed with the secretary OF
state.
1t is announced that the funeral of
the late Major McConville will be held
at Lewiston April 16. Adjutant General
Weaver and some other member OF the
cisco TO meet the body.
State sheep Inspector Chatlin is
doing everything in his power to pre-
vent scab-infected sheep from being
brought into the state from adjoining
states, and viulators of the law will be
vigorously prosecuted
large number of Quakers arrived
in the southeastern part of this state
from the east last week and will per-
manently locate there There are al
ready colonies of both Dunkards and
Quakers occupying lands in Idaho.
The Idahos were the only troops be-
longing to the First division that Gen
eral Macarthur, commanding the Sec
ond division, specially requested should
be sent to reinforce him in anticipation
of the battle of Caloocan. The boys
appreciate the compliment.
There never was such a demand for
lumber as there is now, while every
sawmill reports famine in logs, not.
withstanding cash and good price is
being offered for them The recent
storms have piled the snow up so high
in the timber that it is impossible to
get at it.
Governor Steunenb berg has named
the following gentlemen to compose
the state dental board: w. w. Pail
ing of Pocatello, f. II. Maberly OF
Boise, Representative II. G. Patterson
of HALEY, G. A. Green of Grangeville
Representative Edward Beaudette OF
Murray.
Charles F. Robbins, who with Bert
Rigley discovered the famous Buffalo
Hump last summer, died at Lewiston
on the 23rd of pneumonia. He had beer
on big spree ever since the discovery
He had fritted away most all his money
having but a small part of the origina
Big Buffalo interest.
John Murphy, ragged and dirt
tramp was arrested in Boise last weel
and whsn searched 50, 800 in gold ant
greenbacks was found on his person
Murphy said he had boarded for years
going without the necessaries of lif
and el1ing out a most miserable exist
ence that he might literally line h
pockets with wealth.
In the neighborhood of 500 Nilsson
rians, mostly farming people, have al
rived in this state and will locate nea
Lewiston. They came in two trains c
fourteen cars each. Most of the new
comers are fairly well-to-do and com
to this state because they believe the
can realize more upon their capita
than in the eastern states
Suit has been commenced in tn
United States court by the Unite
States against A. X. Stoddard OF Namp
to recover 81, 3s2. so for timber allege
to have been Illegally cut from the pull
lie domain in Utah by the defendant
1885 aud 1885.