Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-02-23
gilmore Lodge. A. f. & A. NJ.
THURSDAY, Feb. 90, 1899.

Chattin visited Boise last Friday.
Frank Barrett and family have
removed to this place from Alkali
creek.
T. Hutchins came over from
Boise and went to Bruneau last
Friday.
Will Harley of Bruneau has
been visiting in this place for sew
h eral days.
We are pleased to learn thu the
health of ]. Stedman is now rapidly
improving.
Mrs. S. H. Perry, now of Boise,
has gone east to visit with her son
for a short time.
Arch Cunningham, g. c. of K. of
P, visited the Mountain Home
lodge Monday night.
Sheriff O'Neill has appointed J
d. Gorby a deputy she:iff for
l~Glenn's Ferry precinct.
Judge Waidron, Elmore's first
county attorney, is living at deaths
door at his home in Wallace, Idaho.
James Bennett, who has been on
the sick list for several weeks, is
gradually improving, we are glad
to learn.
F. FL. Davis, formerly resident
of Rocky Bar, has returned to Ida
no from New Hampshire and To-
Gated at Silver City
Last Saturday deputy sheep in
epector jim Coon quarentined 1000
head of sheep belonging to Helm &
Chattin, at point on Snake river
bottoms between the wagon road
leading to Halls ranch and Love-
ridges ferry. Cause-scab.
Three raffles took place at the
Palace saloon Friday evening l.
Burton and w J Turner Jointly
won horse and buggy; n P Mel
I son walked away with fine gold
headed cane, and John Smith and
Joe Depstell won revolver
H. l.. Clark returned Monday
night from Boise. He says that
there will be but little opposition to
the bill providing for the anne$a-
ton of his section of Big Camas to
Gilmore county. Mr. Clark starteH
Tuesday night for his home at Cor
raj, going by way of HALEY.
Our friend w. J. McVety, a first
class man and printer of Boise, and
Miss Margaret Haines, handsome
and highly educated young lady of
Payette valley, were married at the
home Of the brides parents on the
18th instant. May prosperity and
happiness be theirs forever more is
the sincere wish of the BULLETIN
family. II
At last the telephone line leading
from this place to Hot Spring in
Bruneau valley is to be put in oper-
atom Advices from St. Louis tt
w. A. Reynolds are to the effect
that the instruments were shipped
on the 18th instant. If there is nc
unusual delay they will be here al
least by the 26th, and the line will
certainly be in operation by the first
Of March.
Mrs. Bailey came down from Lit
tie Camas Friday evening to meeI
Senator Bailey, who came in from
Boise that night. The Senator re.
turned to Boise Sunday night anc
Mrs. Bailey went home by Mon
day mornings stage. Mr.. Bailey il
working quietly but diligently fol
what he deems of interest to gu
people generally, and without fea
or favor from any source.
J. NJ. Goodwin, travelling CORES
pondent and solicitor for the Sal
Lake Tribune, made this office
pleasant call last Friday. The Trib
une is wonderful production 70
Salt Lake and would be o. credit t.
any CITY of four times its popula
ton. Since the change in arriva
of the trains from the east the pee
pie of this section get through tn
Tribune complete telegraphic re
ports fully II hours earlier than be
fore, and consequently the circula
ton of that great paper is rapid
increasing.
Under the provisi ons Of the dis
trict irrigation law, which ma
passed the house, majority OF tn
land owners, representing one-qual
ter of the land, may petition tn
board of county commissioners 70
the organization of an irrigation di
triet. If the board favors the pet
ton an election will be held in tn
district and if two.tbirds Of the W
tiers cast their votes for it the dill
trict will be declared formed. III
district may then issue per eer
1920 bonds for the purpose of bu!
ing existing or building new irrig'
ton works. The expense of opera
ing and maintaining the system
to be met by tolls charged the co..
sumers on the basis of the quantiI
used.