Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-12-28
Terms of SnSseriptieH:
IDAHO NEWS.

sleighing parties are all the rage in
Nampa.
The fruit industry, though in its in
fancy, is destined to become one of the
most profitable of the state
dad" Freeman of the Wood river
country, one of the first settlers of this
state, is dead at the age of rs.
A railway line from Idaho Falls to
Uhallis, Houston and other places
where copper abounds, is being talked
of
Presley Higgins, father of Colonel d.
W. Higgins of Boise. is dead The de-
ceased was born in Ohio and was in his
73rd year.
1t is claimed by some of the knowing
ones that what is supposed in Oregon,
Utah and Idaho to be an epidemic of
smallpox is really Manila itch.
Avery rich gold strike has been made
in the Willow Creek district, it being
regarded as one of the most important
discoveries made in this section in years.
The supreme court has decided that
board of commissioners, acting as
board of equalization, has the right to
add to the assessment of any property
holder any taxable property that may
have been omitted,
genuine case of smallpox has de-
veloped at Nampa, but the patient was
promptly placed in the pest house quite
distance from any habitation, and it
is thought there will be no danger of
the disease spreading.
The contract has been let by the
Idaho Northern for a steel bridge to be
II placed across the Boise river at Nampa.
II Frazer e Chalmers of Chicago are the
con tractors, and the bridge is to be in
q position within sixty days, at a cost of
n about $40, 900.
During a quarrel while at dance at
n Fairview, William Hudson stabbed An
II drew Frost in the neck and shoulder.
d infictng painful though not dangerous
u wounds Hudson has been arrested on
a charge of assault with intent to COM
NIT murder.
and is supposed to be wandering about
q in the snow covered foothills in de-
mented condition., if he has not already
suecumbed to the cold. A party has
been searching for him, and If found he
will be placed in the asylum.
a An interesting contest is in progress
over the Black canyon of the Payette,
where it is proposed to erect great
j dam for power purposes. The Boise,
u Nampa & Owyhee railroad people re-
n Gently appeared at the canyon and be-
gan work preparatory to blasting the
cliffs which constituted a partial nat
ural dam which the power people in
tended using, and which they claim
they are entitled to use by right of
q purchase. The power people secured
an injunction restraining the railroad
folks from destroying their natural
q dam, and the case will be fought to a
finish by both sides. As it is the pur-
pose of the power people to build an
electric road which will come in COM
petition with the Boise, Nampa < Owy-
hee line, it is presumed the railroad
people have determined TO head off the
power plant project by making the
building of the dam so expensive as to
render the scheme impractieable.
During the past season 172 carloads
Of fruit were shipped from Boise and
vicinity, 126 being prunes and pears
and 46 apples. These shipments have
q resulted in the distribution to the fruit
g growers of about 100000 The Earl
IS Fruit company alone has handled %
ears of pears and prunes, mostly prunes,
81 lisposing of them in the auction mar.
81 kets of the east. The gross receipts of
81 the sale of these "a cars was S97, 572.
81 The freight, refrigeration and commits.
"a sion amounted to sf2, ,9G0, leaving a net
sum to those whose fruit was handled
s. by the company of 55,3l2. This rep.
81 resents little over SIS cents per crate
at the depot. The remaining 81 cars oi
ID prunes were shipped by various com
rs mission houses, one ear being sent tc
Texas, and one to England the latter
bringing fancy prices. Most of thu
81 apples went to Montana, few car'
being sold in Wyoming. The ruling
price for apples was ST box. There
8 are still ten or twelve carloads of drieo
s. fruit unsold. Most of it is of very goot
quality, and can safely be placed il
competition with the best dried frui
on the coast.
2 As the aftermath of a card gam
which resulted in the shooting of Henr
Ruse by Jack Mason on Sunday morn
ing at Lewiston, four of the intereste
parties will answer to the courts o
the charge of having violated the ant
gambling law.
John Cliffton's house, ON Crooke
river, caught fire from the stoye-pip
and was totally destroyed, the onl
3 furniture saved being stove. Lig
Ganlk was terribly burned about tn
hands and face while endeavoripg
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