Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-01-26
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for the next meeting of the State Hor
ticultural society.
In Rock valley over 10000 sheep are
being fed this winter, besides the reg.
ular feeding of other stock.
Bernard Dillon, company f, First
Idaho volunteers, has been granted an
honorable discharge by tho secretary
Of war
The University exhibit has been in
stalled in the capitol building at Boise,
and is attracting great deal of at
tention.
The board of pardons has not yet
set date upon which it will finally
pass upon the "Diamondfeld Jack"
Davis case.
The Oregon Short Line bridge over
the famous American falls, on Snake
river, is over 900 feet long and eighty
feet above the water.
The snow is very deep for the time
OF year throughout the southern part
stock and sheepmen fearful.
The Emmett Creamery company,
limited, has fled articles of incorpora-
tion with the secretary of state. The
capital stock of company is placed at
$4,000.
Sheepmen in the vicinity of American
Falls report the weather very hard on
sheep. The cold winds chill them so
badly that many die, even if they are
well fed
State Treasurer Lucius c. Price an
nounces that he is prepared to pay
general fund warrants of the series of
1897 and 1898 from Nos. 1853 to 5000,
inclusive,
The Idaho Consolidated Gold com
pany, organized under the laws of the
state of New Jersey, has designated
Harry II. Matthews of Warren as it's
agent in this state.
The state board of prison commits
sioners has awarded contracts for sup
plies for the penitentiary for the ensu-
ing quarter. The awards were well
distributed, but the bulk of them went
to Boise firms.
Three Boise boys, Emmett Allen,
Hugh Breen and John Richardson, at
tempted to wreck the pay car on the
Oregon Short Line on the night of the
10th. They were discovered before
any damage had been done, and are
now in Jail.
The prosecuting attorney of Cassia
county has dismissed the case against
jeff Gray for shooting Wilson and
Cummings, the sheepmen for whose
murder "Diamondfeld Jack" Davis is
under sentence of death. The attorney
believes there is not sufficient evidence
against Gray to convict him.
At the meeting of the State Horti-
cultural society, held in Boise, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: A. Nc
Pherson of Boise, president; Robert
Schleisher of Lewiston, vice president;
Robert Miliken of Nampa, secretary;
R II. Gwinn of Caldwell, treasurer;
and G. T. Stranaham of Lewiston,
trustee for district No. /.
A letter from a member of company
G, now at Manila, says that Colonel
Jones of the Idaho volunteers, has re-
signed, and that he will be home prob
ably on the next boat. AS the writer
puts it, che has to come now or come
In box when he does come" He said,
In effect, that the colonel has not seen
awell day since they landed at Manila.
Chas. Dawson, Poss Robinson and
John Williams were arrested in upper
of operating an Illicit distillery. The
men were tried by u justice of the
peace and discharged, the evidence
showing that while the men had made
large quantity of cider, and had acted
IN mysterious way, no still could be
found on the premises.
The supreme court has reversed the
Judgment of the First district court in
theease of George G. Webb, convicted
on charge of robbing Fred Gagnor
at Wallace early in the morning oi
October 20, 1897. Gagnon met Webt
and a man named Theodore Faust in
Wallace on the evening before and was
around with them until the next morn.
Ing, when, he alleges they robbed hin
of S55.
While the governor, secretary o.
state and Encouragement were re
turning to Boise from Albion, one
day last week, they had rather un
comfortable experience. Crossing
Marsh creek on the ice, they broke
through and stuck, the horses being
unable to move. After they had beer
fast in midstream for an hour, farmer
came on borseba and took them on'
at time behind him and carried then
across
Senator Shoup's bill to grant righ
OF way to the Clear Water Valley Rail
road company through the lands of th'
Nez Perces Indian reservation has beei
passed in the senate, and will no doub
receive favorable attention in tn
house,