Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-08-10
G. NJ PAYNE. MABEL l.. PAYNE
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and all indications point to fair crop,
r-All of the fruit of southern Idaho
this year bids fair to be sold at good
prices.
An effort is being made to secure
big mineral exhibit for the next Idaho
1ntermountain fair
general merchandise store was
totally destroyed by fire at Lapwai
last week, entailing loss of SIS, 900.
Wallace is to have a complete sewer
age system, which will cost S14, 500,
contracts having been let to Port
land firm.
News has been received from Manila
that Steunenberg, Kipp, Hartman and
York, officers of the Idaho regiment,
have re-enlisted in the provisional
army.
Articles Of incorporation of the
Grand View Land company, limited,
of Grangeville, capital stock $4,000,
have been filed with the secretary of
state.
The Improvement of the telephone
system between Boise and Idaho City
is about completed, there remaining
but two or three miles more of wire to
stretch
The reports of damage done to the
Palouse country have been greatly eX-
aggerated. The crop will be as large
or larger than usual, and the grain is
of better quality.
In the Boise valley up on the Payette
river, there is lot of new orchards,
some just beginning to bear this year.
One young orchard will ship carload
of Hungarian prunes alone
The shipments of green prunes and
pears from southern Idaho in Septem-
Der will be about 200 cars, composed
mostly of silver, Hungarian and Italian
prunes and Bartlett pears.
Ia all the localities along the Oregon
Short Line railroad from Washing ton
to Bingham counties, where water has
been available, everything from fruit
to alfalfa is in splendid condition.
The first crop of alfalfa is all in and
very large crop has been harvested.
The second crop is doing unusually
fine wherever water was used, but on
the dry farms this crop will be small.
Funds are being raised for the relief
of Idaho's sick soldiers in San Francis
co. The money is being forwarded to
Mrs. Boomer, who will see that il is
properly distributed among the boys.
One OF the biggest quartz discoveries
in the history of the state has been
made on Badger creek, which empties
into the Boise river about three miles
from Twin Springs. Ten assays made
show from SIT to Sl33, 600 to the ton.
Nez Perces county will issue bonds
to the amount of $50, 900, so as to take
up all warrants outstanding and com
ing due These bonds are to run ten
and twenty years and it is claimed that
they can be placed at four and five
per cent,
There are now $50 men and 100 teams
engaged in grading the roadbed for
road. There is 3s miles of road to
grade, and the side tracks and yards.
All the men and teams that can be Sc
cured will be given work
G. p. Taylor, Joseph Bergier and Ed.
Cameron, ranchmen living near Haily,
! last week killed two large silver-tip
bears which had been playing havoc
with their cattle. These bears had
killed over $500 worth of cattle along
Little Wood river the past month.
A bicyclist near Ketchum last week
encountered huge mountain lion,
which was following band of sheep,
evidently looking for some choice NUT
ton The cyclst was unarmed, and he
does not deny that he did some scorch-
ing in order to give the lion a clear
track.
In the section around Boise and ex-
tending to Nampa there are large
fields of fine looking grain and huge
crops of alfalfa on both sid o of the
railroad. The large oreh,4ls Is look
very fine and hold out much promise
Peaches, especially the Elberta variety,
are very hne.
In the section between Weiser and
Blue Lakes alone there are II, 900 acres
in orchards, some young, but most of
bearing age this year. This section is
also becoming a great producer of al
falfa and grain and heavy crop is ex-
pected this year.
The Haily Hot Springs was totally
destroyed by fire on the 27th ult The
fire was caused by lamp being over
turned by lady who was engaged in
cureing her hair. Loss 500, 900. The
property was owned by Robert Stra-
horn of Chicago
On the Shelby fruit farm at Parma
is 200 acres of alfalfa, 90 acres of hops,
20 acres Of onions, 80 acres of melons
(nutmegs) and 10 acres of peanuts.
There is also 20 acres of fruit of all
kinds and everything looks fine and a
good yield is expected