Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-06-15
THURSDAY, June Is, 1899.
Get ready for the Fnnrth.


ed for Jordan valley, Oregon.
DR.. Swan went to HALEY Mon
day to attend the convention of
dentists.
Richard Benham and Buck Whit
son of Bruneau were visitors here
Sunday.
struckman, the photographer,
will pitch his tent at Glenn's Ferry
tomorrow.
Hillr& Painter On Monday SO Id
10000 sheep to the Clinton Shee p
Co. Of Salt Lake City.
G. w. Fletcher returned home
Monday from a visit at his sheep
ranch on the South Boise river.
The columns of the BULLETIN are
open to all who may wish to have
say on the South Boise river wagon
road question.
J. Stedman has gone to the Rocky
Bar country, and everybody here
wishes him improved health and
much prosperity.
The fact that lawyer X. I. Perky
Is to deliver the Fourth of July ora
stion should alone attract large
crowd to Mountain Home on that
day.
The youngest child of Mr.. and
Mrs.-0scar Schraft died at Rocky
Bar on the 7th, instant and the
afflicted parents have the sympathy
of all friends in the loss of their
darling little gill.
Whitney and Willis have this
week made the entrance to Pythian
hall thing of Joy to all who may
anter its portals by the erection of a
Rtoad, easy and handsome stairway
NJ the rear of Roscoe Smiths drug
store.
ARTHUR Golden, son of Judge
Golden of Rocky Bar, returned here
Sunday from Lafayette, Indiana,
where he had been attending an
electric and engineering college
He boarded the stage Monday for
the Bar.
Misses Minnie Tanner, May Hice,
Jessie Lander, Abbie Holland, Hope
Pyburn, Maude Pence, Bessie Hol-
land and Leora Lockman, who have
Z been attending the Albion Normal
school, are expected to return here
by Saturday nights train.
An alarm of fire was sounded
about 8 o'clock this morning. 1t
proved to be the burning roof the
house occupied by Ed. Holmes on
the Clark place. The firemen were
promptly on the ground and ex-
tinguished the flames before any
serious damage was done. The roof
on the east side was consumed. The
fire originated from a defective
stove-pipe, we are told.
To-day the BULLETIN enters Upon
the twelfth year of its existence,
during which time it has been UNI
der the control of Daddy" Payne,
who rejoices in the thought that he
has by running an independent
democratic sheet and wearing the
collar of no man, made many warm
and appreciated friends and of
course some enemies. Though we
have not yet amassed fortune, we
have no complaints to offer and
'feel as happy as big Idaho sun
Hover" because, as our columns
show, the business men of Mount
ain Home have stood noblv by
Elmere's pioneer paper, and our
subscription list gradually increases
as time rolls on. We feel thankful
10 our patrons for ,the,1,favors and
hope to greet them every week
through the BULLETIN for at least
decade more-and we think we will
1t is with sorrow that the BULLE-
TIN must chronicle the fact that
Harry Thompson of Rocky Bar has
become insane For several weeks
he has been showing signs of mental
weakness, and Saturday his wife
accompanied him to this place for
treatment. He continued to grow
worse and on Monday was taken
before Probate Judge White for ex-
animation. He was committed to
the asylum at Blackfoot and taken
TO that place by last nights train.
Mr.. Thompson has been a promi-
hent mining man at Rocky Bar for
the past 10 years and his depforable
condition is supposed to result from
business reverses of the past wear.
Poor Harry Thompson-his friends
are many in this section and uni
veral sorrow ls expressed at his sad
misfortune. TO his disconsolate
young wife, far away from relatives
and her native land, the BULLETIN,
In conjunction with a great many
others, tenders its sincere sympa-
thy