Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-08-30
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Smallpox has broken out at Rocky
Bar, two cases being reported.
Harvest of fall and early sown spring
wheat is practically completed
Charles A. Towne will spend about
twelve days on the stump in Idaho
The Presbyterians of Lewiston are
planning for new church building.
The number of planning, saw and
shingle mills in the state is lie, and
grist mills 81.
The value of mines and mining i'm
provements in Idaho, as given by the
assessors, amounts to si,2l4,211
A death from smallpox has resulted
at Oakley, the victim being a young
married man who was sick eight days.
The body of Creighton Hayworth,
who was reeen tly drowned in the Snake
river near Lewiston, has been recoy.
cred
While attempting to board North
ern Pacific train at Burke, Thomas
Roberts slipped under the coach, crush
ing his foot
A box OF peaches was recently sent
to Michigan from Boise which weighed
twenty-five pounds and contained only
forty-eight peaches,
2. w. Addison of company C, Thirty
sixth infantry, at Sual, Philippine is
lands, writes home to Kendrick that he
has been made a corporal
Bears have killed about fifty head of
sheep in the vicinity of Muldoon re-
Gently, and they are getting to be quite
bold in their depredations.
The Red Cloud mine of HALEY. DUR
Ing the month Of July, shipped It's tons
of high grade ore, while the shipments
for August will reach 200 tons.
Orson Nicely of Mapleton was killed
by falling off load Of hay onto the
broken handle of pitchfork, the
splintered handle piercing his body.
The past three months have witnessed
much building in Wallace Six new
brick buildings have been erected. with
acres.
The farmers of Genesee valley this
season claim the best average yield of
wheat for any section in the west the
average being about thirty five bushels
per acre.
plan is on foot for making a dis
play of Idaho fruit at the Paris exposi-
ton. The department of agriculture
will guarantee the expense of the un-
dertaking.
1t is said that never has there been
so many campers in the Wood River
country as at present, 1t being impos-
sible to go very far in any direction
without running onto a camp.
A waterworks plant will be put in at
Harrison soon. A spring near town
will be utilized, and it is thought that
when it is fully developed it will furn-
ish as high as 30, 600 gallons per day.
The amount of railroad mileage of
the state, according to the report of the
county auditors, foots up ,291.s 50 miles,
the telegraph lines ,20077 miles, and
the telephone lines l,232 miles, with
9s5.50 miles of additional wires.
While bathing in the Clearwater river
near Spaulding, Charles Hively, about
81 years of age, was drowned. He was
swimming with number of compan-
ions when, without warning, he threw
up his hands and sank without making |
any outcry.
While amusing herself lighting small |
quantities of gunpowder and watching |
them puff, Blanche Roberts, aged IA, |
OF Cul De Sac, was severely burned by |
the explosion of "a two-pound sack of |
powder which she held in her hand
She will recover.
John Smith, fruit man, has been
arrested at Lewiston on complaint of
AL Smith, charged with stealing span
OF horses belonging TO the latter. He
was put under s70o bond to appear
for preliminary examination, but this
was raised later to So, 900.
1t is expected that the Idaho Midland
will let contracts for the construction
OF 100 miles of line as soon as surveys
and estimates have been completed.
The road is projected from Caldwell to
Butte. Thomas w. Bates of Boise is
president of the company.
The hills surrounding Montpelier,
according to recent reports, are rich in
their mineral deposits. Already num-
Der of good copper properties have been
shown up, and it is believed that such
mines will be opened mp in several
other portions of the county.
Charles II. Berry. who during Presi-
dert Cleveland's first term was APP
pointed an associate justice of the
supreme court OF Idaho, which position
he filled until Idaho was admitted as
state, died on the 2ist at his home In
Winoua, Mimi, aged rs years.