Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-12-06
IDAHO NEWS.

The anti-fusion and midile-of- the
road Popnlists pollcd about the sam,
vote on electoral tickets. being a1s I,
ell.
Senator Shoup is being men toned
for the position of assistant secretary
of war, after March 4, to succeed
Meikeljohn of Nebraska.
william Fallas of Caldwell, las,
week sold $4,000 pounds of wool to F.
w. Brigham of Boston. The CON
sideration was l2]l cents per pound.
i The Prohibition electors received an
average of $50 votes. For cover
nor William'J. Boone, Prohibition can.
didate, received 1901 votes, leading
his ticket by about 200.
1 The Tip Top mine at Haily is work.
ing in eight feet of copyritic ore which
gives returns of Sioo per ton gold and
30 per cent copper, one of the prettiest
sights and largest ore bodies in the
country.
George b. York of Salubria was last
week awarded damages against the p.
| q L. N. to the amount of 81, ,ooO for the
Death of his 4-year-od son who was
crushed to death on q turn table while
Laying with other children.
The amendment to the constitution
to authorize the state land board to
invest the school fund in state war.
rants and other securities of the state
was adopted by vote of 1886 to 1876.
Only little more than fifth of all
those voting took the trouble to vote ON
this question.
Joseph Macdonald, for years man.
ager of the Helena Frisco and later of
tile Frisco Consolidated Mining COM
pany at Wallace, has resigned his posi-
ton and will take charge of the Tread
well mine, on Douglas island. which
has the largest mining plant in the
world.
The horticultural exhibits at future
state fairs will be made under sie di-
rection of the State horticultural AS
ISOLATION, although the fair association
will provide the premiums. 1t is be-
lieved better exhibit can and will be
made by the horticultural association
than by the fair association.
The Last Chance and the Bunker
Hill companies at Wardner are at it
again. The Last Chance company has
commenced suit against it's old enemy,
the Bunker Hill to restrain it from
proceeding further with tunnel
which, 1t is claimed will cut the Last
Chance ledge 600 feet below the Swee-
pey tunnel.
Swan Falls, the site of the Trade
Dollar dam, is being watched in an en-
deavor to catch the body of James
Whalen, which is supposed to be in
the water above the dam. Whalen is
alleged to have been drowned, by Dan
Burke, with whom he was going from
Silver City to Boise. Burke is under
arrest, suspected of having murdered
his companion.
There were 81, ,914 votes cast for presi-
dent while the number cast for gover-
nor was only 56,373. For representa-
tive in congress the number of votes
was still smaller, only 55,976, and for
other places on the ticket the vote
shows further shrinkage. For audi
Tor, for instance, 55, 402 persons voted;
for school superintendent $500 and
for mine inspector 55.012
A man named Meade was shot and
instantly killed last week about ten
miles northeast of Whitebird while
hunting deer. 1t seems that Mr..
Meade with his brother-in-law, Richey,
had started hunting, and were joined
by neighbours boy about 16 years old
named Griffith. They separated, and
Meade killed a rabbit, throwing it
over his shoulder The boy saw the |
rabbit and mistook Meade for deer,
shooting him through the body and
killing him instantly.
The steamer j. M. Haunaford. owned
~ ehS NoEIHcEu 4 dClbC laiL"dys HdS
been leased by Il. w. Ketten back,
manager of a Lewiston grain company, |
and will be put into service to ply !
between Lewiston and Snake river
points. Arrangements have been made
with the Northern Pacific railroad, and
warehouse will be built near that
company's track on Snake river water
front, where freight will be trans
ferred. The move is interpreted as a
big inroad in the o. r. & N. territory
by the Northern Pacific.
j. Z. George was drowned in the
Snake river at Swan Falls last week.
he was employed by the power COM
pany and was at work on the crib dam
driving spikes when he missed one
losing his balance and fell into the
boiling rapids.
The Custer mill at Challis has closed
oown for the winter and a great many
people are leaving the camp. The re-
cent cave in the Lucky Boy shaft has
put that mine in bad shape, and it will
require considerable expense to put
The mine iU shape again.