Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-04-19
0M PAYNE MADxL L. PArxn
PAYNE & PAYNE, Publishers.
IDAHO NEWS.

1Or FoWtTS.
Kamas prairie is receiving heavy
> immigration this spring.
Governor Steunenberg has issued a
quarantine proclamation against Utah
sheep.
Judging by the vote cast at the last
election, the population of Nampa has
almost doubled within year.
The Burlington people have two
corps of engineers working in Idaho
westward, in the vicinity of the sinks
of Lost river.
The Southern Idaho Medical associ-
alton held meeting in Boise last
week. The next meeting will be held
in Haley July 3.
Early fruit trees near Boise have
been in blossom for four weeks, and
although the Thermometer has regis
tered down to % the fruit has not been
injured.
State Engineer Ross has returned
from Roseworth, Cassia county, where
he went to inspect an irrigation pro-
ject that involves the segregation of
large tract of land under the Carey
act
Sylvester Marion Tucker, pioneer,
died recently at his home near HALEY,
where he had lived since 1882 He had
been in the west, in California, Ore
gon, Nevada, Idaho and Utah for al
most fifty years.
Governor Steunenberg has received
draft from Washington for S3054.41,
being per cent of the sales of public
lands in the state for the fiscal year
ended June 30 last. The money goes
into the permanent school fund of the
state.
The Boise Placer company will build
a road from Soldier to the South Boise
this season. which will shorten travel
to that section by about half. This
will also bring Atlanta, Rocky Bar and
Kamas Prairie much nearer together
While Montana, Wyoming and Col
orado were foundering in snow last
week and Washington, Oregon, Utah
and eastern Idaho having freezing
weather, Boise and vicinity were ex-
periencing the most delightful spring
weather
The aged man who was killed near
Sui 4
wagon, proved to be Ed Dumphy, a
resident of Custer, nearly so years of
age. Dumphy was doing the driving
when the accident occurred, in the
middle of the night, his companion
being asleep in the wagon box.
Carl Weisshulln, wealthy Austrian,
is looking up placer ground along the
Snake. He claims to have a secret
process which will save the flour gold
of the Snake river bars, far surprising
in efficiency any dredging machine he
has inspected.
Boise valley orchardists were pre-
pared during the recent cold snap, to
build smudge fires in their orchards if
necessary, to save the fruit. Last year
much fruit was saved this way, the
temperature being raised three de-
grees by smudges.
The cattle and horsemen of five
counties in the southwestern part of
the state have formed an organization
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president, and James A. McGee OF
Nampa secretary. A sale Of stock will
be held at Nampa June 2.
Patrick O'Brien, aged 10 years, and
resident of Centerville since 1853,
was recently attacked by a muley bull
at Easley's ranch near Centerville, and
almost Instantly killed. The infuri-
ated animal butted him in the stom-
ach until life was extinct.
A Touring mill is to be built at Sol
der and the farmers are putting in q
large acreage of wheat. The founda-
ton of the mill is completed and car
penters are raising the frame. Tho
machinery, which is to be of the latest
pattern. will soon arrive.
I. w. Bates, protector of the Idaho
Midland railroad accompanied by L.
Il. Watson and mining expert, are
Investigating the resources along the
proposed route. There is an abund-
anee of timber along the route, and
extensive mining interests.
Jake Decker, of Boise, has been
placed under bonds of $1,000 to keep the
peace, at the instigation of Henry Dor
man, the Willow Creek mining man,
who alleges that Decker had threat
ened his life, and he was afraid the
threat would be executed.
The city council of Boise has decided
10 take without pay all the water need
ed for sprinkling purposes and for
nres, all efforts at getting a satisfac-
Tory rate from the water company
having failed. The courts will be
vailed upon to arbitrate the matter