Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-17
IDAHO NEWS.

Will be completed this month.
Crop conditions in Idaho are excel
lont Tor this season of the year
The Boise postotiice is expected to d,
S3o,ooo money order business thi,
year.
Several hundred japanese have ar
rived at Boise to work on the new rail
road.
The following increases in pensions
have been granted Levi Brumbaueh,
Caldwell, ST.; William T. Follett
Genesee, S12.
A move is on foot to erect monu-
ment to the memory of the late A. ].
Boyakin, who was one of the pionee-
printers and newspaper men of this
state
A former resident of Nampa, Mr..
Handy, who went to Manila with the
Idaho boys, has found gold in the
Philippines and is satisfied there is
plenty of it.
A party from the Minnesota school
OF mines. two professors and 30 stud
ents, are spending some time in Boise
Basin studying mining from a practic-
al standpoint.
Although snowfall in the Wood riv-
er valley has been light, there ap-
pears to be plenty in the hills the
first two weeks in March six feet fell.
and there have been numerous lighter
falls since.
Earl Cozzens, a 1?-year-old Montpel-
Ter boy, while endeavoring to climb on
switch engine, lost his foothold and
fell under the engine, losing part of
one foot. Quick action of the engineer
undoubtedly saved his life.
Justice Herricls of Boise, for assault
ing local dentist. last week, paid a
fine of $40 in police court. There were
no witnesses to the encounter but
plenty of evidence that lively scrap,
Queensbury rules, had taken place.
President Burt and party of the
Unio II Pacific, who has been in and
around Boise for several days, made a
trip into the timber regions north of
Boise, and while their examination
was only superficial, they were sur
prised at the apparent abundance of
timber.
Senator Shoup's amendments to the
sundry civil appropriation bill appro-
prating $4,000 for the establishment
sl,s94 to be paid Indians who served
under General Howard in the Nez
Perce tribe, have been favorably re-
ported.
The discoveries of copper were made
In the Seven Devils some twenty years
ago. Very little, however, was accom-
plished in the way of developments,
and aside from the operations of a few
prospectors everything became DOR
mant until about 1897, when active
work began. The district is now looked
forward to as one of the greatest in the
United states.
The first work on the Idaho Midland
railroad has been done. The honor of
throwing the first shovelfull Of dirt fell
to Mrs. T. W. Bates, wife of the pro-
moter of the enterprise. Mr.. Bates in
IN interview. said the road would be
completed in three years. The road is
projected to run from Boise to Butte,
through a splendid mining and agri-
cultural country, and will open up an
empire to settlement.
The Pioneers of the Pacific held
social at Boise Saturday evening in
the Odd Fellows hall. A friendly con-
test was concluded, the lodge being di-
vided into two parties, the one getting
the most members to be given ban
at the expense of the defeated side.
AS result, there were two suppers at
the social, one of mush and milk for
the defeated side, while the other
feasted on turtle soup and chicken. |
About 40 new members were added to |
the lodge as the result of the contest |
The lodge now has over 800 members
in good standing.
The log building near The Meadows
In which the first territorial legisla-
ture convened is now used as a stable.
The land has been taken up by VIII
Cooper. Many people feel that the
state should take steps for the preser-
vation of the historic structure
dispatch from New Jersey an
nouncing that the Southern Idaho |
Railway company had been incorpor-
ated, causes speculation. 1t is thought |
by some well-informed people that the
Southern Pacific will build into the |
state from Winnemucca, Nevada.
At the session of the district conven-
tion of the Epworth League at Boise |
recently, reports showed gain in
membership from $50 to AL. Boise
has the largest membership, but Low
er Boise made the greatest gain in
membership, 33 per cent