Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-25
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shoep owner OF Caldwell, died recently
in Salt Lake, of pneumonia.
Preliminary surveys of the proposed
road from Boise to Butte are being
made from Boise and Challis.
From December % to January IA
there were thirty-five deaths in Boise
number never before equalled in the
same length of time in the citys his
tory.
George W. Lamoreau, county clerk
of Ada county, is short in his accounts
and his deputy is in charge of his Of
flee. His shortage is estimated at
$4,000
The state treasurer has received from
Idaho county the final installment Of
its state taxes for 1899, which amount
sd to S759l.05. The county treasurer
made notation that he paid the bal
ance under protest as it had not been
collected by the county. Suit was to
have been brought to collect the
amount
State superintendent Savidge says
the census of 1890, as far as it affected
Idaho, was notoriously defective.
Whereas our population was only re-
turned as $4,000, it really was about
100000. This was a direct injury to
the state. While padded cencusn is
wrong, he says, so is an inadequate
one. The figures will be as nearly COR
rect in 1900 as it is possible to make
them
DR. r. j. Alcorn of Rathdrum, has
begun serving sentence of seven
years in the state penitentiary. lie
was convicted of manslaughter for
causing the death of Mrs. Cora Burke
at Harrison, Idaho, last June. He was
charged with performing a criminal
operation upon her This charge he
stoutly denied. His first trial at Rath-
drum resulted in disagreement, the
ury being unable to agree upon a YER
dict. The second trial ended last
Saturday in a verdict of guilty of man.
slaughter.
Judge Beatty has issued temporary
injunction in the case of John f. For
bis ct al. vs. the Buffalo Hump Mining
company ct al, restraining the Buffalo
Hump company from dsposing of ore
from the Tiger-Poorman mine at Burke
unless it shall deposit one-third of the
gross proceeds in bank, subject to the
order of the court. The motion for
permanent injunction has been set for
hearing on February lst. This case is
one that attracts much attention among
mining men. 1t is alleged that when
Messrs, Clark and dsSweeney secured con-
troll of the Tiger-Poorman company,
they selected a new board of trustees
and that they sold the mines of the
company to the Buffalo Hump Mining
company, controlled by Clark and
Sweeney. The price fixed was $780,
600, or 25 cents share. The money
was deposited in a bank in Spokane,
where any stockholder could secure
his proportion upon surrendering his
certificate of stock The minority
stockholders claim they had no notice
of the proposed sale. They value their
stock at more than % cents, some
setting price Of 81 upon their hold
ings. They are said to hold between
300,0 and 400, 900 shares. Suit was
brought by them to set aside the sale,
and they now seek to restrain the
Buffalo Hump Mining company from
converting to its use what they claim
to be their proportion OF the output of
the mine.
The Idaho delegation ia congress
last week waited ubon Land Commits
sionar Hermann and protested against
the injustice done the state by includ-
ing large tracts of agricultural land
within the bounds of forest reserva-
tions.
The faculty and students of the Uni
versity of Idaho wish to bring to the
attention of the people of the state the
story of the noble life and death of
Ole Hagberg, the student-soldier of the
university cadet corps, who gave his
life to his adopted country, and ask for
contributions to erect monument to
his memory. OF thirty-iive University
student who enlisted, he is the only
one who lost his life, The following
contributions have been made: Facul-
ty of university, $4,000; Company d,
First Idaho volunteers, $4,000; Stu
dents of University, $50. 70. Remit
tances should be made to Mrs. w. H.
Ridenbaugh, at Boise, who is trustee
of the fund. $500 is wanted.
A little after IL o'clock last Thurs
day night Walter Taylor shot and in
stantly killed Ed lie Roy at Lewiston,
near the Last Chance mill. Taylor
was accompanied by his cousin, Andy
Barnhart, both OF whom are now under
arrest.
The farm at the Soldiers Home last
year produced $974.o7 at a cost of
s65792, making balance to its credit
of s31o.15. In 1898 the operation of
the farm showed loss of s47O.97. The
gross expenses for 1899 were s12,-
a.