Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24
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at Boise, and the yield is the best for
several years.
Wisconsin lunbermen are investi-
eating the timber resources of Long
Valley and vicinity.
About a. hundred teams have left
Weiser and vicinity for Boise to work
on the grade of the Midland
j. w. Boaz, carpenter, hanged him
self to tree near Mullan last week
He had been on a protracted spree.
Postoffice service has been established
at Granite, with Carrie b. Jordan, post
mistress, and at Lyon, with Ella Han
son postmstress.
The number of postoffices being es-
tablished throughout the state is an
unmistakable proof of the rapid devel-
opment of the state.
Privates Peter A. Smith and David
F. Miller, troop L, First United States
cavalry, Camp Osborne, have been dis
charged without honor
N. S. Hubbell, pioneer of western
Idaho, and one of the large sheep
owners of the state, dropped dead in
Boise last week of heart failure.
A requisition has been issued on the
governor of Utah for the extradition
of Albert l. Caldwell, wan ted in Bear
Lake county for the theft of horse
from John f. Quayle at Pegram.
Several seductive green goods crcu-
lars have been received by Boise citi-
zens from an enterprising Pennsyl-
vania man. No man who reads a news
paper will be caught by this worn out
fraud.
Senator Shoup has recommended the
establishment of postoffice at Mussell
Ferry, Canyon county, with Mrs. Ada
Russell as postmaster, and one at june
ton Bar, Elmore county, called Bas-
cum, with Jacob Urich as postmaster.
Colonel Higgins, who commanded
the Idaho volunteers during most of
and who was mustered out as lieu
tenant colonel, has started for Cape
Nome, where he hopes to win fortune
and spend the rest of his days in ease.
An experimental electric plant for
the purpose of testing process of ex-
tracing copper from Seven Devils ore
by electricity, is being erected at Cup
rum. 1t is claimed that copper can be
thus extracted for three cents a pound,
saving also, 95 per cent of gold and
silver
People have been pouring into the
Buffalo Hump country at the rate of
hundred day since the first of the
month. The great boom of last year
is being eclipsed. Many of the arrivals
are representatives of men desiring to
make investments. A majority of the
others are prospectors, and only few
are seeking work
Idaho has 5000, 900 acres of arid land
that might be irrigated, in some cases
economically. In many instances,
however, expensive works must be
constructed for the storage of water,
too great to be undertaken by private
individuals with hope of adequate re-
Enumeration.
The Ramshorn mine of Bayhorse
Custer county. its owners claim is
the deepest and best developed copper
silver mine in Idaho This famous
old property was worked very extern
sively during the eighties, and produc-
ed silver, copper and gold bullion to
the value of So, 100000
The Clearwater Valley Railway COM
pany, an auxiliary of the o. Il. q N,
has filed plats showing survey for a
line from Stuart to Mount Idaho, up
the south branch of the Clearwater.
That section of the state is rapidly de-
veloping
Boise is again free from smallpox.
The last patient was discharged last
week and the premises thoroughly dis
infected. The first case developed
about three months ago, and several
soon followed, but its spread was
eneckeu by flglu quarantine.
John Miller, ex-sheriff of Lemhi
county, died suddenly in Gibbonsvills
last week. 1t is thought that death
was due to the weakening effect and
continuous bleeding from serious cut
on one of his feet. He received the
wound several days ago.
The Boise city council will in a short
time take up the question OF municipal
ownership of water and electric light
plants, and before the term OF the
present administration expires promise
that some definite plan Of action viii
be presented to the people.
Idaho City was visited last week by
severe windstorm which blew severa
large trees across the bitches OF tn
War Eagle company, breaking them IL
several places. The fume wss sls'
broken SO that operation of the placer
was interrupted several hours.