Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-12-20
IDAHO NEWS.

the Little Camas mire at HALEY.
G. w. Hashager was thrown from
freight wagon at Grangeville last week,
breaking his neck.
Idaho expects to send 100 stoclSmen
to attend the Live Stock convention to
be held in Salt Lake in January.
The department OF Idaho, Woman's
Relief Corps, has contributed nearly
a 500 in aid of the Galveston sufferers.
Attorney General-elect Frank Mar
tin, who has been i'll since the closing
days of the campaign, is convalescing.
The sixth annual meeting of the Ida
ho State Horticultural society will be
held in Boise on January 21, 22 and 23.
Experiments having been satisfac-
factory, $1,000 gold saving plant
will be put in at Swan Falls next sea-
son.
The De Lamar Nugget will be moved
to Silver City the first OF the year,
where it will appear us the Silver City
Nugget.
The president has appointed G. A.
Black, of Washington, =. A. Davis, of
Idaho, II. r. King, of Idaho, land COM
n missioners in Idaho.
William Even has made what prom
ises to be good strike near the mouth
N of Lime creek in the Seven Devils.
The ore assays 35 per cent. copper
Kendricls. Troy and Juliaetta claim
to be $50 short each on the census re-
turns. When the census was taken
many citizens of these places were
away,
concentrator is to be placed on the
XIII Buck, Senator w. A. Clark s Coeur
dAlene mine, this having been decided
on in the light of recent developments
in opening the property.
Weiser has sold her $45 900 issue of
city bonds at a premium of S375. They
run twenty years, bear 6 per cent in
terest, but may be redeemed in ten
a years at the city's option.
Immigration to Idaho during tie
coming year will be a great deal larger
i than ever before. Even now there are
large number of homeseekers, espcc-
tally at Caldwell, Payette and Nampa.
Arrangements are under way for
special ear from Boise. and several of
them from the state. which will be
filled with delegates to the meeting of
the National Live Stock association in
Salt Lake next month.
II am going back to Nome in the
spring, because | have faith in that
country" says Ii. $. Woolley, of Paris
There is not a river or creek run
ming into the ocean, or tributary to
these str, ans that does not carry gold"
Mining property, title to which has
passed from the government to private
parties, is subject to taxation in this
state exactly like any other form Of
property. This point has just been de-
cided by the supreme court in the case
of 0. J. Salisbury, respondent, vs.. Carl
Lane, assessor, appellant
The case of Dan Burke, of Silver City,
arrested for stealing and selling Mike
Rocks pack animals, and to whom sus-
picion's finger pointed in connection
with the supposed drowning of James
Whalen, his travelling companion, has
been dismissed Burke was released
from custody at Silver City on motion
OF the prosecuting attorney. The off,
GERS of Owyhee county have ascertained
to their satisfaction that Whalen lost
his life just as Burke had described it,
and that Burke owned half interest
in the mules and had right to sell
them.
The mining interests of Horseshoe
Bend, near Pearl, are looking first
class Two of the men operating in
that section are b. L. Hall and NJ. A.
Eastman, and they are doing nicely.
They have a one-stamp mill, with
ore giving excellent returns, Mr.. Halls
crushing being one and one-half tons,
giving him S63, or $42 per ton, while
Mr.. Eastman crushed one and half
tons, getting si26, or ss4 per ton. The
mill was put in two years ago and is
run b'shorse power, and altogether the
men 1--WE milled $3.50 worth of rock.
They are very well pleased with re-
suits the properties showing up nicely
on development
A number of the mines in the vicin-
ity of Boise are now closed down be-
cause of inability to get coal to gener-
ate steam. The Middleman at Pearl,
which should have started extensive
operations week ago, is still idle from
this cause.
The P. & l. n will reach Council
about January /, instead of December
10, as anticipated. BY the first of next
September the company expects to have
Its line built into the Seven Devils
country, which will be the end Of the
projected road