Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-11
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Mrs. Ninameir, of Boise, aged 9s, is
said to be the oldest living resident of
Idaho
The fifth annual meeting of the Idaho
horticultural society will ~be held in
Boise on the 10th, 18th and 18th of this
month.
Frank Berkeley, brakeman on the
Boise line, was severely injured at
Nampa by being caught between the
engine and baggage car
The work of removing dirt for the
foundations of the Idanha hotel. at the
corner of Tenth and Main streets, Boise,
will be commenced in few days.
James Squires, colored citizen of
Boise, who, it is alleged, ran his wife
out OF the house with knife, was let
off by the police Judge with fine of
S2s.
The year 1899 was a record breaker
at the United States assay office in
Boise. The deposits amounted to
T'fSi'f"H3tOAt ih ii1iGeioc VI Rfob, oJ5. u,
or 3l.6 per cent, over 1898.
Congressman Edgar A. Wilson has
introduced a measure in the national
house of representatives for constitu-
tional amendment authorizing uniform
marriage and divorce laws.
Representative Wilson has introduced
measure for a branch Soldiers home,
to be located where Fort Sherman now
stands; also bill providing for the
enlargement of the Boise barracks
young man named Thomas Young
was drowned in the middle fork of the
Clearwater below Stuart, while at
tempting to ford the stream The body
was recovered in about twenty minutes
but life was extinct.
State Auditor Sinclair has returned
from a visit to the Coeur d. Alene sec
tion, where he found everything quiet.
The dividends paid by the mines for
December were 5oper cent greater than
ever before in the history of the camp
1t has been decided in the habeas
corpus case of John Treadwell that the
costs of suit can not be considered
debt, and that prisoner can be com
PEELED to serve time for costs as we'll as
the fine Treadwell's attorneys con
tended their client should be released
after serving time for the fine, without
serving for the costs of suit.
The attorney general, replying TO a
question as to what the legal fee is for
recording affidayits of annual labor on
mining claims, says: The statutes pro-
vide that the fee shall be so cents aud
no more. There is no reason why the
affidavit should not cover more than
one claim, and l find no authority in
such cases for greater charge than 50
cents"
Alfred G. Adelman, Boise plum ber,
has been granted United States patent
on choke bore. forming device. This
machine is used to quickly and easily
choke bore all lengths of barrels and
gauges of all breech-loading shotguns
now in use.
j. Richards, who came to the north
west just after the war of the rebellion,
and who has been identified with the
history of mining and other interests
of this state from that date, died at
Lewiston last week from an aeeute at
tack of paralysis.
Pardons have been granted to Barney
Lambert, sent up from Ada county for
two years for forgery; John Long, sent
up from Owyhee county for Is years for
murder in the second degree; and Emil
Berg. convicted in Gassia county of vol
untary manslaughter
Abe Frank, of Boise, last week had
half of a bullet taken from his thigh
which was shot into his hip twelve
years ago by a bandit, while Mr.. Frank
was deputy sheriff of Elmore county.
The X-Ray will be called into service
to locate the other half.
Acting for the state land board, Ben
Gray, of Boise, last week made sale
of 400 acres of land in Blaine county,
twelve miles below HALEY, to Frank r.
and T. Il. Gooding. The land brought
from $40 to Sl3 per acre, the total
amount realized being "a, 200.
Thomas Sullivan, who was engaged
I'm blasting out rock cut at Moyea
Falls, placed six or seven sticks of dyna-
mite on the blacksmith farge to, thaw
out, when it exploded and sullivan was
mangled beyond recognition, and the
shop was blown out of existence.
The state treasurer has notified the
superintendent of public instruction
that there is s11, ,36s. 80 on hand for the
semi-annual apportionment among the
counties of the state for school purposes.
This is S3,2o745 more than was ever
before available for this purpose.
The mining industry of the state has
made remarkable progress during the
last year. The work of opening up new
territory has made such progress that
it is patent to all that the mineral pro-
duction of the state will increase very
rapidly during the present year.