Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-03
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coming exhibit.
A lamb freak with four heads, two
tails and eight legs was brought into
Payette, Idaho, from sheep camp in
that vicinity. 1t will be preserved in
alcohol.
Charles Macy and II. b. Brown of
Weser have been appointed by the
governor as delegates to the Interna-
tional Mining congress to meet in Mil
waukee June 10
EARLY peaches, silver prunes aud
sweet cherries near Caldwell have been
injured by late frosts. Payette. Nampa
and neighboring localities seem to have
escaped without any injury
Bonds We're recently voted to build a
bridge across the river near Boise, to
the amount of Sl5,G0 On May IA the
commissioners will meet to open bids
for the bonds to be issued for this
bridge.
The Boise chamber of commerce is
making an effort to redeem the right
of way once owned by the city, as "a
tempting bait to offer railroads desr-
ing to enter the city. 1t viii cost
$4,000 to redeem the right of way.
The Office of the Surveyor general
reports that there will be nearly twice
as many entries Of mining claims in
that office for the fiscal year ending
June 30 next as there were for the last
fiscal year. The extra number coming
in adds materially to the work in the
Office
The dredge at Florence which was
| recently installed is behaving very
satisfactorily and one or two more are
in contemplation. The dredge has
some new features which were expert
mental 1t has been at work for three
weeks and seems to have vindcated its
/ builders.
The horses and mules at Boise bar
racks have been afflicted with glanders
several times during the past two years
and several of them have been killed.
The remaining animals I've been in
oculated and governm ut vetrinary
surgeons will make an attempt to
stamp the disease out
A rural mail route has been estab-
down the valley road twelve miles,
thence across the valley and up Dry
Creek; thence back to the Foothill road
past the Dry Creek cemetery; thence
up the Foothil road to the city dis
tance of twenty tx miles.
Work is to be resumed on the quick
silver claims diseovere on Thunder
Mountain, near Idaho City, last fall.
The quicksilver in tn groupings is
native, which is an exception to the
rule in such mines at the surface. 1t
carries gold. This is not an uncommon
occurrence. The ore, besides the quick
silver, con tains sylvanite.
Teachers for the normal school at
Albion have been selected for the next
school year as follows: Principal, Pro-
fessor j. C. Black; Miss Eta Thomas.
II. s. Hampton, reelected teachers
Miss Carrie B. Tambling of North Da-
Mrs. G. i. Stennenberg, resigned.
Edith Furnace of Richmond, Ind,
takes the place of Professor Hoag.
Parties returning from the scene OF
the mining excitement on Middle Fork,
near Mt Idaho, say the discoveries are
phenomenal The original discoveries
range in width from thirty to eighty
feet and some of the ore carries free
gold. Members of the party panned
out in frying pan free gold from
quartz taken out of an s0-foot ledge.
The party made several locations and
will return to the district,
Chief Joseph of the Neg Perces In
dians is in Washington and has been
introduced to the secretary of the in
terror by General Miles, by whom he
4 was captured during the uprising of
1877. Chief Joseph asked If his band
81 would be returned to their old reserya-
u ton in Oregon. The secretary stated
II that the Indian bureau had made an
adverse report on this petition, but he.
would personally investigate the sub
iect
Joe Kayi, of Jordan Valley, was re-
Gently kicked in the neck by horse
and left in the road unconscious.
physician happened along and restored
him to consciousness. Although not
seriously hurt. he has very sore neck.
The sale of the Croesus group at
HALEY is reported consideration ST.
Voo, 900, Two rich strikes have recent
y been made in the mine The ore is
Aigh grade, assaying from $500 to 5000
Per ton, and there is several feet OF
H.
The public school trustees of Boise,
atter thorough consideration, have de-
tsaed TO give instructions to all the
'eaeners that they must give up all
social engagements that require them
% be out ON nights followed by school
days