Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-22
ELMORE BULLETIN.
q. u PAYN1 NAHEI L PAVE
PAYNE & PAYNE, Publishers.
Terms Of Subscription:
IDAHO NEWS.

The silver-lead camps of Smoky An,
Muldoon, near HALEY. are again be
coming active.
A. Carlton of Moscow 10 fllipg a,
order for Minneapolis houses for tvelv,
car loads of apples.
Track laying between Cambride,
and Council is in progress, and will b,
completed by December Is.
Henry Price of Caldwell, was in iured
seriously and probably fatally las,
week by his horse falling on him.
The lntermountain fair directors re-
port that small indebtedness was
wiped out this year and a cash balance
of seoa.1s is on hand.
mill'ruu of fifteen tons of ore from
the Matte mine, in the Willow Creek
district, was recently made at the Last
Chance mill at Quartzburg, netting 500
per ton.
Seven families arrived at Nampa last
week from the east with the purpose
OF locating in that vicinity. A great
many people of French descent are
constantly arriving in this section.
From Beatty, Soma and Meridian
there are shipped daily from four to
hve cars of baled hay. The crop was
excellent throughout that section this
season and great deal of hay will be
exported.
John Sullivan, an old-time prospec-
tor, has struck it rich on Florida
mountain. He has opened up an eight
loot ledge which runs from 500 to Sio0
per ton 1t has created good deal OF
excitement.
L. u. Denny, prospector, has dis.
covered pure isinglass on the Boise
river. He reports quite considerable
deposit OF the mineral. The deposit Is
but short distance from Boise and is
easily available.
The Steuben mine, near DeLamsr. is
developing into bonanza. The body
OF gold-bearing quartz is in places rs
feet wide, all of which will pay, and
much of it SO rich that it will pay to
sack and ship It,
A petition is being circulated at
Nampa to secure the requisite number
OF names to have the village council
put before the voters the proposition
whether or not the village government
shall be changed into a city of the
second class
About l25 tons of green prunes have
been dried in Troy, Latah county, this
season. There are still about thirty
tons of green prunes now stored in the
building. Two or three weeks more
may complete the seasons run, which
will result in about fifty tons of dried
fruit.
Frank Hunt, governor-elect of Idaho,
had narrow escape while campaign
Ing in the Coeur d'Alenes. While fol-
lowing winding railway. and about
to cross it, passenger train dashed
upon his party, the engine grazing the
neckyolse as the team was backed out
of the way.
contest is probable over an alleged
fraud in one of the voting districts at
Wallace. A sample ballot without the
official stamp was found in the ballot
box and the supposition is that it was
voted and the official ballot carried
away, giving an opportunity for fiSsng
the ballot outside the polling places
The population of Idaho by counties
is as follows Ada, l1,559; Bannock,
1l,702; Bear Lake, 7,o5l; Bingham, l0,-
447; Blaine, 1900; Boise, 4,l74; Canyon,
f,497; Cassia, 3,95l; Custer, ESQ; Ell
more, 2,2s6; Fremont, 1881; Idaho,
1921; Kootenai, 0,2l6; Latah, 13,451;
Lemhi, 3,446; Lincoln, 1,7s4; Nez Perce
l3,74S; Oneida, s,933; Owyhee, 3,s04,
Shoshone, $50; Washington, 6,ss2.
The problem of getting water on the
fiat on the north side of Payette river
opposite Emmett has been solved and
company organized TO effect the re-
clamation of those lands. This COM
pany is called the Canyon canal com
pauy, l1ullcQ. ne Wdbtf 10 lhken out
on the south side of the river and
fumed to the north side. Considerable
heavy work will be necessary, but
large body OF land will be reclaimed.
Frank A. Fem, chairman Of the Re-
publican state central committee has
received a telegram from Moscow an
nouncing that the official canvass of |
votes showed that the Repu blicans had |
elected but three of the five members
OF the house and the Fusionists the |
senator and two representative. This |
reduces the Republicans vote in the
legislature to 81 and increases the Flu
sion vote to is
Boise is experiencing coal famine
The dealers have been short OF coal for
some time and during the past few
days it has been naxt to impossible for
anyone to get pound of the fuel
Railroad officials were appealed 10 10
hurry up coal train