Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-10-04
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Ex-senator Dubois is suffering from.
an attack of throat trouble and has
been undergoing treatment at Boise.
The fruit industry of Idaho is becom
ing important. At Beatty station, II.
P.~Ustick has been employing 123 peo.
pie for some time.
Salmon fishermen on the Snake river
are not doing as well this season as
during former years, as the salmon do
not appear to be running in such num-
bers as in previous years
James A. Montgomery, who was a
member of the First Idaho, has been
admitted to the Army and Navy hos
pltal at Hot Springs, Arkansas. He is
suffering with rheumatism.
Ex-Sheriff Branstetter of Boise, VINO
attempted to shoot II. b. Eastman as
result. of. factional feeling at school
meeting recently, has been held to the
district court in 81 900 bonds
1T is reported that some very rich
ruby silver ore has been encountered
recently in the Levan mine at Pearl
owned by Colonel Dewey. Some of the
ore assays over $40, 900 to the ton.
A rich pocket was recently struck in
tie Potosi hill at Silver City, the ore
running from S. loses per pound The
pocket led to ledge of high grade ore
that is being developed and promises
permanency.
The May Flower, an old abandoned
mine at Wallace, has developed large
body of high grade ore. 1t was, relo-
Gated last spring, and the ore body dis
closed by extending the old tunnel less
than three feet.
Free gold in galena ore has been en-
countered in Silver City mine. The
combination is an unusual one. The
extent of the gold-galena deposit is not
known, but the values taken from
samples are gratifying.
Leo Back returned from Dawson,
where he has been for ninety days, to
caldwell, last week. lie reports Dawr
'on fourishing, and that new discov-
tries, some of them almost sensational,
ire almost of daily occurrence.
A number of bloodhound pups have
been purchased by the Oregon Short
Line railroad system to be used in
trailing robbers. and have been dis
tributed at central points along the
line in Idaho, Utah and Nevada.
The soldier statue of Ole Hagberg
/, has arrived and been placed in position
On the state university grounds at Mos
cow. The statue is six feet high,
weighs l,2oo pounds, and represents a
soldier standing at rest with his rife
Senator Shoup has asked the post.
office department to establish free de.
livery routes at Caldwell, Payette,
Weiser and Lewiston. This will be
done If conditions are found to come up
to the requirements of the service. A
new route has been established south
from Boise.
According to the reports from Mos
COW, the prune crop on the Potlatch is
SO large that the farmers will not be
able to save large proportion of it.
Many dryers are being built. but with
those completed the crop cannot be
saved. Large quantities have been
contracted to eastern parties at ~
cents per pound.
The Populists are having a hard time
to get the names of some of their nom
inees off the ticket in order to complete
fusion as arranged with the Democrats.
Secretary of State Patrie has refused to
file the designations, claiming the Popu-
list central committee lacked power to
make changes in the ticket. The mat
ter will be settled in the courts.
special from Grangeville says the
first cleanup has been made at the Big
Buffalo mine in Buffalo Hump Five
stamps were operated for 33 hours and
81 pounds of gold resulted. This is
said to be the best mill record made in
the west, the aggregate value of the
output being S6,72o, not including the
concentrates. and insures almost con-
clusively a big permanent camp at the
. Hump.
Edgar Hili. a young man from near
Emmett, met with a distressing acci-
dent last week While on the grade
leading from the bridge toward Middle
ton, his horse got frightened and COM
menced kicking and finally turned the
buggy off The grade. In falling Hill
in some way received kick from the
horse, the blow striking him on the
knee-cap, shattering the bone 80 the
physicians had to wire the pieces Of
bone together.
Senator Shoup has recommended that
the mail service from Stone, Idaho, to
Kelton, Utah, be increased from twice
to three times week. He has also
had the service from Hagerman to
Butte, Cassia county. increased to three
times week.