Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-07-05
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gress will be held in Boise
James b. Abbott, aged Sc, died last
week at the soldiers home. Four
members of his family from Salt Lake
attended the funeral
Senator Shoup has been selected by
Chairman Hanna as a member of the
new executive committee of the ma
tioual Republican committee.
+, Clarence Winston, of Boise, charged
with stealing some laundry from IL sa-
loon, has been found insane and judge
Koelsch committed linn to the asylum.
The first game of ball won by Boise
from an outside team this season was
taken from Caldwell and now Cald.
well is mad because the fact has been
advertised.
A contract has been let for /, 400 900
pounds of cement for the dam that IL
TO be built across the Snake river by
the Trade Dollar company at Silver
City.
A number of Boise boys about thir-
teen years Of age, recently found 150
counterfeit five dollar pieces 1t is
supposed they were made by man in
the pen who was convicted of passing
similar piece
story of existence of leprosy among
Idaho volunteers which was in circu-
lation for some time has been disproved,
1t was claimed that three of the vol
unteers in different parts of the state
had been attacked.
The opening gun of the Republican
campaign was fred in Boise Monday
evening, when under the auspices of
the Republican club ratification
meeting was held, addressed by Hon.
Thomas Fitch, of salt Lake.
The Weiser Valley Fruit & Evapor-
ating company, limited, has filed arti-
cles of incorporation. The capital
stock is $4,000. The plant will be To-
Gated in Weser and will be prepared
for immediate use.
T. w. McElroy, chief engineer of the
Idaho Midland, is camped near Pine
Grove With force of Is men. G. ID.
Morgan the right-of-way agent, is al
SO there securing right-of-way through
farming lands. also traffic contracts.
The extension of the Rocky Mount
ain Bell Telephone company's line from
Council to Cuprum has been completed
The line is copper metallic circuit and
will provide the Seven Devils district
with the best tele phone service known.
II. F. Richards died recently at the
cabin of j. NJ. Engle, Charlotte
.gulch, Pioneerville. He was man OF
so to 55 years, He had wife and
daughter somewhere in Iowa, suppos-
ed to be in Clinton county, Deceased |
was prospecting at the time and owned |
some valuable mining properties.
Otis Fox. young man from HALEY, |
was recently killed in Illinois, while |
out riding with young lady, Nina
Wilcox, both were killed. Nothing |
was known of the accident until the /
train that struck them pulled into the
next station and the top of the carri-
age was found on the front of the en-.
gine.
Secretary j. S. Bogart of the state
fair association has received letter
from general Freight Agent Eccles of
the Short Line that all exhibits to the
fair would be shipped free OF charge.
All horses entered for the races will be
returned to their destination free OF
charge, full fare being paid for the
trip TO Boise.
About seven weeksago John Sherman
of Dillon, Mont, arrived in Payette to
visit j. r. and j. w. Emerson. He |
said he was looking for location, ex-
pressed himself as pleased with the
Payette valley and intimated that he
would stay here Five weeks ago last |
Monday morning he left j. W. Jimer-
sons place in town, since which time /
he has not been seen and his friends |
are alarmed.
crazy man was discovered near |
Thunder mountain recently under Pc
culiar circumstances. Some hunters |
killed deer aud when they came up |
to their prey, they found an old man
there eating piece of the raw liver. |
Upon being questioned he told them |
that he,was from California; that he was /
arrested at Stockton and placed be- I
hind the bars there, which immediately |
convinced them that he had escaped |
from the Stockton asylum He said |
that he had walked from there to the
Thunde? mountain in search of long |
tunnel which had its opening in that
mountain and led to Cinnibar. He said |
that in this tunnel was located a cave |
hlled with provisions and if he could I
Ind the keys TO the tunnel he would I
go to this cave.
Deputy United States Marshal Fors- |
man of Idaho, left Spokane last Friday |
with eight Chinese captured near Bon |
ners ferry while attempting to smug-
gle themselves across the border from |
British Columbia over the wild horse
trail