Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-05-30
ELMORE BULLETIN.
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IDAHO NEWS.

n i"A SO SoAy VI ore mas Deen tapped
In the Homestake mine at Neal, at .
depth of 200 feet,
Estimates on caldwell's proposed
water system have placed the cost at
100000, which is considerably more
than was expected
Russell Homer, an Oxford lad at.
tempted to board moving freight
train at McCammon Friday, missed his
footing and fell, fracturing leg.
The Midland railway protector, Mr..
Thomas e. Bates, has asked Boise to
extend for six months its contract to
furnish right of way for the road
The Clearwater county case has
reached the supreme court and the
constitutionality of the act creating
the county will soon be passed upon.
Frost did considerable damage at
Payette the goth. Alfalfa, potatoes
and melons all suffered and ice was
formed on the bench land south of the
city.
Idaho Odd Fellows have increased in
numbers about so per cent the past
! year. The order paid out S24, ,766 for
buildings and equipments during the
| year.
Governor Yates of Illinois. has ap-
| pointed thirty-fve delegates to repre-.
sent that state at the international
Mining congress which meets at Boise
| July 23-25.
The city of Caldwell is negotiating
with the Trade Dollar Mining com.
pany for current for lighting and
power A line could easily be con.
structed from Swan Falls
An average of five carloads of hay a
day for several days has been shipped
from Meridian, and the supply is Atill
jnexhausted The hay goes piinci.
pally to Portland, and realizes good
price.
Utah and Montana horsemen, at.
tracted by the liberal purses offered
for the racing program at the state
fair, are already preparing to attend
and bring some of the best horses in
the west
A great many emigrant wagons are
passing through the state from east to
west, Kansas and Nebraska furnish.
ing most of the movers. They are To-
eating in various sections of the state
and eastern Oregon.
Lumbermen from Wisconsin ar. in.
vestigatng the timber resources OF
Long Valley, and if they are deemed
extensive enough to warrant, wiD
erect large sawmill AZ Emmett The
timber there is described as magnif
cent.
The Idaho Independent Telephone
Company at Boise has applied for
writ of mandate against the Oregon
Short Line for perm ssion to install
telephones in the company's depots
at Boise, to which the company OBJ
iects.
Rails for the extension of the Idaho
Northern from Nampa to Emmett have
been shipped from the east, and track
laying will soon begin. High water
has damaged the grade at the Boise
river crossing opposite Middleton a
great deal.
The Short Line at Payette is prepar-
ing to extend the sidetrack on the east
side of the depot, and when the work
completed the company will have
nearly a mile of siding. The i'm.
provement has been badly needed for
along time.
The proposition to issue $4,000
bonds to buy or build system of wa
terworks at Boise was Overwhelmingly
defeated. Only 222 votes were cast
and of these a majority was against
bonding. The vote was counted in
forty-five minutes.
immigration promoters are endeav.
orlng to arrange for large numbers OF
eastern people to visit the fair this
iall This is hint for every section
OF the state to make the best possible
olsplay of it's resources If it expects to
share in the results.
The National Shepherds Bulletin
ot Boston ranks the sheep industry OF
loaho as the most important in the
ssate. More than 5000, 900 ranged in
tue state last year. Blaine county
leads in the number of sheep, being
Tedited with a million.
The Lewiston city officers, under an
'rd'nance recently passed, are remov'
ing pocrhes from in front of business
houses, where the owners refuse TO dc
TO- Two suits for damages have been
uied against the city in consequence,
and others are threatened.
The plan of administering oaths by
@iephone was adopted in Boise last
week by the county recorder. 1t be,
Same necessary for some persons TO be
worn who were not present. Haste
vas desirable and the oaths were ad-
ninistered over the phone.