Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-10-03
ELMORE BULLETIN.
J. n PAXNH MABEL L. PAYNl
PAYNE & PAYNE, Publishers.
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

The assessed valuation of the city of
Weiser is s433, ,55s.
Several carloads of prunes were
shipped from Payette last week.
The May Oil company have their oil
we'll at Nampa down over 200 feet.
number of Boise business men will
have exhibits at the Canyon county
fair.
Members of the Congregational al
church at Weiser are endeavoring to
raise $1,000 with which to build an ad-
dition to their church.
A small fish hatchery is to be built
this season at Swan Falls, and IL the
experiment proves successful larger
one will be built next year.
A pack train composed of thirty-three
mules left Boise one day last week
with supplies for the Dewey mine in
Thunder Mountain district.
Warden Arney says the prisoners at
the penitentiary are now indulging in
home grown watermelons, raised in
the garden at the pententia
Wcrk on the new st. Michael's
church building at Boise will be re-
sumed at once, and will be pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible.
News comes from Bruneau that
young man named Dimham was
thrown from his horse and dragged
some distance, being fatally injured.
1t has been decided to increase the
output of Weiser Smelter from 100 to
$50 tons daily, this move being entirely
justified by the amount of ore on hand
and in sight.
Although work on the Weiser smelter
steel strike, it is stated by the supern.
tendent of construction that it will
start operations by December /.
The past summer has been an excep.
tionally dry one, there having been
practically no rain for over four
months, the total rainfall from May
until September 20 being o.56 inches.
Three prisoners escaped from the
county Jail at Weiser last week, they
having made key out of an old piece
of tin and unlocked the cell door, after
which they tunneled through thick
wall.
Mrs. Catherine Sower committed sui
eide at her home on Deer fat near
Caldwell last week. Her body was
found hanging in an outbuilding. She
was IS years old and was temporarily
insane.
G. j. Sinsel, the Boise fruit packer,
last week started two carloads of fruit
for Europe, one being sent to Glasgow,
Scotland, and the other to London.
The cars were loaded with Italian and
silver prunes.
The Boise board of health has con-
demned the old buildings in China
town, the occupants have been notified
to move out, and new brick buildings
will be erected on the site, thus wiping
out an eyesore to the capital city.
In the case against DR.. Burson, Judge
Koelsch of Boise, decided it was no
crime to talk anarchy so long as this is
not followed by an act of violence.
Burson had declared he was glad thas
President Mckinley had been assassin.
ated.
william Stillman, who came to Idaho
in 1862, is dead at the age of "a.
Everyone who has travelled the Boise.
Idaho City road has met him, as he es-
tablished and maintained the eating
house half way between the two
places.
Lucius C. Rice, ldaho.s commissioner
to the Pan-American exposition, tele-
graphed last week asking that an ex-
press shipment of apples and prunes
be forwarded at once. Idaho's exhibit
Is attracting much attention at the
exposition.
An attempt was last week made
10 burn the grain warehouse at
hendriek, shavings, hay and gunny
sacks soaked in coal oil being placed
under one corner and then set afire.
The flames were discovered in time to
save the building.
A discovery made on the 1lth OF last
month seems likely to make a stir in
mining circles. The locations are on
the divide between the South Boise,
'ne Big Smoky and the Little Smoky
rivers, samples taken assaying 500. so
An gold to the ton.
"inam Marlso met his death in the
unser Hill mine at Wardner last
t.u under quantity of rock which
worl,;n without any warning. His
partner had Just left his side
n o. errand few moments previous.
and thus escaped death,
Ex-Governor s,epnan,
turned from trip oefs into =. 'a, ~,,,s- rs.
nou ntain section. He saws ,h., ha
iua was .ny very much impressed by tho show
ing there. The ledges are nns Ons sno"
ana very large, while the orr numerous uh
sne surface seems to be % "nk 10y
D. A. Kidd, convicted of at,.nn,..
.f"er' broke jail at Albion last -
.4ore sentence had been nassed -
MIN. Kidd -. P"ssSu On