Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-04-18
IDAHO NEWS.

interest Is increasing In the reported
discoveries OF oil indications through
out Idaho.
now dormi tory, to cost 81, 500, Is to
be added to tho Albion Normal school,
work to begin at once.
The new law recurring saloons to
take out licen ses annually, instead Of
quarterly as heretofore, has, 1T Is said,
resulted in the closing of number Of
grog shops in the state.
A vein of coal six feet in thickness
and OF a fair quality is being developed
four miles north of Pearl. All indics-
tions point to an increased body and
quality as developments continue.
The sheriff h as received returns from
but nine out of the thirteen saloons in
Canyon county since the new law has
been In force This closes the Parma
saloon, two In Emmett and one In
Caldwell.
Lewis j. Stuart, of Marlboro, is the
proud owner Of lamb with Ave legs
The extra leg is situated just back Of
one OF the fore legs and ID a bout four
inches long. The extra member has q
hoof and three toes.
Colonel Dewey announces that he
has just closed contract for rails to
be laid on the Idaho Northern. The
purchase was made in st. Paul. Moth
Ing now impedes the track-laying, as
the ties are on the ground.
The Y. M. G. A. association Of Boise,
has borrowed from Robert Noble, the
owyhee sheep king, the sum OF SIS, 900,
for ten years, at per cent. interest,
the money to be used in erecting the
proposed new Y. M. C. A. building.
Free milling gold ore is develop
ment in the CHI eckmate mine at Pearl.
The superintendent is Of the opinion
there is not 6, great deal of this free
ore. What has been secured, however,
constitutes ''vel lvet" for the company.
Last month the amount taken out was
$4,000.
Roy Pendleton, barber, and Ira
King, hotel clerk, of Boise, have de-
tsrmined to ride to Buffalo, N. Y, on
q tandem. They want to see the ex-
position, and also expect to break the
record for long distance bicycle riding,
expecting to make the trip in twenty
five days.
The HALEY copper-gold belt now has
total of nine ty stamps in operation,
and by fall that locality will probably
have fully 200 stamps. The ninety
stamps that are now in operation arc
on the Croesus, the Tiptop, the Golden
Star. the Hattie, the Jumbo and the
Camss No. ..
One hundred and fifty carloads of
salt, total of nearly 100000 pounds,
10 used annually by the stockmen of
Idaho. These figures are based upon
orders already placed by the cattle and
sheep interests Of the state for the year
1901.
It is said that the output of the
Coeur d'Alenes will be reduced at least
e5 per cent, in order to maintain the
price of lead. This will mean reduc-
tion in the nu nber of men employed,
~ we'll as the total output for the
year.
There is co onsiderable excitement
over a discovery of seam of very rich
ore on Moscow mountain, one sample
now being she own weighing half q
pound and containing $40 in gold.
Several samples go over 80 per cent in
gold.
A determined effort will be made
this season to get telephone line In
operation betw cen Salubria and Ruth
burg. Salubria citizens will furnish
the materials, while Ruthburg people
will furnish the poles and do the
work.
Fifty to sixty tons of Snake river
sand will be br ought to Boise and the
gold extracted while the international
Mining congre IS Is in session, the
process to be Identical with tnat en-
ployed by placer miners along that
stream.
j. j. Mcdonald of Nampa has secured
q con ntract from the Short Line for do
Ing all repair work between Glenns
Ferry and Huntington. This includes
putting in switches, widening banks,
etc. Much of This work Is to be done
during the season.
1t is reported that the Trade Dollar
mine is figuring on supplying Boise
with electrical power. 1t is said 1t is
not the intention to enter the field for
lighting houses !, but principally foi
power, and that the street car service
may be materially improved.
Ex-senator J. A, Lippincott of Idaho
City, has been appointed commissioners
under the law appropriating s5, 900 for
the collection Of permanent state
mineral exhibit, which will be col
lected In time 10 be displayed Mt the
mining congress- meeting in Boise.