Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-05-23
IDAHO NEWS.

Washington county by the contractors,
I. w. Bates. protector of the Mid
land railroad, has returned to Boise
from the east, with tidings that the
road will be built.
Harry Adams, miner employed at
the Black Cinder mine at HALEY, had
his leg SO badly mashed last week that
it is feared amputation will be neces-
sary.
Henry L. Ingal, a school teacher who
has been teaching near Moscow, has
been adjudged insane. He has been
studying hypnotism recently, and it ia
believed this resulted in the loss of his
mental faculties.
Gan Bin, a Chinese merchant of Boise
who has been detained at Port Town
send after two years visit to China
will be permitted to return to his Idaho
home, he having proven that he was a
citizen of this state.
Louis Dupuis convicted of ha wing
attempted to shoot Grace Fleming of
Latah county, and who was sentenced
to year and half in the peni te n tiary
Will serve out his term. The supreme
court denied Dupuis new trial
There is much excitement at Silver
City over discovery of very rich gold
ore in the Bullion claim, a half mile
from the postoffice. The find shows a
streak of ore eight inches thick that is
described as fabulously rich.
More wool buyers have been in the
state the past two weeks than at any
lime in the past, and much of the clip
has been sold. Prices have not ma
terially advanced, but they are firm
under the ac tive demand.
1t has been decided to erect cyanide
mill on the Jericho mine on Gold creek.
hoist will also be put in place and
the power for both the mill and the
hoist will be furnished from Elk Creek,
as enough power can be secured at the
falls.
f. ID. McCully, a banker Of Joseph,
ore.' has decided to inaugurate boat
service between Lewiston and the
Snake river mining districts. The boat
will ply between Lewiston and Pitts
burg landing, distance of about so
miles.
Edward Rice. the Shoshone county
murderer who was sentenced to death
for the killing of Matt Mailey at Wal.
lace last fall. is showing unmistaka BILE
signs of insanity. In December he
made an attempt on his life after act
ing strangely.
Hereafter Indians of the Fort Hal,
reservation will be obliged to obtain a
license to marry from state authorities
by order of the commission of Indian
affairs. Such officers are empowered
to issue licenses without charge when
necessary to do SO.
DIR. N. j. Brown of HALEY is suffering
from dislocated shoulder and severe
bruises, caused by his team becoming
frightened at dead snake lying in the
road, running away and throwing him
from his buggy into pile of lava rock
by the roadside.
A new device to destroy codling
moth is being introduced around
Boise. 1t consists of a light with in
clined refectors in all directions
against which the moths are expected
TO fly, to be precipitated into pan o.
coaloil and water below.
The Gold Flint group of mines nea,
Leesburg have been bonded, it is re
ported, for $eoo,60O This property i,
one of the richest and best developed
mines in that section, it being ssti
mated that there is half million dol
lars worth of ore In sight.
Coal has been discovered in the Nc
lntyre mining district, five or six milei
east of Boise, and surface indications
are promising. In the same distric
are excellent oil indications. Severa
coal land filings have been made ant
the veins will be developed.
From Camas prairie and Salmon rive
ranges comes reports of hostilities be
tween stockmen. Several men made
raid at night aud killed 300 sheep be
longing to Jaclss1p & Thompson, whil,
clarence Thon tpson was arrested on
charge of shooting COW belonging t,
the Wyatt herd.
Senator Fred T. Dubois is devotin,
considerable attention to the irrigation
question. The senator is of the opin
ION that congress will cede all the sri'
lands to the state or allow them to b
sold, the funds to be set apart for ex
perimental purposes, building storag
reservoirs and projecting canals.
1t is announced that arrangement
Tor the building of the proposed smel
Ter at Weiser by Lewis Hall, presiden
OF the Pacific & Idaho Northern rail
way, have been completed. The sit
chosen is ut the mouth of Weiser can
yon, about eight miles from town.