Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-09-26
ELM0RE BULLETIN.
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PAYNE & PAYNE, Publishen.
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

ped to the mint at philadelphia a bar
OF gold weighing Si35, 3532s.
twenty carloads of Utah cement
will be used by the contractors of the
Government building and the Y. M. G..
A. at Boise
A. j. Burrows of Walla Walla,
wash, is correspon ling with Boise
parties with a view to establishing a
gas plant in that city.
Active prospecting for oil is still GO
Ing on in owyhee County. Much de-
lay in sinking has been experienced
by shortage of casing.
A shipment of 1000 sheep brought
the top prices in the Chicago market
last week. The sheep were shipped
from ketchum by James E. Clinton.
Contracts for fourteen miles of grad.
ing' to be completed this fall, on the
extension of the p. and l. N have
been let, and work will be hurried for.
ward.
Hon. Ira s Warng a former county
commissioner of Blaine county, and
member of the legislature from old
Logan, died at his home at Soldier
last week
The Idaho bar association met at
BOISE last week and passed eulogistic
resolutions, on the death of President
mckinley, member of the Ohio bar
at one time.
The Delphi mine, located but eight
and half miles from Boise. ia to he
equipped with ten stamp milling
plant. Development shows the prop
erty to be a fine one
In almost every town in the state.
appropriate exercises were held Thurs
day of last week, they, in a spirit of
sad resignation, condoling the death
of President Mckinley.
Work on the Auditorium addition to |
the college of Idaho at Caldwell was
begun last week. During the year
considerable Improvement in this
building has been made
An engine, gasoline and electric
com bined, has arrived at Caldwell for
A. e. Gipson, which he will use for I
power to put water on his land just
northeast of town. The engine win
pump 10000 gallons per day.
AS development progresses, the
mines of the Seven Devils give more
promise than ever of rivalling anv
copper producers in the west. Great
depth has not been attained, ut sur
lace showing are very assuring
A larger force of men will be en-
ployed on Colonel Dewev's Thunder
Mountain mine than last winter. The
mill lately sent up win be In operation
In few days Seventy five men are
now on the payroll for that camp.
H. c. Gonnell, Short Line brake.
man was killed at Montpelier last
week, by falling from box car while
the train was moving The body was
horribly mangled The deceased was
50 years of age and his home was at
North Platte, Neb.
Eddie Smart, a 1e-year-old Albion
ooy' whlie accompanying Sheriff
'o"n on ms rounds at night, the 18th,
was fatally shot by the sheriff. whose
revolver fell from his pocket ana
struck rock, discharging a bullet in.
70 the boys stomach
Encouraging reports still come from
'he DeLamar mine at DeLamar. A
1ew ore body was found several weeks
igo when preparations were making
20 abandon the mine, prospecting
work Is now said to be under way ON
the eighth and other levels of the .
mine. :
News has been brought down from :
Alaska that r. f. Whitney. a former
resident of Mountainhome, was killed. ;
eoeh'i y, by flying rock from blast
~ 'ne basin of the Perseverance, mine :
~ okagnay. He was we'll known in
luaho and Montana as a sterling busi-
1ess man.
Md was tried and convicted
'ne district court at Albion last
'ee8' OF giving liquor to f. Mcbride
." ShniHe Win intent to
ie murder. This is the second
a' oi The case and the testimony ia q
most sensational ever given to a
'ry In that county. e
,o. on hunting trip in the i,
\ NJ. e'ns recently, a i4-year-old son :,
mot ~ "u Mrs. Manse Coffin of Boise.
With eii , In the leg with rife 3
md. tbonaa he extracted the ball. :
i. on,is ouRa lamed, continued to en- inv II
r nrnaa ou'ing for eight days, when he ~. r.
urnea home nearly well "" ne re- is
William Bullock, Who -. r
ears was an employe OF .to many many 81
yates assay Office at Boise s ha. oni'eo
from Thunder Mountain re'urn-
lscovered mammouth ,as aere ne
e, samples taken across soo fse. OF Il
men average SO per ton" OF =
James NJ. Ellis was seriou.lv T
;. - Dei'amar recently. lie was ia m
= -. car down a steep grade, When OF
M ~ jumped the track, throvinn ia
u nigh in the air. He vsa lowing q,
r., ,.us Tor some time and has aa0on- Ii
recovered from the accident e"' pc