Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-04-11
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progressing very rapidly, owing to the
scarcity of water.
Carl Hammer of Cul de Sac has been
ordered to the insane asylum. He at.
tempted to kill himself.
President Mckinley has promised tc
visit Boise on his western trip if he
finds it possible to do so.
The quarterly report of the Boise
postoffice shows an increase of sl346. AZ
over the tirstquarter OF 1900.
Water will be piped across the Snake
near Shoshone Falls to work placer
ground on the Cassia county side of
the line.
The Haley News-Miner states that
the old workings in the Elxhorn mine
are to be opened for inspection,by Pro.
fessor Jenney.
The Cottonwood Report states that
oil has been found on the James Witt
ranch This is the first oil discovery
in Idaho county.
The Neal Mining district, near Boise,
promises to become one of the regular
producers of the state Ore values run
from IS to Slo0 per ton.
Charles Schultz and Arthur Ludwig
were painfully injured by the explosion
OF missed shot in the Thomas Jeffer.
son mine near Salmon City.
John Arnold, whose home is at North
Powder, ore, was drowned at the Nat
atorium in Boise last week He could
swim but little, and got beyond his
depth.
In the Amador at Wallace the cross
cut from the bottom of the shaft has
cut the ledge. There is four feet of ore
already and the chute not yet cut
through.
Senator John Kinlsaid, of Idaho City,
has a case OF smallpox This is his
second experience with the scourge, he
having been stricken with it in Colora.
do in 1872
The secretary of the interior has pat
ented to the state of Idaho 3s,l75 acres
of land lin the Coeur d'Alene district.
The land was selected on account OF
school grant.
A night watchman win be stationed
outside the state prison walls in fu.
ture as an extra precaution. j. f.
Shellworth, one of the guards, will
have that place.
Twenty tons of ore from the Dewey
mine, situated near Grangeville, that
is expected to net $4,000, is on the
way to the smelter. Assays on the ore
run from $500 to $1,000 per ton.
After years of search at Murray, the
Mother Lode vein has at last been found
south of the "big ledge" and there is
rejoicing in many quarters other than
among the Mother Lode owners.
The secretary of the interior has re-
fused to permit stockmen to Craze sheep
on the Lewis & Clarke reservation,
Idaho, because it was overcrowded and
sheep injured the forest growth last
year.
DIR. J w. Givens has been reelected
superin tendent of the state insane asy-
lum. There was considerable oppo-
sition to his reelection in some quar-
ters, although his fitness was not ques-
toned
Frank Campbell, f. N. Gilbert and
Warren Truitt of Moscow, have closed
contract with a number of settlers on
Little Bear ridge by which they have
purchased saw timber to the amount of
$4,000, 900 feet.
The verdict in the test case brought
by Utah sheepmen to annul the Idaho
statute resulted in ruling by the court
which modifies the powers of sheep in
spectors, and virtually renders inef-
fectiye the law.
Ex-senator Shoup has returned home.
Since his sickness in Washington he
has visited New Orleans and coast
points from Los Angeles to Portland,
and is in excellent health. He will
make his home in Boise.
Secretary of State Bassett has re-
ceived communication from the 1nde-
pendent Home Maker company of Lin
coin, Neb., stating the company is de-
sirous of purchasing $4,000 acres OF
land somewhere in the west for coloni-
zation purposes. The letter asks for
information concerning Idaho in that
connection. The communication has
been referred to the state immigration
commissioner.
The starting of the electric plant at
Swan Falls marks the completion of
the most imposing venture of the kind
in the state. Engineering difficulties
had to be overcome that seemed unsur-
mountable, but the plant is working
successfully.
The equipment of the Cambridge
Council stage line is being transferred
to Murphy, to be used between that
place and Silver City. The removal
was necessitated by the completion of
the Pacific & Idaho Northern railway
10 Council.