Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-03-21
IDAHO NEWS.
A new sawmill is nearly ready to
start work at Rathdrum.


Boise's chamber OF commerce has
asked the Chicago commercial club to
make stop in Boise ON its tour.
S. @. Tannehill, charged with forg-
ing Nez Perce county warrants, has
been acquitted for the second time.
Fleming & Harvey have bought the
Bebmer sawmill and will move it to
Ketchum for this summers operations.
Sam Matthews has been convicted of
manslaughter for the killing of $. II.
Tucker at Mineral on January 10th
last
An unknown tramp was killed on the
railway near Nampa Wednesday of last
week. He was asleep with his head on
the rail.
II. c. Collins, charged with passing
worthless checks in different Kootenai
county towns, has been arrested and il
in Jail at Rathdrum.
The new steamer Spokane has been
! launcheS in Coenr dAlene lake, The
Soiler is being placed. and the steamer
will be in commission within short
time,
Tommy Brown committed suicide
by shooting off the top of his head at
! Wardner, using a shotgun loaded with
bnckshot. He was AZ years old, gam
bier, and unmarried.
Reports from all sections of the state
show that the average snowfall has
been less than usual, and in some sec
tions has been light enough to endan-
ger the water supply.
A force of men is now employed in
laying track upon the Idaho Northern.
Ties and yard material are being re-
moved from the b. n. Il o. yards, aud
placed along the new track.
Steps will probably be taken to test
the legality of the act creating Clear
water county. 1t is claimed the county
has notS1 900, 900 of assessed valuation,
and is therefore in conflict with the
constitution.
owen Mounce, the Lewiston jockey,
has been retained for this season by
Perry Belmont, with retaining fee of
$1,000 Young Mounce refused num-
bet of offers. preferring to ride the Bel
mont string
G. w. Martin was run over by the
train at Bonner's Ferry Wednesday
and almost instantly killed. lie was
from Croakston, Mimi. The accident
occurred by the man trying to board
moving train.
At Pearl recently Wilbur Reed dis
covered veia one inch wide of rich
ore. In sinking ten feet the vein has
widened to sixteen inches and assays
s160 TO the ton. The values are prin-
eipally in silver.
A child of j. E. Heath, living near
Boise, was burned to death Friday. II
was playing In some ashes which had
been emptied in the yard, when its
clothes caught fire from smonldering
Goals in the ash pile.
John L Morrison was shot and killed
at Stuart the 18th by David L. McGann
as result of a quarrel over the posses.
sion of piece of land between McGann
, and man named Hether Morrison
was working for Hether.
} Henry Ross of Mountainhome has
purchased from Coats and Strickland OF
Bruneau 500 head of horses, to be de-
livered in May. The horses will all be
shipped east, where there is growing
demand for light western stock.
The Lemp canal, near Boise, has
been enlarged, increasing its capacity
from 1000 TO 10, 900 inches. Work has
been prosecuted since the close of the
irrigation system last year. In adj
dition to the increased capacity, new
headgate was put in at heavy ex-
pense.
The 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
Davidson, living at Oakley, was SO se-
verely burned recently that death re-
suited. The parents were burning
!. rubbish in the yard and the little one
stepped SO close to the flames that its
clothes ignited, resulting in the fatal
burning.
The Idaho Jeffersonian league was
organized at meeting held in Boise
the 18th in the representative chamber
of the state house. The following
! permanent officers were elected: Press
7 ident, M. Alexander, of Ada. vice pres-
ident, J. II. Wickersham of Ada; secre-
tary, Representative j. c. White OF
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Kootenai; treasurer, L. c. Rice of Fre-
. mont. One vice president from each
|. county was chosen,
! Last week A. G. Butterfleld of Weiser
sold to A. G. Fell and z. Healy of Og-
den, Utah, 5000 ewes AT So. rs per head,
5000 lambs at So per head, and 1900
yearling ewes at So. rs per head The
sheep will be delivered June ist, after
shearing.
: The senate general deficiency bill,
{ which makes provision for bond is
sue of S1t7,o to pay all deficiencies
since 1895, requires that the governor,
secretary of stats and attorney general
pass on all the claims before they are
paid.
: Jap Griffith approached .Tim Har-
/ rington, bridge contractor on the p.
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