Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-05-22
ELMORE BULLETIN.
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PAYNE & PAYNE, Pabliahsn
IDAHO STATE NEWS.


influx of settlers from the east than
ever before.
The Modern Woodmen are erecting
buildipg to be used for lodge purposes
at Meridian.
Mike Hyde, who was so badly in
jured by an explosion of giant powder
at Bruneau, will recover.
Stockmen say that the range was
never better at this season than it is at
the present time, the grass being lux
uriant.
The Caswell brothers last week re-
ceived the final payment of $75, 900 for
their Sunnyside property, which they
sold for Sl25,o00.
Joseph Braswell, of Boise, while rid
ing bicycle, caught his toe in the
chain, that member being literally
pulled from the foot.
News comes from Atlanta that there
is five feet of snow on the summit and
teams will not be able to cross before
the middle of June.
Parties who have been doing develop
ment work on coal claims near Weiser
have been exhibiting some very fine
specimens of coal lately.
The senate has confirmed G. A. Rebe-
than to be receiver of public moneys at
Blackfoot, and l.. r. Thomas register
ha nj
A footpad attempted to hold-up Hor-
ace Lewis, of HALEY, last week, when
Mr. Lewis grabbed the would-be hold
ups gun and almost beat the fellow TO
death.
Boise high school cadets last week
gave minstrel performance that was
pronounced almost equal to the enter
tainments given by professional COM
panies.
The supreme court has affirmed the
finding of the lower court in sentencing
Andrew ellison for life for the murder
of Joseph Smith, December 4, 1900, az
Clearwater, Idaho county.
Work on the smelter of the White
Knob Copper company at Mackay has
been finished and the relaying of the
track from the smelter to the mines is
progressing rapidly under the new
management.
Idaho in 1900 put out 10000, 900
mounds of green fruit, and since that
time many new orchards throughout
the state have come into bearing, an q
a conservative estimate for the crop OF
1902 would be so, 600, 900 pounds.
The Touring mill belonging to George
and D. M. Steen, of Boise, was de-
stroyed by fire last week, entailing
loss of $50, 600. The mill had daily
capacity of ninety barrels, and was
! equipped with up-to-date machinery.
A proclamation has been issued
calling an election at Weiser on the
question of issuing bonds to the amount
of $4,000 for waterworks, So, 500 fol
electric lights, and So, 900 for fire equip
ment. The date of election is June 70
The striking miners of the White
Knob Copper, at Mackay, have declared
their strike off and resumed work II
the mines, the company conceding th'
right of the men to maintain union
and none but union men were re-em
ployed.
A Young man named Lunchford, wh'
II was herding horses about fifteen miles
n from Hagerman, has been in the haol
OF catching rattlesnakes. lie was try
ing to capture one last week and wa
# bitten on the finger, having marrow
2# escape from death.
Emmett is promised a genuine oil ex
element. Arrangements have peel
made for the boring of three prospect
81 ing holes soon to the depth of / 1000 fee
3 or more. Coed indications of oil hav
q been found on the Hopkins farm fou
miles from that place.
r. ]. Rice and daughter last wee
left HALEY for Thunder Mountain fo
the purpose of establishing a newspa
per, taking the material with then
Miss Rice will probably realize he
& ambition of being the first woman
M Thunder Mountain. -.
From Orc Fino comes the report I
s the death by suicide of DR.. f. j. Lea
| brooke, a prominent physician, an
Miss Winnie Booth The couple ha
taken morphine by hypodermic inJe
tion. Leadbrooke was married ma
~ and wealthy. Miss Booth was seho
teacher and was employed near Ke
drick.
For some time there has been a RI
NOR that quartz claims were being Il
Gated, and the discovery work don
IM on the Little Sqnaw butte, near Er
NETT. 1t is now announced that
iedge has been discovered carryil
values as high as $500
Last week bills we're introduced
congress authorizing the board of ma
Agers of the home for disabled volu
teer soldiers to locate the branch hor
ht Occur d'Alene City, on the old Fc
sherman military reservation, co
prising about 900 acres.
Ex-senator John M. Thurston
Nebraska and Ex-Governor w. ]. M
oohheil of Idaho have joined in a mi
ing venture and will operate In N,
Mexico They have Incorporated I
Ban Ygnacio De Bora Mini,r oomn. ,