Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-02-27
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

Dakota are to settle near Paranna In
the near future.
The dates for the Caldwell fair have
been set for the 7th TO the 18th Of
October, inclusive.
Present indications are that Emmett
will also have Thunder Mountain
road of which to boast.
The Lucky Boy mill at Idaho City
has started crushing ore taken from
the mine three years ago.
Frank Sturgiss of Salubria, last
week sold so acres of land for 81. 800.
Three years ago the same land sold for
$500.
Sheepmen of Hagermans are begin
ming to drive their sheep out on the
ranges as there is plenty Of water and
feed is good
The members of the Payette M. e.
church gave Washington supper,
February 22nd, which was cooked and
served by men.
at Boise who were i'll with smallpox
have recovered and the quarantine will
be raised soon.
G. s. Fosselman of Weiser has re-
ceiyed from the directors of the Paris
exposition handsome medal awarded
for an exhibit of fruit.
The fixtures for the First National
bank of Emmett are expected to arrive
soon. The bank will open for business
about the first of March.
Judge Perky has rendered decision
In the two cases growing out of the
Bunting bank failure, the decision be-
ing in favor of Custer county
Gene D'Leary, the Boise boy who
was accidently shot last week, will
probably recover 1t was at first
thought he was mortally wounded.
A piece of rock that came from an
outcrop about twenty miles southwest
of Thunder Mountain, assayed in Boise
last week, showed 81, $780, % in gold to
the ton.
George Levy, tried at Boise on the
charge of numbering Davis Levy, a
wealthy resident of the capital city,
has been convicted of murder in the
first degree.
Work on the trestle at Wilson's point
is progressing rapidly and from pres
apf Ind finne Idaho Nnrtharn tra;ne
will roll into Emmett during the
month of March.
Edward Varker and Albert Nichols
met death by the explosion of a maya
zine in the Blaine tunnel at Silver
City. The cause of the explosion re-
mains mystery.
In the Ida claim at Neal, in which a
great discovery was recently made,
there are many streaks of very rich ore.
piece of this ore was taken to Man.
ming recently and it returned SO, 800 a
ton in gold.
State Auditor Jones reports that he
is beginning to receive reports from
some of the counties of the collection
of banking licenses, in answer to his
circular letter. Shoshone county has
sent to the auditor for 10 more licen-
ses.
A strike of rich ore has been made
in the Glcngary mine at HALEY. The
vein shows a streak of ore that carries
high values in silver, some gold and q
little copper. A sample assayed re-
turned 9o6 ounces silver and SIS In
gold.
Boise suffered a disastrous fire last
week, when the large planning mill
and two adjoining warehouses belong
ing to Anthony Goreczky were burned
to the ground. 1'he loss is estimated
at from Sic, 900 to sl2, 900, with no in
surance
4 company has been organized in
Boise under the name of the Idaho Oil
& Land company, limited, for the
purpose of acquiring large tract oil
land in the 0wyhee Oil district and
carrying on development work on an
extensive scale.
Ben Wilson, one of the pioneer
miners of the Boise basin, has beer
stricken with paralysis and is reported
to be in dying condition. He ha
been one of the prominent men of tn
state and the Democratic candidate fo
governor In 1890.
The Short Line has begun to use il
pumping plant at Weiser, using a 15
horse power combination boiler and
seven and one-half pump. The com
pany is also putting in system @
waterworks at the depot and putin,
in hydrants for their park.
Surveyor-General Perrault ha
opened bids for the survey of th
boundaries of the Bitter Root fores
reserve. Bids We're received from
number of surveyors in Idaho, Orero
and Washington aud the rates yarie,
from $3.50 to s77 per milo
James H. Citizens, aged 70. a yetera
of the Mexican war and an inmate !
the Soldiers Home, died last week fro,
blood poisoning, resulting from a sar
on his foot He came to Boise a nun
Der of years ago from HALEY to be
come an inmate of the home.
Clerk Stunenberg of the state boar,
OF land commissioners one day las
week sent out eighty three leases fo
the year 1902 for agricultural and gra,