Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-08-18


breaker. The great show continues
to grow greater and more attractive
each year and the parade itself is
said to be worth the price of adj
mission.
Clarence and Edward Manion,
who have been over in Oregon
working with Ben Query on his
railroad grading contract, returned
home Tuesday evening.
Last Sunday, at Rocky Bar, Mr..
Roy Y, Bogard and Mrs. Marcella
G, Hummell were united in mar
riage by Justice of the Peace John
P. Martin.
The Rurings have moved into
their new home-the place recently
purchased by them from Rev.
James Tanner The Tanners are
temporarily quartered in the Lon
Lape residence.
Johnnie Dulin, the popular clerk
at the Charles r. Kelsey Co. store,
went to the upper country this
morning in the interest of that
establishment.
Herbert Kelsey has been heard
from by numerous friends in this
place. A number of unique postal
cards with equally unique and
characteristic messages have been
received from Bert, all dated St.
Louis, from which it is understood
that he was giving the managers of
the big fair the time of their lives
during his scjourn among the Mis-
sourians.
Mayor Anderson, the chief officer
of the bustling settlement of Dixie,
came down from his lofty retreat
in the hills last Friday. Plenty of
chickens and shoals of fish are
among some of the attractions
which lure town folks to his demesne,
says the mayor, and he extends
to all standing invitation to come
up his way and live a day or two
out of the year-the only place
where the trick is possible.
County Attorney Mclaughlin
returned Monday from an official
trip to Atlanta, where he went to
investigate the shooting Of young
Williamson, the youth who was ac-
cidentally shot and killed at the
sheep camp of Ray Corbus by
Wright, the sheepherder. There
appears to be no doubt that the
fatal shot was pure accident, and
Wright has been turned loose, the
prosecuting attorney finding moth
ing in the facts to warrant detain-
ing him.
At the special meeting of the
county commissioners which sat
Thursday and Friday of last week,
road contracts for two years on
each Of the following road districts
were awarded: O. b. Slater, road
district No. 6, 500; CIV. Holiday,
road district No. 5, $1i50; John
Adams, road district No. s, 1920.
Numerous other bids were submit.
ted for contracts in other road dis
tricts, but because of either insult.
fieient bonds or none at all,
no other contracts were let, and
more advertising for bids will be
necessary.
Dick P Sutton's show was here
last week during Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, a performance in the
evening of each of these days hav-
ing been given and quite largely
attended 1t was tent show and
opinion as to the merits Of the per-
formances were divided-some saw
ipg they were out of sight and
others declaring they ought to be.
Anyway, they took in the coin,
which was their mission after all,
and it was noticed that even those
who tho ght lightly of the show
and characterized it as being of
little account went the second and
even the third time. We reckon
that show was all right
Twin Falls City is putting on all
kinds Of airs Fourteen new sun
stantial buildings are under con-
struction and people are fiocking in
from all directions. A 32-room
lodging house is doing all the husi-
ness it can possibly attend to, and
first class restaurant is in full
swing. A great hotel, to be called