The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-13
POPULAR PASTOR
TO LEAVE BOISE
DR.. |. F. Roach of NJ. E. Church
Goes to Lincoln,
Nebraska.
UNIVERSITY STUDENT
is LUCKY AT NOME
Arthur Thomas Investing Pro
ceeds of Mining Strike in
the Far North.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
BOISE, Ida, Aug, 12.-Dr. l. +.
Roach OF Boise has been elected pastor
of st, Paul's Methodist church at Lin
coin, Neb,, and will take charge about
the third Sunday in September st.
Paul s church is the largest between
Omaha and Denver. 1t was built three
years ago, after the disastrous fire. at
the cost of 100000. The salary is $4,000
per year,
DR.. Roach has been in charge of the
church in Boise since April, 1901. Since
then both the new church and parson-
age have been built, and the member
ship OF the church has been increased
from 800 to 500.
Gwinn Buys Bank Stock.
Hon, Monte B. Gwinn of Boise has
purchased large block of stock in the
Pendleton Savings bank, perhaps the
largest financial institution in the State
Of Oregon outside of Portland, succeed
ing to the interests formerly held by j.
A. Borie. Mr. Gwinn stated that he
had made the investment for himself
and few associates, and that he in
tended making Pendleton his home in
the near future. The Pendleton Saw
ings bank is one Of the oldest and
strongest institutions in the Northwest,
1t has a capital of 100000, surplus Of
$4,000 and deposits in excess of ST.
100000
Three feet of antimony was encoun-
tered Tuesday in the Stanley tunnel of
the Stanley Consolidated Mining and
Milling company on George gulch above
Burke. This is the same tunnel in
which the orc WAS encountered some
time ago.
The County Commissioners of Ada
county will build n road from tne city
I, ., a A. l..
ranch, which includes a mile and three
quarters stretch through the hills. The
new road is to be built TO connect with
the Idaho City road and will provide a
means Of transportation between this
city and Idaho City.
Ada county has been notified that the
Government has decided TO at once close
the road now being used which runs
across the reservation The road was
officially closed July 81 and teams are
now allowed to use it only by courtesy
of the military authorities The county
has purchased from John Krall for $3.50
a strip of land sixty feet wide along the
east line of the military reservation for
the road purposes.
Old Prospector Dead.
Robert Devine an old-time prospector
in Big Creek, was found dead on the
mountainside near his claims, not far
from Roosevelt, recently. He lived
alone and was not missed until a miner
accidentally discovered his horses tied
some distance further up the mountain,
and surmised from their condition they
had been there several days A search
resulted in the finding of the body,
which was badly decomposed. Death
was apparently due TO natural causes.
The fourth annual conference of
United States reclamation service en-
gineers will be held in Boise when the
irrigation congress is in session. 1t is
a continuation of the general policy of
holding an annual meeting Of the prin-
cipal engineers of the reclamation SER
vice, TO discuss matters Of administra
tion and economics Of the work
The artesian well for the Oregon
Short Line has been completed as far as
drilling is concerned. 4 depth of 500
feet has been reached and natural flow
of ninety gallons per minute obtained
When the drill quit pounding they were
still in the stratum of soft gray sand
stone. The water is clear and Of about
the same temperature as the hydrant
water supplied to the citv.
Railroad Survey Work.
The survey of the San Francisco,
Idaho g. Montana railroad is completed
between Caldwell and the Snake river,
and n surveying party will start soon
on the long trip from the Snake river
to Winnemucca, Most of the right of
way between Caldwell aud the Snake
river has been obtained.
The Atlas mine, In the Buffalo Hump
camp, was sold recently at Sheriff IS sale
to j. G. Berryhill, a capitalist and
mining man of Denver, one of the
heavy stockholders of the company.
The claim is one of the best known in
&, 4
from the Concord mine. About 700 feet
Of development work has been done on
the property and good-sized pay
streak has been uncovered, a small
stamp mill stands on the claim It is
announced that the new owner will at
once increase the equipment and work
the property,
The NAT Sold.
The Boise Artesian Hot and Cold
Water company has sold to the Boise
Traction company the Natatorium Mt
the end of Warm Springs avenue and
the land surrounding it, which is ten
acres in extent, for $l50000 The trac-
tion company will at once spend about
$780, 900 IN improvements
Valuable gold finds have been made
on the three Alaskan claims Of Arthur
Thomas Of Boise, student at the State
| university, and $4,000 stone house,
soon to be erected on the corner of
Third and Grove streets, in Boise. is
the first luxury the lucky prospector
| will provide himself with.
Four years ago Thomas, then 90 years
of age, started for tho famous gold
fields in the region OF Nome, Alaska. He
staked three claims and remained in the
land of snow and Of luck for three
years, working his claims during that
time. just before his return. he sold
one of the claims, and the figure he is
said to have received is 100000 Re-
| turning he entered the University Of
! Idaho.
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