The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-02-07
Local Items in Brief.

Gratis in organization a club it is an
nounced that the Republicans will
meet in the city hall Saturday eve
ming to organize one.
City Engineer Tallman has made an
inspection of the Broadway bridge
and announces that the north end of
the bridge is out of plumb about a
foot Steps are to be taken at once
to put it in safe condition.
Chief Engineer D. W. Ross of the
vices from Washington that the 80
acre farm unit is to be adopted under
the Boise-Payette government prof.
ect Mr. Ross is now working on the
plats and expects to soon have them
completed.
1t is about time for a general clean
up of yards and alleys In some cities
it has become a fixed habit for the
city authorities to set aside one day
or half day to devote tc this work.
If Boise is to continue to proclaim
herself Boise the Beautiful this
matter OF general cleaning up should
not be overlooked
The condition of H. E. Neal re-
mains unchanged He is now at ST.
Luke's hospital where everything pos
sible is being done to restore him to
his former health 1t is frequently
given out that he is improving but
those in position to know say that
he is very sick man and that it will
be some time before he will be able
to be out.
H. c. Mitchell, who has the con
tract for furnishing the cut stone for
the state university at Moscow now
under course of construction, is in
stalling a plant to saw stone in his |
yard south of the railroad track near |
Fifth street. The saw will be operat-
ed by electricity and will great eXpe-
dite the work of cutting the stone. Mr..
Mitchell has a dozen or fifteen men at
work in his yard cutting stone.
The supreme court has reversed the
judgment of Judge Fremont Wood
who sustained demurrer in the case
for criminal libel brought against R.
S. Sheridan on complaint of Govern
or Frank R. Gooding. The matter al
legged libelous was printed in the Cap
ital News July Is, 1906, and among
other things charged that "Gooding
and graft had become synonymous"
1t is understood that the case will
now be tried.
The members of the ministerial as
ISOLATION, assisted by other charita-
bic inclined people, are soliciting aid
for the worthy poor and SO far have
met with gratifying results. Adju-
tant Hawk of the Salvation Army is
attending to the distribution of the
funds and food stuffs contributed. 1t
is not believed that Their is any great
amount of suffering. With the gen
eral opening up of work it is not be-
leved that it will be necessary to as
sist any one for any great length OF
time About $500 have already been a.,
contributed.
1t is announced that the work of +
laying wooden pipe for the Capital |
Water Co., which was suspended ear G
" in the winter, will be resumed Mon {
day morning with a large force of t
men. The mains are to be completed r
first after which the latterals will be a
put in. 1t is understood that the a
city will commence shortly to put in
the fire hydrants to connect with the
system. 1t is expected that the work
will be completed by the time the If I
CATION season opens. The resumption S
of this work will furnish employment i
for large number of men who are a
now idle b
The Golden Eagle mine in the Neal t
district has again changed hands, A Il
year or two ago it was purchased by l
c. c. Anderson of this city who had t
considerable work done on the prop c
erty. A few days ago he sold it to c
Montana parties who announce that a
they will put large force of men to ;
work to fully develop the property. t
The mine has produced considerable b
gold in the past and the new owners t
are confident that with the proper de a
velopment and treating of the ore that d
it will soon become a good dividend d
payer The price paid for the prop v
erty has not been given out n
The new 20-stamp mill installed on >
the Petit mine in the Atlanta district
by the Bagdad-Chase Mining Co., was
started up on the 10th. The mill has
a capacity of Is tons of ore per day. Il
The Petit was formerly a good pro-
Queer but of late years It has been d
lying idle The new company has