Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-03-19

In the recent big rabbit drive, which
took place in the Boise valley, l75
sportsmen slaughtered between $500
and 5000 rabbits.
Work of layirg steel on the Idaho q
Nez Perez will begin at once, several
cars of rails having already arrived.
More are in transit.
1t is estimated that in the 100000
head of sheep that are wintering in
the counties of southern Idaho, the
loss has been less than 2 per cent.
Bingham county claims the largest
area of irrigable land of any county
in the state, with total area of 1888
miles of irrigating canals and bitches.
The health department of the city
of Boise is urging the establishment
of crematory in that city, to be used
in destroying the refuse gathered ups
The officials of Latah county declare
that the anti-cigarette law will be en-
forced and the officers have notified the
cigar stores that sales to minors must
stop.
The ban has been placed on the pub
lie drinking cup in the public schools
of Boise and the school board has or
dered hygienic drinking fountains in
stalled.
The big American falls dam will cost
SIS 900 900 when completed, and water
from Snake river at that point will
be diverted to irrigate 100000 acres
of land.
Wren & Greenough of Spokane, who
own a subsection farm near Fem, have
let a contract to William Steinhouse
of Grangeville for the boring of a six
inch well.
Idaho Is 25 per cent of the money
collected from the forest reserves in
the state amounted last year to $4s,-
1872. This has been apportioned among
the counties
State Land Agent CLANCY Wallace
estimates that the state has 115,720
acres of land in Bonner county open
for lease, $500 acres of this being in
the forest reserves.
Fire recently Quilted the Motter-
Wheeler Mercantile company's store
at Boise, causing a loss of 100000,
partly covered by insurance. The origin
Of the fire is unknown.
over $1,000,000 has been invested in
new buildings at Gooding during the
past is months and municipal improve
ments include the laying Of over 10
miles of cement sidewalk.
A movement has been started for the
purpose of creating sentiment for the
erection Of a national park in the
vicinity of Priest lake, including part
Of that body Of water in the reserve.
According TO the Occur d'Alene re-
port Wallace and that city may be
placed on the main line of the North
ern Pacific by the extension Of It's Mis-
soula Wallace branch TO Occur Alene.
"Ihere viii be 254 census enumer-
ators appointed for Idaho this year, %
states Joseph Perrault, census super
visor for Idaho, who is In the Occur
d 'Alenes. shoshone county will be di.
yided into rs districts with an enumer-
ator for each district
The controversy between the North
ern Pacific and the Idaho 4 Nez Perez
Hallway companies over the night Of
way from Nollmer 10 Nez Perez, which
promised Tor a time 10 get into the
courts, has been settled, the former
company relinquishing all right 10 The
disputed land fof $4,000, which bias been
paid,
a verdict of acquiiial Vas returned
in lAe case of the lniied States against
William ~ keiienlaeh, George Al.
i>esief and william pNyer charged
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