Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-01-14
In THE GEM STATE

turned out by the coal mine at the
mouth of Pollard canyon, about two
miles from Salmon City.
County assessors from all parts o.
Idaho will meet in convention in Boise
on Tuesday, January A. The conyen
ton may extend over three days.
DR.. o. H. Avery of Payette was
thrown from buggy when his horse
became frightened by an engine sew
eral of the doctors ribs being broken
When the front forks of his bicycle
broke with him, James Koran, who
lives in Boise, was thrown to the pave
ment and conclusion of the brain is
feared.
Petitions have been circulated fol-
signatures, asking the legislature fol-
an appropriation for a bridge over
Snake river, between Owyhee and Ell
more counties.
One million dollars of the $7,00000C
set aside by the United States gov
eminent Is now available for the work
on the Boise-Payette dam, which will
be started at once.
While playing at the table with her
two sons, Mrs. j. Burton Davis, for ! :
years a resident of Occur d'Alene,
dropped dead from yaivular trouble
of the heart, death being instantan,
eous.
A report from Challis is to the eff.
feet that the surveys on the Gilmore &
Pittsburg railroad between Challis and
Salmon have been accepted and that
grading between these points will be,
eil early next spring.
A Boise correspondent says that a
movement has been started to abolish
the office of immigration commits
sioner, to which Governor Hawley has
appointed Samuel J. Rich. The ap
pointment has not yet been confirmed
Charles Davis, Caldwell fur buyer
Is protesting against the slaughter OF
badgers. He says that the badger is
one of the best friends the farmer has
and should be protected. The animal
Is the foe of the ground squirrel and
gopher.
d. A. Clements, living about two
miles south of Caldwell, has demon
strated the efficiency of the King road
drag for improving the roads of the
country. He has operated one of these
drags on a strip of road which passea
his ranch.
The farmers and citizens who sub.
scribed $4,000 for stock to finance
the proposed electric railway line to
market the products of the Hagerman
valley, have regained control of that
property through decision of the
courts.
Realty and mining transfers in Sal
mon City during the year 1910, for the
hrst time in single year exceeded one
million dollars, the figures being
Realty, $S56,955; mining, $226,3S6. The
bank clearings increased more than
so per cent.
Hungry and thirsty, but otherwise
unframed, nine miners entombed for
twenty hours, two miles underground
In the Morning mine near Mullan,
were released shortly after s O'Clock
Friday night by the untiring efforts
of rescuers.
AS another evidence of the unpre'
cedented growth of Weiser during
the year 1910, the manager of the
local Bell Telephone exchange re.
ports that 22S subscriber stations
were added to the telephone system
during the year.
A tract of land lying few miles
from Ashton and containing the ia.
nous Black springs, has been pur
chased by George A. Isaacs, superin
tendent of the Hayspur fish hatchery.
Mr.. Isaacs will engage in the raising
of trout for the market.
While Howard Silkins, who has
been suffering with an abscess for
several weeks, was being prepared
for a second operation, fire broke out
In his country home less than a mile
west Of Hayden Lake, and the house
was destroyed, Mr.. Silkins' life being
saved by neighbors.
1t is stated on good authority that
big increase has been made in the
capital stock of the Idaho Oregon
Light & Power company for the ex.
press purpose of spending more than
$4,000,000 in work on the Ok Bow
tunnel, extension of present lines and
the building of new ones.
With more than so pelts of minks
and other fur bearing animals in his
possession, George boswell of Occur
d'Alene is in Boise and will have a
coat made for himself and another
for his wife from the fur Hoswell
has been hunting and trapping in Can
ada for the past five months.
Dead from hunger and cold, and his
body mangled and devoured by
wolves, is the tragic fate that befell
man named Evans, who tried last
month to cross the divide between
Pierson and Ketchum. The remains
were found within 100 yards of ca.
bin, where he had fallen in the snow
The annual convention of the Idaho
State Horticultural association will
be held in Boise on January "a, rs