Mountain Bell Manager reviews Thunder Mountain line plans
Manager Murray of Mountain Bell Telephone returns from inspection trips to assess the Thunder Mountain extension. He plans to push the line toward Van Wyck this fall and into Mountain in spring, with material valued around twenty thousand dollars already staged. He visited Roosevelt, Big Creek, and Peace Valley to gauge mineral activity and route viability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Mountain Bell Telephone
Thunder Mountain
Boise Statesman
Pany
Roosei Big Creek
van Wyck
Peace Valley
Mand Big Creek
Roosevelt
Roose
Fin Wyk
Big Creek
East Fork
Quartz Creek
Mackie Gap
The Dead Ox Flat Pioneer Tales and a Reclamation Plan
This piece recounts the Applegate family and early settlers on Dead Ox Flat in Boise Basin and Payette regions from 1853 onward. It notes cattle ranching, roundups, names like James C Applegate and Uncle Sammie, frontier dangers from the Sheep Heads, and the 1900 move near Weiser while reporting a government plan to reclaim and irrigate the Dead Ox Flat area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dead Ox Flat
Applegate Brothers
James
John P
Sammie
Plains
Indiana
Douglas County
Oregon
Boise Basin
Payette River
Falk
James C
Mosquito
Malheur Butte
Old’s Ferry
John P. Applegate
Monroe Creek
Dead Ox
Samuel H. Applegate
Applegate
Mr. Applegate
Todians
James Applegate
Snake River
Council
Dennis Dyer
Grande Ronde Valley
Wm. O'Brien
Malheur River
Mise Ellen O'Brien
Mr. Dyer
Otto Stroble
Weiser Ferry
Idaho
Umatilla Landing
Bert Pilgrim
Ron
W. Applegate
Teameters
M. A. Jacobson
Payette
Hile
Moore's Hollow
Glenville
Strong Lamb and Sheep Demand in Chicago Market
Clay Robinson Co reports a heavy Chicago market with 26 000 receipts as severe storm reduced activity. Choice lambs sold up to 5 75 and 5 78, wethers 3 60 to 4 00, yearling wethers 4 25 to 4 40, Idaho ewes 4 10, yearling Idaho 3 80 to 4 15, and Montana yearlings 3 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay, Robinson & Co
Idaho
Montana
Detained Burial Body Over Due Doctor's Bill
A Pendleton report tells of Mrs. Milborn's body being attached for debt by attending physicians after exhumation to move to Tennessee. The undertaker and law officer blocked removal until the debt was paid, prompting payment before the body could be sent by train.
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Pendleton
Ore
Tennessee
Robert Milborn
Milton
Justice Court
Milhorn
Parlora
Teacher's Institute Program For Next Week Evenings
The Institute schedules evening events: Monday at the Opera House a grand reception hosted by the Welser Outlook Club for teachers and institute members. Tuesday features Prof. Biew ee discussing The Heights of the Obiid. Wednesday offers an address by De DM McDonald on Certale Vioseotie Principlples.
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Institute
Opera House
Welser Outlook Club
Biewee
de DM
McDonald
Ip Weidey
Vouk
Ramer
Lrihd
Mines Near Thunder Mountain Show Strong Promise
W A Douglass manager of South Dewey at Thunder Mountain heads to the camp with a party of investors. Three shifts work the tunnel driving toward deeper ore, with a total drift of sixteen feet already. Camp backers like Aalae Moore and Lin Walla Walla report mines looking better than expected, noting Wisdom and another property promise large, high grade ore in a blanket formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Douglass
Cea
Frank Harris Letter Champions Meadows Outing and Campaign Mixup
Frank Harris, the democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, writes from an outing in the Seven Devils country praising supporters and noting no nomination shock. He mentions Mormon questions, a forthcoming “showdown,” and legal developments in Meadows including a saloon license dispute and arrests as local political and legal tensions surface, with references to several individuals and ongoing cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Harris
Seven Devils
Lewiston
Frank
Rhea Jeftane
For Meadows
H. Bolan
Phevliad Jainil
Final Shoo Thursday Evening Che Saal at Weiser Hod and Gun Club
Fragmented report lists events at the Weiser Hod and Gun Club including a Thursday evening shoal tied to the club’s activities. Names and locations are garbled, with unclear roles and outcomes.
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Auld Telephone Thunder District
Joshua Simpkins
England
Auphion Wee
Wrughout
Rmaring Omeed
Chicago
Toumewane
Teacher's Institute
Thunder District
Moone He Ewe Lin
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