The Owyhee nugget., December 29, 1905, Image 1

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OWYHEE NUGGET
VOLUME XV.
SILVER CITY, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO, DECEMBER 29, 1905.
NUMBER 32
LOCAL.
Genuine, delicious Ohio Apple Cider
at Tremewan's. For sale by the glass,
quart or gallon.
Mr. James Parks aud sister, of Jor
dan Valley, were in town over yester
day, interviewing the dentist.
The sleighing is excellent and the
weather superb. Seldom or never has
Silver City enjoyed such a delightful
Yuletide.
Miss Elen Shea, of.Trout creek, has
been visiting her brother John, of the
assessor's office for the past ten days,
and returned home today.
Judge Smith has issued an order fix
ing the dates of the terms of court for
the coming year in the Seventh Judi
cial district. For Owyhee county the
dates set are May 27 aud October 9.
A pocketbook, containing money,
was found by Elmer Armfleld betweeu
here and Dewey, Wednesday. He will
be iu town Tuesdey aud the owuer can
get it that day at Nugget shop by des
cribing it and payiLg for this notice.
Because next Monday is New Year,
Tax Collector Shea has decided not to
close his books until Tuesday night,
making Tuesday, instead of Monday,
the last day of grace upon which taxes
will be received without the usual
penalty.
John Arvidson, a well known eitizeu
of Nampa, was married, Sunday, at
Boise, to Elizabeth Hartsook, of San
Francisco, Justice Savidge officiating,
and was busy yesterday receiving the
congratulations of his many friends.—
Leader-Herald.
A beautiful calendar, received from
the Whitman Hotel, Colfax, Wash.,
with the compliments of John C.
Brown, reminds us that a former pop
ular Jordan Valley, DeLamar and Sil
ver City resident is the bouiface at
that pretty place.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Scott, of Rey
nolds, took in the Rebekah's tJhrist
inas ball here. Of course they should,
for Mrs S. has been accorded the
honor of occupying the N. G. chair iu
the lodge, this term, she being a long
time member of the same.
She who was Miss Nettie Jeffery of
Dewey, aud for the past few mouths
has been Mrs. Miller of Boise, is over
from her home visiting her parents, ac
companied by a lady friend, Mrs. Hub
bell, of Boise. The ladies are calling
upon Silver City acquaintances today.
The Christmas exercises at our pret
ty Episcopal church, conducted by
Rev. Jukes, assisted by the ladies, were
very fini , and the church beautifully
decorated with flowers. But as Mr.
Jukes promised to write us an account
of it, but was called away before doir.g
so, our readers will miss the descrip
tion of the pretty eveut.
The Christmas ball, giveu by Miriam
Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, wasjoue
of those delightful social affairs which
the ladies of Silver City bring to such
a success. The hall was well filled; the
music by Jeffery's orchestra was fine
and the lady managers very gracious.
Everything went off charmingly aud
danciug was kept up until almost
morning.
Mrs. Valverde has received an an
nouncement of the marriage of her
daughter Julia, at Bodie, California,
December 5, to Mr. A. George Brown,
a business man and banker in that
town. Miss Julia had for the past
three years been liviug with her
brother Joseph in Bodie. Joe is ex
pected here iu a few days to visit bis
mother and brothers, when further
particulars of his sister's wedding will
be received.
William Toy, the prominent Castle
creek rancher and stockgrower, arrived
iu town yesterday aud settled with the
tax collector—also replenished Nug
get's exchequer. As has been noted in
Nugget, Mr. Toy has, during the past
year, been sorely afflicted with muscu
lar rheumatism, so much so that for
some mouths he was quite helpless
We are pleased to report that he is
now looking very well nud has nearly
recovered.
The sleighing being liue Wednesday,
although the day was somewhat blust
ery, two big-hearted meu—Angus Me !
Donald aud Jack Heazle—of DeLamar !
hooked up their teams and invited
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as
many school children as they could
gather to take rides with them to Sil- 1
ver Ciiy. One of them brought 15 girls j
and boys and the other 19, each load
chaperoned by a lady. They all called
upon Mr. Jukes at the Episcopal
church, scattered over town and called
upon girl and boy friends and then off
home again, a happy lot of kids.
Cyrus Chapter No. 2, R. A. M., held
its election and installation of officers
Wednesday night, December 27, wiien
the following named members were
duly elected and installed to the res
pective positions, W. R. Hamilton, Past
H. P., installing officer: E. F. Grete,
M. E. H.P.;W. R. Hamilton, K.; F.
Irwin, S.; J. S. St Clair, C. of H ; R. S.
Hawes; P. S.; S. Harris, R. A. C.; R. H.
Britt, G. M. 3 V.; Thos. Barnes, G. M
2 V.; W. H. Austeon, G. M. 1 V.; 8. D.
McLain, Treasurer; R. H. Leonard, Jr.,
Secretary; J. M. lîruuzell, Jr., G
Mr. Jacob Horn, of the Avalanche,
left here last Friday morning, and has
not yet returned. It turns out that
the occasion of his protracted absence
was to attend the wedding of his
daughter, Miss Ella, a very charming
youug lady, who was captured by Mr.
John Plowhead, a bright young ( aid
well attorney. They were married at
the home of the bride's parents, iu
Caldwell, on the 22d instant. Both of
the contracting parties are, we believe,
graduates of the College of Idaho, the
parents of the groom being highly res
pected residents of Canyon county.
The midnight high mass, conducted
at the Catholic church Christmas eve,
by Rev. Father Dempsey, brought to
gether a congregation that fairly
crowded the church and was highly
edifying. The responses were chauted
by a choir of sixteen voices, which had
been training for the occasion for sev
eral weeks, aud the music and singiug
were prououuced as flue or finer than
any heretofore reudered iu the town.
The altar was profusely decorated with
flowers aud presented a beautiful ap
pearance. Father Dempsey, after the
services were over, expressed himself
highly gratified with the manner iu
which the young ladies and gentlemen
who had responded to his request for
assistance, had prepared themselves for
the very pleasant task.
ScRool Entertainment.
The Silver City public school closed
for the holidays ou Friday, December
22, with a grand entertainment at Hon
stead's hall. The excellent parts com
posing the program, together with the
skill displayed in executing it, made
the event the most successful exhibi
tion iu the history of the school.
The opening soug, "Welcome Christ
mas Time," was sung by the whole
school. This was followed by a short
drama iu three scenes, entitled "In
Sauta Claus hand," which was very
skillfully reudered by Carrie Hastiugs,
Alida Brunzeil, James Brown, Lynu
Bachman and Russel Adams.
Then followed a coon song, "Stay In
Your Own Back Yard," by a chorus of
boys, blacked to represent darkies.
The grotesque appearance of the boys,
together with the comic manner id
which they delivered their song,
brought forth the wildest applause, to
which the boys responded by repeating
aud whistling the chorus.
The next selection was another short
drama iu three scenes, "Lost on Christ
mas Eve," which was excellently reu
dered by the following pupils: Mary
Hicks, Ethel Kingsley, Nellie Grete,
Gladys Grete, Willa May Gardner,
Pearl Valverde, Loraiue Gardner, Ar
thur Heer, Russell Stoddard aud John
nie Murphy.
Following this was an operetta, "In
Fairyland," which was the crowning
feature of the evening. The elaborate
ness aud attractiveness of the cos
tumes, the excellent singing, aud the
splendid performances of the actors of
this play, called forth the highest
praises on every hand.
The teachers are highly pleased with
the success of their efforts, aud wish to
thauk the pupils for their diligent and
faithful efforts to help make the event
asuciessful oue. I hey wish also to
express their siucerest thanks to the
parmts of the pupils for their willing
! uess to assist by preparing costumes ;
! and by giving encouragement iu other |
I ways.
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MINING
IN OWHYEE COUNTY
Deal for Commoner Closed.
When Mr. Lee Bunch was over here
a month ago, he secured an option on
the Commoner miniug property from
Messrs. McLeod, Hogan and Nugent,
the owners, for 830,000. Last Friday,
Mr. C B. Hurtt, of Boise, who is iu
with Mr. Bunch on the deal, came up
here and closed the option, by paying
the owners 30 per cent on the purchase
price, and delegating Mr. K. H. Me
i.eod to order lumber and have a hoist
placed on the property preparatory to
doing more vigorous work.
The Commoner is a vein lying par
allel with the famous Golden Chariot,
on War Eagle, about 40 feet west of Jits
side line, and was located by the own
ers last year, who ran a shallow tunnel
on the vein, taking out some phenom
enally rich ore. Two of the men, Mc
Leod and Hogan, then bouded their
interests in the preperty to a party,
receiving a cash bouus, Mr. Nugent
declining to join with them. The par
ty, luckily for the owners, failed to
take up the bond, which expired July
1. They tbeu again went to work on it
and sunk a winze GO feet on the vein
from the tunnel level, the vein main
taining its rich character all the way
down and being three feet .wide. It is
one of the rich side veins running par
allel with the great string of mines,
now the property of the War Eagle
Con Co., which has run the Sinker tun
nel to uuwater them. The Golden
Chariot has in the past produced more
millions iu gold and silver than any
other single mine in Idaho. Who can
tell but what the Commoner may some
day rival it? It is now in the hands of
parties with ample meaus to answer
this question.
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Col. J. F. Sullivan has cut across the
ledge iu the lower tunnel ou the sulli
van & Noble property, and fourni it to
be 25 feet wide aud similar in charac
ter to the ore found nearer the surface
It is heavy, black, iron-stained quartz
He suspended work the day before
Christmas, to have samples taken aud
assayed. Wanting a place to store the
ore, he will uot begin drifting until ore
bins can be built. Parties who have
been iu the tuuuel say it is oue of the
biggest propositions ou Florida mouu
tain.
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Mr aud Mrs. George Schlaack drove
iu from the liomestake mine, Satur
day, to spend Sunday and Christmas
iu town. Mr. Schlaack has been hav
ing it all his own way iu doing develop
ment work on that miue, for some
mouths now, aud as he had for a long
time insisted that the parties who were
iu charge had uot gone at it the right
way to fiud the ore body in the tunnel,
he has had an opportunity to prove
his contention. He brought in with
him some samples of ore recently cut
into which were certaiuly flue, aud he
is confident he has found what the
other parties had spent the summer
looking for.
Out of tRe Wilderness Into Fame.
Idaho World: F. W. Ellis, a charm
ing writer, gives a splendid sketch of
the successes of Lee Bunch, iu the
Idaho Magazine. The top of the col
umn is graced with a lifelike picture of
Lee. This Boise county boy's life is a
striking demonstration of the fact' that
opportunities do not always make the
man. His opportunities were limited.
Most of his life has beeu speut iu the
wilderness, buutiug and prospecting.
He is oue of Jthe famous Nimrods of
Idaho. When he aud his brother Syl
vester were little'boys, seven or eight
years of age, they began to huut big
game—deer, elk, bear, cougars aud
mountain sheep aiid goats, aud are
considered about the most successful
hunters aud game shots in the state,
For many years they hunted for a liv
iug, always keeping a sharp lookout at
the same time for indications of quartz
or placer values, and they became ex
pert prospectors as well as hunters,
and Lee developed into oue of the
; most successful miue promoters iu
| Idaho. Thousands of young meu have
had advantages a thousand fold greater
than has Lee, and have "cut no ice.''
They have been ciphers in the affairs
of the world. He has achieved success
where, under similar circumstances,
niue hundred and niuety-uioe out of
one thousand would have failed.
RatRbone Sisters' Entertainment.
Invitations have been sent out by
the Silver City Lodge of liathboue Sis
ters, inviting the recipients to attend a
public installation of officers, to be
held next Monday night. The install
ation will be followed by a musical en
tertainment, after which refreshments
will be served and a social held. The
ladies haye arranged a fine program
for the entertainment aud are "prac
ticing up," as one of them has told us,
with the intention of making it as in
teresting as possible.
Christmas in Silver City.
The weather was ideal; the sleighing
was fairly good; everybody iu town
seemed to be happy. Our merchants
all reported that they had enjoyed a
better holiday trade tbau they had had
for several previous years. The peoplo
did not, as has been the custom here iu
the past, get up a public Christmas
tree, because Christmas Eve came on
Sunday, but the little home trees were
in every household blessed with chil
dren, and all were loaded with beauti
ful gifts. And the Christmas dinners!
Every family had a fine one, and the
lorn aud homeless siugle men were uot
forgotten. Those of them who were
uot iuvitea to partake of a family din
ner with friends fared sumptuously at
one of the three hotels. At night there
was a grand ball, where all who enjoy
dancing had a royal goods time.
It is characteristic of most prosper
ous mining camps th t they contain
few, if any, extremely poor people, and
that the generous people see that uoue
of these suffer. Silver City possesses
this characteristic in a marked degree,
and iu this year of prosperity Christ
mas was made a happy day for all.
Dea.fR of Bruneau Pioneer.
Richard Beutiam, loug a resident of
Bruneau, died at his residence at that
place last Friday, He was iu his usual
health aud spirits a few hours before
passing away, which appears to have
been the direct result of paralysis Mr.
Ben ham was born May 1G, 1826, iu Gal
latin county, Ky., aud iu less than a
half year, had he lived, would have
rounded out full four score years ol
life. He wore the uniform of blue ,fot
three years aud three mouths in the
great civil war aud rose to the rank of
-eooud lieutenant there. In 188G he
came to Bruneau valley where he lived
the past 19 years. He was oue of a
family of 12 ehildreu, aud of these
there survive him one brother aud two
sisters iu the state of Iowa aud a sister
iu Mouutaiuhome. Mrs. Whitson. His
wife, Matilda Lichman, preceded her
husband to the other land 33 years
earlier, leaving seven children. Two
daughters, Mrs. T. W. Farmer and Mrs.
A. D. Williams, live iu Missouri, the
other surviving children, Will, John
and Hattie Black, are residents of
Bruneau. Deceased attended the
Christian church. — Mouutaiuhome
Herald.
Idaho Gains Territory.
The state of Idaho is making large
gains in territory by the boundary sur
vey being carried on by the govern
ment. The liue dividing this state and
Moutaua, which is being ruu by the
engineers iu the field, has recently
been completed from Lolo pass to
Regis pass. The result shows an in
crease to the state of 430 square miles
of territory over that shown iu the
most accurate map yet made. It is
estimated that further increases, when
the surveys have been finished, will
make sufficient additions to the state
to briug the total increase up to 500
square miles, or a territory one-half
the size of the states of Rhode Island
or Delaware, and enough to make a
good sized couuty even in Idaho.
The line just comp eted betweeu the
passes is only about one third of the
distauce of the eutire survey, yet it is
uot believed that the remainder of the
work will make very marked changes
over existing maps, owing to the char
acter of the country which defines the
boundaries.
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REYNOLDS.
Frank Johnston returned from Boise
Wednesday.
Mrs. Farris went to Nampa Sunday
to spend her vacation.
Mr. aud Mrs. John Purcell are spend
ing the holidays in Boise.
There will be a social dance at the
Odd Fellows hall New Years night.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott are visit
iug frieuds iu Silver City this week.
Mr. aud Mrs. Louis Gates, of Dewey,
speut Christmas with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin BrunzeJ of Mur
phy, went to Boise Wednesday to do
their holiday shopping.
Mrs. H. B. Ward aud little son Ben
ny went to Nampa, Thursday, to visit
relatives for a couple of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Share departed
for Nampa, Tuesday, where they will
make their home for the wiuter.
Mrs. A B. Crocherou aud children
are over from Nampa visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Babiugton.
Mrs. Robert Grant aud children
turned to their home iu Murphy after
:i few days visit at the Democrats.
George Brooks and Robert Noble,
Jr., returned to Nampa Tuesday, after
speudiug Christmas with relatives.
ire sorry to learu that Ed.
Mathesou, of Murphy, who has been ill
for severel weeks with typhoid fever,
has taken a relapse aud is again cou
fiued to his bed.
Mrs. Robert Noble returned from
Boise, Saturday, where she had been
to visit Mr. Noble, who has been
lined to his room at the Idauha, with a
severe cold but ;is now much better.
She was accompanied by her daughter,
May, and her sous, Frank and Ernest,
who have all come home to spend their
holiday vacation.
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DE LAMAR. DOTS.
There was an invasion of Silver City
last Wednesday by a small army of
juveniles. The Sunday school of De
Lamar, 40 stroug, came in compact
formation iu two sleighs, ant?then ad
vanced iu skirmisbiug order up the hill
aud took possession of Mr. Jukes aud
his rectory After fresh ammunition
being partaken, the town was well for
aged; then the :>rmy retired iu good
order, resuming their compact forma
tion aud evidently takiug iheir prison
er, Mr. Jukes, with them.
DeLamarites say they had a "way up
time".al the dance Christmas night.
Mrs. Orford aud three daughters ar
rived Christmas night at DeLamar,
after a very tiring joui uey from King
ston, Canada.
Mr. Jukes left for Boise for a few
days, on yesterday's stage.
Michael Downs, a DeLamar miuer
since '90, arrived back yesterday from
Boise, whither he had goue to spend
Cliri-tmas with his family.
Report of receipts and expenditures
for DeLamar school Christmas tree:
Received from men at mine. . . $ 74 00 ,
Received from men at raiue
Received from town .
22 00
54 00
$150 00
Paid Paulding aud Bache
lor for candies, oranges,
etc..
Paid Swaine & Helm.
Paid Jennie Ileazle for
trees aud hauling.
Paid Nugget for printing
Paid ChrisTbomas,janitor
Paid for making costumes
Paid D. C. Cook & Co., for
books aud decorations.
Balance unexpended.
$ 57 50
59 31
500
I Ml
2 >>0
300
8 IK)
13 00
$150 00
Anticipate some small expenditures
out of Balance.
H. S. Simmons, Principal.
Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters re
maining uncalled for in the Silver City
postoffice for the week ending Dec. 30,
1905:
Boalen, Bert
Cunningham, J C
Hutchinson, Miss Gracia
Krantz, W C
McMauus, Oliver
Nelsou, Andrew
Letters not called for will be sent to
the dead letter office.
C. H. Grete, Postmaster.