The Owyhee nugget., January 05, 1906, Image 2

About The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984

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John Lamb
Entered ns secoud-class matter January
4, 11*05, at the post office at Silver City,
Idaho, under the Act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1906.
WHY WAS IT DONE7
Civilization has long deprecat
ed the custom of the ancient
Romans of throwing criminals
into an ampitheater and letting
them take their chances against
ferocious wild beasts, while a
multitude looked on and enjoyed
the "sport" of seeing them torn
to pieces and devoured. It was
a cruel way of ridding the world
of malefactors, but there doubt
less were instances where it was
justifiable, and we would be con
tent to see the custom in vogue
today, were it possible to have
it only employed to punish and
destroy such fiends as the assass
in who perpetrated the cruel
crime at Caldwell, last Saturday
night. The indignation of the
people of Idaho, and of the peo
ple of thenation for that matter,
is sufficiently wrought up over
this cruel crime to wish with us
that the fiend who perpetrated
it, when caught and proven
guilty, may suffer a most igno
minious death, and that the old
Roman custom might be revived
long enough to see the assassin
suffer. Ex-GovernorSteunenberg
was a private citizen at the time
the dastardly deed was perpe
trated, attending strictly to his
own private affairs. He was a
gentleman so fair and just in all
his business relations with his
fellowmen that one can scarcely
conceivehowhe could have made
a single enemy. But years ago,
while governor of this state, he
was called upon to confront a
condition of lawlessness which
existed in the northern portion
of Idaho, and he faced it so cour
ageously and manfully that it
brought him national fame and
commendation. His action so
completely routed the lawless
element in the great Cœur d'Alene
mining district that it has been
impossible for it to gain a foot
hold there since, although some
of the turbulent men still remain
there, with their defeat still rank
ling in their minds. Can it be
possible that they, or some of
them, have still nursed their
fancied wrongs long enough to
at this time wreak their revenge
on the man who as a public
official, brought about a condi
tion of peace in that perturbed
community? That is the only
solution the public has as yet
arrived at for the perpetration
of this awful crime.
THE NEW YEAR..
The terrible news sent from
Caldwell at the close of the year
has dampened th^n pi or with
which all citizens of the state
have been viewing the prospects
for the year just ushered in.
Barring that awful incident,
never in the history of Idaho did
its industrial and financial pros
pects appear more propitious,
Let us hope that the one das
tardly crime of the year may bei
proven to be the work of a j
crank, and not a conspiracy of a
lawless element; otherwise it j
may bring great harm on all j
our industries and put a,
blot upon the fair fame of Idaho !
which will require years to efface. ;
One of her foremost and most I
esteemed citizens has been cru- ;
elly stricken down by the hand j
of a vile assassin, but the spirit
shown by the officials in their
determination -to see that the
crime go not unpunished, and
the endorsement their action is
receiving from all good citizens
shows that the hearts of the peo
pie are in the right place, and
that they are determined that J
the prosperity of the state shall
not be more than temporarily
checked by one cruel crime.
Everywhere the industries of
Idaho are forging ahead with
unprecedented activity. Fore
most of all, her great agricultur
al resources are being developed
in a manner scarcely to have !
been conceived or dreamed of
only a brief time since. The !
reclamation of her arid lands
under government aid, and by
incorporated enterprise under
the Carey Act, is building an
agricultural empire' out of our
arid plains, filling them with
prosperous and happy homes
and increasing the population of to
the state as it lias never grown t
before.
Our mining industry is show-j
ing new developments in almost
every district in Idaho, and
greater enterprise is being dis
played, and more capital being
invested, in this great industry
than at any former time.
Our wool-growing and other
livestock interests are in a most
prosperous condition, with as
surances of good prices for wool
and prospects for better prices
for cattle and horses during the
year just begun.
The rumors of the many lines
of railways seeking new outlets
to the Pacific through the state
are so numerous as to become
confusing, but they indicate that
an era of railroad construction
in Idaho will soon be on, and it
is almost certain that during (
the year another link in the 1 ,
much desired north and south rail- j |
way through the state will be built |
and that in the near future the 1 i
north and south portions of the
state will be joined together with |
steel rails.
Our own
county of Owyhee,'^
which has so long led all the others j |
in the production of gold and sil-||
ver, not only promises to keep up 1 ^
that lead until the gieat Thunder jj
Mountain district in the state is q
more fully developed, but it gives q
promise of opening up great lead ^
and copper producing districts.
The immense bodies of carbonate q
of lead developed on a heretofo-e ! j
unprospected portion of South j |
Mountain, and the discovery that : ^
the mines of silver-lead in the old \ |
camp are developing copper as ■
depth is attained, and the laie dis- q
covery of copper in enormously 1|
wide lodes on Castle creek, make it q
look like the county will
boast of new and thriving camps
and the production of both lead
and copper.
Altogether, the promises of the
new year for all of Idaho are most
flattering, and our own Owyhee
will enjoy its full share in the gen
eral prosperity.
soon
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It is gratifying to Nugget to
have an opportunity to say
something- pleasant about our <
contemporary, and such occas- 4
ions occur so rarely that we 4
would be sad if we overlooked i
one of them. The Avalanche 4
issue of last week was so clean a 4
sheet that no one need have hes- 4
itated about taking it into his 4
household, and a modest maiden 4
might have read every line in it 4
without a single blush. There
was not a single allusion in it to 4
Nugget row, or a word about Si, 4
the Deacon or the ignorance of 4
j the sheriff. It even ignored the <
existence of ex-Governor McCon- 4
nell, forgetting to mention that 4
he was now a church member or 4
giving him a poke for his former 4
propensity for poker. The idol 4
whom its editor has worshipped
for the past several years, but
has recently turned against, be
J cause, as he has been heard to
remark, "he had never been
shown the
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from the Avalanche smut shop
! for eight whole days,
to Check sells
t ^time j>po«ts reSi Paid
color of Borah's
dough," was let entirely alone.
Not a single compliment was
paid any of the gambling gang
ora boast made that "thegames
were still running in spite of the
sheriff and his deputy.
Postscript —Jake was absent
Bibbins-Mye* C°'s Bld'g.
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