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OWYHEE NUG
SILVER CITY, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO, APRIL 6, 1906.
VOLUME XV.
NUMBER 46
C.
LOCAL.
Fine Stationery at Rowett's.
C. M. Caldwell paid Boise a business
trip the first of the week.
Quarterly session of Board of Couuty
Commissioners, next week.
Bobn— At Def.amar, Idaho, April 5,
1906, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Hays,
a son.
J. E. Dickens sells property in North
East Tacoma. See him for prices and
terms.
Bobn —At Black Jack, Idaho, Tues
day, April 3, 1906, to Mr. aud Mrs.
James Bogni, a son.
Mr. Arthur Buckbee, manager of the
Pioneer company's Cumberland mine
and mill was a passenger out to the
railroad this morning.
H. S. Portlock came over from Bru
neau yesterday, for the purpose of
applying for letters of administration
on his deceased brother James' estate.
The K. P's are to have an entertain
ment, supper and ball at Dewey hotel
touight. The Redmen had a fine pro
gram and luncheon down there last
night.
The many friends of Misa Lena De
Long will be pleased to learn that she
has entirely recovered from her recent
attack of rhnmatism aud is again doing
official duty in the telephone offic*-.
Mrs. William Calvert, whose health
has been "far from good all winter,
weut to Boise, last Saturday, to remain
for a time, with the hope that a change
of altitude might improve her condi
tion.
J. E. Dickens who was formerly a
resident of Tacoma is selling lots in
North East Tacoma a new residence
location recently platted. See him for
plats, location and description. Lots
sold on time payments.
Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Scott, from
Reynolds, were up to Silver over Wed
nesday night, attending I O. O. F.
Rebekah lodge. Mr. Scott says the
receut fall of snow down there is all
gone. Ranchers are plowing aud put
ting in crops.
The Owyhee Meat Company has
made arrangements with Bartow, the
milkman, to take and deliver orders for
meats from the Silver City shop to
people of Dewey aud Black .lack. All
orders giveu Mr. Bartow will be
promptly delivered the day following.
Charles H. Harvidson, who this week
assumed the position of financial secre
tary of the Silver City Miners Union
and had the books aud papers turned
over ts him by former secretary Haulon,
has established his office at the War
Eagle hotel. Mr. Haulon has returned
to work iu the mine.
A letter has been received by the
Silver City I. O. O. F., Lodge, indicat
ing that, at last, a sister of W. B. Arm
strong, who was killed last year at
Thunder Mountain,has been discovered
in Missouri. His life insurance and, it
is thought some money in the bank,
has been awaiting a claimaut.
John Niminis, oue of our old time
prospectors who owns several valuable
mining claims uear Hardtrigger, south
of Givens Warm Springs was up here
yesterday. Mr. Niminic says that
skinning sheep which died during the
recent storm, is a leadiug industry iu
that neighborhood just at present.
Owyhee Lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F , is
makiug great preparations for the cele
bratiou of the 87th anniversary of Odd
Fellowship iu theU. S by giviugagraud
ball in the Masonic hall. The best of
music will be secured for the occasion
and there is no doubt the dance will
prove oue of the greatest social events
ever given in Silver City.
Vic Wisner, who has been painting
Bruneau nearly all winter and decorat
iug mauy of the buildings—occasion
ally putting a dab of bright red on the
town as well, came home Wednesday,
but fiudiug this plrce too dull for
him, will go back to the "hot" town
tomorrow, to mingle agniu with the
sheep shearers assembled there.
Mrs. Hamilton, who expects to go,
with her children to Payette to stay
over Easter with her parents, gave an
eutertaiumeut for a number of her
lady friends last night, with the in
evitable whist and dainty refreshments.
Mrs. Hastings captured the first, Miss
Carrie Hastings the second and Mrs.
C. H. Grete the consolation prizes.
We have been requested to state
that St. James Episcopal Guild is
arranging an Easter sale, but the
ladies are as yet unable to give the
time and place of holding it.
JobnR. McDonald is back from a
sojourn at Givens' Warm Springs,
looking very much improved. "Lovely
place to stop down there," he says.
The DeLamar Lodge of Odd Fellows
propose to give an entertainment at
the hotel, in honor of the 87th anni
versary of the establishment of their
order in America on the 26th. It will
begin with exercises in the reading
room of the hotel at 7:30 p. m., to be
followed by a dance at the schoolhouse
at 9:30, and a midnight supper at their
hall.
Since Monday after the storm was
ended,we have had bright clear sun
shine and clear, cold, crisp nights,
keeping the snow from meltiug rapidly.
Some of the drifts are piled very high.
Those who have been on War Eagle
assert that in going around Cape Horn
there are points where they are fully
50 feet deep. But it looks like spring
here now and looking down the valleys
the snow is all gone.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Woollard and
two sons, relatives of Mrs. Ralph
Farquhar, arrived here, Monday, ac
companied by a Mr. Gordon, all com
ing from Ottawa Kansas. The elder
Mr. Woollard is not enjoying good
health and the family came here with
the hope the change might benefit him.
The young men will seek employment
in the mines. The family is now lo
cated iu the former Hunt residence.
A note received from Mr. John
Scales from his home at Hollywood,
California, state the family is all quite
well excepting himself, he having been
advised by his physiciau to diet and
remain quiet on account of heart
trouble. Mr. Townsend's health is im
proving. Henry goes to Sonora, Mexico,
where he has been offered a position.
They enjoyed a pleasant visit a few
days ago from Mr. atid Mrs. Sam D.
McLain of this place, now making an
extended visit to the coast cities.
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March came in this year like a lion
and eertaiuly did not posses any lamb
like demeanor when it went out. Sat
urday night before the mouth had
ended, it began snowing hard aud a
strong wind came up aud all night,
all day Suuday and well on until the
next morning the snow never ceased
falling until nearly two feet of new
snow covered that already on the
ground. For the first time during the
wiuter, the attempt to get the stage
with the mail from here to DeLamar
had to be abandoned until morutug.
North East Tacoma offers most ex
cellent opportunities for investment.
See J. E. Dickens for particulars, prices
etc.
The supply of bay ou the ranches
having become pretty generally ex
hausted people had beguu turuiug their
stock out on the ranges and it is feared
that the losses of cattle and horses
must have been considerable, but be
fore the storm, the grass had begun to
start iu the valleys and is sufficiently
high for sheep to subsist upon it, so
that it is thought that but small loss
will be sustained by sheep owners.
Two years ago a similar storm, but not
nearly so severe occured on the fifth
of April. The present one was much
out of the usual.
The DeLamar mill reconstructed aud
improved process is so nearly com
pleted that it was started experiment
ally on Monday, aud has been running
nearly all week, only a few minor
changes, such as tightening belts, re
adjusting some gearing, stopping small
leaks iu some of the tauks, etc., being
required. As the process of separat
ing the slimes from the ore and treat
ing tiie ore and the slimes separately
is novel and interesting- Nugget will
attempt within a short time to give a
full description of the mill and the
mauuer of handling the ore Irom the
time it is dumped onto the grizzly's
until the silt leaves the tauks and the
solution and percipitates pass through
the filter presses. Of course, up to
date, results have not demonstrated
complete achievement of the purpose
for which the mill was constructed
but all indications point to its com
plete success.
HIT AT DUBOIS.
Although Senator Dubois has told
his fellow senators, the president and
the nation that there is not an acre of
agricultural land iu the Forest Reserves
of Idaho, his press agent is busy in
telling ï he people of the state ihat the
senator is absorbed in trying to get the
committee on public lands to report a
bill that will give settlers some right
on an Idaho Reserve.
It seems very strange that a United
States senator cau be so vascillating
on so serious a matter. One day he
frenziedly advocates the total elimi
nation of the settler, and the next day
his heart bursts and bleeds for the
poor homeseeker. Not one word can
be found from the lips of the senator,
or iu his numerous letters advocating
the absorption of Idaho's large land
area into Forest Reserves, for the
settler or homeseeker. Blindly and im
pulsively he has endorsed and advocat
ed every scheme that Forester Piuchot
has advanced to feudalize a great state,
even to robbing it of its rich school
lands. Are the people going to forget
this when the senator returns to Idaho
with his bland smile to seek re election.
Every concession wrung from the
Forest Service has been through de
termiued opposition. Prospectors have
been allowed to breath air on the
Reserves for a little; while settlers
have not been violently dispossessed
aud may remain undisturbed until
cougress settles their fate, timber has
really been sold from the reserves aud
the chief forester has actually allowed
each county
situated the munificent amount of 5
per cent of the gross revenue from
taxable property! Now, is this not
generous? Five per cent from the
gross receipts from the reserve for
millions of acres of the finest agricul
tural lands iu the west! Why, the peo
ple ought to get down ou their knees
like chringiug mendicants, and pour
out their thanks for ibis great and un
locked for gift! But will this spirit of
boundless liberty to adespoiled,robbed
and abused stale not create alarm
among the fuedalists, of waste, extava
gauce aud recklessness?
Surely, Senator Dubnis, standing
like a Cicero iu the forum and declar
ing that there is no agricultural land
in the Forest Reserve area iu Idaho,
cannot submit to this bounty being
given to the counties of the state to
still the voices of protest!— Cœur d'
Aleue Suu.
here the forests are
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James W. Miller Dea.d.
James W. Miller, an old time miner,
who worked in the camps of this dis
trict for upwards of twenty years,
but who became a victim of miners
consumption three or four years ago
died at Phoeuix, Arizoua, whither he
had gone iu quest of relief. His death
occurred March 29th. He had a sister
and brother-in-law in Globe, Arizona,
who were with him when he died.
Mr. Miller left here a sick man, about
December 1904, spent the following
winter in Boise, went thence to a Cali
fornia sanitarium aud from there to
Pbœuix, at no time fiudiug relief. He
was a member of Silver City Lodge I.
O. O. F., aud his lodge will as is cus
tomary, bear the expenses of his burial.
He was one of the lacamrs aud former
owners of the Tybo-Bluebird mining
property, selling out his interest after
he became an invalid,
Mr. Miller was born uear Mineral
Point, Wis. about 46 years ago, and was a
miner from boyhood, his father having
been engaged iu lead miuitig iu that
district, where, if we are correctly in
formed some of bis relatives yet reside
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New State Organizer.
E. M. Grace, president of the Boise
Typographical Uuion and foreman of
the Capital News job priutiug office)
has received his credentials from head
quarters, and is now organizer for the
American Federation of Labor for this
Mr. Grace was highly recom
state.
mended for the position by the ceutral
labor body at Boise, is eminently quali
fied for the work, and it is an assured
fact that something will be accom
plished this year in the way of orgaui-'
zatiou.
March weut out like a mad buck and
April came iu like a Texas steer.
Twin Falls State Land Sales.
The sale of state lands under the
Twin Falls irrigation enterprise to take
place on the 16th instant at Buhl and
Filer the two townsites on the lower
end of the tract is attracting wide at
tention among investors. Lands will
be sold in 160 acre tracts to the highest
bidder, but at not less than the ap
praised valuation, which is at from j
825 to 810 per acre, with cost of water j
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$15 per acre additional. The sales will
bring together crowds of purchasers.
. Two days prior to this sale, the town
site of Filer will begin the sale of town
lots at fixed prices, appraised accord
ing to locations. Filer is eight miles
west of Twin Falls anil on the line of
railroad now beiug extended to Buhl,
16 miles west of Twin Falls, and iS the
center of oue of the fittest agricultural
sections on the iract owned by the
Twin Falls irrigation system. Like
the other townsites on the tract Filer
has been laid out by engineers with an
eje for the beautiful, to secure the
best drainage and sanitation and will
be a most desirable place for town
homes.
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With water power second only to
that of Niagara, soon to be developed
and turned to electric power, bordering
the Twin Falls tract; the lauds all
occupied by thrifty aud enterprising
people, determined to make it the
model agricultural tract iu the entire
country; with l.nds the most fertile,
producing to perfection all the fruits,
grains, grasses and vegetab'es raised in
this latitude to their greatest perfec
tion; with the healthful climate of
Southern Idaho, and thé grand scenery
surrounding this tract of laud, now
abundantly supplied with water under
the third greatest irrigation plan now
completed iu the world, this great
Twin Falls Iract can scarcely in a brief
time be otherwise than one of the most
desirable places for homes on all this
continent.
F viII. Often.
"I think of you full often, dear,"
She wrote—but he wa- vexed.
"I wonder, now," be murmured, "how
In thunder she got next?"
Wedding Anniversary.
The Tin Wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Pettit's wedding
was celebrated last Friday, by a num
ber of their friends assembled there
and extending their good wishes and
congratulations aud bringing them ap
propriate gifts. Their kitchen is now
well stocked with bright, new tin
uutensils.
Thrift of Dutch People.
"The people of the Netherlands,"
says Consul General Guenther, at
Frankfort, in a report, "are thrifty
and economical, excellent merchants,
and, in proportion to population, theii
nation is one of the richest in the
world. They are cosmopolitan, and
large-minded in the investment oi
their capital. They were the first and
most extensive buyers of United States
bonds of 1861-65, but did not touch the
comederai.e issues. According to esti
mates of official statistical and finan
cial sources Dutch capital to the
amount of $544,100,000 is invested in
American bonds and shares and $400,
000,000 in Russian bonds :»id shares.
"Very large sums of Dutch capital
of
ers
up
are invested in Mexican government
bonds and in bonds and shares of Mex
ican railroad and industrial companies;
also in,, the government and railroad
bonds of Austria-Hungary, Portugal
and numerous other countries, and a
large amount is working profitably Id
the Dutch Indian colonies in sugar, to
bacco and rubber plantations, the min
ing of tin and other metals, petroleum
wells, etc. A financial book of refer
ence places the capital of all Dutch
joint stock companies at $744,164,000,
but this does not embrace the numer
ous Dutch companies which have their
headquarters in the colonies and in
foreign countries. The Netherlands,
possessing neither coal nor iron, is not
a manufacturing country of note, and he
in this respect is even surpassed by P
little Switzerland, also having neither ;
coal nor iron. The Dutch are full of I
the commercial spirit and have a large ; of
merchant marine.
The rural inhabi
tants are given to dairying, cattle rais
ing and horticulture, in which branch
in
as
es they excel."
Subscribe for the Owyhee Nugget.
The official paper of Owyhee county.
Bright, brief aud newsy.
REYNOLDS.
George Brooks spent last week in
Nampa.
Mike Jordon paid Murphy a visit
Wednesday.
Mrs q. F Brunzell returned home
C. A. Brunzell is visiting with friends
iu Nampa this week.
from Silver City, Monday.
Frank Johnston made a business
trip to Ontario last week.
( hartes Simmons apd James Brown
returned from Nampa, Monday.
School closed last Friday aud Mrs.
Farris left for California with inten
tions of making that her future home.
There occurred a most happy wedding
at the Graud hotel parlors iu Nampa,
Wednesday, March 28, when Miss
Anna Brunzell, daughter of Mr. aud
Mrs. J. M. Brunzell, and W. R, Harri
son of Reynolds, were united in mar
riage by Rev. McCohn. Only the rela
tives aud a few invited friends were
present.
A little incident oceured iu one of
the saloons in towu, Suuday, which was
entirely uncalled for and eertaiuly to
be regretted. Some men, including
Deputy Sheriff Tullis, were indulging
iu a game of razzle dazzle, and Jake
Horn came in and sat down aud looked
on. When the game was out, oue of
the players proposed, "Let's play an
other, get Horn in and stick him."
This brought up the bad blood that
had existed iu Tullis against Horn, on
account nf the abuse the former had
received in the columns of Horn's
paper because Tullis had been active
in carrying out the law and suppress
ing open gambling in Owyhee, aud it
made Tullis forget his otficial position
aud let his anger get Lhe better of his
judgmeut, and he began to abuse Mr.
Horn aud called him a vile name and
to boast what he could do to him aud
others of the gang. Horn made some
kiud of retort, whereupon Tullis gave
him a slap in the face, while Horn was
still sitting in his chair, at the same
time heaping more opprobrious epithets
upon him. Horn got up and left the
room remarking, "I'll see you again."
The next morning after consulting
with members of the gang, Horn had
a complaint made out charging Tullis
with battery, but before a warrant was
served on him, Tullis went before
Judge Leonard, before whom the com
plaint was made, pleaded guilty to the
charge aud was fined 810 aud costs,
which he paid. That Tallis' provoca
tion was great, there can be no ques
tion. The way Jake's paper has abused
him aud b'S superior officer for simply
doing their duty, because Jake gets all
his support (except the pay he gets
for abusing Borah out of rival candi
dates for the U. S. senatorship) comes
from the gambling gang, and has
secured for him the contempt of law
abiding people aud made many of them
wonder how Tullis had stood it all for
so lotig a time. But now, when the
gang themselves had made Jake parti
ally let up, aud the matter had begun
to quiet down, it was at least very un
fortunate that Tullis should have
broken out in this mauuer.
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At the anuual meeting held in Boise
of the dairy, food and oil commission
ers the most important matter to come
up was contained in a joiui report of
Commissioner A. F. Hitt aud State
Chemist S. K. Macy regarding tests of
food stuffs. The report stated that
122 samples had been collected; that of
these 38 samples had been fully tested
and that of these samples of food 21
samples were found illegal. Among
the samples were miscellanies consist
ing of baking powder, syrup, sugar,
coffee etc. The butter tested,, the
commissioner stated, as a rule has
been found legal iu everything except
weight. Commissions.! Hitt stated that
.
he lQteuds - to °Pe" * vigorous cam
P a '8U against the manufacturers of all
; foods found to be illegal aud that it is
I possible arrests may follow violations
; of the law. Iu some instances there
particularly flagrant disregards of the
pure food law. All foods found illegal
in any particular will be turned down
as fast as discovered.
If every dog has bis day, then there
must be dog days the year rouud.