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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
John LöLinb
Entered as second-class matter January
4.1005, at the post office at Silver City.
Idaho, under the Act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1907.
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The new year is now nearly
four days old. How many of the
good resolutionsyou started this
year with, have you already
broken?
There are said to be more -wild
cats in and around the wonderful
Goldfield mining district than were
bred around any other mining
or unhappily
ever
camp. Happily,
these auimals exist chiefly
on
suckers.
The two local banks of Wallace,
Idaho, report deposits of $2,283,711
Nov. 12, and the Press of that
city is now boasting Wallace to he
the richest town, per capita popu
And by the
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latioii, in the State,
same token, Lewiston papers are
boasting that that city's bank de
posits show a per capita capital of
$360. It is time now to hear from
other tow ns.
The Boise Commercial Club,
which is undertaking to give an
inaugural ball and reception in
honor of the incoming state officers
and members of the house of repre
sentatives and senate, is making it
a grander affair than any such
function heretofore held in this
state. The swimming pool in the
Natatorium will be floored over,
granidancing pavilion
making it
and the building will he more ela
borately decorated for the occasion
It is to he the
than ever before,
swellest ever.
Boise business men
Next
do such things splendidly.
Tuesday night is the time the affair
ill be pulled off, as the prize
fighters would say.
And next week, the ninth ses
sion of the Idaho legislature will
We hope it will soon
convene.
get right down to business, as
many matters will come up dur
the brief session which will
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demand careful consideration,
and there will be little time to be
wasted over a lot of little affairs.
The election of U. S. Senator
probably will not require more
than two days, one for the sepa
rate vote in the two houses and
one for the joint meeting, and
,
and then it will be congratula- j
for Senator-Elect Wut. E.
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How different this will
tions
Borah.
be from many past experiences '
in choosing a senator by the Ida
ho legislature!
Some people in the East, we !
think, with more enthusiasm than I
good judgment, have organized
a club and started a third term
campaign for Roosevelt. Presi
dent Roosevelt has so frequently
and emphatically stated that un
der no circumstances will he
again be a candidate that we be
lieve in taking him at his word,
There is no scarcity of good pre
sidential timber in the party to
which he belongs, or of men who
will carry out the many reform
measures he has begun. He has
two years more to work on them
and a congress to back him in
the good work. Let him alone,
and let the people take him at
his word that he will not be a
candidate again. He is young
yet, and there are other fields of
usefulness open to him. Al
though neither a great debater
or orator, he might occupy a seat
in the Senate which would make
some of the old fossils now there
sit up and take notice. He might
shine as the president of one of
ourgreat universities. With him
as manager, the Isthmian canal
would he completed in less than
a lifetime. Let him have his own
way and do not force him to
break the unwritten law which
says no third term for anyone.
While we have a Root, a Taft, a
Shaw, or a Fairbanks and an
uncle Joe, old as the latter is, let'
us let our best president retire on
the honors already won. To be
sure, the arguments used by the
Third Term Club are all very
good. It claims that it will not
be an abrogation of the unwrit
ten law against a third term be
cause Roosevelt has only been
elected once. But the arguments
in favor of a third term are spe
cious and cannot be easily gain
said. Here are some of them:
We view w ith, alarm the evils
already grown from the abuse of
corporate power and see in these
evils a fertile field for the dema
gogue, from which might readily
spring a political and social revo
lution, and believe that nothing
short of temperate and prayerful
solicitude, on the part of the peo
ple, will hold our political and
social structure intact.
To the people irrespective of
party lines is due the credit that
their President, today, is Theo
dore Roosevelt. A new era of
real freedom and vitality in our
institutions of government and
politics was demanded, and they
wisely saw in him a means to at
tain it.
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So valiantly and wholehearted
ly has this man reflected the
as
wishes of the people, that his per
sonality has entered into and be
come a part of every department
of our national life.
He 1ms won tlie confidence of
be
the people; and this fact alone,
makes him the most potent fac
tor in the solution of the present
disturbing conditions. Toelimi-|
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j nate this personality—which is:
E. to eliminate that confidence—at
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a time when the people, as a
' whole, are restive and trembling
'with apprehension, is to invite
national disorder.
So closely woven is this bond
!
I between the President and the
people, that he has become to
them a public necessity, an essen
tial part of things in the social
and political fabric. Therefore,
Theodore Roosevelt is not only
the one logical candidate for
nomination, but manifestly is
the only logical President for the
people.
Then, to unite the people in a
rally for his re-nomination, they
use this scare:
Already has it been demon
strated that the frightened, and
vengeful wealth controlling forces
of the country, will resort to any
means to defeat his nomination
for a Presidential Third Term.
We, therefore, must be on the
alert and quick to action if we
would save that which has al
ready been accomplished by our
illustrious President.
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The Outlook For 1907.
Speaking from a local standpoint,
as well as from a state and natio
nal, the year 1907 has started off
most propitiously and bids fair for
Owyhee to be one of greater pros
perity than any of the recently pre
ceding ones. Our old and reliable
mines, such as the Trade Dollar
Consolidated and the DeLamargive
promise of keeping up their repu
tations as steady producers, while
[ other properties give better promise
than ever before of coming rapidly
to the front and bid fair to become
prominent producers at no distant
day. The Potosi Company has al
ready demonstrated that it has a
great property, almost in the town
of Silver City, which will justify
the construction of reduction works
and the employment of
number of miners. The Banner
Company is making slow but
steady progress in developing its
properties on Florida Mountain
with exceedingly promising pros
pects of making it one of the-lead
ing mines in this district.
It is rumored that work will be
again started on the great Sinker
tunnel enterp-ise, now only requir
ing some methi d of making an up
raise of a few hundred feet to tap
and drain the water from the most
famous st ring of mines ever worked
here, which, with the water drained
from them, would again become
great producers.
And there are numerous other
properties both on War Eagle and
Florida Mountains upon which
work is being done with splendid
promise, some of which may any
day show up to he as great proper
ties as any yet developed.
At South Mountain work is now
being vigorously pushed which bids
fait to make that greatly neglected
district take precedent with the
best of the silver-lead districts south
of the Couer d'Alenes.
This promises to be a great year
for the mines of Owyhee. At the
present time every miner coming
here finds ready employment, at
than has heretofore
large
of
■ belter wages
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many more properties will be cull
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When spring opens
ing for men.
The New Home Sewing Machines for
sale at Philipp's Hardware Store.
Juist Arrived
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New decorated Crockery of the
Vintage Pattern. Taken from
Haverland's latest Patterns.
One of the neatest ever.
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THE BIBBINS-MYER COMPANY
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Dealers In
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Murphy, Silver City, Dewey
and DeLamar
STAGE LINES
JOfThe best facilities for transportation between the railway ter
minus to and from Silver City, DeLamar, or other points in Owyhee.
Keep good mountain rigs, with good stock and Careful Drivers.
Stables at Silver City and Murphy
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REGULAR
TRIPS
Between DeLamar and
Silver City. Stage de
parts from Delamar at
S a. m. Departs from
Silver on return trip at
2 .p. in. Passengers and
Freigilt carried. Stops
at Dewey e,n route.
Delamar Livery, Feed
and sale STABLes
CHARLES FORNEY,
Proprietor
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The DEWEY DAIRY
Pure Milk and Cream delivered
morning to Silver City and
every
other camps.
A. W. Mc CLVNü, Prop
DEWEY. IDAHO.
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A Select line of
WINES, LIQUORS
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The Quietest Resort
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CHURCH SERVICES.
Services will t )e held at the followiug
places during the winter on the first
and third Sundays of each month and
the two previous evenings : H| ac k Jack
Friday evening; Dewey, Saturday
ning; Silver City, Sunday, 11 a. ui., De
I.airiar, Sunday, 7:30 p
Geo. P. Pemberton
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Pastor
Fresh Oranges at llowett's.
Fresh supply of Oranges
wan's.
at Treme.