The Owyhee nugget., June 07, 1907, Image 1

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BEST
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MEDIUM
OFFICIAL
COUNTY
PAPER.
NUMBER 4
SILVER CLTY, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO, JUNE 7, 1907.
VOLUME XVII.
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THE LOCAL NEWS
Short Items of Interest for Nugget's
M0 lI\v Readers
Marcus White and Walter Langford
of Flint, were in town last week.
Mrs. F. D. Hall is visiting Mrs. S. D.
McLain, at Nampa.
Fresh Hood river strawberries are
now to be had at Rowett's.
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Miller, of Dewey,
visited with friends in Silver, last
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. J. W. Rowett has just received a
consignment of the famous Hood river
strawberries.
The dauce given at lower Masonic
Hall, last Friday, was a very pleasaut
affair socially, but the attendance was
small.
Mrs. C. E. Knapp and grandaugbter,
Atla Elmer, and Mrs. F. S. Heer, went
over to Boise yesterday. Mrs. Ileer'B
daughter,Miss. Mattie,who is attending
school at St. Margaret's Hall at Boise,
will return to Silver with her mother.
The jury having been secured in the
Haywood trail, at Boise. Messrs. T. D.
Fry, J. C. Conners and C. C. Harvison,
heretofore summoned as witnesses,were
notified hy 'phone to appear in Court at
once, and left for Boise last Wednesday.
Monroe Stevens, of the DeLamar
Miners Union, and Frank Nelson, of the
Silver City Union, left ou the stage
Thursday to attend the convention of
the W. F. of M. to be held at Denver,
June 15.
Mrs. Minnie Weston, "delegate to the
Grand Lodge of Pythian Sisters, and
Prof. H. S. Simmons, delegate from the
DeLamar K. of P. Lodge, left this mor
ning to attend the Grand Lodge at
Couer d'Alene City, Idaho, June 11.
W. T. Benham, of Bruneau, was iu
town during the week on Probate mat
ter. Having filed his final account, as
administrator of the estate of his father,
Richard Benham, deceased, the hearing
was held last Monday, and a decree of
final distribution entered. The estate
consisted of cash and interest in mining
claims on Quicksilver Monntain.
Mrs. J. S. St. Clair, W. M., of Ade
laide Chapter No. 26,0. E. S., left last
Wednesday to attend the Grand Chapter
O. E. S , to be held iu Lewiston, Idaho,
June llth, 11)07. She will visit her
mother, in Caldwell enroute, and her
daughter, Eduetta, who has been at
tending school, duriug the past winter
in Caldwell, will accompany her on a
visit to Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Lower, in
Spokane.
The Land Board of the State of Idaho
has fixed the date for the opening of 40,
000 acres of land under the Big Wood
River Reservoir and Canal System for
Monday, June 24, 1907. This opening
will take place at Alberta, Idaho 15J^
miles northeast of Shoshone, and will
be under the supervision of the State
Land Board All entries will be made
iu the usual way, by drawing. To reach
Alberta, prospective settlers should take
the Oregon Short Line Railway to Sho
shone, aud change cars there for Al
* berta.
The Silver City business men have
resolved to celebrate the Fourth of
July this year iu grand style, aud some
tall hustling is beiug done for the oc
casion. Of cours-e it will be a grand
affair, ander the mauagement of these
energetic aud patriotic gentlemen.
Silver City people are noted for doing
things up right, and we can now confi
dently promise that the day will be ob
served here with due pomp aud cere
mouy. Full particulars will be pub
lished beiore the day arrives.
Last Sunday Albert Jordi, of South
Mountain, came to town and Monday
morning filed a complaint in the pro
bate court charging John Weir and
Onn Kenbush with the crime of assault
and robbery. A warrant of arrest was
issued and deputy sheriff John T. Shea
arrested the parties, with the assistance
of Hall Parks, special deputy sheriff for
Malheur Co., at Jordan Valley, Ore.,
and brought them to Silver, last Wed
nesday, where they were lodged in jail.
Judge Heer, yesterday, set the prelim
inary examination for uext Tuesday.
Mr. Jordi is a well-to-do sheep man,
and the hold-ups evidently thought he
carried his money on his person or had
it in the house at his ranch. At the
point of a pistol they demanded his
money and proceeded to ransack his
trunk. They secured the whole sum of
five cents for their pains.
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A Few Inconsistencies,
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Referring to the Sunday closing law
and some of the objections to many of
the sections, the Montpelier Observer
says.
"In the afternoon it warmed up a
little and here and there on the streets
could be seen groups of men who had
resolved themselves into grievance
committees. Every fellow had a differ
ent view of the law and nearly every one
found some glaring inconsistency in its
provisions.
One man declared that it is class
legislation because it fixes one degree of
penalty on the merchant who violates
the law and another uegree of penalty
on the saloon keeper who violates the
same law.
Another man showed up the incon
sistency of the law by referring to that
section which s»ys that it shall be "un
lawful to keep open on Sunday any
place of any kind iu which spirituous,
vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors are
at any .time sold or exposed for sale"
and in the uext sentence it permits drug
stores to remain open.
It was also shown that the law is in
consistent iu that it permits ball games
on Sunday, at whioh there is always
more or less betting, aud prohibits the
the opening of pool rooms, where no in ;
toxicants are sold, and where men gath
er for quiet, social amusemeut.
Another inconsistency was shown in
the provision which permits the sale of
cigars but prohibits the sale of tobacco
in any other form.
It was also showu that confectionery
might be sold by the ton but it is un
lawful to sell fruit of any kind.
Newspapers can be sold, but maga
zines and periodicals are on the prohib
itory list.
A man can buy a cigar, but if he hap
pened to be out of bread at home and
his babes were erving with hunger, he
couldn't buy a loaf of bread or even a
craoker for them.
These and many other inconsistencies
in the law were shown up. In fact, af
ter the curb-stone jurists had concluded
their discussion of the measure, it was
declared to be wholly detrimental to the
peace, happiness aud prosperity of the
community, and an opinion was render
ed by Chief Justice Joe Bagley to the
effect that the law is unconstitutional.
—Ex.
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That New York man who lost his
last hundred dollars, and then com
mitted suicide, leaving word that he
was going to heaveu, may find that he
played on another bad tip.
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Some one has discovered that three
of the five jurors who voted to acquit
Thaw, are bald headed. From which,
it appears that Evelyn still makes a hit
with the bald-head row.
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MINING
IN OWYHEE COUNTY
POTOSI.
Development work at the Potosi con
tinues steadily. Now that the surface
water has ceased, the re-opening of the
adit tunnel on shaft house level has
been resumed. The south drift on No.
2 level is being driven steadily farther
into the mountain witli very satisfac
tory results. The face of this drift is
now well into the ore shoot showing in
No. 1 level above, and is equally as
large and much higher iu values than
on that level. Trie development so far
proves that the ore increases in value
with depth.
Village Blacksmith.
The work on this group of mines dur
ing the last few days has only served to
strengthen the opinion of the manage
ment that the shoots of ore are to be
permanent. A station has been cut and
a shaft started 360 feet from opeuing of
tuuuel and three feet of high grade ore
is now exposed in the bottom of the
shaft. The first day's work in the shaft
produced 37 sacks besides a large quan
tity of lower grade ore, and specimens
of richer ore than fans beeu found here
tofore. The new blacksmith shop aud
ore house has been completed and this
property now presents an appearance
that would justify the opiuiou that
a regular producer has been added to
the paying mines of this camp.
THE BANNER.
The road to the lower tunnel, which,
prospective bidders on a contract to
construct, said would cost 81200, but
which has actually been constructed
for not to exceed 8500 under the direct
supervision of President Peter Steele,
has been completed, aud it is said, by
those who have seeu it, that it is the
best constructed road in this district.
Developments in both the north and
south drifts and the raise are progress
ing very satisfactorily, with good ore
showing at all points.
The boarding house is being moved
from the West to the East side of the
gulch, nearer the tuuuel, which will be
a great couvenieuce.
Mr. H. C. Peterson, onp of the heavy
stockholders, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
who has beeu inspecting the property
during the past week, is highly pleased
over the developments.
Several other stockholders, of Minne
apolis, are expected here next week to
look over the property.
A Boy's Genius and Jokes.
(Goodwin's Weekly.)
There is a wireless telegraph appa
ratus at the Washington navy yard. Its
chief use is to communicate with war
ships out at sea.
The thought that this can be done is
an exalting one. It adds to man's dig
nity ; it fore shadows the coining of
man's universal dominion over the earth
and all its elements. The hurricane
cannot interpose to stop it, the big seas
rave and roar in vaiu against it. The
still small voice finds its way and de
livers its messages undisturbed. It is
the most striking example of the tri
umph of mind over matter that man has
ever achieved.
ingenious boy who is full of humor has !
erected a primitive apparatus on the
roof of his father's home near the navy
yard and it works like a charm. He
I catches the mossages as they come and I
B'H there is trouble everywhere. An
go and injects his own remarks between
sentences. Sometimes he claims to be
in Soutii Africa, sometimes in Timbuc
loo, sometimes in Bombay and again in
Australia. And his remarks are uot
complimentary. He does uot hesitate
to denominate a lordly admiral far out
at sea as an old duffer, right to his face
so to speak. And he tells the men out
at sea that they had better look sharp
to their own safely because the navy
yard at home is tilled to overflowing
with imbeciles, who do not know whe
ther the lines of latitude run north or
south or east and west. Then again he
butts in to inform a ship's commander
that the watch on his ship was drunk at
3:30 and had been for two hours and that
his ship barely missed a collision with a
lumber schoouer at 3:15 a. in. Natur
ally at the navy yard there is profanity,
while out at sea, what is said would
shame the vocabulary of "our army in
Flanders."
The navy yard people finally run the
miscreant down and sought the police
to interpose in their behalf. But the
boy happens to be a sou of a policeman
so the force have informed the navy
yard people that there is nothing in the
constitution or laws that prevents free
speech and hence they have no juris
diction in the business. Again, the
most bigoted of sticklers cannot deny
that the air is free. No one save the
compressed air experts have ever got a
corner on the atmosphere. Hence the
boy cannot be interferred with any
more then a restrictive order can be
served on the lark to keep her from
hailing the sun at dawn.
Another thought is suggested. If
this boy can make so much trouble,
what might not happen in time of war
should some enemy on a lonely part of
the coast erects station and give orders
to our fleets at sea, or listening to the
passing messages, quickly inform the
fleet of his own country of what was
intended.
After all, the boy's crude work may
be of vital importance in showing that
the invention, so magnificent in itself,
may still need safeguards.
Report of the Financial Condition
of the
BRUNEAU STATE BANK, Ltd.,
located at Bruneau, State of Idaho, at
the close of business on the twentieth
day of May, 1907.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts.
Overdrafts.
Banking house, furniture and fixtures.
Due from banks.
Checks on other banks and cash items
Cash on hand.
Profit and Loss.
.$ 15 , 242.66
73.50
6 , 800.95
13 , 027.16
200.00
5 , 381.76
995.43
Total.
LIABILITIES.
$ 41 , 721.45
Capita] stock paid in.
Deposits .
$ 25 . 000.00
. 16 , 721.45
Total
$ 41 , 721.45
State of Idaho,
County of Owyhee
I, M. E. Reynolds, cashier of the
above named bank, do solemnly swear
that the foregoiug statemeLt is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
M. E. Reynolds, cashier.
Subscribed aud sworu to before me
89 .
this 27th day of May, 1907.
[seal]
Eugene V. Stine,
Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
Arthur Pence, Pres.
John Benham
Directors.
REYNOLDS.
Mrs D. D. McDonald is spending the
week in DeLamar.
Miss Anna Jordan, who has been
! visiting in Nampa for a lew days, re
turned home Saturday,
Winchester drove to Silver aud back
I Monday
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Brunzell and Mrs.
Frank Johuston, who has been at
Sinker Cre-k for several days past,
looking after his horses that range in
that section of the country, returned
home Wednesday.
O. H Bierce has removed his family
to his uew house, which is situated
about a mile beyond Agriola's.
Misses Mary and Minnie Schuster
were up from Wilson, Memorial Day,
with flowers tor their parent's graves.
They made a brief visit among friends
and returned home the following day.
Andrew McSweeney came down from
"Sweeueyville" in his portable resi
dence and will occupy several days
working the roads between here and
Wilsou.
Mr. and Mrs. Moody and the latter's
sister, Mrs. L. Brunzell, returned from
Emmett this week, where they were
called on account of the s rious illness
of their father, who recently underwent
an operation for appendicitis. He is
seventy five years of age, has survived
the shock of the operation, and is on
the road to recovery.
A number of Reynolds people drove
to Murphy last week to see the ''But
terfly Girl" plaved. The play was well
worth seeing, it being interwoven with
humor, tragedy and romance,
company was greeted by quite an audi
ence, but the spacious tent would bave
been well filled could people from neigh
boring towns have known how inter
esting the play would be. There were
thirty members in the troupe, which
was equipped with a splendid band and
orchestra, gas lights, and all that is re
quired to make up a good company.
The
Hotel and Big Barn at Jordan Val
ley Burned and Six Horses Lost,
The Monopole hotel and barn were
eutirely destroyed by fire early last
Saturday morning, resulting in a loss
of over 820,000, with but 86000 insur
ance. The plate glass front of the Jor
dan Valley Mercantile company was
shattered by the heat aud damages from
tire and water amounting to about 81000
were sustained.
The fire started about 4:30 a. m., in
the hay mow of the Monopole barn and
quickly spread over the buildiug. Six
valuable horses were consumed by the
flames before they could be reached.
Their struggles are said to have been
most pitiable. Fifteen sets of harness,
several vehicles and quite a quantity of
feed was destroyed. The flames, fed by
the dry pine timbers of the baru, pro
duced an iutense heat, and were quick
ly communicated to the hotel which
was soon a seething furnace,
building, a two-story frame structure,
was owned by Harry Scott. Nothing
was saved except a few things from Mr.
Scott's room. The bar, which occupied
a part of the building, was also a total
loss. Mr. Scott's loss on buildiug and
contents, together with the barn, also
owned by him, will amount to over $20,
000. The Chinese cook lost 8200 in cur
rency that was burned iu his room.
At first it was thought the origin of
the Are was accidental—caused by the
careless dropping of a lighted cigar stub
or cigarette. This belief was modified
somewhat when a hobo was detected
stealing a suit of clothes from the hotel
and was found with Harry Scott's watch
on his person that he had taken from
Mr. Scott's room. The hobo said his
home was in Salt Lake. He bad been
seen about town the evening before and
it is now the opinion of many that the
tramp set fire to the barn. He was
held for investigation.
The
It is asserted that iu Milwaukee, beer is
bottled at the rate of a million a min
ute, but it is the rate at which the bot
tles are emptied that has made Mil
waukee famous.