OWYHEE NUGGET
ID©voted to tli© Mining and -A.grioxjilt'Lrreil Interests of* Owyli©©
SILVER CITY, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24,
OFFICIAL
COUNTY
PAPER
BEST
ADVERTISING
MEDIUM
County
VOLUME XXI.
1911.
NUMBER 16
WEEK'S LOCAL
HAPPENINGS
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Mention of People and Matters
It' Which We Are all
Interested.
Miss Bessie Bonnell is spending a few
days with Mrs. J. S. St Clair,
Ed M('Gough and wife went out to the
railroad Monday morning.
Mrs. J. T. Shea and Miss Agnes Shea
were in to the dance last night.
Mrs. Frank Scott and family were up
from Reynolds attending the dance.
Dean West, who is interested in the
Rich Gulch, came in on Monday's stage.
Mrs. Avery returned the first- of the
week from a two weeks' visit in DeLa
mar.
Mrs. I. J. Gardner and Miss Lottie
speiît Wednesday visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Green Adams.
P. C. Williams, who has recently set-'
tied here and established a law office,
went to Boise the first of the week.
Miss Rosa Weiner left last Monday
after an extended visit here with Miss
Oeila Schuyler. The visit was all too
short.
S. D. McClain and Herbert Oram
over from Nampa in an automobile, night
before last. They are up ate the Rich
Gulch.
Miss Carrie Hastings, who has been
visiting friends here, went to the Valley
the first of the week, to visit her sister,
Airs. J. T. Shea.
Mr. and Mrs. William Strode, of Nam
pa, the former a business man of that
place, are visiting this week with Mr. and
Mrs Frank Hall.
Found :—In Silver City,
taining sum of money,
same by calling at the Postoffice, proving
property, and paying for this notice.
%mi Nelson and wife and Misses Libby
and Peterson returned from Jordan Val
ley last Saturday. They are now visiting
at the Banner with Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Steele.
Gentlemen! This is just the time to
order your suit for Labor Day. Call and
examine my fall line of samples,
to yonr measure suits $18 and up.
Cleaning, pressing and repairing done at
W. J. Gibson's Tailor Shop opposite the
telephone office. W. J. Gibson, Tailor.
J. Dickson, Deputy State Veterinarian,
of Boise, was here this week on business.
A complaint was made to the office that
L. Pedracini's cows were unhealthy and
a menace to the public health. Mr.
Dickson inspected the cows and wishes it
to be known that they are perfectly
healthy. He left for Boise this morning.
Tuesday F. P. Bonnell, manager of the
mines at lower Flint, came into Silver
with his family, on a hurried trip to
Nampa, where he has important business
to transact. He hired a team here to
take him to Murphy and there hired a
team to take him on to Nampa, so great
was his haste
Miss Bessie Emerick, of Saginaw, Mich
igan, is in Silver, visiting her uncle, Geo.
R. Sweeney. While here, she will en
deavor to regain lier good health. Like
lier uncle, the famous Geo. R., she is
jolly and full of fun, and endeavors to
get the most enjoyment possible out of
life.
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a purse con
Owner can have
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The Flint district has every indication
of becoming a lively mining camp,
fights occurred there recently, which is
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one of the signs of a mining boom. ;
As to that "sign" having anything to do
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with it we cannot, fiay* but before the j
week ended the Twilight gulch property
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deal was closed at a good flgjire. j
MINING PROPERTY S0LD
Twilight Gulch Mines Bovight
by English Capital
DEAL CLOSED HERE LAST EVENING
Extensive Mining Operations Will Be Started Soon and the Ore
Blocked Out for Ready Extraction and Milling.
The most important mining deal that
has taken place for several
closed last night, when the Twilight
Gulch properties of White Bros, and
THios. Harlaud was purchased by
ing investor of Londun, England. Mr.
Courtney, the agent of the purebas
ar, Mr. Myers, came in last evening and
completed arrangements with the
ers. Mr. Myers was not feeling well
and remained in Nampa, Idaho. This
years was
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MAN KILLED AT
SOUTH MOUNTAIN
Dispute Over Lexrvd the Primary Ca-vise
Word was received here yesterday
that Jess Lawson, of Jordan Valley, had
shot and killed a man bv name of Nolan
at the old Anaeaba ranch in South
Mountain.
Deputy* Sheriff Hanson,
Diet. Atty. Healy, and Coroner Dr. Far
rer left for the scene of the killing. From
ihe meager reports received <he dispute
over some land was the
primary cause.
It would have done a Mormon Bishop's
heart good to have seen one of
ular citizens escort four partners to the
hall last night.
our pop
R. S. Hawes, Jr., came in Monday
night from Boise. Dick left here about a
year ago, going to California and from
there to Boise.
He has been working in
a store there and is making a very credit
able record. Why is it that, when one
asks people why Dick came over, they
wink and grin?
THESAME OLD STORY, ONLY
NOT SO BAD
The so-called "power of the press"
was exemplified by the action of the local
ball players in practicing Thursday night
and playing with DeLamar Friday after
noon. Last week the Nugget called the
nine to task for non-observance of
regu
lar training. The words of this paper
were meekly received by the Miners, who
knew that they were justly scolded. They
immediately cabled DeLamar and humbly
begged a practice game. As it turned
out afterward, the game was a practice
game for DeLamar, not for Silver.
The score was 17 to 12 in favor of those
practiced upon or against those practiced
upon, just as one wishes to see it. Con
cerning the details the players are reti
cent, silent, mum. In hushed, though
triumphant accents, they murmur that
they were ahead once. Hardly
distinguish the words, 17 to 12, when one
of the players utters them. »
The one Silver rooter didn't even yell.
Said rooter was disappointed ^t the show
ing, it is supposed. She said she was
afraid to shout with so many DeLamar
ites present.
The schedule of the Mountain-Valley
League lacks one game of completion
far as Silver is concerned. That is with
can one
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Jordan Valley. This aggregation is a
hard proposition, having already defeated
; the boys here by the score of—oh, what's
use 't° rl, b it in? Silver's only salva
! tion is scientific practice, and if she does
j not practice consistently, Jordan Valley
,na ? b , oat <lovv " the <!reek with tl >at $75
tacked to their flagstaff—if they don't
j «pend it here.
deal was brought about through the ef
forts of Mr. J. M. Morgan of this city.
Mr. Courtney, J. M. Morgan, Marcus
and Percy White and Thos. Harland left
this morning for the mine at Twilight
gulch and expect to return this evening
or tomorrow.
This will add another extensive min
ing enterprise to our camp and greatly
stimulate ail branches of business
More particulars next week.
C. G. Lawson, a brother of Jess Law
son had settled on a piece of land claimed
by another party. Said land had been
surveyed this summer but the survey
has not yet been filed in local land of
fice. Nolan, the man reported killed
was not the one claiming tile land.
Lawson is reported to have shot Nolan
in the breast with a shot gun, killing
him instantly.
CASTLE CREEK
Two wagon-loads of ore have been
ceived this week from Ihe Evans mine on
Castle Creek,
in by W. E. Cordell, Andy Evans and
John Baumgartner and have beeu placed
in the warehouse until a full carload is
hand for shipment to Salt Lake. The ore
will be brought in as rapidly as possibly
this mouth, so that the car may be ship
ped without unnecessary delay. It is re
ported that an extremely rich vein 'has
been encountered in the lower tunnel,
where most of the work has been done in
the last two months.—Mountainhome
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The loads were brought
on
BIG STORE SOLD.
This week witnesses the consummation
of deal which has been under advisement
for some time. By the terms of the
agreement the Bihbins-Myer Co., Ltd's,
stock is sold; C. M. Caldwell, a merchant
of this place, is the purchaser. The two
stocks will be combined and placed in the
building now occupied by the selling com
pany.
The purchaser in this deal has been a
resident of this place for about eight years.
He started business here by first buying
a store that was having a hard struggle
for existance. By hard and consistent
labor and strict attention to business he
built up his stock and trade,
has been marked with many changes of
location. He moved once, was burnt out
and moved into another building; from
there he moved into his present quarters,
and will soon move into the "Big Store"
building.
E. J. Burrough and F. D. Hall, the
present, owners, are men who have worked
His rise
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sliadow they have attained to what they
are today. And tonight, when the store
closes for the last time under the old man
themselves up from the bottom,
sticking to business through sunshine and
agement, there will be many who will
gret the passing of "Dad" and Frank.
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BENEF,TDANCE
FOR. CEMETERY
Cemetery Benefit Entertainment
and Dance Very
Successful
The Cemetery Benefit Entertainment i
and Dance was held last night, to which |
date it had been postponed. The atten- j
dance was large and evidenced that the !
people of this town and surrounding ■
country were eager to be of assistance in I
such a good cause.
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The program before the dance was very
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entertaining and was well received. At
10:30, to the strains of Ballot's orchestra
the first waltz was danced. Sweeping
around the hall they danced, young and
old soothed by the slow, measured, ryth
mic tread, the swish of skirts, the flash of
color among the white dreses of the
men and dark suits of the men, and the
enchantment of the music.
The program, interesting and enter
tining, was as follows:
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Miss Lottie Gardner
Miss Bessie Grete
Miss Oeila Schuyler
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Duet
Vocal Duet
Miss Violet Qnirk
. Mrs. A. A. Getchell
... Miss Carrie Hastings
. Miss Oeila Schnyler
jMiss Bessie Grete
( Miss Lottie Gardner
Vocal Solo.Miss Eduetta St Clair
Piano Solo.
Vocal Solo
Vocal Solo.
Duet.
(Mrs. Simon Harris
Duet.
Miss Leona Grete
Lunch was served in the banquet
above, all evening,
sandwiches and coffee, and icecream and
cake.
room
It consisted of
Everyone had a good time. They
quiet but enjoyed every minute they were
there. The music was especially good.
The dance was given in a most wor
thy cause. The cemetery fences are down
and in ruins. Cattle and horses roam
over the graves. Many of us have loyed
ones there and we are desirous of stop
ping such desecration. It is indeed dif
were
ficuit to keep the fences up, as the deep
snow, drifting against them exerts a pres
sure unable to he resisted.
However, if
they are put up solidly again they may
withstand the snows of several winters.
Miss Alice Connors and the
young
ladies who assisted her are to be thanked
for their efforts in this act of benevolence.
They labored long and hard to produce an
entertainment so interesting. The hail
was tastefully decorated, and added much
to the enjoyment of those present. To
the ladies who so kindly donated the
freshments thanks are dne, also.
■""The dawn of a new day witnessed the
merry whirl of the dancers and morning
came too soon. And when the endearing
strains of "Home, Sweet Home" softly
died away, the pleasure of the dancers
was increased by the realization that their
enjoyment had been for a good cause.
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SILVER CITY M. (Sl M. CO.
The lower cross-cut tunnel is being
driven into the hill as rapidly as it can be
done by the machine drills. This tunnel
is now in about six hundred feet and two
hundred feet more will cut the American
Eagle vein at a depth of about six hund
red feet. Four hundred feet beyond that
are the Crown Point and Lone Tree veins.
These will be cut at a depth of six hund
red feet. From the surface showings it is
evident that a great body of ore lies where
the cross cut will tap these veins.
Concerning a mine lieing newly devel
oped there is little to he said except that
the work is progressing rapidly. In this
respect the Silver City is all right. The
work is progressing as rapidly as
tions will permit.
owyhee co.
HONORED
Dew Dunning Appointed by Gov.
Hawley Delegate to Tax
Convention
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tomber 5-8, Owyhee county and the peo
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j pie of this county have been signally hon
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In the appointment of Dow Dunning
by Governor Hawley, as special delegate
I from Idaho to Ihe Fifth International
Conference in State and Local Taxation,
to be held in Richmond, Virginia, Sep
Mr. Dunning has been elected as Rep
resentative from this county for two
terms and has given entire satisfaction.
At the sessions of the legislature he has
shown that he is an able man, and one
who has opinions of his own and can
stand by them. Unfortunately, he has
been in the minority both terms.
He is a progressive and introduced sev
eral bille tended to the advancement of the
peoples' power of self-government. He
introduced a direct primary bill and a
bank guarantee bill. Both were defeated
by the majority party.
As an instance of the respect in which
he was held, he was called upon by the
Senate during the last session of the legis
lature to address that body upon an im
portant question. Rarely is a member of
the lower house thus honored.
Mr. Dunning is one of the best men in
the State for the position to which he was
appointed. He is a deep student of tax
ation problems and is an advocate of the
measure known as the single-tax. Ayitlv
his deep knowledge of the intricacies of
the subject of taxation, and his ability to
clearly and forcibly express himself, he
will reflect credit upon the state from
which he #as sent.
The citizens of Owyhee county should
feel grateful that, by their clear insight
and discretion, they chose as their only
Representative a man who should have
sueh an honor bestowed upon him.
Ca.rd of Thinks
We wish to express onr heartfelt thanks
to the many friends who so kindly assisted
us in onr recent bereavement, and for the
many beautiful floral offerings. We es
pecially desire to thank the members of
the K. P. lodge for assistance and favors
rendered.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Downey
and Family.
MINING NOTES
When Governor Hawley appointed the
Idaho delegates to the American Mining
Congress to be held in Chicago the week
beginning September 25, he included in
the list two men well known in this
county. They are Frederick K. Irwin
and W. D. Evans.
Henry Stevens, accompanied by C. C.
Hedum, returned to his claims on Boul
der creek. My. Stevens has been there
this summer, developing his property.
It is understood that some of the claiihs
belonging to Hedum and Stevens are to
be further developed by outside interests.
If this report is true the Boulder may be
very lively by next spring.
A report comes in from the district
south of here, to the effect that a rich
strike has recently been made on East
creek. The man, on whose ground the
strike was made, is John W. Shore. He
has been working there for several years
and has cut the vein in the upper work
ing, the ore being fairly good. He then
began the lower cross-cut, the ore when
struck at greater depth being much better.