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OWYHEE NUGGET AlltHe Local MlrxingNews Accur ately Chronicled. Subscription Rates. ONE YEAR . SIX MONTHS. Strictly in advance. $2.00 1.00 Advertising Rates. Display ads, per issue, 25 cents per inch ; by the month, 60 cents per inch. Locals, 10cents per line one insertion; 6 p«utH per line each additional inser tion. Resolutions, Obituaries, Show, Fair, So cial or other locals, when admission is charged, or money is to be raised, 6 cents per line. Legal notices, $1,00 per inch first inser tion ; 50 cents per inch each additions insertion. 60 words constitute an inch. Table or figure work, $1.50 per inch first insertion; 75cents per inch each addi tional insertion. Card of Thanks, $1.00 Foreign and patent medicine ads take the same rates as above mentioned. Published every Thursday by F. G. Burroughs, Editor and Publisher. Entered assecond-clasematter January 4,1905, at the post office at Silver City, Idaho, under the Act of Congress of March 3,1879. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1911 MEMBER WESTERN IDAHO PRESS ASSO CIATION. . CHAS. A. HACKNEY, MEADOW8, PRES F G. BURROUGHS. CALDWELL. SEC'Y. OWYHEE COUNTY DIRECTORY. County Commissioners: 1st Diet.—C. H. Grete, Silver City. 2nd Dist.— R. J. Gifford, Reynolds. 3rd Dist.—A. J. Harley, Bruneau. Sheriff.—Oscar F. Brunzell. Clerk Dist. Court.—John S. St Clair. Probate Judge.— Dr. F. S. Heer. Assessor.— Altert V. Townsend. Treasurer.—Margaret Cavaney. School Supt.—Jennie Farrer Avery. Prosecuting Attorney.—Wm. Healy. Coroner.— Dr. T. D. Farrer. Surveyor.— F. W. Hulett. .It seems to the writer that as a matter of convenience some standard time should be estab lished in Silver. As things are now, there seems to beonestand ard for the schools and another for rest of us. With the tele phone facilities it would be an easy matter to obtain correct time and have all clocks in pub lic places regulated thereby and the school bells sounded by that standard. .The Yakima country carried off the apple honors at the American Land and Irrigation Exposition held in New York. By virtue of the award of the judges, Mrs. Ella D. Rowland of Zillah is the Apple Queen, for she won the $500 in gold offered by Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Railroad and a $1,000 silver trophy. honors went to Robert Johnson of North Y akima. Mrs. Rowland has been living on her orchard for eighteen years. It cost her $40 an acre. She has refused $1600 for it. Many other awards were made to exhibits from the Pacific North west. Second How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's . Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. for the last 15 Years, and believe i'JP'Pfffecfly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, Toledo, O. „ ^?"' S aP- at ?, rrh Cure ,s taken internally, a. ting directly upon the blood and mù us surfaces of the system. Testimonials by lu Dniguu . 75 CentS P " r b ° tt,L '- Sold Take Hall'u Family Pilla for constipation. > << .During October six were designated by the Secretary of the Interior as suitable for entry under the enlarged-home stead act. These include 32,110 acres of laud in Idaho and Ore gon and make a total of 190, 426,957 acres which has been designated by the Secretary of the Interior as enterable 320 acre homestead units. areas .When you get into a tight place and everything goes again st you until it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn.—Harriet Beecher Stowe. .IIow t often do we hear people say: "Where in the world do all the fies come from?" It is sim ple enough. The toper makes the blue-bottle fly, the stern fath er makes the gad fly, the cyclone makes the house fly, the black smith makes the fire fly,thedriv er makes the horse fly, and the boarder makes the butterfly. HIGHEST POINT IN IDAHO In connection with its topo graphic mapping the U. S. Gov BANK W. G. SIMPSON President S. D. SIMPSON Cashier BY MAIL We pay special attention to the accounts of our mail customers We have the facil ities and are pre pared to handle ail legitimate banking business with accu racy and dispatch. We solicit corres pondence or inter views when you are in need of the services of a good Bank. OF CALDWELL, IDAHO Capita-1 $50,000.00 4 J. C. NICHOLS Vice-Pres. F. G. HOFFMAN Asst. Cashier L. A r - \ -TV, v. "WM Ik-i a i : ta J(U Alladin Rubbed the Lamp and Gave his Orders THE MODERN EQUIVALENT > Lou Lift the Bell Telephone Receiver and Give Your Commands The Mountain States Tel. and Tel. Co. ifék\ n / s I eminent survey establishes sev eral thousand permanent bronze aluminum bench marks every year, and the bulletins of this series give the exact altitudes of these points. A recent issue is Bulletin 487, "Results of Spirit Leveling in Idaho," under the direction of R. B. Marshall, chief geographer. The lowest altitude noted in this bulletin is at Bon ners Ferry, which is given as 1766 feet above sea level. The highest point in Idaho thus far marked bj T the survey is at the crest of the Sawtooth Mountains, on the boundary line between Blaine and Custer Counties. At this point, between the Wood and Salmon Rivers, an iron post has been placed by the Survey, and the altitude marked is 8,795% ft. FERRYS SEEDS Good gardeners are those who raise good flow ers and vegetables. Good flowers and vegetab les come from good seeds. We pro- 1 good seeds—the inter duce _ ence is obvious. For sale everywhere. 1912 SEED ANNUAL Free on Request J D.M. FERRY « CO. Æk L Detroit. Mich. F 22 12 of is — Asher A. Getchell SILVER CITY Drugs, Medicines, Stationery Drug Sundries, Confectionery Perfumes, Cut Glass, China Tobaccos, Post Cards, Etc. News Stand in Connection TfjfTTTfrr? Post Office - Drug Store Owyh.ee Brewery SILVJElt CITY, IDAHO JXV GUARANTEED T O B E A PURE HOP AND Barley Product A HEALTHFUL AND DELICIOUS TONIC BEVERAGE FOR SALE BY THE BARREL OR BY THE CASE Fritz SoTileifer, Prop i à » OWYHEE MEAT COMPANY m m i m ê Da.vi<l Somerville and Fred Ulmer I I 1 'C-, 1 I i Dealers in all Kinds of Fresh I i 1 I K I i All Kinds of Sausag es specialty At The Same Old Stand 1 ■ft I A 1 ? 1 I I i L. C. GARDNER C. D. DOWNEY n I GARDNER & DOWNEY LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE SILVER CITY, IDAHO FREIGHTING FROM MURPHY to all Parts of OWYHEE COUNTY BSTTinest of rigs for conveyance, attention given to Commercial trade, ful drivers. Particular Care A supply of coal, hay and grain kept on hand. Wheat for chicken feed. j