The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-08-26
The Game Cock In Owyhee --Owyhce
and Alturas Contrasted.
SlEssa CRY, Owyhee Co., |. 7.
August 10, 1866.


EDlroR WORLD: At early dawn might havl
been seen, in this place, the Game Cock Q
Democracy quietly adjusting bis plumag'
after the victorious fight of yesterday, with
che little. Republican Buzzard. The boys
indulged in some merriment, on the day o
election, in comparing the Vigncttes of TN
two tickets-oUas was fine steel cat GAN,
CocK-THsIRs, y sickly looking fowl, suppos-
edito represent an eagle, and to-day, many
a hummer is being drank in success of the
Rooster and the World Tonight Mt the GO
ing down of the sun, it isproPosed to form
a procession at Ruby city and convey to the
tomb the last remains Of Niger Equality in
Owyhee.
The Democrats of this county have elected
their entire ticket by a large majority have
made clean sweep from District Attorney
to Road OveEseer. Heed's dem. majority,
Ia l2l. The Democratic Councilman and
REPRESENTATIVES were elected by $50 majority
The entire vote cast-S00.
Knowing that your paper will be crowded
this week with election returns suggests the
propriety of making this article rather brief
x
future time Permit me, how ever, to notice
HALpEBARAN's CoMrARIsoN."
Your. "Rocky Bar Correspondent, of July
S3d. ventures comparison on what he says,
tSEvERAL GESrLkMEN" told him in regard to
Owyhee, itsquartz, Iuartx lodges, etc. THxY
saw, be says, that Altnras lodges are wider,
easier to get the quartz out, timber and water
more plenty, the season earlier by month,
and the OPINION IS, the lodges are more in
number and richer than those at Owyhee. ,"
Now, as to the lodges being wider in Alturas,
It NAY be possible but we have well defined
lodges over eleven feet wide showing very
rich rock. The timber and water are sufii-
Gent for years to come Wood is delivered
at the mills for S.. 90 to 81, 90 per cord, Ium-
Der delivered at $8o,ooto $4,000 per thou
sand.
Last spring, provisions and other nrcessa-
ries.were hacked intothis Camp on Mule and
Cayuse trains, when at the same time, the re-
port was, that at Rocky Bar, grub was hauled
in on hand sleds by 'man power" So much
for the ''month earlier.
And as to the great number and prolific
lodges of Rocky Bar, "Severa Gentlemen
from San Francisco Virginia city, New York
Portland, Humboldt and elsewhere, who have
visited Alturas county tell Us the very con
trarv. and give evidence of their choice oy
making purchases here. THEY say we have
the richest quartz in the world, and God
knows our Lodges are numerous enough
hardly weskgpHsses but some new ledge is |
discovered that puts the camp into a fresh
excitement. Had we only about one fourth
the Lumber ofledges and no new ones found |
without great trouble and expense, those
already found would be more worked and
their value sooner deveoped--but it is too /
well known how prone to avarice human ma
ture is, to comment on restriction Of posses
sion. The early history of California teaches |
the lesson, thata good thing is too often
neglected for better y But the ''NUB" of
the story Isl that 'sALDEBARAN" feels more
interest in having the praises of his own
camp sound than "the]rest of mankind"
Owyhee county, and especially, Silver city
have other advantages over her neighboring I
counties and towns that will, aud perhaps
does excite the envy of her competitors. We
have the facilities of travel that is to make
Silver city the thoronghfare between Califor-
MIA, Nevada and the Northern portion of
Idaho Territory. The time is not twelve
months distant, when Mammoth Trains, load
ed with provisions, machinery and other ct
ceteras, will be seen moving their huge forms
through our streets-soME of them perhaps.
bound for Rocky Bar, Boise Basin and other
parts of Northern Idaho, and stages to,
freighted with capital and capitalist to buy
our rich feet and erect monster Mills on our
numerous lodges.
The invincble Hill Beachy has established
. line of stages and saddle trains, direct from
Chico, Red Ruff through Silver city to Idaho
city, and now that the road is protected
against the banus of Indians, that did for
while, threaten to stop the travel, we expect
soon to see the tide of immigration resume its
march by way of Owyhee, and if, she have
any merits they will be appreciated, and we
venture the assertion, that Notwithstanding
the PRESUMED natural advantages of Alturas,
we have shipped MORE bullion than our enyi-
Gus neighbor, and the birth of the two coun-
ties occurred about the same quarter of the
moon.
Friend Aldebaren "oHARrrY EsvIErH NOT"
OWYHEE.