Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-26
A SPICY LETTER.


In the same ratio that ones ideas
vanish when he sits down to write
letter from place like this. As a
mining camp tits nothing but mem
ory. l think the whole camp pro-
duced about $136.75 this season and
one man not yet cleaned up his rocker.
Quartz! Well, that has vanished
with the wind that made it. There
are two lodges on Elk creek showing
up something, and that's all. The
Elkhorn is giving up her Jewels and
we think Chris. Mefert will throw
away his cane the next cleanup, and
Hugh Turner will loom above the
wreck with the smile Of a bond
holder. | saw four-pound chunk
of rock from the Elkhorn pounded in
mortar recently, and it yielded
$3.50, and fully one-fourth of the
gold was lost.
Williams, Sweet and Smith are
running tunnel on their mine, the
Gladstone, a quarter of a mile from
the Elkhorn. They will tap it 14O
feet deep, and will get the tunnel in
about the first of August. This mine
has been quite thoroughly prospected
on top and the boys are satisfied to
open it in good shape.
The Quackenbush brothers are said
to have folded their tent like the
Arabs and gently stole away. That
don't speak well for the Orc Fino,
but Mitchell Bono says it is there,
and with astonishing persistency he is
going for it again.
Tom Currie is at work regenerating
the old Goldtrap ditch and will have
the water in again in few years
and then it is said Ben Wilson will
put in an elevator and prospect Gar
den gulch and other deep placers
around here. 1t is to be hoped he
will find pay, for he will be out many
thousands of dollars prospecting.
The bedrock fume agitation has
visited us and left its impress deel
on the hearts of men. On thest
sandy reaches wide and bare the hol
low winds moan and echo our dis
pleasure at the thought of bloateC
capital coming in here and making
something out of nothing. True
there is thirty miles of Grimes creel
with not white man working in it
bed and not more than six Chinamel
working where they have no right
but we don't want any one to bottle
this land, for it's ours. 1t is ours b,
the divine right of absorption, and /
Sunset Cox or anybody else goes t.
monkeying with it we'll make then
wish the sun had set something els
before they get through with it. Bed
rock fume! Why, every frog aloni
these streams croaks his indignation
and they have right to. Just thin.
how many little pools would be mad
desolate, while the black shadow
despair would hang round ever
bunch of willows. To whom woul
the dear mosquito sing his lullaby {
love? A soulless corporation. Th
thought is narrowing. No, sir; n
bedrock fume for US. | have dltc
and | want to pipe out few NOR
old stumps and some old tallngs
lingo gulch, then trade my ditch to
a dog and go to Long valley an
take up a duck ranch. Or-let m
see. Yes, we might send Jim Hawle
to Congress next fall and, and
humph. what a long time betwee
drinks.
Superintendent Lippincott hs
gone from our gaze and is wanderln
among the foothills where Payette
J ripping waters flow around the ben.
Norman Young runs the business
his absence and should any scho'
teachers wish to be examined the
can call at No. 40 and let him try h
hand.
t johnny Bowling is here, PreParlr
for his trip to Deadwood. His heal
is good. Centerville is great pla'
to recuperate.
For dav and a night Love sang to
/ played with us, d.
Folded us round from the aarA anu !
And our hearts were fulfilled of the mus
S he made for us IL.
Made with our hearts and our ilpS' VII
, he stayed with us.
STAYED in mid-passage his pihiohs ii'
flight ,.n
e Politically we are on the qu'Vl'
a The thunders from St. LOUIS a
5 Chicago are thrilling through O
d sonls and we sniff the battle tr(
/ afar We hear the soul-lnsplrl
il notes of "Dixie" floating up tr'
h the Sedalia convention and the gra
swell when it takes on volume
St Iouis. We can almost see
n crown of jeff Davis ghmmerlng
n tbe southern sun as he looks W
" longino ewes towards the capitol
a Washington.
: Peace hath her victories no less
% nowned than war, and, mark
lie words. we are not going to have a
more of this Republican dominat
). in our politics. Even here IN
"a little deserted mining camp we
, feel the blood begin to tingle IN
"a veins. Resentment will be on
'e rampage before long. Some eE ",
N inc. about the time the swaii'
u u hoam6eward Ina6 fly, jimmy Young '
!. hold his primary election ana emo