The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-08-25


not unpleasant tho light that the loss
will not be felt more than as slight
inconvenience, as the worthy couple
still have few dollars left and then
some more.
DIR. Hamilton left Tuesday morning,
to visit the Portland fair, to be gone
three or four weeks, taking in coast
and sound cities. II has been a long
time since the doctor has taken an out
ing, and his friends hope he will enjoy
it, Before leaving he had arranged to
leave his practice in charge of Dr.
Woodland of Payette, who arrived here
last Monday, to remain until DIR. H.
returns.
j w Ferguson, miner who left
here six years ago, stopped here over
Monday niQht, arriving from Willow
Creek, Nevada. on bicycle. He went
on to Pearl, to visit couple Of nieces
residing there and meet sister, now
on b way to the Portland fair from
the east, whom he had not met for
many years. Mr. Ferguson is inter
ested with Tom Fry in promising mia
ing claims which they are developing
on Willow creek.
Richard Morton, who exists and
fiourishes in Owyhee under the non de
plume of Blue Dick, now generel fac
totum and all round prevaricator for
the Pixley basin mining camp, was here
over Wednesday night, with saddle
and pack horses. We noted that the
deputy sheriff carefully inspected the
contents of his saddle bags before he
started back to Pixley. When we asked
Dick what he was doing at the Basin,
he replied, .sNothing. 1t is derned
poor mining camp that can't support
one gentleman, and am playing that
role.'
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Catlow and
their two pretty little girls and Mr.
Catlow's mother arrived here, Monday
from their homes near STEMS noun
tain, Nevada, the younger couple and
children to spend some time with the
lady's mother, Mrs. John Brunzell, and
the elder lady on her way co Portland,
to see the worlds fair aud to visit her
daughter, Mrs Dan Feour, who resides
near that city. The party came here
from Steln's mouitain by team, dis
tance of about 100 miles. Mr.. Catlow
says the roads were unusually rough
aud dusty.
A big, tough looking hobo, who was
locked up here over night several days
ago and who went to DeLamar when
turned loose, was caught in Mr.. Slat
tery's residence yesterday morning
the family being absent, and when
searched, a ring belonging to Mrs.
Slattery was found in his pocket. A
warrant was issued for his arrest on
the charge of burglary aud Deputy
Sheriff Tullis brought him up here
where he had hearing before Justice
of the Peace Hawes and was committed
for trial He is now boarder at the
Hotel de Tullis.
Mr.. Shattuck, the Bruneau school
teacher, III here this week, reports that
work is progressing nicely on the
Jacks creek reservoir, with all the
men and teams to be procured busy. 1t
is claimed that the great reservoir will
store more than enough water to sup
ply The 5000 acres in Little valley,
and that the land is even superior to
that of the famed Bruneau valley
The lands are being rapidly taken up
Here will be settlement which will
surpass Twin Falls, the land, an au-
cient lake bottom, being more fertile
and the season at least two weeks
earlier.
John r. Roberts, editor of the Idaho
Unionist, the official organ of all the
labor union organizations in this state,
] has been here this week, getting ac-
] quainted with the members of our
local miners unions. Mr.. r J. Hanlon
has been taking him in charge and
=, showing him around among the husky
miners. Mr.. Roberts made one of the
mOSb Seuidi nSlhoelo VI Oho iSSouu
press. association excursion and was
able to loan Brother Bailey pair of
S trousers after the "hold-up,p although
S the tronsers fitted the latter a little
a too quick about the equatorial regions
4 The miners should subscribe literally
a for the Unionist. 1t is ably conducted
/, and faithfully upholds the interests of