The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-10-13

called hoe down. It was a lively
dance, participated in by Madam Nc
Cabe and the aforesaid Mr.. Jordan
Neither of them are as young as they
used to be, but they showed the lads
and lassies some steps that made them
think they had much yet to learn of
the pleasures and beauties of the Terp-
sichorean art.
G. N. Damsie, agent for the purchas-
er of the Noble sheep, has been at
Murphy for several days shipping as
rapidly as he can obtain cars. He has
been promised 120 cars but up to the
beginning os the week had only been
able to load ten. 1t will require near
| ly or quite 300 cars to complete the
shipments. The shipment of this mum
Der of sheep from this county will
relieve the pressure on the Owyhee
ranges, but only temporarily, as they
will be rapidly filled up again.
The county commissioners met in
their regular quarterly session Mon
day, adiourning yesterday. Outside of
the routine business of auditing bills,
ETC., but few matters we're brought be-
fore them. Surveyor Hulett was in.
structed to prepare plans and specifi
cations for bridge to be built across
Lower REYNOLDS creek, in Wilson pre-
cinct. The resignation of Charles Cur.
now as justice of the peace at Della
mar precinct was accepted, and N. j..
Perkins appointed in his place. Frank
McKelvey was appointed constable at
Dewey precinct.
! All old time DeLamar people will
remember r. ID. McDougall, ten years
ago a timberman at the mines there,
and who left there to embark in a min
ing venture in Boise county. Boise
papers contain an account of his death
by accident at Pearl. He fell from a
hotel porch, distance of 10 feet, re-
ceiving injuries from which he died
five days later. Mr.. McDougall was a
single man. He and a brother came to
DeLamar from Ontario, two sons and
a daughter of the brother coming there
later. The daughter married Floyd
Harmon while in DeLamar. The re-
mains of Mr.. McDougall were buried at
Boise Wednesday.
Nugget shop received call from DIR.
G. E. Noble, state veterinarian, Tues
day, and regret that the editor was out
of town at the time. The doctor is
taking rank among the states most
diligent and efficient officials and his
} vigilance in fighting contagious dis
eases among livestock is doing much
good in Idaho. A part of the DOCTORS
mission to Owyhee at this time was to
look into report that glanders had
} broken out among some work horses
} on Sinker He inspected the stock and
: found the condition such that he or
dered five head to be quarantined for
thirty days, at the end of which time if
the disease developed, he would order
that they be killed.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Helm returned
to DeLamar, Monday, from months
sojourn in Portland. Their visit to the
: fair was prolonged by Mrs. Helm hav-
| ing had while there, an operation per
formed for the removal of numerous
} growth on one of her hands. Except
! for this experience, they pronounce
their trip very enjoyable. Incidentally
} while in Portland, Mr. Helm met Joe
Duquette, formerly of DeLamar, or
} his way home after three years. so.
journ on the Klondike. with his broth
er who still remains at Dawson. He
said Joe is looking fine, and apparently
} prosperous and could show hands full
of nuggets. Duquette came from Daw
i son by the Yukon route, and stopped
, several days at Nome, where he visited
, Mcmillan, Prout and Brace, all former
/ DeLamarites. Joe reports all three oi
r them as "high mucky mucks" in thai
t Arctic city, reputed to be collectively
several hundred thousand dollars tC
, the good, in savings and in rich clam.
they are working This is pleasing
news to all the friends of the plucky
and lucky trio.
J, China at Getchell's.