The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-05-04
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ing cards at Rowett's.
4 u E. Dickens sells property in North
East Tacoma. See him for prices and
terms.
Mrs, Otto Petit returned home,
Wednesday, from several days visit
at Boise
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The buds are beginning to burst on
the willows up here and blue bottle
flies are beginning to buzz.
North East Tacoma offers most ex-
celIent opportunities for investment
See J. r. Dickens for particulars, prices
etc.
Charles Forney went out to Boise
yesterday, and will probably make a
visit to Wood River before returning
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Givens of Dewey,
were visitors here today accompanied
by Mrs. Brass, nee Gertie Hart, of Ior-
dan Valley.
Mr.. Jake Horn went to Boise yester-
day on business of restoring the Ava
lanche plant, partially destroyed by
fire Tuesday morning.
Spring reduction sale of my entire
stock of hardware, stoves, tinware.
graniteware, screen doors, glass. paints
and oils at greatly reduced prices at
Philipp's Hardware Store Soft
j. E. Dickens who was formerly res
ident Of Tacoma is selling lots in North
East Tacoma a new residence location
recently plated. See him for plats, To-
cation and description. Lots sold on
time payments.
Song Lee, Silver City's Chinese
merchant and leading Chinaman ia.
Owyhee, was quite heavy loser by the
San Francisco calamity. and started
for the stricken city several days ago
to look after his affairs there.
Thanks to Jack Lewis for big trout
for our breakfast this morning. Jack
came up from sinker yesterday with a
big string which he generously distrib-
uted among his friends. He sojourned
at Lamberts while on the creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hyde's little boys
favored Florence Mills with a great
sheaf of apple blossoms, sent up from
their Oreana home yesterday. The one
lone and lorn scrub of an appletree in
Silver, at the Miners Union hospital is
not yet in bloom.
Assessor John T. Shea returned
Wednesday, from roundup OF the
northwestern corner of the county. He
says that section is settling up rapidly,
with cabins dotting every portion of
the fine lands along Snake river under
the two bitches taken out Of Sucker
Greek.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott came up
from their Reynolds home Wednesday,
to attend the Rebekah lodge and re-
mained over here yesterday, on ac-
count of Mrs Scott having caught a
cold which made here quite indisposed
during the day.
R. ], Clifford was up from Reynolds
Tuesday, delivering load of oats, of
which he says he has nearly five hun
dred bushels yet to dispose of. BY the
way, what would he the maCter of Mr..
Clifford as a candidate for county com
missioner from that district?
Northeast Tacoma was recently
plated and sale of lots began April Q
1t is destined to become one of the
most thriving suberbs of the city OF
Tocoma. lots in same for sale at low
prices and on easy terms. See plats
and descriptions of lands at J. E.
Dickens, Silver City.
Kingsley, the contractor on the Ban
ner tunnel, encountered such hard
ground last month that a man with
less grit would have thrown up the
contract. He only succeeded in ad
vancing the tunnel 63 feet during the
month. He is now however in fine
breaking ground and going ahead much
more rapidly.