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The Washington times., 1907-06-16
By Mrs. JOHN A. LOGAN.

~ NE Is constantly treated TO ex-
hibitions OF temperament
which come under the head Of
idiosyncrasies that are often
amusing, sometimes very trying. Some
people affect popularity in dress and
are excused because IL is an fdiosyn-
cTacy with them; others do all sorts
Of queer things and presume to enter
places where angels would not dare
10 tread. You meet persons afflicted
with this disease everywhere. They
ask most impairment and offensive
questions and are usually victims Of
stupenGOus cOnceit, using the pronoun
'I' freely.
Among the most aggravating OF this
species are those who insist upon call
ing altogether too frequently. forbid
ding ushers or attendants from an
nouncing their names. but present
themselves with an insinuating smile.
saying. II am going TO put to test
your reputation for remembering
names and faces. Now. who am 4,
and what is my manner"
a bright woman in society recently
replied TO one OF these Doors with per-
feet suavity. In the language Of
slang. your name is Mud" OF course
! know you. Your calls are so fire.
quent one would be unable to forget
you. however much one might desire
TO do So"
For once a member OF this class was
nopplusscd. 1t is a piece OF unpar-
oonable coneeit for persons who have
never done anything to distinguish
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Under the Headof IdioSUnCTasies

themselves or to immortalize their
names TO expect to be remembered or
recognized by people with whom they
have had only a casual acquaintance,
and yet scarcely a day fits by with
out one witnessing Instances OF eyre
gious vanity.
Another class equally offensive are
the men who, the moment they are
presented or when they meet ladies.
begin their conversation with fulsome
compliments and extravagant express
sions of admiration Of their gowns,
personal appearance. gracious manners
or capabilities. forgetting that they
are rejecting upon the common sense
and are shocking the sensIbilities Of
any woman OF refinement and inteii,-
Sence. and that OF all things which a
self-resDecting woman abhors Is fat
terry. Such persons only betray their
own poverty or thought and insIncer-
ity and usually provoke the contempt
CT the incredulous listener. who. az n
rule. estimates unmerited compliments
at their true value
women have idiOsyncrasies as well
as men. and sometimes mako them
selves equally disagreed BILE in the ey.
hlbition OF them. These persons are
always representative and insist upon
being endured. thinking their vagaries
shOuio De excused for what ever the,
do. because they are naturally me-
culiar." 10
As matter OF fact. seIfshness is Al
The bottom OF affected peculiaritirs
az the persons Affecting them are in.
different to the comfort of others and
are prone to indulge themselves in the
qualification OF their whims. no Thought
being given how unpleasant il may he
for others.
IL seems very easy 10 go through life
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Garner. A shortage in the cotton,
wheat, or other crops means the shut
ting down of mills. and an increase
in the price Of products.
Three years ago a very careful
Government estimated showed loss
Of S795. 600 directly chargable 10 in
sect pests. so that the loss can now be
very conse-vatively PLACED at 1896. Co.,
O0G an immense sum In exccss. a.
stated above. Of the total expenses Of
the Federal Government.
hut this astounding estimate can
go even further. II necessary. piling
up the figures into billions by count
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CostIIer Than Government.

In no other country in the world
do insects impose a heavier tax on
farm products than in the United
States" said c. l. Aiarlatt, Acting
Chief Entomologist, United States De
partment Of Agriculture. THE losses
resulting from the depredstions of IN
sects exceed the entire expenditures
Of the National Government, includ-
ing the pension roll and the main
tenance Of the army and navy,
But it Is not only actual damage
done by this enemy that should figure
in the cost. out also the cost OF the
fight against him-withOut including
that OF the Bureau OF Agriculture.
For instance, $S.OO0.0OC a year is ok
pended in fighting the codl'rr NO "
allowing a cost OF only 8 cents per
apple Tree There is another H.d4,,.
loss that hits the pockets Of the wage
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what crop and consequently Of the
bres dstun supply Of the world, always
app,ars with this green bug plague, ~
III a. show the supreme equipOise Of
nature. When this parasite gets busy.
placed on H. II attaches Il itself 10
the green bug and punctures its body
Ia many places. laying its egs therein.
soon the body OF the bug. thus para
sitized. becomes swollen from the para
sites tina: are feeding Ereedfly on its
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ing the indirect damage. Screening
houses against mosquitoes. protected
from reaches. moths, and various
parasitic insects. are a charge upon
every household. The white ant right
here in Washington causes thousands
Of dollars damage yearly, and Il is
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The Greatest CRATER.

Talk Of your magnate pilfering a
million, your stock juggler mulctins
the public for several millions-the de-
spised insects OF this country an
nually embezzle $500, 900, OJO-the ran
som OF an empirei-from Uncle Sam.
Every year these insect highwaymen
'hold up Uncle Sam and rob him OF
from 10 to 20 per cent Of mis- crop pro-
huctlon. Every year Uncle Sam uu-
derstands them better. and puts up
gamer fight. Some day he will con
ouer. But at the present moment.
truth compels the acknowledgment
that the insects ares doing what the
armies and navies Of the world
couldn't do.
The leaders OF this ccnquering
army. now girding Itself for action In
this late spring and summer. are
General Locust and Colonel Green
Bug. who are about to conduct cam
paigns in the South and West. re-
Spectively.
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PeStiferouS Insect
Invaders COSTING
More Than If the
World Came in
Arms to RaVaGe
American Shores.

F Joseph in Egypt had quit
prophesying and organized a
Department Of Agriculture,
would the land of the Nile
have been devastated by those terri
bic plaques of insects that we read
of in the Bible?
Hardly. The insect invaders
probably would have done the same
widespread, insidious damage they
are doing in the United States at
the present moment, but they
would never have amounted TO a
plague such as Russia and China
even now suffer.
At any rate, farmers in the
Southern States below the District
of Columbia and the States of the
middle West adjoining are await
ing in considerable trepidation the
arrival of the American brother to
the Asiatic locust, who has been
razing the crops and causing
famineS on that continent from
time immemoriaL Thanks to his
increasing vigilance, backed up by
the Department of Agriculture, the
American farmer has visitationS, but
never plaques. And we have good
and sufficient reason for taking in
terest in his fight, for come what
will, we will eventually have to ray
for the damage in food values.
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interior department" Then a doorway
Is cut by the parasite in the green body
wall Of his host or hostess The fully
developed insect, without 50 much as
IL seems 10 realize the responsibility
thank ye' 10 his dying host diC-
away 20 repeat the operation.
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weather. has increased enormously.
and has extended its ravases from the
Southern tier OF Kansas. 10 Illinois
and Texas. The district from Wash
ilgton 10 South Carolina Is also IN
fected.
10 is safe u conclude 10y past wish
tations that these ravages viii cover
harvest time the entire wheat belt
Of the middle West
Never in the history Of the United
States has there been "A more serious
cereal pest invasion than that OF the
spring grain Aphis this year. Expert
ments made showed that the baby
green bug" Is great-grandparent
within eighteen DAYS II is asserted
that the United States will not be able
to export one bushel OF wheat this
year, because Of this ravage. combined
with small acrease-and nearly all
other countries are IN the same fix for
various reasons.
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Ah. the Hero!

This. however, may De a very pess-
imistic view of the matter. for the
Agricultural Department has an
nOunced that the Aphis IS not having
things altogether his own way. An in
sidious enemy has attacked this vo-
raeious bug, and he Is being eNtermi-
mated by the new parasite. a very min
ute black fly This causes one TO Won
der what Wen do with this black fiy,
when he has no more green bugs to
feed on Possibly il may become eN-
pedient to import some variegated par
asite 10 destroy the newcomer. some
thing on the principle expressed in the
verse
big bugs have little bugs,
With smaller bugs 10 bite 'em,
These bugs have Hitler bugs,
And so on al inhnitum.'
This black fly. now the hope Of the
The Washington times., 1907-06-16

This black fiy. now the hope Of the
The Washington times., 1907-06-16

far more destructive in Southern dis
tricts."
Even now the stock spectators have
gotten wind Of the fact that the Aphis,
OF green bug, Is ravaging the great
Southwestern wheat district. dollar
wheat is In sight, and with high prices.
your baker may be expected TO make
the Increase in the price OF bread. the
STAFF of life. very manifest 10 you.
The green bug. favored by the cool
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
THE STORM.

Beginning Tuesday morning and last
ing until last night, we, in these noun
tains, we're visited by an unusua storm.
Snow fell to a depth of at least four
feet, and drifted considerably. The
wind was at its worst during Christmas
afternoon and evening and made it diff
ficult for even the strongest persons to
get out on the streets. No mails got in
that evening, and only the letter sacks
we're brought over the summit the
next day on horse back, and last night
the town was in darkness, because the
electric power line had broken down
and had thrown the lights and the ma
chinery at the mines and mills out of
commission. 1t was not, however, very
cold-not nearly as cold as it had been
week before, when the murcury got,
one morning, down to above zero and
we learned of it going as low as % be-
low at other places.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
M L N I N G
IN OwYHEE COUNTY
MINING ITEMS

The condition of the weather, with
deep snow and unusual storms, has
left little to be said about our mines
this week. All outside work has been
virtually suspended, and the freight
ers delivering the material have been
literally showed under, just as many
candidates will be next November. At
the hig "going" mines, like the De La
mar and Trade Dollar, two days lay-off
has been taken OH account of Christ
mas, but something has been doing in
the way of development work, never
theless.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
SUNDAY REST. ~

A few Sundays ago a farmer drove
over to the county attorneys office and
demanded the arrest OF near
neighbours threshing crew that was
violating the Sabbath, says an exchange.
The county attorney was pulling weeds
in his garden and be suggested that the
complainant go before the justice Of
the peace in his township, but he was
informed that the justice was fixing his
windmill. He was then asked 10 tele-
phone the sheriff and have him attend
to the matter, bnt he was loading cat
tie at the stock yards. The farmer was
exasperated and resolved to saddle
horse and go for the constable, but his
good wife who was canning fruit, in
formed him that the boys had driven
the horse to town and were playing
ball.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
One hundred suits just received at
Sweeney's, $500 to $500.
EDUCATION.

Our government expends annually
about $3.50 100000 for education. This
is an immense sum, and yet its figures
do not adequately measure the true
significance. Education is real guam
tity in the problem of our national ex-
istance. In the opinion of a progress
i've citizenship it is incompatible. To
this factor much credit should be Civ
en- in effecting our advancement to so
conspicuous a place among the great
nations.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
Makes BryNn's Election Sure.

That is what Senator Dubois said
when the president made a final stand
last week and stated that he would not
accept the nomination. We can call to
mind many statements similar that
Senator Dubois has made, and the re-
suit has shown that the majority of
school children knew as much about it
as he did. Sen. Dubois is we'll know
in Idaho and those who know him best
know how to take his statements on
political questions. We all know that
if President Roosevelt had made an
evasive statement and intimated that
if the nomination came to him unani-
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
In the Probate Court of the coun-
ty of Owyhes. State of Idaho.

In the Matter of the Estate and
Guardianship of
ELLA MAY CROCHERON and
LETHA JOANCROCHERON, Minors.
Joseph Babington, having made ap-
plication by petition to the Probate
Court of the County of Owyhee, State
of Idaho, for the appointment of JOS
eph Babington as the guardian of the
persons and estates of Ella May Croch-
eron and Letha Joan Crocheron, said
minors.
Notice is hereby given, requiring said
minors, or their representatives, to APP
pear at the Probate Court, in Silver
City, in the County of Owyhee, and
State of Idaho, Oh the 18th day of Jan
uary, 1903, at 10 o'clock a. M, and show
cause, if they can, whv said Joseph
Darlington should not be appointed
guardian of the persons and estates of
said minors.
Dated December 26, 1907.
f. S. HEER, Clerk.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
THE BANNER

Miners are still continuing the North
drift on No. A level, in good milling ore,
and have also crosscut the ledge, in the
uprise between No. and No. levels
and have run into ore in il which looks
better and is thought to be richer than
any heretofore found in the mine Sam
pies of it have been sent away to be
assayed.
A few carpenters are still kept work
ing on the mill when the weather will
permit and are making window frames
and doing other work. Forty, or about
half of the windows have arrived and
will soon be put in place. A few days
milder weather would enable them to
get the lower half of the roof on, so
that the setting of machinery could be
begun.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
THE BIG SUGAR LOAF.

The miners out at the Big Sugar Loaf,
over the summit, are showed in so that
they have nothing to do but get down
in the shaft and work, were represent
ed in town this week by Otto Peterson,
who got in in advance of the storm.
Peterson says that at depth of rs feet
they had stopped sinking and were
drifting both ways on a good four foot
vein but will begin right away driving
a cross-cut from the east to strike the
vein at the bottom of the shaft, to get
air and arrange for taking out ore with
out having to hoist it. The slope of
the mountain where the cross-cut will
be run is about As degrees, which will
make the tunnel the same length the
shaft is deep. All the miners, who are
also shareholders, are well pleased with
the prospect.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH

is still pushing ahead in its tunnel on
high grade ore which is being sacked
for shipment, and is nearing point
over which Trask took out quantity
of ore of high value in earlier days, and
which he started the tunnel to tap from
below, but failed to complete. When
this point is reached an upraise will be
started to get air, with the expectation
of finding this shoot of rich ore again,
which Trosk, in early days could not
work out on account of water.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27

Mrs. Mills will keep full line of mil
hnery at the old stand in Silver City,
in charge of Miss Hastings, and invites
her patrons to call upon her. Miss
Hastings will take orders for any ar
ticles she may not have in stock, which
will be promptly supplied.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
POTOSI.
tlleless.

A station has been cut out at the 3O0-
foot level, ready to begin drifting north
under the creek and town. The shaft
is making very little water, and it is
anticipated that there will be no trouh-
le driving drifts both ways from that
station.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
A Christmas Tree at Dewey.

The Christmas exercises by the school
children at Dewey we're very enjoyable
and reflected great credit on both pu-
pills and teacher, in the excellent man
ner in which they carried out their
parts in the program, The people of
Dewy enjoyed every part of the exer-
cises ard fully appreciated the pains
taken by their teacher, Mrs Jennie
Avery, in making it an enjoyable even
ing. Great credit is due to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederic Irwin for the interest
shown by them in the Christmas tree,
and for the candy, nuts and beautiful
decorations with which it was adorned,
with Santa Claus to make distributions
of the presents hung upon its boughs,
which helped to gladden. the hearts of
the children and make it an evening
enjoyed by all. The following is a pro-
gram rendered
EXERCISES
Christmas Welcome. Everett Colborn
Christmas Day. ...... Hubert Nettleton
The Bethlehem Story flames Nettleton
The Star in the East. Anna. McPheters
The Bethlehem Babe. Song by School
Tell the Story . Irene Swisher
Who Made the Speech. Emma Nichols
The Little Ones Speech 80.
...... Marion McPheters
"Plumpuppenbin ... Lyle Colborn
Song, III be Sunbeam ....
....Olnie Perry and Annie Best
What's the Use ..... Chas. Nettleton
The Pumpkin and the Turkeys.
Observation-Disclosures. Harold Best
Santa Claus on the Train. ..
.................F Frances Best
The Big Black Bear....
........... Willie Schradel
The Whistling Boy Ralph McPheteri
The Two Stockings. .. Katie DaYey
The Loving Little Girl. .
........ Florence McClung
Advice to Young Men.
......C Clarence McPheters
Some Famous Articles. Primary Glass
emily Jane". ..... Emeline Nettletor
Kitty is Forgotten. go. Violet Swishei
The Christmas Bells. Song by Schoo
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27

mously be would accept, Dnbois would
have been just as prompt with state
ment that makes Mr.. Bryan's elect
ion sure" The Senator will always be
reardy with his predictions. Idaho
Register.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27

these gracious ladies are promising
everybody who VIII attend very de-
liRhtful time, but finally decided not to
start in so early in the year with leap
year party. The single ladies among
them will make up for this before leap
year is gone.
Following is the list of letters re-
manning uncalled for in the Silver City
postoff1ce for the week ending Dec. IA,
1907:
Anderson, A. j.
Bell, Miss Frances.
Hopkins, L. F.
johnson, andre.
scroggins, Mrs. Norah
Weldon, Mrs. Louis J.
Letters not called for will be sent to
the Dead Letter Office at Washington,
D.. @. III. CRETE. Postmaster
Depend upon our young people when
a dance is to come off, no matter what
the weather may be. The Rebekah's
ball, Christmas night, was not pro-
nounced success 90 far as to numbers
attending, but fully twenty ladies brav
ed the storm and got there. Quite a
load, with the musicians, got there from
Dewey, and altogether, it was consider
able of party, with twoor more young
men for every lady. None of the girls
were wall flowers, and they we're sell
dom permitted to sit down. Altogeth-
er it was very enjoyable affair.
Saturdays and Mondays stages
brought home a number of our young
people who have been away attending
school-home for the holidays. They
all look well. We note among them
Miss Matte Heer, from st. Margarit's,
Boise, Ted Connors, from All Hollow's
college, Salt Lake City, and Clifford
Weston, Arthur Heer and Frank Slat-
terry, from the Idaho State University,
at Moscow. Russell Adams from the
same school did not come home, but
instead, his father left here last week
and is now visiting him. Lewis Crete
is putting in mis- vacation working in
one of the Couer diAlene mines.
The royal bird of America was very
much in evidence in Silver City homes,
hotels and restaurants during Christ
mas, and nearly everybody enjoyed
turkey, with all the good things which
go to make up dinners. The hospatal-
ity of the families OF this camp is
bounded only by the capacity of their
homes to entertain. The homeless and
the houseless are gathered in and feast
ed. Nuggets housekeeper being away
the old man, with half dozen others
similarly conditioned, were made to
feel at home with family of delightful
people, where the host carved and serv-
ed q pound bird, deliciously dressed,
roasted and served with a grace
which made the partaking of it and the
good things accompanying it more than
ordinarily enjoyable.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27

Just received a brand new lot of
tailor made suits at Geo. R. SWeeney's.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27
THE LOCAL NE WS
Short Items ofInteresf for Nuggets
Many Readers

Buy YOUR heating and cook stoves
from Philip
Everybody travels on snowshoes who
can rustic pair of skis.
Start in the New Year by getting
square with subscription on Nugget.
Shoveling snow and blowing out and
breaking roads are leading industries
herabout these winter days.
David Sumerville came up from his
Malheur county ranch, and spent
Christmas with his family here.
Begin right now to do your swearing
off to the New Year. The most of you
forget you have ever done so soon
enough.
Our storm is over and at noon today,
tho somewhat colder, the sun is shin
ing brightly, in as clear SKY as it can
only shine in in beautiful Idaho.
John Brunzall owns up that he nev
er saw the like of such weather as we
had Christmas day before. Well, now,
what do you think of that.
By the courtesy of Mrs. Joe Corda.
Nugget had nice, crisp lettuce on
Christmas. You may ask how she
kept it. She transplanted it in the
cellar.
Tax Collector Kreig wishes us to re-
mind the people that taxes will become
delinquet the first Monday in January
and on and after that date a penalty
will be added
John and Neal Shea from Trout
creek, Ed Maher and Basil Deary Of
Pleasant Valley braved the storm to
come up to the Christmas ball. They
left their home that morning and
said there was no snow then down
there.
Mr. Joseph Darlington was in town,
from Reynolds, Tuesday and made ap-
plication to be appointed guardian for
his grandchildren, the two little
daughters of his deceased daughter,
NJ T;lf;o G-oaboror
Robert Crumblin, who is lying so
very i'll in his cabin that it was thought
yesterday that he could not hold over
another day, is reported to be slightly
better this morning. Kind people are
nursing him and caring for his wants
A young Mr.. Curtis was here Mon
day night with load of about four
dozen fine, fat turkeys, which he found
no trouble disposing of, though other
poultry peddlers had preceded him and
many had been ordered shipped in. He
came from Vale, Ore.
Mrs. Louise Brooks, who has b, en-
staying with Eer daughter, Mrs. George
Handy. in Caldwell, for several weeks,
returned to her mothers home, Mrs.
Mary Crete, on Tuesday. She reports
that Mr.. Handy's health has improved
materially, and that he has gained ten
pounds in weight since he visited here
last time.
Note the excellent showing made in
the Owyhee County Bank statement
published today. That modest little
AK has been very great convenience
Nsince it's organization, to the people do
ing business in our town. 1t is care.
fully and conservatively managed and
its cashier is always as obrging as con.
ditions will permit.
Rowett has just received and placed
on his shelves consignment of Edison
monographs, with a great variety o
the latest records produced by thai
machine. When YOU want a perfect
phonograph you will find that the Edi
son stand at the head of the list fol
clearness and distinctiveness, as well al
great variety of records.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-12-27

1 want company and bank checks ]
give 10 per cent premium on them.
SWEENEY.