The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-01-04

nome, Wben ne Went Lnefe on VlSlt
last fall. She is popular in DeLamar,
and all the people there will extend to
her their best wishes for a happy future
and continued health and prosperity
for both of the happily welded pair.
Nugget has this week heard from two
old friends who are we'll known to most
all residents of Silver City. One is
Modest Dupont, who left here three
and half years ago for California, in
company with his almost lifetime part
ner and friend Flick and Jerry Ford,
another old timer who had been about
this camp almost since War Eagle was
Il hole in thu ground. The two old
Frenchmen, with Ford, left here with
team and outfit and travelled overland
to Elko, where they loaded their ou.t fit
on freight car, got aboard the train
and started for Sacramento. But Felix,
old and helpless, died before reaching
there. His faithful old partner, after
seeing him especially buried, proceed
ed, with Ford, to Calaveras county,
where he purchased a little ranch near
village called Mountain Ranch, took
up some placer ground, and raised fruit
aud panned gold. Mr.. Dupont in his
letter did not say whether jerry Ford
is still living with him or not. We
hope he may be, and that both the fine,
honest old Freuchman and the rather
elegant and gentlemauly old Mr.. Ford
are both enjoying health, peace and
prosperity aud that they enjoy reading
the local news of Owyhee in Nugget,
which has gone to them every week
since they left here, and will continue
to reach them.
The other letter referred to, dated
Mokelumne Hill, Cal, and started off,
"My Dear Old Friend: Can you remem
Der who was your nearest neighbor in
dear old DeLamar, or has time effaced
me from your memoryT' This put US
TO thinking, and, we we're puzzled to
when we turned Go the signature and
found the letter to be signed, Mrs. e..
Houghton. But reading on we found
it was from our versatile friend, form
erly Mrs. Robert Mckenzie, the first
telephone girl in DeLamar, who, with
her husband, after having buried two
out of five bright children there, remov-
ed to Silver City, 10 or IL years ago,
and then removed to California. This
is the first we ever heard directly from
her since they left here. She says that
Mr.. Mckenzie died four years ago, Of
consumption, leaving her with five chill
dren-two born after they left here
and that her oldest boy is now young
man, taller than she, of v hom she has
reason to be proud, and Oracle, born at
DeLamar, a fine young woman. Mrs.
Mckenzie las married again, she was
married Two years ago To Mr.. II.
Houghton, and says she has one of the
best husbands in the world. They went
through the earthquake when her hus-
band lost a store and a stock OF mer-
chandise worth $4,000 He is now in
terested in mining with J. G. Kemp
Van Ee, also once an extensive operator
here and now reported to be very
rich man. She says she once wrote to
dear old Guy Newcomb, aud the letter
was returned to her marked Deceased >
How her letter recalls old memories
and almost forgotten days. What
changes she would find, both here and
in DeLamar, were she to return! How
few familiar faces she would find How
macy of her friends OF brief dozen
years ago she could address, as she did
dear old Guy and have the letter re.
turned, marked, as his was, with the
sad word Deceased! This item is
written so that the few of us left here
may see it and call to their memories q