The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-02-22

Louis Bernasconi was over from his
ranch at the junction Of Jordan and
Boulder creeks Tuesday, attending to
some business in the probate court
which was required to permit Ct fur
ther partial distribution of the Anacabe
estate, he being guardian of the only
heir here, while the others, of the de-
ceased mans family have gone to Spain.
Bernasconi says that Boulder and Jor-
dan creeks we're higher at his place dur
ing the recent food than they have been
in % years He also says his stock has
required less feeding during the present
winter than any for several years past,
and that lie will have more hay left over
than usual He has only fed his band
of Angora goats, now numbering more
than 600, about two weeks during the
winter.
The stage went out yesterday NOR
ming by the Sinker route to Murphy,
the washouts in the Sinker canyon be-
tween Branca's aud the stage station
having been sufficiently repaired TO al
low the route to be resumed. 1t is still
a question if the Reynolds route would
not be the preferable one, if arrange
ments were made with the postoffice
authorities to have the mails divided at
Dewey and the DeLamar mail forward
ed from there instead of being sent
three miles up here and divided ana
sent back over the same road. Ia this
way DeLamar would receive It's mail at
least three hours and Dewey more than
one hour earlier. All that would be
necessary would be to have the post
Office inspector to order brass lock
pouches sent to DeLamar as we'll as
here, and The mails separated at Muir
ply or Nampa. Besides expediting the
Dewey and DeLamar mails, it would
also do away with the expense of main
tanning a separate daily mail route be-
tween Murphy and Reynolds.
1t is reported here that the recent
rains had caused flood which had
taken out section of about 80 feet Of
the reservoir dam which David Somer-
vile had been at such an expense put
ting in to reclaim some fine lands lust
over the state line, in Oregon, two years
ago. He came near losing the dam last
spring, hut diligent work saved it then,
and he was able to raise a fine crop on
the land he had improved, and it was
thought that he had it sufficiently for
lifted to guard against a similar danger
this year, but the rain and flood was
something unprecedented this year. It
is now feared that he will not be able to
have it repaired in time to store water
for this years crops, which will mean a
severe loss to Mr.. Somerville His en-
terprise in reclaiming fine body OF
land in a section of country surrounded
by such fine stock grazing area was
considered by those who were familiar
with the territory to have secured him
the foundation for comfortable for
tune, and we are glad 10 believe that
one years setback will not discourage
man of Mr.. Somerville's makeup from
sticking to it until he wins out.
Another report comes from Jordan
Valley that the expensive dam put in a
few years ago on Jordan Creek to turn
water onto their ranches, a few miles
below the town, by Nick Maher and
Jap Duncan had been swept away, in
curing heavy loss to them.
Died at Silver City, Idaho, February
Is, 1907, Patrick White, aged 55 years.
Deceased had been resident of Owy-
hee county since early in tho seventies,
and in his younger days was prominent
among the wood and charcoal contract
ors in our mining camps. When the
camp at South Mountain was first open
ed he supplied the smelter there with
roe auonr re Of charcoal a,,d uhan tba