The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-04-10
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Idaho, to Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ganow, a
daughter.
w. R. Lancaster, expert paper hanger
and decorator, is prepared to do all in his
line promptly and satisfactorily.
The Odd Fellows of DeLamar Lodge
will celebrate the S9th anniversary of the
establishment Of their order by an enter
tainment and ball to be given at the De
Lamar schoolhouse, Friday evening, the
oath instant
The board of county commissioners will
hold its regular quarterly session next
week, beginning Monday. See notice in
this issue requiring that all bills against
the county must be filed tomorrow or they
will go over until next session.
Owyhee Lodge No. 2I. 0. 0. F. will
give grand ball at lower Masonic Hall
on Monday evening, April 9th. The
26th being the anniversary Of the birth of
the order. Music BY Jefery's orchestra.
Everybody come and have good time.
Tictets S1.50.
Representative French has introduced
bill authorizing the state Of Idaho to buy
1000 acres adjoining Yellowstone park for
a fish hatchery and game preserve. The
land is now included in forest reserve.
The purchase is recommended by the state
game warden.
At the election Of school trustees for
Silver City district, held last Saturday,
out Of the four candidates voted for,
three, Otto Petit, w. B. Hurd and E. E.
Myer were elected. The necessity for
electing a full board was occasioned by
the two trustees whose terms Of office did
not expire for one and two years having
resigned
Yesterday and today have proven to be
the lovliest Of the year so far in our camp.
Bright, warm sunshine, the banks
melting rapidly-just delightful spring
weather. Men are busy cutting away the
snow-banks on the stage road over the
summit and it will only be day or two
more until mails and passengers will be
brought here all the way on wheels.
There is one thing that is in worse taste
than sending a statement Of account or
'dunp to a debtor, and that is for the
debtor to allow the account in question
to run until his creditor finds it necessary
to resort to this means of collecting.
There are many who seem to take offense
at dun who are not able to see the
other side Of the proposition.
1t is understood that all Of the seven
saloons in Silver City have filed notices
that they will apply for a renewal Of their
licenses and will be on hand when the
commissioners meet next week with the
sherif's receipts for the money paid for
their licenses. Well, with the prospects
OF the best year for long time, it is a
sure thing that all OF them will be iusti
fed in taking out the licenses at the adj
vanced cost.
Charles Forney, with his DeLamar and
Silver City stage line and his DeLamar
livery and feed stable, wishes Nugget to
announce that he has got his back up
and set his foot down with determine
ton that Jaw bone" viii no longer go
with him. He further asserts that all the
long standing accounts now on his books
will at once be placed in the hands of
collector with instructions to have suits
brought if not paid without further delay. /
DR.. Hamilton, as health officer, reports
that there We're forty cases Of smallpox in
this county during the recent epidemic" I"
the greater number of the cases being at
Wilson and Warm Springs, following the
first outbreak of the disease at Murphy. |
All of them were of very mild form,
some of the patients never having taken