The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-05-08
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good heath-it is thought the altitude
effects her-went to Boise last week to
spend some time and try what change it
will make on her
The leading stores in town, as will be
seen by card in this issue, have resolved,
beginning with next Monday, to close
their doors at 8 o'clock p. m. This is as
it should be in every town.
Mrs. Weston has ordered new assort-
ment of hats and lot of other summer
fnery for her store, which she expects to
have on display by next Monday, and
ladies are invited to call and inspect.
Yesterday, last night and today the
weather up here in the mountains has
been cold, snowy and blustery. 1t is to
be hoped that the cold has not extended
to the valleys as it would be "a serious in
jury to the fruit crop.
Charley Simmons bought the Stewart
house, this week and is having it torn
down and removed to Bonneville and put
up as an addition to his Roadhouse.
The burning Of the buildings at Dewey
has largely increased his hotel business,
requiring additional room.
The Idaho hotel people have purchased
the Royal lodging house, and are having
it reftted and refurnished for additional
lodging accommodations for their hotel.
Mrs. Spencer, who has been occupying it,
removed this week to the building form
erly occupied by Nugget.
We have the honor and pleasure Of
notifying you that Holy Mass will be
read at the Catholic Church, Silver City,
on Sunday, May 10th, at 500 a. M, and
at l0:30 O'Clock a. M Evening devo-
tions at 500 p. m. Kindly invite your
relatives and friends to be present.
Paul Nelson is distributing cigars and
other good things with liberal hand this
week, for the good and sufficient reason
that the stork presented twelve pound
boy at his family residence at six O'Clock,
Wednesday evening. Paul is proud and
Mrs. Nelson and baby are getting on
nicely.
The county convention to select dele
gates to the Wallace convention, called
for next Tuesday, to choose delegates to
the republican presidential convention is
now in session in Silver City. 1t is, we
believe, not largely attended. 1t will
doubtless instruct its delegates to support
Taft for the presidential nomination.
The night watchman at the DeLamar
hotel, accused Of making derogatory re-
marks concerning lady down there, got
head put on him by young man of
the town. The watchman, when down,
pulled his gun. but had it taken away
from him by third party. Result,
watchman got his discharge from the
company, and another man is now doing
duty in his place.
Mr.. E. J. Burrough, of the Big Store,
is in Boise this week, selecting a stock of
dry goods from samples displayed there
by eastern statesmen from houses with
which their firm deals. The stock of
samples which the statesmen carry is too
bulky and heavy to be carried away from
railroad points, and they prefer to pay
their customers expenses for coming to
meet them and make their purchases.
Ray G. Bernard, up here today to at
tend the republican county convention,
Taft man from the word 'go," says
that he does not think the frost has done
any injury to the fruit crop along that
portion of Snake river, except the april
cots, which were far enough advanced to
be caught week ago by the frost which
then occurred. The peaches, apples and
cherries, he thinks, are alright at present.