The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-07-17

and yesterday. He says that ranchers in
his vicinity very generally had their first
alfalfa cropin stack before the rains began,
but good deal Of damage had been done
by floods washing out dams and irrigating
bitches along lower Reynolds creek. It
has been very hot weather along the river
The dry wave is beginning to strike
Idaho towns. Moscow has already voted
to go dry, shutting up all the saloons,
and American Falls, the Power City Of
the state has voted the same way, fixing
the date of closing all saloons for October
1. If the wave keeps moving, it will
sooh be quite as difficult for one to quench
his thirst in Idaho as it is in Oregon, or
Georgia
J. NJ Morgan, agent for sale of the
stock of the Wennersten Mining company,
contemplates leaving for London, on next
Tuesday, 2lst instant. Any persons
thinking of subscribing for shares are ad-
vised to see him before he leaves, as he
will take the limited allotment of shares
assigned to him with him and no more
will be offered for sale here, he having
made arrangements for the disposal Of all
/ ran,ai,,i,,,r ctcal- -, E,oland
Mrs. K D. Riley, who has had charge
of the Silver City telephone exchange for
the better part OF year, hasgiven upher
position and will return to her former
home in Cleveland Ohio. Her sister,
Mrs. Parry, wife of the Trade Dollar cleo
trician, will accompany her home on
visit. Mrs. Riley has made many friends
here and her leavetaking will be much
regretted. Miss Margaret Hanlon will
take her place in the telephone office.
OF theconvention at Denver, Mr.. Dooly,
writing in the American Magazine for
this month remarks, 1T takes all kinds
iv men to make up tn Dimmycratic party
an thin there are hardly enough" Of
Johnson's boom, Dooly processes wonder
ment at the wish Of the popular Governor
to become Democracy's presidential can
didate, as follows: IA man that's asue-
cissful iditor, SUCCESSFUL Swede, an
SUCCESSFUL Dimmycrat in Minnesoty, can
gets good deal more money with circus
The Board of County Commissioners
met on Monday, but have not completed
their regular quarterly session, which be-
sides routine business includes the equal
ization OF taxes, and defining the bound
airy Of election precincts, appointing regis
trars OF voters, judges of election etc
The value of taxable property in the
county, according to the assessor S roll is
somewhat in excess of 81, ,OOO, 900, but the
exact amount will not be known until the
State Board Of Equalization has gone
over it.
Mesdames VIM. S. Harley, VIM. F. Som
mercamp Sr. and James Sommercamp,
the latter two from Weiser, and the former,
an elderly lady, widow of the late VIM.
Harley, once a prominent resident of
Bruneau, and several times county com
missioner for his districtin Owyhee. The
lady, who has not visited here for a num-
ber of years, now makes her home with
her daughtes Mrs ]. F. Whitson, Of
Mountainhome. She is also the mother
of Mesdames F. M. st. Clair and the
younger Mrs. w. F. sommercamp of this
camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Hays have been
enjoying themselves for number of days
past with delightful visits from their
daughters. First, during the latter days
of June, Irene, now Mrs, Beall of Boise,
came over, bringing with her the most
charming six weeks old baby daughter
her grand parents or any one else, for
that matter, had ever seen, and last week,
] Mrs. Jos. H. Hutchinson (Helen) and
, Mrs. D. B. Osborne, (Rowena) with Mrs.
Hutchinson's foster daughter, the bright
E little Charlotte, joined the glad company.