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The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-05-29
Nj N NC
IN oWYHEE
COUNTY

Nugget, almost by accident, picked up
copy Of report made by H. J. Benson,
mining engineer, upon the Sunnyside
group of claims, owned by G. A. Bergh,
located near the head Of Succor creek, u
miles from Silver City, in this county
1t was the first information we had that
Mr.. Bergh had organized a company to
continue work upon this group of claims,
somewhat familiarly known here, upon
which the owner constructed small mill
and made quite production last year.
The corporation is organized under the
laws Of the state OF Washington, with
office at Seattle, Frank s: Bayley, presi-
dent; G. A. Bergh, vice president; John
r. Tenney, secretary ry-treasurer, and H. ].
Benson, manager. Capital, one million
shares, par value $1.00 each
From our knowledge of the property,
Mr. Benson's report seems to be fair and
conservative.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-05-29
VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.

The transformer being out Of order at
the Addie mill and now undergoing re-
pair, has prevented Nugget from giving
the results Of lotion crushing Of Village
Blacksmith ore now at that mill, which,
it is believed, will turn out enough bull
lion to make the shareholders more than
glad. We hope to be able to report it in
our next-if the step-down in the trans
former can only be made to work.
Three or four men are now working in
the drift north Of the shaft, and the rich
streak of ore is still holding out, though
not now yielding as rich specimens as
those taken out and shown several days
ago.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-05-29
A PHONEY ARTIST.

VIM. Wilson, otherwise known here as
"Cantelope Bilr' drunken fellow for
some time connected with little bakery
here, has been found out to have done a
little work in the check artist line since
leaving. A check given him on our local
bank for $500 was raised to $500 and
cashed on the outside, and returned
through Twin Falls bank for collection,
when it was taken to the man who drew
it, and the fact that it had been raised
was discovered.
A letter, addressed to woman in Salt
Lake City, was picked up where Wilson
had dropped it in Murphy, when leaving
here, and not being sealed, it was looked
into and found to contain two checks on
our local bank, one for $500, signed
Edward Dewey, and the other for a lesser
amount, signed J. w. Whitworth, which
were readily detected as forgeries. 1t is
to be hoped that the man who gave him
the money for the raised check will find
Wilson and have him arrested before he
passes any more phoney stuff.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-05-29
CORRESPONDENTS.
Boise, Idaho, May 2e, 1908.

Boise, Idaho, May 26, 1908.
To The Nugget;
As we look across from Boise towards
the Owyhee Mountains and behold the
magnificent outline of the War Eagle, the
sensation is always an inspiring one.
There is something SO nobly grand in
these splendid hills that tell Of the wis
dom of the Great Architect of the Uni
verse.
The psalmist says: 4 will lift up mine
eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh
my help"
| have never yet seen the towns of Sill
yer City and DeLamar, but live in hope
that by some good fortune, l may in the
near future visit both places and hold
services.
This year, as last, heard from Mrs.
A. r. Sotheren at DeLamar, enclosing
post Office order from Mrs. U. G. Baker,
the Sunday school secretary atthat place.
The DeLamar folks are much alive.
and need to be congratulated for their
effort in raising, as they did, $14.OO from
the Sunday school during the lenten sea-
son, to be sent to the Board of Missions
at New York, for general missionary
work.
May the DeLamar Sunday school work.
ers keep up the good labor in the Chris
tian cause, and as soon as Bishop Funsten
will spare me, shall make visit to
both Silver City and DeLamar, and not
only hold services but give some magic
lantern lectures.
Sincerely,
EDWIN S. Kinks, Dean of
st. Michaels Cathedral, Boise
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-05-29

confident the line win be completed at
least that distance during the summer,
and says that the contract is for its com
pletion as far as sheaville during the
present year.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-05-29
LOOKS PROPITIOUS.

There has not been spring in a good
many years past when mining conditions
were more propitions in Owyhee than
they are at the present time. The people
here feel it and they have reasons for
feeling very hopeful. Two new mills are
being constructed at Silver City-one Of
them being nearly completed and work
being pushed rapidly on the other-with
the mines to which they belong, giving
every promise Of being capable ofkeeping
them supplied with grades of ore which
will insure their owners fair dividends.
There are other mines in the district pro-
ducing good ore in quantities sufficient
to seemingly justify their owners in pro-
viding milling facilities. The older going
mines are employing their usual force of
men, and from all indications are in
prosperous condition.
AT DeLamar, the one great company
which owns nearly half Of the mountain
at that camp and has produced SO many
millions Of values, wearing out and re-
constructing its milling plant several
times, improving and cheapening pro-
noccac r., ,,-rrl~ ,rae laf+ =, A. .,4.,,,., 4.
earlier days, is now working in new
ground where it is said they have cut
large body Of ore quite equal to that
which made the property famous several
years ago, and that they have several
hundred feet of virgin backs to work on,
reasonably supposed to be of the same
character, thus prolonging the life of
what has been reputed worked out pro-
perty, indefinitely.
And this is not nearly all the good
news from DeLamar. All who have been
familiar with that mountain have con
tended that all the good mines there We're
not confined to the boundaries of the De-
Lamar group, but that north and west Of
the DeLamar holdings are the Lepley,
the Howe Manhattan, the Webfoot, the
Garfield and other groups and claims,
clear to and beyond the point of the
mountain, some of which have made
better surface showings than the DeLamar
property, and it is claimed that the same
persistent and intelligent work would
make that larger part Of the mountain
show up even richer than its now famous
adjoining lesser half. We are pleased to
inform our readers that company of
Portland capitalists has secured options
on the larger number of the properties
mentioned, with the intention of having
them more intelligently prospected than
has heretofore been done, with the pur-
pose of making them rival or surpass the
famous record already made by the De-
Lamar company.
The times never were more propitious
for making such an endeavor. Electric
power, cheaper than steam, is now readi-
ly obtainable. A railway will bring ma
chinery, timber and supplies within 12
miles of the mines within year, and the
properties are in the hands of old men,
unable to work them and now more will
ing to dispose of them than heretofore,
and the opportunity is now knocking at
the door of capital. We hope capital is
ready to welcome it, as we believe from
reports it is.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-05-29
Report of the Financial Condition
of the
Owyhee County Bank

located at Silver City, State Of Idaho, at
the close Of business on the l4th day
May, 1908.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-05-29
PAY UP NOTICE.

Having disposed of my stage and livery
business at DeLamar, notice is hereby
given all parties having unsettled bills due
me that l MUST HAVE MY PAY
without any further delay. Unless bills
are promptly settled, they win be placed
in the hands of collector with instruc-
tions to bring suit. So settle without de-
lay and save costs.
CHARLES FORNEY.
DeLamar, May %, '0s.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-05-29

Kry-stol, the beautiful pattern of ini-
tation cut glass, and fancy imported and
American Croekery at Philipp's Hard
ware store.
Jap-a-Lac, Liquid Veneer at Phillips.
Just received brand new lot Of
tailor made suits at Geo. R. sweeney's.
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Edith, thoughtfully. But ! confess It
has made me nervous. did not bring
many jewels. fortunately. but have
my mothers pearls and a few other
trinkets would not care to lose, and
do not know what to do with them,
since 1t appears unsafe to trust things
in ones room, even II they are Sc
curely put away. Mrs. Bundy insisted
that she locked up her emeralds with
her own hands. and had the key on a
ribbon around her neck"
Il am glad we left when we did,"
remarked as she paused. Not that
am burdened with Jewels. but it
must be awfully unpleasant"
ut is,' she agreed: "one is inclined
to look suspiciously at ones neighbors,
not to mention servants. AS for me,
have put my treasures In this box and
morning. l would not even trust my
maid, who has been with me for years.
I do not know what in the world to do
with them. and am more than half in
clined to dig a hole and bury them
deep and safe"
She gave vexed little laugh as she
spoke, and raised a box wrapped in
white paper which she held on her
lap and which had appeared to con-
tain bonbons.
I'll tell you." said Elizabeth, i'm
pulsively. Leave them here. There
Is little iron safe under the china
closet in the dining room. 1 can't
imagine why it was put there, for 1t
Is not big enough to hold much silver.
even II we had anything but the most
obvious plate. but 1t possesses two
padloclSs. and you could lock it and
keep the keys"
DO you really mean it?" said Lady
Edith. incredulously.
'Yes-why not? I'm sure we won't
be pursued for our valuables, and, II
you will take all responsibility for leav-
ing them, you are more than welcome
to the exclusive use of the safe-isnt
she, girls?'
OF course we agreed willingly, and
were quite repaid by the look of relief
in her big brown eyes and the pretty,
eager manner with which she endeav-
ored to express her gratitude.
Let us put them away at once and
get them off our minds" suggested
springing from the ham,
mock and leading the way to the din
Ing room.
So we opened the door-which I
looked like an ordinary wooden panel
below the corner closet-and disclosed |
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ASKED TO WATCH FOR HUBBY
Cleveland Woman Thinks That Re
quest Was the Limit.

Il don't care what anybody asks me
now," remarked the woman with the
heavily upholstered velvet jacket.
I'll be prepared now for anything.
Nothing would surprise me. Not after
what the woman across the hall asked
me yesterday.
1T was after five o'clock, and was
busy getting dinner, for my husband
is usually home by six. l guess the
woman across the hall must have been
figuring on having her dinner ready
Just on time, too. She knocked at the
door, and when l asked her to come
out to the kitchen she says: o, no,
haven't time to stop only moment.
just wanted to ask you If you would
look out of your window and let me
know when my husband gets off the
car and then tell me so can hurry my
supper on the table. He's always in
such hurry when he gets home.
You'll watch out for him, won't you,
dear? You know l can't see the car
from our fiat
And she was gone before l had
time to catch my breath. can see
myself sitting at the window and
watching for her husband. The ideal"
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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For Awhile / swung Idly To and Fro

TOT AWnie swung IoIy 10 and FRO.
the little iron safe with its two pad
locks-both SO rusty from disuse that
it took al the strength l possessed to
turn the keys.
"There," | remarked, handing them
to Lady Edith and closing the outer
wooden door Now you can rest in
peace"
you have removed an incubus from
my shoulders" she said, with quick
display of dimples, land l am more
not have had an easy minute after
Mrs. Bundy's experience, although
am inclined to believe it was one of
the strange men who spent the night
here, rather than guest or servant of
the hotel l would rather think so.
And do you know" she continued
thoughtfully, my maid says that sew
eral of these men left very early, with
out waiting for breakfast-as soon as
1t was light, in fact. That in itself
seems suspicious. under the circum-
stances. but then, as l said, every one
is inclined to suspect every one else,
Portable. Now, do let us go outside
again. and not waste this glorious
day."
We had a delightful morning, for
our guest was even more charming
than usual. There was subdued ex-
hilaration in her manner, and an ex-
uberance of spirit we had never seen
before; ier cheeks were softly pink,
and her eyes shone, as she chatted
merrily of various things after the
| fashion of girls the world over. In
her softened mood, with the grande
dame manner laid aside. she was quite
irresistible. and l found myself won
dering why her left hand bore neither
whether she as well as her brother had
an unhappy romance to be lived down
and forgotten.
She did not, however. convey the
impression of a lovelorn damsel, for a
more radiant creature l have never
seen. By the time lunch was over we
felt as though we had known her al
ways, and were planning a summer
abroad, part of which was to be spent
at her fathers castle in Scotland.
Il hope" she added, that Wilfrid
will have quite recovered his poise
before you come over, and you can see
him as he really is-such dear fel.
| low! And then, who knows what
might happen? One OF you might be
induced to stay in the old world, for
we have many friends. and American
| girls are very popular, you know"
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Three girls Elizabeth. Gabrielle and
Eltse-sturtcd for Canada to spend the
summer there. On board steamer they
were frightened by an apparently dement,
ed stranger, who finding a bag belonging
to one OF them. took enjoyment In scru-
tfnizing photo OF the trio. Elise shared
her stnteroom with Mrs. Graham. also
bound for Canada. The young women on
"A sightseeing tour met Mrs. Graham.
nnxiously awaiting her husband. who bad
n mania for sailing. They were intro
duced TO Lord Wilfrid and Lady Edith.
A cottage by the ocean was rented by
the trio for the summer. Elizabeth
learned that friend of her fathers was
10 call Two men called, one OF them
being the queer-acting stranger on the
steamer. The girls were mot at home"
but discovered by the cards left that one
OF the men was Ellzabeth's fathers
friend. The men proved to be John G.
Blake and Gordon Bennett. The party
was told Of the search for smugglers in
the vicinity of the cottage. Elise visited
Mrs. Graham to find that her life was
not the happiest. She learned that the
Grahams and Lady Edith were acuuaint-
ed A wisp OF yellow hair from Mr.. Gra-
hams pocket fell into the hands of Elise
Mrs. Giaham's hair was black. During
a storm the young women heard crash
In the basement OF the cottage and a mo-
ment later Mary Anne their woman serv-
hnt, entered. her arm bleeding. To as
sure them there was no danger. Mary
Anne descended TO the basement alone
and quoted their fears.
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Man-the Driver.

No man will ever admit that any
woman can drive better than he can.
Even the woman who dances on the
back Of horse at the circus doesn't
know as much about horses as he
does. The only reason he can't dance
on the back of horse is that he can't
dance; it isn't the back of the horse
that cuts any figure. The man who
drives with woman. and lets the
woman drive. should have one of these
two signs tackled to him If he wants to
keep the respect Of other men: II am
in love-" or Il have rheumatism In my
fingers" s."--Atchison Globe.
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new TEACHING PLAN
EDUCATION INNOVATION BEING
TRIED IN EAST.
sehoolroom and Factory Combined in
Latest ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
boys Spend Alternate
Weeks In Shops.

New York.-Advanced ground in in
dustrial educational work has been
taken In Fitchburg, Mass. Educators
In all parts of the country are watch
ing the development of the ambitious
undertaking with more than passing
interest. as upon the success or fail
ure of the departure will depend
whether or not the plan is adopted
elsewhere. This fall the second-year
high-schoolboys received the privilege
of learning a metal trade by going
into the factories of the town to work
one week at regular factory hours and
to return to the schoolroom the fol-
lowing week, thus alternating between
factory and schoolroom throughout
the year. Twenty boys were elected
to take the new course. and the re-
ports for the first three months of
the experiment are altogether favor
able, not one of the 20 boys having
shown any desire to abandon the COM
bination of schoolroom and factory
work.
1t is the first attempt of the kind in
public school. course similar to
this one has been in operation at the
University of Cincinnati for older
boys, and the Fitchburg experiment is
patterned after the Cincinnati idea.
The course is one of four years, the
first year consisting exclusively of
schoolroom work and the three fol-
lowing years of theoretical and prac-
tical training equally appcrtioned
The factory owners, seven of whom
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-31
CHAPTER vi.

1t was very beautiful world which
greeted us in the morning after the
storm. all swept and garnished and
freshly painted for our delectatlon.
/ wish l could describe 1t, as we
stood upon our veranda drinking in the
life-giving ozone and feasting our eyes
upon the landscape. Perhaps II
were an artist 1 could better express
the bright azure of the sky, the deep
er blue of the sparkling ocean ripping
with white-capped waves, the wonder
full cleal'ness of the atmosphere and
the glorious sunlight gliding every
thing until the commonest objects
were endowed with charm hitherto
unsupported
had wakened tired and unre-
freshed. and both Gabrielle and Eliza
beth looked rather pale and heavy
eyed, so we decided to spend the day
at home, and established ourselves
upon the veranda for one of the long,
lazy mornings in which we frequently
indulged.
Lady Edith Campbell soon Joined us,
fresh and dainty in her pretty morning
costume and simple hat. and we
greeted her with enthusiasm.
"Wilfrid has gone fishing" she re-
marked, as she removed her hat, "and
as he means to be away all day. l shall
not be missed. How very cozy you all
look, and what wonderful morning,
is 1t not?"
"1f storms bring days like this" re-
marked Gabrielle, from the hammock.
81 shall not care how often they
come"
ooh, shall you not?" replied Lady
Edith. with little shiver. II do not
believe I agree with you. Last night
was terrible even in the village: what
1t must have been in this exposed
place I cannot imagine. l am always
afraid of the wind. and then, too"
She paused uncertainty and looked
at us.
Such dreadful thing happened
Do you care to hear hotel gossip"
We hastened to assure her that we
loved all gossip. hotel or otherwise,
and she resumed.
well. last night Mrs. Bundy, the
fat old lady who had the table next to
ours, you know"
who wore diamond sunburst on
her forefinger and headlights in her
ears" interrupted Gabrielle.
"And came to breakfast in velvet
teagown, with an emerald necklace,
supplemented Elizabeth. "Of course
we remember her. Did she die OF
apoplexy or anything?"
"She was robbed" said Lady Edith
gravely. "All her jewels were taken
and they were very valuable. Poor
old woman! Was it not dreadful? She
is in state of hysterical collapse
this morning, and who can wonder?"
Robbed l exclaimed, incredu-
louly.
'Yes, robbed. 1t makes one very
uncomfortable, does it not? They say
1t is the work of an expert, and have
put the matter into the hands of the
police, hoping to recover the Jewels
Whom do they suspect?"
II do not know" she hesitated q
moment. then resumed quietly: "You
see, the hotel was crowded last night
with strangers storm-bound on the
island. and 1t will be difficult to form
an opinion. Mrs. Bundy was alarmed
at the storm. and spent most of the
night In her daughters room. 1t is
probable the thief got in then. OF
when she was at dinner
But" objected Elizabeth, at must
have been some one who knew she
had them. 1t could not have been q
stranger"
"one can never tell.' said Lady
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are cooperating with the school de-
partment, say that the high-school-
boys are making better progress than
the full-time apprentices, and Superin-
tendent Joseph G. Edgerly of the
Fitchburg public schools reports that
the schoolroom work of these boys is
fully up to the standard.
The success of the Fitchburg plan
seems SO we'll assured that steps are
being taken in a number of other
cities, whose school authorities have
been in correspondence with Superin-
tendent Edgerly, to begin similar
courses next year. Superintendent
Edgerly and Principal John G. Thomp-
son of the Massachusetts State Nor
NAL school at Fitchburg, who has
taken deep interest in the working
out of the plan, believe they have gone
a long way toward solving the prob
lem of how best to keep the boys in
the high school for the full four years
course, problem that has been the
despair OF educators in all marufac-
turing towns, such as is Fitchburg
The belief of many parents, whether
right or wrong, that their boys, who
must eventually find their way into
the shops, were wasting time in school
when they could be learning trade
has been the chief cause of the falling
off in the enrolment of second and
third-year high school classes.
Inability of parents to support their
boys during the four years they were
in the high school has also unquestion-
ably been big factor, but this has
been eliminated in Fitchburg. as the
boys who take the shop-work course
will be able to earn enough to clothe
themselves. and even pay board, with
out interference with their school
work, since they receive regular ap-
prentice wages for the actual time
they work in the factories. The first
year they receive ten cents an hour,
and they work approximately 1850
hours. Working the same number of
hours the two following years, they
receive IL and 121a cents an hour. re-
spectively, and they are as well fitted
for their trade as If they had put in
all of their time in the factory-bet-
ter fitted, because of livelier intelli-
gence and ability to use their heads
as well as their hands, Superintendent
Edgerly says.
The shopwork consists of instruc-
tion under practical overseers in the
operation of lathes, planers, drilling
machines, bench and floor work and
such other machine work, according to
the ability of the apprentice, as per
tains to the particular branch of
manufacture of the shop where the
boy is employed. OF the 20 boys who
entered the Fitchburg shops last Au-
gust, 16 are learning the machinist's s
trade, two are receiving practical in
struction in pattern making and two
in drafting. The cooperative course
includes English, mathematics, with
tables and simple shop problems !;
mechanics. including simple machines; !;
! freehand and mechanical drawing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-31
SYNOPSIS.

scopyriFht. 1907. y ~. LiDpincois Coz
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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-31
MAYOR OF HONOLULU

Joseph James Fern, first mayor of Honolulu,
capital of Hawaii, comes of family that ought
to delight President Roosevelts heart. He was
the fourteenth child in his fathers family, and
he himself. two months ago. became the father
of his fourteenth child. Ten of his children
vive-fve boys and five girls. His eldest sister
is the mother of 16 children, and he has broth
er who is the father of 15 Including brothers
and sisters, uncles and aunts and cousins, there
14S living persons of the Fern blood in the
Hawaiian islands.
The patriarch and progenitor of this clan
was James Fern, an Engshman who had fought
under Wellington through the wars of Napoleon
and was veteran of the battle of Waterloo He
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