The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-03-27
THE LOCAL NE WS
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Mrs. A. N. Hanson, Of Black Jack,
who with her infant daughter has spent
the winter at her former home in Mime
apolis, is looked for home on this eve
ning's stage. Her husband went out to
Nampa to meet them,
Miss Alma Hays and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hays little ward, Charlotte, went out
yesterday, starting for Portland where
they will be met by Mrs. J. Fl. Hutchin-
son, who viii take Charlotte with her to
her home, Alma to remain some days in
Portland before returning home
Mr.. and Mrs. V. F. Nettleton, he for
merly foreman at the Trade Dollar mill,
have rented the Joyce ranch on Sinker,
to which they have removed. Miss Annie
Joyce has taken charge of their Dewey
residence, where she is caring for num-
Der Of nephews and nieces who are attend
ing school there.
Today the weather has been quite win
terish here. 1t has showed almost con
tinuously since midnight. New snow has
fallen to depth OF three inches. Looks
as if March is going out with something
like roar, after all. The roads will not
improve much with present conditions
prevailing.
Senator Borah made speech in New
York the other day that will attract at
tention all over the United States. It
was notable in several ways. First it was
couched in language that made it a classic,
but more than that it was fearless re-
futation and deununciation Of the argu-
ments which have been put forth to be-
little the Roosevelt administration.
George w. Hyde, son of Mike Hyde Of
Oreana, suddenly dropped dead at his
fathers store at that place, last Saturday
morning, while in the rear of the store
supposed to be from heart trouble. His
father at once had the body placed in a
hack and accompanied the remains to
Boise, where the deceased mans family
resided. The remains were taken to
Baker City, Ore, for interment.
A fire was discovered in a lodging in a
building annexed to the Idaho hotel, last
Monday morning about five O clock. The
room was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Lex
Brunzell, he smothering it with a quilt
until Mr.. Connors came with an extin-
guisher and put it out. It is thought it
became ignited from a stove pipe, al
though there had been no fire in the stove
since the previous evening.
Just after the health officer had told
Nugget that all the smallpox cases in the
county had been disposed Of, the houses
fumigated and the quarantine raised, he
was called upon to visit Tom Winchester
here in town, and found that young man
to be suffering from mild attack Of the
disease. Later, Harry Palmer caught it,
and both men are now quarantined. Like
the other cases, the disease is Of very
mild form.
Mr.. John McGough will leave next
week for Lincoln county, to locate upon
and improve his claim taken up under the
Twin Falls north side project. Mr.. Nc
Cough attended the opening at Miner,
last April, went over the lands to be sold
before the day Of sale and selected two
units for himself and brother-in-Iaw,
which he was fortunate in securing. Jim
Reese and Winn Smith, from Swan Falls,
were also at the opening, and, we believe,
also secured units.
The roads hereabout are at present in
about as bad condition as they ever get. |
There is neither sleighing nor wheeling.
The stage road to Murphy is passibly good
after one gets over the summit, but from
here to the stage station changes have to
be made from wheels to runners to get
over the snowbanks, and back to wheels