The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1909-12-30

stage.
The Christmas tree and entertainment
at DeLamer was a decided success, the
school house was filed to over flowing
and the program well rendered. Too
much praise cannot be given to those
who prepared the excellent exercises for
the occasion.
The ball given by the Rebekah lodge
on Christmas eve, was well attended and
was financial as well as a social success.
With the excellent ball room, good music
and jolly crowd as you will always
find in Silver City, one cannot help
having an excellent time while attending
dance in Silver City.
w. S. Cook returned from Boise Tues
day evening. Mrs Cook and son Sterrel
remained in Boise for the present. Mr.
Cook has leased the Addie Mill and will
fit it up for custom work, thereby afford
ing an opportunity for milling ore ex-
tracted by miners from the various
lilASo uOt OquAppVA Will o ihii.
One could not ask for more pleasant
weather for Christmas week than we are
enjoying in the 0wyhee mountains.
Good sleighing, bright pleasant days and
although the weather is colder than usual
more pleasant Christmas could not
be desired. The conditions are just right
for coasting and skeing and our young
people know how to make the most Of it.
The preliminary hearing OF ]. H.
Jones for shooting up saloon at Bru-
neau Christmas eve, viii be held to day.
Too much booze, apparently was thepri-
mary cause. Mr.. Tindall, the main
witness, came in with Sheriff Krieg Mon
day evening and Mr.. Jones reported on
Tuesday evening. The hearing win take
place this afternoon, too late to be re-
ported this week.
Prof. Bradfeld left for Boise on Tues
day morning to attend the meeting Of
the Teachers Association now in session
in that city. The association win be ad-
dressed by Judge Ben Lindsey, of Denver,
and other prominent lecturers in educa-
tional matters. Prof. Bradfeld is a
teacher who believes in keeping up with
the times and misses no opportunity to
attend meetings for the advancement OF
his profession.
On last Monday the Nugget Office re-
ceived a very pleasant call from Mr. Lew
is Crete and Miss Charlotte Crete accom-
panied by Miss Lulu Miles teacher in
the Boise High School, Miss yesta Miles,
and Miss Schlapp a music teacher, from
Boise, who are visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Crete and family during Christ
mas. The young ladies will remain
until the last of the week, enjoying the
sleighing and other winter sports that
are a prominent feature of the social
life of this city.
The ice harvest is now on and great
loads of the crystal diamonds are being
hauled to the various ice-houses where it
is being stored away for summer use. The
ice is pure, clear as crystal and Of the
finest quality, IA inches thick and cut in
blocks % inches square, each piece weigh
ing about 250 pounds. At no place can
purer or better ice be procured than in
this locality. Had we a railroad to trans
port this product we could furnish thou
sands of tons of this pure mountain ice to
the valley towns at a reasonable cost.
Percy White was over Wednesday
morning from their mines in Twilight
Gulch. He came over the mountain on
snow shoes leaving camp about O. clock,
and arrived here about 8 o'clock in the
forenoon. He says that all the boys in
camp are well and happy and that Prof.
Lewis promised to get up early and help
him get an early start, but that when he
left camp Bob was still dreaming sweet
dreams Of peace, and snoring to beat
the band "
Mr.. Philip Clegg of Pleasant valley was
attending to business in Silver City the
first of the week. Mr.. Clegg and family
spent the summer in England, visiting
their old home which they had not seen
for 26 years. They had very pleasant
time viewing places of interest and visit
ing relations, returning early in the fall,
but this is the first time since their re-
turn that Mr. Clegg has had occasion to
visit the county seat Mr.. Clegg is one
of the prosperous pioneer farmers that
has built up this country from savagery
To its present nroperous condition