The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1909-04-16


at Silver the first part of the week.
The Ninetieth Anniversary Of the or
ganization Of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows will be fittingly observed in
Silver City on the 26th inst, concluding
with grand ball at the Lower Masonic
Hall. A sumptuous banquet is being
prepared and pleasant time is promised
to those who attend
Tho well known Land Attorney, Milton
G. Cage of Boise, deals in land scrip by
means of which title to land can be Sc
cured without residence. BY consulting
Mr.. Cage you can have your legal busi-
ness attended to promptly. His profess
sional card will appear in the next issue.
Since the snow and ice that covered the
ground in the streets have melted, the
rubbish and lumber that accumulated at
the time of the fire and was covered up
by the heavy SHOWS that followed, has
been gathered up and the streets present
much improved appearance.
The new machine air drill patented by
our enterprising fellow -townsman, J. E.
Masters, has arrived from the foundry
and Mr.. Masters is giving it the finishing
touches and preparing to give it thor
ough practical test We expect to be
able to give goo,i description of this inn
proved machine in our next issue.
The snow tunnel in front of j. M.
Brunzell's place of business is a thing of
the past. as John got tired of seeing SO
much snow in front of his door and with
the assistance of or 5 men demolished
it. We are informed that "Otto' did
the most of the work, but as we were not
a witness to the work will not vouch for
the statement, but want to be shown.
The Sinker creek reservoir project is
being rushed to completion. About go
teams are engaged in building the dam
for the reservoir and on the other work
on the project. This system of irrigation
will supply water to over $4,000 acres Of
fha 6naot rf a,,r;o,,I+,,rol Io,,l - 4L.,.ol.-
convert into profitable farms a region
hitherto desert, only fit for winter
range. The lands under this project are
in the immediate neighborhood of Muir
ply, of this county.
The town of Nampa is beginning to
show the result of extensively advertising
the resources of that part of the state, and
of the enterprise of the citizens of that rap
idly growing city. Not an empty dwell
ling house can be found in the whole
city and the merchants and business men
all are busy supplying their customers
with goods of all kinds.
The work of paving the streets is pro-
crossing rapidly, employing many men
and teams, while the heavy work is being
done by machinery. From what we can
learn, about $500, 900 will be spent in i'm
proving the streets and beautifying the
city, and as they employ only white
American labor, by home people the
greater portion of the money spent on
the work will be spent for living supplies
in Nampa or the surrounding country or
invested in improving homes in that inn
mediate vicinity. We have been in
formed that Mayor Dewey insisted that
the contractors discharge the Greeks and
Japs that they had employed and employ
only white labor, which was done. In
taking this stand, Mr.. Dewey has made
himself very popular with the people. 1t
was the proper stand to take and if fol-
lowed by other officials would greatly |
benefit the country and adjust many
labor disputes and troubles, arising from
this source.
Mr.. Thomas Sterling, of Caldwell, has