The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1909-10-28
BRUNEAU ITEMS

Mrs. J. 7. Turner is visiting her
daughter in Boise.
Thirty-nine onions grown in the
Bruneau Valley weighed so pounds.
John Denham went to Mountain
Homo Tuesday after his winters supply
Of coal
Cashier Reynolds took a party Of
friends a spin down the valley in his
automobile Sunday.
Peter strom, the wealthy sheepman
after pleasant visit in Bruneau, re-
turned to camp Monday.
John Mitchell left on today's stage for
Mountain Home to receive medical at
tendance.
The rush to the Bruneau gold discov
cry to stake out claims resembles
Klondike stamp, de.
The Bruneau valley excels any other
section Of Idaho in the growing Of
peaches and other fruits.
The races to be held in Bruneau on
the 4,h and 9th Of Nov. promise to
be big success. Good purses are hung
The Hodge Bros. are enjoying an out
ing in the mountains and are expected
home the first OF November.
Sam Noble, the prominent merchant,
and wife are attending the l. o. 0. F.
Grand Lodge now in session at Grange
Vile, Idaho.
Emmett Callahan and John Fisher
left Tuesday morning with winter sup
plies for the new gold excitement OH
the Bruneau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slack and Mrs. Croch
eron returned Tuesday from an extern
ded visit to the Seattle fair and eastern
points.
Jack Noble Yesterday purchased from
Milt. Reynolds 80 acres Of improved
Land in the valley paying therefor $40,
900 cash.
The little girl Of Mr.. and Mrs. Milt.
Reynolds has been quite i'll with stom
ach trouble, but we are pleased to state
is now convalescent.
Fred 7. Smith and wife of Little Val
ley have been visiting in Bruneau and
attending to business matters the past
few days.
Mrs. Dunning, wife OF Represent
ative Dow Dunning of Wlckahoney,
is visiting friends and relatives in
Bruneau this week.
Railroad surveyors are busy cross
sectioning and camps have been estab-
lished on either side of town. The rail
road is assured for Bruneau and grading
will soon begin.
John D4nham, ex-County Commits
sion, raised on his place adjoining town
this year an extraordinary crop OF pota-
toes. Fifty of the tubers selected
weighed lO6 pounds.
Dave Hyde, popular hotel man OF
Bruneau. and Cashier Milt. Reynolds,
of the Bruneau State Bank, expect to
leave the last of the week by automobile
and team with party of Boise Cap
italist for the new gold excitement on
the Bruneau.
telephone message was received
last night from Boise by Milt. Reynolds
cashier Of the Bruneau State Bank, that
Boise ami Chicago capitalists had pur
chased the old established water rights
of Levy Harris in the Bruneau river
The company will begin operations a
once on their projec' which will reclaim
1000 acres of choice land lying tribu
tary to the town of Bruneau. They viii
use storage reservoirs. This with tn,
railroad construction work will indeeC
make 3runeau lively town.
The Bruueau public school presided
over by Mrs. Osborne OF Silver City
and Miss Williamson is in a flourishinI
condition and we'll attended by tn,
children Of the district. Tn district i
miles long by 4 miles wide, and tw
close covered wagons, with stoves ar
provided to bring the children to an,
from school, so that they suffer no in
convenience after the cold weather set
in. The time is ripe now for the schoc
6 facilities Of Bruneau to be substantially
enlarged to include the higher grades
and no doubt this will be done very soon