The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1910-12-22
WEEKS LOCAL
HAPPENINGS
Merry Christmasl
Shortest day of the year to-day.


Fresh candy and nuts at Getchelps.
Charles Mcintyre, Of sheaville, Ore,
was in town this week
Have you seen those souvenir spoons at
70 cts. and l.5o at Getchell's?
George Westlake, who has been doing
assessment work on his claims near here,
returned to his home in Haley, Mon
day
Miss Ednetta St Clair, who has been
attending school at St. Marguerite's Hall
in Boise, returned home last week for the
holidays.
One youngster asked his mother last
week, whats the use Of writing to
Santa Claus when Getchell has got every
thing that a kid could want?'
Marcus White, who for the past three
monhhs has been running mill at At
lanta, Idaho, returned last night. The
mill has shut down until spring on ac-
count Of lack Of supplies.
According to the official count Of the
returns Of the thirteenth census, the pop
ulation Of the state Of Idaho is 325, ,594, as
compared with al, 722 in 1900, and S4,-
SS5 in 1890. The increase in the past
ten years is 1853, S22 or 1912 per cent.
The population Of Owyhee County is
4,044.
The Nugget family is in receipt Of an
invitation to a Christmas program which
will be rendered at our public school here
tomorrow, and we will surely accept it
with thanks. We owe it to the commun-
ity in which we live to attend such events
and help build up the right kind Of a
Christmas spirit among the little ones.
Let as many as can possibly attend be
present.
Last week the Silver City Mining &
Milling company resumed operations
upon its property near here. A couple Of
men are driving the lower crosscut, which
will cut the vein at great depth. This
activity indicates that the company is
now strong enough, financially, to pro
ceed with the complete development Of
this property, which has every indication
OF being dividend-payer.
Enthusiasm ran at the highest pitch,
Monday afternoon at the election Of road
supervisor in Road District No. l2 Of
Owyhee Co, There were three candi-
didates running, but only one received
the votes. Owning a ranch on the segre-
CATION without good road is similar to
having gold mine in the hills without a
good trail, and under the supervision Of
the newly elected boss, JAS E.. Smith,
they will have good roads in the segraga-
tion.-Ex.
The third fire inside of two months
occurred last Friday at the residence OF
Mrs. Feeney. The fire was discovered by
/. Q. Eisenhart, who, giving the alarm,
ran over to get William Feeney, who was
lying sick upstairs. Eisenhart could not
get to him; so, telling Feeney to jump
from the window, he ran out to break
his fall. The furniture was quickly re-
moved from the house, and the hose be-
ing brought, the fire was finally put out,
though the house was badly damaged.
Tuesday evening Fred Weber came
down from the Rich Gulch mine, which
is nothing unusual; but when he started
home there was heavy fog in town,
which is something unusual. Mr. Web
er, nothing daunted, set out, and like the
king and his twice-ten thousand men,
marched up the hill, and then, by ser.
les Of flank movements, beautifully exc
cuted-marched down again. When he
got back to town, which was about 2 a.