The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-07-20
DRY BUCK

i of absence to the lower country dur
ing the hot spell but was only too
glad to return to the cool breezes of
the mountain again.
A bear has been seen in the vi
entity and Fred Amyx has him
spotted, so his days are numbered.
Lumber is being hauled from this
section to the railroad camps on
the river
Mrs. H. E. Becrty of Caldwell
has Joined her husband at the mill
and they are occupying their newly
built bungalow.
Thos. Swearengen, who formerly
resided here and who now lives at
Star, where he married a Mrs.
/ Hughes on Ghe 4th,w was visiting in
i his locality last week with his
bride. He was charivaried and came
through with the goods, but not
until he was led to a local store
with a halter.
"Bluf'' Swearengen, who has been
absent from here a year, return
ed the other day on visit. He
seems to have contracted the same
disease his father had, but he will
TO doubt recover if properly nursed.
Guy Francis has moved his ia
mily to Sweet, where Guy is under
treatment by local physician.
NJ. G. Mcconnell of Caldwell was
transcatipg business in this locality
last week He is a genial man
to meet.
n. S. Dills returned Tuesday from
a business trip to Boise.
If the Idaho Northern railroad
does not build a spur into the Dry
Buck Lumber Co.'S camp from the
river it will not be through lack I
of enthusiasm shove by Mrs. Lee
Zimmerman and Mrs. n. ii. David
son. In other words, it occurred to
these two ladies in their some
what imaginative minds and roman
tic natures that by reason of the
building activity going on in the
camp during the summer that a
town would spring up as by magic
and 4 S name would be Dry Buck, so
to be in advance of the boom that
would result therefrom,it occurred to
these two ladies that all houses in
the camp should be named and i'm
aginary streets Laid out and in ac-
cordance Herewith painted signs on
smooth surfaced boards that would
be credit to an artist with THE
brush, designating the buildings and
streets, and then in the stiffness of
the night when the camp was wrap
ped in the arms of Morpheus they
went forth, accompanied by the
husbands as body guards only, and
proceeded to paint the town-not
red, but with the signs and 10 in
the morning new town had come
into existence over night. The
is a cast of ytheir work
ings. They placed a sign one
half mile from the camp as ''one-
half mile to Dry Buck" then fol-
lowing up the main thoroughfare
the following signs appear: Harry
Haveren residence, 107 Haveren
Ave; n. H. Davidson residence, City
Bakery, COS Fairview Ave; residence
Of ~ S. Dills and his mother,
'Dills Home, POI Main street; L.
Zimmerman. residence, Zimmerman
lodging" 275 Main: adjoining this
is a conspicuous sign, Botanical
Garden" H. E. Beatty residence
'Beatty's bungalow, 3O4 Main St;
". A. Peterson's apartments, "As-
.ay office, 9O4 Saw-dust Ave" re
idence of C. w. Henry, our stage
Iriver, stage office, SO7 Main
It,, Chas Campbell residence.
Campbell Heights, % Peck Ave"
Iobt. Henry's apartments, City
IaIl," Cook house, Dry Buck Cafe;
he large feed barn, Last Chance
iced Barn; brick house, Salvation
-rmy Hall; the three residences of {
,ou Phillips, Clyde Philips and Guy :,
'rancis, Phillipsburg Addition; the i
Ompany store, THE Dry Buck De W
Store, S12-24 Main st; t.
nd the Lenard Rynearson Camp,