The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1912-03-28
ITEMS FROM OREANA

, Mr.. John Drown has returned here
after an absence of about eleven years.
lie visited his son Charley Drown at
Snake River.
Gene Carothers is now visiting with
his folks, his wife, on account Of i'll
health stayed over few days at Nampa.
The house of Mrs. NJ. Carothers has
Teen moved to town, it is reported that
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Carothers will live
there.
The hotel is now being painted, by
Charley Chitwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil returned from Nam
pa last Saturday in time for the literary.
Mrs. Pittman has not been feeling
very we'll but we are glad to say she is
better now.
The Terrence and Neiss residence is
now being papered and painted bv ex-
perts-Mr. and Mrs. Terrence and Robt.
Kelly
Frank Neiss, Jack Donnelly and Harry
Matthews started for Boise this morning.
at pretty swift rate, Frank sat alone
10 the back seat, the last we saw Of him
he was getting ready to crawl under the
wagon seat.
Oreana's population has increased, we
have another bunch of Indians.
Mrs. Edwards of Castle Greek, received
the heart breaking news that her father
was dead, she left that evening for Nam
pa from there she is going to 60 to Spo-
kane with her sister.
Last Sunday Mr.. Bob Smith. Florence
Edwards, and Elma Nelson rode up on
horse back, Elma Went home alone, but
Florence did not.
Waldemer Read went to Wilson Satur-
day be returned Sunday, now wasn't be
swift traveller?
To the Editor Of the Nugget: I will trv
to give you description OF Oreana. as it
is The store and hotel are in the center
Of the valley and the farmers live from
one to five miles from them.
The school house faces a lane which
IS about three quarters Of mile from
the store. IL snot as up-to-date as
city school but it is alright. We appre-
ciate 1t now when we consider the ne
cesitles that are neglected in other
country schools
We still have the double desks but
some of them are ornamented with.
''the jack knives carved initials" We
like them because we each have one bv
ourselves and we have plenty of room.
During our Christmas vacation we
had new shades put up and the windows
were fixed so they will leu down from
the top. We have one good thing that
all schools have not and that is a good
teacher. We have a library Of about
one hundred and thirty books Once a
week we have a reading period instead
OF one OF our regular studies. On Fri
days we have sewing and Wednesday
painting We have a specimen bottle
IN which there is a scorpion and big
black spider in alcohol. One day one Of
the first grade pupils asked a fourth
grader why they We're in alcohol and
she said, "to keep them fresh"
There are mountains back of the school
house and hills on each side. One dav
after we finished our lunch we all went
up on the one toward the north and we
had good time only the time passed
too quick.
Not long ago we went to the hills to
the south side of the school house and
took our dinner. There are little cliffs
up there that look just like little houses.
They are very interesting. Some of the
hills within two or three miles are
covered with petriied bones, wood and
teeth. You can find all kinds of fish
bones.
Hearts creek is a little to the north
OF the school house and last year we
spent the whole noon hour under big
cottonwood tree,
Oreana is a pretty little place in the
summer time especially. There are tall /
poplars up and down two different lanes
and in the summer time il is fine to get
some shady place to ride along.
We hardly ever have any snow and |
when we do it is not more than three or
four inches deep but we do have what
we call cold weather in the winter time.
The only thing we have to look for I
ward to every day is the mail and some I
times after we have waited half an hour
or more we nave TO 60 home without
even paper because the stage came be-
fore the train came in at Murphy.
We appreciate you sending us the
Nugget very much and all of US like to
read the items oil other places as well as
our own. We would like to have YOU
write to us and tell something of Silver
City as some of us have never been there
or heard very much about it. We can
see the snow covered mountains and
that is about all. We certainly have a
beautiful view of the sunsets and in the
summer the whole sky as far as we can
see is lighted. Sometimes there are as
many different colors as the rainbow
Maybe | can describe Oreana better
next time. Eva Neil.