Valley County ID Archives News.....The Prospector and Thunder Mountain News, November 5, 1904, Locals November 5, 1904
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The Prospector And Thunder Mountain News November 5, 1904

Peter McKinney, the enterprising butcher, returned to camp on the second with 100
head of fine beef cattle for winter market.

Virgil Richardson, proprietor of the Monumental Store, has a lot of footwear,
groceries, staples etc., enroute [sic] for camp. The goods were shipped two weeks
ago and are due any day.

Thomas J. Lynch and T. G. Thomas returned to town last Saturday, after enjoying a
ten days hunt in the hills 75 miles north of Roosevelt. They succeeded in killing
two deer apiece.

S. J. Choat, superintendent of the Gold Bullion Company, owned by the
Spears-American Exchange, was in town on the 29th and left his subscription for the
NEWS. Mr. Choat says the Gold Bullion is looking fine and work progressing in
first-class style.

During an altercation in the Big Amusement Hall last Saturday night, in which the
principals were Kid Mitchell, Al. Woods and Al. Green, Mr. Green was struck by Kid
Mitchell, the pugilist, and sustained a serious cut over the left eye, and nine
stitches had to be taken to close up the wound. The cause of the disagreement was
not learned.

Wm. Kreps, superintendent of the Belle company's freight outfit says regarding the
delivery of freight yet to come: "I have just laid down at the Sunnyside mill the
first big boiler and am on my return for the other one which will be laid down at
its destination in eleven days more. The ballance [sic] we expect as soon as men and
horses can bring it in. (page torn) it is all delivered. This will not require more
than fifty loads more and thirty-five days time. Mr. Purdham is on his way in and
has given orders to rush everything, part and parcel, of the company's machinery
through as fast as possible.

E. S. Mahoney, one of the prosperous Middle Fork ranchers, arrived in town on the
27th of October with a packtrain loaded with vegetables for Goodrich, Schofield &
Dutton. Mr. Mahoney has several hundred feet of twelve inch pipe here to take to his
ranch with which he intends to increase his supply of water to irrigate his ranch
with another season.

Some of the boys the other "wee night" constituted themselves the Amusement Hall
quartette [sic] and made the night hideous and the welkin ring with their so-called
music. But the best of all was the music recorded by a girl whose name begins with
G. and her two friends. The overture of their song for a period of twelve hours was:
"Why did they dig ma's grave so deep?"

L. A. and Nash Wayland returned from Grangevile, the county seat last week, where
they heve been for the past three weeks on business and attending district court, in
which Mr. Wayland had a suit against the Comstock Gold Mining Co., the Golden Rock
and others. In all suits tried Mr. Wayland received decisions in his favor. While
there he visited the county commissioners court and they instructed him to bring
election supplies for Warm Springs, Warrens, Big creek and Roosevelt.

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