The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14
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they saw a greater amount of profit
for themselves by letting their
copartners in business suffer and form
a corporation to build new town.
To further this project sand hill Of
120 acres was purchased at $500
and laid off in town lots The stock
was Immediately, watered at least
800 per cent and town lots put on
the market Now the questions was
buyers; bat except what few of their |
faithful dupes pxrchased, no lots were
sold. ~
In their desperation, to make the
new move a success, they have them
selves, and through their influence,
caused others to invest a large amount
of capital in new buildings. But
still no sales for their town lots.
They induced firms to bring in large
stocks of goods, rent buildings from
them at good rental and be unable
to make expenses.
They have circulated false reports
as to the amount of property sold by
them in their new town. One
assertion is chat they have sold $4,000
worth of their town lots this year.
Do the records support this assertion?
No, but they do show that during the
past year not in excess of s22O0
worth of property has been sold by
them. But perhaps these $4,000
were made by again watering stock.
Now the hue and cry was, ''we
must have the Weiser Post Office in
order to get the trade from Weiser
proper" But while their political
influence was great and their capacity
for lying and generally misrepre-
senting Weiser proper. could uot
be equaled, they found it difficult tc
proceed. Under this condition o,
things they enlisted in theil
sympathies, the very honorable(?.
Postmaster, who by giving the yer,
peculiar service, he. did u service W
venture to say peculiar to himsel
and to his hirellngs only, very 500
! convincetto the people of the count.
seat chat they really could and ougl
to do without any mail service at a.
and that the Post office for tn
> entire county should properly b
y located on the Sand Hill. addition.
= But being out of the corporatio
. it was impossible to get the Post olliC
. from the original town, their petitio
to. the department, however, e'
- tablished anew Post office in addition
but no sooner had they received tt
news, than they saw some one ha
" blundered and the wires were kel
. busy to rectify the error. w..
" Rule or Ruin, their. motto still
:" Nothing would satisfy them but Il
- removal of the office from Weis
y and to. do this they must be in t
% corporation of the city, two of Il
w i've Trustees were in favor of admi
~ ing the Sand Hill addition so to etfe
~ their ends clandestine meetil
'.i' was held at IL o'clock p. NJ. 4 OF
days after the time for the regul
meeting and an ordinance pass
w admitting the addition. Now
~ entire battery of political and delusi
~ chicanery was brought to bear up
the department through their trien
w. and the Post office was moved,
" what authority remains to be set
But true it is that the Post office
!, Welser, the county seat OF Washlngl
- county Idaho, is Il thing of the p
:" being located on tract of land on
N IL mile from the Court house a
. business part of the city and VIII
~ was never legally admitted in Z
- corporation.
Democrats take notice: -
- ~ present administration has AZ
request of political supporters tax
~ the largest Post Office in Washing
w Co. Idaho from the County seat d
'' moved it upon land owned by th
=. politicians.
80 No partisan politics about this
:, no, only paying political debts at
~ expense of its constituency. Dc
ocratic papers please copy.
MANY CITIZEN OF WEIsER PROP
lsel About 10000 impressions "
this kicked off on the Job press during