The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-06-08

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forms us that crops are not looking
we'll in his locality.
Harvey Houston has filed home
stead of 100 acres up on Cottonwood.
The Auxiliary will meet at Mrs.
Kimball's on Friday at 3 p. m. La
dies willing to aid in the Episcopal
church work are invited to attend.
They claim that one man scratched
the ladys name and wrote in his
own for school trustee. If ii is true
he was very ungallant indeed.
A crowded house witnessed the
play "Nevada' last Thursday night,
which went off quite successfully.
Ice cream was served afterward and
the gross receipts were over $64.
Professor Tom Jeffrey spent several
days with Weiser friends, having
come down to hold the teachers
examination Tom is an applicant
for the principalshIp of the Weiser
high school. If he is successful he
will be welcome back to Weiser.
The young ladies of the Episcopal
church will be glad to meet all the
boys and girls from Z to 16 years of
age, willing to take part in the chill
drens play, at the new opera house
Saturday at 3 p. m.
At the teachers examination held
at the court house last Friday, the
following teachers were examined:
W. M. Hodge, j. I. Wolf, Mrs. J. 7.
Wolf, Miss Minnie Allison, Miss
Louis Mitchell, Miss Fannie Mitchell,
Miss Emma Cope and Miss Maggie
Watson.
Married, at Payette, Sunday, June
4th, Mr.. Geo. Gildroy add Miss
Mamie Sallee. Both the contracting
parties are very popular young people
of Mann creek and have hosts of
friends to join the SIGNAL in wishing
them Joy.
Farmers across the Weiser are try
ing to make arrangements with Pete
Pence for the cleaning out and en-
larging of his ditch so as to supply
them with water. A new ditch to
cover the great bench East of town
is also contemplated.
N. l. Garrison left Thursday fol
Haily, Idaho, where he expects tc
: procure school. Mr. Garrison has
8 taught two successful terms in the
Weiser high school and leaves many
friends who wish him success ano
hope to see him again some time -
{: LATER: Mr. Garrison has returned
and all this brain work is wasted.
r Out in this part of the State
around Payette and Weiser, pruns
orchards are already yielding at thu
rate of 5000 to $500 per acre pc
annum. Within five years the who'll
Z. of the Snake river valley in Idah'
e that can be irrigated will be covered
n with orchards that will one year witt
another yield from $50 to $500 pc
acre. -Payette Independent.
Il E. A. Vansicklin and j. S. Lock
q are now delivering coke from Hunt
Il ington to the smelter at Mineral. TIL
is former has two six-horse teams max
ing regular trips and Mr.. Locke on
six-horse team Mineral will 500
st become lively camp with pay-ro
s second in size to that of no other cam
ID in the county. Huntington Herald
lie A representative of this paper a
i tended the play at Weiser, Thursda
evening "Nevada" was presented b
local talent of that place, and ws
L witnessed by large and appreciativ
ut audience. The play was we'll reno
1T cred, considering the time in whic
o. some of the company had to prepal
~ themselves-Payette Independent.
Alex Houlahan came down fro
Ruthburg Sunday for the purpose
&c laying out the telephone line. v
at got to talking about the Seven Dew
n and Alex expressed himself that
90 would be better for smelter not
go in than for one to go in and NAL
y a failure of it, as the latter wou
hurt the camp in way that wou
lit take years to heal again, the same
or the failure of the Heath mill has dar
!. aged Ruthburg, and as the old Egg,
no mill hurt Mineral.
Our friend Frank Mickey seems
~ be having some bad luck. Last we
ur he purchased thresher from a par
ver who brought the machine to the va
ley from Oregon Other parties ha
appeared with mortgage given
y" the previous owner, whose name W
'ss Scott, on the machine and sliced
ID Scott left the country long ago a
a there seems to be no way for Fra
nd to come out except Sin the hole. "
we The ravages of crickets on Monr
ara and Mann creek are beginning to {
sumo a direful look. We are
'e' formed that in places the crops q
disappearing beneath the onslaug