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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-02-21
EStI-ay Notice.

About January l, 1895, there came to
my feed yard one mile east of Weiser, II
dull red two-year-old steer. No brand
visible; crop off the left ear: crop and slit
in right ear. Unable TO drive this steer
away. Owner will please come, pay rea-
sonabe amount for feeding and remove
the animal, or he will be disposed of ac-
cording to law.
Dated February 5, 1895.
g l.. l.. SHEARER, Weiser, Idaho.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-02-21

We cannot refrain from further mention
of that most beautiful of all the holiday
publications, the Christmas number OF
Sarony's Living Pictures. 1t is so highly
meritorious and so fifty calculated to afford
to its possessor the greatest amount OF
entertainment for the smallest outlay that
we are doing our readers kindness in
pared with its real worth, its costs, %
cents, is but trife
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-02-21

Last weeks SIGNAL coming out on
Thursday, it was, as stated at the time,
impossible to insert all the valentines we
had discovered at the post office, as the
forms had to be closed and put to press
But agreeable to promise. we give the rest
this week, together with some that went
into the Office after the paper was out,
apparently under the delusion that thus
they would escape our diligence:
To Col. Jones. of the Blackfoot News.
While democrats, with discomfort,
Censme our false president,
You laud him loudly to the sky
And revel in land Office pie.
To Miss -;
We all know this maiden, she's fair and content
This condition is strange admit;
But full explanation I'm sure never fails
The most awkward dilemma to fit.
SO all the day long you ON her face
A smile of content that ne er pales,
And the reason so strange you may easily trace
To this truth; She controls all the mails
To d. c.. To dream of classic marble halls
OF colonades and lofty dome,
Where light from pictured window falls,
Is oft the ideal of home.
Content I'D he with humber lot
Nor envy Ewes most favored daughter.
with love to dwell within cot.
If with the cot had the cotter.
To L. c.: With all the trials of this life
Sometimes Pm sorely troubled,
While single handel in the strife
My Ills seem moie than doubled.
Yet while I'm weary with the strife
There comes faint CLEANS OF hope;
I If..f I.,t 81 ,|..ftl. ..fr.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-02-21

Latest styles of Hats, in endless
variety, at the One Price Cash Store.
Sommer & Sons have just received
part of their spring stock of dry
goods, furnishing goods, boots and
shoes, etc, and people who desire to
buy early had better come and take
advantage of their elegant assort-
ment.
Promptness is a commendabe virtue.
That's why we offer you One Minute
Cough Cure. 1t is prompt in relief and
prompt in curing. That is what ii is
made for. Jenney & Waterhous.
Cheapest ammunition in Idaho at
Jenney q Warehouse.
In these days of telephone, telegraph,
electricity and steam, people cannot AFFORD
to wait days or as many hours for relief
This is our reason for offering you On,
Minute Cough Cure. Neither days, mol
hours, nor ever minutes elapse before re
lief is afforded Jenney & Warehouse
Ladies Patent Tip Dongola Buttor
Shoe for S $50 at Sommercamps.
Such. price has never been made il
this State before. We want you tC
look at it and see if it is not the equa
of any Shoe you have been payin!
50. 80 and SO. 90 for.
Don't neglect that cough, it leads t
consumption. One Minute Cough Cur
possesses IA double virtue. II cures an
cures quickly. Jenney & Waterhouse.
If you want nice little MONTH
, farm Journal, all you have to do is t
: pay the SIGNAL 81 on account an
, get one free. The offer will stand fo
only one weeks longer.
We wish to state TO our patrons thu
j One Minute Cough Cure is safe an
0 reliable remedy for children troubled wit
Group, colds, hoarsness and lung trot
{ bles. 1t is pleasant TO take and quickl
a curee. Jenney a. Warehouse.
b The One Price Cash Store leao
but never follows.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-02-21
The Play.


The play last Thursday was a de-
lightful success in every particular
and the house was jammed with an
appreciative audience. The charac
tiers were well carried out and Mrs.
Mix and James Coakley, as Mr. and
Mrs. Toodles, brought down the
house. l. f. Smith, as the stern and
hardened sailor, and @. j. Selwyn, as
his prosecuted and patiently suffering
brother, were immense, while Fannie
Mitchell as his devoted daughter, was
favorite. VIM. Sommercamp, the
cold blooded professional man could
have given Ayers and Mitchell
points, and tributes in the shape of
popcorn balls and candy were show
cred upon him on the stage. Walter
Riggs appeared in such perfect
stage makeup that but few recognized
him. No small part of the success
of the evenings entertainment was
due to the delightful singing and
stage dance of the villagers, repre-
scented by Mrs Lapish, Mrs. Townley.
Mrs. Morris Sommer, Mr.. Lapish,
Morris Sommer and Horace Newman.
They appeared in picturesque and
appropriate costumes and received a
hearty encore. The trombone solo
by Walter Lyons was one of the
marked features of the evening, and
the music by Mrs. Newman and Pro
fessor Jones on the piano and violin
cannot be too highly spoken of. The
new scenery and other stage fittings
designed and painted by Mr.. II. 5.
Newman and Manager GOWNS added
much to the effectiveness of the play
and further demonstrated that Weis
er can develop more than usua
amount and rarity of talent when
ever occasion requires it Aftel
the play many enjoyed themselves
at dancing until one o'clock.
After the mention of the play wa
in type we we're handed two differen
"write ups Of the performance, b,
highly respected and eminently quail
fled parties. We fully realize GU
own incompetency to handle the sub
ject, and are perfectly willing to alloy
any of our friends full scope on al
such occasions, but we would like t
be advised of such intentions befor
we have gone to the heavy menta
and physical labor of writing an
putting in type an article on the sam
subject, lest complications arise, q
4 in the present case. Topublish eithe
of the communications would hay
necessited the dead loss of over a
hours work, and the distribution {
our own article and the type compt
4 sition of q new one. Therefore, as
is necessary to save time and labor
a printing office, our own feeble a
tempt stands.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-02-21

Just received Fancy Crepes in all
colors suitable for ball dresses, mas
querade suits, ETC., at Sommer q
Sons.
Buy no other clothes for your
boys but the Kast Iron Suits at Som
mercamp's They will out last any
two other suits and cost less money
For Boots and Shoes the One Price
Cash Store leads in style and quality
as well as low prices.
Fresh lot of choice French candy
opened. No use giving prices as we
are without doubt the cheapest
candy house on the Oregon Short
Line. M. E. SoMMERcAMP.
1t is not miracle 1t won't cure
everything, but it will cure piles. That's
what De Wits Witch Hazel Salve will
do because 1t has done it in hundreds OF
cases. Jenney e Warehouse.
Prices Of all kinds of goods greatly
reduced in order to make room for ;
large spring stock, which is to arrive
soon at the One Price Cash Store.
Headache is the direct result of indi
gestion and stomach disorders. Remed,
these by using De Witt's Little Earl,
Risers and your headache disappears
The Favorite little pills everywhere
Jenney 81 Warehouse.
Sommercamp offers a better ladie
shoe for 81 80 than can be had 70
50 90 at any other store in Weiser.
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve cured i,
G.. Gorrell of the worst case of eczem
ever known in the state of Indiana.
cures scalds, burns. indolent sores, an
} never fails to cure piles. Jcnney
Warehouse.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-02-21

W. E. Borah, of Boise, is too well
known to need any introduction to
our people and it is with pleasure
we announce that he will deliver a
lecture at the Congregational church
on next Saturday evening, Odd inst,
at 1870. Subject: "Signs of the
Times" 1t is under the auspices of
the Y. p. S. G. E. Come early and
secure seats. Tickets % cents.
Miss Emma Edwards, designer of
the seal of the state of Idaho, at
present studying art in New York, will
have brilliant story IN the March
number of the Midland Monthly, pub
lished at Des Moines, Iowa, entitled
GA Princess of Silverland. " 1t is a
vivid picture of life at Idaho's CAPT
tai during the sessions of the first
Legislature held in the new state.
Miss Edwards also has prize poem
in this number.
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwintcr Fair. San Francisco.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-02-21

Entered in the postofiice at Weser as
Second-class matter.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-02-21

James Kent DeLamar L Cover, w
Marshal J Porter, A p Bradbury, Port
land; r H Martin, r Smith, DIR Rey-
nolds, Salubria; F NJ Kirby, Emmett; II
w Gran, w M Alexander, Rushville, Neb
Geo Jordan, w H Benham, C H Spen.
Ger, Chicago; J NJ Goodwin. f J Riegan,
Salt Lake: Bob Freeman, w f Stewart
Delegar Sisters, b c Poison, A S McClel
land, Earl Delegar, Payette; S Merzbeuh
San Francisco; Dan Mckay, Frank Sin
clair, Baker city; w b Bills, Denver; &c
Nicely Ruthburg; Frank Keenan,, Nc
Evan, Or; Mrs Richard Euler and chill
dren, Nampa; b S Howe, Boise; f +
Milbutenger, Omaha.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
READS LIKE A ROMANCE.
Remarkable Development of Prospect
North of Spokane.

Remarkable Development of Prospec
North of Spokane.
Spokane, June 17.-The War Eagle
Mining Company is paying dividend
OF $4,000, or 10 cents share. This
mine is in the Trail creek district,
north of Spokane. and its history reads
like romance. A year ago it was a
prospect. Promoters had taken bonds
on it, and tried in vain to sell the
property for $4,000. Finally Patsy
Clark formed company of Spokane
men, who divided the stock among
themselves at 6 cents share. They
bonded the mine, did some develop.
ment work, and opened up a bonanza.
The first months shipments paid for
the mine and all improvemets. The
present dividend is, therefore, clear
profit on the investment. 1t repre-
sents three months clear limited ship
ments over an almost impossible noun
tain road. Men who were offered the
for $15, 900 have since offered
a million for it. The ore is gold and
copper. The mine is remarkable in
that it has no hoisting works, no ma
ehlnery OF any kind, no expensive
buildings. 1t has nothing but rough
board office, some ore bins, and two or
three tunnels into the mountain. Sixty
six per cent of the dividend was paid
to Spokane men. Joe Morris, one of
the discoverers, came to Sopkane, mar
ried a school-teacher in Franklin
school, and is in the mountains with
pack on his back, looking for another
bonanza.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
ok1ahoma,s Gold Excitement.

Reno, O. T., June H. Notwith.
standing recent reports that the Boggy
creek fields are not panning out as had
been expected, the great rush to the
country still continues, and there are
many old-timers who still insist that
the strike is big. Parties coming here
for provisions report that the whole
country along Boggy creek is stake6
off, and that gold-diggers are confident
of good results. The outfitters have
been busy all day loading freighters fol
the new settlement, and are reaping 6
rich harvest. The gold fields are no,
in the Indian country, so no opposition
can be offered going or coming.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
TESTING THE FISHING LAW.

Two Arrests Are Made at Astoria for
This Purpose.
Astoria. Jnne 1es-Fish and Game
Protector Mcclure and Sheriff Hare to-
day arrested two men, who refused to
give their names. for illegal fishing.
The parties are supposed to be owners
of two traps, one of which is located in
Bakers bay, north of Sand island, and
the other in the Columbia river, south
of Sand island. The action of Mr. Nc
Guire is for the purpose of determin-
ing the question of concurrent jurisdic-
tion, and whether or not Bakers bay,
in which most of the fish traps are To-
Gated, is part of the Columbia river.
1t was expected that this question
would have been settled in the case of
the Oregon VS.. Olsen, charged with il
legal fishing, Judge Mcbride having
decided that the jurisdiction of Oregon
extended to the Washington shore, but
the disagreement of the jury prevented
the decision being either sustained or
overruled by the supreme court.
Speaking of his intention this even
ing, Mr.. Mcclure said:
''In my opinion any effort to enforce
the present laws of Oregon in regard
to Sunday fishing is not only imprac-
ticable, but unjust, and would not be
sustained either by jury or by public
opinion. Similar laws must be enacted
by the legislatures of both states if the
theory is correct that the jurisdiction
of each extends to the middle channel.
If, on the other hand, it is decided
that the jurisdiction of Oregon extends
to the Washington shore. it will be an
easy matter for an Oregon officer to
enforce the laws over the entire river.
AS the matter now stands, the Wash
ington fishermen, since the abolishment
Of the Sunday law by the last legisla-
ture, will not accept any decision short
of one emanating from the United
States courts, and the cases of the par
ties arrested today will in all probabil-
ity be taken there by habeas corpus
nrOceedinps -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
The Peace of the orient.

Victoria, B. c., June 17.-Letters tc
the King Tai Cmpany from Shanghai
give the news that the Russian, Ger.
man and French ministers in Pekine
paid joint visit to the tsung- li-yamen
May 23 and presented the following
statement:
"The course taken by the three pow.
ers in giving advice to Japan by sug-
gesting she should not permanently oc-
cupy Laio Tung peninsula, was dictated
merely by any interest of the Chinese
government or on account of their sym.
pathy with China. The Chinese gov.
ernment is therefore warned not to mis-.
understand the object of the three pow.
ers, and thus to rely upon them in the
future in connection with affairs the
settlement of which is now pending. u
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
The Manitoba School Question.

Winnipeg, June 1S.-In view of
Premier Greenway's bad health, it is
unlikely that he will make more than
10-minute speech on the school ques-
tion tomorrow. But had he been in
his usual condition physically people
would have heard two-hours' speech
on the subject. The leader of the op-
position, it is said, will make an an
swer to the motion of the premier, and
debate on the remedial order may take
two or three days. The attorney gen.
eral will speak at length.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Progress of the Work of the Commission
of Engineers.

Chicago, June 18.-A dispatch to the
Times-Herald from Washington, re.
ferring to the work Of the commission
appointed to inspect the route and pre-
liminary work on the Nicaragua canal,
says the engineers reached Greytown,
| the eastern terminus of the canal,
May 13, and began an examination of
the property and improvements of the
canal company at that port. One of
the most important IF these is break
water 100 feet long, which extends out
into the sea. The construction of this
was begun in December, 1889, with the
resulet as predicted by engineers, of in
creasing the depth of water in the bay,
so that the depth ON the bar is twelve
feet at present. Notwithstanding the
repeated efforts of the engineers to pre-
vent the ravages of the teredo on the
timbers of this breakwater, the COM
missioners find that the wood was
badly eaten. That portion of the ca
nal already built, extending west from
Greytown toward the San Juan river
was found in splendid condition.
The embankments on each side have
stood the effects of the weather remark
ably well, and show no serious effects
from the rainfall. The hospitals
and other buildings were found in good
state of preservation.
The railroad which the canal COM
pany has built along the route of the
canal for the transportation of material
and men has already been thoroughly
inspected and found in good condition.
The crumbling of the earth from the
cliffs and the washings from surface
drainage have not been as disastrous
as expected, and it is said this oh jec-
tion so often urged against the feasibil-
ity of the canal has fallen fat While
the canal passes through a very wet
region, where the annual precipitation
is nearly twenty-five inches, the effects
of the movement of such an enormous
quantity Of water have not been bad,
and give no indication that the sides
of the canal will be washed down in a
few years, another objection that has
been urged against the project.
About two weeks ago the canal COM
mission moved on from Greytown to
Lake Nicaragua, and after visiting
Granada and Managua, the capital.
passed from Nicaragua to the Pacific
along the route of the canal, distance
Of about fourteen miles. This section
Of the route offers no obstacles to the
whatever, and will simply
be matter of excavation.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
Suits for Damage Filled.


San Francisco, June 17.-Three suits
for damages aggregating $3.50, 900 will
be led against the Pacific Mail Com
pany tomorrow as result of the loss
of the steamer Colima. One suit will
be brought by Charles Thornton, whose
wife was a passenger on the Colima.
Another will be brought by Mrs.
Thomas Gray, whose husband was in
charge of the refrigerator room, ano
the third complainant is T. G. Struck
man, whose mother was drowned. The
complaints, as prepared by Attorney
Phillips, charge that the cargo OF the
steamer was badly stored, and that the
officers showed neglect in not giving
the passengers warning of the danger,
so that they could have taken measures
to save their lives. 1t is charged that
life-preservers were not given to the
passengers, and that there were not
enough ife-preservers on board to sup
ply those who needed them. Other
charges are that the Colima was not
properly loaded, and discipline aboard
was slack. 1t is also alleged that the
San Juan left the scene of the wreck
too soon, and had her captain exercised
due diligence other lives might have
heen saved
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
RAILWAYS BUSINESS
Annual Report of Interstate
Commerce Commission.
INTERESTING DATA AND SUMS
Attention Called to the Peculiar Condi-
tions Affecting the Operations of
Railways During the Year.


Washington, June 1S.-The seventh
statistical report of the interstate com
merce commission for the year ending
June 80, 1894, has just been submit
ted. In the introduction special at
tention is called to the peculiar condi
tions affecting the operations of rail
ways. First, the report covers th'
last four months of the Columbian ex
| position, during which time there was
an increased passenger traffic. Sec
ond, it covers a period of widespread
and unprecedented business depression
Thus, June 80, 1894, 1872 roads, operat
ing upwards of $4,000 miles of line,
and representing about one-fourth OF
the total railway capitalization, were
in the hands of receivers. The effect
of these conditions is apparent in near
ly all the figures presented.
The total mileage in the United
States June 80, 1894, was 178, 70S, an
increase during the year of 2,247 miles.
The increase during the previous year
was 4, ,897. The percentage of increase
during 1894 was less than for any pre-
been made to the commission, and it is
not probable that the year eading June
80, 1895, will show such improvement.
The number of roads abandoned was
sixteen. The total mileage Of all
tracks was 233, 533 miles.
The total number of railway corpora
tions was 1 1924, an increase during the
year of twenty-five. The number of
railoads not in operation was seventy
seven. The movement Of consolidation
during the year, on the basis of mileage
involved, has been greater than in the
previous four years. Fifteen roads,
representing 1,734 miles, have been
merged; % roads, representing g.
352 miles, have been reorganized,
and IA roads, representing 1880 miles,
have been consolidated. A classical
tion Of railways ON the basis of oper:
ated mileage shows that A roads, each
with mileage of over 1000 miles
operate a total of 100, SAT miles of
line, Or Sc. 80 per cent of the total
mileage of the country. Ninety roads
operate 72.90 per cent of the entire
mileage.
The total number of locomotives
was 35, 302, an increase during the
year of 704, and the total number of
cars 1878, O78. The increase in the
number of cars during the year was
4,123, as against an incresae of 1864
during the previous year. This falling
off in the ratio of increase is due to the
railways having, during the year, used
a large number of old, worn-out cars
During the year 1879 locomotives and
1886 cars were fitted with train
brakes, and 1,197 locomotives and
"a, 1856 cars were fitted with automatic
couplers. Seventy-four and S1-1O0ths
per cent of the total equipment is still
without train brakes and 72. n per cent
without automatic couplers.
The total number Of railway en-
ployes was 779, COS, decrease as COM
pared with the number June 80, 1898,
of 1894, or 1916 per cent. This is a
number employed than in any
year since 1890. This decrease is due,
the report states, to the heavy falling
off in traffic and the endeavor of the
railways to economiZe.