The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-13

The SIGNAL congratulates its read
ers that it had nothing to say regard
ing the ground hog. The SIGNAL is
a good paper.
John Sebree, the cattle buyer, has
been in Weiser several days talking
with stock owners. That probably
means market for some more of
Washington county beef.
Sommercamp received a carload of
sugar yesterday. Sugar is going up,
has gone up so cents sack, within
the past few days You will find an
interesting paragraph about sugar on
the editorial page
Haas Brothers have put in a lot of
shelving to accommodate their in
crease of hardware stock They are
receiving new goods every few days
and evidently intend to make the
establishment the equal of any in the
state.
Norman Harris tells us that his
school district, No 16, at the mouth
of Crane creek, is about to build
new school house. They have about
% scholars in that district and new
school quarters are a necessity. He
also stated that the settlement is in
creasing right along, five new families
having located there late last fall
Frank Hubbard tells us that those
who are extending the Pence ditch
are now at work on cut beyond Lee
Youngs place When this is finished
the ditch will be completed to Al
Jackson's, ten feet wide on the bot
tom. Ten teams will then begin
excavating it on down. From Jack
sons this way, it will be five feet on
the bottom.
Cashier Selwyn, of the Bank of
Weiser, HE'D him away for Southern
California last Tuesday with his head
full of visions of the orange groves
and lemon orchards which he owns
down there. He will look over his
interest there for about month, and
then return to his desk. In his alb
sence, Mr.. Z. II. Parsons, cashier Of
the HALEY bank, is filing his place
Weiser's rustling lumber dealer
Thomas Kelly, says if brskness il
the lumber trade is any sign, tho
country around here is improving al
very fiattering speed. The demand
for lumber is great deal ahead o
his expectations, and the amour
taken out to the ranches for ney
houses and other improvements is as
tonishing He says his bushes
since opening his yard here ha
reached point he hardly though
possible in one short year. BY tn
: way six teams loaded there Saturda
! with lumber for the new school hous
at the mouth of Crane creek.
+ Postmaster Flynn of Mineral ha
} resigned and the department is look
ing for some one to fill the place. l
r view of the financial policy of the &C
t ministration, that camp has been xii
ed dead for the present There
hardly anyone over there, and at frs
o thought anyone would say it was
useless expense upon an impoverisf
ed government. But there are fe
men doing assessment work it sti
accommodates. And something ma
turn up to bring people in there, an
then the Office would be already thel
. without the trouble of getting a ne
: one established For that reason W
/ would be opposed to its discontinl
n ance n
j. Several parties from the vicinity {
lie Weiser, so we hear, will shortly sta
N for Cripple Creek. Some private IT
g ports from there are not calculate
to induce man to leave the love
er and beauteous land of Weiser fl
is that seething goal of humanity.
e is ten thousand feet above sea leve
cold, dry and dusty. The miserab
" climate is killing hundreds. A mig
rt and a day shift are necessary on Il
grave yard Twenty three dealt
occurred one day. Four men di'
in one saloon one night while sittir
ga in chairs. There are fifty thousar
to people there and two thirds of the
- destitute. Better stay here and EMF
" good health where the prolific spI
guarantees plenty to eat.