The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-01-09
Grip, like the course Of empire,

taxes us course westward. This be-
ing the case, it is very likely that We
shall soon have another epidemic OF
the disease. News is received every
day by cable that influenza has spread
all over Europe and is still spreading.
A man by the name of j. f. Kill
heffer has come out from Clinton,
Iowa, to Payette and become inter
ested in the Plymouth colony. There
is probably no remote connection be
tween this matter and the fact that the
people of Payette killed heifer and
had barbecue on New Years night.
Men grow wealthy by looking after
the small sums in commercial trans
actions. Since it is to the advantage
of everyone to look after the dimes
and dollars Sommercamp & Co.. in
vite you to their store, where you will
be given an opportunity to save
money on every article purchased. ;.
Some days ago Geo. Degitz found
an uncut stone in the gizzard of
hen. 1t looked like a fine opal and
he gave it TO Beck JENNIE to have cut
and now has handsome set from it,
This probably is set the hen had
ready for next springs Matching
season.
Dorsett & Page are constructing
large cold storage in the river bank
at the mouth of the Weiser, for the
Siltz Beer Company. On top of the
storage room will be their own large
ice house with 125 tons capacity.
The ice will be taken directly out Of
the river into the house by means of
chute.
1t is learned that the Boise agent
of the Bankers Alliance Insurance
Co. intends coming to Weiser soon
to rustic for policies. The Boise
Sentinel recently exposed some of
the agents methods and charac-
teristics, and gave instances where
he swlndled poor widow out of
money and defrauded other parties
These have remained unrefuted. If
he comes here leave him alone.
Harry Monday who has been in
poor health for some time at the
home Of his mother, Mrs. S. j. Dur
bin, will start next Saturday fol
Milwaukee in search of benefit. Mr..
Siller, a gentleman of that city who
is partner of Harry's brother there,
is on his return from the coast an0
has been stopping over for a week in
Weiser waiting for Harry to gel
ready to accompany him.
Louis Sommer tells us that all as
sessment work on the Silver Bell a
Mineral, since the closing down o
the smelter, has been done in the way
of putting in entirely new timbers il
the older workings and now the min,
is in tip top order throughout, witt
thirty or forty tons of so ounce or
in the bins. If silver were to reacl
permanent paying point they coult
start up the smelter within a week.
Chas. Weston was in Weiser Tues
day on his way back to his work q
DeLamar after a visit to his home i
Salubria. He says DeLamar an
Silver is about the only place wher
paying job can be struck thes
days, and ranch in times like thi
is something like printing office
takes all the money you can make o
the outside to keep the thing alive.
G. G. Wing is working on coupl
of properties in Calaveras county
California, and recently sent up fo
Jim Benell and a couple of other oil
Mineral boys to come down and tax
job under him. The two claims
Big Chief and Relief, are very prom
Using indeed and large mill mex
summer is being figured on. The
5 are owned by company of ten, c
5 which Wing is one and Louis Somme
+ of Weiser, another.
An important item was left out {
the SIGNAL last week in the shippin
q of five tons of ore to Salt Lake.
e was brought down from Placer Basi
Il by Smith of Bear, and was destine
= to Mccormick and associates. TIL
latter are negotiating with the owl
ers, Barton, Dimmick & Siskron, fl
the nurchase of the Place Rasin prOi