The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-04-08

Applying for Job.
understand that Mr. French's Office
in Cortland street is besieged by men
anxious to get work on the new road |
and come west
Ground was broken at Payette last
week, several short burrows being |
plowed merely as ceremony, and |
MIR Johnston states that grading will /
begin before the first of May
Elmer Forshay has resigned us
chief engineer of the road We I'M
derstand lie gave as n reason for the
action that as an engineer he did not
desire to be connected with the line
from PayeLte
Talk on the outside regarding the
Devils is constantly growing and
many points are shying their castor
into the ring with various schemes to
control the camp from their own par
iicular doorstep
Boise is agiiating the moving Of
the main line Of tie o S. L. up to
the capital city and then putting Il
branch out through Willow creek to
the Devils
Caldwell has written letter to the
railroad people stating that if it is "a
longer haul They are looking for, to
get larger freight charges, Caldwell
has the dandy line via Middleton,
Emmett Willow creek and other
points to Seven Devils. and that if
the railroad people mean business and
are open to II proposition, she, Cald
well, will make them one that will at
once aud forever put all other points
to sleep
PayeLtc has the road now and is
happy accordingly.
Weiser is not in it, of course Out
in the coldl and. for the present, is
the subject of the gibcs Of the whole
state press.
Huntington, where the Norma was
built several years ago to run to the
Devils. is again showing up in the
+ following press report:
e. w Boughman. OF Lewiston, Idaho.
who for years has been captain OF various
steamboats, on Snake river, has been en-
1 gagged by mine owners OF Helena, Mon
S I4na' 10 examine Sle ohnNc r,V'r Gt,wee.
= If G5 n3ies "md renort ns 10 the cxIent i
can be practically navigated Mr. Bough
man will start from Huntington in Il skill
sometime MonoHy' 'Is'ns S e'c ,is, ="
I, "e f o der,ta size rnn be sniot
upon this river between the points named
il is the intention of the copper mine
J, owners TO snip 'helr ore oy wafer as Ia
e ~ 'r rord ~ the nronosod new raiIroae
a through the Seven Devils country. Captain
Il Boughman, IN IL conversation With II II
e pune reporter iast evening" Wnen Vne iran
WAS Standing al lhe oel'Vl. SUI -, .,,o
road haTG my bn bsen treat deal said tRroug
the newspapers, but all that has been done up t
the present time Is TO raise suc1enr try
mihhJ i, ia dasired hat the road should run.
Is nv opinion that if the road were an assure
thing, would not now be upon my presei
mission
The Norma was unsuccessful, Vi
account of being too large Il boat
Conrod Fruith the last time he wa
n',1 ,.ll.;.,,s nil, C,n+oi
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i. om'Vn' one % 'ne o"nei1 W v"e at t'D'
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V,'"' y n'S'''N1 "''9 NJ s ,ra4 tno
10 , Ill hoats IF AZ or go for
-, a,.;,. Ill ha ero,ass an
80 0"P"O''a =
RS would hc aOteihp'eu s"ol'ei vi i"'e
ly 1t seems they are now about to mab
n the trial The river will be cleare
w. so,,o ,,,oro With tbe Government
o"0 SUNNI -.
boats recently SOU ''iere ~ "uoI.oi
he The following from the Salubrla CIT
zen is a pointer us to what Baker Gil
- dni,r.
ds 10 ""''5