The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

Oh how we would all appreciate good
rain. Wheat and oats are drying out and
will not be nearly as good as people
thought they would.
Last Friday was the warmest day we
have had so far
The dry hot weather has caused con-
siderable sickness among the children.
Fred Osborn, Earl McMahan and
Mathi.s's two little girls have been quite
sick the past week.
Last Saturday Messrs. Biggerstaff.
Young, Whitley. Addington and Jones
took their families and went to the Coun-
Gil hot springs and stayed over Sunday
All report having splendid time. The
springs are getting to be quite a pleasure
and health resort.
81 Mr.. Sailing and family who have been
stopping ut the springs for several weeks,
returned home during the week.
Bill Harp went to Weiser during the
week after goods for Hancock.
L. A. Sevey and Charlie Seby have
gone TO Warren with freight for Haas &
SwanStrOm.
There was gentleman in town during
the week in the interest of the Boise Sen
tinel.
Geo. Hancock took a Colorado man out
as far as Elliolt's in Bear Tuesday.
Oss Groseclose of Bear was doing bust
ness with our merchants last week
Mr.. " like has the contract of saving
and hauling the lumber for Hancocks
hotel which will be put up some time
this fall. but not before the races. rs was
first talked of.
Clark has had several carpenters at
work fixing up the blacksmith shop and
post office building since he moved them
DR.. Sherwood has had several teams
hauling lumber to put up his new build
ing.
Tommy White came down from Hele-
ma Saturday to do some business with
McMahan e Peters.
DR.. Lee and son Roy have gone to Sa
lubria and Indian valleys on business
They expect to be gone several days The
DR. is talking of going east in a short
time. He will go AS far east rs st Louis
and come back through Texas TO visit his
sons and look after some mining property
he owns there.
Sheriff Kerfoot of Weiser was Coun-
Gil visitor during the week.
Gerry Snow and wife of Weiser wer'
visiting Mr. Shows sister Mrs. Fred Dyer
of Cottonwood last week.
Miss Laura Houston spent several days
last week on Hornet. the guest of Miss
Lydia Lakev Miss LYDIA is carrying
the mail between Dale and Bear Wonder
if any other mail route in Idaho has
lady mail carrier.
Mr. and Mrs. Hansen of Hornet were
visiting friends in Council last Thursday.
MIR. Wisdom has moved his family over
the river and is putting up the hay on the
Chids place.
Bill and Doc Phipps, Ed Austin. DR.
Sherwood, Geo. Gould and family, Miss
es Jennie Gould and Ida Duree have gone
to the Payette lakes. They expect to be
gone ten days.
| understand that Fred Dyer will start
up his saw mill today which has been
shut down during haying.
Geo. Root. the young man now teach
ing in Cottonwood, has been engaged to
teach four months term of school in
the middle district. beginning the first of
September.
MIN Duree has gone to Weiser after "A
load of coal for Mr.. Ross.
P W. Higgins went to Weiser last
week after freight for our merchants.
Last week while they were working on
the race track the heavy four horse scrap
er they were using struck Morgan Gift
ford's foot and ankle and bruised it ST.
badly that he is not able to do anything
The Caswell brothers who have been
working placer mine go miles east OF
Warren for the last year, passed through
Council during the week going to Boise
with their gold dust. They expect to re
turn in about week and buy years
supplies here and have them taken into
Warren by team and mack from There.
Charlie Whitley and Bob Young have
gone out on Middle Fork for Il few days
hunting and prospecting.
Mode Addinglon who has been at work
in Boise valley for several months came
home Sunday.
Word comes over from Long valley
that an eastern capitalist is there nego-
tialing for Jim Copeland's placer mine
four miles below the big lake Report
says quite fancy price has been offered
and will likely be accepted.
The big boiler for Warren passed
through Council Friday noon 1t upset
off bridge one mile south of Middle Fork
which caused some delay.
Some one writing to the Signal over
date of July 80 is not very we'll posted on
the Dredge Companys affairs Two
weeks ago the company paid off the night
shift and discharged them because the
electric light was not SO they could run
probably at night. All the day crew
were retained and paid 30 cents on the
dollar could have had all their wages Tor
the month had they demanded iD-will os
paid in full the 18th of this month-and
there is no talk of the Dredge shutting
down except by few outsiders.
Rumor Says we are going to have some
weddings in Council in the near future.
Hurry up and give us news item, II
takes rustling to get anything worth re-
porting now a days.
John Rose and wife started to their
sheep camp and the lake SATURDAY..
Mr.. Olson came over from his sheep
camp in Long valley during the week
Considerable work has been done on
the race track but one hears very llttle