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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
Salmon River Mines.

GranReville Free Press.
The prospectors have arrived and
this part of Salmon river is coming
to the front From early noon until
darkness shrouds the hills, parties of
prospectors by twos and threes can
be seen in every direction breaking
rock, driving stakes and putting up
location notices.
Within the past week more than a
dozen lodges have been found and
located right around Gof postoffice
on both sides Of Racc creek. Also
on The east side Of the river from
Fiddle creek up for distance Of FIVE
miles, q number OF lodges have been
shown up and l0cated-
A company OF Cnur d. Alene mi
pers are running q tunnel ON ledg'
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

the assessor that the price he values
his property is what he would be
willing to sell 1t for to q probable
buyer.
Any person refusing to give the
assessor true list OF his property
is violating the law, and the assessor
can value the property at what he
thinks fair value, and his valuation
cannot be set aside.
The poll tax for 18991900 will be
50 90 and the same will go to the
county.
The state board appointed com
mittee OF three assessors, one from
the southern, one from eastern and
one from the northern part OF the
state, to meet with the board at Boise
August 10, 1899, to draft a uniform
assessment bland and roll book
Assessor NJ. j. Dowd, represents
the north part OF the state on the
committee.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
Valuable Publication.

The SIGNAL has received copy Of
Idaho Mining Rights a booklet
fresh from the press, being compll-
alton of all mining laws of the state
and government laws on mining.
Its author o + jackson, OF
Boise Bar, has taken great pains to
bring out all points OF the law and
make clear to the prospectors all
questions IN relation to the location
and rights of possession of mining
claims. 1t is an invaluable publica-
ton, price IS cents.
The Seven Devils Standard is be-
coming rafting good sheet, and
has now discarded its boiler plate in
terror and is printed all at home.
The Standard is doing good work.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
Manila Letter.
Manila, March 3, 1S9

Dear Mother-I will write you a
few lines this morning. We Weiser
boys are all well, and hope this will
fnd you all the same.
You can't imagine how pleased we
we're yesterday, when we received
our Christmas boxes. Thanks will
not pay for the good things that were
in my box Every thing in my box
was in fine shape The apples were
as solid as could be, but tue center of
them had turned brown in spots l
suppose 1t was from being sealed up
so long. They were great treat
All the boxes from Weiser were in
fine shape, except Bob, Lansdon's-
1t had few cans of fruit bursted.
Ma, be you think we don't feast on
good things, All the Weiser h"ys
are going to have big dinner To-
gether today Our cakes were fine.
Woodie and Tim didn't get their
boxes, but we hear there are several
boxes not hauled out yet. think
they will come alright
There have been several promotions
made in our regiment lately. | sup
pose you will see it mentioned in
some of the papers.
There was quite n fight somewhere
along the line to our left last night
We could hear the firing plainly.
Every thing is quiet here now
We have not heard shot for several
minutes. The natives often fire a
us, but we don't pay much attention
to them, as we are well protected
Today is pay day. We will be
paid right here in the trenches.
ELLET HIT.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
Future Of the Bicycle,

1t is agree ed by all bicycle manufac-
turers that The 1899 models represent the
perfect wheel. Improvement seems to
be impossible. Precisely the same thing
is true OF Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
1t represents the limit OF science In over
coming disease, and 1t is impossible 10
make better medicine for the stomach,
liver, kidneys and blood. A few doses
OF the Btters will itart weak, nervous
and bloodiess people on the road to
strength. A regular course of treatment
will bring back the pink to the cheeks
and the sparkle 10 the eye. Sleep will
cone natural and IL will be refreshing
and healthful. Dyspepsia, indigestion
and constipation will be completely ban
ished; and the blessings Of true health
bestowed Never lake y substitute for
this perfect remedy.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
Signals Claims Sustained.


Statesman.
State Immigration Commissioners
Bassett and Mine Inspector Czizek
have returned from Salt Lake.
Mr.. Bassett says the Short Line
will make strenuous effort to
direct the Buffalo Hump travel to
the southern route via Warren. The
latter place is only 18 miles from
Mallick, the new camp on Salmon
river on an extension OF the Buffalo
Hump belt. There are good roads
into that section from the south, and,
all things considered, it is regarded
as the quickest and best route to
take. For these reasons the Short
Line intends to send the travel that
way.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
ESTATE OF 1. N. HART.

Notice OF sale OF real estate
Notice is hereby given that In pursuance OF an
order OF the probate court OF the county OF
Washington. state OF Idaho, made on the 24th
day OF March, 1899. In the matter OF the estate oil
|. H. Hart deceased, the undersigned the ad-
ministratrix OF said estate, will sell at private
sale for cash gold coin Of the United States. ana
subject TO confirmation by said probate court. on
and after May 1st and up to May 10th. 1899, in
the county Of Washington; all the right title ana
interest OF the said /. NJ. Hart at the time OF his
death all the right title and interest that the
acouired other than. or in addition to. that OF
the said N Hart at the time o. his DEATH III III
nd situate lying and being In said county OF
Washington state OF Idaho, and bounded ana
described as follows, to-wit:
THE SEX SEIf and E1z Eh. SW4 SEA, Sec;
"a Township II N. 5W. H. NJ. Terms and
Conditions OF sale: Cash, gold coin OF the United
Stxtes- go, - .;;.,r.,,;x ~,
with the clerk or the probate court
Dated April T. 1899. u,yr
Administratrix OF the Estate
10 OF 1. NJ. Hart. deceased.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
wEISER INCORPORATED.
City Council meets and Passes Ordi-
nance Extending the Corporate
Limits.

The old and the new city council
met with due ceremony last Satur-
day night and the out going members
turned over their official perquisites
to the newly elected board.
An adjournment was taken by
the new board until Monday.
At the Monday meeting they pro-
ceeded to pass an ordinance extend
ing the corporate limits to include
contiguous territory, viz, the town
of Weiser. The full text of the or
dinance will be found in this issue.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
Question of County Officers Pay
Decided.

Attorney General Hays has rem
dered an important opinion in con-
nection with the matter OF county
officers salaries. There has been a
question whether the present officers
are to be paid by salaries only from
the second Monday in April or for
the time also that has interveued
since they assumed office. The at
torney general decides that the sala-
ries apply only from the second Mon
day IN April and that the officers are
to be paid by fees under the old law
for the first three months OF their
term. His opinion is given in let
ter, copy of which IS appended:
Boise, March 29, 1899. Mr.. AL
fred Bulge, Esq County attorney,
Paris, Idaho Dear Sir: Replying
to yours of March Gath, have to
say that under the salary bill, the
salaries to be fixed in April will be
in force from and after the second
Monday in April. Compensation
rendered for services prior to that
time, should be settled for under the
old law, after that time under the
new law and this provision governs
the assessor and treasurer as we'll as
other officers. Hereafter they vii
receive their salaries quarterly instead
of at the end Of the year as hereto
fore. Very truly yours,
s. H. HAYS, Atty. Gen
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
Stray Paragraphs of Interest Regard
ing Weiser River Road.
GRADING ACTUALLY BEGUN.
Two Outfits are at Work on Small Sub con
tracts Above Wciser.

N. B Merritt is. down from the
upper country where he has been on
right of way and other railroad mat
ters.
The subsidy raised by Weiser has
been accepted by the railway corpor-
alton, and formally turned over, which
settles the matter of junction
j. Mallory, an old rail roader, who
WAS with Fitzpatrick when the latter
built the Short Line, has been en-
gagged by Mr. Wilkerson.
Carlos Gillespie will leave this
week for Kansas city, where he is
sent to take charge of and bring out
the construction engine.
Right OF way matters from Weiser
to the canyon are being settled as
fast as possible and most OF the OBJ
structions have been compromised
with.
Chief Engineer Moore has taken
formal charge OF the company's
offices and draughting room in Weiser
Engineers Young and Ball, who
have been considerably under the
weather for over a week past, are
able to resume their duties.
Col Moore is drawing yard plans
in order to locate the company office
building, which will go up at once
and will be of two stories, contain
ing presidents office, vice president 8
Office, secretary's office, chief engi-
neer's office, ware room, etc.
The Short Line refused to make a
rate on several car loads OF hay pur-
chased in Utah, and consequently
contractor Wilkerson could not afford
to ship it to Weiser; instead, he pur-
chased 100 tons Mt Ontario for $t
per ton and is having the same bailed
The entertainment given by Kalos
Circle Friday evening was quite I
drawing affair There was presen
about seventy-fve Of Weiser's mos
talented citizens, as was proven h,
the drawing contest during the eve
ming Cards were distributed amont
those present and each one requested
to draw the picture OF some one il
The saw mill on Mann Creek ha
( been purchased and will saw tie
t which will be hauled out to tha track
by wagon, A large new saw mil
has been ordered from Milwaukee
and will he installed in Weser can
( yon, above Council valley where
> will be put at work saving ties whic
l can be taken down the river to an
| point desired.
n Grading has actually begun on th
Z Pacific and Idaho Northern railway
: though not of such nature as to
dignified with the importance to /
: attached TO the first public inaugurf
l ton of construction work in earnes
= Mr. Mcclure, contractor frol
}. Blackfoot, arrived here with sma
outfit OF scrapers and was given
sub-contract for one mile OF grade
d MIR. Nelson, contractor from Utal
e also brought in similar outfit an
n was given contract for two mill
l. of grade. Both have their outfits
1t work grading a short distance up Il
J. river
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

Our state officials have been warned
by eastern goldbugs that the state
bonds should he made payable in
gold coin in order to receive atten-
ton. To this it may be replied that
one of the drawers of the state treas
urer is filed with letters from CAPT
talists wanting Idaho bonds, not
withstanding they are payable in
either gold or silver. The calamity,
anti silver howl of the goldbug press
seems to have but little effect on
eastern investors. Free press.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
Deafness Cannot be Cured.

By local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portions OF the ear.
There is only one way TO cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infiamed condi-
ton of the mucous lining Of the Eusta-
chan tube When this tube is infiamed
YOU have rumblipg sound or imperfect
hearing and when it is entirely closed,
deafness is the result, and unless the in
flamalion can be taken out and this tube
restored 10 its normal condition. hearing
will be destroyed forever; nine cases out
ten are caused by Catarrh which is moth
ing but An infiamed condition OF the mu-
cnus surfaces.
We will give One Huddred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by Catarrh)
That canuot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free
F. J. CHENEY Il Co Toledo, D,
Sold by Druggists, 75c,
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

Little Boy--Mamma, may I give
what's in my savings bank to that beg
gar man?
Mamma-You dear, sweet little
cherub! Do you want TO give away all
of that money your uncle gave you?
There was over dollar.
II spent some OF 1t, mamma"
"Did you? How much is there left ?"
There's twenty-five cent piece
left, but tn candy man said it was
bad."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

Garden seeds, the freshest and
best of all varieties at the Weiser
Pnarmacy.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining uncaled Tor in the
Postoffice at Weiser. Idaho, for the week
ending April, 8, 1909.
Brough A. d. kenzer Z; q.
Buch Mrs. Hattie Howard Miss Irene
Wallow Mrs. j. s.
In calling for the above letters, please
say advertised.
w. W. PRITcHETT. p. NJ.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

The ladies of Weiser have issued n
challenge to the men OF that burg to
cook May day supper They, on
their part, agree to eat it, even if
DYSPEPSIA is the result If Ed Lock
wood, Frank Smith and Frank Hub
bard could lie excused we would be
willing to take chance, not know.
ing but few of the other boys =
Caldwell Record.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

Jack-That little widow kissed me
for half an hour after I proprosed to
her.
The Major (who has been fighting in
Cubu )--Well, now, that is what would
call hot ngagement.-Town Topics.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

yIrANTED-seve Trustworthy Persons In
w this state to manage our 9uinens IN tne ,as,s
W own and nearby counties II Is many 1sn oInce
,vo,lr conducted at home. Salary straight wv
wear and expe xpenses--dennite: bonsnde. no more. no
less salary. Monthly 80 Refereuces; Encios -
seir- addressed stamped envelope, Herbert r,
Wsss, Pssst, Dept N, Chicago. SsS
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
Plain Talk.
Middle Valley,

MIuufe FdIIey, luHHo'
Editor There is lots OF
rail road talk up this way and we
think some have very wrong ideas in
regard to giving or helping to secure
the right OF way. The building of
this road would make permanent
market for all our products, not only
while it is building but for all time
The mines would be worked that are
now idle. towns wonld build MP like
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
A New Departure.

"Julia and | hit it Off beautifully
about the New Year"
"What did you do?"
"She framed al the resolutions she
thought ought to make, and, did the
same thing for her" = Detroit Free
Press.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

"Is she new woman?"
Hardly. should say. In fact,
should judge from the number of cos
metics and things of that description
saw her buy that she is an old WON.
an made over."-Chicago Post.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

Willie-Say, pa, the paper snys the
wedding was very quiet affair; what
does it mean by that?
Pa--1t must refer to the marriage of
deaf and dumb couple, my son.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

Go to W. b. Kurtz at the Weiser
mills for potatoes. Fine seed pota-
toes
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

Sweet clinglng curls that round her fair
brows twine,
Insplrers of hundred tender songs!
Yet who is there with Intuition fine
Has sung their cause.-the useful curhng
tongs?
Brooklyn Life.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

Invest no money in spring hats
until you have investigated the Curl
stock.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

Buy supplies for the busy bee at
G. 7. Williams. Bee supplies Of all
kinds.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
No .A.rt Lost.

Every effort toward reforming
Helps man on to higher ihlrrs:
Bravely. sins intrcnchmcnts storming,
Every fight row courage brings.
Even careless New Ycar'sswearIng
Leaves an impress on his life,
Though no character repairing,
Yet 1t helps him fool his wife.
-ChIca 60 Record
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

You never tire Of smoking the
Supreme Judge.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

Seed wheat at the Welser mills.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1
AN ORDINANCE ANNExINd CERTAIN
CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY TO THE
VILLAGE OF wEIsER

Be it ordained by the Chairman, and
Board Of Trustees Of the Village Of
Hetser.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-04-13

vo mt your sad" before the people of
WWosbbineton county, When you spend
.,onav W ~o You want advertising value.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-27
In Korean schools.

Miss Louise Chase, formerly a public
school teacher in South Dakota. is now
missionary in Korea. In letter to
friends Miss Chase writes:
Little girls are never seen In heather
Korean school. 1t Is only the boys who
are educated. The boys never wash their
hands or faces or have their hair combed
before coming to school each morning. The
boys here never cut their hair until they
are about IS or 20 years old, but wear it
In braid down the back. There are Il
number of Christian schools in Korea
now for girls. We have one in Fusan, of
which Mrs. Irwin has the care. The girls
come to the little church room two even
ings Of each week and study the native
characters and learn to read and white
them, and then have Bible lesson and
commit to memory great many Scrip
tural texts. They study evenings, be-
cause they have to work all day helping
their mothers"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-27

Corkroaches furnish excellent sport
when raced. AT least one man in New
York makes n business of the pastime,
and those who have attended his exhibit
tons in long room on the top floor of
an east side building care no more for
poker or horse racing. roulette or faro
bank Two tin troughs, with vertical
sides 80 feet long. constitute the course.
The roaches-usually large Croton bugs
being started at one end, sprint to the
other, the one arriving first capturing the
stakes and his hackers all the money. 1t
is no remarkable circumstance for 81 900
to change hands in an hour
Men have trained reaches which they
enter against all corners. One is named
Longstreet, and he is a whopper, about
three inches long. | believe he holds all
records and needs to be heavily handi-
capped now. When he gets under way.
he touches the ground only in the high
places. The handicapping is done by
sprinkling fine sand in the trough the
deeper the sand the more difficult the
progress. Any number Of troughs and
racers may be arranged, but it is difficult
for the eye to keep track OF more than
two thorough breis at time.-New York
Press.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-27
PRESENr-DAY THOUGHTS.
BY q. dRosvESoR DAVE.

\ Glance Northward.- Cartoonists occa-
-oually picture Miss Canada as being
very cold and forlorn, and as knocking at
the door OF Uncle Sans domain for
admission. 1t makes quite pretty pic
ture and tends to increase our self-satis-
faction at the idea that we can extend
comfort to the lady with the frosty nose
and the toboggan blanket.
Certain OF our orators also indulge in
declarations that sound very we'll and
read very well aoeut the arms OF Uncle
sam being wide open to welcome Canada
They even 90 80 lar as to say, not only
that Canada is welcome or that Canada
desires to come in, but that Canada in the
course OF time must come in.
Miss Canada instead of being puny, cold
and miserab BILE is a buXom, self governing
and self maintaining lady, who owns
nearly half million square miles more,
exclusive OF Alaska than her southern
would be protector. We will grant that
some OF it islcold and unproductive on the
extreme northern border and the eastern
border, but il We throw aside the geogrd-
pines Oh twenty -INt Ntdl' a5C ~ ''A'A ~
necessary To coucede that the map Of
Canada has been remaking just as extern
siyely as the map OF Africa.
The northwestern territory of Canada,
for instance, instead OF being barren
stretch OF land is productive in the eX-
IRENE and IS capable OF providing food
stuffs for fifty millions OF people. The
hoo
New brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Is
acre for acre as suitable for maintaining a
population as is the land in any other
portion of the temperate zones.
Enormous possibilities are before british
Columbia because of its agriculture, It's
fruit growing and its timber. So far,
therefore, as keeping the wolf from the
door is concerned, Miss Canada needs
little OF our sympathy and certainly, does
not ask for it. But it may truly be sald
that neither man nor woman nor nation
lives by bread alone, and modern clylliza-
ton creates so many necessities in the way
of manufactured goods that purely
agricultural country will grayitate
towards manufacturing country IN order
to exchange products.
1t is at this point that the eartoonists
and the orators are a little apt to sho"
that they are speaking and thinking OF
Miss Canada as she was fifteen or twenty
years ago. She is learning very rapidly
to manufacture what she needs, and thus
to be largely independent. In 1868 hel
imports were 100000 more than hel
exports; even as late as 1883 the balance
was still against her, but in 1913 she eA
ported Us, 900 more OF goods than sh'
imported.
Whatever feature of her life we look a.
We shall find similar evidence OF increase
in strength. The tonnage of her shipping
has doubled in thirty years and increased
per cent. in four years. In thirty year
her railroad mileage has increased IRON
2,27S to 16,718 miles and the tonnag'
carried in 1898 was nearly 5000, ooo tons
one-third more than in 1895. Life 1nsur