The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-30
"A LITTLE PLACE CALLED WEISER"
HOW COLONEL HART ENTERTAINED STRANGER


Hulhptei oSCtlob, uu0 SOho'Nci ~ '
rather remarkable country, just the
same"
.'How long is the road, asked the
deeply (aud rapidly getting deeper)
interested stranger.
"Not less than hundred miles at
present"
"What resources does it reach?"
s'Extensive copper mines, large
timber bottles, stock growing and
various industries.
"S1y dear sir, really, you astonish
mel If what you say is true-and
am more struck with your modest re-
captulalion Of what you term 'a lit
tie place called Weiser' than ! WAS
with what we heard back yonder-
how could you remain so complacent
in the presence Of our Sumpter
friends?"
rOh, " laughed the colonel "Wei-
ser S advantages speak for themselves,
and cannot be destroyed by the fact of
anyother worthy locality coming to the
front Let them all have their say,
there's room for all the deserving in
this great Northwest.
"What is land worth around Weis-
err" asked the gentlemen, III n
thoughtful tone of voice.
"Oh, from $50 to $3.50 an acre
anywhere near town, that is on the
, Weiser side of the Snake, but on the
e other side of the river there's II piece
: of bench land called Dead Ok Flat--
4 which ! assure you is far more
S worthy than Its name indicates
: where one could get fine land for 50
|, to SO per acre-no water yet, but
" there is no insurmountable obstacles
l. in the way of getting it, and as GER
W tainly as capital once sees into the fu-
Y ture and grasps the situation, the wa
J. ter will bc forthcoming, and have
II lingering suspicion that it will not b'
r long
er Resources of your place caflec
N Weiser must be considerable, and 1T
it future pretty certain, il those prices
m can be maintained. Is it good soil?
al The colonel pointed out OF the WIN
dow, as the train was just the
n rounding The last point out of tn
canyon, ready to take the ten mil
en- air line run up through the valley
and good glimpse of the broad an
r. lovely vale could be had out of th
MS car. "You can see for yourself
10 Weiser land never looked MOI
for lovely. The trees yet bore an Oct'
un Der ereenery equal to August, an
?" the slanting rays of the low wester
sun lit up The whole luxuriant an
l." picturesque expanse of orchard ar
led meadow, and brought it to The vlslc
in as much distinction rs if see
,he through a magnifying glass.
n. . Mr. Stranger gazed in admlratlo
ith which filed the colonel with plea
sas urable satisfaction over the demu
in manner in which he had prepared b
ker companion for the surprise.
use eIs that the town up there aero
the the valley-and mills tool H'
np- many mills are there?'
an The colonel looked out and W
himself astonshed at the way
out Weser Flouring Mill was maxi
With smoke. Kurtz never made so mu
rain smoke before. The stack fail
lere trembled with the thick burden
the blackness which it belched forth, a
ers. such clouds of steam spread
above the town could only have be
tell gotten up especially for the occas''
his The mill certainly understood
wing whole situation, and was standing
cant with all its might. And even
colonel lost control of himself
raw throwing aside his regular conse
Col atism, and launching into the field
untruth so foreign to him, he br
Mt OUT
the s.Oa. half dozen, / guessW !
then things began TO multiply rap
in Strangers attention. ''What
fal. CANT orchards" ga lovely val
here surep "Such beautiful rive
grandw "And good hands'
s. it looking and growing town, too,
the train approached the whist
and post. "Why, | tell you, sir, TINS
the an ideal location for a city, yes
( of city in due time.
Again he grew ruminatlve 10
moment as the engineer began to
90 A ready to jerk the whistle. ''S9I
n he, $3.50" under his breath. i
paid turning 10 Tue coionH, " n
akino uDead Ok Flat?'
At is "Yes, point it out to me.
, tbe uThaCs il across yonder.
nnter 'Isooks like good body of
. pay Do you suppose could get a t
and acres over there2"
little "You can get 5000 if you
that much.
mild Mr.. Hart cannot remember all
was said amid the rush and bust
- the trains approach and halt at
station, except that as his CON
ion stood on top of the car s;ep'
road the colonel stood at the bottom
nt?" sing ''good bye" the man &c
- off was asked by the man stayin
ne. 1t what special occasion brought
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