The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-30
WATER AND LIGHT.
Board Of Trade Considers Suggestions
Regarding These Necessities.

Board OF trade COnSiucfS Suggestions
Regarding These Necessities.
The Weiser Board Of Trade held
| its,regular meeting Thursday and
accepted the report Of the banquet
committee and ordered Il warrant
tlrawn to cover expenses of the affair.
After transacting some minor bus
mess the Board listened to the prop
osition of Mr. r. Cannon, represent
ing the North West Electric Engi-
neering Co. who was DESTROYS of
acting with the people Of Weiser to
the end of putting in water works
and a power and light plant Ma
Cannon stated that his company
would put one in if given franchise
and the ground for the plant. He
also stated that his company would
be glad to become Il stakeholder in Il
local company if the citizens of the
town cared to be financially interested
in the enterprise. Ii would be nee
essary he said to subscribe locally
. iOI SlJ. WV W POJ, OOu WI lh' VI
about, forty per cent, of the capital
stock, his company taking the bal
lance. The intention was to develop
the Barton springs if Investigation
proved sufficient water there to sup
ply town of Is, 600 people; if they
proved inadequate, a pumping plant
would he installed and water taker
from Snake river Bntterfield,
S Kiroball, Fosselman, Numbers, Lock
wood and Fuller were appointed tC
ascertain the disposition Of local par
ties towards taking stock.
r Found, bunch Of keys. Call a
i the SIGNAL Office
n Work of grading the streets goe
! on and the appearance of. Weiser i
rapidly changing.
e The Lewiston Daily Patriot is OF
our table. 1t is neat sheet ant
e gives evidence of prosperity. Geo
9. Leland is manager.
: Weiser is still on the grow and he
q momentum is increasing at an amaz
: ing rate. Is she to he the Butte O
u Idaho? 1t looks that way now.
u Al Hopkins is fixing up the roor
u just vacated by a. g. Cordelle. \
has leased the building for five year
= to Chinese restaurant keeper.
Mr.. Z. B. Shaw of of Middle va
is ley, was in Weiser attending the sal
% of state school lands. He made
re purchase of 10 acres.
~ ~ H. c. Newman has gone to Salmo
err river for the winter He promises
ic keep the SIGNAL informed on the re
is sources of that great section.
re, The Hubbard Drug company is no
doing business in its. new store, ha
~ ing got enlightened out. The ne
ad stone is very handsome and neat.
M nj J. Padget and J. +. Anderson W
commence a religious discussion,
previously announced, at the ope
house tomorrow Nriday) evenin
~ The debate will continue eight co
,,o secutive evenings.
A copy of Vol. l, No. II, of t
ed La Grande Journal is on our tab
is 1t is a very creditable newspaper al
az. we Judge from the advertising c.
umns that. the editor is on the hig
wov of ,srosneritv
ate -
of Eugene Merritt is down from Ca
nd bridge and states that everythi
90 looks bright for the new railSy
town. A Salt Lake firm has CO
tracted for the erection of Il lal
the store building and others are in p
eek gress. as already mentioned in
SIGNAL. Twenty cars of luml
would be called for there at once
the trains could take it in.
Mr.. A. d. Smith, of the Amerc
Type Founders Company of Pc
land. was in Weiser this week p
f 2 ting in the SINNAL's new press.
A Smith brought his camera along,
JcDuluS w O'hc o''"S S'O" P'S
in the vicinity of Weiser. Being !
- informed on the soft Italian eli
of Weiser land, Mr.. Smiths error
ease excusable, and it is needless to
that he was disappointed in that
H. pect.
ues Il. W. Jenkins, one of the firm
Corbett, g. Dlacleay Co, of Portla
one of the largest tea and co
Sc houses in the northwest, paid
ion. CITY visit last week, and to a
NAL reporter he expressed himself
:. being very much surprised at
great change that had taken plac
,en's Weiser since his last visit here.
said lie found Weiser merchants g