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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-01-11

Special sale on hot water bottles at
Farmers Drug Store.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-01-11
Special Announcement
According to regular custom
Sixteenth Annual Clearance Sale
Commences Wednesday, January
and Continues for Thirty DAYS
According to our regular custom our

During this time offer entire stock of best mer
chandse radical reductions from regular selling prices only
excepting few unmportant items the prices Of which
controlled by the manufacturers We have surpassed every
previous effort and every past sale has been exceed to make
this event the climax of long record of honorable
chandsng At this of the year there many lines
which will be closed out owing to the great reductions
selling prices We would therefore ask friends to call
early and get the choice pckings Wishing you and all
happy and prosperous New Year | remain,
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-01-11
RORN
MARRIED.

Clear creek, January 4, to Mr.. ant
Mrs. John Savior, a son.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-01-11
DIED
The Twentieth Century.

Palouse, January 5, Mrs. Otto Slaght.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-01-11

81. W. GoFF writes reliable INSURANCE.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25

The summer glrl likes our ice
cream and cold drinks. Have you
a summer girl? OF counsel Then
do the right thing. Don your bes,
suit and invite her to accompany
you to the Candy Kitchen. She will
like you for it, and there is nothing
like being liked by summer girl,
unless it is our delicious ice cream.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25
TRIES TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
Mrs. j. G. Lee Attempts Suicide by
rs Swallowing Chlor0fOrm,

Quite sensation was caused this
forenoon by the attempted suicide Of
Mrs. j. G. Lee, the wife of an Ore
gon Short Line operator. The lady,
in fit of dependency over domestic
trouble, swallowed about half
ounce Of chloroform at $50 o'clock.
DR.. Waterhouse was called and by
vigorous work saved her life.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25
Hard to Get.

Since the Jap section hands quit
last week, Foreman Behrens has en-
deavored to fill their places with
white men, but it is a hard task
The wages paid is 81. 45 a day. There
is no section house here, hence it is
difficult to get men for the work, as
board is so high. In the winter
when work is scarce plenty of mer
are anxious for the job, bat most OF
them now are looking for something
better.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25

Mr.. j. HI. Theilman, of Morris,
Mimi, made this section visit this
week to find suitable place to make
a home. After being shown the
valley by our enterprising real estate
man, G. S. Fosselman, he expressed
himself as we'll satisfied with the
country, crops, climate and favor
able conditions, and has returned to
Minnesota to dispose of his holdings
there, and will locate near Weiser.
Mr.. Theilman's family, his brother
and brothers family will be with
him when he returns to Weiser.
Chris Hildanbrand, one of the
pioneers of Seven Devils, and who
discovered the Hildanbrand district
arrived in Weiser last Thursday from
Danville, Iowa, where he has spen,
the last three years. Chris left Mrs
II. at home to look after the farm
They rent out the most of it, but re
tain the large apple orchard, thu
product of which brings them 81
cents to 81 90 per bushel. Mr.
Hildanbrand says it is relief 10 es
cape the suffocating heat of Iowa
He left for his mines last Saturday
and will spend two months Their
doing assessment work and improv
ing
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25

c. +. Drake attended the mining
congress at Boise this week.
9. B. Owen, who has been In
charge of the business department at
the Academy, left yesterday for the
east, and will perhaps locate some
where in Illinois.
Norval Gorrie and family and
Mrs. Ashley started for the Mead
ows today. They will remain a
month at that popular resort.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25
What May Happen.

Almost every night for the past
week the cry of a cougar has been
heard coming from the brush along
the bank of Snake river, on the
Idaho side, about two miles out 1t
is thought to be this side of the Mary
att place. When this item reaches
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25

A pad complexion generally results
from inactive liver and bowels. In
all such cases, DeWitts Little Early
Risers produce gratifying results. =
DAVIS DRUG Co.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25

Morgan Jones, of the Meadows, was
transacting business in town this
week.
Thos E. Kelly has been in Boise
this week circulating among the
mining msgnates.
Mrs. Myrta Gainforth, Billings,
Mont, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Judge Rhea.
In one of our local bicycle repair
shops we noticed thirty-six wheels
one day this week. Most of them
were laid up for repairs
Mr.. j. j. Walliston arrived this
week from the east and has gone to
Heath to visit his brother, who is
superintendent for the Heath Min
ing Co.
Sheriff Gray went to Walla Walla
last week and brought back John
Balton and Harry Reece, charged
with committing grand larceny at
Meadows
There are two ornamental plants
at the Candy Kitchen that delight
the eyes Of lovers of such things.
One is feather fern and the other
an asparagus fern.
The friends of Sam Teed here will
regret to learn that he died at Hepp-
ner last winter. For some time
Mr. Teed managed the Weiser Re-
cord and was well liked by every
one.
Sheriff Gray went to Meadows
last week on business connected with
"bunch' Of cattle about which Dan
Cotter and Mr.. White of the Bay
City Mining Company hold a diff
: ference of opinion.
Chief of Police Rhea rounded up
D three head of horses Tuesday morn
ing and placed them in the pound,
They belonged to local parties.
Vigorous measures are necessary if
t loose stock is to be kept out of the
v city, where they can do so much
damage
e Idaho ranchers have felt rather
stuck-up because they have beer
o free from so many of the pests an6
drawbacks which beset the eastern
farmer, but from the complaints
., coming in from all parts of the state
l. it looks as though jackrabbits viii
!, equal in destructiveness the famou:
Kansas grasshoppers, if they are al
lowed to keep on multiplying.
) The town of Meadows is doing .
fair business and tourists and mining
men are coming and going with thu
usual regularity. Mrs. Goodman
> hotel is generally filed and tn
merchants, John Mcmahon ant
Keizur & Mitchell, are handling con
N siderable quantities Of goods. Johl
= Lyons has large stock in his hard
% ware store and is enjoying goo
l. trade.
- The price of western horses vii
10 be affected by the fact that man
III sections of the middle west hav
practically lost their crops becaus
We of the intense heat and continue
M drouth. These furnished the bes
Is market for horses. Now, instead {
bit buying, the farmers there are dis
" posing of their live stock at any 6s
o ure to keep them from dying {
re of starvation.
AMpJrr AnND uIS I'M.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25
No Diaper Pins Here.

Ring up No. 16 when you want
job work and and man will be sent
around The SIGNAL is not selling
hardware, baseball bats and diaper
pins in competition with Weiser
business houses from whom it re-
ceives its patronage.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25

sick list lately.
Lot Feltham is attending the min
ing congress at Boise.
j. M. Canary and wife are plan
ming a trip to the Meadows soon.
County Attorney Lovejoy is IN
Boise attending the Mining Congress
Mrs. Lapish, mother of J. W.
left Saturday for her home in Salt
Lake.
Mrs. A. Hermany left Saturday
for Portland to spend from three to
six weeks.
Ed. Gage, the well-known sheep !
man of Pollock, visited our city the
first of the week.
Mr.. A. Sears is up at Cuddy
mountain, visiting with his sops
John and Robert
Morris Sommer and family have
been at Baker City and Union this
week visiting relatives.
Brakeman Jas. Campbell has gone
to the Little Camas Prairie to look
after his land there. Frank Gribben
is working in his place.
Quite a demand for all kinds of
building material has resulted from
the building of he new smelter, and
our local dealers supply much of it.
Archdeacon Jennings and wife
spent Sunday at Weiser, the guests
of DR. Shirley Rev. Jennings
preached at St. Lukes Chapel Sun
day morning.
The Weiser Hotel received car
load of cordwood from Goodrich
creek Monday-the first that we
have noticed for some time 1t con-
tanned seventeen cords.
Machinery for E. D. Fords mines
at Black Lake is arriving and being
forwarded north. Ford has force
of men opening the road and will be
able to take it in about week from
now.
Frank j French and Mrs. French
are in the city, having just returned
from trip to the Buffalo exhibition.
Mr. French is highly pleased with
the work being done on the Blue
Jacket mine, and will probably visit
the Seven Devils in few days.
Geo. Falligan of Spokane has jus'
purchased through G. S. Fosselmar
the 2OO-ace farm of Harry Mitchell
at the mouth of Mann creek Mr.
Falligan is man of capital and viii
be a good addition to the commun
ity. He will move his family her,
at once and begin Improvement
that will make his place one of tn,
very best in the state.
On Saturday evening July 20
D.DG.M, Frank W. Mitchell in
stalled the following officers TO
Weiser Lodge No. II, l. o. o. F..
Thos. E Kelley, NG.; Will
loughby Adams, V.G.; q. M. Han
vey, Secretary; A. G. Cordelle
Treas. L. j. Burns, R. SING; j
M. Snider, War. j. B. Ceakley
Con. j. H. Bruce, l. G.. j. K. u
ley, R S. VIC. Harry Phillips, L. s.
V. G.
H. E. White of Lincoln, Neb
accompanied by his two sons, hav
been here recently looking up loo,
ton. They have taken governmeI
land on the bench across Snake riv,
and will raise grain and cattle. The
had samples of ''dry farmed'' whe,
uct These gentlemen know GOO
thing when they see it and have 8
cured this land while 1t could be o.
tanned without cost except the e:
pense of filing on it. There a
thousands of acres still to be taxi
and at the rate people are coming
it will be but a short time until Il
rolling prairie for miles beyond W
be one continuous grain field.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25
AMPUTATED HIS LEG.
Young Man Who Was Shot During
Tramps' Melee Loses Leg

Several weeks ago the Signal gave
an account of a row among some
tramps at the railroad yards, in
which one of them receiced revolver
shot in his right leg. The wound
was bad one, and as the victim was
threatened with septic poison an
operation became necessary. Dr.
Waterhouse made the amputation
Tuesday afternoon, and though the
patient was in bad condition
physically the prospect for his
recovery is bright The leg was
taken of short distance below the
hip. The young mans name is
Clutter, aud he is about "a years of
age. He is son of Mrs. A. A.
Swank of Anoka, MIMI who has
been notified of his condition. He
is being cared for by the county al
Richardson's lodging house.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25

Ed. Fletcher, of Middle Valley,
called at the Signal Office last Mon
day.
E. A. VanSicklin shipped 4, 900
head of sheep from Cambridge this
week.
Conductor Wylie, of the P. 4 l.
N. Ry., has been nursing badly
mashed thumb.
Geo. Pence returned last Saturday
from Iowa, where he went with a
carload of horses
Gilbert Kimball spent two or three
weeks in Boise lately, visiting his
young friends there.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred II.
Merritt of Tacoma on the 10Th inst,
girl. Mother and baby doing
nicely.
Xena Rigden left Monday for her
home at the Meadows. Reno Mum
bers accompanied her to spend the
summer.
Surveyor Utter, with Chas. Luck
and Roy Suite life as assistants, j.
at the terminus of the Galloway
ditch surveying for an extension and
enlargement.
Mr. G. l.. Siprell, the sage Of
Hit mountain, was in on his biweek
ly trip the other day. He is steadily
developing the Homestake and says
everything is encouraging.
The rector will preach twice at St.
Luke's Episcopal church next Sun
day; in the morning on ''Saint
James, the Apostle" in the evening
on 1.-The Syro- Phenician Woman. u
| G. o. Thomas, who has recently
secured APO acres on the bench
across Snake river, has decided tc
dry farm it until some plan for irri
cation is devised
Frank r. Gooding, of Shoshone
bought six carloads of sheep of Scot
Brundage last week, and Saturday
they came down on the P. & |. N.
en- route for Chicago. They wer'
mostly lambs.
l. L. Daus, who sold his sod
water factory to Willngham & Grit
fifth some time ago, has decided tC
8 engage in that business at Bake
5 City. He is having factory bull
there, and we will wager that it will
be modern in every respect.
N. f. Kimball bought the liver,
: and feed business of H. G. Weave
lately, and Is conducting it in con
necton with his other business. MI
Weaver left here with his belonging
a week ago Saturday. His destina
ton is unknown.
4. d. Ford came down from Blac
Lake Saturday accompanied by j
W. Faris, the engineer, who ha
been doing some work for Mr.. Fore
Il. D. states that the road bs
: been opened and a large part of til
Cyanide plant is now on WACO
= wheels going in from Council.
it The biggest lot of beer bottles "
ever saw in a bunch came in frol
:. Burns Monday. There were "a
dozens of them, and they brougt
, 20 cents dozen at the Weiser Cit
Soda Works. By the way, the pr
:, prietors of that establishment a
doing a fine business, shipping r
70 gularly to Vale, Huntington, Ontar
70 and other neighboring towns, besit
- big local trade
Mr.. j. HI. Theilman, of Morri
n Mimi, made this section visit til
n week to find suitable place to ma,
ar a home. After being shown t
valley by our enterprising real esta
II man, G. s. Fosselman, he express
- himself as we'll satisfied with I
10 country, crops, climate and fave
T able conditions, and has returned
. Minnesota to dispose of his hodin
II. there, and will locate near Weis,
, Mr.. Theilman's family, his brotf
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25

Korup is equipped to supply his
trade with the best of meats. Tel.
No. 5.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25

the eyes of the many mighty hunt
ers living in Weiser we expect to see
a sudden stampede in that direction,
and when they return the cougars
scalp will be dangling from one Of
their belts However, something
else may happen.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25

Dr.. Hobbs sparagus Pills cure all kidney Ills. Sam
pie free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago n Y
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-07-25
ADVERTISING RATES:

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insertion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-09
The STRENGTH of ice.

Two-inch ice will sustain a man OF
properly spaced infantry; four-inch ice
will carry a man on horseback, or cav.
airy, or light guns; six-inch ice, heavy
field guns, such as eighty FOUNDERS;
eight-inch ice, battery of artillery
with carriages and horses, but not over
1000 pounds per square foot on sledges:
and ten-inch ice sustains an army or an
inurnerable multitude. On fifteen-inch
ice, a railway could be built, and two
foot thick ice will withstand the impact
OF a loaded railway carriage, after a
a sixty-foot fall Tor, perhaps 1,5OO foot
tons). Trautwine gives the crushing
strength of firm ice as 167 to 25O pounds
per square inch.
Colonel Ludlow, in his experiments in
1881, on six to twelve-inch cubes, found
292 to SS9 pounds for pure hard ice, and
222 to 800 pounds for inferior grades,
and on an American river 700 pounds
for clear ice and 400 pounds or less for
the ice near the mouth, where 1t is
more or less disintegrated by the action
of salt water, etc. Experiments of
Gzowski gave POS pounds; those of
others, 80 to 800 pounds The tensile
strength was found by German expert
ments to be 142 to 223 pounds per
square inch. The average specific gra-
yity of ice is O92. In freezing. water
increases in volume from 1-9 to 1-1S. or
an average of Ill; when floating, 11-12
is immersed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-09
Insects in Stored Grain.

Every year after harvest comes the
time of trouble with insects in stored
grain. Concerning these pests, which
work in the grain bin and often do
great damage before they are discover
ed, Rural New Yorker advises thus:
All grain bins should of course be thor
oughly cleaned before the new grain is
put in. If the weevils appear, there
are two ways of killing them. Raising
the temperature to 40 degrees will de-
stroy them, but that is hardly prac-
tfcable in most granaries. The most
effective remedy is found in bisulphide
of carbon. This is a powerful poison.
1t is quite inflammable and must not
be used near an open fire. When put
at the top Of the bin it volatilizes, and
the gas, being heavier than air, sinks
through the whole mass of grain with
out injuring it. The usual application
is about pound and a half of bisul-
phide to ton Of grain in tight bin.
More should be used when the bins are
open. The bisu1phide may be put in
shallow pans or saucers, and thus
scattered over the surface of the bin.
Then close the top and throw a bIan-
ket over to exclude the air, leaving it
alone for twenty-four hours.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-09
Too Smart an Uncle.

To measure all things by the little
yardstick of our own experience is a
most unsympathetic and sometimes un.
kind method. Forward tells of small
boy who pronounced judgment upon
this popularity of his elders.
Il caught him all myself mother, l
did," he cried. "a big fellow, so longw
The eager little hands measured an
uncertain length, that might have be-
longed to anything from a minnow to
a good-sized trout, and then the boy
trotted away to recount his exploit to a
neighbor. He came back very quietly.
What did Uncle Gray say?" the
mother asked.
ooh, he said he'd caught lots biggen'n
that. l guess everything was bigger
when he was boy, but l wish he
didn't always member it. When l
show him my long lessons, he says he
used to have longer ones, and when
do lots of work, he tells me how he did
more when he was like me: I wish,'
said Davy, refectively, "he'd left few
big things for me to have all to myself,
cause, you see, l didn't live when he
was a boyr'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-09
Farm Separators,

Butter-makers kick on farm separa-
tors, says the Northwest Farmer. Some
of the butter-makers are making a live
ly kick against the Introduction of the
farm separator. They might as well
kick against a stone wall, for kicking
will not stop it's coming. There is only
one thing that will check its rapid in
PRODUCTION, and that is better skimmilk
from the creamery. Farmers are get
ting more and more determined TO
raise good calves, and they propose to
do this with separator skimmilk. If
the butter-makers don't clean I'D their
pumps, pipes and tanks and give the
skimmilk thorough pasteurizing. the
farmer Is certain to lend an attentive
ear to the farm separator agent, a sep
arator will be installed on trial. and
you can count on its staying. 1t will
then be too late to protest, for after
farmer pays 500 for separator he is
quite apt to find a factory that will
take his cream. Dairymen of expert
ence have found that the best of calves
can be raised on good separator milk,
and every intelligent butter-maker
knows how to return it in good condi-
ton
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-09
the window. so at" would be delayed


for an hour.
Perhaps he wouldn't ask her tonight.
1t might be too soon; he would see how
she received him. There was no hurry;
she wouldn't be going West again soon.
He had never asked for her alone be-
FORE. What would she think? There
was only one interpretation-that he
wanted to see her alone. Well, SO he
did, and he would ask her to-day
He walked restlessly up and down
the little reception room, coming the
speech till a rustic of skirts made him
stop abruptly in the middle of the
room, with his eyes fixed on the door.
1t opened in an instant, and a dainty
little maid stood framed in the door,
way. Her brown eyes met Toms
bravely and happily, and before he
knew what he was doing he had open
ed his arms and she had come straight
to him.
Hello, dear" she whispered, laugh
ing saucily. SIS that all the love-mak-
ing you know? Just one word-dear
And you never wrote even that one all
these months. How do you expect
girl to know you love her when you act
so? I shouldn't have if hadn't read
all Dicks letters. Dear old Dick! He
told me all you had said about me, and
of course knew {
An hour later Tom was sitting on the
divan holding Marguerite's hand. Dick
sat on the other side, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Upton had chairs drawn near, and all
formed happy family group, but not
one word had Tom uttered of his pro-
posal.-Utica Globe.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-09


Some one has said that the weeder
was an excellent tool to use when there
were no weeds to kill. If so, it is just
what every farmer needs. There is no
time when the crop is so much bene-
nted by stirring Of the soil as when
there are no weeds in the field, and no
time when so many weeds can be kill
ed with so little labor as when the
weeds are scarcely visible to the eye,
and if they will go over fifteen to twen-
ty acres In day, one can afford to use
1t several times, instead of going once
When there were so many weeds that
an acre would require days work to
destroy the weeds. An old farmer used
TO say that field which was so weedy
as to very much need hoeing was not
worth hoeing. But destroying weeds is
not the whole work of the weeder. To
break up and pulverize the crust after
a rain that it may be more absorbent
of the dews and rainfall, and the nitro
gen that is in the atmosphere; to make
an earth mulch which will absorb the
heat of the sun and attract moisture
from below, are as important as to de-
stroy weeds and weed seeds that are
ready to germinate, and ON large farms
this implement will save many a hard
days work with horse, hoe and hand
hoe.-Massachusetts Ploughman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-09
Growing Potatoes.


An exchange tells the story of farm
er who had been in the habit of grow
ing potatoes each year, and usually
raised fifty to sixty bushels per acre.
Last year he gave the use of an acre
of ground to his 12-year-old son, to see
what he could do with ia. The boy
read up a little on the potato crop,
bought good seed and gave the field
good care, and harvested 225 bushels to
the acre, or about four times as much
as the fathers usual crop. The story
Is good enough to be true, even if it is
not, but as name and location is not
given, it may be little doubtful Yet
we think boy or man following this
plan could get better crops than come
from the too often careless method of
taking anything for seed, and then neg
lecting the proper cultivation.-Ex-
change