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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13
A NOTE OF ALARM.

BOISE is now the largest and most i'm
portant town in the state The question
TO be decided soon is, will it remain so or
VIII every opportunity to make secure
us present enviable position be neglected
or thrust asideY Idaho is developing
rapidly and increasing in business and
population at The rate probably exceed.
ing any stale in the union. The great
city between Portland and Salt Lake is
yet to be built Wilt be Boise or some
ambitiuos rival? ~
Living on Short Line side-track will
cease to be even AS desirable as it is now
as other Southern idaho towns become
railroad centers aud invade the territory
that has hitherto supported this civ with
us trade. These are things worth think
ng about while this Midland railway
is under consideration. Il X |
Other South Idaho towns are becoming
unctions OF railroads branching out from !
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13

There is some talk among republican
politicians of changes being made
in other states in the office of survey.
or general, but it seems to be the
concensus of opinion that there will
be no change in Idaho. From cor
|respondence with a particular friend
in that department at Boise the
SIGNAL has information of the ef-
ficiency Of the department which in
dictates that for accuracy and exact
ness the Boise office practically heads
all Of the So offices in the United
States, ''and', writes our friend, 'swe
are doing all in our power to maintain
this record. " The reasons for the
general belief that there will be no
change in Idaho are thus succincllv
stated by the HALEY Times.
Mineral claimants. their attorneys. and
newspaper publishers have more TO do
with the surveyor generals office than
any other class of citizens If the sur
veyor general is honest and competent.
the business of his Office is kept up to
date, and all plat and field notes sent to
him are returned promptly with his APP
prevail, and there are no errors-intenl-
ional or other-in the field notes This
Is OF much grenter consequence than
would appear to the uniformed since a
Change of one figure in the hundreds
That are in the field notes might lose the
claimant the most valuable of his prop
erty.
So is promptness in the surveyor
Office very desirable When
man starts in 30 patent his claim it is be-
cause he needs that patent Possibly to
sell his claim. If he can gel his patent
soon enough he Sells otherwise, the sale
is apt 10 be missed.
We have known patents to be put
through in 100 days, while some did not
get through for 10 years from the date of
Ihe original application to the surveyor
general. In the latter case the claimant
Or his attorney was to blame, as well as
The surveyor general, but the matter
1870 nave OtNu SiOSttl III lnllCn less Ilne |
lad the surveyor generals Office attended |
% It's business as 1t should
Since Mr. Perrault has been in office we
AVE not heard of II single complaint from
'lther claimant, an attorney or news
,aper publisher. The work has been
lone satisfactorily and promptly. and
lot an error has been charged to the
'fhce that we know Of
Ex-Governor Burke. inspector of land
fhces, who was here few weeks ago.
ola tins reporter that the office of the
general of Idaho was the best
onducted of any that he had inspected.
This beng the case, would it not be n
istake to remove the present surveyor
eneral?
Mr. Eagleson may be equally AS honor
Die and competent as Mr. Perrault He
an hardly be more so; and he can GER
AMY not be as familiar with the details
1 the work as the present incum bent.
nee ne lacks his experience in the Office.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13

The painful news comes that Charlie
Towne, he of the stentoran roar apaius,
the odious trust, has become the manager
OF a two-million dollar consolidated oil
company. Thus does the hateful octopus
strike IN its tentacles and drag from the
altar OF the People the very elect. Salt
Lake Tribune
Is 1t any more painful than the
case of the Tribune, which foy wears
denounced the gold standard about
800 times year, and which is now
laying awake nights manufacturing
praises for the most vicious leaders
OF all the gold standard crowd, while
1t avoids all such topics AS the pro-
posed coinage in the Philippines, a
la England in India, as studiouslv
as the devil would shun the Pope's
sanctum. The Tribune is now bored
to death at the mention of silver.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13
THE WEISER SIGNAL
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
r. Il. LOCKWOOD.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1901

The milliners Of Weiser have
asked the city council to place q IL
cence upon travelling milliners. That
appears a perfectly sensible PROPOSE
ton. The licence is simply tax
upon transient vendors who escape
taxation otherwise, and who come
into competition with the perman-
emily located tax payer. Merchants
and dealers have this protection
against peddlers and hawkers, and
why should not resident milIiners
enjoy the same benefit?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13

such questions, a peculiar smile
invariably fits over the features of
the questloner 1t will be well for
Weiser to consider carefully before
control of this valuable adjunct to
future metropolitan prestige is aban-
doned If it is not possible for the
city at present to secure sufficient
funds TO install water mains and the
canyon power plant at The same time,
why not fall back to the original and
cheaper proposition of steam power
to pump into stand pipe or reser-
voir and mains. We have sufficient
means to put in the water plant by
using steam power for pumping, in
stead of developing the river power.
We can take steps to hold rights for
the city in the canyon and then IN
two or three years we will DE able to
raise additional funds to put in the
power plant, and it will be necessary
only to sell the boiler and engine, if,
indeed, it is no longer useful to us,
and attach the electric current to the
pumps There will be nothing to
throw away Simply start at this
end first instead of the canyon end
and we will be able to accomplish
I'll we desire.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13

conception of their state. This is
sure to give, through them, its impress
on the outside world. 1t is good for
the business leaders of the state to
visit one another and thus feel more
closely drawn together and to thus
learn that the interests of all Idaho
communities are identical and cannot
conflict with each other. Such visits
back and forth would abolish petty
jealouses and this is state in which
there is no room for knockers and
the only contention should be the
friendly one of who can best work
and best agree in the advancement
of the state. Build each one his
own locality first and his neighbours
next. Let none seek 10 hold a neigh
boring community down, but simply
try to excel it in progress
In smaller way, too, it would
also be good for Weiser business
men to often visit in a body those of
our own sections which are naturally
tributary to Weiser. Close acquaint
ance with the many progressive com
munities which cluster around Weiser
cannot possibly injure our future as
4 commercial center.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13

There is very concerted line of
matter going through the favorable
press insbehalf of a third term for
President Mckinley. There is also
a coordinate agitation to increase
the presidential term to six or even
eight years. OF course there is no
such thing as Imperialism lurking
about anywhere in this country. but
inasmuch as the country is exuviat,
ing, and traditional policies, that
have been handed down from the he
ginning, are being smashed beneath
the roll of the mercenary age, while
an alleged intelligent people are
wheedled into indifference. the
smashers are encouraged to run the
whole gamut. At some stages bad
policies can be defeated at later
stages they may by great exertion.t
'e pried up with a crow bar, at stiiI
ater periods they take root SAD III /,
ONE cinch.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13
GRATIFYING,

1t was most excellent thing. that
excursion last Sunday. 1t is good
for all concerned. Our visitors were
OF the men who make the state who
influence its policies, who build no
It's commerce and who come in con-
tact with tue keen men of the outside
world as representatives of that tyne
OF citizens of state from whom the
outside world judges and receives
Impressions of the value of locality
Tor investment. Coming among us
on short recreation, with NOTHING
to do but observe our resources and
view the panorama of evident wealth
both developed and undeveloped
spread before Them in our comfy
# which they only knew before in q
Honal way and the realization
(which is genuine revelation. they
- certain to go away with a broader
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13
POWER FROM RIVERS.

Among the most striking features O
the Buffalo exposition is the use of powe
generated at Niagara Falls and TRANSMIT.
ted over wires. The largeness of the OK
amples impresses every visitor and raise,
the question why the idea>of obtainin.
power from water courses is not .applief
more extensively As matter of fac
the system is making steady progress
Street cars in Buffalo have been run by
electricity sent from Niagara since 1895
Idaho has mines worked bv electricity
sent over thirty miles of wire. A suburb
of San Francisco is running street cars
propelled by electricity generated on the
Yuba river, 40 miles away and the Same
current has been successfully extended
to San Jose, 100 miles from the Yubo A
large company has been formed to CON
struct So 900, 90 electric plant an Tho
ousquehanna river, the object being to
distribute power in Baltimore, Phladel-
phla, Wilmington and other places in a
radius of 100 miles. Large works TO
produce electricity by water power are
gong up at the outlet to Lake Superior.
on the American side, and at Massena
N, T., on the st. Lawrence.
The possibilities of rivers have bean
much neglected during the last forty
years. They are vast storehouses If
power as well MS arteries of navigation
susceptible to immense improvements
enormous masses of water are constantly
descending from the mountains and
Iaoie-lands to the sea. Nature sends it
onward oy gravitatlon and returns it bv
evaporation TO It's starting place. The
process is perpetual Coal NAV fail hnt
will
seoioglcal survey is wisely studing the
rivers, The size OF their drainage area.
thelr average amount of rain. the volume
Vi now ana the location of water power
ana dam sites. 1t is commemorate
valuable and timely work.-St. LOUIS
Globe Democrat
Inc above brings very forcibly to
mind the vastly superior river powers
OF the West, but which our own
people realize only in an indistinct
way The keen, alert mind that
mas come constantly in contact with
TINS utilization of wealth creating
elements, who has lived among the
scenes of comfort and progress
which result from the demonstration
OF natural forces, grasps these
dormant advantages at sin.
gle glance. In the excursion
to Council Sunday, was renowned
and successful gentleman who has
made several fortunes, who has
widely travelled and who is familiar
with human capabilities in all forms
This gentleman sat gazing lono
out at the Weiser River as the train
came down the canyon. Suddenly
to the writer, he said: uFor
'he love of God, do not your people
'eai'ze what they have in this river?
such an opportunity would not be
allowed to lie idle moment in Colo
ado. Why, there is enough power
o run your factories, your street
ars, your water works and other
hings. [ believe Weiser will make
city, and there, in that river IS
ne of the elements to make it. Wbv
IT not utilized?" Whenever finan-
al inability is offered in reply to
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13

Weiser viii not celebrate this
year, there will be good rate or
the railroad, so why not go to Coun-
Gil on the great day aud strike up al
acquaintance with our neighbors up
the liner There are plenty of peo-
pie in Weiser, some of them in bus
mess too, who are quite unfamiliar
with their own county. 1t will GER
tainly result in good to have au ex-
odus from town that day and push
an expedition into the. north land
simply to explore our own domain.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13
A Cape Town dispatch of June II

reads:
The military authorities are enforcing
stringent restrictions in the distribution
OF food stuffs northward from De Aar
and southwark from Buluwayo.
Only essentials are permitted to be dis
trlbuted and these only in limited quaint
lties SO MS to deprive the Beers of this
source of supply
Those Englishmen have grit aud
determination sure enough! They
will deprive the enemy of his sup
plies even if they have to discontinue
the rations of their own army in
order to do it, They will starve
rather than contribute to the nourish-
ment of the foe. The Beers certain.
~ have a HOPELESS struggle against
such grim determination.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13
FUTURE PROSPECTS.

The opening, by the state wagon
road, of the Salmon and Little Sal
mon sections incidentally mentioned
in last weeks SIGNAL) to southern
outlet is of far more importance to
Weiser commercially than probably
any business man here can realize.
The diversified business to be done
with that rich territory is of vast i'm
portance today and will grow with
rapid strides once the road is opened
The route south has such advantages
over the outlet north that a vast do
main is thus brought directly within
the commercial radius of Weiser-a
domain now yielding thousands of
dollars of trade and which will now
advance into hundreds of thousands
After all, sometimes, when the
writer observes lassitude and indiffer
ence where there should be broad
business vision capable of piercing,
II not the future, at least the pres
ent, as an arrow cleaves the air;
when, with sickening thump, we
come in contact with bit of musty
soullessness, ten-cent-grabbing
cold-b loodedness that never, by any
manner of means, could rise high
enough TO recognize or appreciate
even what the poor energy the SIGNAL
has been enabled to expend NAV
have accomplished in the CONNER
cial life of Weiser; after all, some
times, it seems that among the men
of Weiser, there is not an approach |
to clear comprehension of the i'm
perial position held by the little city
at the confluence of the Snake and
the Weiser-an empire so great in
its certain future growth, that if one
can grasp the whole array of proba-
hilltles, he is almost inclined to con-
denim himself as dreamer at the
of the great future center
81 commerce here, which his study
Of the situation forces on his mind
out whatever cannot be grasped at
his time in the minds of MANY will
De b to them when, within ten
Years., they see Weiser the largest
own in the state, when thev see fine !
res OF Seven Devils, central Idaho.
Mood River, Owyhee, Baker CITY
md eastern Oregon come rolling in
o scores of red and roaring furna- {
es, when more railways than they
low dream of center here. when
BUSINESS comes flowing down hill
rom every point of the compass. t
7hen there will be seen here the
nrgest city between Portland and S
ogden. This is the half way point ,
geographically, but it will be more {
han that commercially Perhaps {
'hen that time comes "the last shall {
e first and the last medium to he t
wen its due now in the moulding Q
t all this into fact, may then be the I
rst to receive its reward. '
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13
Pacific & Idaho
Northern R'y
ONLY DIRECT
u ALL. ROIrt,E

RAIL ROUTE
FROM WEISER. IDAHO. TO
Ruthburg, Heath and the celebrated Seven
Devils. Copper mines. Payette Lakes Middle,
Salubria. and Long Valleys Salmon River Mea-
dows, and Gold Placer Dggings
when travelling west in search of new home
stop off at Weiser, Idaho, take trip over the
Pacific * Idaho Northern Railway to above Sec
ton OF country and investigate its many re-
sources You will not he disappointed
DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE
Cool night breezes from the snow-ca pped noun
tains, making sleep refreshing
NO MALARIA.
PURE MOUNTAIN WATER
Plenty OF excellent ,unoccuped government
land. abundance of Understandable timber no
failure of crops.
TRAIN SCHEDULE.
Dep. Daily Arr Daily
En- o. oo SUNDAY FIX. Sunday
S:3O u. m. Weiser. 4.I6 N m
I0;33 Middle Valley 2:37
ll;OO Cambridge 2:I5
1918 p. M. Council I.o0 :.
application. Nf'-
p. P. SHELBY
General Manager
Weiser Idaho.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13
w HlSKEY, MORPHINE HABITS
AND CHRONIC DISEASES crppn

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Testimonials from all over the conntry vafs
u Go .len and terms, address care Grand paciac
p po.ee, when in Salt Lake stop at the Gran,,
Pacific Prof. Mcnamara. Prop '"' oianu
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13

Money to loan on farms, favorable
terms given.
K. G. MCKINNEY. Weiser.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13
The Portraits Of our Presidents
With biographical sketches
GEN. CHAS. H. GROSVENOR

Member OF Congress for nearly 20 Years.
contains twenty four large Photo gravrro
f1ss from the paintings Endorsed bv the
p priis ana near relatives of the Presidents
very large book; title page designed bv Titfany "
,biographlca sketches printed in large oncr
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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13
You Want 1t!

UP TO-DATE MILLINERY.
Street Hats-Just in Style -.
ARTISTIC TRIMMED HATS.
Prices absolutely the Lowest Pos
sible Call at the Golden Rule
Store and see.....
Miss Josie Gribbin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-12-02
KILLED BY FALL.
James DuneIIen TumbIed
Down Flight of
Stairs.

James Dunellen, sixty-five years old, of
No. PA Halliday street, Saturday after
noon fell down a flight of stairs at the
home of his brother-in-law, Martin Burns.
of No. Ill Railroad avenue. His skull
was fractured and he died almost in
stantly. The body was taken to the
apartments of Mr.. Burns and DR.. Null
vaney was called. He pronounced the
man dead.
Ar. Dunellen. as was his custom once
a week, visited his sisters home early
Saturday and spent the day. After dinner
and shortly before six o'clock he toek his
leave. He would not listen to Mr.. Burns's
offer to carry a lamp into the hall to
light the passage. At the top of the last
flight of stairs he turned to repeat his
farewell to those he had just left. He
lost his balance and with the last .'ssa5S
by dying on his lips he fell to the hall
way on the level with the street. He
must have expired almost Immediately.
Mr.. Burns was at his side in a few sec
onds and there was no response to his
inquiries as to Mr.. DHnellens injuries.
With the assistance of neighbors Mr..
Burns carried the body to his rooms and
summoned the physician, but it was too
late
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-12-02
NOVEL POLICE ALARM
Mrs. Dinsmore Gets Aid When Her
Husband Threatens Her Life.

Mrs. Matthew Densmore. of No. 222
Adams street, Hoboken, employed novel
scheme of notifying the police yesterday
morning that she feared her husbard
would take her life.
The Dinsmores live on the top floor of
a four story tenement. At five O'Clock
Sunday morning Mrs. Dinsmore and her
husband had a quarrel. Mrs Dinsmore al
leges that her husband became furious
and threatened to kill her. Being unable
to leave the apartments or to summon as
sistance by screaming she set fire to a
pillow and threw it out of a window
Policeman Dennis Leahy saw the burn
ing pillow fall. He immediately ran to a
fire box and sent in an alarm. Then he
ran to the tenement and began arousing
the inmates. When he reached the top
floor after having awakened all the ten
ants ne learned the real cause of the
alarm and placed Dinsmore under ar
rest on a charge of disorderly conduct.
Recorder Stanton this morning sentenc-
ed Dinsmore to fifteen days in the Coun-
ty Jail. Mrs. Dinsmore, who IS in deli
cate condition, was unable to appear IN
court. Her little daughter, Mabel. twelve
years old, testified as to the fathers con-
duct
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-12-02
ST. MARY'S NEW CHURCH
Over $4,000 Has Been Con-
tributed to the Building Fund
Gifts BY Sheets.

At yesterday mornings masses at st.
Mary's Church the Rev. Father Ter
Woert had distributed printed lists OF
contributors to the monthly collection for
November The total amount collected
was $40, so. Finance Commissioner John
Mullins gave $1,000. County Collector
Hugh Dugan gave $500. and Robert Davis,
]. H Mullins, A. J. Corcoran, Daniel
Moriarity, Peter Sherry. John f. Lynch,
Dr. Peter Hoffman and Charles A. Cas-
sidy gave 500 each.
BY streets the collections footed up as
follows:-First street, $626; Second street,
$Sl6; Third street, $S67; Fourth street, S706;
Fifth street. $537; Sixth street, $2S7! Sew
enth street, $3.50; Eighth street, 500; Ninth
street, $50; Tenth street, 81; Wayne street,
S7S1; Jersey avenue s619; Erie street, s2sS;
Bay street, 1929; Henderson street. $3.50;
Greene street, S.; Grove street, 1924. so;
Morgan street, $121; York street, SIS;
Mercer street, s141; PaulmieT place, SIS;
Montgomery street, $1,000; Newark ave-
nue., $lS4; Pavonia avenue, s22S; Barnum
street, $50; Coles street, s123; Varick
street, S.; Barrow street, s2s; Brunswiek
street, s76; Maxwell place. 81; Railroad
avenue, s104; L. C. B. A., $50; Washing
ton street, $116 Total, s1o.2l2.5o.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-12-02
MORE SMALLPOX.
A Mother Goes to the Pest
House to Nurse Her
Sick Babe.

Three more smallpox patients were re-
moved to the hospital for contagious ols-
eases at Snake Hill. on Saturday, by or
der of he County Board of Health au-
thorities. They are John Gearst. his IN
jfant girl and his brother-in-law, Robert
Eaton. all of one household, at No. l6l
Van Wrinkle street. Gearst's Wife went
to the pesthouse with her child, which
is an infant in arms and nursing, to care
for it. At home the afflicted parents left
two other children under the age OF ten
who are being cared for by Mrs. Eaton,
Mrs. Gearsts mother.
The cases were first reported to the
County Board of Health on November ~.
County Health Physician Converse in
vestigated the cases and waited few
days for the development of the disease.
He learned that none of the members OF
the family had ever been vaccinated.
This fact confirmed his suspicious and ne
ordered the removal Off all those afflicted
to the pesthouse, Saturday. The two chill
dren left behind have been vaccinated
and the house quarantined.
A case supposed to be smallpox. that
of Margaret C1eary, age twenty, of No.
IA Jersey avenue, reported to the County
Board, has been investigated by DR.. Con-
verse. On Saturday he diagnosed the case
as varioloid