The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-08-29


almost ready to depart, always going
but still lingering. The hazy atmoe-
phere, and crisp morning and evening
air, all denote the passing Of summer
coming of autumn. The squirrels
and chip hunks have had their busy
season and some OF the species have
already retired to enjoy the fruits
Of their industry q was about to
say ''honest' but in fact nearly their
whole supply this year is stolen) and
| could very readily give the bill of
fare that certain arstocrats of
Squirrel town would furnish on swell
occasions and other functions this
winter. AS the menu would be some
what extensive | will not attempt it,
but mention incidentally that Swaug-
er's White House prunes would be IN
cluded. duly appreciated as an
elegant product, and we're as much
IN demand among the thieves as WAS
northern Pacific stock with their
human--or mean to say the stock
brokers in the late panic,
The river also indicates that
change has come over the spirit of
his dreams. Only few weeks ago
he was swollen with Importance the
banks were too limited, and he sang a
loud and boisterous song as he went
foaming over and among tnc bould-
ers in his bed He is much quieter
now, and places where once he sang
the loudest, are now placid and 81
lent In fact, the turbulence OF
youth gives place to the quiet pro.
gress of age, but all the same another
spring will bring the young mans
fancies, and he will forget that his
loud song was after all only the com
bined chorus of thousands of tiny
springs, and each of these in turn,
born from snow flake Finally all
drop into the mighty ocean, and it,
in turn, unlike the greed of human
ity) gives back all. Bird life also
denotes the coming change, the king
fisher and his wife (she does most of
the work) across the creek have fire.
quent family disturbance. Dur
ing the real trying time OF
life they lived peacably together,
? but at the end Of a successful season
] they have leisure to QUARREL There
= are only two blue jays in my COM
munity and they occupy separate
r trees-apartments, so To speak
but the words that pass are, | Judge,
a not complimentary. | have been
n speculating in my own mind what
i effect the advent of third party
e would have, and have concluded
e that the addition of one more Of
: either sex would so change conditions
l that all these could dwell comfort
q ably, or otherwise, in clump Of
q buck brush-not from a superabund
, ance of socability, but for the
c reason that there would be some
Il thing to watch-keep cases on so to
|. speak. And then the appearance of
brother Salmon from the deep sea,
II shows that he still cherishes in mem
l. DRY the place of his birth. and that
le good start in life is best made from
u surroundings of rural simplicity
Al By the way, his arrival was marked
II BY unusual honors this season, when
ct it became known that the advance
es delegation had arrived at placid
t. pool near the mouth of Boulder, a
lie committee from some point up the
ye river, composed of ladies and gen
er tlemen (of course) met them and in
e. cidently fred salute with giant
o. powder, the result was that some ol
~ the heavy members of the salmon
n delegation were taken in and on tn
q, bottom Of the river reposed the in
r. animate forms of some two score
ng evidently from ten to twenty pound
ID, each. | mention this only to sho'
nd that sudden and violent outbursts o
lat hospitality are sometimes attende
nr- with disastrous results The ap
me pointment of game warden for thi
hat section might have the effect needle
= to modify these primitive expression
of feeling superinduced by an app