The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-20

Born, in Weiser, Wednesday, Feb.
10, 1902, son to Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Paynton.
z. j. Selwyn, the popular cashier
of the State Bank Of Idaho, returned
Tuesday from pleasant vacation
spent in various California cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Parker, of
Grangeville, are the parents of
daughter, born on the 10th. Mrs.
Parker was formerly Miss Mary New
man, of Weiser, where they both
have many friends.
3 Sheriff Gray, Attorney Lovejoy
and Geo. Dean went to Boise this
week as witnesses on the Levy trial
now going on there. They were called
to impeach the testimony of "Hair
Oil Pete
Miss Nettle Skyles returned Mon
day from Glenn's ferry on account
of the sudden death of her brother,
W. P. Skyles, and James R. Camp
bell, her brother-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis of
Yellow Jacket, Idaho, have been in
Weiser the past week, and Mr.
Lewis has bought ranch in Indian
Valley during that time. He Sc
cured the ranches of John B. Will
kerson and Henry Upchurch Mr..
Lewis is superintendent of the Vel
low Jacket mine. The ranches cost
him $4,000
" Evidences of the arctic weather a
few weeks ago is plain to be seen in
!, the stranded Ice that covers the
ground for acres on the east bank of
Weiser, where it was deposited dur
ing the gorge few days since, and
under the bright sunshine of the
present suggests truly that winter
still hangs over the lap of spring
h Mr.. Nephi Purcell, who purchased
) the Dedman Hot Springs, returned
L last week from an extended trip east,
= spending most of his time in his old
home in Woodbine, Iowa He re-
ports cold weather back there. Mr.
Purcell has some eastern parties who
: are talking of acquiring an Interest
k with him in the springs and erecting
buildings with bath and plunge.
# y The steam pumping plant for sup
10 ply of the o. S. l.. tank is now in OPP
Grafton, and for the first time engines
can now take water at Weiser. TIL
plant consists of 10 II. P. uprigh
combination boiler and u Knowle
pump. Water is taken from Snak
IN river. The tank is connected with
90 stand pipe east of the station and an
other line of pipe Is being laid int
u the depot park, to supply two ny
n drants, to water grass and trees
Altogether it will add greatly to th
" appearance of the station.
y r. The Weiser Oil Land Developmer
Co. has filed on 1880 acres of Ian
eg across Snake river, lying betwee
lie the Malheur Oil Co.'s well
OK Dry gulch and Mosquito postoffic
The company is composed of abo'
on seventy Weiser men, and it is the
"a plan to put down an experiment
nd we'll. A report has been brought
to the effect that the Malheur q
- has struck oil at a depth of 20(
10 feet, and that the company is kee
u ing the find secret, but little CT
dence is placed in the story.
~ We are informed that about
bundled acres of grain will be rails
fins season on Dead Ok Flat, direct
eoo opposite Weiser, on land that
been homesteaded the past YET
'' This will help out the local situat'
somewhat, as in the past enou
an grain has never been raised to 81
was ply the local market. A good gr'
o. country like this should not be co
eii' PEELED to ship in its chicken IL
'nae year after year, to say nothing
the trainloads required for mill
ned and feed purposes. Wheat is
lay. retailing here at $1.75 per hundr
uar- and is shipped in from southeast
he Idaho.