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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27
Two Postoffices tor Thunder Mountain,

Two Postoffices tor Thunder Mountain
Statesman.
In private letter just received
from Senator Shoup, under date of
February 19, he announces the ap-
pointment of W. i. Cuddy as post
master at Roosevelt, Thunder Noun
tain, and adds that postoffice will
also be established at the Dewey
mine. 1t is supposed that Harry
Curtis, an employe of the company,
will be postmaster there.
The Roosevelt Townsite company
will sign contract at once for the
erection of commodious postoffice
building. The company anticipates
that tue Office at Roosevelt will be
the distributing point for the entire
Thunder Mountain district.
From this information, it would
seem the Thunder Mountain post
Office matter has been definitely set
tied. 1t had been stated there would
be no settlement until after an in
spector had examined into the stu
alton and made report
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27

Idaho miner, will complete his party
Of four that will 60 in Immediately.
They will take in quite lot of sup
plies, using both dogs andpack hors-
es. A two-story log building will be
erected, and divided by partitions to
accommodate his business needs.
The four men are practical carpen-
ters and as soon as they arrive OF
the ground will begin to hew logs fol
the big building. Mrs. Keenan,, who
has been here with her husband, will
90 back to Minnesota to remain un-
til accommodations are provided a
the camp.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27
MINERAL AND IRON MOUNTAIN
A Little Work Has Been Going on
There all Winter.

T. r. Weaver was over from Min
eral this week, where he is a partner
with Lambert Healey in the owner
ship of the Daisy Bell group of five
claims. They have been running a
tunnel the past winter, which is now
in 225 feet. 1t is now entering ore
and within Is or 20 feet the main
ledge will be struck. From an 18-
inch ore body recently passed through
Mr.. Weaver has had some assays
made. From light quartz returns
ranging from $2.5O to $500 were
secured. Some average specimens
of Peacock copper assayed 40 pei
cent copper.
John Sigivein is at work on 3oo'
foot tunnel on his property, which
be hopes TO complete by September
Later on he will run two shifts on the
work. ~
These properties are on Iron Noun
tain, but twenty miles from the Y
P. 81. N. road, e,afyhs se,a al.
The smelter company at minera
are employing from six to, tWelv'
men doing assessment work and max
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27
Sketch of Early Days--Indian
Adventure in Central Idaho

up, and the slightest squirt meant
drop-down and give-out under the
saddle. The reader can never real
ize the roughness of that campaign.
The Indian was naturally at home in
those wilds. The officer was not.
When they reached Old Ironsides
Mountain the Indians split The
Malheurs hid away around Castle
Peak and were captured and the face
hiding Otis, their black medicine
man, is still hostage on the Warm
Spring reservation of Eastern Oregon
The Bannocks swept on across the
Malheur, the Owyhee and the Snake
rivers, through the lava beds of Lost
River and on up into Yellowstone
Park, where they expected to have
the country all to themselves. But
it happened that General Miles was
in there with some visitors, and his
French scout discovered the hostiles
and the next night the soldier escort
made dash at the Indian camp anc
cleaned up everything in it. The
French scout was also killed.
And to this day the Bannocks arount
Fort Hall tell that Miles men suni
| their dead warriors in some minera
|. springs up there and left them ther
; to petrify, and that some day the,
J will be placed one Exhibition as speci
r mems of the stone age.
The Weiser Indians, who had beel
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27
Reddington
Tells Thrilling
Story in
Oregonian

on the war path as part of the great
Snake nation, also split Their left
wing struck across for the Businesses
of the wild Seven Devils range, but
on Powder river it was bagged by
command under Captain Egbert and
Lieutenant Guy Howard, both of
whom have lost their lives by native
bullets in the Philippines.
The main outfit OF the Weisers,
under War Jack and Chuck, swan
Snake River and took the main di-
wide between the Payette and Weiser
rivers. They reached the fastnesses
of the Salmon River range, where
they were at home among the noun
tain sheep, and where they had pre-
viously acquired the name of sheep
eaters; although the region abounded
in bear, deer, elk and salmon. They
never needed to go to the corner
market to buy thln-limbed
chicken for Sunday dinner, for there
was a good supply of fat fool-hens
and mountain grouse.
War Jacks outfit let the world
alone the rest of that year, but when
their horses sleeked up in the spring
they came out on their raids. Jack
ass johnson, a pioneer packer, and
Jim Rains, on the South Fork of the
Salmon they killed. They raided
the new settlement on the Upper
Weiser, and ran off their horses. A
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27

Then the united bands broke out, and
when they had picked up other
punches at STEMS Mountain they
made formidable army of a thous-
and warriors and raided clear across
the main range of the Blue Noun
tains to the Umatilla reservation,
where they expected large reinforce
ments, but received only the little
outfit of Umapine.
In every engagement General How
ards soldiers defeated the Indians,
and after Chief Egan had ubeen
treacherously killed by Yettinnea-
wits and Four Crows, the backbone
of the war was broken and the hos
tiles retreated to the Malheur, cross
ing the rough ranges we'll up TOWARD
the head of the John Day, killing
Froman and French miner on tn
|
Greenhorn Mountain.
Why didn't the soldiers bag al
these Indians?
The only men competent to an
swer that question are the men them
selves, who trugged along day afte
day and often at night, with worn
out shoes and blistered, bleedin
feet, sometimes on scant rations an
crossing quagmires and chillin
through the nights up against til
eternal snow fields. The trooper
were troopers only in name, for the
horses we're tagged out and gaunte
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27

from which it takes its name was
fought the battle of Vinegar Hill.
There were stirring scenes around
that region in those days. The Snake
Indians had been on the warpath in
1873, and had cut pretty deep
swath across Idaho and Eastern Ore
gon. Buffalo Horn had led his band
Of young warriors out from Fort
Hall, shot few cattlemen on Camas
Prairie and scattered their stock,
ralded some stage stations along the
overland road, and stole their extra
horses, captured the ferry where he
struck the big bend of the Snake
River, used it free of toll, and then
let it glide down and dash itself to
death among the rocks of the Grand
Canyon, where boat never troG
before.
On acrcss the Owyhee went the
hostiles and in the battle at Soutf
Mountain one of the bullets tina
Harper's volunteers threw arount
punctured Buffalo Horn and tw'
days later he died and his body wa
cached on the wind-swept, rocky
ridge. He was an ideal warrior
with an eye like an eagle, and was
tireless rider.
On to the Malheur went Buffal
Horns band of Bannocks, and the
, enthusiasm soon infused itself int
: the Snakes under Egan and Oti
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LOG BUSINESS HOUSES.
Hotel Saloon and General Store to Go
Up at Roosevelt.

VIM. NJ Keenan, Of Spring Valley,
Mimi, has been guest at the Ven
dome for the past two weeks, but will
at once leave for Thunder Mountain.
He has bought two business lots in
the town of Roosevelt, and will en-
gage in the hotel, saloon and gener-
al merchandise business there. His
manager will be Geo. Buck OF Los
Angels, who will come on later. T.
h, Reid, also of Spring Valley and
John Hermanson Of Black Hammer,
MINI. and Chas. Gray, = well-knowr
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27
Fight With
Sheep Eaters
in the
Thunder Mt.

rThe Portland Oregonian publishes
the following sketch of early days by ],
w Reddington Some of the statements
are little twisted, but these will be al
lowed for by old timers. Mr.. Redding-
ION evidently got hold of copy of the
SIGNAL of two or three years ago, and
secured his suggestions on the Vinegar
Hin episode The first published record
of that fight appeared in this paper when
Clyde Lockwood brought down the bung
hole and plug of the old vinegar keg.
he found il at the site of the Vinegar
Hill stand, and the SIGNAL gave it to
Erye Johnson for the Overland Hotel
cabinet 1t was shortly afterward stolen
by some curiosity hunter.
In Idaho are many mountains and
their sides are scanned with streaks
and precious metals.
The wild, rough region of the Up
per Salmon river abounds in such
streaks, and its ruggedness may be
equaled but is seldom surpassed BY
some spots on earth, but not by
many.
From out these towering Salmon
River Mountains now comes th'
echoes of rich finds Of gold in thu
Thunder Mountain district where
group of prospect holes have beel
named the Dewey mines.
Stories of $4,000 assays are nov
told, and are mot improbable, con
sidering the rich returns from tn
Lower Salmon placers, whose sourc
must be somewhere up stream.
The Thunder Mountain district
historic ground, for on the eminenC
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27

few settlers followed their trail and
ran into an ambush at Payette Falls,
and Groseclose and Monday we're
killed and Three Fingered Smith
was wounded.
The prospector who went toward
the Salmon River mountains in those
days might as well have burned his
bridges. for he needed them not in
coming out. He did not come out.
War jacks outfit saw to that.
Some companies of the Second In
fantry were then stationed at Camp
Howard, near where the city of
Grangeville has since been built up.
About 100 of these soldiers were
mounted and put into the field under
Crptain Galley and Lieutenants
Webster and Muhlenberg. They had
q large pack outfit and plenty of am
munition and supplies.
The command was we'll up in the
Salmon river range, and one beauti-
full forenoon was fishing along deep
canyon, when from the rocks above
came scattering volley.
Bang bang ping zipl came the
bullets.
"When the enemy is above and aim
ing down, he almost always over
Shoots" say soldiers who have been
below.
And 80 only two soldiers were
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27
FABULOUS STORY FROM
THUNDER MOUNTAIN
William Black Tells OF Fortune Missed by Ex-Penten
tary Guard Fulton and Which Was Secured
By Shrewd Old German

Wm Black ex-representave of Washington county, who
country few days told
representative of the press of wonderful strike made
he accident o a slide
says Hugh Fulton turnkey at the Idaho peniteniary
friend attracted ledge laid bare by slide
Fulton de-
location His friend ignorant and mex
German breaking down the crest of the ledge which
stuck ground twelve feet streak lousy with
gold day he pounded hand mortar and
panned 800 The the streak will assay from 80 900
1926 900
report the press dispatches. Mr..
Black only time talking with Signal
reporter did mention anything of the kind.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27
Ambrose Stewart, Of the Silver King
Returns From the East.
EXCITE MENT EVERYWHERE
Miners From Utah Camps Preparing to Flock
to Central Idaho.

Ambrose Stewart, the able and
popular manager of the Silver King
mine at Warren, was a guest at the
Vendome last week. He had just
returned from a trip east, where he
held a consultation with leading men
OF his company at Richmond, Va.
he also visited New York and
Chicago.
10 Signal reporter he stated that
ne was surprised at the growth OF
Thunder Mountain fever in the east.
IN the headquarters of the mining
spectators of the various places the
new gold fields are on all lips. From
every group of men he passed the
magic words "Thunder Mountain
noated to his ears. AS his company
s installing new mill at theiI
mines, he visited Mercur and Park
City Utah, and some three or foul
o'ner progressive mining camps te
study their processes of reducing
ore and consequently met many
miners. Everyone was enthuset
over the prospects Of the district
and a large per cent of them wer'
Planning to 20 in with the van guard
lie found that the railroads hav'
Wakened to the fact that Thunde
Mountain travel will be big item il
'neir years receipts, and competing
roads will make q vigorous tight fo
business, They will do = wonderfu
amount of advertising Of tho ne,
district. Mr. Stewart is familia
with the different ways of gettin
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27

ing new locations. 1t has taken up
up quite lot of new ground lately.
The Erie syndicate that purchased
the Northwest road surveyed out of
Huntington has paid up all claims
and liens against the property, which
is taken by Mineral people as hope
full sign that the road will be built
eventually.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27
Rich Ore Bodies in the Marshall Lake
District
BELT IS AN EXTENSIVE one
G. II. Connor Talks Of the Developments Of
the Past Year In the District

Interest is being very generally
awakened in the Marshall Lake dis
trict, of which the SIGNAL has given
considerable information of late.
G. H. Connor one of the owners OF
the two-stamp mill in the district,
has been out to Lewiston and the
Tribune has secured the following
statement from him:
Mr.. Connor reports that the develop
ment work in the district the past
year has shown the mineral belt to
be of greater extent than first sup
posed, and that a number of fine
strikes have been added to the new
discoveries. The district lies be-
tween Florence and Burgdorf springs
and is bounded on the west by French
creek, and on the north by Salmon
river. The original discovery of re-
markable rich free milling ore was
made during the Buffalo Hump ex-
element by Maxwell & McGibbon
and their property was sold to Chas.
Sweeney, of Spokane. Since that
time the district has been quietly ex-
lplored resulting in the discovery of
more fine ore bodies at point about
two and one half miles from Salmon
river. These finds are 1t an alti-
tude of 1900 feet while the original
discoveries are at IN altitude of $500
\ feet The latter deicoveries wsrs
nade by Daniel Roy and Andrew
Z, Esston. Mr.. Connor and FloFenoe
parties became interested ID the
l Coneludad on Para TWo
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27
TWO BODIES RECOVERED.
Those Of Tullis and Campbell Found
and Held Until that Of Skyles
Is Recovered.

Word has been received that the
body Of James Campbell has been re-
covered from the snow-slide. They
Will be held until that Of Skyles u
found, when they will be brought to
Weiser. 1t will probably be ten days
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27

before they will arrive here.
The Eagles of Boise have sent Chas.
DeGrundy, Warren man who was
in Boise at the time Of the accident,
into the country to look after the re-
mains of Tullis.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27
Lecture by Rev. Henry G. Taylor.

The second of the course
of lectures for the benefit
of the public library will be
delivered by the Rev. Henry G..
Taylor, at the opera house on Tues
day evening, March 4. His subject,
Robert Burns" will be treated with
the view to present faithful por-
trait of the poet of the human heart.
Before the lecture, a program of music
in harmony with the subject will be
performed. Tickets for the even
ing's entertainment. are on sale a.
the drugstores, at rs cents each
Season tickets for four lectures ant
the musical concluding the season
IS cents.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27

All roads do not lead to Thunder
mountain, but the printed envelopes
show which do and which are the
best. All stationers handle them
20 cents q pack.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-27

Concluded on Page Eight
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-11
To be continued,
An Apt Pupil.

When Wilfred Sparroy was English
tutor at the court Of his imperial high
ness, Ziles-Sultan, brother Of the pres
ent Shah of Persia, he had many anus
ing experiences with the little princes
for whose instruction he was engaged.
There are four, all Of whom proved as
lively as American lads Of the same
age. Feridun was particularly quick
to catch English phrases, applying
them with true oriental facility and
laughable results. One day, before his
education was greatly advanced, this
princelet said to his tutor:
"You are content-a wiz me-yes,
sair?"
Certainly I am, old boy" replied the
tutor.
"Why do you say old boy'?" asked
Feridun.
"It is a figure of speech, term Of
affection" replied Mr. Sparroy. DO
you not summon a servant, however
old, by the word bachah, or child? So
I might call you old boy or old man.
because like you very much. Do you
underestimate
Feridun thought lie understood per-
fectly In the course of the day he
wrote to Mr.. Sparroy a letter, which
was delivered by black slave of the
imperial haven. 1t ran:
"Old man, l hope you are in good
hellz. Me l am too very much fat
tigued to rest in the anderun all lonly
wiz my muzzer If you permit one Of
my buzzers wiz me we will come to
your house little speeke and ply. Your
old bow. Feridun."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-11
Brief State Happenings.

Frank Bass, aged 1G years, had one
Of his hands badly crushed in a sorghum
mill at Barcboo.
The continued wet weather is causing
much uneasiness among the tobacco
growers for fear the crop will be dam
aged
Diphtheria has broken out at Oxford.
Frank McNutt, a 13-year-old boy, died.
Two other children i'll the same family
have the disease
Safe blowers entered the office Of the
Standard Oil Company at Oshkosh and
secured 500 i'll money and valuable pa
pers from the safe.
Ignatz Bizcinsii, Polish farmer of
Dewey, was thrown from his wagon in
Stevens Point and killed. His team be-
came frightened at a steam road roller.
Harry Hubbard. owner of a shooting
gallery at Beaver Dam, was accidentally
shot by Jack Daily at the gallery. The
ball pierced his windpipe and lodged in
the gullet. The chances of his recovery
are doubtful
Clarence Hogan, the 11-year-old son
OF ID. r.. Hogan, an engineer on the
Northwestern road, was struck by an
electric car at Oshkosh and dragged $50
feet. His head was badly bruised and
cut and one arm was broken.
Madison may have one union railway
station to take the place of the four
others now there The old West Madison
station must be replaced, it is said, and
also the Northwestern station At least
enlargements are needed, but a sugres
ton is now made to construct union
station. The triangle on Lake Mendoza.
now surrounded by tracks, is suggested
as site for the station.
A new hotel in Menasha to replace the
burned National Hotel is about TO be
built. G. w. Howard, Chris Walters and
Z. K. Smith are back of the deal and
work on the new building will be- aom
menced probably within month. The
new hotel will cost $50, 900
Steve Mullen. resident of Eden and
employed as a brakeman on the North
western road, was killed while lie was
engaged in making a coupling in the
Northwestern yards at North Fond drl
Lac. lie was caught between the bump
ers OF two box cars and crushed so bad.
~ that he died on the way to the hospital.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-11

herself because she did not care as she
ought.
The next day the news was known over
the entire country of General Tazewelps
sudden death from heart failure while
addressing a tremendous audience in
Cooper Institute. In the midst Of a
stirring peroration he had fallen on the
platform and Immediately expired. Long
obituary notices filled the papers, for he
had been a prominent figure. His party
had lost one Of it's most useful members.
Whatever his shortcomings In private
life, his public career had been brilliant
and successful. His funeral, held in
Washington, was a fitting testimonial
his public worth.
Mrs. Tazewell returned home with a
feeling Of awe and almost Of reverence
for the dead politician, her husband. The
great funeral, the crowds, the display Of
flags at halfmast all over the capital the
echoing words of the funeral oration had
shown him to her in a new light.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-11

Lockport, N. Y, Oct. 9Th
George P. Penfold, Supervisor !,
First Ward Of the city of Locknas
written the following letter 70, :
cation to the newspapers:
1T gives me great pleasure h
ommend Dodd's Kidney Pills as'
for Kidney Trouble.
my kidneys troubled me M,
less for years and treatment hr
physicians only gave me parthl
temporary relief.
IAN old friend, knowing nv N,
advised me to try Dodd's Kidnvl
telling me at the same time how
they had helped him.
81 used altogether six boxes
found a permanent cure.
"This was two years ago, and
not since been troubled in any
with pains in the back or any d
many other distressing difficults
ing from diseased kidneys"
(SigRed) George P. Penhi
BOT Church St., Lockport NJ
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-11
Sixty Injured at Carnival.

The collapse of large platform used
In connection with the street carnival in
Kenosha resulted in sixty persons being
thrown in heap on a paved street, fully
half Of the number being injured. The
platform was holding a crowd double it's
capacity, and its collapse had been pre-
dicted by people who stood about. The
accident created a panic i'll the crowd.
some one starting a cry that the ostrich
which had been confined on the platform
had escaped. The bird was secured by
the keeper, who risked his life to prevent
IT'S
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-11
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER.
DOM.
Wild Franks of Hazers at Lawrence
University Insane Man Who Had
Been Terrorizing Countryside Slain
Injured by Collapse of Platform.

The bitterest class fight in the history
of Lawrence University at Appleton was
begun the other afternoon, when the
freshmen attempted to hold meeting III
the college chapel A mob of students
assembled about the building, refusing to
allow the freshmen to disband. Ihe col
lese authorities summoned police protec-
ton, and, guarded fgeht and rear by blue
coats, the class attempted to get home.
In the melee which ensued several stu
dents sustained injuries. Dr. Samuel
Plantz, president of the university, who
was in the midst of the ARRAY, defended
himself with piece of rope, which he
used as a scourge. A freshman party
was broken up by a mob of 100 sopho-
mores the same night. The "sophs' Sc
cured possession of J. G. Rathbone OF
Maryland Junction, and he was treated
to a coat of iodine OH face and body,
dyeing the skin horrible brown. In
attempting to remove the stain with OK
allie acid too generous use of the chem
zeal caused several severe burns. Claude
M. Paris of Wausau, the only negro stu
dent in the institution, elected president
of the freshman class, was the object or
considerable violence. Expulsions and
suspensions were of wholesale nature
at the university the next day.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-11
Insane Man Shot to Death.

The insane man, who is supposed to
have killed John Koucha, the st. Paul
railway fireman, who was shot while the
train was running thirty-tive miles an
hour, was killed near Wausaukee. Otto
Wenzel, cook in Charles Mays lumber
camp, shot the man as he was coming
toward the camp and he died an hour
later. For a week the country around
Amberg Pembine and Dunbar has been
in state of alarm over the presence of
the insane man, whose identity is yet I'M
known, but whose name is supposed to be
Raymond The hunters left the woods,
men in lumber camps kept their rifles
loaded for him, and on all the trains
men were warned not to go on the plat
farms between Amberg and Pembine.