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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30
BIG PORTLAND FIRM.
Addresses Portland Oregonian in favor
of Weiser Route.

The following which recently ap-
peared in the Oregonian has some
what stirred up the SIGNALS BOISE
contemporaries:
Portland, Jan. 23-To the Editor
Oregonian: Doubtless you are aware of
the attention that is being given to the
discoveries in southern Idaho in the Sec
ton north of Boise and Weiser called the
Thunder Mountain country. One of our
valued correspondents at Welser writes
us that the Oregon Short Line expects to
handle 20, 900 people during March. pril
and May. On account of this excitement
he advises us that the Short Line is
throwing its influence to certain points
east of Weiser as the proper places in
which to oul fit for the Thunder Noun
tain country, which results in business
going east. and not from Portland. Wei
ser now buys largely in Portland.
He also adds that the route to the
Thunder Mountain country by way of
Weiser, Council and Warren is not only
the shortest but the only one possible to
travel in the late fall and early spring.
He asks us to advise the newspapers here
and use our influence 10 have it made
known that the route by way of WeiseI
is the better one and we ask your CO.
operation in publishing this as far as
you can in a general way.
ALLEN & LEWIS.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30

salutation, as if he was aware Of the
fate in store for him | tried to
cheer him up, but it was no use They
will kill me on sight, he said. Its
no use; I'm gone.
"There was family up above
short distance named Manuel. 1t
was possible that they did not know
that hostilities had broken out, and
| considered it my duty to 90 up and
warn them. [ went up while Baker
STAYED on the fiat. | took the race
mare and went as fast as | could
toward the house. | met Manuel
and his wife coming from the house.
They were on horseback and had
Just heard of the outbreak. Mrs
Manuel asked me to help her father,
who had been left behind, lock up
the house-a rather queer perform
ance at that stage of the game. But
| put my horse back IN the brush
and helped him lock up. Hardly
had | finished, when, looking up,
| saw 800 or 400 Indians approach
ing in the distance along the side ol
a hill. In the meantime the Manuels
bad ioined Baker on the fat, ano
the Indians soon surrounded them
Baker was shot down and killed anC
Manuel was shot through the hips
Then the Indians turned their atten
ton to the woman and her young
daughter. After abusing them a
their pleasure, they let up on thei
evil work and questioned Mrs
Manuel relative to the men at tn
, house. She told them that ther
, were two men aud that they wer
armed.
( 81 took my stand at the corner o
E the house. | was my plan to XII
t the chief. But the chief had a car
up his sleeve. He told the woma
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30
THE HEROISM OF
AN 0LD-TIMER
How Pat Briee, Of Warren, Saved a
Child from the Fury Of the
Indians.

when | told her | was on my way
home she SAID: You'd better not
90 any further. The Indians have
broken out and they have shot my
husband. This was the first | knew
of the outbreak and was naturally
surprised and alarmed, it was about
noon and Mrs Benedict insisted
that have dinner with her, saying:
lit will be the last, perhaps, we shall
ever have together. | had dinner
and fed my mare, $500 race horse,
which | had with me. 1t was my
plan, hastily formed, to ride back to
Mount Idaho and arouse the
soldiers at the federal camp.
After dinner started back
toward Camas prairie, and shortly
after l started met Jim Baker
I'm goner, was almost his first
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30

From the Anaconda Standard.
Hopelessly insane, old Pat Brice
yesterday was taken to the state
insane asylum at Warm Snrings. He
was committed by q lunacy commits
sion which examined into his condi
ton Friday.
In the quiet, clean appearing,
courterous old man who had done
odd jobs Of gardening, lawn moving
and the like about Anaconda for the
last four years few recognized man
whose life is part Of the history of
the Northwest, who is the hero Of
one of the noblest tales of daring and
self-sacrifce told in connection with
the records of Indian warfare.
Pat Brice seldom told of his deeds,
speaking of them only when pressed
but over in Idaho, in the Camas
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30

prairie and Clearwater countries,
once watered with the blood of
pioneers, his name is honored and
revered.
In the year of the Nez Perce ris-
ing-IS77-Brice was mining at
War; ems, on the Salmon river in
Idaho, and also was engaged in buy
ing and selling horses. June IA,
the day of the outbreak, he was re-
turning to his home at Warren from
Oregon, BRINGING with him some
horses he had purchased That
night be stopped at the house OF one
Harris, near White Bird creek.
During the evening he called the
attention of Harris to the fact that
number of Indians were camped
at Rocky canyon, about mile from
the house. Harris said this was not
unusual, as the Indians always came
there in summer to race their horses.
The following morning Brict
cooked breakfast while Harris wen
for his COWS. While Harris was
absent an indian passed. Bnce in
vited him in and gave him something
to eat. The Indian could have tolC
Brice of the fact that his people wer'
on the warpath, but did not, so Brice
after breakfast, departed on his wa
in ignorance of the fact that the wa
was on and he was in an enemy
country.
The remainder of the story is hes
told in Brices own words. Sewers
months ago, long before the oil
mans mind was clouded, he told tn
tale to Standard man, and her
it is:
"On my way to White Bird cree
from Harris place | stopped at I'll
Benedict house. Mrs. Benedi'
asked me where was going, an
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30
RATES REDUCED.
The Oregon Short Line Adjusts I'm.
satisfactory Freight Tariff.

Weiser merchants will be much re-
joiced at the adjustment of freight
tariffs on the western end of the o.
s L. Ry. as ordered in the following
letter to Agent Lapish.
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company,
Office of A G. f. A.
Salt Lake, Jan 25, 1902.
j. w. Lapish. Agent, Weiser-Dear
Sir: Am cancelling by Sup. No to o.
S L tariff No. GIG all rates contained on
pages Nos Il, II, 13 and IA of tariff be-
tween Huntington and points on the o.
Is l.. r. r. This will allow the applica-
ton of distance tariff rates to and from
II Huntington, which you know is con-
siderably lower basis. This change in
rates takes effect February |. Wish you
would kindly notify all interested, also
convey this information to Mr.. X. Il.
Lock wood, publisher of the Weiser
Signal. Yours truly,
j. A. REEVES.
The instruction to convey the IN
formation to Mr.. Lockwood arises
from the fact that Mr. Lockwood
wrote General Manager Bancroft,
and the traffic department OF the
road. about sixty days ago, setting
forth the situation and the adverse
effects on the commercial interests OF
Weiser; and has, by letter at various
times since, urged an adjustment.
General Traffic Manager Schumacher
recently stopped his car at Weisei
and called at the Signal office. Ii
talking the matter over Mr.. Schu
macher promised that the trouble
would be remedied at the earlies
moment possible, and the new rat'
is a handsome and ju~t act on TIN
part of the railway.
! The Importance of the change i
shown by the following comparison
1st class I'd. 3D..
Old rate per 100 80 46 81
New rate 20 10
The rate is carried out proportion
5 atelv on the lower classification, ei
fechng hay, brick, wood, etc Thi
S will give an impetus TO the shlpmen
of brick from the Weiser yards.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30
The Grangeville Free Press has

The Grangeville Free Press has
this:
The WEIsER SIGNAL says that figures
won't lie, in an article comparing the
Grangeville and Council routes to Thun-
der Mountain. And in The same article
the sapient SIGNAL gives the distance
from Warren to Thunder Mountain over
the Weiser route AS forty-six miles, whlle
over the Grangeville route the distance
from Warren to Thunder Mountain is
given at seventy miles ! !
From this it will be seen that in the
hands of "a professional prevaricator ilg-
ures do lie. The fact that Grangeville
has the best route to Thander Mountain
is so well known in the Weiser-Councll
country that they have to resort to lying
10 make out any kind of a case for the
Weiser- Council route. Grangevile is the
gateway 10 Thunder Mountain, and IHF
SIGNAL knows it as well as anybody
The Free Press is either lmbecilt
or wilfuliy malignant. 1t is plair
fact that tue distance from Warner
TO Thunder Mountain, whether yol
reach Warren from Weiser or Grange
vile is fixed and interchangeable
The Free Press refers to al
article which THE SIGNAL clippe'
from the Free Press itself, in whic
the seventy miles" appeared. tn
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30
A prnftahle Investment.

81 was troubled for about seven
years with my stomach and in bed
half my time" says Il. Demlck,
Somerville, Ind. 81 spent about
$1,000 and never could get any thing
70 me until | tried Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. | have taken few bottles
and am entirely well. You don't
live by what you eat, but by what
YOU digest and assimilate. 1t your
stomach doesn't digest your food
YOU are really starving. hodol
Dyspepsia Cure does the stomach
work by dlgesting the food. You don
have to diet. Eat all you want
Kodol Dyspepsia Cures cures al
stomacb troubles. DAVIS DRUG 20
M. & R. gives full weight on coal
4
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30

SIGNAL then remarked aaaccordlng
to their own figures" the distance is
SO and so. 1t is the Free Press ed
itor who is mixed up The SIGNAL
never lies when it can help it, and
even then reluctantly.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30
THE FAMOUS BOISE MAP.

The reproduction Boise Thunder Mount
being circulated the
will that by this the moment you
Mountain One fatal fault
the gold the district and
be found The SIGNAL having run
original shown flowing
within which
opposite the gold fields and then walking
boulevard giventhe amportan consideration
Mark Twain's map Paris isn't in it any
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30
A Business Proposition Laid Before
People of Weiser and
Council
ROAD TO SECURE BIG TRADE
Council To Be Made Railway Point for
Important Mining and Stock
District.

Among Weser visitors this week
was Mr.. j G. Blood, general mana
ger and uperintendent of the Gold
Fork Mining and Milling Co., which
is operating on Gold Fork, in Boise
county. This company controls q,
200 acres on Copeland Flat and has
been busy this year installing large
dredging plant, disburslng over $780,
600 during the past year, Mr..
Blood also owns half the stock in the
Gold Sand Mining and Milling Com
pany, which has $40 600 dredging
plant in the vicinity Of Copeland
Flat, and which company will install
$15, 600 worth of new machinery the
coming season. The latter company
is not managed by Mr.. Blood, how
ever. The gentleman met Il number
of Weiser business men and LAID
plan before them which, if finally
developed, will throw a large amount
of trade to Weiser and Council Mr..
Blood is anxious to see these two
points made the base Of supply for
his entire section, with Council the
railway point. In connection with
the matter Mr.. b. said:
OF the people on this side will
build wagon road to the summit
between Council and Long Valley
! (Which they can do at an expense of
so, 000) my company, and others,
will complete the road from there to
:. the mines and do all of our business
. this way, as will the others. 1t
= would result in all of the machinery
q the Gold Sand Company will put in
q next season going over the p. & |.
= N and hauled from Council. The
q road would also bring all the trade
:, of settlers and stockmen in vast
scope of country this way, as the
railway is rs miles nearer than Boise
20 or Emmett the only other available
"a points. The distances are surpris-
:, ingly short From Council to the
,o summit is s miles, from the summit
i, to Rosebury 10 miles, from Rose
II bury to the mines is miles, making
10 total distance of 25 miles from the
-, mines to railroad 1t is 105 miles
40 TO Boise, from whence all our
-, machinery was hauled. | got q
an cargo of 1000 pounds from Boise u
oo short time ago and it cost $500 to
od have it hauled If the proposed
,ro road had been in existence the
., freight would have been $50 from
Council
- "Another important consideration
:, is that this would be the best an(
- shortest route over which to put
ko road into Thunder Mountain From
r, Council to Rosebury is IS miles an,
VIC from Rosebury to Thunder Mountai
M is 60 miles by the route wagol
road would follow. This woul
"a make 78 miles from Council t
,bo Thunder Mountain by wagon road,
anyone is interested in furnishin
,Lo the money to put short and first
4ho class wagon road into the new Klor
rs dixie. The highest elevation crosse
tha would be Z, 500 feet. 1t would b
tho a three-days' trip with loads int
roo Thunder The first day to Rosebur
the second day to Salmon and I'll
o;u third to Thunder Mt.
ob+ The Gold Fork Company has ju
tor completed the dredgeing plant an
, will begin mining operations as soc
Ire as possible in the spring.
tab Meals Carriage Paint at Meyer
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30

1t is becoming regular thing for
people to leave Thunder Mountain
and reach Weser in five days The
quickest time made over any other
route is eight days from Thunder
Mountain TO GrangevIlle, eighteen
miles from railway. AS time moves
along the superiority of the W. e. W.
route is being demonstrated, and
recognized, too, as witness the fol
lowing letter from Spokane, which
is one of a dozen received this week
from as many places:
SPOKANE, WASH, January ~.
R. E. Lockwood, Weiser, Idaho
DEAR SIR-Please send me a few maps
of Thunder mountain. A large party
from here intend to visit Thunder Mount
ain as soon as trail is opened, and we are
of the opinion that the route by Welser
is the best
Thanking you in advance for your
favor, ! am
Maybe these Spokane fellows don''
watch the corners and know thing
or too!
And the following, received IN the
same mail, indicates that the nortl
will all 90 IN by the southern route
NoRTHPoRT, WASH, Jan. "A.
DEAR SIGNAL i am referred to yol
through a friend as TO Information ant
the most feasible route into the Thunde
Mountain district. as party OF SIX
along with myself, contemplate making
the trip this spring.
| should be very glad to learn from yo
all | can in regard to the country an
would like 10 have map or diagram G
that district.
Hoping TO hear from you at your eai
hest convenience and see you in Welse
soon, remain -
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30

Meals Carriage Paint at Meyers
Big Paint and Paper store.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-10
RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED.
Papers from This District Brought tt
the Attention of Congress.

The following petitions and resou-
tions We're presented by Congressman
Connell, in the house of representatives
at Washington. Wednesday:
Petition of r. Thomas, jr., and 2S3
other citizens of Scranton, urging the
re-enactment of the Geary Chinese eX-
cluson act.
Petition of the wholesale grocers,
jobbers and importers of tea. of Scran-
ton. Pa, requesting the repeal of the
war tax of ten cents per pound on tea.
Resolution of Patriotic council, No.
S22, Junior Order United American Me-
chanics. of Scranton, Pa, urging the
re-enactment of the Geary Chinese ex-
clusion act.
Resolution of Pine Local, No. 9O1
United Mine Workers of America, of
Scranton, urging the re-enactment Of
the Geary Chinese exclusion act.
Resolutions of Local union, No. 1918,
of Taylor: Local union, No. 917, of Oily
phant:. Glover council. Junior Order
United American Mechanics, No. 80. or
Archibald; San Francisco Printing
Pressmen's union. to the same effect.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-10
DYNAMITING IS RESUMED.
Green Ridge Suburban Car Damaged
on North Washington Avenue.

At noon yesterday Green Ridge
suburban car was dynamited at the in
tersection of Washington avenue and
Ash street, near where a previous eX-
OlosiOn occurred.
There were no passengers on the ear,
and the crew escaped without being in
jured The windows We're smashed and
the tlange of the wheel broken as usual.
a printed card, signed Committee,
Central Labor union" asking the pub
lie to refrain from riding on the cars,
is being distributed by the strikers.
One of them came into the hands OF
General Manager Silliman yesterday,
and he turned it over to the company's s
attorneys with a view of having them
begin proceedings against the Central
Labor union for conspiracy
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-10
OPINION BY JUDGE ARCHIBALD.
Proceedings Against Dreher Shoe
Company Are Dismissed.

In the United states district court
yesterday. Judge II. w. Archibald
handed down an opinion containing a
decision making absolute the rule to
dismiss the bankruptcy proceedings
brought by Henry l.. Phillips and nine
others of Selinsgrove. Snyder county,
against the Dreher Shoe company OF
that place,
The plaintiffs each endorsed one of
q series of ten 800 notes for the shoe
company. These notes were discount
ed by the First National bank of Sell
insgrove and are still in the banks
possession The notes are for one
year and are dated May !. 1901.
Some time after the signing of the
notes the shoe company made an as
signment for the benefit of certain
creditors. The ten endorsers of the
notes sought to void these preferences
by having the shoe company declared
bankrupts, and accordingly on Sept.
IS. Joined in a petition to have the
court declare the assignment to be an
act of bankruptcy
The shoe company and the preferred
creditors defended on the ground that
the petitioners did not hold provable
claims.
Judge Archibald sustains this con-
tention. He says the petitioners have
no standing. under the present circum-
stances. to ask that the shoe company
be declared bankrupts. The petition
ers, the judge says, are at present
sureties and nothing more. The bank
which holds the notes has done moth
ing to enforce the obligations, nor have
the sureties paid or been called upon
to pay them. The sureties not having
taken up the obligation have no prov
able claim.
"The holder" the opinion goes on 10
say, "is the creditor who in the first
instance has exclusively the right to
prove, and the liability of the maker
to the endorser is only contingent in
it's nature, and his claim Is only prov
able in a certain event. which cannot
happen until after the adjudication,
viz: the neglect of the holder to
prove"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-10
JESSUp.

Many of the lovers of tricks on the
mat will be in Providence on the
18th inst, to witness the wrestling
match between Corker and Ursula.
After it is over some of our local ath-
letes may have something to offer the
winner.
Never has the need of some other
industry, besides the mines, in our
town, shown to better advantage than
ut the present time. Several hundred
men and boys have been temporarily
suspended from work by the closing
down of the Mt, Jessup and MooSic
Mountain collieries and though very
many of them have got employment in
other places still they are simply div
idng up with others who We're only
earning Il small pittance at best. The
miners In Sterrick Creek colliery We're
unable to get more than five or six
shifts each two weeks for some time
back, on account of the crowded con-
dition of the mines. Yet, | am told,
that not less than twenty-five new
places We're started in that one colliery
since the Mt. Jessup shut down. This.
necessarily. will reduce the individual
earnings of the men, but there is no
had the merchants of our town, months
ago, formed a board of trade and To-
Gated one or more industry here we
would not have the short pays that
will be the rule for the next three or
four months, if not longer.
Michael Dee has been chosen by
Local union 1905, United Mine Work
crs of America to represent them at
"a IN hal a tn,
indianapolis He is the right man in
the right place. Nuff sed
Deputy Sheriff Miles McAndrew was
in town Thursday
Tom Walton, our late townsman, was
here in the interest of The Tribune
during the week.
Joe Kearney, son of MI Peter Kear-
ney, is delivering The Tribune i'm town.
Any person desiring to get the paper
can do so by leaving their address
with him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-10
WHAT'S THE USE
Sticking to Any Habit When It
Means Sure Death.

Old King Coffee knocks subjects out
tolerably fiat ut times. and there is no
possible doubt of what did it. A lady
gives her experience. II used to have
liver trouble nearly all OF the time and
was compelled to take some liver medi-
cine like calomel which relieved me
only for little while, Then every
once in While / would be suddenly
doubled up with an awful agony in my
stomach 1t seemed as though every
time l took breath ! would die, No
one could suffer more ana live
Finally ] got down so sick with ca
tarrh of the stomach that | could not
turn over in bed and my stomach did
not digest even milk. The doctor IL
nally told me that if / did not give up
drinking coffee | would surely die but
/ felt / could not give 1t up,
However, Husband brought home a
package of Postum Food Coffee and it
was made strictly according to dhec-
tions. 1t was the only thing that
would stay on my stomach, and l soon
got so liked 1t very much.
Gradually began to get better. and
week by week gained in strength and
health, Now | am in perfect condi-
tion. and am convinced that the
whole cause of my trouble was from
coffee drinking, and my getting better
was due to leaving off coffee and taxi
ing Postum.
short time ago tasted some coffee
and found TO my establishment. that
did not care anything about it.
never have TO take liver medicine any
more. hope YOU will use this letter
for the benefit of those suffering from
the poisonous. effects of coffee.
would gladly send to those who WISH
the address of my attending physician.
who will corroborate what / say"
AIRS. Abner Marion, Clinton, Mich.
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WEST END NO .
GREEN RIDGE NO. 2.
OLD FORGE.

Benjamin. the youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Carey, was quite
seriously injured on Saturday by being
squeezed between cars.
c. w. Brodhead, of Montrose, spent
Sunday with his parents at this place.
Slas Richman is seriously i'll at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Harvey Jac-
ques, at MOosic.
Mrs John Wood and Mrs. Harriet
Knapp We're visitors in Scranton on
Monday.
The funeral services of Mrs. Jennie
Huddleson We're held in the brick
Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday.
Interment was in Marcy cemetery.
David Pickrell, who has been sick for
several weeks. does not show any signs
of improvement.
Fire broke out in Riverside hotel on
Tuesday morning. Before the Hose
company could get there it was COM
pletely destroyed.
Private William Hope, who has been
visiting his parents the past few weeks.
will return to Fort Monroe, Va, on
Thursday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-10
LUMBERMEN IN SESSION.
Two Scrantonians Elected officers of
the Association.

Representatives of all the leading
lumber concerns of Scranton and vi
cinity We're in Philadelphia yesterday
attending the semi-annual convention
of the Pennsylvania Lumbermen's
Protective association.
Two Scrantonians We're elected to Of
flee, r. j. Snowden being made vice
president, and B. +. Laudig, secretary
Nh. Snowden was secretary last year.
The other officers We're: President,
w. T.. James, of Steelton treasurer, o.
NJ. Brandow, of Wilkes-Barre; direc-
tors, A. G. Crater of Norristown, and
Charles p. Maule, of Allentown.
The next convention will take place
at Bethlehem the second Thursday Of
July, 1902.