The Weiser signal., December 18, 1890, Image 1

About The Weiser signal. (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904

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WEISÎR, IDAHO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18. Îc90.
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0. 8, L. Time Table.
I. ART BOUND.
... 5:3? p. m.
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.. 7:30 p. m.
2, passenger.,
2(1, freight... -
22. freight...
24. freight...
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3:5.1 p. m.
3:55 p. m.
. 7:10 a. m.
. 7:20 p. m.
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. 25 freight.
. 22 freight
. 21 freight
■When we were nearly ready for
P>.ss last Thursday, we were taken
juite ill and was unable to enter tnc
[nice again until the following Tues
Tlic old bum who was helping
immediately went on a bi«rh-lone
tiae, and the paper was not issued.
■etvlhir.tr in this issue was set up
weee.k and the locals are a little
This is our misiotune, not our
lit.
rush Oysters at the Bed Front. *
The Sion ax. sends out 800 sample
ipies this week.
Frank Smith's children are down
(th the scarlet fever.
The Mill machinery is raqidly being
kced in position.
IMat Richardson is superintending
B bur at the Weiser hotel.
Now is the time to subscribe for
|e Signai., while in its infancy.
JljTesh Oysters at the Red Front. *
Hattie & Kivett are erecting a
andsome brick residence which bids
fdr to bo a dandy when finished.
If you want the best goods for the
last money go to Sommer &
^^Jorrie. *
^3R|Tho U. P. has withdrawn the fast
train and will hereafter run but
passenger trains a day.
Fine California wine, just arrived
Palace.
j^HKiii hereafter bt-ef twice
jflpHHwith his wagon.
C. Newman arrived from Den
Monday, and left yesterday for
Seven Devils.
HA very pleasant and sociable dance
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The Sommer & Gorrie building i' 1
KqUi, ready to piastir.
gjftfey for occupatio: about Jan. 1st.
^Pfnney & Numia-a moved their
SK<T:k of drug - into the new VVater
ÿMr & Jenuey building this week.
^Ho not be backward about a iver
Bfa, with us we -.liiall constantly
^Hnlate 500 copies throughout the
Pwi.try.
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hie Signal will have a large force
Bcorrospondcnts.
fcs from all over the country In its
umiis.
It will be
You will find
There will be ilevine sevvici b in the
W. n.
Baptint church, by tlio Rev.
ki Hers, ne.sl Pabl^^lh ut. 7 p. ra. All
cordially invited.
H)r Williams has moved his build
h which was lately- occupied i>y
ley & Numbers from its old posi
in - :i M.-.'ui street.
[r. P. S. Jeune and wife, so we
:, will shortly leave for Ohio,
Ye they will visit friends and rel
b b until spring.
Weiser is likely to have a Christ
mas tree this time, some young
ladies have been meeting with good
»access in soliciting subscriptions
klar that purpose.
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Look at Sommer & Gorrie's adver
Thay *ill sell »11 kinds of
ement.
srehandise at reduced prices before
iving into their new brick tore. *
■TVe have located in the building
jäcupied by Geo. Davis for the pres
Bt. We will probably remove to
Her quarters in the near future.
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ft cor pc J. D»via i« sole agent for j
The a. Mlî.rd Horse :uid Cattle Food j
hinpton Comity.
- nud you will give it a trial.
Pommer A Gorrio liai
Ici J 'ta, misses nud -'lildrens cloak , ,
also of perla overcoats, which they I
wi'i sell at .--toaisliinv low prices.
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From a private loiter from War-1
. ii. is .irHtd that then snot a
. itele of sner. in ihat ramp. On
the eontrary, they ..re having warm,
sunshiney ays, though iî is quite
frosty at nights.
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c. TV. Townley has sold the Hotel
TV einer to Sterns & Bostwick, late of
Baker City. We did not learn the
consideration. These'gentlemen will
make it equal to any in the*state.
■Sommer & Gorrie will close out
their stock of Indies' misses' and
children's cloaks, fifty per cent be
low the regular pries. Go and see
them, before they are all souhout.
A neat little hook, in pamphlet
form, giving the history of the Seven
Devils is being circulatedMhronghout
the country. Next season will prob
ably"create a stampede,'so great that
it can scarcely be realized at present,
to this camp.
Our old time merchant Mr. W. TV.
Cowins has sold his entire stock of
general merchandise to Mr. John 0.
Peters of Council Valley, who will
remove it to that place.
Peters looks for a good"dcal o G travel
to the mines »ext summer.
Mr.
soon
The, entire Signal outfit was pur
chased from the Great Western Type
Foundry, Omaho, Neb., and
commend them to all printers as a
house where you can got good bar
gains, fair treatment and first-class
goods.
''Keep in the middle ob de road"
would seem to have been first uttered
by some one walking over T\ riser
side walks,
limb don't travel the side walks after
n ight, especially by the post-office,
but take the middle of the road.
we re
If you value life and
Bob. Reavis was in town this week.
Tie brought down 4,000 pounds of
ore from the South Peacock mine and
has 10,000 pounds more at his ranch
Middle valley. When this is
hauled it will probably close the ship
ment of ore for this season.
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On account of being very unwell,
a nd rushed to get put our first issue
short of local items, besides
v. e are
being one day late, this week end
pcrhi ps a few typographical error:
mev be found in our coinams.
TVe
s'nall endeavor to give mure town
news in the future.
A. eatoftalnmcnt
decide 1
;e. forbids a
Over 4'50 wer.'
The oliject of the TV. S.
L. A, is a worthy oneVid thi*y*shonld
ive the support of the people of
our town.
The TV. S. !..
last Friday evening was a
Time and si
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■Ue
.engtiiy mention,
realized.
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Don't tail io look our advertising
columns over each and every week,
a» >■ .■ will be constantly adding to
them and
beneficial to you.
are strictly business men and know
what are doing," and will
dug facts that may !>«
Our advertiser»
d'
tell you through onr columns facts
xhat you will be glad to know.
Our young folks are becoming anx
ious to indul;
skating; but the ice wont come,
though there should tie ice several
feet tldck this winter according to
indications, as wa learn" that musk
rats have built theii "houses with'three
stories and a basement.
iii the pastime of
Pay Up!
Ail those knowing themselves in
debted to me are requested to come
forward and settle at once, and save
W. TV. Cowins,
costs.
A MiNtaken l4l«"ii.
Tiie object and intentions* of tills
paper has been gn iviously misjudged
t»y some of our citizens. TVe hope,
as time progresses, that the honor
able, just and generous course we in
tend to pursue will convince them of
their error, and that when they see
that we seek the injury of none but
the welfare of all, they will look up
on us with greater favor.
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•e rend in the »pckane Re
view that. th» Copper Key ri a» re
Wl?rn
sold u. r BosK.ii ptcplo by
Lot kwood,
cently
At. Don art and lî. K
We wore knocked completely silly.
We re du-d out and coReJ tin: crowd
considorstion,
l* t upon
in to « '.rink
menu-, our
r threadbare
band deep down into on
deans ' ir the vrimvewd;. ;1 to pay for
«nine, and find-ig none of the MO,
000. which should have been our just
share of the sale, we fell in a
dead
and upon reviving was told
swoon,
that K. B. Lockwood of Seven Devils
must have been meant.
VoI<*OW Our Sentiments.
The, Caldwell Tr'bnne, in speaking
of projected improvements in size
and appearance says :
"When the Tribune, made the last
change, it thought it had reached all
that was demanded of a paper in a
town the size of Caldwell, and intend
ed to rest contented for a time.
Caldwell has an appreciative and en
terprise-loving people, and
did they show their appreciation of
the Tribune's enterprise by advertis
ing and subscription, that we fee! en
couraged to take another step for
ward.
and
But
so well
The Tribune publishers can
will if their support will let them.
From present indications the support
is not only willing, but demands it.
Consequently we have ordered new
material, and in the course of a few
months the paper will be enlarged
and improved,
credit to Caldwell.
and in the case of Weiser it is
If the people of this
The Tribune is a
No business man
is ashamed to send a sample of lus
When away from
home paper away,
home and confronted with a copy of
Tribune, he does not have to
blush and apologize, as too many
enthusiastic ■ citizens of small towns
You can send the Tribune to
anv stranger, without comment of
your own, and be will size Caldwell
up as having from 3,00 to 5,000 in
habitants. One good paper, printed
neat business manner, is worth
The
the
do.
in a
ten half-starved looking sheet,».
■'sts prosperity to the
and a sentence in such a
Tribune su
stranger,
paper has weight with men looking
for investment."
The sentiments expressed above
apply to other places and papers as
well.
an exact fit.
county show by their support that
they appreciate our eiforts, wr assure
them that :hey shall have a paper
worthy of a place in the front ranks
of the State press.
TVe shall im
the Signal as fast as our
prove
patronage will
lo be aille to print both
warrant, and hope
sides
soon
at home.
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at.'srduy, December lith,
fh 'iVash
it the
On last
a number of the Te..' h
ington county,
school house
pose of formait
tion. A cowji
organization was
Brof Abbott, as chairman, and they
in Weiser, for lue pur
; a Tenchers' Vssoeia
nittee on per manen.
vlth
appointed,
proceeded to organize.
First ou the programme was an ad
dress. on
T. C. Galloway.
Thun came "Quotations from Long
fellows Poems" by the teachers also,
a song by Flu?.
A commutes was then appointed to
draft a constitution.
then to
"Education" by the Hon.
Abbott ai.d wife.
meet at half past one o'clock, p. in.
AFTÏHNOON SESSION.
Reading of the constitution by M.
U. Harlan.
The following officers were appoint
ed: At Weiser, Prof. Abbott, presi-
M. E. Harlan, assistant
ta l Mr. Hemmingway,
treasurer. At Salubria, T. M. Jelf
reys, vice president, Mr. Conrod,
secretary.
Next 'came the subject by Miss
Etta Lansdon, What a Teachers' As
sociai;"!: can do. Discussion of the
same by the members of the associa
tion also, concert reading by M. 10.
Harlan. Discussion of the same.
A committee on programme for
the next meeting was then appointed.
Miss Emma Taylor, Mrs. Annie E.
Day and Mr. Hemmingway are on
that committee.
dent,
secretary
On account of unfavorable cir
cumstances the members concluded
not to have any evening session. The
meeting then adjourned to meet in
four weeks from that time at 10
o'clock, A. M.
M. K. Harlan.
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THE SILVER BELLE!I
QUE':; Of M ITERAT.'?, MI TBS!
A Si.ort S!n <>#
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■■'.ont lr-t Messrs. Flower and 1
1 i lenrioh discovered and local''
;be now la nous raine known as the
Silver Belle. Tbcv ran a tunnel or
ti.r U'ds.e 70 feet an i learned that th j
vein was as immense as it vr
Mr.
mine to Mr.
ward,
time sold it to Mr. Louis Sommer,
of 'Veiaer, Idaho,
in 1887, purchased the
and became sole owner,
year C. TVing, purchased a one
half interest of Mr. Sommer, since
which time these two gentlemen have
been steadily pushing development
on their property. At a distance of
Ki5 feet below the summit of the
mountain upon which the mine is
situated the ore first crops out, and
from here to the summit the whole
,
rich. :
Heideurich sold bis half of the j
Flower shortly after
and the latter gent 1 ,'man in
who subsequently,
other half
In (lie same
.'it this point the
vein is exposed,
first tunnel was begun an ! pushed
to a distance of 145 foot, all the way
through rich ore. Then they drop
ped down the mountain side 100 feet
and ran in 140 feet and sunk a winze
Again they ran a
05 feet in depth,
tunnel ICO feet to the bottom of the
winze and 30 feet beyond, making
the lower tunnel 190 feet in length
and the one still reaching mi unknown
distance ahead. Besides these tun
nels there are several cross cuts. The
vein is three and onç-half feet wide
and is struck 50 feet from the* mouth
of the lower tunnel. The result of
these developments is plain to be
seen. Between the summit of the
mountain and lower tunnels is ex
posed a body of ore 300 feet in
depth, 140 feet in length and three j
and one-half feet in width, or 147,
000 cubic feet ore uvorging
ounces ol silver to the ton through
out the mine; the ore in some places
running as high ns 230 ounces to the
ton. The vein dips north-oast and
south-west with hanging and foot
wall of different grades of porphory.
The owners have during the last two
months, worked 50 tons of
through the Lang à Biddle smelter,
at a total cost for hauling, working,
etc., of i?l(l per ton. The ore thus
worked yielded »45 per ton above
expenses. The mine has not been
worked, as yet, in a thorough,
systematic manner. The ore worked
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was that taken out during
ment work, and w..s worked si
to pay the expenses ol the urine.
Next season Messrs. Sommer ii Wing
will work the miau in earnest, an 1 a
of men oui be employed all
summer. Arrangements are now
made with bong ot Bidiiie to
liar tons per da j to Uwnr
smelter. We siiail give further pro
gress c a tids valuable and important,
mine in the future.
develop
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r»! il Shots.
Tile roads are very icy and rou r> ii
But sun und muddy
here mornings,
in tne afternoon.
We see Wiitie Jewell has exclusive
of the iudiaa valley stage
charge
hue.
Marion smith, one of your eutc-r
is erecting u tine, now
lunise whicu nueii lu -
prising citizens,
wet
ved will be a daisy
lion. is. 8. Jewell took ids depar
ture tor U« ijugislatore of Idaho, on
tnc oil:, iusl.
Almost every one has a bad ce'd
und nothing but hacking and
every liahd.
hero,
cougiiiug
A grand time wan had in tiie way
of a social dance, al lue residence, o.
J. V. Vi ilkerson's, in Indian valley,
last Friday night.
- Born.—To the wife of Geo. York
sou, on Saturday night last.
Mother and child doing weil.
Times are rather dull this week,
among our business men.
Mr. Thomas Garrick and family,
have just returned trom a short visu,
lo the Williamen valley, Oregon.
Our school here is getting ou finely.
Prof. Jeffrey s
teacher.
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is a number one
Born.—To the wife of IX F. Cole,
a son, one day last week. The boy
and bright as a morn
Kok.
is a bouncer,
iug star.
* ^ ootei call again
girt you a suppUmoBt"
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south of Post Oft'.i'tf.
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Don't fail to cal! when you are in town.
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Always on Hand.
A tine Ui LI.IA 1 U) and Pool. Tablu, Club
Room and other Conveniences.
TiT' 1 always treat my customers
square.
COME «««a HEM ME.
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vioow, C:/.'Tiii>;c. liom's ami Suoks, Ac.
v> hich will last Houi now to
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JAMMY Et, 1891.
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Wo intend to close out our Entire 8k*ck
before moving into our New Building.
Come and See and you will be Convinced
that We Moan Business.
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