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THE WEISER SIGNAL.
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VOL. XI.
WEISER. IDAHO, THURSDAY, NOVEMHER 1901.
No. 51
REINHOLD REPLIES
Kleinschmidt's Have a Word to Say
About Affairs.
REFERS TO PAXTON LETTER
Cites a Clause in the Contract Covering Par
tition Proceedings
W eis er, Idaho, Nov. 16,1901.
Mr. R. E. Lockwood,
Dear Sir:—The article published
in your columns of November 14th
signed by Mr. O. F. Paxton is mis
leading. He states as one of the
reasons that Mr. Hall forfeited the
contract (on which $70,000 had been
paid) because "a partition suit is
pending brought by an owner of one
When Mr
Paxton wrote this article he certainly
could not have had in mind clause
23 of the contract which reads as
follows:
of the other interests."
"Should the owners of the seven-six
teenth of said three mining claims n»t
owned by the parly of the first part, at
any lime during the continuance of this
agreement, obtain a decree of court parti
tioning said mining claims aud the same
be partitioned pursuant thereto, then and
in that case the rights of said party of
the second part under this agreement
shall attach to and effect the portion of
said mines set off to said party of the first
by said partition; and if by said decree
of partition said mines be decreed to be
sold, and the same are sold pursuant
thereto, then and in that case the rights
of the party of the second part hereunder
shall not attach to and affect the portion
of the proceeds of such sale belonging to
the party of the first part, and in such
event the party of the second part shall
have no claim against the party of the
first part to be reimbursed for any moneys
by him expended on said property or for
the repayment of any moneys paid by him
hereunder to the party of the first part,
or have any interest in the portion of the
proceeds of such sale belonging to the
party of the first part, except upon pay
ment of the entire balance due upon the
purchase price hereunder, and the party
of the second part shall not be relieved
by the pendency of any such partition
suit from making payments hereunder.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent
the party of the second part from making
and enforcing for his own benefit any
right or claim he may have against the
owners of the said seven-sixteenth inter
est of said mines or their interest in the
proceeds of said sale, and the party of
the second part in any such partition
suit shall have the right to intervene and
to be made a parly for the protection of
his rights"
From the above it may be deter
mined that Mr. Hall has forfeited all
his rights to the nine-sixteenth in
terest of the American Mining Co.,
Limited, and as he has only a lease
made on September 30 of tbe present
year, which said lease is made on the
seven-sixteenth interest for one year,
it may easily be determined how
much interest, if any, Mr. Hall has
at this time in the Peacock, White
Monument and Helena mines,
contract from which clause 23 is
recorded in Wash
The
quoted above was
ington county, Idaho, at the request
of Chas. W. Whitcomb, and the
Boston 1 and Seven Devils Copper Co.
being the parties of the second
Mining Co.
tbe American
part,
parties of the first part,
entire contract may be read at
The
tbe recorder's office by anyone who
The Ameri
takes an interest in it.
ican Mining Co., obtaining a promise
from Mr. Hall and Mr. Whitcomb
that they would furnish them copies
of any contracts which they had
from others on these properties.
This promise was made and claimed
to have been carried out in consider
ation of the American Mining Co.
extending at one time some of the
which became due under
payments
the contract with them.
The parti
suit which is pending
was
tion
started by one A. M. Holter, who
claims to own seven-thirty-seconds
of the property, be being the sole
plaintiff, all other interested parties,
including Granville Stuart, are made
parties defendant.
Holler's title is
affected by the recent suit at Weiser.
Yours truly
R. H. Kleinschmidt,
Secretary American Mining Co., Ld.
The Boston and Seven
Devils Copper Co. have a contract
with Granville Stuart for the scven
sixteeuth oî the properties for which
they agree to pay $775,000 on the
same terms as provided in the con
tract with American Mining Co., and
it is firmly believed that Mr. Hall
P. S.
and the Boston and Seven Devils
Copper Co. will yet purchase these
properties from the American^ Min
ing Co. and their co-owners.
Coal at Heath,
01. Godlove and Sy. Boyles have
found a four-foot vein of coal at
Heath. Hope it is as good as the
boys think. With coal, copper,
lead, iron, silver and gold we don't
know what more the people of that
camp could ask.—Salubria News
Letter.
SOLD CLAIMS.
Theu Made a Big Saving in Traveling
Fare to Boise.
Statesman.
F. Richardson of White Bird, Idaho
county, is one of Thursday's arrivals
at the Overland. Mr. Richardson
made the trip from Orangeville by
stage over the new state wagon road
known as the Little Salmon road. It
requires three days' staging to make
the trip from Orangeville to Council,
a distance of 119 miles and the fare
is $11.30. There are pleasant eat
ing stations all along the route and
the country is settling up very rapid
ly. The road, Mr. Richardson pro
nounces as upon the whole a very
good one and the travel over it is
constantly increasing.
Mr. Richardson is an old pros
pector. For the past three years
he has prospected in the Thunder
Mountain section, which he pro
nounces the richest he has ever seen.
His business here was the closing up
of a deal by which he disposes of
seven claims in the district, owned
by himself and J. D. Brown, to an
eastern syndicate represented by J.
T. Casey. The transaction has been
completed, the deed having passed
and the money paids The price is
not given given to the public but is
understood to be a goodly sum. Mr.
Richardson, with other parties, retains
seven claims in the district and also
a townsite location on Big creek, half
way between Warrens and the Moun
tain, which it is claimed is a level
location of low altitude and free
from the heavy snows at the Moun
tain proper.
4000 FEET TO OIL,
What an Oil Expert Says of Ashley
. Gas Well.
The Yale Democrat speaks of
some recent investigations of the
Malheur oil fields by an old oil ex
pert. Tbe Democrat then ads:
The well near Weiser from which
natural illuminating gas is procured,
has been visited. It is located on
Several residents
Dead Ox Flat,
thereabout combined to bore for
artesian water, and went to a depth
of 1,000 feet, without much success,
but the principal man in the enter
prise, who owned the land where tbe
boring was done, gets enough gas
from the well to light his house.
Mr. Brown estimates that at this
point a well would have to be bored
at least 4,000 feet to tap the oil bear
ing stratum, as tbe formation dips
rapidly toward the Snake, and this
well is a short distance on the Oregon
side from the river. Nampa is direct
ly in the line of this basin.
A $40 set of silver knives and
forks will be given to a lucky customer
on New Year's Day by Shields. See that
have a few tickets at the draw
you
ing—they are free with holiday pur
chases.
Patton's carriage paint at Moyer's.
THE DEAL CLOSED
Big Thunder Mt, Properties Trans
ferred to Dewey.
A. 0. HUNTLEY IN THE SWIM
Washington County Man Gets Slice of the
$ 100 , 000 .
The big deal has finally been closed
and Saturday at Boise Col. Dewey
paid $100,000 to the three Caswell
brothers, Wesley Ritchie aud A. O.
Huntley, the latter of Cuprum, this
county. The title thus passes to
Col. Dewey, who is now ready to re
peat his Silver City performances and
take out a few million more.
And
is cause for congratulation, at
least, that the money will be made
by a man who will spend it at home,
developing the state that produced
the wealth.
Dewey has already
stocked the mine and has one million
dollars in hard cash in the treasury,
from the sales of stock, with which
to operate upon, and this assures the
100-stamp mill next summer,
one time this immense property was
controlled locally and the outlook was
that the wealth produced would,some
of it, aid in building up Weiser, but
weak-kneed Weiser men threw it
At
down and destroyed the chances of
various stockholders to gather a few
The many friends of A. O.
moss.
Huntly are gratified to learn ot his
large slice ot the pie, which is said
to amount to $20,000.
MAIL CONTRACTS.
On Various Washington County Routes
to be Let on Dec. 3d.
Mr. Robert H. Barclay, special
agent oftbe postal department, called
on the Signal last Saturday and gave
considerable information in re-,
gard to contracts, soon to be let, for
carrying mails over various routes in
this vicinity.
The postofflee department is now
advertising and letting all mail
routes in the state of Idaho for the
next contract term of four years. A
very' important feature of the adver
tisement is that it contemplates
awarding all contracts to local bid
ders. This plan will result In great
benefit to the service, to the persons
actually operating the service, to
merchants and others who will have
dealings with those persons, and to
the public in general. Under these
conditions the bidding on all routes
should be active and general, and
the competition strong, for the con
tracts will surely be awarded to local
parties.
be conservative and reasonable, mak
ing due allowance for possible earn
ings outside of mail service pay.
The residents of every town and lo
cality should interest themselves to
see that bids are sent in by capable
and responsible parties who are
known to be in position to render
good and satisfactory service,
tbe opportunity to contract direct
with the government, and no danger
of loss or delay thro middlemen, a
mail service contract for four years,
Estimates of cost should
With
properly operated, should be a good
business proposition,
reach the department before 4 p. m.
December 3rd, and to avoid risk of
delay should be forwarded at once.
Further information regarding routes
advertised, instructions to bidders,
etc., may be obtained at any post
office, a copy of the general adver
tisement, instructions, blanks, etc.,
having been placed in the hands of
each postmaster.
Mr. Barclay gives us the following
list of routes advertised in Washing
Bids must
ton county and immédiate vicinity •
Weibcr to Bourne, 12 miles, 3
times a week. Present contract pay,
$295.
Meadows to Lardo, 9A miles, 6
limes a week. Present contract pay,
$549.
Meadows, by Resort, to Warren,
59 miles, 6 times a week, June 1st
to Oct. 31st, and three times a week
the remainder of the year. Present
contract pay, $1808 30.
Meadows to Council, 30 miles, 0
times a week. Present contract pay,
$1080.
Helena, by Decorah and Laudore,
to Bear, 18J miles, 0 times a week.
New service.
Indian Valley, by Alpine and Sa
lubria, to Cambridge, 17 miles, 6
times a week.
Present conti act pay.
$989.
Heath to Cambridge, 16 miles, 3
times a week. Present contract pay,
$360.79.
Salubria, by Brannon, to Wilberus,
25 miles, twice a week. Present
contract pay, $405; subcontract pay,
$405.
Orangeville, by Tolo, Wbilebird,
Lucile, Goff, Riggins and Pollock, to
Meadows, 90 miles, 6 limes a week.
Present
$2734 20;
subcontract pay. $2700, for 18 miles
6 limes a week and 70 miles 3 limes.
contract
pay,
OLD TIMER IN BOISE.
Mrs William Allison of Cambridge is
Visiting There.
Statesman.
Mrs. William Allison of Weiser is
in the city for a few days, accompan
ied by her youngest son, Joseph,
visiting witli Mrs. Cuddy and family.
She is an old resident of hav
157. She
ing first come here in
taught school here for many years in
the early days, when there were but
few houses here and much of the
business portion of the present city
was covered with sage brush,
says that she bad opportunities in
the early days to take up claims
along Idaho street.
Her last visit to Boise was made
eight years ago, when Mr. Allison
was a member of tbc legislature.
The town bas grown so much in the
past eight years that she can hardly
believe it is the same town.
Her family have been continuous
subscribers of The Statesman since
it was first established in 1864
They still have in their house a copy
She
of the first paper issued.
Taylor's Deal.
Last week the Signal mentioned
the prospective good fortune that was
to come to a Salubria man who bad
pinned bis faith to Thunder Moun
tain, namely H. E. Taylor.
Taylor and bis partner, M. F. Eby
have bonded to Erv Johnson their
seven claims including tbe proposed
townsite of Roosevelt for the sura of
$150,000 and have received a sub
stantial first payment,
liminary steps tor tbe organization
Mr.
Tbe pre
of a development company have been
effected,and Pittsburg capitalists are
back of Mr. Johnson in tbe deal.
All the papers in the transaction are
on deposit in the Bank of Commerce
in Boise and tbe company to be
organized is assured of sufficient
capital to fully develop tbe mining
properties, besides inaugurating tbe
work of the construction of tbe great
metropolis of tbe Thunder Mountain
region.
Mr. Johnson went east to interest
men of capital in tbe proposition to
take over tbe Taylor-Eby group of
claims in tbe Thunder Mountain dis
trict, and it was known before bis ar
rival that he bad been successful, as
upon his wired instructions to bis
attorney, George M. Parsons, men
had been sent into the district, with
supplies and tools,
the deal, however, were not made
public, and Mr. Johnson is as yet
very guarded in his statements for
publication.
The details of
Boer Commandoes Become Very Dar
ing in English Territory.
Native Colony Troops Throw Down Unns and
Refuse to Eight Boers.
New York, Nov. 15.—The corres
pondent of the Loudon Times and
the New York Times, writing from
Middleburg, Cape Colony, says that
within the last two days the Boers
have approached still nearer to Cape
town. Sixty men of the commando
last seen at Hopefleld have penetrat
ed south of Darling (48 miles north
of Capetown) but the raid must not
be taken too seriously' as the British
columns are already in a position to
cope with it. The Boers have made
the dash either to obtain fresh horses
or to revenge themselves on the
Dutch farmers who have not sup
ported them as they were expected
to do. In the northeast district
Commandant Foucb and six men
leaving the main body, made a raid
last Saturday to Middleburg siding.
They blew up a few yards of track
and shot in cold blood a Cape police
man who had surrendered. Fouch
lias since returned to the neighbor
hood of Jamestown, A patrol of
district mounted troops were worsted
on Monday by an insignificant force
of the enemy.
BOERS ON THE AGGRESSIVE.
Kitchener Reports Two Attacks by
the Fighting Burghers.
London, Nov. 16,—A dispatch
from Lord Kitchener,dated Pretoria,
yesterday, says that a strong patrol
of yeomanry while reconnoilering
November 3, at Brakspruit (in tbe
Transvaal colony, about 140 miles
west of Pretoria), was surrounded by
300 Boers and lost six men killed
Some of the
and 16 wounded,
troopers were captured, but subse
quently were released.
The rear guard of Colonel Byng's
column was attacked near Heilbron,
Orange River colony, November 14,
by 400 Buers, said to be under the
command of Dewet. After two hours'
fighting the Boers retired, leaving
eight dead on the field. Of Byng's
column Lieutenant Hughes and one
man was killed and three officers and
nine men were wounded.
CAPTURED A BRITISH LAAGER
Remounts for Cavalry Secured by
Boers Near Cape Town.
New York, Nov. 12.—Dr. Leyd's
friends, says tbe Berlin correspond
ent of the London Times and the
Times, asserts that a
New York
British laager containing remounts
for cavalry now on the way from
England was captured by the Boers
near Capetown.
Tbe circumstance that this success
of the burghers is not known in
London, according to these inform
ants, is due to the fact that is not
the custom of the British to mention
tbe loss of war material unattended
by tbe loss of life.
Boers Merciful.
17.—The South
London, Nov.
African casualty list shows that in
the affair at Brakspruit, November
13, which Lord Kitchener reported
last Friday, 58 yoemen were captured
by tbe Boers and afterward released.
Surrendered to Boers.
Middleburg, Cape Colony, Nov.
15.—One hundred and eighty dis
trict mounted troops, composed
largely of Dutchmen, with horses
and arms, surrendered to Smut's com
mando, Oct. 13. The district troops
fired most of their ammunition at long
range and then refused to fight farther.
Captain Thornton, their command
er, believes the surrender to have
been prearranged.
The Falleu Bridge.
The Mt Idaho Mail gives the fol
lowing information of the collapse
of the bridge over Salmon river on
the Florence road:
There were two spans of this bridge,
one 00 feet in length, reaching from this
bank to an iron pier, and a 400-fool span
reaching from the pier to the further
bank The shorter span fell. The re
mainder of the bridge is standing, but
it Is said that the unequal weight upon
the prior is likely to overturn it and let
the whole structure into the river. Tbla
bridge has been known to be unsafe for
a long time, in fact, it is said it is con
structed properly. As much as a year
ago the matter was brought to the at
tention of the commissioners hut it was
only on the July meeting of the bosjrd
that an engineer was employed to examine
the bridge to determine what repairs were
necessary. The contract was to have
been let on the 10th Inst for repairing the
the bridge.
AN ACCOUNTING ASKED
Mr and Mrs. Stiles Ask for Portion of
Choate Estate
The hearing in the suit of Edward
Stiles against the estate of Wm.
Choate, deceased, began on the lltb
before Referee H. P. Stark, and con
tinued five days. An adjournment
was then taken until today, and the
rest of the week will no doubt be
consumed in the hearing. Lot L.
Feltbam is the attorney for plaintiff
and John W. Ayers for J. M. Sny
der, the administrator. The story as
told by Mr. and Mrs. Styles is most
interesting.
Some twenty years ago Mr. and
Mrs. Stiles and Mr. Choat bought a
squatter'« relinquishment to a little
cove at the foot of Warm Springe
valley, a few miles below Weiser,
and operated the place as partners.
Sometime daring the '80s the land
was surveyed and Choat filed on the
land, Stiles having used bis home
stead right. In time he made final
proof and a patent was issued to him.
Stiles claimed a half interest in the
ranch, but Choate died without deed
ing it to him. As be lived with them
for years as oue of the family and as
they jointly improved the place thia
suit is for a partnership accounting
and for an allowance to Mrs. Stiles
for cooking and sewing for Choate
nursing him during his sickness. It
was known that the latter had a fam
ily somewhere in the east, and since
his death a son was here investigating
the value of the estate.
Better Service Needed.
The people of Brannon are suffer
ing from a very deplorable mail ser
vice, which could easily be remedied.
The mail now comes to them by wsy
of Salubria and is most uusatisfac
The Brannon package of
leaves Weiser on Fri
tory.
Signal's
day mornings and gets to Brannon
on Monday following. Tbe distance
to Brannon is about 50 miles via
Middle Valley station and the stage
should leave Middle Valley after the
P. & I.N. train arrives,making Bran
non in about four hours. Brannon
is important enough to have a three
times-a-week service.
Shields offers a ticket for the New
Year's gift ticket with each dollar
spent in his store is drawing tbe
trade. Read his display ad.
Riggs Bound Over.
Wm. Riggs, whose examination
took place in Judge Jeffreys' court
last week was bound over to the dis
trict court in the sum of $2500*
Riggs furnished bond promptly.
Cordelle has finished unpacking a
fine lot of lamps. They are of many
patterns, and warranted to fit any
purse and grace the prettiest of
parlors. _
Ladies having their own material
can have hats made, to match their
suits at Mrs. Shar&i's.