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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
2
A compact list highlights seven notable properties under the Great Eastern banner. Real estate notes emphasize quality features, market appeal, and strong investment potential across varied locations.
The Standard notes extensive development on the Great Hastern group led by Arthur David, with a main 200 foot tunnel, cross-cuts, and a depth of 80 feet at the ledge. Rockefeller, a shaft and 100 foot tunnel tap ore at about 80 feet, while Golden Rule shows an 80 foot shaft and 200 foot tunnel. In total around 400 feet of tunnels and shafts completed with over $5000 spent, and assays from each claim expected near $100.
The Farmer's Year and camps in Thunder Mountain will draw thousands to the heart of Idaho, creating a large, lasting population. Beef cattle, hogs, mutton sheep and feed, plus flour, vegetables and fruit will be in heavy demand as mining towns develop. A vast trail of animals will need feeding, promising a robust cash market for farmers' produce.
Three Boise area orchardists Ed gar Wilson Thomas Davin and Prof. e. M. Kiggins prepare to spray on a large scale using Fairbanks-Morse Co outfits with 14 HP gasoline engines. The steel wheeled 250 gallon tanks deliver a fine mist at 100 pounds pressure, replacing six men and four horses with two workers. Each $325 machine promises efficient cooling compound use and broader coverage, a first in Idaho after success in Oregon and California.
Prices of beef mutton and pork rise from an eighth to a quarter of a cent today. Dealers fear a peak but warn further advances could force suspensions. In poorer districts many families have gone days without meat, living on vegetables and cereals.
A Portland company received a contract to supply 55,000 piles for four trestle bridge areas in Salt Lake for Senator Clark's railroad to Los Angeles. The piles will be landed at Portland and are expected to yield over 7,000 carloads, with freight charges near 1 million dollars.
A Vale Gazette item notes a newly discovered cave at the head of the Malheun valley about 14 miles above Vale. The surface entrance is small, yet inside lies a vast chamber with multiple passages extending 200 to 300 feet or more. explorers have yet to reach an end.
Hans Bros Co opens a general store in Council with a $10,000 stock of dry goods clothing groceries and provisions Carl Weed a firm member will lead the business Hans Bros based in Weiser offer a wide hardware and mining machinery line in Idaho Also advertised are the Gordon Hat for sale at Summercamp Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets a candy cathartic guaranteed to cure constipation with a money back offer if not satisfied
The Malhner Of Go resumes drilling at its Dry Gulch well after a stoppage due to Superintendent Graham’s illness. Operations have restarted under new vigor as crews resume routine actions.
A jumble of notices and ads mentions Koy Qarrathers investing in two lots at Qounei, a painter promoting guaranteed linseed oil and Sheep Paint, plus clothing at Summer camp’s. The convention rate list from Los Angeles to San Francisco appears with travel details for April 22 to 28 1902 and final return June 25 1902. An employment ad seeks rep-resentatives nationwide for an established firm offering weekly pay and expenses with Morse and carting in Chicago.
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