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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
2
Huntington Ore August 20 reports an extraordinary gold discovery in the Lower Malheur region about 20 miles from Here, a free milling ore ledge eight feet wide assays up to 1940 per ton. Prospector unnamed. experts dispatched to verify and locate adjoining claims. Several prospectors already claim a rich mineral belt.
Old Settler S. Shotner and family arrived from Lake View Oregon this week and plan to settle as their future home. He previously homesteaded a ranch sold to Pete Keeney around 1885 amid scarce water on the Galloway ditch, left discouraged, but now sees better opportunities here. He will engage in cattle raising after visiting relatives in Boise and is stopping with James A McGinnis.
Idaho state board of equalization met to adjust values on patented agricultural lands across multiple counties including Ada Bannock Bear Lake and others with raises and reductions. It then updated merchandise values for several counties and left stock cattle unchanged while raising sheep to 2.50 and range horses to 9.00 per head. An unrelated advertisement for Kodol digestive health product appears at the end.
State executive proclamation urges Idaho citizens to observe the first Monday of September as a holiday. Citizens are asked to close businesses part of the day to support organized labor and the dignity of work. Governor Frank W. Hunt signs with the Great Seal. Secretary C J Basser witnesses.
Albert Jones returned from a long prospecting trip and reports an important strike in Chamberlain basin about 80 miles north of Thunder Mountain. He plans to return soon to the strike scene for further assessment.
Permanently located in Weiser and vicinity, an optical establishment promises precise fitting by specialists devoted entirely to optics. They manufacture lenses and frames to measure with advanced grinding and finishing machinery. Free eye testing with complete equipment and years of experience. Call if eye trouble. Guaranteed satisfaction. R B Benxenpr ann Jon Benvenor, Manufacturing and Graduate Opticians, Stephenson Building, Commercial Street.
A band of 35 Thunder Mountaineers passed through Caldwell last week. They were not knockers, they were kickers. They were G H Lewis's freight mules bought to haul supplies on the Ketchum route, but they lost their job due to the road not being built and are now for sale again. The next county primary and state certificate examinations will be held at Weiser and Samba! August 28 29 and 30 1902 with questions on State Constitution Article 5 and School Law Chapter 37. State paper exams will be in Boise Pocatello Salmon City Weiser Moscow and Rathdrum. Examinations for state and primary papers will not be held again this year and there will be no special examinations. Many 7 Harper County Superintendent Beat and cheapest line of school supplies at Candee's.
A Missouri man Steven Peabody toured Boise yesterday with keen interest. He recalled an 1862 freighting trip to the mines from Umatilla landing, and a 1840s wagon train tragedy when a drowned mule and traveler were lost in the Boise River. He and Mrs. Peabody visit relatives on the Little Weiser and noted the fertile soil west of the Missouri River.
The next session of the Weiser public schools will begin Tuesday Sept. 2, 1902, and all pupils are expected to be in their places promptly at 9 am. Instructors include R. B. Quarles Superintendent Mary L. Travis high school Annie G. Ford 5th grade Miss Marcka 7th grade Miss Currin 6th grade Grace Lindsay 5th grade Marguerite Watson 3rd and 4th Vera EB Dale 3rd and 4th Miss Edwards 1st and 2d Ella Currin Lat and 2d. The new teachers are highly recommended and were selected from many applicants. Sush doors and timber at Pritchett's planing mill.
The Masonic temple in Cambridge is finished hailed as the finest building in town. Geo Hoffstat ter supervised the entire project with thorough workmanship and tasteful finish. A separate notice promotes Electric Bitters for stomach and digestive relief, praising their health benefits and listing a 50 cent price. An Oregon Short Line excursion to North Beach is announced for August 22 1902 from Weiser at 4 18 p m with round trip 10 95 and full details from the agent.
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