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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1892
Page
1
Pomona's Fruits Shown In Weiser Washington Co Exhibit
The Weiser display from Washington county at the Worlds Fair captivates visitors with apples, grapes, pears, and other fruits. Mr. Hannah organized the best state exhibit featuring seventy jars of fruit and extensive grain and grass varieties, plus livestock and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Weiser
Chicago
Hannah
Hesperides
Pomona
Dawson's Mammoth
Star of Sin
Keifer
Duchess Oldenburg
Grimo
Spitzenberg
Missouri Mammoth
Vickar
Wakefield
Ford
Rhode Island
Snake River
Dragon-Like Creature Attacks Traveler At Devil's Slide
A Boise despatch reports a bizarre encounter near Devil's Slide by Lake Cheylon where two travelers faced a white leathery dragon like monster clinging to a man's leg. They fought with knives and stones, built a fire, and the creature fled into the lake with its human victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Picayune
Ensor
Boise City
Idaho
Lake Cheylon
Devil's Slide
Reon
Jel
Mier
Gal
New Water Wheel Scheme for Snake River Mining
A five mile gravel tract along the Snake River near Grandview Ferry forms a joint stock mining claim area. David Dodge and partners plan a novel turbine like water wheel system on a 40 foot shaft to lift river water for placer ground works. Two 10 foot diameter wheels will face the current and power a pump via wire lines, claiming 90 percent efficiency. A. W. Hager and others seek capital, with ground near China Bar. Also notes Idaho state funds: $5,589.57 arrives soon from public land sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snake River
Grandview Ferry
David Dodge
Union Pacific
Dodge & Hager
A. W. Hager
Chicago
E. C. Curry
P. B
Phelps
Sol Newcater
China Bar
Joseph McAfee
Agricultural College meeting aims to press Washington county claims
A Sunday meeting at the opera house formed an executive committee to raise funds and press Washington county's bid for an Agricultural college. They proposed locating the college near Weiser and drafting a formal statement of rights. Resolutions honored Conrad Grabb and urged sympathy for his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owing Opera House
Frank Harris
W. M. Wallace
Harris
Washington County
Agricultural College
B. W. Watlington
V. D. Hannah
T. C. Galloway
W. M. Mitchell
T. Galloway
Thea
Ranahat
Thos
Shannon
W. D. Hannah
A. Swanger
A. Devers
W. B. Ka
Weiser
P. A. Devers
W. M. Wallace and RR
BK. Lockwood
W. B. Kartz
Winks
Cominanee
Grand Army of the Republic
Conrad Grabb
John A. Logan
Department of Idaho
A. R
Jobus
Idaho
Wicexn
M. CG
Remanns
KE. N. Evrox
Washington county could become Boise City’s rich backbone with rail access
Review extols Washington county near Boise City as a vast agricultural and mineral powerhouse, with 40 to 60 bushels of wheat per acre, tropical fruit potentials, and rich mines. It urges a railroad to unlock farming, timber, and copper regions, arguing rail lines would connect Weiser, Ruthburg, Mineral City and other valleys to a booming trade with Boise City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Owyhee
Boise City
Rhode Island
Washington County
Rhode Taland
Iron Horse
Boise
Weiser
V. D. Hannah
Mann
Mineral City
Ruthburg
Sulubba
Middle
Indian
Council
Crane Creek
Morris Creek
Slong
California
Seven Devils
Seaboard
Washington and Owyhee Share Holiday Greetings
Across the interspace Boise City sends greeting to Washington and Owyhee. The note celebrates Silver City and DeLamar as thriving towns with an inexhaustible mineral field. It notes railroad access as the key to transforming them into great cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Owyhee
Silver City
DeLamar
Boise City
Middle Valley Mites Reports Weather and Local Happenings
The letter notes a week of pleasant weather with rain mud and wind and sleighing soon. It highlights the Middle Valley irrigation ditch progress, stock conditioning and dehorning trends, and local visits including Ed and Robert Jackson to Weiser. Also mentions church meetings, sickness, and a proposed electric street railway in Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reavis
Middle Valley
Messrs
Robert Jackson
Weiser
Ross
Toss
Mippie Vary
Idaho
Ben
Grover
Shoe Peg
Wells
Garland
Mookie
Fnte
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