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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1893
Page
3
The Signal lists subscription rates and weekly schedule. Rev Geo leads Sunday school after morning service at Cowin's Opera House with services by B A Paddock and evening preaching at 8. The notice invites attendance and notes publication in Idaho.
J M Rutheford just returned from Idaho where he promotes a big irrigation project. A company would divert Snake River water eighteen miles east of Nampa with a ten mile main canal on the south bank, irrigating about 30 000 acres then channeling water into the Boise river below Caldwell. The plan aims to benefit land opposite Payette and Weiser, with potential storage on Willow Creek.
A mixed Weiser column reports weather, visits to Boise, and town events. Sheriff Hekles travels, Frank Harris visits relatives, water and skating at Lake Mulloy, and a Dunn Commercial Agency rep in town. Community notices include a ball, Masonic lodge talks, a death in Oregon, and sales pitches for local shops and services.
At Miss Kate Brady's party last Thursday a lamp broke and a fire threatened Bill Sommercamp's house. Brave young men extinguished the blaze with minor damage to carpet and curtains. A photo by the Sroxa kodal fiend shows guests in action including Frank Wellington and Wendy Walker defending the room.
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