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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1903
Page
1
Outbreak of ladrones in northern Luzon grows in magnitude and now threatens to surpass anything since the original revolution. It is likely the start of a new insurrection, with widespread disturbance. War Department in Washington notified of the grave situation.
R. McKinney signs for G. K. Ferrer and brother as buyers of the 40 acre Williams ranch six miles west of town. Purchase price reported as 2200 dollars. The closing occurred Thursday with the transfer recorded by local real estate brokers.
Teachers are informed that monthly report cards are for sale at the Signal office for one cent each by mail with a minimum order of ten cents. Blue print Thunder Mountain ships accurately at $1.00 each, postpaid. All the news in the Sianan.
W R Seebre Caldwell banker pushes proposition to establish an electric car line from Caldwell to Boise with prospects of success.
Thursday night brought the coldest reading of winter in Weiser with the thermometer at 15 degrees below zero. Citizens bundled up as frigid air lingered across the area and local services urged extra heating precautions.
Clerk Edgar G. Wentworth, recently appointed mail agent on the P. and I. N., arrived in Weiser to take charge of the route to Council. He has previously served on the Idaho Falls to St Anthony stretch and on the Short Line Butte branch.
The water works crew aims to span the Weiser with a cofferdam after the first failed structure. A new dam is under construction despite extreme cold and scarce progress due to river conditions. If a breakup occurs before completion, blame rests on the ten days after the last river fall when activity paused.
William A. Wright arrived in Tolaho City after a brutal trek from Graham Idaho with partner Frank Jarvis. Facing five days to traverse 8500 and 6500 foot summits amid twelve foot snows, Wright carried pelts and fire gear, unloading pelts to move on, and praising Graham resident Jas Fraener before deciding not to return to the trap line soon.
In committee and on the floor of the Idaho House, Senate Bill No. 1 proposing a $15,000 appropriation for a Snake River bridge at Weiser faced opposition to a $10,000 reduction. After debate, the $15,000 figure was restored and the measure was favored for passage along with related reforms to the Fremont reform school and state educational funding.
A blaze in Salt Lake City began in the Atlas block then spread to the Commercial block on the 11th, resulting in damages estimated at 275000 dollars. Firefighters battled the flames to prevent further spread and secure the area.
The senate on the 11th met and ratified the Alaskan boundary treaty. Dan Jacobi and Dan Stevens, two practical electricians, seek a location to open an electrical supply house. Jacobi has applied for superintendent of the city electric system and previously ran major electric stations in Montana and Minnesota.
The city school board ordered fumigation of all schoolrooms on Saturday to destroy germs from pupils with scarlet fever. Officials considered closure but decided children must stay in school. Matthews and Moulton received a carload of nut coal. Old papers sold at the Sianau office for 20 cents per hundred.
A Manila cable reports two girls sold into slavery by Gregoria Torres for 250 pesos each. The tale notes ongoing slave trade in the islands despite the Thirteenth Amendment, with mentions of buyers in Manila and debt-laden parents. A stage play, The Peddlers Claim, is billed for February 21 at Opera House with Moses Levi as a central Jewish character.
P H B Moulton and John Mathews shipped 286 boxes of apples to H L Griffin Co in Ogden. A man posing as John Mathews collected 143 boxes, fled with the fruit, and was tracked by detectives who learned the scam had repeated at Salt Lake houses. Griffin Co paid half the loss after settlement.
Colonel Dewey selects Friday February 20 for the grand formal opening of the Dewey Palace in Nampa Idaho. A Northwest wide invitation is issued with an orchestra, a grand ball and banquet. Council taxpayers may obtain Signal tickets at Haworth & Co.
Minnie Barton to host a box supper on Tuesday February 17 at 8 p m at J M Barton residence three miles north of Weiser on Monroe creek. Friends from Weiser and nearby areas invited. Ladies asked to bring a box and join in the voting contest for the most popular young lady, plus music and entertainment.
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