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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1891
Page
4
A bill governing elections by the Australian ballot system has been introduced in the house. Steunenberg of Ada has introduced a bill in the house providing for the forcing of railroad tracks in Idaho.
Senate bill No. 5 proposes a one fourth mill tax on all assessable property to fund the Idaho National Guard. Frank Steunenberg introduces Ada county division into Canyon, with Caldwell as a likely county seat if approved. Other measures aim to regulate irrigation water rights, elect a state engineer, track livestock shipments by rail, and allocate funds for road and bridge projects in Mount Idaho, Little Salmon Meadows, Salmon River, Weiser, and Boise City areas.
Weiser advocates press for locating Idaho's agricultural college in a healthy valley with irrigation and railroad access. Article notes expanding industry, a woolen mill planned for next spring, and the town's emergence as a manufacturing and farming hub amid regional railroad and river access developments.
A fragment from Sommer Bros details a storewide sale at Sommer & Gorrie for four weeks due to changing business. It also notes a settlement demand for all indebted to the late Sommer Bros with costs to be added, signed by Lovis Somes.
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