24 Jan 1901
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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1901
Page
1
County officials convene to discuss and approve routine matters including budget adjustments, contracts, and public works expenditures. The meeting focuses on Hainesville projects, road improvements, and staffing items for the upcoming quarter.
The January 14 county board organized with Thomas J Stephenson elected chairman and I F Smith clerk. Officials bonded and sworn included Norval Gorrie Ward, John Lane road overseer, and D J Richardson JP. Several appointments and deputy sheriff actions were approved, plus 150 jurors selected for the Third Judicial District.
Idaho state measures advance in both chambers with Representative Moore’s Little Salmon River wagon road bill seeking a $12,000 appropriation. The plan would run from the Salmon river terminus near Idaho county through Pol lock to Round Valley, appoint three road commissioners, and include an emergency clause.
Pretoria reports Boer families and stock moved to camps with rations for surrendering and reduced support for those whose husbands stay in the field. London-based stop the war committee accuses policy aimed at starving women and children and says orders call for no prisoners. council proceedings in Weiser discuss city tax collection and payments to county officials.
A compact running note surveys general and specific items in a broad social view. It sketches daily concerns and practicalities affecting the poor, keeping to a plain, observational tone without sensational details.
A columnist argues Idaho offers pathways for new arrivals with capital or hard work. He advises securing 20 to 40 acres in southern valleys under irrigation, planting orchards and row crops, maintaining livestock, and learning from experienced growers. He highlights cheaper water via cooperatives, rising markets, and future government storage projects to reclaim land along the Snake River.
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