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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1904
Page
1
The Weiser city council held a routine meeting full of partial approvals and vague actions. Attendees included Mayor Kelly and several councilors while items ranged from sidewalk construction to electric and graveling assessments with no decisive conclusions on the Koff tract proposal.
Removal note records dentist J W Easter moving into the Waterhouse Anderson building, located downstairs opposite the telephone office, with the address line 42-tf indicating the placement in a historical street grid.
Melting snow and heavy rain cause widespread flooding as Welser river and Monroe creek overflow in several spots. Boake river nears bank limits while water from Monroe creek pours over its banks near Will Walker’s area.
Rapid River residents report Rankin and Jacobi arrived Friday from the Rankin properties in the Rapid River district. They said no new settlement terms with Pottern but expect an agreement soon. Water shortages due to freezing paused operations though the electric plant is finished and satisfactory. A large ore dump awaits treatment when the mill restarts. H. D. Rankin is expected from Chicago and the Rankin and Jacobi firm will stay several days.
Elmer B H Patterson and L H Alsop arrived in the city from Warren on Saturday evening. They describe heavy snow and a difficult journey. Work at the Silver King and a few nearby properties continues while Patterson visits family in Kansas and Alsop may stay, with Boise mentioned in a semi weekly Signal.
The body of Shorty Matson was found after a slide trapped him on a cabin bed. A timber broke his neck and arm as the slide carried away the cabin. Matson’s dog remains alive beneath the bed. Remains of Avery Henderson still missing. no burial indications yet. Weather turning cold ends slide danger.
Real estate notice directs buyers to Geo. 8 Guad ing with Weiser Land and Improvement Co. agent Weiser Waterhouse Anderson Building. Office location listed for prospective purchasers seeking many lots in Watlington's addition to Weiser.
County Recorder Smith reports six licenses issued. Charles W. Merritt wed Bes sie Mereness of Meadows. Charles H. Elliott of Salubris paired with May Edith Potter of Midvale. James W. Campbell and Lena Ottman, both of Weiser, also licensed.
Report from the Grangeville Standard describes extensive placer and quartz mining along Salmon, Little Salmon, and Rapid rivers. Geo Hartwig’s Oregon mine on King Mountain near Rapid river shows a copper‑rich ledge with gold, drilled by a 100‑foot tunnel and a 600‑foot crosscut, with a 9‑foot free milling ore ledge carrying 12 to 150 dollars in gold. Promoters plan tests in San Francisco before installing machinery, as crews push development eight miles from Pollock.
The March term of District court convened yesterday and will occupy several days though civil matters predominate. Criminals are set for the 15th with a drawn jury list including Townley Sater Woodcock Searis Leighton Hulett and others. The calendar names numerous cases of grand larceny robbery embezzlement and foreclosures among others and lists divorces and property actions.
Paid up scholarship in a metal mines course offered by International Correspondence Schools. Located in Scranton Pennsylvania with contact J M Feurnovsr of Weer Idaho for details.
A boy named Jimmie Baton Getre was shocked by a live electric wire near the Sater residence in Rest Weiner. He will lose one or two fingers and suffered severe burns to flesh to the bone. his horse was badly injured. The accident followed a falling tree limb that loosened the wire during trimming. Neighbors alerted electricians too late. the event is blamed on somebody's negligence.
Fragmentary OCR text describes Midvale area rivers and roads with garbled names. The readable pieces mention Midvale, a river, a Haw wagon, and a field near Lidge. Details are unclear due to extensive garbling.
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