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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1902
Page
2
The irrigation district announces a directors meeting scheduled for tomorrow to review and inspect circulating district reports and assess ongoing projects. Directors from the board will discuss current irrigation initiatives and financial updates.
Weiser irrigation district directors meet to inspect land surveys maps and valuations for taxation. After board approval a full report to the state engineer and district people is prepared. If the state engineer approves, an election to raise bands for buying the Galloway ditch will be called within about a month.
The nearest cannery east of Weiser is Ogden and west is The Dalles. Weiser lies midway in a prime vegetable region, with a local market able to absorb all output. If a cannery man is informed of these facts, it would benefit both him and Weiser.
A major 1890s movement recalls the Knights of Pythias National Convention to be held in San Francisco from August 10 to 20. Knights and their ladies will travel from across the United States to California, while state and city officials prepare welcoming hospitality for the visitors.
Elijah Wertz, whose greenhouse project was noted last week, plans to plant about two acres of berries as part of his greenhouse business. Strawberries raspberries and blackberries are expected to yield abundantly and the venture could be extended further. Wertz has several near locations in view but has not yet bought. A woman with cough illness experience explains how to prevent dangerous consequences. She notes three children had whooping cough last summer and their three month old baby did not lose plumpness after using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
An official dispatch to the war office states a successful British drive yesterday in Orange River colony under Colonels Eliot and Barker. Ten Boers killed and 208 captured. British casualties were none as far as known.
Relief of Okiep in the western Cape Colony ended a siege dating from April 4 as a British force under Colonel Cooper broke through. The garrison remains in good health with few wounded, and Kitchener notes Concordia district nearby is clear of Boers.
Prices for cayuse and pack horses range from $25 to $40, while good work horses of fair weight fetch $75 to $125 in the area. Analysts note demand remains strong, comparing current value to pre slump levels a decade ago and predicting continued profit for horse raisers as buyers remain eager.
A report notes Boise and Weiser women forming Democratic and Republican clubs to engage in the upcoming campaign. Members aim for efficient work and training in oratory, while suggesting similar groups in Weiser could energize the campaign and lift civic life. Also includes ad blurbs for linseed oil, abstract books, and Chamberlain's remedy.
City of Weiser warns property owners and tenants to clean alleys beside their property of manure refuse garbage ashes and dirt. Violators face action under City Ordinance No 7 and mayoral enforcement.
In the Probate Court Washington County notice announces a May 2 appointment to prove the will of Sibell Murphy deceased and for Murray Giliston to seek letters testamentary. Also a company notice from Sunnyside Oregon details a two dollar and fifty cent stock assessment due by July 18 1902 with delinquent sale if unpaid.
Court order directs sale of real property and water right in the northwest quarter of section four, township one north, range three west of Horse Meridian, Idaho. Morten A Nelson and Mary O Nelson are defendants. Nelson G Phillips plaintiff. Sale at 2:30 p.m. June 2, 1902, at the Welser Court House for cash to satisfy $169.02 plus costs, rights recorded February 6, 1807. Hawes P. Gray, Sheriff.
In the Probate Court of Washington County Suite at Tuo Alexander Gordon and Alanson Gordon partners in A Gorton & Bon vs Boston & Seven Devils Copper Company. By execution under a judgment dated April 19, 1903, the sheriff will sell June 2, 1903 at 10 am in Weiser Idaho real estate described as the east half of the northeast quarter and other sections in townships 11 and 10, west of Boise meridian, together with a woodshed building and water works appurtenances, to satisfy the claim plus costs and interest. The sale is to be held at the courthouse door in Weiser.
Lane sells hemp filled steel wire cable at 0 per foot with lengths cut to suit. Available at 405 Thos, West Lawn.
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