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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
6
Col P P Shelby says the P I N plans to extend the main line toward the Meadows west spring and launch barges and hacks from there to the lakes. About fifty cottages and a fine restaurant are planned to ease tourist travel and reduce costly outfits. The lakes are set to become a famous summer home for Thalians.
Deep Creek strike news centers on Seven Devils district where Ferdinand Alers aims to organize mining partners to develop the Deep Creek group into ore. Boise Idaho & Seven Devils Mining Co. formed in Boise with Horace J. Neal and others as stockholders, planning to market treasury shares. The company has acquired Alers Deep Creek claims Dark Horse Dark Horse Extension and Right Bowers Nos 1 2 and 3 and operates a small crew to patent the group. Heady bonds Red Ledge and six adjacent claims showing copper ore high in value. two rich veins above Red Ledge found half a mile away with copper gold and silver. Attendees at Meadows races reported high heat and strong betting pools. No complete race report available.
Work starts on the Saling and Fleck ditch at the mouth of Buttermilk slough. Raising water four feet with a dammed mouth aims to power an undershot wheel for irrigation, potentially supplying about 500 acres for Wisher, Lockwood and Weck. Plans include a large power plant near Maryatt’s barn and Snake Wer to generate electricity and support manufactories.
Addi Art urges advertisers to choose the largest circulating paper in their field and buy as much space as affordable before others. The advice notes daily losses from starting with less effective outlets and promotes The Signal as the local news source and Woisee’s as the best Boise paper.
Saling and Fleck plan a survey for cheap power across the Weiser river to boost a woolen factory. Beaty Bros kinetope shows and many moving pictures promise value while Bent Brow phonograph offers popular entertainment at the Weiser Opera House Friday night with affordable admission and no reserve charges.
Mr. Wright of Utopia Mining arranged a fast shipment from Council to Rapid River including a saw mill and a ten stamp quartz mill now en route from Chicago. The line elegibly sells the first shipment over its rails as Little Salmon road opens and the Short Line recovers about $500. Names listed include Harry Wulff in San Francisco and Henry Stuhr in Bad Axe among others. Renewals note several subscribers and donors across multiple states.
A military critic in the Washington Star analyzes the new army reorganization act. It promises extensive regimental personnel shifts, large promotions for younger volunteers, and widespread staff changes with 2 600 new commissions and significant duties in the Philippines, Cuba, and Porto Rico within the coming years.
Vice President Roosevelt discusses a summer visit with Fred Herrig of Kalispell and a party of eastern sportsmen. They will travel up the Flathead River north fork, cross the Rockies, then hunt around Lake McDonald in northwest Montana.
The Rosa family will cover all expenses for Queen Wilhelmina’s wedding with no government funds. Costs run to several hundred thousand guilders, including the royal retinue and church warming. The ceremony's venue and services were kept warm with stoves during a cold day. Instructions to rainproof cloth involve sugar of lead and powdered alum in rainwater.
The article notes Queen Victoria’s luxuriant hair at over 80 and cites a court physician and Prof Anna on a germ destroying remedy. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as the dandruff treatment that destroys the germ and supports hair growth while preventing hair loss.
In Weiser, the Congregational Sunday school shows steady growth with attendance doubling over last year, signaling need for an autumn church addition. Fred Kirgin leads a capable team of assistants as superintendent. A separate reader letter from Port Huron praises DeWitt's Little Marly Risers pills for not causing griping.
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