66 PROGRESS REPORT, HYDROGRAPHY, 1893 AND 1894. [hull. 131. 
BOISE STATION, ON BOISE RIVER, 
This station is located 8 miles from Boise, Idaho, in front of Mrs. 
McNeil's honse. It was established on December 15, 1894, by Messrs. 
Arthur P. Davis and V. C. Tompkins. The observer is Mr. B. Oronin, 
Boise, Idaho. The station is distant from the observer's house about 
150 yards. The gage is in two sections; the lower part is of 2 by 6 
inch plank, inclined, and marked from 1 foot to 7.5 feet; the upper part 
is a 4 by 4 inch timber, placed vertically, and marked from 7.5 to 12 
feet, both portions painted white. The channel is gravelly. The bench 
mark is a bridge spike driven into a cottonwood tree 20 feet from gage 
and 20 feet from river. It is 3.4 feet above 8-foot mark on the gage. 
Measurements are made from a cable just below the gage. 
PAYETTE STATION, ON PAYETTE RIVER. 
This station is located at the highway bridge, one-half mile south of 
Payette, Idaho. It was established on December 7, 1894, by Messrs. 
Arthur P. Davis and V. C. Tompkins. The observer is Mr. Murray 
Mott, the town marshal at Payette. The station is distant from the 
observer's house about one-half mile. The gage is vertical, of pine 
plank, spiked to a wooden pier, graduated from to 12.5 feet. It is 
easily read from the bridge. The character of the channel is sandy 
and shifting. The point 12.5 on the gage is level with the top of the 
pier, on which is the mark " B. M." Measurements of discharge were 
made from the same bridge. On the date above given the height was 
1.3 feet and the discharge was 1,603 second-feet. 
WEISER STATION, ON WEISER RIVER. 
This station is located about 10 miles from Weiser, Idaho, just above 
the ford, on the right bank of the Weiser River. It was established on 
December G, 1894, by Mr. Arthur P. Davis. The observer is Mr. J. W. 
Lane, whose house is about one-fourth of a mile distant from the station. 
The gage is partly inclined and partly vertical. The inclined portion 
is graduated from 0.8 to 5.8 feet; the vertical portion, from G feet to 10 
feet. The marking is with nails and tacks. Bench Mark No. 1 is the 
highest point of a solid rock 40 feet southwest of the south anchorage 
or dead man, and is 14.54 feet above the 5-foot mark on the gage. 
Bench Mark No. 2 is the highest point of a solid rock GO feet southwest 
of the dead man, and is 20.16 above the 5-foot mark on the gage. The 
channel is gravelly. The measurement on December 6, 1894, when the 
water was at 0.9 foot, gave a discharge of 277 second-feet. 
This station is located about 20 feet above the new county bridge 
across the Owyhee River, 1J miles from Owyhee, Oreg., and one-half 
mile from the house of the observer, Mr. D. T. Eigsby, near which the 
former station was located. It was established on December 8, 1894, 
