Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-06-29

that " the longest way round Is inc
shortest way home" We make no
obiection to the Portland and Oma-
Ina thraugh travel going via Indian
Greek, Goose Creek, or whatever
eastern connection they choose TO
make, but when an attempt IL made
in tie public prints to deceive the
travelling public by direct misrepre-
senta!ion of facts and false assertions
with reference to the character ct
routes, assumptions rs t0 danger
rom Indians, &c, thai have no
tonndation in truth, and could only
originate with those entirely ignO-
rant ui the matters OF which they
assume to speak or in = sp ri OF
md CT, we le,.l died upon TO deny
the false charges and give facts that
en- be relied ON rs true, and that
can easily he proven. that people
mty see and know what credit to
rive the lille or studied misrrpre-
sensations of ihos. wlu, Tor the ben
eff of nnr or iwa men, would, with
out remnrse, mislcad Il whole com
mnniiy. In making these remarks
we do not intend to attach any blame
To Mr.. Haley, whose enterprise we
have often hid occasion 10 commend,
nor to misrpprrsent the rUlIic over
which his stages run, winch IS be-
vnnd question the shortest and best
tor lr1,clcrs going from Oregon to
Omaha. Their. is no man in the
Territory more deserving oil success,
ana at whose prosperity We, with all
the people, more heartily rejoice
than john Haley. UT, because
that is So, and because BE- has the
lnugsst continuous stag route now
running in America, and the quick
est and cheapest line from Oregon
or BE Sc City tn the Elst, it Is no
I good reason why travellers from
I Boise and Idaho should go by that
I line three hundred miles ont OF their
way in order TO reach Nevada or
! Cali ornia.
The distance laid down in the
schedule from Boise TO Indian Greek
il 40 miles, time 40 hours, and
price Us now reduced, $50 currency.
The d stance from Indian Creek u
! Winnrnincca, the southern terminus
OF the Railroad Line, is placed al
3-5 miles the - hours, and price
/ Sc coin, or S3i &C currency, unNins
an aggregate Ut S9l &C currency fol
fare alone. Tine fare on the leailroat
. |. a. from Boise TO Wnnemlcca
striking the railroad 80 miles near
cr Virginia City or Sacramento thai
does the Boise and salt Lake Line, is
lndrr ihr old schedule d. prices, sd
com which, under the summer III
, rmgement, probably be reduces
A 10 $40 coin, or So cHrrency,or s42 6
currency less than the same distanc
J. is made on the other line in thc mai
9 ter of fare alone, TO say nothing Q
expenses by the way. The tim
= from Boise City on the Railroad Lin
Is IS honrs, while that by way {
Ind an Greek 10 the same point
WinnpmuccI according 10 the
" own showing, is 81, making Il ilitfcI
eHce OF Il day IN tine, involving /,
:" add tiuual expense ~ ut least )
+! currency and u day lost IN time,
n the face of these fats, the NOrl
!, las the rlf.untery to adv sc traveller
at ITO go Ivy way OF lndian Creek
], reach San Francisco a. a matter
N economy n time and money, and ii
ne > alesman, with an equal show
as innocence, directs travel via India
* Cheek rs the cheapest, most comlor
he able, etc.
ut That the conductors of both the
a papers are fully aware. of the sup
L riority oi the Railroad Line over Al
>, other, in travelling from any part
IN Idaho to California or Nevada, is
NJ. I...,rt :, t.a.1..,n. LIN cnncl IL sinn