Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-07-06
Staging Again.

In an article week ago we took |
our Boise and Idaho contemporaries
10 task somewhat for seeming pref
erence on the part Of the Statesman
for the Indian Creek route, and a
direct and maliciously false set of
statements published in the World.
We were perhaps little careless in
not separating the Worlds state
ments from those Of the Statesman,
but seeing an article in each paper
at the same time so eItravagantly
laudatory Of one route, and either
silent or slanderous with reference
TO the other, it looked like an at.
tempt TO create false impression.
On a close reading of the States
mans article we acknowledge a
misapprehension as to the points Of
travel indicated, but after reading
the Worlds unreasonable and ridic-
nlously partial and biased article.
aud seeing at the same time such APP
parent confirmation in the Statesman
an shortest, quickest, cheapest and
most comfortable route" ETC., we
naturally suspected a conspiracy and
pounced upon 1t to crush it.
II we have done the Statesman
wrong, az it declares We have, 1t is
even In the matter of misrepresent-
alton in saying that We charged it
with trying to instill into the minds
Of travellers q dread of Indians.
We distinctly said il was the World
that had done this thing. And again.
in leaving the reader TO inter that
we denied the fact that Hailey's line
was the shortest, quickest, ETC., for
Eastern travel. Our readers will
recollect that we gave Hailey's line
all the credit that was due, and the
readers OF the Statesman will OBJ
serve that il has taken care not to say
as much for the Railroad line, though
il is probably unnecessary, as every
person capable of travelling alone is
aware Of its superiority over every
other line between Idaho and Neva-
da and California.
To show the animus of the World
and to what extremes malice will
carry man, we copy the following
from that paper OF June Gath, know
ing that its faIsehood is so palpabl,
as TO do no injury
THs suoRrwsr RoUrk Since the compile
sion Of the great lines Of railroad overland
The routes OF travel from Idaho 10 San Fran
cisco and TO the East have undergone import
ant changes Formerly the shartest AM
speedset route TO San Francisco, from AM
portion OF Southern IDAHO, and indeed from
that portion OF Oregon on this side OF tn
Blue Mountains, WAS by way OF the owyhe
and Railroad Inc OF stages Aho tncnCo u.
rail 10 Sacramento Not so now. The short
est. speedicst, and by far the cheapest an
most comfortable line, for passengers, is b,
way Of John Hailey's stage line from Bots
CITY to Indian Creek, where connection
made with the Central Pacific railroad A
present the time of staging on the O~yhe
hne is, from Boise City To the railroad, sixty
three hours while by Hsiley's line the TIL
from Boise City 70 the railroad is made !
about forty hours, and at less cost than b
the owyhee line And another materi'
difference IN favor Of Haley's line is, that
courses through q section OF country neve
troubled by Indians, loss billy, better waite
ed and much more agreeable TO look upo
than the country through which the owyh,
line passes The HALEY line from Boise Cit
n therefore the best IN every way for pc
sons who wish 70 make the trip 10 Neva'
or California, by way OF the Central facil
railroad
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