Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-10-31
WOOD RIVER.
QER ADVANTAGES GRAPHICALLY
DESCRIBED.


cilities, Social Features, Etc, as Told
by the Receiver Of the HALEY Land
OfIice.
correspondence Oswego (lles.) Independent. !
HALEY is on Wood River, about rs
miles from where its waters Aow into
the Snake river. 1t is small stream,
no larger than the Labette at or near
Chetopa: But, o! the clear, cool
water that rushes down this small
stream, which has descent of 20 feet
to the mile; is so grand, that to one
who is accustomed to the sluggish
streams OF Southern Kansas, whose
waters are green with filth and skum,
cannot help but admire the country
for even the pure, cold water; and
when we stand and gaze upon this
pure, sparkling water as it rushcs
down over the hundreds of cataracts,
we feel as though We could drink al
ways and never have enough. The
fish that are found in all these streams
are very ni.e; they are the mountain
trout. 1t is pleasure to catch these
spry little fellows, and is no less a
pl assure to eat them when they are
properly served on the table. But |
be eve I was speaking of Haley.
We J, Haley is a little wooden town,
only two years old, regularly laid out,
but built up Of log houses, box houses,
a few neat frame buildings, and some
brick and stone structures. a new
and magnificent courthouse is now I'M
der construction at a cost of $4,000.
4 three-story hotel. about the size of
Abbott House, OF Parsons, is nearly
enclosed, and many small Dwellings,
are in course of erection.
Now let me & We you a few prices
of both necessaries as we'll as luxu-
RIGS. If you start out with your mar
ket basket to provide for dinner you
will be required to pay for Irish pota-
toes 3 cents per pound, sweet potatoes
Is cents per pound, beef IS cents per
pound, and although the market is full
Of ffuit, yet the prices run as follows
Pears 70 ceilts per ponnd, green APP
pies ~ cents per pound, grapes rs
cents per pound, tomatoes rs cents
per pound, peaches 25 cents per
pound. There is no nickel change
here, and rare y ten-cent piece is
seen or used. Punched coins go all
right, and Mexican as well as trade
dollars as good as any. am told that
whisky at the bar is rs cents drink.
q merely throw in this last bit of in
formation for the benefit of some of
our Owego friends who have been talk
ing about coming up here.)
There is an immense amount of
business done here, as hundreds of
mining camp procure their supplies
at Haley, this being tie end of the
Wood River Branch of the Oregon
Short Line Railroad. Hundreds of
carloads of bullion and ore are
shipped from here to Omaha for smelt-
ing and refining. 1t is no unusual
thing to see at the freight depot 900
bars of silver stacked up awaiting
'hinment; nor to see ten or fifteen -
mul teams hauling bar silver from the
s."..ters to the depot. There are
plenty of lawyers here, plenty of doc
tors, and superabundancc Of loaf
ers. Iaboring men ale in demand at
q per day. Mechanics have been
quite busy and in demand, but work
is now little slack. Carpenters get
IS per day, stone and br;ckIavers s..
per day, painters SIS per day, and
brickmakers from 81 to IS per day.
Now will speak Of the surround
ing country that is tributary to Hail
lev. and which will contribute to the
building up OF a small city here in
the near future. First, the mineral
country is one vast succession Of
mountain ranges with here aud there
small fertile valley, through which a
wagon-road runs, over winch supplies
are hauled to the mines and mineral
brought from the mines. And then
from these small fer,ih, valleys dozens
of narrow gulches reacs up IN various
directions where often wagon-road
cannot be constructed, hence the
pack mule and the train are brought
into use. 1t is somewhat amusing to
a fresh kansan to see them load up
these trains of pack mules. Boxes
OF canned goods, kegs of nails,
kegs of whisky and every conceivable
ching is tied on the backs of these
Animals and one after another they
string out forming line mile in
length, and they thus freight goods
for hundreds OF miles up narrow
gulches AMI over mountain passes to
the various interior mines, and on re-
turn bring bags OF ore to the smelters.
There Is no end 10 ire mineral ia
this country. have visited several
'of the popular mines near HALEY and
] hare seen a million dollars worth of
ore At one sight. There are hundreds
of these ,rajl develnned mines AND