Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-10-16
WOOD RIVER.
HER ADVANTAGES GRAPHICALLY
DESCRIBED.

Her Mineral Wealth, Agricultural Fa.
cilities, Social Features, Etc., as Told
by the Receiver Of the HALEY Land
Office.
correspondence Oswego (Kas) Independent
Haley is on Wood River, about rs
miles from where its waters flow 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 ana gaze upon this
pure, sparkling water as it rushes
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 sire ans
are very nice; 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 thew are
properly served on the table. But |
be eve | was speaking of HALEY.
We ], Haley is little wooden town.
only two years old, regularly laid out,
but built up oflog houses, box houses,
few neat frame buildings, and some
brick and stone structures. A new
and magnificent courthouse is now un.
der construction at cost of $4,000
a 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 give you a few prices
of both nccessarcs as well as luxu.
r'es If you start out with your mar.
kct basket to provide for dinner YOU
will be required to pay for Irish pota-
toes cents per pound, sweet potatoes
10 cents per pound, beef 25 cents per
pound. and although the market is full
OF fruit, yet the prices run as follows:
Pears 20 cents per pound, green an.
pies ~ cents per pound, grapes rs
cents per pound, tomatoes rs cents
per pound, peaches rs cents per
pound. There is no nickel chance
here, and rarel y ten-cent piece is
seen or used. Punched coins 60 all
right, and Mexican as we'll as trade
dollars as good any. am told tbat
whisky at the bar is 70 cents drink.
Il 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 herc.)
There is an immense amount Of
business done here, as hundreds of {
mining camps procure their supplies .
at Haliey, this being the end of the +
Wood River Branch OF the Oregon >
Short Line Railroad. Hundreds of t
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 LOGO =
bars OF silver stacked up awaiting !?
Shipment; nor to Sc. ten or fifteen II. II
mule teams hauling bar silver from the j.
'melters to the depot. There are r.
plenty OF lawyers here, plenty Of doc h
tors, and superabundance of loaf. Il
FRS. .ahor'ng men ate in demand at 81
s. per day. Mechanics have been $
quite busy aud in demand, but work W
!. now little slack. Carpenters get st
80 per day, stone and bricklayers s. .
ger day. painters s. per dav, and d,
or'ckmakers from 81 to IS per dav. r
Now | will speak of the surround ~
ng country that is tributary to Hal.
ey. and which will contribute to the
building up Of IA small city here in
he near future, First, the mineral
ountry Is one vast succession of
mountain ranges with here and there p.
small fertile valley, through which 70
'agon-road runs, over which supplies H.
re hauled to the mines and mineral to
Fought from the mines. And then M m,
rom these small fertile valleys dozens AZ.
narrow gulches reach up IN various ".
lrecf'ons where often wagon-road .
annot be constructed, hence the
'ck mule and the train are BROUGHT
ITO use. 1t is somewhat amusino ia
fresh hansan to see them load up lis
lese trains Of pack mules. Boxes " :.
canned goods, kegs of nails, 49,
eys OF whisky and every conceivable
ing is tied on the backs of these
nmals and one after another they
ring out forming line mile in
ngth, and they thus freight goods "
IF hundreds OF miles up narrow Jos
'lches and over m untain passes to the
Ia various interior mines, and on re-.
rn bring bags OF ore to the smelter, VI
here Is no end to the mineral in sale
Us country. have visited several wit
the popular mines near HALEY and SON
have seen million dollars worth of
at one sight. There are hundreds urn
these well Havol,roj ,,.: