Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-11-24
WOOD RIVER.
Her Delightful Climate and Magnificent
Agricultural PrOducts-Large Pota-
toes aud an Enormous Turnip-Etc.

toes anu an enormous 1ufnlp-Etc.
correspondence Osweso (Kas) independently
HALEY, Idaho, Oct. %, 1883.
Ed. independent NO doubt you
imagine that we are navigating this
country on snow shoes. But if SO
desire to disabuse your minds by CIV
ing you some items of
THE WEATHER,
which is very pleasant at this time. |
believe have said that it never rains
in Idaho. If SO | have misstated the
facts for it has raned six days contn-
ually, and | supposed ere this we
would be completely showed in, but
the rain has ceased and bright sun
shine follows and the weather is de-
lightful. Stone and brick masons are
still at work, and even in the last two
days three new brick buildings have
been started, and the contractors agree
TO finish them before Christmas. Al
though the snow capped mountains
meet your eye in every direction, yet
there seems to be but little prepare
ton to go into winter quarters. The
ranchmen have scarcely begun har-
vesting their immense potato crops,
not fearing for moment that they
will lose by the early freeze. We
have had only on one occasion ice
which froze to the thickness of a win
dow glass. The days are quite pleas
ant most of the time and we need but
little fire IN our Office. We are bIcst
with ten hours out of each twenty four
with "God's eternal sunshine" and he
who loves sunshine rather than clouds
can be fully pleased with this climate.
Mrs. w. says: "Although the face
of the country is SO rough and the val
legs SO narrow, yet there is son e,hing
about this country that is very attract
INO anu ttoll l. SHOW
myself WHY it is, but like the coun-
try more and more as the seasons pass
by. J. II. Criclton has been here for
several weeks and seems to be wei!
pleased with the country.
Bvar, deer, antelope and elk are be-
coming plentiful in the mountains
near Haley, as the SHOWS in the
mountains north of us are driving them
down to where there is no snow.
Wagons arrive daily ladeueA with
deer and antelope which are sold at
six cents per pound. | desire now to
speak of what have seen in tie way
of the
PRODUCTS OF THE IOUNr.EY.
Some time since was shown sew
eral potatoes which weighed one
pound and quarter each and |
thought they were as large as had
ever seen in Kansas, but was not
much attracted by this exhibit But
few days after IA ranchman came into
ny Office and brought me four pota-
toes, which were 50 very large as to
attract my attention, and | weighed
them and they weighed eight pounds,
or two pounds each. | put them in IA
box, nailed them up and was III the act
of sending them to Kansas for exhi-
bi,ion when Mr.. MeCnlloch, formerly
of Humboldt, Kansas, told ne to wait
few days, that one of his clients who
had contest in the Land Office
pending, would be up and bring some
large potatoes. asked him what he
called those. He said they were
merel v nice ones, but not large
| accordingly waited, and at length
his man came and brought the pota-
toes. | took the largest one aid
weighed it, and it turned the scales at
four aud half pounds. then re-
solved to send that tubcr to Kansas.
But ere had done so, Mr. Miner,
who lives four miles south of here,
came in and presented me with a SIN
gle potato that weighed seven and
one-half pounds. have now resolved
to await results ana not sen YOU a
potato anti | can secure one that
weighs at least Que quarter Of hun
dred, which | hope to have before the
potato harvest is over. | have now,
IN my office and laying in front Of
where write, a monstrous turnp-
the common white turni p-which
weighs % and three fousths pounds,
and measures 50 inches in circum-
ference.
This is now October %. and the
horses and cattle that belong in HALEY
are yet fat and have no, been fed any,
nor won't be for another month or
more. | do not think we have to feed
here any greater number of days than
we do IN Kansas, and perhaps not so