Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-09-29

wagon-road runs, ovef which supplies
are hauled to the mines and mineral
brought from the mines. And then
from these small fertile valleys dozens
Of narrow gulches reach up IN various
directions where often wsgon.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
hcse trains of pack mules. Box es
of canned goods, kegs of nails,
kegs Of whisky and every conceivable
thing is tied on the backs of these
animals and one after another they
string out forming line mile in
length, and they thus freight good.
for hundreds Of miles up narrow
gulches and over ml untain passes to
the various interior mines, and on re.
turn bring bags of ore to the SHELTERS
There is no end to the mineral il
this country. | have visited several
OF the popular mines near Haley and
| have seen million dollars worth of
orc at one sight. There are hundreds
of these we'll developed mines and
there are thosands of prospects that
will make as good mines as these pop
ular ones when capital developes
them. But the country is new and
needs more capital. Now as a
new country can say but little, as
the country is untried to great ex-
tent. But | will tell you what have
seen. | have seen timothy that was
sown last September, and narrowed
IN on ground that was never plowed,
and this year turned off three tons OF
hay to the acre. l now have speci-
mems in my Office four feet high. | !
have also some samples OF wheat in
my office four feet high and very large
well filled heads, that was sown on
fresh broke land on the 18th day of
May, and feel confident it will Weld
thirty bushels to the acre. Turnips
that weigh fifteen pounds each are
common. Carrots, beets, onions and |
potatoes are large and yield album.
lantly, but as yet are only raised in
small patches. Prices are very high
because there are thousands of con
'umers and only few producers.
am sure this is the finest wheat, bar.
ey and grass country | ever saw.
lever have seen such fat cattle and
heep in my lite aud room for mil
ious of head to grazc. As to the
mount of agricultural lands that are
'aluable | will say that there are
thousands Of acres. During the month
II August there were sixteen thous-
nd acres entered ut this office, and
'nly dotted the plats here and there
lightly. There are millions OF fine
ands but it is divided by ranges Of
Mountains and no large bodies Law
ogethcr. Plenty Of timber and water
vcrywhcre. This a good place for y
he homeless who want lands if they
ave pluck enough to help open up a
cw country; if not, M advice is to re-
main "with their wives people,"
'ut there are thousands Of acres of
ctt"r lands than the average of La. .
etc county that is here subject to
and homestead. Now |
ont want any man to come here by ,
aason Of anything | have said, for he ,
night not see it as DO. But if he
as the nerve and does come he will ,
G able to get good land at IL small f
rice. Capt. Hannah and Guy have )
'adc some fine locations. G.. p.
eters has also located some fine lands, 5
osley Myers, Charles Sprague ard
. Spurgeon all from Labette county, f
ave each located $40 acres CT land 1
lat in three years from to-day will be
orth ten dollars per acre. Ii any of
v readers should decide to come
'rt they had better come early in the
'rlng, say about April. 7