Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-02-26
Inc first assessment on subscribers
10 the new hotel fund is being paid
promptly, and the work of construc.
ton will soon commence.

-, Auhu IS Oelng paid
promptly, and the work of construc.
ton will soon commence.
THE hardest things to the view
are oot always the hardest to do
An old bachelor skippingly said
inc morning after being we'd.
The public meeting at the school.
mousse. i'll this city, for the purpose
OF voting a special tax, will be held
March l, evening, and all taxpayers
are expected to attend.
Mrs. Lee Baker has school of 35
pupils at present, and is teaching in
the public schoolhouse. The children
are quiet, and their parents are we'll
pleased with the arrangement.
The snow has disappeared so rap
idly, of late, that considerable bare
ground is crossed by the sleighs below
HALEY, and in case the thaw con-
t'nues, wheels will take the place of
runners very shortly.
Lew. Dorsey, Isaac Culp and r. r.
Rounds have their large icehouse on
ttlver street nearly filled with ice of
the finest quality. The ice is perfectly
clear and clean, and in large blocks.
The house contains l4O tons.
Advices to-day from Snake river
are that the present thaw is sending
such floods of s..ow-water into upper
Snake river that the ice is all break
ing up and will soon run down.
Spring appears to be at hand in the
Snake River valley.
c. f. Bolton has purchased the
Deer Creek Hot Mineral Springs,
and proposes opening a fashionable
watering place there similar to the
Las Vegas Springs, N. NJ. The cura-
tive properties Of the Deer Greek
springs are well established by score
OF cases cured.
Nose Wiley and Tom Bentley, who
sold out their mine interests on Deer
Creek recently and made raise, leave
for the East tomorrow, to have an ex-
cursion and visit their homes. Mr.
Wiley went to Chicago, and Mr.
Bentley to New York City. Both
will be away about six weeks.
Two ladies Of this city, speaking of
a third who just passed them:
"Gracious me! she's dressed to
kill"
"Horrible!"
Overheard at the last ball ut HALEY
Theater:
ooh, he's drunk"
els it possible! Who drank him?"
The sawnill owners above town
run the sawdust into Wood river, and
will drive every fish out unless the
nuisance is abated. This sawdust can
easily, and cheaply, be run by elevators
or an endless belt into pit, and sold
or burned. The people generally are
opposed to being deprived of fish and
fishing, for the convenience Of any IN
\. c. Spooner, the mail-carricr of
Deer Creek, Is making regular trips,
and arrived this morning. He reports
that Eph. Daft and Aliene Case left
his house on Deer Greek for the Wolf
tone mine last week, to travel the
seven miles on snowshoes. As neither
knew how to use the shoes they had
rough journey over that seven miles
and back.
There is a report of a very extraor-
binary gold ledge being found not far
from Haley which will rival anything
in the Black Hills. The statements
made regarding it are wonderful, but
until verified the TINES will not pub
lish them. Facts are startling enough
Wood River, without any
effort at exaggeration.
The Haley Samplng Works raised
steam, Saturday, to thaw out prepar-
atory to opening for the season. To-
day everything is warm and ready for
grinding. About 200 tons of Star
ore will be run through first, and
shipments will continue. Othermines
are now arranging to ship from the
works as soon as teams can be Sc
cured.
The Blackfoot stages came in on
time to-day, the roads being in splen-
did condition. No passengers arrived
and none departed. The travel is
confined mostly to Cinnamon, who
nearl y monopolizc the convcyances.
Many protests have been made
against allowing the Mongolians to
ride with through passengers, in
stead of compelling them to take