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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
MR.. DORSEY IN TROUBLE.
Taking . Contract for $52. and Los.
ing $3.50 Upon 1t.

Lew Dorsey took heavy contract
when he bid on supplying the string
ers for the new county bridge across
Wood River at Croy's gulch for $40.
MIR. Dorsey expected to come out
ahead. He struck up on the hills
with four men and axes and cut sew
eral immense trees which would
square 10 inches, SO feet long, but in
running them down to the river they
all broke. Next day he and his men
cut three more. with the same result.
He next lost day going up Smelter
gulch on wild goose chase for suita-
BILE trees, and finally found what he
required up Quigley's gulch, II miles
from Haley. He has hauled only two
trees SO far to the bridge, and will be
two weeks longer, with four hired
men, filling his contract, or $3.50 out of
pocket, beside his time. The timbers
being 60 feet long each, it is equal to
circus to get them to town. The
bob-sleds upset continually or get into
low places and let the timbers down
Oh the ground. Mr.. Dorsey tried a
patent windlass with several turns of
a chain to stop the timbers from twist
ing, but as he came along the bank
yesterday bearing on the lever, the log
gave sudden twist and threw him in
the air across the river so feet, land
ing him in a bunch of willows. The
trees, to cut 60 feet and square ii
inches are about tn zee feet at the but
and when the hewing is completed
there will be ten cords of sticks and
five of big chips on the ground. This
with dozen trees felled which broke
or got shaken, if marketed, may pc,
him through without further loss, but
he has borne his troubles bravelv ant
not weakened. A casual observer
would almost aver, from h,s air O
contentment, that he was making in.
stead of losing money.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
JOTTINGS.
Hitchcock lamps at Burkhart's.
*pelow zero.

Hitchcock lamps at Burkhart's.
Fresh eggs at C. Fox's. j'6tf
The finest stock of jewelry in the
West, at Hendricks, Haley.
Fresh Eastern oysters, fried, stewed or
plain, ut the Nevada Chop House.
If you want really elegant printing,
you must come to the TINES office.
Oysters in every style at the Nevada
Chsp House, up to O'Clock in the morn
Ing.
Go to 1000 Main street for fruit,
vegetables, tobacco, cigars and no.
tions.
DR.. Hohly's celebrated Miners Bit
tiers, superior tonic and appetizer, at
Riley & TrAcy's drugstore.
Superintendent Ravens, of the
MayAower mine, of Bullion, has tele
rraphed that he would be in on to-
morrow's stage.
The Grand Central Social hop
comes off this evening, and will no
doubt prove as enjoyable as the pre-
ceding ones.
Probate Judge Parsons yesterday
granted a commital for removing Mrs.
Torrey to the Insane Asylum, she hav-
ing been adjudged non compos men
lis. Professor Torrey returned to "elle'
vue, recently, upon learning of the i'll
ness of his wife.
The HALEY Theater Social club held
their regular weekly soree last even
ing. The party was small, including
5only 16 couples, but was voted by al
j one of the most enjoyable occasion.
y since the organization was perfected
Dancing continued until II o'clock
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
\ Huge Cinnamon Bear

I.accratcd and to,c George Barker,
near Leadv,lIe, last winter. i,r. ".
X. Leonard said, IL cured his cruel
wounds with two boxes of Brown
Arnica Salvc, and without scar"
You should have box Of Brown s
Alnica Salvc always in the house. 1t
removes Inflammation, and heals
wi crcver the skin is broken. IF YOUR
druggist does not have it, send -
cents in stamps to the Brown Medi-
cine Company, Leavenworth, Kansas,
and .hcv will send q box by retu,n
mail. For sale by !. !. Lewis & Son,
kctchum; DIR. Brock, Bellevue. anc!
J. y. Rupert, Haley, idaho.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
CHARLES MOORE HEARD FROM.
He is In TuScarOra, but Longs 70 Get
Back 10 HALEY.


J. J. Tracy, of the firm of Hiley &
Tracy, of this city, has just received
letter from c. II. Moore, who kept the
Idaho Saloon, in this city ye.r ago,
in which he says: "rhey are very,
very strict here now. The camp is no
more like it was when lived here be-
fore than day is like night. 81
"The weather here so far, with the
exception Of day now and then, is
very fine.
''Tnere are about 800 men working
in the mines, and they are all, or
nearly all, putting their wages into
stocks, so that it makes coin rather
scarce, even though from $4,000 to
100000 is paid out every month.
81 am getting terribly tired of
restaurant fare, and cold, dismal,
gloomy room, and l shall be glad
when spring opens and get back to
Haley again. l would not stay here
longer than that, under any crcum-
stances.
''There will be good many leave
here for Wood River in the spring,
and | have not seen a man vet who
has been there but intends to re urn
''Everything here is very uncertain
in regard to this place. In fact, it all
depends upon the developments in
Grand Price,
With the letter came box Of ex
ceedingly rich specimens of ruby and
native silver, stcphanite and black
sulphuretS, which Mr.. Moore extracted
from the vein in the Navajo mine
himself, none of the employees being
permitted to take piece of ore away
from the mines.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
The Deadman's Flat Mines.

q The owners of the copper mines at
Deadman's Flat, Little Lost River
District, are III town. Three 100
acre ranches have been located near
by, and the prospects are good for
quite settlement in that vicinity.
Ten thousand dollars has been offered
for the principal claim, which assays
AGO ounces in silver and 65 per cent.
copper to the ton of ore.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18

such people who have no ambition to
be seen and who are satisfied to Jog
along instead of sending the dust fly.
ing at pace that takes the breath of
tvro away. Riverside Park is one
of those monuments of the Tweed
regime IN New York. 1t is beautiful
beyond description but it has also
swallowed up millions beyond prece-
dent 1t is situated on the extreme
west side of the city, beginning about
One Hundredth street, where it skirts
the river for miles. Adorned with
handsome granite buttresSes. and
tlanked by trees which at present
have not yet attained their full
growth, 1t reminds one of the csplan-
AIDE SO frequently seen in cities
on the European continent.
The land here is particularly high
and you OBTAIN an unobstructed view
as far up the Hudson as the eve will
reach. The view is only INSTRUCTED
by the bends aud curves and capes OF
the opposite shore. The tall, steep
scraggy masses of the Palisades stare
YOU in the face with their historical
sue oestions, dense masses of blush.
green pines and frs relieve the ex.
panse of snow in winter, and beneatl
the ice-bound river sweeps with tn,
placid regularity and evenness OF ;
stream in the country 'lar from tn,
uladding strife" of the city. Th,
houses at the upper end of the roae
are ali old and nearly all of til, II
have historical suggestions. Shout,
you be inclined TO leave the rcyula
road and drive int, the bv-wavs vo,
will meet charming variety of land
scape. You may club up and dow
little hillocks and unexpectedly ligh
on rich paddocks where you expect t.
7 meet nothing but thoroughbred cattle
Now and then YOU will meet "A hall
buried tombstone, or vault throug
which you may peep and see th
collins which mark the places "wher
the forcfathcrs of the hamlet lay,
and then if YOU are POLITICALLY incline
look up at the cxpansc of clear SIX
above you and the siGhiny branche
of the pines and listen to the Eolia
har. $ torned by the telegraph wire
, and write verses.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
THE C0LDEST IN TWO WINTERS
4 Cod Of 30 Degrees Last Night How
this Compares with Last Winter and
with Other Localities.

Last night wlS much the coolest
this season, the self-rc2isteriny Their
mometcr indicating cold of 50 de-
orees below zero. At O'Clock this
morni g the mercury was still down
to the 2o-dcoree line, and it was only
five degrees better by halr-past s,
when the heat of the suns RAYS be-
Gan to make itself felt This is not
oAlv the coolest weather this season,
but it is colder, by about five degrees,
than any experienced last winter 1t
half-past o'clock on the morning of
the l9.h of February lat the mercury
stood at lG degrees below zero. This
was the lowest point attaIncd last
winter. AS we have not reached the
coolest month-Fcbrua.v VT is very
likely that we have Dot vet had our
worst weather for this winter.
This is disae reeable, to be sure, but
nothing u complain OF much. In the
DIac!, Hills. and in The Northwestern
States the cold must be much more
intense than here; while in Canada
East aud in more northern attitudes it
is still greater. There are even places
and large cities al that-whete men
AMI women fall dead in the streets
from cold, as witness the following
dispatch from city located in thu
very heart of the Russian empire:
Moscow, january l3.-l'cr5ons fro
zen to death are found in the streets
! here. dailv.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
LOmgfellOw's First Poem.

Philadelphia Ledgecl
A question was asked you last week
about Longfellow's first poem. The
following | have found floating about
in various papers for more than year,
but can give YOU no information as to
the reliability of its statements:
When our great poet was ) years
old his mastcr wanted him to write
compositions" Little Henry, like all
children, shrank from the undertaking.
His master said:
"Nou can write words, can you
not"
"Ies," was the reply.
''Then you can put words to-
gethcr:'
eyes, sir"
"Then," said the master, ''you may
take your slate and 90 out behind the
schoolhouse, and there YOU can find
something to write about, and then
YOU can tell me what it is, what it is
for, and what is to be done with it, and
that will be Il composition.
Henry took his slate and went out
He went behind Mr.. t'inney's barn,
which Glanced to be near by, and,
seeing IA fine turn p growing up, he
thought he knew what that was, what
it was for, and what would be done
with ii. \ hali-hour had been al
lowed to Henry for his first undertake
ing III writing compositions. In a
nalf hour he carried in his work, all
accomplished. and his master is said to
have been affected almost to tears
when he saw what little Henry had
: done in that short time:
MIR. FlNNEy's TUE>Ir.
Mr.. Finnev Ind turnip,
And il grew. and it grew
And it ere behind the barn;
And the turnip did no harm.
r And it grew and ii grew.
Till it could grow no taller:
1 Then Mr.. Finney took IL up
And put it in the cellar.
There it lay, there ii lay.
n Till it beGan to rot:
Then his dnushte Susie washed il,
t And she put ii in the pot,
o Then she boiled it, and boiled it,
As long she able.
=. Then his dauch Inter Lizzie took it
And she put il ON the table.
Mr. Finney and his wife
n Both sat down to sup.
And tbev ate and they ate,
e Until they ate the turnip up
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
Stage Travel.

The passengers out on the stage
this morning We're muffled in buffalo
and bear skins, and five bottles of
whisky, with three of pepper sauce
was among their personal effects. The
way-bill showed the following: J.
ID. Murphy, Superintendent of the Ae-
lanta mine, Sawtooth, for Salt Lake ;
J. ID. Cotton, ketchum for Salt Lake
Joseph Pinkham, ketchum to Haley;
Briscoc Hicks, Haley to Bellevue;
Milton Pinney, HALEY to Bellevue.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
Have the "Weekly Times" Sent to
You.

Persons about to leave for the win
ter should subscribe for the WEEKLY
TINES before leaving. 1t only costs
80 a year, and is the largest and best
paper, by long odds, in Idaho. 1t
pu fishes news from all parts of Wood
River and Sawtooth.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
WEATHER REPORT.

During the past few days the
weather has been fine and bracing,
and has moderated from 10 to 20 de
grees in the forenoon, and grown
colder toward evening. The total
snowfall to date this season has been
about 10 inches, of which about 1!
inches remain on the ground.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
Fine SleigllS.

A carload of fine, swell-body and
Portland Cutters, delayed in transit,
and just received, will be sold at cost
bv Studebaker Brothers Manufacture
ing Co., Salt Lake City. l.d3twlt
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
Try II! Try IT.! Try It!!!

Reader, you should go at once to
your druggist and get CSC box of
Browns Arnica Salve. If it fails
once to cure any burn, old sore, ulcer,
frost bite or infamed sore eyes, your
druggist ill return your money.
Positively warranted.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
POstOmce Hours.

Week days-Ohace open from A. n. to ~ P. N.
Sundays-frOm IL to 2P.N.
Money Orders issued from A. n. to I p
No Money Order or Registry business transacted
On Sunday.
Blsckfoot mail closes at ~ A. n.
Kelton closes ct 7 A.. NJ
Ketchum, Galens and SawtOOth closes at I? y r. N.
Bullion closes at P. n.
Boise closes 1t ~ P. u.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
HALEY, Idaho, July %, 1852.
FITS, EPILEPSY,
FALLiFl G SICK II ES S

Permanently curcd-no huplue-by one months
III up.r Of Hr. t.uulhrdS Celebrated lnialible lit
Powder 10 COM Iuce sufferers that these pow
utrS Viii do :il We claim for them will end
In, IA by nail post paid u tree tr.,l BOX. Al Dr.
Goui;td i. the only physician that mas ever made
this disease 9srecial study, and H. 10 our knowl
edge thou-onGs have been permanently cured ly
tn. o. the Powders, will Guarantce a
perm neut IRE ia every ease retunu You all
money expended. All sufferers shuuld give these
Powders an erry trial. and be convinced OF tneii
curative DuNCt~.
Price, Tor hlrc box. =; 60. or boxes for 5000
sent by NAL 10 my part oi ,he United states
C"illaa. r,co pto. price, by express G. o. ID.
Address Ash X ROBBINS.
olwiv $50 Fulton Sta. Brooklyn, y. \.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18

A weekmsde at home by the Undue
EN 7n trious. Best business befOrs
the public Capital not needed.
IA AZ We will start you. Men. women.
W II "a boys and girls wanted everywhere
to work for us. Now Is the time
You can work in spare time. give your wh0i
time to the business. No other business will ps
you nearly MS we'll. No one fail to make emo
nous pay. by engaging at once. Costly outfit IN
terms free. Money made fast. easily and hONe
ably. Address TIUE 4 Co.. Augusta. Maine.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
A FAMILY HISTORY.

There was old San Simons
And young Sam SiInons,
OF SaEl Siinons's son;
And young sam Simons
l. still Sarl SimonS,
Thou sh old Sam Simons is gone.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
BORN.

DOLTON-on Deer Creek. January II. 1858. to the
wife Of @. E. Bolton. son.
Mother and sou ase doing Welll
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18
THE DOLLAR COLUMN.

Advertisements not exceeding inch Tor ten
lines Of small type) In length will be inserted In
Iris column for one dollar per week. fifty cents
~ M; insertion and twenty fve cents each sd
di,.ocal insertion-payable in advanced
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-18

seat of his pants flung him leadfore-
most into the gutter where he turned
complete somcrsault. \ policeman
rushed up t. see what the distur-
bance was but the young man did not
stop to make a complaint. He took
his mud-bedragg!ed person away as
quick as his aching bones permitted it.
Driving fast horses on the road is
becoming passion among New
Workers. The man who makes money
no longer looks forward to owning "A
magnificent house but sets his heart
on trotter. Now trottcr in these
parts means something that can co
better than at least $3.50, and this
mears money. Thus the amount an
quality of hor. flesh that til's Tie
road OF an afternoon and is put up 70.
rest at such famous road side most Tries
as Gabe Cases, Barry's, Judge
Smiths and others represents millions
The most charming road about here
is Riverside Drive, yet for some rea.
son or other it is neglected. 1t is
not fashionable and is used oaly b,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-03
How Much Wheat Seed Per Acre.

Where wheat is not at all crowded
in a rich, mellow soil, and the tiller-
ing is not impeded, the average num-
Der of stems for each plant is about
sixteen. Each one produces head
or ear, containing on an average, un-
der reasonably favorablv conditions
fifty grains. Thus one grain yields
eight hundred grains. At this rate
the man who sows two bushels to
the acre, would harvest sixteen hun
dred buhels per acre or else much
of the seed it lost. The average yield
of the country, however is less than
fifteen bushels per acre. A bushel
ofwheat contains, ordinarily, 10000
grains two bushels, one million five
hundred thousand grains. An acre
of land contains slightly aboye six
million square inches. So that each
plant has four square inches from
which to derive sustenance. Measure
that on the ground and see how
small it is. Can you expect the
plant to make a vigorous growth on
foursquare inches? Can you expect
it to tiller and produce sixteen stems
Can you expect it to mature sixteen
full heads? The result of this
crowding is plain. The plants can
not gain nutriment when growing so
densely. Some must die that the
others may live. Thestrongt triumph
and the weak succomb. This strug-
gle for life begins as soon as the
plants appear above ground. AS
the plants grow larger they require
more room and others must give
way. and very few, if any, attain a
full growth. All are cramped and
starved. Tillering is impeded ma
ny plants do not tiller at all, and
those that do, tiller imperfectly.
The same is true of caring. Full
ears can not be expected. An acre
of wheat contains about eight hun
dred thousand heads. 1t is. safe to
saw that on account of tillering, these
are produced by three hundred
thousand plants. Consequently on
ly one fifth of the grain sown pro-
duces mature plants these plants
produce less than one-hfth of the
proper number of stems by tilling,
and these produce imperfect heads.
This is almost entirely caused by
crowding.
Two quarts of seed sown on an
acre have produced fifty bushels of
wheat. Where all the conditions
are favorable, the American farmer
should not SOW more than half a
bushel per acre. But agricultural
reforms are never sweeping; there
fore let the wheat grower try one
bushel per acre.-American Agri-
cultlrist.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-03
Where to go for Wild Ducks.

A young man from Louisville got
wild on the question of ducks at Oc-
onowoc, Wis, the other day. He
had been out riding with big girl
from Michigan, and when he reach
ed the hotel at night, he said:
The woods are full of ducks"
Old heads smiled incredulously,
and young men laughed derisively.
1t amt time for ducks" someone
said.
1t amt. eh :? Well, | saw more'n
million of them to-day up in the
marshes"
The conversation was continued
for some time, the upshot being that
the youth who had seen the ducks
finally converted a Chicago man,
and the two made preparations to go
after them in the morning.
Long before daylight the pair were
up, and just as the gray began to
appear in the east, they rolled out of
town in a spring wagon.
Arriving at the swamp they took a
boat and padded about for some
time, leaving their driver, product
ofthis stony soil, to look out for the
horses and the lunch. The driver, a
gentleman who knows ducks when
he sees them, tells the rest of the
story:
"The boys got separated after
awhile" he says, 1.-THE Louisville
chap keeping the boat, and swearing
that he would uncover the birds,
and the Chicago man wading around
with rubber boots en-, cussin' his
luck, and saying he knew there
want no ducks all the time. Pretty
soon we heard n dreadful fusilade
over where Louisville was supposed
to be. 1t sounded like the roll of
musketry in battle, and you would
have been willing to bet that no one
man with single breech- loader
could make such a racket. Well, we
crept along as carefully as We could
until we came to little opening
where we could see Mr.. Louisville.
He was standing in the water and
mud waist deep, and was laying
about him right and left with his
gun. The slaughter was terrific.
When he spied US he looked kinder
wild-eyed, and made motion to US
to keep down, as if we would skeer
the game. He had the boat hall
sunk with dead game, and birds
were lying around in the water eve-
rywhere. We saw right away that
the fellow was having too much fun
and l called to him to let up until
we could get there AS we approach
ed he says, Come e-e-easy, boys, or
you'll skeer the ducks Ducks 2
| says; you condemned lunatic, |
them amt ducks, them's mud hensp !
Well, his jaw fell a couple of inches
right away, but he has kind of an
idea to this day that they were
ducks, after all. There's this about
it-that fellow had the best hunting
for an heur or two anybody will get |
in Wisconsin this fall. He had kill !
ed more'n sixty mud hens, and ifI
we'd let him alone he'd have sunk |
the boat. Correspondence Chicago |
Times.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-03
How to Draw a Congregation.

Several years ago we were a resi-
dent of Northwestern Louisiana,
near the confines of Texas. The
people were, as a general thing, not
much given to religion. An timer
ant preacher happened to go along
in the neighborhood during the
dearth of religion, and set about re-
pairing the walls of Zion in good
earnest. But his success was poor.
Not over half a dozen could be got
together at his Sunday meetings.
Determined, however, to create an
interest before leaving the neighbor-
hood, he procured printed hand-bills
and had them posted up in every
conspicuous place in the district,
which read to the following effect !:
Religious Notice. Rev. Mr., Ra-
Ley will preach next Sunday in
Dempsey's Grove at 10 o'clock a. M,
and at 4 p. NJ, Providence permit
ting. Between the services the preach
er will run his sorrel mare, Julia,
against any nag that can be trotted
out in this region, for purse of
$500.
This had the desired effect. Peo-
pie focked from all quarters, and
the desire to see the singular preach
er was even greater than the excite
ment following the challenge. He
preached an eloquent sermon in the
morning, and after dinner he brought
out his mare for the race. The purse
was made up by five or six of the
planters, and an opposing nag pro-
duced. The preacher rode his little
sorrel and won the day, amid the
shouts, screams and yells
of the delighted people. The con-
gregation all remained to the after
noon service, and at its close more
than two hundred joined the church,
some from motives of sincerity, some
for the novelty Of the thing, and
some because the preacher was a
good fellow. The finale ofthe affair
was as hourishing a society as could
be found in the whole region there
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-10-03
Laugh and Grow Fat.

There is not the remotest corner
or little inlet of the minute blood
vessels of the human body that does
not feel some wavelet from the con-
vulsion occasioned by good hearty
laughter. The life principle, or the
central man, is shaken to the in
nermost depth, sending new tides
of life and strength to the surface,
thus materially tending to insure
good health to the person who in
dulges therein. The blood moves
more rapidly and conveys different
impression to all the organs of the
body, as it visits them on that par
ticular mystic journey when the man
is laughing, from what it does at
other times. For this reason every
good, hearty laugh in which per-
son INDUCES prolongs his life, con-
veying as it does new and distinct
stimulus to the vital forces. Doubt
less the time will come when physi-
clans, conceding more importance
than they now do to the influence of
the mind upon the vital forces of the
body, will make up their prescrip-
tions more with reference to the
mind and less to drugs with them,
and will in so doing, find the best
and most effective method of pro-
ducing the required effect upon the
patient.