Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-11-21
WOOD RIVER.
Her Delightful Climate and Magnificent
Agricultural PrOducts-Large POta-
toes and an Enormous Tmrnip-Etc.


correspondence Oswcxo tKas) independently
HALEY, Idaho, Oct. -, 1888.
Ed. lndependent.-No doubt you
imagine that we are nav eating 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 80 | have misstated the
facts for it has rained six days contin-
ually, and l supposed ere this we
would be completely showed in, but
the rain has ceased and bright sun
shine follows and the weather is de-
lirhtful. 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 60 into winter quarters. The
ranchmen have scarcely begun har-
vesting their immense potato crops,
not fearing for a moment that they
will lose by the early freeze. We
have had only on one occasion ice
which froze to the thickness of win
dow glass. The days are quite pleas
ant most of the time and we need bu,
little fire IN our Office. We are blesl
with ten hours out of each twenty-iouI
with Goods 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 aud the val
leys so narrow, yet there is son ethlne
about this country that is very attract
i've and fascinating.' ! don't know
myself WHY it is, but like the coun
try more and more rs the seasons pas
by. J. H. Crichton has been here 70
several weeks and seems to be we!
pleased with the country.
X X
Bear, deer, antelope and elk are be
coming plentiful in the mountain
near HALEY, AS the Shows in tn
mountains north Of us are driving then
down to where there is no snow
Wagons arrive daily fadenei wit
deer and antelope which arc sold a
six ceEts per pound. ! desire now t.
speak of what have seen in tie wa
Of the
PRODUCTS OF THE COUNTRY.
Some time since was shown sew
eral potatoes which weighed on
pound and quarter each and
thought they were as large as | ha
ever seen in Kansas, but was nc
much attracted by this exhibit. Bu
a few days after ranchrnan came int
ny office and brought me four pot,
toes, which were 50 very large as
attract my attention, and | weighe
them and they weighed eight pound
or two pounds each. put them in
hox, nailed them up and WAS i'll the az
of sending them to Kansas for eNh
bition when Mr.. McCulloch, formorl
of Humboldt, Kansas, told me to wa
few days, that one of his clients wi
had contest in the Land O:lil
pending, would be up and bring son
large potatoes. asked him what
called those. He said they WEI
merely nice ones, but not large.
accordingly waited, and at leng
his man came and brought the pot
toes. took the largest one al,
weighed it, and it turned the scales
+ ur and half pounds. then r
solved to send that tuber to kansa
But ere had done SO, Mr.. Mine
who lives four miles south Of her
came in and presented me with 81
gle potato that weighed seven al
one-half pounds. Ihavc now resolve
TO await results and not send YOU
potato until can secure one tn
weighs at least one-quartar of a I'M
bred, which hope to have before Il
potato harvest is over. | have no
IN my office and LAYING in front
where | write, a monstrous turnIp-
the common white turnip-whl'
weighs % aud three-lourths pounc
and measures So inches in circur
ference.
This is now October %, and Il
horses and cattle that belong in Hail
are vet fat and have not been fed an
nor won't be for another month
more. ! do not think we have to fe,
here any greater number OF days tn;
we do in Kansas. and perhaps not