Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-10-08
WOOD RIVER.
HER ADVANTAGES GRAPHICALLY
DESCRIBED.
Her Mineral Wealth, Agricultural Fa.
cilities, Social Features, Etc., as Told
by the Receiver Of the HALEY Land
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ctltties, Social Features, Etc.. AZ Tol
by the Receiver Of the HALEY Ian,
Office.
correspondence Oswego (Kas.) independent.
HALEY is on Wood River, about y
miles from where its waters flow int
the Snake river. 1t is small stream
no larger than the Labette at or nea
Chetopa. But, O! the clear, COO
water that rushes down this small
stream, which has a descent of 70 fee
to the mile, is 80 grand, that to on,
who is accustomed to the sluggisl
streams OF Southern Kansas, who's,
waters are green with filth and skum
cannot help but admire the countr,
for even the pure, cold water; ane
when we stand and gaze upon thi.
pure, sparkling water as it rushe.
down over the hundreds of cataracts
we fsSl y though we could drink al.
ways and never have enough. The
fish that are found in all these sire ans
are very nice; they are the mountain
trout. 1t is a pleasure to catch these
spry little fellows, and is no less a
pl assure to eat them when they are
properly served on the table. But
be eve | was speaking of HALEY.
We ], Haley is little wooden town,
only two years old, regularly laid out,
but built up oflog houses, box houses,
few neat frame buildings, and some
brick and stone structures. A new
and magnificent courthouse is now un-
der construction at cost of 100000
a three-story hotel, about the size of
Abbott House, OF Parsons, is nearly
enclosed, and many small dwellings
are in course of erection.
Now let me givs you a few prices
ut both necessaries as well as luxu-
ries. Ii you start out with your mar.
ket basket to provide for dinner YOU
will be required t. pay for Irish pota-
toes 3 cents per pound, sweet potatoes
10 cents per pound, beef 25 cents per
pound. and although the market is full
OF fruit, yet the prices run as follows:
Pears 70 cents per pound, green APP
pies ~ cents per pound, grapes Is
cents per pound, tomatoes % cents
per pound, peaches rs cents per
pound. There is no nickel chance
here, and rarely ten-cent piece is
seen or used. Punched coins 90 all
right, and Me xican as well as trade
dollars as good as any. l am told that
whisky ut the bar is Is cents drink.
| merely throw in this last bit of in.
formation for the benefit of some of
our Owego friends who have been talk
ing about coming up here.)
There is all immense amount of
done here, as hundreds of
mining camps procure their supplies
It HALEY, this being the end of the
Wood River Branch of the Oregon
Short Line Railroad. Hundreds of
carloads of bullion aud ore are
shipped from here to Omaha for smelt-
ng and refining. 1t is no unusual
hing to see At the freight depot 1000
,ars OF silver stacked up awaiting
hipment; nor to see ten or fifteen r.
mule teams hauling bar silver from the
melters to the depot. There are
'lenty of lawyers here, plenty of doc
ors, and superabundancc of loaf
r.. l'ahoring men are in demand at
3 per day. Mechanics have been
uite busy and in demand, but work
! no little slack. Carpenters get
% per day, stone and bricklayers s,
'cr day. painters Is per dav, and !
from ~ to IS per day.
Now will speak of the surround
ng country that is tributary to Hal
~. and which will contribute to the
uilding up of small city here in
he near future First, the mineral
ountry is one vast succession of
ranges with here and there
small fertile valley, through which a (
'agon-road runs, over which supplies i;
re hauled to the mines and mineral !,
rought from the mines. And then n
om these small fertile valleys dozens n 4,
narrow gulches reach up IN various !,
lrections where often wagon,road .
,nnot be constructed, hence the
ack mule and the train are brought
to use. 1t is somewhat amusing to
fresh kansan to see them load up Ii
use trains of pack mules. Boxes
canned goods, kegs of nails, =
egs OF whisky and every conceivable
ing is tied on the backs of these
'imals and one after another they
ring nut forming line a mile in
myth, and they thus freight goods \
r hundreds OF miles up narrow Jo
llches and over m untain passes to tn
q various interior mines, and on re- =,
rn bring bags of ore to the smclters. "
There is no end to the mineral il, sa
is country. have visited several wi
the popular mines near HALEY and so
nave seen a million dollars worth of 81
D at one sight. There are hundreds "
these well developed mines and