Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-10-17
WOOD RIVER.
HER ADVANTAGES GRAPnTCALIy
DESCRIBED.

Her Mineral Wealth, Agricultural Fa
cllities, Social Features, Etc., q Tol,
by the Receiver Of the HALEY Lsu,
Office.
Correspondence Oswego * s.) Indcpeusient.
HALEY is on Wood River, about Z;
miles from where its waters flow int
the Snake river. 1t is small stream
no larger than the T.abette ut or neal
Chetopa. But, q! the clear, COO
water that rushcs down this small
stream, which has descent of 70 fee,
TO the mile, is 50 grand, that to one
who IS accustomed to the sluQgish
streams OF Southern Kansas, whose
waters are green with filth and sku,n.
cannot help but admire the country
forever the pure, cold water; and
when we stand aud gaze upon this
pure, sparkling water as it PUSHES
down over the hundreds of cataracts.
we feel as though We could drink al.
ways and never have enough. The
fish that are found in all these streams
are very nice; they are tho mountain
trout. 1t is pleasure to catch these
spry little fellows, and is no less n
pl assure to eat them when thew are
Properly served on the table. But |
TIE eve | was speaking of HALEY.
We ], Haley is little wooden town.
only two years old, regularly laid out.
but built up oflog houses, DO \ houses.
few neat frame buildings, and some
brick and .stone structures. 4 new
and magnificent courthouse is now un.
der construction at cost of $4,000.
A t!'ree-stJry hotel, about the size Of
abbott House, OF Parsons, is nearly
enclosed, and many small dwellings
ar" in course Of erection.
Now let me give you a few prices
OF both necessarics as we'll as luxu.
r'es. If you start out with YOUR mar.
ket basket to provide for dinner YOU
will be required to pay for Irish pota.
toes 3 cents per pound, sweet potatoes
10 cents per pound, beef % cents per
pound. aud although the market is full |
u fruit, yet the prices run as follows:
Fears 20 cents per pound, green an.
pies ~ cents per pound, grapes rs
'ents per pound, tomatoes rs cents
per pound, peaches rs cents per
bound. There is no nickel change
lore, and rarely ten.cent piece is
'er' or used. Punched coins 90 all
light, and Me xican as well as trade
'ollars as good as any. Lam told that
whisky at the bar is % cents drink
merely throw in this last bit of in.
orn'atlon for the benefit of some Of
'ur Owego friends who have been talk
"g about coming up here.)
4 There is an immense amount IF
BUSINESS done here, as hundreds of
inning camps procure their supplies
t HALEY, this being the end of the
Wood River Branch of the Oregon
short Line Railroad. Hundreds of
of bullion and ore are
hipped from here to Omaha for smell.
~ and refining. 1t is no unusual
hing to see at the freight depot 1000 !,
ars OF silver stacked up awaiting
h'pment; nor to See ten or fifteen II.
'ule teams hauling bar silver from tho
meters to the depot. There are !
Ienty OF lawyers here, plenty of doc.
'rS, and a superabundancc of loaf.
rs. laboring men ale in demand ut c
) per day. Mechanics have been :
ute busy and in demand, but work v
now a little slack. Carpenters get
per day, stone and bricklavers $, :.
ar day. painters 81 per dav. and d
nckmakers from ~ to IS per dav. !
Now | will speak of the surround.
g country that is tributary to Hal. -
y. and which will contribute to tn.
aiding up of small city here in
re near future. First, the mineral
'untry is one vast succession of
ountaln ranges with here and there p,
small fertile valley, through which T"
lgon'road runs, over which supplies X,
t hauled to the mines and mineral j..
ought from the mines. And then NJ
D" these small fertile valleys dozens is
narrow gnlches reach up IN various "
rections whore often wagon.road .
mot be constructed, hence the
ok mule and the train are brought
70 use. 1t is somewhat amusing to
resh kansan to see them load up lis
'se trains OF pack mules. Boxes '.
canned goods, kegs of nails, -
Us of whisky and every conceivable
ng is tied on the backs of these
!mals and one after another they
ing out forming line mile in
9Th, and they thus freight goods n
hundreds OF miles up narrow 10,
'ohes and over mountain passes to the
various interior mines, and on re- ,,,
n bring bags of ore to the srnclters
here Is no end to the mineral IN Sa''
country. ! have visited several wit
he popular mines near HALEY and .on
ave seen a million dollars >vor,b ,f