Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-05-24
JorrIxas.


Colonel Green was in town yester'
day from Ketcham.
Judge V. S. Anderson went up tn,
creek to-day, on mining business.
The estate Of P. II. Wand has beer
committed to the charge of the public
administration.
Mr.. Wilson, Superintendent of the
Narrow Gauge mines, up Deer Creek
WAS in town to-day.
Col. E. A. Wall came to town las,
evening, with his wife, but returned
homo before nightfall. mona.
The new lodging house to be opened
by Mrs. Prisk, above the postoilice
will have eight large rooms.
Passenger trains will arrive in Hal.
ley, as soon As the road is completed,
At 4 p M, and depart at 1880 a. M.
Mrs. William Ridenbaugh and Mrs.
Lieutenant Galbraith will, it is stated,
soon visit HALEY, to remain some time.
The moving of ore and bullion from
Wood River is 1t present 50 contin
uous as to be no longer an item OF
news.
A. Wolters has been elected Direc.
tor of the Saengerbund of HALEY.
Two meetings will be held for practice
each week.
Robertson & Sterritt's saloon is very
much improved by the addition of q
handsome mirror, just received, which
is four by six feet in size, and made OF
6ne plate glass,
County Recorder Fox, who has
been laid up with a severe cold com.
plicated with an attack of rheumatism,
vas out for little while to-day, and
even appeared at his Office.
The ladies interested in the church
Dir to be held next month met at the
residence of Mrs. Milton Pinney to-
Hay, at o'clock, p. NJ. Progress 50
ar made is very satisfactory.
Every day the Recorders Office here
besieged by miners and ranchmen
rho desi: information as to how soon
Register Pound will arrive, that they
pay perfect titles to mines and lands.
BY July 1st tho daily capacity of
he Philadelphia Company's smelling
forks, Warm Springs Creek, will be
ncreased to lGO tons. The Company
ow employs 200 men by the day, in
nj around their works and mines.
Mine jumping is becoming fashiona-
le among certain class of sharks,
nd if carried much further mining
zen and prospectors intend organic
lg and will sit down upon that class
tramps until they become scarce.
The report is we'll established that
egotiations are being effected for the
(le of the well-known Last Chance
line, at Atlanta, for 100000, to
|astern parties, and the new owners
tend working it for all it is worth.
W. b. Doddridge, General Super.
(tendent Of the U. p, Utah North
q and o. S. L., left this morning for
gden, but will return here in about
week, when he will make trip of
Ppection to all the leading ore-pro-
icing camps along Wood River.
Another effort is being made to have
rect connection with Boise via the
Joy gulch road, and if no better con-
(ssion can be obtained a blackboard
IN be run with mail and passengers
and from the stage road at Jones's
ption, and thus save twelve hours
he.
A report was in circulation this
bring to the effect that Colonel
een, General Manager Of the Phil
e!phia Company, had purchased the
hley Sampling Works and would
US control the market by cutting off
position in the purchase of ores.
p'onel Green denies the report, how
er, and that settles it.
Supcrintendent Chase, OF the Davitt,
turned last evening from the mine,
gives additional evidence of tho
Tue OF the property. The miners
We cut foot vein in the slopes,
'ch assays 700 ounces in silver.
ere are twenty-five men at work in
mine, and more will be engaged
rapidly - room can be made for
I'm.
Mr. Matthews, President, and
Nonel Green, General Manager of
Philadelphia Company, were in
~ this morning. All transactions
"e way of contracts for ore and
yet such business will be attended
hereafter by Mr.. Matthews, Colonel
aer' who has been superintendent
'oe company for over = year, hay.
resigned the Office to return East.
Joseph Oldham has contracted with
t%as Bell to erect two-story store
=. ee ct front by 80 deep, the rround
" 20 De finished with . modern