Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-11-08
WOOD RIVER.
HER ADVANTAGES GRAPHICALLY
DESCRIBED.
Her Mineral Wealth, Agricultural Fa.
cilities, Social Features, Etc, as Told
by the Receiver of the HALEY Land
Office.

W VIC 1ScCclVcT VI tuc uAIley lIanu
Office.
Correspondence Oswego (Kas) independent !
HALEY is on Wood River, about rs
miles from where its waters flow into
the Snake river. 1t is small stream,
10 larger than the Labette at or near
Chetopa. But, O! the clear, cool
water that rushes down this small
stream, which has descent of 70 feet
to the mile, is so grand, that to one
who is accustomed to the sluggish
streams OF Southern Kansas, whose
waters are green with filth and skum,
cannot help but admire tie country
for even the pure, cold water; and
when we stand and gaze upon this
pure, sparkling water as it rushes
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 nl~e; they are the mountain
trout. 1t is Il pleasure to catch these
spry little fellows, and is no less IA
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 of log houses, box houses,
!, few neat frame buildings, and some
brick aid stone structures. a new
and magnificent courthouse is now un-
tier construction at cost of $4,000.
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 give you few prices
of both necessarics as well as luxu-
RIGS. If you start out with your mar
ket basket to provide for dinner You
will be required to pay for Irish pota-
toes cents per pound, sweet potatoes
10 cents per pound, beef % cents per
pound, aud 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 %
cents per pound, tomatoes % cents
per pound, peaches rs cents per
pound. There is no nickel change
here, and rarely tcn-cent piece is
seen Or used. Punched coins 90 all
right, and Mexican as we'll as trade
dollars as good as any. am told that
whisky at the bar is % cents a drink.
mere y 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 herc.)
There is an immense amount Of
business done here, as hundreds OF
mining camps procure their Supplies
at HALEY, this being the end Of the
Wood River Branch of the Oregon
Short Line Railroad. Hundreds of
carloads Of bullion and ore are
shipped from here t. Omaha for smclt-
ing and retiaing. 1t is no unusual
thing to see at the freight depot I 900
bars OF silver stacked up awaiting
nor to See ten or fifteen -
mule teams hauling bar silver from the
snelters to the depot. There are
plenty of lawye,shcrc, plenty Of doe
tors, and superabundancc Of loaf
crs. I.aboring men a,e in demand at
$3 per day. Mechanics have been
quite busy and in dem,nd, but work
is now little slack. Carpenters get
Is per day, stone and bricklavers s,
per day, painters s. per day, and
brickmakers from 81 to IS per day.
Now will speak of the surround
ing country that is tributary to Hal
ley, and which will contribute to the
building up Of Il small city here in
the near future First. the mineral
is one vast succession Of
mountain ranges with here and there
a small fertile valley, through which IA
runs, over which supplies
are hauled to the mines and mineral
brought from the mines. And then
from these small fertile valleys dozen,
of narrow gulchcs reach UP IN various
where often a wagon road
cannot be constructed, hence the .
pack mule and the train are brought
into use. 1t is soncwha, amusing To
a fresh kansan to see them load up
these trains Of pack mules. Ho>r>
OF canned goods, kegs of nails,
kegs OF whisky and every conceivable .
thing is tied on the backs OF these
animals and one after another thy
string out 10 ming line mil in
length, and they thus freight good
for hundreds OF niles up narrow
gulchcs and over m untain passes TO
the various interior mines, and on re-
turn bring bag, Of ore TO the ,ucltors
There is no end to the mineral ia
This country. have visited several
Of the popular m ms near Haley and
have seen million dollars worth of
orc at one sight. There are lrcls
u these well developed mines and
here are thosand> of prospects, that
will make as good mines as these POP
iInp t..i al.