Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-12-11
WOOD RIVER.
WOOD RIVER.
Her Delightful Climate and Magnificent
Agricultural PrOducts-Large P0ta.
toss and an Enormous Turnip-Etc.

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Agricultural PrOducts-Large Pota.
toss and an Enormous Turnip-Etc.
Correspondence Oswego (Kas.) independently
HALEY, Idaho, Oct. ~, 1883.
Ed. Independent:-No doubt you
imagine that we are navigating this
country on snow shoes. But if SO l
desire to disabuse your minds by CIV
ing you some items of
THE WEATHER,
which is very pleasant at this time. I
believe have said that it never rains
in Idaho. If 80 l 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 aud 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
70 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 go into winter quarters. The
ranchmen have scarcely begun har.
vesting their immense potato crops,
not fearing for q 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 but
little FIRE IN our Office. We are blest
with ten hours out of each twenty. four
with "God's 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 and the val
leys 20 narrow, yet there is son ething
about this country that is very attract
i've and fascinating" ! don't know
myself WHY it is, but l like the coun-
try more and more as the seasons pass
by. J. H. Crichton has been here for
several weeks and seems to be we'll
pleased with the country.
Bear, deer, antelope and elk are be.
coming plentiful in the mountains
"ear HALEY, as the SHOWS in the
mountains north Of us are driving them
down to where there is no snow.
Wagons arrive daily ladenei with
deer and antelope which are sold a,
six ceEts per pound. l desire now tc
speak of what l have seen in tha wa,
o. the
PRODUCTS OF THE COUNTRY,
home time since l was shown sew.
cral potatoes which weighed one
pound and a quarter each and
thought they were as large as l hat
ever seen in Kansas, but was moi
much attracted by this exhibit. Bu
few days after ranchman came into
ny Office and brought me four pota
toes, which were so very large as t.
attract my attention, and l weighe,
them aud they weighed eight pounds
or two pounds each. put them in
box, nailed them up and was in the &C,
of sending them to Kansas for exhi
bition when Mr.. McCulloch, formerl,
of Humboldt, Kansas, told me to wal
few days, that one of his clients who
had a contest in the Land Oific.
pending, would be up and bring som,
large potatoes. asked him what h,
called those. He said they wer,
merely nice ones, but not large.
l accordingly waited, and at length
his man came and brought the pota
toes. took the largest one all,
weighed it, and it turned the scales a
far and a half pounds. then re
solved to send that tuber to Kansas
But ere l had done SO, Mr.. Miner
who lives four miles south of here
came in and presented me with sin
gle potato that weighed seven ant
one.half pounds. lhave now resolved
to await results and not send YOU ,
potato until l can secure one tina
weighs at least one.quarter Of hun
deed, which l hope to have before tn,
potato harvest is over. have now
ia my Office and laying in front o
where write, q monstrous turnip--
the common white turnip-whicl
weighs 22 and three-fourths pounds
and measures SO inches in circum
ference.
This is now October %, and the
hors-s and cattle that belong in Halle,
are yet fat and have not been fed any