Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-10-29
WOOD RIVER.
0ER ADVANTAGES GRAPHICALLY
DESCRIBED.

ner Mineral Wealth, Agricultural ia.
cllitiea, Social Features, ETC., ~ Told
by the R,ceiter Of the HALEY Land
Once.
Correspondence Oswego tl<as.) independently
HALEY is on Wood River, about Is
miles from where it's waters flow into
the Snake river. 1t is a small stream,
no larger than the I.abette at or near
Chetopa. But, O! the clear, cool
water that rushcs down this small
stream, which has descent of - feet
To the mile, is 80 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 the country
for even the pure, cold water; and
when we stand ami 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 ME; they are the mountain
trout. 1t is IL 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 l
be eve l was speaking of Haley.
We J, Haley is IL little wooden town,
only two years old, regularly laid out,
but built up oflog houses, box houses,
= few neat frame buildings, and some
hr1ck and stone structures. A new
and magnificent courthouse is now un-
der construction ut cost OF 5000.
A three-story hotel about the size of
Abbott House, of Parsons, is nearly
enclosed, and many small dwellings,
are il course of erection.
Now let me give you few prices
OF both necessarics as we'll as luxu-
RIGS. II you start out with your mar.
kct basket to provide for dinner you
will he required t. pay for Irish pota.
toes 3 cents per pound, sweet potatoes
Is cents per pound, beef Is cents pc,
pound, and although the market is full
Of fruit, yet the prices ruin as follows
Pear 70 cents per ponnd, green ap.
Piles 20 cents per pound, grapes 2;
cents per pound, tomatoes % cents
per pound, peaches rs cents pei
pound. There is no nickel change
here, and rarely ten-ccnt piece i.
seen or used. Punched coins 60 al
right, aud Me xican as we'll as trad,
dollars rs good as any. I am told tina
whisky at the bar is rs cents drink
II merely throw in this last bit of in
formation for the benefit of some o
our Owego friends who have been talk
ing about coming up herc.)
There is ali immense amount o
business done here, as hundreds o
mining camps procure their supple
At Haley, this being the end of tn
Wood River Branch of the Orego,
Short Line Railroad. Hundreds o
carloads OF bullion aud ore ar
shipped from here to Omaha for smclt
ing and refining. 1t is no unuSua
thing to see at the freight depot l,00'
bars OF silver stacked up awaitin!
shi,Mcnt; nor to See ten or fifteen :
nul teams hauling bar silver from tn
s",.iters to the depot. There ar
plenty Of lawyers here, plenty of doc
tors, and superabundancc Of loaf
~rs. 1.aboring men ATE in demand "A
% per day. Mechanics have bee,
quite busy and in demand, but worl
is now little slack. Carpenters ge
Is per day, stone and bricklayers $
per day, painters IS per day, an,
brickmakers from 81 to IS per day.
Now l will speak Of the surround
ing country that is tributary to Hal
lev. and which will contribute to til
building up Of small city here i
the near failure. First. the minera
country is one vast succession c
mountain ranges with here and Their
. small fertile valley, through which
wagon-road runs, over which supple
are hauled to the mines and miner.
brought from the mines. And the
from these small fertile valleys dozen
at narrow gulches reach up IN variou
directions where often a wagon-roa
cannot be constructed, hence tn
pack mule aud the train are brougl
into use. 1t is somewhat amusing /
fresh kansan to see them load N
these trains of pack mules. Box
at canned goods, kegs of nail.
kegs Of whisky and every conceivabi
thing is tied on the backs of thes
animals and one after another the
string out 10 ming line mile i
length, and they thus freight good
for hundreds OF miles up mario,
Eulchcs and over mountain passes t
the various interior mines, and on re
turn bring bags of ore to the smelter,
There is no end to the mineral i
this country. have visited sevcra
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