Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-05-16
SOME IDAHO TOWNS.
Their Present Condition and Prospects
A Growing Country.

AucT IIcSeut NOnUltlOn ana prospects,
A Growing Country.
In yesterdays TINES, the bulk of
an interview had in Denver with Hugh |
G. Wallace, Secretary of the Idaho
and Oregon Land Improvement Com
pany, by a reporter Of the Tribune of
that city, was published. The conclu-
sion Of the interview is published to-
day:
''Give me an idea about some of the
other towns in Idaho ard Oregon"
was the next interrogatory.
"Well, there is Shoshone, thriving
place at the junction of the Wood
River branch of the Short Line. The
town is situated twenty miles from the
famous Shoshone Falls in Snake river,
Here the Union Pacific Railway Com
pany is about completing the largest
machine and repair shops of it's entire
system. The shops will soon employ
1000 men. There is an immense ag-
ricultural district round about Sho-
shone which is settling up rapidly
Further west on the Short Line is
Mountain Home, which is the largest
cattle shipping point in Idaho. 1t is
also the shipping point for the Rocky
Bar and Atlanta mining camps. 1t is
bound to make an important town
some day, say inside Of two years."
THE MAGIC CITY OF IDAHO.
"Caldwell comes next, and is truly
the Magic City of Idaho. 1t was
named IN honor of Senator Caldwell,
President of our company, and it's
growth has been phenomenal, from the
fact that it has such grand resources
in agriculture, grazing and lumber.
The railroad company anticipated a
big place at the point where the road
would cross Snake river, and their
prediction has been fully realized. The
town is doing mercantile business of
s250,0OO per month. Our company
will here complete this week an irri-
eating canal costing $4,000. The
canal will be extended to the cele-
brated Snake River placer mines, and
will thereby cover four times as much
agricultural land as now. Around
Caldwell there are 100000 acres of
the best farming laud in Idaho, which
is thrown open to settlers.
TIE TOWN OF ONTARIO.
"Ontario comes next. 1t is located
at the confluence of the Malhcur with
the Snake. 1t is the distributing point
for almost an unbounded region of the
best portion of Eastern Oregon.
GA short distance further on Payette
is the town. |, is at the mouth of the
Payette river and is situated in great,
broad valley which is already quite
thickly settled.
"There is the town Of Weser, which
undoubtedly has a great future. 1,
probably has greater acreage of fine
farming and grazing lands than almos,
any town in the Northwest. 1t has
also boundless mining belt with d
development which has surprised all
Idaho. San Francisco parties have
recently put in mill 70 treat the ores.
which are free milling, lying in large
veins"
THE CGUR D'ALENE.
"What DO you know about the Occur
d'Alene excitement ?"
81 have never been there, but
have seen hundreds Of men who have
given the country very careful obser-
walton, and from them | learn that
while gold is to be found there, as in
every other part of Idaho, there is
nothing in it to justify the stampede
which it has occasoned during the
past ninety days. 1t is my opinion
that the excitement was gotten up by
ii few men, but the result of the great
influx of people far exceeded their
expectations. There will be a dav OF
reckoning for all this willful lying
For my part, am glad they got up
the boom, for it will surely react in
favor of the Wood River field, whicl
is known to possess great and staple
mining properties"