Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-07-01
FROM LOST RIVER.
NEWS NOTES FROM THAT PROMIS.
ING REGION.

Better Times Expected - The CliR
Smelter to be Blown.in-New Discov-
cries - The Crops Looking Finely
HOustOn's Beauties and MOsq uitOeS-
Water ~ be Made to Run Up Hill
Etc.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE TIMES
"A genuine boom has at last struck
Lost River; not in any financial or
business sense of the term, for we are
all dead broke; nor has any sudden
tide Of prosperity, such as attends
booms generally, yet shown itself; all
this, though certainty of the future,
is yet in allegiance. This time it is
the river that boosns, and SO great has
been its rise that our green isle is al
most shut off from communication
with the outside world; all the sloughs
and low places are filled with water,
and travelling is difficult, ever: from
one ranch to another. The season,
however, with its succession of warm,
sunny days and refreshing showers,
has been highly favorable for the
farmers, and grain, potatoes and all
kinds of "garden sass'' are growing
finely. The meadows are fresh and
fair, the grass is excellent, and u large
amount Of hay will be cut.
A boom of different kind, how
ever, awaits US, for as the river falls
and the water dries out from the
sloughs and submerged places, our
usual summer pest, the bloodthirsty
mosquito, will emerge from his pres.
ent chrysalis state, and regale our
ears with his unceasing song Of blood.
His name will be legion, and myriads
of lsgions, and he will fill the air.
Thicker than the autumn leaves,
Which strew the brooks Of Vsilambrosa.
There are no mosquitoes yet on the
island, but up Houston way, it is said,
there are a great many. Now, lest
some sensitive Ioustonite may think
this is giving the town a black eye, it
: is we'll to add that, if the saloons hold
out, the mosquito plague will be OF
short duration there, for they say that
when mosquito sucks the blood of u
Houstonite, he is at once para yzed
and soon dies Of delrium tremens.
In the way of mining there is little
doing at present, but there is every
indication Of better times soon, for ore
of paying grade has been found ir
numbers of claims, and there is 6
world of lower grade copper and lead
ores on Lost River, which vii! some
time make it one Of the greatest min
ing CAMPS in the west. The presen
depression of business, and low prices
of copper and lead, cannot last for
ever; and when change comes TO
the better, the mines of Lost Rive
o will readily come to the front.
k Some very rich strikes are reported
g about the head of Antelope creek
= and near the Champagne and Law
h creek districts. The ore is of higI
,. grade, and new and promising dis
t, trict is being opened.
|. The smelling furnace at Cliff vii
is soon start up on galena ore from tn
d Mammoth, the Alice, the Independ
g ence and other mines. At Houston
n though, times IRE rather quiet, an
hard for capitalists of the single blan
e ket order, drinks being cash on deliv
Y, cry, stud poker non est, and "jaw
e hone" no longer current at the board
lighthouses. Still, the outlook is quit
prom Using for substantial boom late
in the season.
S: In addition to its attractions as tn
VI social and commercial metropolis {
m Lost River, it numbers among its res
'. dents bakers half.dozen of Just til
u sweetest, loveliest and most divinel
er charming girls to be found in Idah'
or anywhere else. Flowers of WIN
TER still blooming and radiant ami
the OFT rays of summer; CURE for Sol
eyes or wounded heart; ad-vANCIN
in sweetness Ms the CAKES begin
leave. An Island bachelor, who HI
~. lately enjoyed few brief moments
:, the sunshine and gladness of tn
~ magic circle, has returned TO Il
l.. gloom and solitude of his log cab
~ home, call tore up'' with thrilling Sc
- sations aud constantly singing Il