Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-28
THE IOWA EXCURSlONISTS.
THEY WILL ONLY REMAIN HERE
TEN HOURS.

A Program Suggested for Their Enter.
tainment that will Enlighten Them
on the Vast Resources Of This Re.
giOn-Etc.
The Iowa Press Association excur-
sion will leave Council Bluffs Tues.
day evening, June 8, and arrive at
Shoshone at o'clock in the morning
of Friday, the 18th. About 8 or 8
o'clock the same morning a special
locomotive will bring the excursion
lists to Haley, which place they will
reach at noon or shortly after. From
that time until IL p. m. Tor about 10
hours) they will be at the disposal of
the people of HALEY. 1t is expected
that there will be $50 in the party, or
four Pullman carloads. Their train
will consist of baggage and day
coach Ito be used for smoker) and
the Pullmans. The excursion will
make but one stop EN- route to the
Pacific Coast, to.wit: at HALEY. From
Portland there will be several side
trips by steamboat, rail and carriage;
for instance, one by steamboat up the
Columbia river to the nalles and re.
turn; also to Astoria by steamer and
return; also to Salem by rail and to
Puget Sound. The excursion will re-.
main at Portland and vicinity about
10 days, and the trip from and to
Council Bluffs will occupy about is
days. The expense of the Pullmans
for the entire trip will be about $40
for each passenger, the cars being at
the exclusive service of the excursion.
lists all the time; and aside from this
there will be no expense for transport
ation, the excursionists being the
guests of the railway company.
The 10 hours to be spent at Haley
is therefore all the time that we can
retain the excursionists with us. But
that ought to suffice to enable us to
show them what we wish to advertise
most. AS it will be impossible to
show the entire party all around, it
had best be divided. Let part be
driven to Bellevue and Broadford and
shown the mines and concentrating
works; another party to Ketchum and
shown the sampling and smelling
works; third party to Bullion; 9
fourth to Rock and Camp creeks anc
} the divide overlooking Camas Prairie
that veritablc promised land 70,
thousands Of hardy settlers yet te
come; fifth to Bottoms Deer Creek
: Springs and the Indian Creek concen
traitor. VIII not that be the best wa,
,, of familiarizng them with our varied
and growing resources
:. They will not care to leave thei
), palace cars, probably; there will there
r fore be no hotel bill to pay. l'nme
diately on arriving they should bt
:, driven out to Smiths Springs-all ex
4 cept the party to Bolton's. On thei
return they can be started out on thu
various excursions, and by : o'clocl
{ they can be at liberty to stroll arount
p our infant city, and enjoy themselve
as they see fit.
About $3.50 ough: to cover the ex
. pense Of entertaining the excursion
: lists during their stay here; and tina
p amount should be subscribed in tn
Q five towns to be benefited by the visit
. The cost of entertaining them is in
significant compared with the benei
n which we will derive from the "writ
X ing-up" of the country, as these eN
. cursionists represent newspapers tina
reach over 100000 readers.
1t has been suggested that the eA
r, Iowans in Haley would be the prope
is persons to take charge of the visitor
> and that idea seems to have met wit
It general favor. Let, then, the e,
l. Iowans organize and take the matte
ot IN hand. The people will doubtle.
feel thankful to them, and cheerful
l., assist them.
!, Harry NJ. Ellsworth died in Sa