Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-11-22
ALT U r As.
The Banner County Of Idaho In Size,
Wealth, and Populatiou.

tUss w SuO 00St q
tary Of the Interior q copy of which
has just been forwarded to this Office
with his complimen,.) His Excelleucy
Governor Stevenson complains Of
having been unable to get any data
or information from our Assessor, both
this year and last.-as to products,
improvements, amount of grain, hay,
and other agricultural productions
From informa ion secured from other
sources, however, His Excellency has
compiled the following report:
"Totsl assessment of real and per-
sonal property. $3,7s7,532.
1t is the banner county Of Idaho in
size. wealth and population. 1t is
about 1870 miles in length, and vary.
ing from 60 to 100 miles in width, and
has almost any desired climate that
may be selected At the differen, points
Of elevation.
All fruits and grain pertaining to
tho temperate zone can be cultivated
successfully and ia almost unlimited
quantities.
There can be no better stock. rails
ing country found on the continent,
afording in the high mountains the
finest summer ranges, and the lower
plains can scarcely be excelled for
winter grazing.
! have no doubt from my own OBJ.
servx,ion that there has been raised in
this county this year fully 100000
bushels OF grain and more than 5O,-
900 tons of hay, besides all kinds of
vegetables ia abundance.
The Wood River valley is one OF
the finest in Idaho, with good soil and
plenty of water, which can easily be
taken from the beautiful, clear, noun
tain streams Oh to any portion of the
valley. OF its rroductivsness, l will
relate but single instance:
On the Spring Creek ranch, the
home of Hon. John HALEY, saw last
month a field of timothy. sown last
April, standing three feet high and SO
thick that you could scarcely part it
with your hand to see the ground.
There was cut and weighed 4! tons OF
thoroughly cured: clean timothy hay
per acre. a field of timothy but Ave
months from the seed yielding II tons
Of cured hay per acre is hard to be
lieve, yet it is nevertheless true.
The numerous streams are filled
with trout, and are caught by the peo-
pie living in the valley as few or as
many as they may require for their i'm
mediate use.
The principal towns are HALEY,
Bellevue, Ketchum, Shoshone, Noun.
tain Home, Rocky Bar, Pine Grove
and Atlanta. As her valleys are rich
and productive, so are her mountains
scanned with rich gold, silver, lead,
copper and other minerals.
One great drawback to this rich
mining country has been the exorbit.
ant and discriminating rates charged
OIL shipments of ore to the differen,
reduction works by the railroad com
pany. The rates of freight on ores are
now fairly adjusted, and will be bcne
fetal to the mine owners and the
railroad company.
Tho uncertainty of future Con-
gressional legislation on silver and
lead has tendency to discourage ou'
miners, and to disorganize and unset
tie prices and values Of all mining
properties. 1t is to be hoped that til.
rulings of the Department on the i'm
portxtion of lead ores from foreig,
countries will be materially changed
so that pure lead ores, often artificial
ly charged with silver, shall not be al
lowed to enter our ports duty free
and that Congress will pass no Law
that will interfere with the working
and development of our great mining
industries. or the wages OF tho mel
who are not ashamed or afraid to ear
their living by the sweat of their brow
Had the Oregon Short Line Rail
road been built las it should hav
been), after crossing Snake river, a
, the mouth OF Boise river, to follow u
. the beautiful Boise valley, with Al
unbroken line Of beautiful farms o.
either side for sixty miles, and the
emerging into the lovely Capitol G