Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-02-28

collars Will be required to handle il.
after the property shall be bought
from Its present owners.
The railway people intend to send
between 10000 and 100000 people
to the Northwest, this summer, and
TO divert much of the tourist travel
this way.
Persons writing for sample copies
OF the TIMES must send at least 10
cents Ct, to pay for each copy wanted.
This office cannot be run on the same
plan as State Board Of Immigration.
Boise fruit-growers say that the
larger portion of their orchards were
not injured to any great extent by
the late cold weather, and predict a
large crop the coming season.
Ed. Smith, of Crichton, intends to
establish nursery and fruit-growing
business, at his farm on Camas Prairie.
Mr.. Smith is an industrious man, and
will undoubtedly DO we'll in his new
business.
The current number of The West
Shore is accompanied by large. tint
ed supplement, showing the famous
Shoshone Falls, of Snake river, a
cataract superior to Niagara in many
respects, though carrying a smaller
volume of water.
j. NJ. Venable returned from St.
Louis to-day. He reports that the
tariff fight has so badly alarmed
would-be investors that they cannot
be induced to invest at present. "If
the tariff on lead is removed" he says,
"we're downed."
Since the organization of the
Security Mutual Benefit Society the
expense to a member of middle age
has been LESS THAN TWELVE DOLLARS
A YEAR for each thousand dollars of
insurance. J. A. Rupert,
Agent for Alturas County.
Chief Justice Hays and Judge
I3roderick have exchanged judicial
districts, the former coming to the
Second, and the latter going to the
Third. Judge Buck will continue to
preside over the First District. As
the terms of Judges Buck and Brol
erick have about expired, they will
doubtless be superseded soon.
Non magnetic watches which will
rot be affected by the influence of
steel rails and the metal of the roll
ing stock are now manufactured es-
peclall Y for the use OF railroad con
dnctors and engineers. The variation
of time caused by magnetic attract
ion in watches has resulted in serious
fatal disasters on railroads.
Messrs. Mahoney and Heifron were
IN Bullion, yesterday, looking for
five first class miners, to 60 TO work
on the Tough Nut, claim which they
own, and which is situated near the
Red Cloud in Narrow Gauge gulch,
There is vein of galena from 6 to
20 inches thick in sight which, they
say, has been on "dress parade" long
enough. They therefore go to work
with the intention of making a mine
or knocking the bottom out.
The terms of the District Court at
Haley, this year, will begin the 18th
of May and 23d of October, and must
end by the gath of June and end of
December, respectively. The terms
will be shorter than heretofore, but
more civil business will be transacted,
as the criminal calendar Is expected
to be much lighter than it has been
since the settlement of Wood River.
Very few blind" lodes have been
discovered IN this region up to date,
yet the surface indications point to
the existence of more Of such treas
ure- boxes than were ever found in
any other mineral bearing district.
Surface outcrops were so plentiful
that most of our paving mines nave
been discovered by" horse- back" pros.
pectors. From this time on, how
ever, the formations Of our hills and
mountains will be studied, and real,
skillful prospecting will begin.