Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-02-03
THE NEWS ROUNDUP.
GATHERED BY TIE REPORTER IN
RUBBER CLOTHING.

Etc.
The weather has suffered decided
change since last Saturday, wien il,
showed drearily all day. During
Saturday night it commenced to rain
and has kept it up pretty much all
the time since. The snow had got
to be such nuisance that when the
rain came px,tering down in copious
quantities the whole population of
this mountain hamlet 90: up and
offered thanks. The rain has settled
the vast amount Of snow ia the valley
at least two feet, and it will settle
considerably more yet. Of course,
this has caused it to be very sloppy
underfoot making pelestrisnism any.
thing but pleasant, and rubber boots.
coats and hats have come into fashion
very generally.
Many roofs in town are leaking
badly and especially some Of the stores
on Main street. The Express Office
is nearly flooded from this cause and
to keep the water from damaging
goods the inmates of the room are
kept busy placing vessels to catch
the downpour.
The rains have helped to raise the
blockade on the Central Pacific rail.
road, and all overland trains which
have been delayed in snowdrifts for
so long arrived in San Francisco last
Friday, and the usual schedule has
been resumed on the road. To.mor-
row all delayed California mail for
Haley will arrive, and as there has
been none for nearly or quite two
weeks, there will be a vast quantity
of it.
Yesterday morning at the HALEY
Hot Springs the ladies' plunge bath.
house adjoining the main hotel build.
ing collapsed. As there was no snow
on the building at the time, it would
seem that the building was defective.
The south side fell out, the north side
fell in, the west end took the sam.
direction as the north side, and the
east end went crashing out toward
the main building. The building is
a complete wreck aud will have to be
entirely rebuilt. 1t seems to have
been a shaky concern ever since it
was erected.
About 2 o'clock a huge mass OF
thousands of tons of snow "slid" from
the peak of Della Mountain down in
to the river which it damned com.
pletely up. The slide was nearly a
quarter. of-a.mie wide aud as the
snow came tumbling down over the
cliffs it made a beautiful sight. There
is likely to be other large slides from
there at any minute.
The rain has softened up the snow
so that the highways which were bad
enough before are worse than ever
now and horses can only founder
along over them. Consequently there
has been but little or no travel owe,
country roads to-day. The highway
between Haley and Bellevue is still
unbroken and no teamster has tried &c
put his horses into the wet and slushy
snow covering it.
The train and its three engines and
snowplow came in on time to-day
for the first time in many days
When it left Shoshone neither the
east. bound or west bound trains hac
arrived, consequently many passen
gers for Wood River did not arrive
among them Mr.. Picotte.
People who have had miniature
; mountains of snow piled up in from
of their doors and windows for 8.
long are grati6ed that the rain ha
reduced them somewhat, and tina
they can begin to see out again.
The rain will prove great bless
ing to the stock ranges on Snak'
9 river by settling the snow so that tn
thousands Of head Of starving cattl
can get At the sagebrush at least, ant
thus subsist until the snow is all gone
The Salt Lake City papers do no
. come and thus no ono can learn wha
}. il going on outside. But II it will d
our readers any good, we can inforr
them that about oil the news cor
> tanned in last Saturdays d,spatche
, was about the row in the House G