Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-04
FROM LOST RIVER.
The Ranchers Wide Awake-A Flour.
Ing Mil 10 be Buill-The Mines aud
Mining Interest.

A'ooi NlNhhs lDAHO, I
April "a, 1891.
To the Editor of the TINEs.I
The spring gentle Spring
the theme OF the poets monotounus
inspiration, is again ut hand aud it
bring, suddenly, rs if with the msxi
c'a"'s wand, mighty transformation
over the whole face Of nature; At least
i" the aspects which it presents to Us
Of Lost River.
Our beautiful valley now appears at
its bri ght-st and best. Streams Of
clear sparkling water now issue forth
from every mountain canyon and
ravine, and gurg'ing springs send
forth their s'lv-ry currents to ripple
III the valley below.
The hilIs,des are blooming under
the unfolding robes Of summer; tue
meadows TEEN with the odor Of fresh,
green grasses, aud the fragrance II
aowers; the music of >ongbirds gre-ts
the ear. Verify, this is the land where
every prospect plexses and only
was about to say-the old bachelor
ranoher Is vile.
BY the way, your correspondent
has been sccus d Of having written
down the Lott River ranch-rs as 4
lazy set. But to one who observes
the energy and enthusiasm which now
pervades them the implication would
seem to be unjust; f,r all along the
valley ye ranch-r may be seen -merg>
ing from his long hibernst,on, RISING
with the lark aud getting what he
calls military move" on himself,
which, if it lasts = few weeks longer,
will mean IN each case few more
acres Of sax-brush and willows
cleared; q few more acres broken aud
a somewhat larger grain aud "spud"
patch. All this will amount 70 con.
siderable in The aggregate aud, MS the
prospects are favorable in every way
for good markets, MS we'll as good
crops, it is likely tina, this season will
place the farmers in fat b. tier shape.
1t necessarily takes time for farming
Community, where the p-opIe are
20 r, to recover from the effects O,
such calamii-s AS the long drouyh Of
lSoS>'S9 and the memorable wint. r
which followed it. S.Il, Lost RIVER,
for new cou"try, has an unduly
large proportion Of s,ttiers who a~e
lazy and sh,ftl-s.; who constantly
hang around saloons aud g,nmbie ut
the slow outcome Of the country, lack
OF markets, Etc, ETC., when the chief
lack Vt market consists in their raising
nothing to sell.
An important and most commend
able enterprise-the erection Of
Touring mill is heirg agitated
among the settlers with a fair pros
pect of SUCCESS. 1t is a big under
taking for a lot of poor men, but
realizing the tutilitv of depending ON
the promises of outside capitalists,
they have resolved to mako the
attempt.
Another enterprise, known as the
Carbonate ditch, has started up and
is now giving emplo, m TT to quite
a number of men and teams, under
the management of Moses Carter. BY
the way, our friend Moses who, for SO
many years, has been proclaiminR his
disgust with old bachelor life, has Just
turned from the error Of his wav and
taken unto himself a wife. Lost
River gains one more TO its number
OF worthy and harming young ladies,
and Blackfoot loses the services of an
excellent school teacher. Long life
and success to Mr.. Carter and his big
ditch, and even like unto Ben Adhe IN
may his kind increase.
10 regard to the mining i, terests
here there is but little t. record,
though the outlook is in every way
encouraging. Eight or ten miners
have just been employed in the pros>
pecting tunnels OF the Horn Silver
mine at Era and there are favorable
reports from the Lead Belt and Lava
Creek. In the Lead Is. 1t FIVE or six
prospectors remained all winter, NJ d
one of Z EN-, Mr. w. II. Brown, has
succeeded III diseI. sing fi"e vein OF
ore in one Of his claims. A large