Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-09-09
CENTRAL IDAHO.S CLIAATE.

Health.
| Portland oregonian.l
Chief of the varied resources OF
Idaho is her climate. The ham. 81. ped
State boasts mines rich in gold and
silver, lead and copper; valleys OF
wide expanse, deep soiled and splen.
didly watered; mountains gross>cov.
cred and timber clad; lakes and
streams springfield and trout. nfested;
canyons and plains fowl 1ecked and
eame-fretted. She is profuse in prom>
Use to the prospector and plethoric in
performance to the miner; returns full
store to the farmer, the gardener, and
the fruit grower; assures the stock
raiser steadiness Of increase and wealth
Of grazing; offers to the miller perfect
grain, to the sawyer abundant timber,
and to both good markets; tenders
the manufacturer power from her
rapid rivers, with neither stint nor
price; invites the angler to fly fishing
beyond compare, the wing shot to
cunning unexoelled, and tho harder
hunter to pursuit of feet and savage
game. She has the "supreme re-
sources" of mines, soil, water, grass
and timber in great degree, but above
and beyond them all is her climate.
COMPARISONS THAT MAY BE oDIoUs.
Idaho does not afford the content.
ment and the luxuriance which mark
and make delightful the States of
Florida ana California, does not i'm
press with the fragrance aud the
beauty of the Sandwich islands; does
not offer easy and peaceful descent to
lassitude and death. On the contrary,
she revives and encourages, strength
ems and upbuilds. One has but to
leave the dreary sagebrush plain, the
monotonous desert OF the Snake River
valley, through which the Oregon
Short Line runs, take the Wood River
branch At Shoshone, and penetrate tho
central part Of the State, to learn that
Idaho is rugged, bold and picturesque.
To an invalid afflicted with throat or
lung trouble her mountain air is brac-
ing and invigora.ing; its sweetness
ard delicacy appeal even to the sense
OF taste; it is appe,iz,ng and hunger>
making. One feels ready to eat the
very air. But, of course, he wants
something more substantial, and he
may proceed to make a meal on trout
o venison or prairie chicken at any
restaurant or hotel. If he be a sports>
man, and is at Haley, Bellevue,
ketchum, Challis, Clayton, or any of
the cities or resorts, he may hook the
FISH himself in the crystal torrents that
scurry past the near by towns, or per-
chance kill the fowl or deer on the ad-
iacent hills.
REsTFUL NIGHTS, HEALTHFUL DAYS.
Let the invalid worn with bronchial
troubles 60 to Idaho in the summer.
During the day the mercury will range
from 70 to 100 in the shade; yet in
the light, dry air he can stroll or ride
or work IN the bright sunshine, his
face bronziog and his muscles quick
ening 10 tho mountain breeze, with
never . thought of discomfort, the
while there bends over him q mono.
chrome of sky whose shade and dens-
ity OF blue were never seen in a hu>
mid cline, and every breath he draws
is 40 inspiration. AT sunset he will
need warm covering, for the mercury
will drop 80 to SO degrees, and sound
ly. peacefully, he will sleep the cool
night long. With rest and appetite
he loses lassitude; the languid feeling
which he was waiting for death to re.
lieve begins to go. He no longer
wants to be let alone to die as easily
IS may be. ''Divine discomfort"
seizes him; he grows comhative and I
regains ambition; in short is on the
return to health and usefulness. He
has simply avaiied himself of the I
greatest of ldsho's resources, her :.
climate.
DIvlDENDs FOR INyALIDs.
Poor to the extreme of poverty, be
cause lacking the boon of health, the
invalid who goes to Central Idaho for
relief from throat and lung troubles
will find what is of greater value to
him than q mine that ''pays from the
grass roots" Without running
tunnel or sinking a shaft; without
work OF development or construction
of mill; without production of ores'
or dropping of stamps" he will get
The greatest dividend vouchsafed to
A BRIEF RETROSPECT.
Looking over the foregoing rhap-
'ody, it srouses memories OF school
lays in Portland, and we'll it may, for
t. writer recalls a score of former
pupils OF the High school who were
from lung and throat trou bles.