Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-04-06

the Lost River string banJ, M-ssrs
BeveFisnd aud Gsmme,t With their
viol,ns. Mr.. King with hi. piccolo and
Miss Moe with the organ max. .
CONT i.as.on which - eel ON squsIed
an, where tor dancing facilities, Or for
the quality aud exceiieucs VI tie
music ntfos ded.
| l" addition to this, we have here
larger "umbrr Of young Ri.ls tbs"
most county neighbornoous N the
West aud all o tn m, Without ex>
o-ption, are excellent dancers aud
seem incapable of becoming tired out
by 1t. AT most OF Il . .'social hops,"
this ~Int.r, the fair SIX have eqnslei
AID quit, often exc~'led il nu,nb. r.
present the male el~men,, reversing
the conditions which used 10 pre-. all;
which fact 10. to some pxt+nt, 10
counted Tor by the prevailing i'm
preston that the "old haches, kids.
h,odlums aud yaps" feel it incumb-n.
"p"n mselves to fore 60 some OF the
pleasures Of feastiHc, dancing. c,gs
rsttes etc.. and the stress ot finxn-
c,.l embarrassment.
The four.set rchoolhouse IL, howev-
er, put into other aud better us.s. An
excellent and we'll attended school is
being aug there by Miss Hattie
Moe. who. !" spite Of the storms Ann
frequent billiards. of the rast two
months, has maze tho fuur>mile trip
every day; showing = courage, energy
and determination beyond " hat would
srem possihi" for . yonnv lady any
where else but on Lost River. The
Lust River lvceum aud debating So
ri.ty ais" meets there, every week,
and the most abst'u>e social, political
and economic Questions are here lis
russed in . manner that would atartl.
the sAvants and tho statesmen to
whom the world ascribes a knowledge
Of such subjects. Hawaiian an"rxa-
ton has he-n de6ri,ey derided il,
III. affirmative; the protective tariff
is duly waiting it's turn, while thu SO
city, ut its next :n".'ire. roposvs to
settle Vt once tho silver question.
Some are saying TO mr: IF YOU are
writing some thir9 for the Woop
RIVER TIMES. pitch into these mail
carriers; give them particular hi;
especially the 6ddlers who carry il
from Blackio"t to Arco." hut, on
second thought, ! f"rbear. I am not
quite assured that being a 6dll-r
nec' ssarily impairs the efficiency Of I.
mail carrier. And, moreover, the,
have all received an ample share Of
every thiag mllied by the above
mentioned ""uss w,rd" both III
general and in particular. Especial
credit is due our friends, George b. Ii
and Charles Thompson, who. in spite
m eve,v diff ulty Of intense cold.
snowdrifts, ard billiards., have never
missed n trip. The stage men hav.
had hard time of it and their paw il
small m pr p 'r'i"n 10 what they hav.
to endure. Uncle Sam is quite willing
t. pay ITEM enough to provide horse
feed. hut il they choose to do thu.
work for less, our Uncle 10 not to
blame an! VIZ must overlook sue,
h'tle peocadill as hiding mail sacks
and. r the sayrhrnsh anl reporting
trips which were not made. But, the
| ping is now ut hand aud the ranchers
will all soon he ard 1t y ork and will
have other things to divert them be.
sid. $ cussinx the mail Carl. rs or
quarr-ling with each other. W..
believe that better TINES are soon
coming; that u good farming season
Is assured; that tie grasshopp-rs vii
not Come agai~ and that within two
wears more we will have the Bu,l,ug.
ton r. II. Meantime, We are her. 10
stav. ID. NJ.
LOST RIVER. Mar,h 80, 1898.