The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-06-13

That we can make Oakley an
ideal summer resort town is grow
ing opinion among local business
men and farmers. Some of the re-
quisites, such as moderate climate
cool nights, comparative abesnce OF
reptiles. ad opportunities for noun
tain climbing, sightseeing and ex-
ploring-such requisites as these
are supplied ready made by nature
improve on nature before we can
attract many tourists and visitors.
| 1. TOWN IS PICTURESQUE
AND RESTFUL.
If Oakley were cleaned up and
made more sanitary, it certainly
would be a charming town. 1t would
not be necessary to standardize the
houses or anything of that sort. The
flavor of quaintness would be an ad-
vantage. Fresh paint is an excel
lent thing, but the odor of wild ro-
ses is bit more refreshing than
that of turpentine. If only the
weeds andd trash were removed, the
suggestion of ivy-clad houses might
easily be capitalized.
The atmosphere is free of smoke.
We can touch a tree or a flower
without getting SCOT on our fingers
which we couldn't do back east
where some of us used to live
2. SUMMERS H E r E ARE
COOL. ESPECIALLY THE EVEN
INGS AND NIGHTS.
There are very few nights, even
III midsummer, when one doesn't
feel the need of blankets. And for
camping in the mountains, at Inde-
pedenece lakes for instance, one
needs twice as many blankets in
midsummer as he would sleep under
at home in Oakley in midwinter.
To people living in humid low
lands, there is something tonic in
the very thought of cold nights in
summer and of mountains where it
SHOWS every MONTH The idea seems
almost too good to be true-it's as
intoxicating to them as the idea of
being wild Indian is to the little
boy. And it's an idea that the peo-
pie of Oakley can capitalize.
3. o U r MOUNTAINS OFFER
WINTER SPORTS IN SPRING.
In our number of May %, we re-
printed an article from the Burley
Bulletin on skiing. Painter and You
mans, Burley men, made their
fourth trip on skis this season up
Mt. Harrison, a few miles northeast
of Oakley. Their homeward trip
down the slope was described as a
series of easy jaunts across the
flats, and wild rides down the pit
ches.' Mt. Independence, higher
than Mt. Harrison, is still nearer
town and with the completion of the
road, will offer skiing
to thrill Scandanavian-just few |
steps from an up-to-date automobile !
road.
4. MINIDOKA NATIONAL FOR ]
9 T OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES /
DR. OUTINGS IN LAND OF sky" {
Our best automobile drive at pres
mt the Bostetter Boulevard.
which leads to Bostetter ranger sta
ion, 20 miles, and head of Trapper l
reek, "a miles. The trip back down t
he mountain on high and low com
,ression will never be forgotten v
Minidoka national forest provides
ummer forage for $4,000 cattle and =
Iorses, 81 900 sheep, besides numer-
ur deer. Deer are protected in a
his county. O
5. FISHING AND HUNTING. n
Oakley reservoir, five miles south 90
vest of town, is open to fishing all
he year. Some big catches have
cen made here of different varieties L
f trout. There are numerous brooks e
ihich can be stocked up so as to Of L
Pr first-rate sport in season. Oakley j.
hould have hatchery. Chicken and G.
uck hunting has been fairly good 81
nd can be improved. There is big 81
anne hunting across the line in Ne a.
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