| Show THE WOOD RIVER jake miles writes up sundry parts of idalio correspondence of the alburas alturas county situated near the centre of idaho has been recently divided into three counties they are now called logan elmore and new counties hailey is mad over this act of the late legislature as it cuts down her county over two thirds and bellevue is wild because shoshano Sho got the county seat of the lower county logan county temporarily it seems that previous to the division alburas alturas county was considerable in debt and now the keople of new alburas alturas Al are crying sr fear the whole debt will be saddled on to them also before the division several saloon keepers of bellevue had paid their license for 1889 and a short time ago the new officers of logan county came to them for license the liquor benders venders said thoy had paid once and declared they would not pay another this year whereupon the officers say they will close them up if no license is paid these and many other difficulties of a similar nature are agitating the people of the three counties times are quite dull up hero in the wood kiver country A number of mines are closing down and water is rather low in some districts the farms seem in very good condition but nearly all the farmers complain of scarcity of money silver creek is a beautiful stream of clear fresh water coursing down through tho wood eivor country shoshone oae and finally empties into snake eiver it is alive with the finest trout imaginable and all along its banks are cosy little farm houses which shelter many a happy family along its winding route water is plentiful the farmer is full of good cheer and hopeful of bounteous crops which invariably produce health and happiness last friday two farmers got into a shooting scrap a few miles north of here the cause was a little difficulty over water fortunately the imaginary cannon was only a 22 calibre pistol which failed to do any bloody work shoshone is dull dusty and hot the county seat being there seems to have inspired little activity in business circles the love inman comedy oom played to a crowded house at bobae city wednesday night this is the company that virginia and mortimer snow of brigham city have joined albion the county seat of cassia county idaho appears to a casual observer to have one saloon or beer hall for every person in the town business houses are no re specters of the sabbath and every one seems to like beer the court meets here on the sixteenth the place looks as though a monster cyclone had knocked every mite of attractiveness out of the town last sunday the whole business population turned out with a whoop to witness a dog fight and went into raptures because the dog attacked choked the wind out of the other idaho is sweating for statehood but will she get thur the idaho department of the G A K will meet at hailey and have a big blow in on the shoshone falls is the greatest and grandest sight in the west so close to home we all should see it the fall is forty feet higher than the worl niagara and many tourists say farshi passes it in grandeur and sublimity it IB astonishing to see what large handsome and imposing brick structures a town the size of hailey only about 2500 can boast As fine buildings as can bo seen anywhere are right here there was a fall of snow in the surrounding mountains last night and today to day an overcoat is a luxury for the wind blows bleak and cold JAKE MILES idaho april |
