Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-01-18
THINKS sHOUp WILL WIN.
Mark Musgrove's Views on the Idaho
Senatorial Fight.

Spokane, Jan. 12.-Correspondence.
Mark w. Musgrove, the well known
lawyer and politician of Idaho county,
Idaho. has been spending a week in the
city and has been close reader of the
Spokane papers on the senatorial
question in that state.
He was asked who would be elected
senator and he promptly replied, why
Senator Shoup, of course"
How about Mr. Sweet"
We'll, the fact is Mr.. Sweet is a very
popular gentleman and has been
champion of silver and is in every way
fitted for the position; but Senator
Shoup is also staunch friend of silver.
an old pioneer of Idaho and is princely
gentleman in every sense, indeed he
is strong man in every way and Is
the peer of any citizen of Idaho. and
while he is not quite so well known
personally as Mr.. Sweet still, he Is
respected and appreciated by all who
like a straightforward. honest man."
! How about Judge Hepburn
ooh, he will get three or four votes.
/ However everybody likes Judge Hey
burn. but he'll not be elected"
win Governor Mcconnell develop
, much strength
Il don't think he is trying to- The
governor is the war horse of the repub-
lican party in the state and all rec
ognize his sterling worth as an execu-
tive.
THE fact is | am of the opinion that
the fight will be narrowed down very
early between Shoup and Sweet. with
Shoup constantly advancing from now
until he is elected, while Sweet has
shown all of his strength at the outset
But while politics are causing ex-
element in Idaho the fact should not
be lost sight of that Idaho is rapidly
coming to the front as gold producing
state. In years gone by her placers
yielded millions of dollars. The old
Florence district, in her palmy days
paid packers $40 per day and millions
of dollars in gllttering gold was ex-
tracted. Miners wages were an ounce
a day during 81. so and '63.
Florence had 10000 people, al
brought to a region hundreds of miles
from the railroad, in the mountain fast
nesses of Idaho county, in search OF
! mans God-gold. And 1t would seem
that the days of old are at hand once
, more for the untiring prospector has
now discovered quartz leads which will
, richly repay the work of development
During the past season some new ma
, chinery has been shipped in and much
work has been done to open up tn,
: leads discovered recently and while tn,
, veins are narrow they carry from $lO'
to 5000 per ton in gold
THE Elk district also has severa
5 fine leads on which much work ha.
) been done and large ore bodies uncov
, cred. and the red River dredge ha.
) proved a success in handling the rici
auriferous gravel.
The bars along the Salmon rive
have been worked to some extent anC
every where with uniform success
What is known as the Ruby claim /.
one of the best bars on the river and fo
a number of years thousands of dol
lars have annually been taken out b,
the owners. Peter Smith and Mrs. Ruby
At Horseshoe bend number of pros
pectors have cleaned up snug grul
, | stake.
The new hoist for the Little Clan
mine of Warrens is now in place and n,
doubt the yield of the mine will nov
be increased The Little Giant is tn,
property of George Reibold, Jake Rel
bold, and Harry H. SchiAer. and ha,
produced several hundred Thousand
dollars-good deal like an inexhaustibl,
: bank account for 1t has been drawn oil
for 20 years and never failed to homo
the draft