The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-01-17
THINKS snoUp WILL WIN.
Mark Musgrove's Views ON the Idaho
Senatorial Fight.

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Spokane, Jan. 12.-Correspondence
Mark w. Musgrove the well known
lawyer and politician of Idaho county,
Idaho, has been spending week in the
city and has been a close reader of the
Spokane papers on the senatorial
question i'm that state.
He was asked who would be elected
senator and he promptly replied, "Why
Senator Shoup of course"
How about Mr.. SWEET"
"Well. 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 n 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"
"Oh, he win get three or four votes.
However, everybody likes Judge Hey
burn. but he'll not be elected"
"Wll Governor Mcconnell develop
much strength"
II 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.
"rhe 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 glittering gold was ex-
tracted. Miners wages were an ounce
a day during g. 62 and 49,
Florence had 10000 people. all
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 It would seem
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 the
leads discovered recently and while the
veins are narrow they carry from 500
to $500 per ton in gold.
The Elk district also has several
fine leads on which much work has
been done and large ore bodies uncov-
cred, and the red River dredge has
proved success in handling the rich
| auriferous gravel.
"The bars along the Salmon river
have heen worked to some extent and
every where with uniform success.
What Is known as the Ruby claim is
one of the best bars on the river and for
number of years thousands of dol
lars have annually been taken ont bv
the owners, Peter Smith and Mrs. Ruby.
At Horseshoe bend a number of pros
pectors have cleaned up a snug grub
stake
The new hoist for the Little Giant
mine of Warrens is now in place and no
doubt the yield Of the mine will now
be increased. The Little Giant is the
property of George Reibold, Jake Rel
bold, and Harry II. Schieler. and has
produced several hundred thousand
dollars-good deal like an lnexhaustible
bank account for Il has been drawn on
for 20 years and never failed to honor
the draft