The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-27

tasting of the loving cup: THAT George
Washington was the greatest miner of
the age, in that he has appreciatively
tunneled his way into the heart of ev
cry American, leaving there loving
impress for all time"
With reverence he also proposed the
following toast, to which he said every
American as well as English subject
will with great fervor join in like re-
| sponse: THAT future ages will chron-
icle as the greatest amalgamator she
who is the author of the most perfect
welding of hearts, her majesty the
| queen of England"
Again he called for a similar response
| to the toast, washington, Montana,
| Idaho, Oregon and British Columbia,
one in interest, one in aspiration, one in
| hope, one in determination, one in COM
| bined effort, the greatest mineral coun-
| try upon the face of the EARTH
STATE OF IDAHO.
Governor Mcconnell, who was to have
| responded to the toast, 1.-THE State of
| Idaho, the Importance of Mining There
| to- having failed to arrive, President
| Dennis called on Hon. w. B. Hepburn
| to respond. Mr.. Hepburn said that the
| duty of responding to the toast to the
Sldle Ol ludllO ndu ldllen Suuuelly up
on him, but he was proud to say that
no citizen of that state would shrink
from this or any other duty where the
| interests of the state were concerned.
| Idaho, he said, was the second state
in the Union in mineral production.
There was a time when that state was
a part of Washington, and both were a
part of Oregon at one time, and Idaho
| hn6 oil out 1f
sprang from a common ancestry, and
| their prosperity and their interests were
mutual.
| There is not county In the state
of Idaho," he said, that does not pro-
duce mineral. In 1860 Idaho began
| pouring her mineral wealth into the
| lap of the nation when she needed it to
| purchase the sinews of war for the up
holding of the honor and dignity of the
flag, and ever since that time her
wealth had been flowing for the benefit
of mankind. She has valleys of rich
SOIL and in her mountains are the
| richest bodies of ore on the continent
In Owyhee county 80 years ago she had
mines with an output that the world
could not equal, and in that same sec
ton are still hidden millions in mineral
| wealth, while in other sections of the
state have since been unearthed great
| bodies of ore. Idaho stands today un-
rivalled as a mining state in the I'm
| ion. The mining interests are of the
first Importance to Idaho and to the
entire Pacific coast. Mining is the
creation of original wealth. I hope
you will join with me in wishing future
prosperity to that gem of the mountains
the state of Idaho"
MINES OF WASHINGTON.
Judge j. u. Moore was called upon to
respond to the toast 'The State of
Washington and Her Mines,' in the
absence of Governor McGraw Judge
Moore said he had been called upon
late in the afternoon to respond to this
toast, and had himself prepared an
"impromptu'' speech of about 60 type
written pages, which had fallen into
the hands of John II. Peet and just now
been returned to him reduced to one
page.
THE STATE OF MONTANA.
General c. S. Warren responded to
the toast to THE State of Montana" in
the absence of Governor Richards. He
said he was ready and willing to speak
for Montana, and that he came with a
chip on each shoulder ready for the
fray.
II live in a town" he said, that
mines more ore in day than any coun-
| ty in this section mines in a month: a
town that shipped more ore last year
| than all the states west of the Rockies
Montana has the richest gold mine in
the world; town that has four min
ing shafts 1900 feet deep. Why, we
have only begun to prospect up there.
Rossland is another Butte, or better.
The Occur d'Alenes have treated some
of my Montana friends mighty well.
At present we are only producing 1000
tons of ore per day. We are not doing
much now in the way of ore production,
you see. believe this mining associa-
ton is something we ought to have had
years ago. Speech-making is a little
out of my line. If it came to talking
up about Rossland, about grubstalling
a prospector 1 might put up a pretty
good talk, but not here. / desire to say
too, that if there might happen to be
r any goldbug a-spreadin' l don't want
= the honor of his acquaintance"
General Warren said there was q
= Montana man there though, who coulc
e talk about Montana, and he would talk,
. the liberty of introducing him. Judge
2 | George Haldorn of Butte was then in
| | troduced and made a short, eloquent
- speech, in which he paid high trib
ute to the mines of Trail creek, from
which he has just come, and made al
, able plea for free coinage.
c. w. Goodale of the famous Drum
Lummon mine was also called upog
and made a short speech. He said HI
2 favored the creation of another depart
! ment of the government to be know
as the department of mining. The ag
- riculturalists. he said, have a secretary
and he thought the mining industr,
] | should be recognized in the same way
g Attorney General Jones was intro
T. duced to speak on his favorite theme o
n silver He was greeted with applause
= and his speech was enthusiastically re
h ceived.
] f. d. Edgerton. vice president o
: the First National bank of Helena
spoke on Legitimate Mining" Years @
experience in mining he said, had con
vinced him of its legitimacy. This opin
ion was not shared, as a rule by tn
moneyed interests, especially of tn
g east, but within the last few years the
were beginning to look at it differ
e emily. There is no trouble now in get
| tine money for anvthina that fs recOa