Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-02-28

on MIN, out ne was PROUD 10 say tnat
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 time when that state was
a part of Washington. and both were d
part of Oregon at one time. and Idaho
had also been a part of Montana. They
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 1t 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 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. / hope
you will join with me in wishing future
prosperity to that gem of the mountains
the state of Idaho
MINES OF WASHINGTON.
Judge ]. z. Moore was called upon to
respond to the toast, 1.-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 IL. Peet and just now
been returned to him reduced to one
page.
THE STATE OF MONTANA.
General G. 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
Il live in a town" he said, that
mines more ore in a 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 we'll
| At present we are only producing 10. 600
| tons of ore per day. We are not doing
much now in the way of ore production,
you see. l believe this mining associa-
! ton is something we ought to nave had
| years ago. Speech-making is a little
out of my line. If it came to talking
up about Rossand, about grubstaking
a prospector | might put up a pretty
good talk, but not here. / desire to say,
too, that if there might happen to be
any goldbug a-spreadin' / don't want
the honor of his acquaintance.
General Warren said there was a
Montana man there, though, who could
talk about Montana, and he would take
the liberty of Introducing him. Judge
George Haldorn of Butte was then in
troduced and made a short, eloquent
speech, in which he paid a high trib-
ute to the mines of Trail creek. from
which he has just come, and made an
able plea for free coinage.
c. w. Goodale of the famous Drum
Lummon mine was also called upon
and made a short speech. He said he
favored the creation of another depart
ment of the government, to be known
as the department of mining. The ag-
riculturalists, he said, have a secretary,
and he thought the mining industry
| should be recognized in the same way.
Attorney General Jones was intro
duced to speak on his favorite theme of
silver. He was greeted with applause,
and his speech was enthusiastically re-
ceived.
T.. d. Edgerton, vice president Of
the First National bank of Helena,
spoke on Legitimate Mining" Years OF
experience in mining, he said, had con-
WINGED him of its legitimacy. This opin-
ion was not shared. as a rule, by the
moneyed interests, especially of the
east, but within the last few years they
were beginning to look at it differ
ting money for anything that is recog
nized as legitimate. The way to get
capital interested in mines is to so
conduct mining that it will be recognize
ed as legitimate. Do this and there
will be no question about the result.
Samuel r. Stern made a humorous
speech. telling what he did not know
about mining.
w. c. Butler of the Everett smelter.
made a short speech on the smelling
industry, and A. w. Jackson, of the
Kansas City smelter, made a humorous
speech about quartz.
Colonel Frank ]. Parker, of Walla
Walla, was called upon, and responded
He spoke eloquently of the vast unde-
veloped wealth of these mountain re-
gions, and predicted that within five
years Spokane would, through the
wealth that would flow through it, be
a San Francisco. Denver, Leadville.
Cripple Creek and Spokane in one He
said that although a democrat, he could
not speak too highly of Senator John
l.. Wilson, who was proving himself to
be to Washington what Senator Mitch
ell was to Oregon, a head and shoulders
above all Others.
He could not say too much for the
hospitality of Spokane, in that she was
always ahead in encouraging all en-
tRrnriSeS that looked toward tho 5a,aI-