The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-06
All Is Now Bustle and Stir i'm the
Upper Peninsula, Says Con-
gresham Sheldon.
EVERYBODY DOING WEI
He Explains His Method of
Appointing POST
masters.

The Detroit Tribune of Tuesday
contains the following interview
with Congressman G. d. Sheldon,
of Houghton
In the entire history of the upper
peninsula business has not been sc
good as it is right now" exclaimed
Congressman c. D. Sheldon, of Hough.
ton, yesterday, who spent a few hours
in the city on his way home from a
business trip to Cleveland
At least that is true of my coun-
ty, Houghton, and l have no doubt
it is true of practically the whole
upper country. Every line of busi-
ness is booming-mining, numbering,
manufacturing, wholesale and retail
trade, real estate, every enterprise
you can mention has been struck by
a wave of prosperity such as in my
opinion never struck us before.
"Of course copper mining is the
main thing with US, and when that
booms everything is apt to boom.
And | never saw such activity in
copper as we are having at present.
Not only are all the regular mines
in full operation, but old mines that
have been abandoned for years are
being opened up again, old shafts
that were abandoned long ago with
out being finished because it was
thought they would not pay, are be-
ing examined and put to use once
more, new prospecting is being done
on a large scale and new mines
opened, in fact everything that looks
like copper is being trotted out and
worked for all there is in it.
"The iron mines are not quite as
active as the copper mines, but they
are active, and | do not think any
iron mine of any consequence is idle.
LAUNDERING is another thing that
is showing unusual activity, Last
year at this time hardly tap was
being done in the woods, but this
year the gangs have been in the
woods for some time, cutting and
skidding the logs preparatory to
getting them out when the snow
flies. This not true of pine logs ex-
clusively, but of timber of all kinds
The tariff on lumber seems to have
been an excellent thing for us, al
though of course we haven't got a
great deal of pine timber left to cut.
''Politics? Oh, we're not talking
politics up there yet, it's year too
soon. Everything seems to be run
ming smoothly with me in political
way. l think I've rather got the
best of most of the other Michigan
congressman in the matter of post
Office appointments. [ never tell
anybody who | am going to appoint
until after the appointment is made,
and that stops all fighting and
trouble. l would have had nasty
fight at one place if | had taken any
other course. But the man who
would have made the fight thought
he was going to get it until he awoke
one morning and read the announce
ment of the other fellows appoint
ment Then it was too late to kick,
and everythingis lovely in that town.
II have recently recommended q
postmaster for Menominee, but no
body up there knows who it is, and
they will not know until the presi-
dent announces the appointment.
Tell The Tribune who it is? Well,
l guess not. You will probably
haye it in your Washington dis
patches in a few days.
1T has been rumored recently that
ex-Congressman Sam Stephenson in
tends to be a candidate for congress
again next fall, and that he is al
ready laying plans to lift your politi-
cal scalp. Is there anything in
that?"
II do not believe it. Ihave heard
the report, but it does not seem to
me at all probable that he will do
anything of the kind. Republicans
in Michigan are usually entitled to
second term If they are approx