The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-05-22

Idaho
eve rejoice that the party which gave
Lincoln and Roosevelt to the nation is
now calling as its leader William H Taft,
a statesman and a patriot, admirably
fitted by exalted character and wide ex-
perience to become the chief magistrate
Of the American people and we pledge
the Idaho delegation to the national con
vention to use all honorable means to
bring about his nomination
To good many OF the southern dele
gates who had never been in the northern
portion Of the state, what they saw dur
ing the trip was to them revelation Of
its boundless resources, from the time
they crossed Snake river at Riparia and
travelled through its immense wheat fields
until they reached and saw the timber
regions and the lumber industry from
Harrison and ran into the great mining
district in the Coeur d'Alenes, of which
the beautiful little city Of Wallace is the
metropolis and business center And
right here is a good place to say that
Wallace, with population of $500 to
1000, is nicely and compactly built on
comparatively level ground, with green
pine clad hills towering above it on all
sides, with fine stores, bank buildings.
and business houses and hotels-one Of
the latter a modern caravansary costing,
it is said, $3.50, 900, with tiled floors,
splendid lobby, dining rooms and apart
ments, all magnifcently furnished and
equipped-a home suitable for the veal
thy people who built and own the town,
nearly all of whom owe their prosperity
to the wonderful silyer-lead production
which has given Shoshone county the
distinction Of being the greatest lead pro-
ducing mining district in the entire world
and makes it rank among the foremost
for its silver output.
The town, fer the occasion, was sup
erbly decorated, the writer standing on a
street crossing and counting 80 2O-foot
"Old Glories' floating from business
buildings and strings of electric lights
everywhere. The residents understand
how to do the polite and courteous.
When our delegation boarded the train
to leave there, it made its first stop at
Wardner where we got out, looked over
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill and
had the privilege of being taken by troll
ley into what is now the greatest lead
silver mine in the world From there we
took our train back as far as Harrison,
whence we took a steamer down the beau
tiful Occur d'Alene lake to the city by
the same name at its foot, enjoyed good
dinner and walk around the picturesque
lumber town and its famous Sherman
park, and then, by well equipped troll
ley line, proceeded 40 miles to the "Queen
City of the Northwestern Empire" Spo-
kane, Washington, and spent the night
and the following day, attended the
Washington State Convention, which we
found as enthusiastic for Taft as was oul
own.
We left Spokane at O'Clock in the
evening, arriving at Nampa at the same
hour the following evening, all well salts
fed with our work and the splendid
manner in which we had been treated
and received everywhere, the delegations
from the southeastern counties going Oh
to their respective homes.
During the entire trip, State politics
was very slightly discussed, butsuficient.
ly to indicate that the republicans fee
confident OF carrying the coming election
by majority fully as great, if not greater
than it carried the state two years ago
and that James H. Brady Of Bingham
county will surely be the nominee of the
party for the governorship, and Hon
Burton L. French will be returned tC
Congress.