Show TALKS WITH TRAVELERS J J Cuslsk of Butte a prominent mining operator is a guest at the Knutsfqrd He with Carlisle Mason J N MacClnnessandTV VButler are operating the Polaris mine in Lost Cloud district Beaverhead county where sliver ore Is being taken out assaying as-saying 100 to 500 ounces silver with some gold and 9 per cent copper Ho said last night that they were at a clej > th of 750 feet on the ledge which Is reached by two tunnels one of which is 2000 feet long There has been ore blocked out estimated nt 400000 In value and Mr Cuslclc considers the mine one of the best In the State On being asked relative to Senator Clarks Los Angeles railroad scheme Mr Cusick said that the move had been known in Butte for some time and that It was a sure go and Mr Clark would vet make his name endeared to the people of Salt Lake What the Southern Pacific or the other roads might think was immaterial to Mr Clark and he has no occasion to pay any attention to the bond market mar-ket All he had to do was to pay up 10 per cent of the stock and there would be plenty of investors In the country ready to rush In and plant their money in the scheme If money was wanted Mi Cusick believed that there would be no delay In beginning active work v o a The Montana Republicans hold their convention at Helena on September 6th and the chances arc that exGov J E Rlckards who was the first Governor of the State will be nominated said lu C Fyhrle of Butte last night at there the-re hotel The Amalgamated Interests I Inter-ests have caused a division In the Republican Re-publican party and there is hardly telling what It may result In The Democrats have apparently not agitated agi-tated the matter of State nominations as yet but the Clark faction has secured se-cured such a swing that It seems to overshadow everything A O M I have been traveling for thirteen years and have not seen a Presidential year so free from apprehension and anxiety as to the future as this Presidential Presi-dential year said E A Haverstic of Minneapolis at the Knutsford last evening even-ing I have just been traveling between be-tween Minnesota and the Pacific coast and find an apathetic feeling regarding the election because of the prevalent Sentiment that there Is to be no change In the present Administration Business in general lines all through the West has been better the past year than during the same time the year previous and business men and producers produ-cers are not anxious for a change O Hector Cameron Mann of Grace Episcopal Epis-copal church of Kansas City Is a guest at the Knutsford while In this city on a Western trip He shook his head dubiously du-biously last evening when asked if he ever thought there would be a chance to make a Republican State of Missouri Mis-souri and said No I fear not The two largest cities In the State St Louis and Kansas City are Republican and there Is a strong Republican feeling In the southwestern part of the Slate where Springfield is located but the hardshells In the rest of the State apparently think that Andrew Jackson Is still running for the Presidency I presume the Democratic majority will bt 30000 In Missouri this fall a a Prof Radcliffe returned yesterday from a months absence In Colorado and the East As he was on a vacation strictly the professor declined invitations invita-tions to play at St Johns cathedral St Marks and elsewhere In Denver and never placed a finger on a keyboard He sftiys the State of Colorado is full of tourists so much so that hotels are filled to overflowing and people are paving hard lines In trying to find a place to sleep Anything offered Is taken ken and no kick r Prof Radcllffe left last night for Anaconda where he will play the dedication dedi-cation music on the new organ In the First Presbyterian church there returning re-turning In the course of a week or ten days |