The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-12-11

FauIr.FiNDING 4uOnl0Ht0H co"esC '"
"a th;s week laden with an ill.natured growl
about tn. Eastern papers styling Montana u
h,rr.n waste-a frozen zon--a region Ut per
prt,ul snow-a worthless. unini1ao'trd' 'n""s-
nit,bl- country and climate, etc. etc. And u
further illustrate their pr"t"umd ig'"rancr ~
everything apprrtalning t" that Territory thry
assert. says the MontaniaH, that Helena ore
qon., is being rapidly drp"puIatrd-tlat 'ir'
yinia City, Washington Territory. ONCE IL "s''y
town. is Abandoned; and that Deer Lodge
Colorndo. is no longer nhahit"d;' ana "thrr
state ,ents equally and n"nstr"'sy "os"r"'
Will. sympathizing with the Montana" III "a
accident distress Mt the general lgn"rahce "'
y-ography displayed by Eastern wr'trrs' VIZ
assure it thu grievances ut which It c"'"p"'"S'
are geographical bubbles OF ignorance 'S"'
as mir" compared To such AS We, "t ldaho' nave
To- submit to. Why, Owyhre is constantly sp"'
ken Of by those same enlightened Journals ~
h.;uo tn. liv.liest little siver.mining camp IN
Wnshinoton Tsrritory-the Shoshone Falls OF
which Idahoans are SO justly proud. are located
in British Columbia, in Oregon. Nevada aud
Utah: but never once in Idaho. Pen'de Ore'Ie
lake has been described as the most beautitu
inland sea in California. and the other DAY
nonar came TO this office mailed from the well
informed city OF Philadelphia, on which the
Acknowledgment was inscribed: Idaho World
Boise City. Montana But this is not all
S,me,,.ne ago Bostonlan returned from thi'
c,unty to his native city. and putting up ut The
fremont House. if We mistake not. registered
himself John Smith. Iiah" Territory" Inc
poli,e. but mystfird clerk, glancing at the name
on III. register, began repeating IN ali audible
tone. Idaho Territory. Idaho Territory, un
I'll. finally, overcome by his feelings. he stepped
-, Ia our friend. and IN a voice in which dtii
d-nce and chagrin were plainly depicted, asked
STRANGER. why don't you register from
some piacr," Our friend replied after tn,
emphatic manner Of an Idahoan: - did sir
Idaho Territory is my hume-I live there. and
I want yo,, Ia understand. is some place" TIL,
clerk replied: We'll. truly. never heard o
il b-for-." Go and read. GA and read. thru
was the sound advice OF cur friend, and 'hs
collnony ended Nav. when ignorance shall
becon,e 5" dense aud profound ~ Ia be- wh"ll,
unconscious nt tho erisieace at Montana Ter
ri,ory. then It's p,."pl- will have just grounds /"
complaint; but until then. Ne claim tn"n"p"i,
nf growing We have always been opp"s"'
10 the practice 1T sending missionaries ahr"a'
| IL rrgulat,. the households oi others, until WI
were certain our own WAS IN order; hnt th'
unsp.akab, bliss If the ordinary Atlanta
| States editor c"nceruing the States aud Ter
ritnrirs vest of the Rocky M"nn'rns has can
| strained us Ia reconsider our jndsmrnt. an'
p,,y if W.. had the means W. w"uld send
/ scnr- or tw" If energetic men, not 1" Dah"in,
with red shirts and bibles. bat aeross the Mis-
souri, river With blacAboards. globes and gc"e
raphirs Ia expnund the mysteries al Pacih
slope geography to the editorial heather there