Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-02-21
Mist AIKEN County.
PARADISE VALLEY, Feb 10.

startled last Saturday by the news that
Moscow, a small town situated on a
mud fiat, navigshle in Spring for mud
scows, and overlooking with political
influence. had seeded. A committee
was appointed, aud great was the sur.
prise upon examining the statute, they
found that they were already separate
county and only temporarily under the
jurisdiction Of Nez Perez county. Mos
COW is now the capital of the separate
county, and If il he annexed will soon
be the state of idaho. We ask of you
in behalf of the people of Paradise Val
ley, what should be our course in such
a crisis? Whatever occurs we shall
claim the protection Of Neg Perez
county. Further proceedings will be
forwarded to you. if obtainable.
Yours truly.
G. s.
B.S.C.
We received the above communica.
ton from two prominent citizens Of
Paradise Valley But at first could
not comprehend its meaning. We after
wards learned, on enquiry from another
resident OF tire valley, that meeting
had been held at Moscow for the pur>
pose Of taking steps to organize the
county of Latch under the act of the
legislature of the I'd. session creating
the counties Of Kpotenai and Latch and
prescribing the method Tor their organ
ization. The provisions of that act
we're ample to have enabled our friends
to organize Latch whose southern
boundary was the Clearwater river, and
had they done SO before the meeting of
the 4th session Of the Legislature, their
efforts would have availcd them in dis.
.ntegrating themselves from the county
OF Nez Perez. But the 4th session of
the legislature took it into their heads
to repeal so much Of the act of the I'd
session as created the county Of Latch
and attached the portion south Of the
main devidc between the waters of the
Palouse and Haugman creek to Nez
Perce county, aud all north of that
boundary to Kooteuai county. Koote.
mai county has never yet been organized
under the law creating it, and it still
remains under tho Jurisdiction of Nez
Perez county, for judicial purposes.
We say then to our friends in Paradise
who prefer the jurisdiction of Nez
Perez county,st to the forming Of new
county, that they need not pass auy
sleepless nights id view of TIE action
taken at Moscow towards the oagauiza.
tion OF the county of Latch. But we
are told that because the act Of the 4th
session is not contained 10 the revised
statutes nor in the appendix thereto, il
10 not law. If that we're true. Il
would be equally true with the act of
the "a session creating the county OF
Latch IN the first place, for neither one
OF tho acts are in the revised statutes,
nor alluded to in the appendix. The
facts are, as We understand them. the
act OF the I'd session is In full force now
except so much Of it as was repealed by
the 4th session laws, and Kootenai re.
mains created by the act of the lecisla.
ture, and could at any time 60 into an
organization unier the law. But La.
toh is among the Counties that were and
cannot be resuscistd only by another
act OF the leg'siatufes Hoping no man
will DO fooled in thinking he is to be
40 oihcer IN Latch, and that town prop
erty will not advance with the prospect
OF Its becoming the county seat Of Latch,
for disappointment is sure to follow
such a vain hope under the presen. ex.
isting laws. We suggest that all tinker.
ing with new counties and county
boundaries be dispensed with till the
question Of q state government for
Washington and North Idaho be deter.
mined by Congress, which surely will
be determined soon after the next Prcsi
Dental election. IF the state be az.
mitted then We can change county
boundaries to suit and accommodate the
people everywhere. If We are not adj
mitted it will be time to make such
changes as the present local portion Of
our aattlera will v,A.,csx A.