Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-03

STATE ADHESION.
Dakota and Warrington Territories
No now rappina At the doors OF Con-
Rress for admission into the Union a.
NV States.
The recent report Of the Committee
81 Territories in the House OF Repre-
psntativse, recommending the admis-
ZION Of Washington, and the earnest a.
situds Of The psopls of Nssth Idaho ask
inc 70 b annszed 70 washinRson wnsn
she & sdmtssd, attracts attention. The
bin inSrodussd By Nr. Brsnts for the a.
nission Of Washington includes within
~ nsw Ststs what h known - NORTH
Idaho. The people Of North Idaho ana
With almost entire unan-
unity, desire this union. i
A memorial Of tho Lower House OF
tho Idaho Legislature and Of the WASH
ington Lseislaturs q their LAST session
vas adoptsd, asking that the two %
united. A glance ct tho map showing
the awkward shape Of North Idaho
vedeed in between Montana and Wash
ineton, with a width ct tho northern
extremity of only about forty miles
suggests reasons Why the wish OF the
people should be aratifed. North Idaho
4 . part Of the Columbia river valley,
offending from the Bitter Root noun
taius on the east TO the Cascade range
IN the west. The sections between
these two ranges are united a. naturally
end ~ completely a. are the different
portions Of Iilinois.
In 1862 Washington Territory included
Ill Of North Idaho and most OF what u
now Montana. In that year . move
mont vas made TO organize the Terri
tory of Idaho ont of the country east OF
the Columbia. BY tho political maneu-
vsrinq Of Interested parties North Idaho,
against the wish Of her people and with
out their knowledge, Was severed from
hsr natural position and placed with
What n now Montana, by making the
western line ON tho 1l7th meridian IN
instead Of the Columbia river, a. asked
for, thus forming part Of the new Ter
sitory Of Idaho. Tho organization OF
The Territory Of Idaho was contaminated
81 1853.
In 1854 Montana was organized into
. Territory and its western line extended
% tho crest Of the Bitter Boot range,
thus leaving North Idaho life wedge.
entirely severed from Montana on the
east and Washington on tho west. This
action, too, was claimed 70 have been
done in the interest IT certain political
sspirants for Congressional honcrs. Be-
tween North and south Idaho there are
no interests in common. The high
sanpe of Salmon River mountains 10 Of
fsctually divide the two that there never
has been, and probably never will be,
even awagon road between them. The
only communication between tho two
within the territorial limits il by horse
back over mountain trails To pass
from ono to tho other by wagon or by
any public conveyance can only be done
By passing through Washington Terri
tory and the State Of Oregon by cir
ositous route. The. entire commerce. OF
North Idaho il westward ON tho Clear
water, Lewis and Columbia riyers and
BY railroad. Tho people Of this section
claim that:thsir property is lssssned in
n value ct least twenty per cent. BY rsa.
con of their enforced connection with a
section with which they have no social
or commsroial vsla4ions. -Cndss thcse
circumstances they claim, and with ap.
parent good reasons, that the refusal y
Congress TO allow them TO be annexed
50 Warrington whom il ID admitted a. a
State il hardship ruinous to all their
matsrial interests. A knowledge Of the
history and location Of this section Of
the country, with its natural connections
with Washington and ito entire isolation
from Southern Idaho, would suggest
That now II the time for Congress to
correct the errors OF the past, and place
this section Of the country whore IL nat
arally belongs, a. part Of tho State OF
Washington. STERLING, (IH.) Gazstte.