Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-02-16
At HIS OLD TRICKS OF PER.
VERSION.


VERSION.
Milton Kelly of the Boise Statesman,
full of his accustomed misreprcsenta-
tions of facts, pretends to quote in his
paper Of Feb. 4th, section 2, of Brentz'
bill for the admission of Washington
relating to boundaries and leaves out
half of line Is, the whole of lines IA,
Is and l6 and one word Of line II, on
second page Of Brsntz' bill as introduc-
ed and printed by order Of the House.
The language omitted reads as follows:
."Hence north along said meridian to
where it intorsects the crest of the Bit
ter Root mountains; Thence northwest
er!y along the crest Of said mountains
to where it intersects the thirty ninth
meridian west" This, no doubt, was
omitted to mako the section appear
ridiculous as a boundary. After his
bogus quotation he makes the following
comments:
"Our readers will discover in look
ing on the map of Idaho that it takes
about third of Washington county
and runs thence cast on the forty-6fth
parallel to Salmon river, some 20 miles
south of Salmon City, and then north,
which will barely leave Salmon City
east of the line or just outside of the
State of Washington, but will take in
the North Fork of Salmon river, also
Lesshurg and tho Napa creek country
We almost feel Ike thanking Mr.
Brentz for not coming down and TAX
ling about half of Boise City. He il
certainly very modest in asking for
strip Of country only 200 miles squar
out of Idaho Territory. Washington
was a great man in his day, aud as
State named after him Mr.. Brent
thinks ought to be great State.
would furnish more regular boundarie
and considerable more territory to in
" clude all the country north of Snak
river, With an eastern boundary rur
ming from its source directly north
British America. This would max
the natural location of the capital q
ps Lewiston, the long cherished hope {
our North Idaho friends. There
one important matter which Mr.. Bren
ought to have provided for in his bill
which would be triAing digressic
from the old established rules of repr
sentation, but nevertheless. the gre
and good name which the new State
to bear, would no doubt satisfy the on
side States. To save political dihe
ences and local jealousies in the ne
State, they should he entitled to thr
Representatives in Congress--one fro
the North Idaho portion, one from q
o. Columbia Basin country and one fro
Puget Sound. As each Of these 81
tions are large enough for a respectful
state, no doubt when the constitution
I formed, three separate Legislatures "
be provided for. 1t will only be as lar
= as New England, with Maryland, w
Virginia and the District of Columl
thrown in, and why not have the
angular, septengular and quadrangle
corners provided for"
We have before US the latest COVE
ment maps, including the U. S. m
containing the public surveys, and
map of the Department Of Columt
10 prepared in 1881 by 7. NJ. symo
'''' and published by authority, and neitl
,s.. m of these show that either Salmon c
Of nor Leesburg, nor the settlements abb
. them are included in Brentz' bo
dar,es, that the eastern line will
about 60 miles west Of Salmon Cl
and full % miles west of Leesburg &
that only small portion of the mo-
tains and uninhabited and uninabita
part Of Washington county, Idaho,
included in his boundaries. The so
boundary line through Idaho OF
bill, as well as the east bound
line through Idaho, on the 81
r. meridian west from Washington,