Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-03-09
A RACY LETTER,

which says: We are indebted to Moses
Briggs for the following letter, dated
Camas Prairie, Idaho, December lst,
from the pen of A. u. Green \
Now, my dear Moses, will tell you
as reality, that all this northern coun-
try is great big humbug. One hun
dred and sixty acres Of land in Potter
valley is worth moro for home than
Washington and Idaho Territories.
have seen it about all, and truthful
iy will say to you and everybody that
the two Territories are id fraud.
Ninety-nine out Of every one hundred
Californians will agree with me. Now
and ten ! find man that likes the
country, and upon questioning him a
little, | always find he is from Mime
sofa or Nova Scotia and in every case
is black Republican, and fought un-
der Fremont during the war.
want country where the sun can
be seen more than one hour in "a, and
where | don't have to look straight up
to see the North star. The srn rises
in the south and sets in the same lati-
tude. The North star is right square
over my house. Now, who wants any
such-a country as thatl Should you
. see any one who has the northern fever
and talks of coming to Washington or
Idaho to settle, tell him first what l
say; then if he persists, kill him on the
spot, that is, if he is considered to be a
good man, if he is any way doubtful
and you think he deserves punishment
send him right along, and I'll be etern'
ally ID if he don't get it.
We have before published an extract
from one of Green's letters, which call
cd forth severe structures from Camas
Prairie correspondent. Green ther
came out with letter excusing himself
on the ground of having just got VI
from a sick bed Now the above is al
extract from quite lengthy letter O
pt da'e of December lst addressed Nose
Briggs and publish in the Ukiah Press
The entire letter Is so wanton in it
statements and SO devoid of truth, tha
we must infer that the writer is, il
part at least, bereft of his reason, o
I else he writes purposely to malign tn
country. Besides the quotation mad
above the letter contains the following
"My wife complains of being frozen a
the time; and to tell the plain trutf
all things are frozen up ten months
D. the year. We re lched this Prairie o
the Sd of August last, and on the lSt
winter set in. 1t has been snowin
every day since that time, and the sno
must be very deep nov. l have NJ
: been out to the top lately, and cons
quently don't know what the nccumul
ton has been since my last visit to ii
surface" Here Mr.. Green tells h
friend, to start with, that he is tellir
the plain truth. His former lett
caused much indignation among IL
settlers on Camas Prairie. We ca
o. hardly imagine what effect this wi
rs produce 1t certainly will not pla'
in Mr.. Green in very enviable lig
of among his neighbors Oh the frairi
Perhaps Mr. Greene is SIMPLY seek''
notoriety as a frst-class falsiier al
libeller of country, while he himst
is pleased and contented with the cou
try. He evidently is crank Of son
sort, who cares little or nothing for
reputation for truth and veracIty.' }
cert ,inly cannot be good advertiser
Idaho and Washington, and especial
of Camas Prairie, unless his expressio
are to be taken by contrary meaning
If Mr.. Green's letters only circuia