Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-04

both the Northern Pacific and O. r. &
N. Co. have now abandoned. Some
think that Walla Wailia,s must have
given these companies some cause for
( or.nse, while Others think the ignor
ing of Wa'la Walla is through the in
tlucnce Of the Oregon Improvement
Company who want to make money by
a new town site, and still others at
tribute this turning of the cold Shout
der upon them to other causes which
their inauguration and suspicion may
invent. We apprehend none of them
can furnish the true cause; at any rate
a great many of the citizens here have
soured On these two companies whether
with or without proper cause we can
not say, and We hear them talk of court
ing the favors f the Seattle Il Baker
City Company, and of going into the
enterprise earnestly. Some say they
ought to form an independent company
to build road to Lewiston, to connect
with the projected road through the
Beall Pass Of the Bitter Root noun
tains and with the Seattle road across
the Cascad $. They think this will
give them a railroad center at Walla
Wslla of such magnitude as to build
up the place rapidly and give it such
permanence and stronghold Of the bus
mess Of the country, that it will have
no rival east Of the mountains. AS a
reject to be well considered, there can
be little doubt, and if they can com
mence such project in earnest, and
employ their own available means for
the commencement Of such work,
there is not much douot Of their secur-
ing Eastern capital to complete the
work and make it success. But if
they will not invest dollar themselves
in the commencement of the work, but
only solicit others to do so for their
benefit and await their action they will
be likely to wait till they become dead
ducks and not worthy of the considcra-
ton of other capitalists, Communities
as we'll as individuals who will not help
themselves and embrace their oppor-
tunities and improve upon them are
not worthy Of help from others, and
they seldom get that help. This is
true the world over with few exception
al cases, and neither Walla Walla nor
Lewiston are among the exceptions.
On the question of State admission and
annexation Of North Idaho, with very
few exceptions, where apathy exists
and not opposition we find an earnest
desire for both the State admission and
the annexation. We were told yestcr-
day that Bradshaw, of Port Townsend,
has appeared in the Argus taking the
TELLER to task about some statements
relating to the convention held in this
city in 1878. We have tried to find
the Argus so as to learn what he claims
to be wrong. When the full proceed
ings Of that convention are published
if such should ever happen, the record
will show that the TELLER in it's COM
ments gave to Mr.. Bradshaw his prop.
er position in that convention, as near
as could be given, from what he there
made public. What private views may
have been then entertained which were
not expressed in tho convention We
knew not then nor do we now. When
We see the Argus containing his growl
we will then know more of his imagin-
ed cause of oTense, and it there be any
thing in his article but chronic giowl
We will consider it and point it on. to
the public in SPECIAL article for the
TELLER. We take the cars for Port.
land this evening. Yours,
A. l..