Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-07-19

Aomo. NICK or In Love.
| The following from the Oskaleos,
(Kan.) Independent has been handed t.
us for publication and comment, an,
probably contains more lies to the squar
nch ,h, n any other letter ever sent ir, u
this place:
"DAYToN, Columbia Co., W.T., !
June 3, 1888
Ed. Mdependent:--This country i
fraud of the first water, and We are no
alone in saying 50 Persons who hav,
lived here number Of years are loud il
denouncing the country.
You must work ON ,he roads until 70,
are SO years old; then every male betwetl l
he age of 2l and 80 must pay 81 pol
Tux and besides this certain per cent
| of real estate tax has to be worked out
Ordinary land is assessed at $l2 to so
per acre, and you must pay heavy ia,
on your improvements beside. A poo
man can never pay his taxes and support
his family.
Following are the prices of various ar
ticles; Span Of horses $500 to $500
yoke Of oxen $500 to $3.50; two-hors'
wagon el6o; mlch cows $50 each; cook
stove $50; l2-inch plow $24; l4-incl
sulky plow 800; 2-horse cultiyator $45
Everything else in proportion.
The Oregon Railway and Navigatio,
Company controls Oregon, Washingto,
and Idaho, and all freights destined 70
Eastern Washington must come over thi
line; hence the high freight and passen
ger rates; sl.90 per 100 Tbs, and cent
per mile for passengers!
When you leave old Kansas you don
know what it will cost until you rcacl
your destination, and there find you ar
landed penniless in God forssken region
"To the victor belongs the spoils;" AM
''he that is aground knows where TIL
shoal is One emigrant was out $3.50
and not yet in his destination. One fam
ily landed in Walla Wala in destitut
condition. What are the poor peQpl
going to do? One poor mothers chill
died on the way and was buried on til
banks of the Columbia, with no friend
to comfort the mother, and nothing bu
the drifting sands to sing its funer;
songs.
The Columbia River Valley is sand
desert, grainless and fruit -Ss; the winter
are very cold and the summers very ho
35 to 40 below zero in winter and IL
above in summer. The greatest mistak
. you ever made in your life is when yo
leave old Jefferson for Washington TIE
ritory. b."
The first stat ment that the country
a fraud, is too vague to convey muc
meaning. If he means that a countl
that raises from 80 to 50 bushels Of whc,
and from 80 to 80 bushels of barley
the acre; country where stock run OIL
and subsist on the natural grasses, comm
out in the spring in good condition;
country where you eau take up 81
acres of the best land in the wor
and obtain title to it merely by cultiva
ing it; country where farm hand cs
+ get $40 per month and his board; cou
try where the price Of land has trcbled
: three years; if he mems that such
j. country is fraud, then Washington Te
ritory is a "fraud of the first water" "
do not have to work on the road un
d you are 80 years old, bat you arc not e
empt from road and poll tax until y
reach that age. Every State and Il
y ritory in the Union, as far as our kno,
edge goes, compel- each male person |
tween certain ages to pay poll tax. tt
Territory is no exception. A certs
amount Of the tax lsvy on real and p
6 sonal property is set apart for use on
public roads, This you can pay in mon
IN IN or work as you prefer. The same can
done with the regular poll tax. Land
assessed at from s3 up, owing to locate