Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-05-24

anu ii the county seat De HOVcu 10 MOS
COW, the Clearwater citizens will have
l0J miles and more to reach the county
seat, and from present appearances the
Clearwater precinct is liable to increase
in voting POI ulation, more rapidly than
Pine creek Moscow il not the centre Of
the settled portion Of the county by a
long ways, and all claims to the county
seat on that account are deceptive and fall
lacious The question Of relative prices
of hotel charges and merchandise between
Moscow and Lewiston, we find no stan
dard in either place. Goods are selling
to-day as cheap in Lewiston az in Mos
COW, and all this question Of high or low
prices rests upon the individual dealer,
and has nothing 70 do with the relative
advantages of site for county seat
The dealer Of to-day may not be the deal
er of Tomorrow; competition may bring
down good, in half day, and sole trad
lng may advance them in an hour, accor
ding ~ the whims OF the dealer. One
farmer sells his wheat for 50 cents q
buahel to-day, and another may be able
to get 90 cents for his Tomorrow and We
never yet knew one IL refuse the ad-
vanced price. Ii he has all there is in
the market and there Is good demand
for it, he will be sure 30 obtain the best
price he can But what has that ~ do
with the site for a county seat. In mat
ter of climate, the contrast is so great in
favor OF Levi: ton rs to the county scat,
that We hardly need alludc to our advan-
taga 1t is true there is river and hill
between us and Moscow which are natur-
al obstacles to easy travel and traffic be-
tween the two sections. But these are
not the faul, of Lewiston any more than
Of Moscow II We 90 to Moscow to do
our county business, We are in cold,
wet, disagrecble place 70 stop full one
hall or two-thirds OF the year. Ii the
Moscow people come here to do their
county business they have dry and
pleasant climate to endure while here,
and here we have the advantage. If they
come here, or We 20 there, both aliA
have to cross the river and ascend and
descend the hill. As to the libcrality Oh
generous public spirit of the people %
Lewiston compared with the people Of
Moscow, We think Lewiston has decidedly
the advantage, Judging from the monu-
ments of enterprise existing in the two
places We have found illiberality in
both places, but we do not accuse either
of general ilIiberality. Both the morali-
ty and general integrity of the PEG
pie of Lewiston, will in all re-
spects compare favorably with those Of
Moscow In matter Of education and
school facilities, which generally are a
good test Of the people of a town, We
certainly are far in advance of them al
though we know they are comparatively
new as town; although Lewiston has
been trading point ever since 1861, We
have never known mercantile house
to fail here, save in two or three instances
Moscow, though less than years old,
cannot say as much This speaks well
for the business integrity of Lewiston
Lewiston has induced the parties owning
the ferry to make reduction of tcrriage
tax, so that no established ferry across
the Willamette in Oregon has less rates,
and the people Of Lewiston have con-
structed good wagon road, costing up
wards Of $4,000, at their own expense
for the benefit of the people north of the
river, and have made in connection with
the owners of the terry, a heavily graded
road up the hill at a grade Of l6 inches
per rod, 50 that the people of the north,
for which only a small amount Of which
expense was paid from the monies of the
county. The city of Lewiston has now,
by their corporate authorities resolved to
bond the city for $4,000 or $40, 900 to
build "a free bridge across the Clearwater
and work will commence on said bridge SO
soon as the waters have subsidized after
the June and July rise of the present
year, and will be completed the coming
fall and winter, and this much is without
charge to the Taxpayers Of the county,
and now we would ask the advocates of
Moscow, to show what, it anything, have
they or the people of Moscow done for
the benefit OF the county, to entitle them
to rs high consideration for liberality and
fair dealing as Lewiston has cvinced.
Lewiston is not disposed to ask anything
from the people of the county unless she
can justly be said to be entitled to what
she claims. Her people are disposed to
make their appeal to the good sense and
candid judgement of the voters of the
county to determine the facts in the case
and the force of the logic of their appeal
and trust to their honor and good Judge
ment that they will not vote to remove
the county seat from Lewiston, till prop
er Reorganization of boundaries takes
place after annexation, or till the aDnexa-
ton has become matter impossible.
Economy to every taxpayer in the county
demands this, and, as We view the stu
alton, the interest and general welfare
of the people of the county demand that
the county seat be not disturbed at the
next June election.
EZRA BAIRD,
ALoNzo LELAND,
JOSEPH ALEXANDER,
n. Il. HoLBROoK,
ROBERT SCuLEICHER,
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