Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-12-25

aAe people OF Shoekons couI,y TO 6iy,9'
their territory. The.x.,emcs OF north an
SoatA aSe too great TO max. it ccnyen
dsaA for The trausacsipg Of count; brsi
ssA Much the larger portion of tbs
population II in the north part cf the
'oossty, while the present county seat is
u tAs south part. Already bill has
bssa introduced fos the removal OF tbs
epasty seat to the northern portion. /,
\ the desire Of Inc southern portion, if a
Division take rsace, 70 Be annexed and
for. : pan Of Nes percs county There
q debt against the whole OF ShoShons
ooansy Of about $50, 600. about SIS, 900
a. which has been CONTRACTED since Jan
vsy las and mostly BY the pespls in Ae
Dos.Aess portion. This northern por,ios
= sAse o. division propose to assume
sAaa portion contracted since .January LIST
1884, If the southern portion viii as,
sans and pay Ii. old debt, amounting
- aboas 5000 and the division is
srssd Upon on that basis. Now the
people Of south Shoshone In case Of an-
1sxasioa 70 Nes pefc. propose that they
thsAsslves, wi,hon. the aid Of Ne1 Perez
VII pay their old debt and sustain their
pro rata prcportioa Of the expenses Of
Nsa Perez county, aud they say that
eAsy ca do this and liquida.s their debt
mach faster than they can maintain a
separate county organization, and pay this
dsbA They further say thu. it will con
venisAes them 10 transact their county
bssines 81 Ii. county seat Of Nee Peree
oouasy, and Be far less expensive than
70 maintain . separate county orcanisa
aica The representatives Of south Sho-
sAose Do not propose any other basis of
eaas1Atioa than what We have said. It
- bess publicly animated by those
vSo sesn - doubt the exPediency Of
this annexation that they expect Nez
Perez county to assume their indebted
aess. This. as We learn is no. ,heir pnr.
pos snd they do not ask it, ADD 70 far it
ansos eEssr into the question and b.
sssd = an argument asaiust the anuexa
tioA Il u evident that those who assor,
tAst there h no agricultural lands OF val.
- in southsShoshons that wonla make it
desirable tia. j, form q part of Nez Perez
ssassy, DO not know what they aro talk.
tag sSost. o. else they seek TO pcryert
Ahs Facts We published . few weeks
49, ~ account Of the surveyed lands Of
sousA Shoshone which amounted to up
wasdsos 100000 acres, as shown by the
returns on tbs pats to this land ofIice,
sbout six weeks ago. These returns
chow u least 100000 acres that are not
noaatAia lands, although they arc partly
timber lands and the balance prairie
hands. The soil Of these lands il equal
n quality for grain, grass or for raising
I'll kinds Of vegetables, to any lands
Aoand On Canas Prairie in Idaho county
- any lands found in Ncs Percc county,
end better lands than the section Of coun.
try embraced By Asotin county, w. I.
Oss Of the principal facts which has pre-.
vented the occupancy Of these lands BY
Sstslsfs il the fact that the lands have
oaly recently been surveyed BY tho gov.
eminent 70 that the settlers have not
bssA abls to make locations and filings,
end aaoshes fact has been the. remoteness
Of this section from an easy market Tor
tAais PRODUCES We learn that since the
safveys, numerous parties have made So
aeetioAs for iocations and tina. probably
within tho nezi year many more and
DssAass hundreds lHill make other loca-
ssoAs and commence improvements upon
tAass lalda The surface of the country
q this 100000 acre. Of which we have
epoks1 b not moro Lroken and uneven
tn tAs had between the rimrock, north
q Clearwater and Moscow, and there is
aos = elevation IN il as high AZ the ridge
bsswess 0cnesee valley and Moscow. 1t |
, tsas shat il is interspersea with valuea. |
BE beln Of timber 1t is well sheltered. |
IAs climate y not AZ cold as the Moscow |
sosstsy. Il IS well wssered by small |
s0ssns corrsin2 through. This who.a |
bah from the rinruk, cast q the scutl, |
Clearwater ferry to what ia called the
Muscle She'd, is about thirty miles aud
iron tie Orc Fro creek, south to the |
Clearwater Is far as KAMA is about |
twenty-five miles, aud there is no eleva-
men rising above the sverago table lands
o. the coaatrs surrounding, Of mere thsr
200 feet in height. This section is cut I
y the deep rasins Of the Lo La creek.
Nsa Pence county already owns aud pos
'eses The strip Of land lying between the