Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-04-22
LETTER FROM PALOUSE CITY.
PALOTsE / T.. Anril 8. 1896

Ed. IELLER.- i Iur correspondence
from Murray is certainly correct in regarc
to the action of the Montana men in tn,
Occur dAlene mines, and is, no doubt
aware OF the TACT that it was claimed b,
some of them that the mines were abso
lutely in the Territory of Montana. II,
Is aware also Of the famous lawsuit in
stituted by kootenai county against tn,
sheriff and county of Shoshone, aud con
Quoted on the part of the plaintiff by
Judge Clagget, but is probably moi aware
OF the fact that if the plaintiff had gained
the suit the greater part Of the Occur
d Alene mines would to-day he virtually
a part Of Montana. The suit, AS
looked at it at the time it was in court,
was to all intents and purp ,ses, Montana
vs. ldaho--for if the mines were not in
Shoshone then it would be impossible for
them to be in Knotenai Had the Occur
d Alene Mountains, as Jud ye Clagget
claimed, as lying between the St DO and
the south fork Of the Occur d Altne
river, been established by the court as
the. north boundary OF Shoshone, a ref
erence to the map will show you at once
that the Both meridian, to reach this
divide between the two rivers, would cut
oil almost all the mining section of the
Occur d Alehe and make it part of
Montana, and then suppose the Mon
tan'ans in camp would be happy.
kootenai county can't run east of the 80
meridian and it is my opinion that if the
strict construction OF the law bounding
Shoshone county is adhered to, the old
Mission aud Kingston would be inside
that h"undary-tor the bill says tn, t the
north line shall follow along the Occur
d Alenr mountains IN Il westerly direc-
ton until point is attained where, by
running due south you intercept the
forks of Clearwater" and as the forks Of
the Clearwater are only about thirty five
miles east of the territorial line, and the
old Mission is thirty eight, l take it that
the Mi sion is in Shoshone. And now.
since these fellows couldn't get the courts
to virtually declare these famous mines
to be a part of Montana, they must,
forsooth, get up anti annexation scheme
to Washington and memorialize congress
to annex to Montana. II they succeed
in any hing at all Except making asses of
themselves) it will be in preventing the
House bill for annexation passing the
Senate. The principal objection to an.
nexation by scattering few of the pan
handle are Local Option and Women
suffrage. The first need It trouble the
minds OF the people at all-tor if a per
son wants whiskey he Is going to have it
despite the law--unless you shut his wind
off. Besides, saloon may be opened as
a drug store, at greatly reduced license,
the partner, it one, take out physician
license aud then you can get prescrip-
ton tor bit or five for halt as usual.
Saloon men ought to be unanimous in
favor OF Local Option they would save
money in license and add two fold 10
their receipts, for there are hundreds OF
persons who would 60 into drug sture
and take medicine prescribed by ii
licensed physician, who would never q,
into saloon and take the same medic ne
prescribed by themselves. So YOU Ste,
Local Option is the one thing we should
stand in tor to man. And so far as
Woman Suffrage is concerned there
should be less objections really than to
Local Option Is it not "A tact that
women have had their own way since the
early history of creation? And should
man to day be more exacting than old
grand pa Adam was; or less submissive
TO Fate2 | think not. Women p,U
have their own way in spite OF man, 50
I is useless to kick. They are dead sure
% vote right Cor they will always think .
'o) mar poor opinion to the contrary
There should be no
opposition to annexation On that ground
Women have always ruled men and al.
Ways will. Why, even in the Garden Of
eden, when Eve, in all her simple
randeur, at the aye Of twenty two was
hurled into s"ciety, old Adap himself,
Used to all the magnificent beauties of
arth. submitted at once and became
the siaue Of this simply attir~d
i.uri, and when she led If with the
ashions and told Adam that bunch Of
Z leaves should be worn as an insignia
I the first families on earth, did he kick
remons'iate? If so, history fails to
eeord the fact. Aud should We buck
ow because the women are allowed to
tick little piece Of paper in box once
twice year? l think not LIE, 7
hem vote it they want to-let them l
'ear humps on their backs or any where
|se; let them adopt the costumes us re-
resented in the original first and second
,>h'on plate presented to Eve by her
iantuamakers; let them do as they
lease and let us Of the pan handle work :
Ike blazes for anne xatiun.
Yours, F. P. {