Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-04-15
NUMBER 2s

h I'D his hand behind him in passing
through crowd and grasp anything 90,
cideutally dropped into Il. No, cir! I
c,n't think it--won't tbipk it; and yet
there II. At be some secret reason for this
mighty change in the position be takes,
although h, gives no & od and sufficient
reason therefor. Somoth,ng rotten in,
England! am not the least surprised.
at the position taken by the "Silvef
tongued" orator Of Montana-Judgc
Claggct. From his first appearance ID.
the eur d'Alene M mes, he has been =
noted opponent to county boundaries aud
as l understood, even then tried to,
make it appear that the mines were in,
Montana, and now his Efforts are directed
toward anncxing those mines to his
favorite rritory. Al! this opposition,-
all these remorstrances, the bill to an
mex to Montana, individual letters, aN
have their wei ,ht with members OF Con-
gress, and the result will be very much
like that Of 1915 10 regard to tho
division Of Nez Perce county. We /
elected Mcwbcy to The council pledged
to division and sent remonstnsnres against
it and when the bill passed the governor
very pertiy asked, (aIter receiving renton-
stranccs against divi-iop,) "what the
devil do you fellows want! you elect !,
man pledged to division and now ask mo
to veto the bill" So he signed the bill
for division. And you mark my word
for it; so it will be in the case OF annexa-,
ton. Congress will come to the con-
c.usiou that The people OF the pan -handls
do not know what they want one day
with the next, aud indefinitely postpone
any and all bills looking to annexation.
But, in the language Of Gov. Bennett,
"what the devil do we care" VIC have.
lived and brta,hed the pure air of Idaho
for twenty odd years and VIC are capable
of still breathing that same air till We
pass in our checks for rcdempti N.
Lewiston was, in the early history Of
Idaho, the Capital; it will be SO agaia 10
the near future, if We are not annexed to
Washington. I'll .re may be longer,
heads than mine in this anuexation
business-but tell you that this little
! panhandle will, in few years, hold the
balance Of power-.wc will have more
votes than all the rest Of the territory.
/, and then the capital will ceaainly and
z most assured!y come back to its old love
+ Lewiston. That will be something
gained-evcn if We lose annexation,
which seems very Iossible at this time.
i. The Ceur d Aene, At its present de-
), velopment, contains the largest area Of
= high Trade ore in the United Statcs,
! more lodes, larg,r veins aad larger assays
than can b. found in the same space il
the World This IS no exaggcration-
the lodes show for themseves-the a..
says prove it +; and before two years w
will have voting population If ut least
$1,000 in the pan handle uf Idaho. II
y we cant get W, just des yts then from
South Idaho, why, We will simply move
l. the capital back to Lewiston asd then The
e South will war. to 20 to Utah. Why
IL sir, the whole belt Of country lying south
J. east along tAe Bitter Root mountains K
Il the Rockies, at the head Of the north forl
d Of Salmon aud Big Hole rivers, is one vas
= mineral range which has been run ovsl
T. but not thoroughly and systematically
u" pro 'pected for quartz not half prospectet
VI for placer.
- Frank Points. one of the writer's o
= this article, prospected through th
mountains the past season, comment
ing at the head of Salmon river an
thence northwest along the Bitter Roc
" range to the Ceur d'Alene aud has
" say that the whole distance or nearly g
= will prove rich in minerals when proper
- y prospccttd. He was prospecting 70
placer, and is satisfied that there is COZ
- siderable area on the Wat, rs of Clearwat
y and St. 10 rivers tina: will pay three {
" four dollars pei day. He was so We
~ pleased with what he saw, that it is b
" intention to form small party for th
seasons prospecting, going through frol
~ this place and spending some time on Il
30 little North fork of Clearwater.
Should tre quartz and placers exter
W. on south (and we have every reason
.. believe they will they will simply add
'"' the population in the panhandle ~
are verify the prediction made above in :
'o'' gard to the vote.
Jus Very Respectfully yours.
e'' WM. EWING,
the FRANK PoiNTs.
the @..A..1e
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