Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1888-03-01
Moscow.s EFFORTS CHECK ED

We don't censurc the desire Of tn.
citiz,ns OF Moscow to build for them
selves prominent town for trade and
commerce and place where they and the
people around them can do their county
business with economy to themselves
provided they do it with economy also
to other portions OF the county, or to SO
do it that the citizens of other portions Of
the county can be benefited thereby.
They once put the question of removal
Of the county seat to the test, at con
siderable expense to the county, anG lost
by several hundred majority against
them, and we have tailed yet to see any
such change in the interests and condi-
ton Of the people Of the county as to
demand that the question be again the
subject Of agitation among The people Of
the county and this is the reason we have
objected to another agitation at the pres
ent time. But it seems that some Of our
Moscow friends, VIC don't know how
mary, were impatient and wanted .
decision made between Moscow and
Lewiston. They were not willing to
abide by the decision Of the people,
neither did they seem to>lesire that any
other point in the county should have a
chance to become competitor except
Lewiston and Moscow, although there
are several other promising towns grow.
ing up in the county, which have some
claim to be heard in their own right.
Among these we may name Genesee,
Julietta, Viola, in case Of no annexation
and in case of annexation we may add
Asotin, Uniontown, Cotton, Pullman
Palouse City and Pennington, all Of
which are near the line of Idaho, and
would probably soon be merged with the
counties Of Idaho in some form, and
county boundaries would be greatly
changed. Why then is the great hast'
Of Moscow to now put the question Of
county scat as between Lewiston and
Moscow, and have it now decided which
the people are i'll prepared to do at pres.
ent, without cndangering the necessity
Of anoth.r removal long before
We have paid the expenses OF q
present removal and Of building county
buildings. It is for these and similar rea-
sons that VIC now object to any change at
present. It has been suggested to us,
and there may be truth in the suggestion.
that tho prime movers OF the agitation at
present, are the men in and about Mos
COW who own real estate in the shape Of
town lots, business aud suburban, who,
In the event Of removal, might be abb
to sell Of these enough to ray all the OK.
penses Of their efforts, and some besides
and have the glory of defcatin, Levi,
ton, which has never done Moscow any
harm, except to send a blab to Mr..
Mcconnell as present, to keep him
from sucking himself too much in his
great extremity. This, as wo learn, wa
only sent rs joke and in the milk o'
human kindness, as protection to him
personally, and not Tor the protection Of
the balance of the citizens of Moscow.
He could not see it in that light and
took it as an insult to Moscow and swore
he would have his revenge on Lewiston
and 90 started of post haste to Wash.
ington, determined to enlist Dubois and
Senator Mitchell to aid him in taking
the county seat away from Lewiston and
thus have his revenge. How far he will
succeed remains to be seen and told here
after. Some Of the people Of Moscow,
as we are informed from citizens Of the
Palouse country, in order to induce them
to sign petition for the removal of the
county seat from Lewiston, have been
representing that the county has been
paying $3.50 per year for county
buildings and that tho county has to
continue that payment for three years
longer, aud then to obtain title to the
county property they must pay the ad-
ditional sum Of $4,000 before they can
obtain deed. As we understand from
the auditor, this is not true. We have
no further rent to pay for county build
iogs. The rent of former years has
fully paid for our county buildings, and
the county has now the deed to the prop.
erty in tie county safe, and thus, upon
this false statement of these Moscow
men, they succeeded in inducing men in
Paioass "a .s;Su their petition for re-
moval. This alone shows the extremity
to which they are reduced in order to
induce citizens to sign their petitions
We think before they get the removal,
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