The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-23
FXHCI 1IlRtE STATES
10 lRlbUTE
Each 10 Surrender Slice Of
Territory 70 Form New
Commonwealth

tcopsriehted 1908 by Frederick /.
Ilaskin
Spokane Wash. May 25.-lf the
plans which are being aeve,oped In
the country around Spokane do nor
miscarry Miss Columbia will add
new star TO her crown and another
state TO The Union Blween the Bit
ter Roof ilountains on ihe east. the
Salmon river mountains on the south
the Cascade mountains on the west
ard ihe Canadian boundary line OH
the North there are about 40.000000
acres of territory cut Of as complete
iy irom The country beyond il as the
tancasus cut uit Southeastern Europe
from Asiatlc Turkey and Persia on as
the Alps divide Switzerland and
Italy.
This territory belong 10 tliree siates
Idaho, Washington aud Oregon. The
people OF Northern Idaho can not get
TO their state capital without travelling
Wes through Eastern Washington.
thence south through Eastern Oregon
aud thence east 10 Boise The pes
NE east Of the Cascade mouniaius ir
ashingtou are said 70 be as much
o Of sympathy with the other pof-
ton of heir state as that part OF Vir.
glnia lping west Of the Alieghenes
was wt HE rest OF The Old DO
mlnion hc outbreak Of the Civil
war Aid The people OF Eastern Ore
con find very litile in common with
tieir own people west of the noun
tains Bui these Isolated portions Of
tie three states have everything In
common Their interests are one. and
nDw they want to get together and
form a state out Of heir wonderful
INLAND empire
There are nearly $1,000 200 acres +
Idaho territory in The boundaries OF
the proposed new state The propOn-
onis want ihe 18th dosree of latitude.
which now constitutes he northern
Mdary coming adopted as the
northern Edary OF idaho and he
rouinern boundary oi the proposed
new state This line win be extend
cd 10 Inc l20th degree OF longitude
which. in turn carried through 10 he
British Columbia boundary, will form
Tie boundary line between the states
Iol Washington and Oregon and the
proposed new state, II rs planned.
too that lhe state OF oregon shah
give that part of it's territory lying
east OF The i2Oth degree OF longitude
and south 0i the 18th degree of lati-
tude to he state OF ldsho This ter-
rtOry am0unts to approximately Ia
000.000 acres.
Under the proposed boundaries Of
ne several states they would have the
Ifollowing acreage: Washington, 26
100000 acres, Oregon 3S,000,000 Ida
no. IS, ,0O0 600 and the new state $4,000
0O0 Under the present status Wash
lingion has 42OQ000O acres Oregon
"a .0Oo 900 ANA Idaho 5300OD00 Wash
iinglon would have TO contrbuie rs.
000 900 acres to the new state. Ore
gon g.00O0O0 to it ard l7000.000 to
idaho and Idaho l5,0O0.e00 TO the new
Estate.
/ With 37Oo0,0O0 acres the new slate
would De larger than New York CON
lnecuout and Rhode Island pui togetn.
Ter Oregon would be called upon 10
leive upf about as much territory as
There is in the whole of the New eng
Hand states. and Washington would
lhave 10 transfer enough TO make a
state larger than the combined terri
ltory OF Maryland. Massachusetts and
IConnacticut
in property values Oregon would
lhaye to give Np some $4,000 O0e. and
! lWashinglcn ike amount idaho
Iwould GET back more than she would
lgiye away lu population each ono
lof the sfaics would he called upon q
lcomributo approximately oncfourih
Though Idaho would gel back more
Than she contributed.