Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-04-05
PUBLICITY FOR
THE new STATE
CLIPPING BUREAU LOADS SAND
POINT COMMERCIAL CLUB WITH
NEWSPAPER COMMENT.
HALLA WALLA PAPER FAVORABLE
Many Eastern Washington Papers
Urge New State.

a Seattle press clipping bureau has
furnished the chamber of commerce of
Standpoint with press clippings upon
the new state Papers as far east as
New York City, as far south as San
Diego and as far north as Anchorage,
Alaska have carried the story and
made comments on the same. In near
iy every case papers east and west
alike take into kindly consideration
the difficulties northern Idaho and
eastern Washington have under the
present arrangement. The New York
World wants to know, howev6r, why
new western state should be permitted
in the union of states when New York
has such a preponderence of popula-
tion and has but two United States
senator's
The Walla Walla Bulletin comes out
strongly for the new state and is in
yiting its readers to vote for and
against the proposition. The Bulletin
in an editorial March IA had the fol-
lowing to say:
1.-THE proposition to take the north
ern panhandle of Idaho and the east
ern portion of Washington, bounded
by Oregon, the Columbia river and
Canada and make a state to be named
Lincoln is meeting with a great deal
of approval from citizens of these sec
tiOns.
For many reasons the proposition
is particularly appealing to the citi
zens of this section of Washington.
walla Walla is 400 miles from the
present state capitol. which is accessi-
- l. vI,nv~ Mt hn N
Puget Sound. The interests of the
people in the western and eastern sec
tions are entirely different The sea
coast is not going to be removed by
the proposed change.
"In Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham,
Everett and Aberdeen the industries
are lumber, fish, shipping, manufac-
turing and milling, In this section
agriculture is pre-eminent. Spokane
would be a logical center of govern
ment, easily accessible to all sections
of the new commonwealth Eastern
Washington would have more of
voice in state and national affairs and
the addition of northern Idaho would
combine mining and lumber with ag
riculture, making an ideal scheme of
development.
"Walla Walla would become the sec
ond largest city and the immediate
development in this community would
grow by leaps and bounds. Immi-
grants would come by the hundreds
from the east, attracted, as always,
by the opportunities offered in a new
commonwealth.
"It is a worthy project Washington
Il. 80 a-tn
section without harm to the original
mother state. 1t would mean no loss
to the coast as the trading centers
would not be changed.
"The press of Idaho is unanimously
in favor of the new state and the peo-
pie are urged to give it their serious
consideration.
There can be no doubt of the hene-
fits to this community which are easily
discernable il the matter is studied
closely. Get behind the movement and
boost for the new state of Lincoln"
Under the caption. Our Quota of
Roads $70,000" the Hunters (Wash.)
Messenger discussed one of the strong
reasons for eastern Washington's de-
sire to shake loose from the west side,
as follows:
so long as the west side of the Cas-
cade runs the state just so long will
the east side have inadequate road
funds granted it for road purposes.
During the first of the week the road
apportionment for the following year
for road work for the state was
granted, and out of total appropria-
ton of $11,O5O,5O for this work the
west side took for its own roads SS,-
055,0OO, leaving only s2,995,500 for the
east side with all its roads. Out Of