Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-08
THE srArE OF LINooLN.

in Idaho. The. northern part OF the state above the Sal
mon River Is physically and socially so isolated from the
southern part that the two regions have little in common
There are no north and south railroads. Towering
mountains and deep gorges are barriers which could be
overceSae only at q prohibitivef outlay. To get to Boise
City, the capital. people from the north, or panhandle end
of the state have to travel all around Robin Hoods barn
over a route through Washington and Oregon as long as
from New York to Chicago. or by a still longer road
through Montana. t1Ft. 8 @5.SM3
The metropolitan center. nearest to southern. idaho
is Salt. Lake City. a fact which; is accentuated blythe cir
curnstance that the Mormon population Of southern idaho
is considerable. On the other hand. for people living IN
the ten, counties which make up the Idaho panhandle the
center of metropolitan activity is Spokane, in estern Wash
ington. Two thirds of Idahos people are south of the Sal
mon. Their nearest, and to many the most congenial, ed
vocational institution is the University Of Utah, at Salt Lake
City. Thus It happens that the Idaho State University
away up in the panhandle, suffers. BY uniting the Idaho
University with the University of Washington and the
Washington State College a new university, with Spokane
say. as its seat, might be created with an endowment Of
vigor worthy of the great region it would serve.
Al.this inevitably had led to talk Of the secession Of
the panhandle from Idaho Jurisdiction. So far astthe peo-
pie Of southern Idaho are. concerned no serious opposition
has developed : Last March the Idaho legislature, with
only two opposing votes in the senate and by a majority
of 81 in the house, actually passed, an enabling separation
resolution for the erection os a new state to be formed by
splitting eastern from western Washington and slicing
ten counties off from the Idaho panhandle peak north Of
the Salmon river. The Washington western boundary
would be the columbia-Okanogan line. The new state
would be called the State of Lincoln. Spokane would be
the capital It would put the 4sth star in the flags blue
field. g &$ @E. MI
Thus, with panhandle Idaho yearning and south Ida-J
no willing, all'the new state needs to begin it's existence is
the consent of the State of Washington-that and the ben
|edictionEo of Uncle Sam, Controversies and jealosies between
eastern and western Washington have not been lacking.
With a@total population only about as great as that which
lis concentrated in and near Seattle in the Puget Sound
country. and. vet with a large proportion of the taxable
property of the state within their boundaries, the eastern
Washingtonians find themselves in danger of exploitation
jforEthe benefit OF interests beyond the Cascades in which
they are in no way concerned. For one thing, eastern
w In or1uT noadsf irjo q Ia +o 4nro1,1 n NO vono,1
agricultural wealth. With water badly needed in their
territory, the people of eastern Washington have been
heavily taxed to build automobile roads away off to the
west which they never use. Besides, eastern Washington
has no tolerance for the radicalism which, with Seattle
as a center, has manifested itself in western Washington,
The grounds for divorce are there, but can the legisla-
tive representatives OF western Washington be brought to
consent to the separation? They largely outnumber the
eastern representatives. In their hands rests the decision.
Then the consent of congress would have to be obtained.
"a Republican congress might not object to two more Res
The population Of the new state would be a scant 100000.
The old question OF disproportioned population represeh-l
itation IN the senate5would be revived in acute forIn.And
there is. the problem of division of the respective state
debts. u, ##ESs
Hence even with It's name picked out, the State Of
lIincolns is looming but vaguely on the horizon. The same
lis true of thes other new State OF Superior, to be made by
IsMcing the northern peninsula country from the map; of
Michigan. Both are still enveloped In the mists OF aca-5
den1tc discussion. But But the desire and the lines q cleayage
Eare there. Wilt other states ever consent to the addi-
ltion OF these stars to the flag? The chances are over
whelminsiy against such q thing.----New York Herald
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Lenine having been reported 3on nunerou. occaaons!
ito be q prisoner of Trotskys.i 1T tssonly& fair that accord
Ing toS the latest report IsenineNis TALLER and Trotskyas III In
jail This report q probably As accurate assits prsdeces-
Isors. @@g$$R aSS1#s
II Great Britain. France. and italy have take
the Turk "a hand As forecast n the cables. they should
stick together long enough this time to- settle h4m once
Tor all The Turk came back after the last war because
leach ofs the aboyes powers tried 70 play 4 lone hand With