The union of North and South Idaho is. and always lies been. disastrous to all the material interests of the people of the northern part of the Territory. If the imaginary line now constituting the western boundary of North Idaho were abrogated and this section restored to its original and natural position as a part of Washington. the value of the property of her citizens would be increased by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Immigration now stops within Washington Territory and crosses into Idaho with reluctance. With agricultural resources unsurpassed. except in extent. the development of these resources is retarded beyond a present power of computation by reason of our isolated condition consequent upon a political connection with a section with which we are as practically separated as from any State in the Union. To remain thus permanently severed from the basin of the Columbia. of which we are naturally a part. is and will always continue to be absolutely ruinous to our prosperity.
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