Show q ISA NEW STATE SPATE WANTED Spokane Chronicle Chronicler Does Doc the tho Inland Empire wan wanto want vant to to be organized Into a new state Judging b by the ills- ills cu lon on the time subject It looks 1001 8 as though it ma may A great grea t 8 state l would be bo created by t taking l eastern Washington i northern Idaho Idalo and northern Oregon and combining themE them thorn E together r for lor their common Inter interests p It t would make a great stute state for COI the he reason that It 1 Is isa a 3 yr great t empire umpire within Itt Itself elf It Il has every Covery needed t. t t J to tb to Ti alce lii prosperous Th The fertile fields of oC the and the Big Dig Bend DeIHl tho the IrrIgated lan lands s on this or of tilt thc if mountains and tie tw newer districts to the north will produce pro pro- duce uce fr fruit ll nn anti and wheat l and foodstuff Northern Idah 18 Is rich In mineral In Umber an and In soil soli while northeast northeast- I era ern Oregon lias has timber farm land hand orchard copper an and andi i gold old v j. I Another reason it would woul make make- o. o a great state I Is because because be he- i. i cause the Interests of the people are arc comm common n. n Th Time The coat cities are ar Interested In this section mainly fo for what the they can mal make From Prom their educational Institutions institution J I lo to helm tile they differ from time the eastern side Ide- Ide lIu Having the tIme most voters oters the they get the tho most money Appropriations arc are given Iven them for Cor improvements not st so badly nee needed etl while those cast east of the mountain range lang that forms torms a n natural boundary for 01 two states can cm wait wal It appears practically Impossible lo to get equal or oven o In Independent Independent In- In dependent representation from the Uw Inland Empire the thc the theother other side Is too strong With government go and state stale aid the Columbia an antho and tho the Snake c rivers may be he opened so 80 that the nc new state stat ml might ht ship direct to the sea seu This should command better bettor bet het- tor tr railroad rates even If the tue Interstate Interstate- commerce commission corn com mission fails Calif to help The wn way for the Inland Empire to develop is to lo be he beable heahle able aliO to dictate Us Its own management |