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Show Cll of U..Mmlm I..lo l'ln. In Ann.t lli.rn-lli..ll.t.l l.l.l.o. A Hpokane dispatch tayt plana are being formed to aecure the aiinrxatlon of the northern part of Idaho to the atate of Waahlnglon. Htate Ileprraen-tatlve Ileprraen-tatlve II. 1). Iorrllt It planning to bring Hi I a project before the legislature legisla-ture at Ita coming aeaalon. The purpose ! to add to Washington Washing-ton the entire region known aa the "l'an-handle" lying north of the forty-alith forty-alith parallel, which It the southern boundary of Waahlnglon. This would Include ICoQleuat.Hhotcone, I.atabnml h'rx I'crco anil a part ot Idaho county, taking In all nt the famous Coeur I'.Mcno altverlead mining dlatrlct, ua well aa moat of the rich Clearwater gold fields. The plan la received with entliutlaennt Waahlngtou and northern north-ern Idaho haa lu the fatt voted In favor of audi annexation by an orer- aaffiVrjriiaT'aouU would now consent because of tho lack ot railway connection between the two parte of the atate and especially because be-cause of the great expense resulting from the mining rlott In the Coeur d'Alene dlatrlct and two years of martial mar-tial law. |