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Show I DIVIDING THREE I STATES. m j Plans are made In Idaho for tho jjlj! I changing of the boundaries of the jjl 1 state, and the San Francisco Chront- IjM cle, commenting on the proposed recli- 1B; ; fication of boundarj', says: 1 11 There is no doubt that that portion i lljr of Idaho north of the southern boun- dary of Washington extended belongs, llrlr geographically, in Washington. If the Mill j people of Idaho should purpose to cede , JlJl that district to Washington there is no IJIjl reason to doubt that Washington Inlt would accept the offer or that con- 'HIm gress, unless the change would affect Ijjll some doubtful congressional district jlill or unseat a senator, would give its as- Trlf Idaho, however, dislikes to give up jjlll ' its territory unless it gets an cquiva- Jjll lent acreage, and hence the proposal entirely to reconstruct the three jljljl states, giving Oregon all tho territory flit east of the Cascades and extending Mil Washington eastward to the Bitter Jjll Root mountains, Idaho extending -west j ft to the Cascades. Idaho being now an J inland state would remain so, but II II , would get more territory than it gives II It up. Oregon rwould get less land than lllj it gave, but would gain in taxable jljt property. Washington would get less jlijl than it gave up and would bs cut off lJfl I froni the sea. jjjj 1 It is probable that the proposed HI boundaries would be more convenient I I than those which they displaco but when Washington consents fo It wo I I; o-ay assume that tbo millennium is ap. Ill pivuiching. Hosca Bigelow, or some- I H i btdy once said thai wo may know I (j when the millennium is at hand bc- J c&ut.e strawberries will grow bigger I j! downward througn the box. The con- I I1: , sent of Washington to being cut off lljjj fron; the sea -will be just as sure a |