The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-10-02


the charges. Noel declares he is
innocent and says 1t is a scheme of
his personal enemies to oust him
from Office.
Seattle.-The legislative commit
tee appointed to welcome President
Taft was composed of Senators e.
M. Williams, George U. Piper, Harry
Rosenhaupt and Representatives
Frank H. Renick, Peter David, John
A. Fancher and J. C. Hubbell.
Pullman.-Seven hundred stu
dents were enrolled at the state col
lege during the first two days of
enrolment. Approximately half of
the enrolment thus far is composed
Of new students, meaning between
400 and 500 new students by the
time the enrolling Is done.
Olympia.--When a person agrees
to buy certain stock in 4 company.
buys part and then sells out his
entire interest, he cannot be held
As a debtor to the company for the
part Of stock he failed to purchase.
30 holds the supreme court in the
case Of s. Iverson against A. v.
Bradrick, appealed from Spokane
county.
Wenatchee.-With the fruit hsr-
vest started In this valley reports
Of big yields are being confirmed by
amounts of apples picked. The or
chard of J. Murdock near Cashmere,
yielded 35 boxes to the tree. Mr..
Murdock has 10 acres Of old bear
Ing orchard all heavily loaded, and
so far has picked 5000 boxes, the
whole yield being estimated at 1900
boxes. At present prices Mr.. MUIR
dock will receive about $1,000 worth
Of apples from every acre.
Everett.-The new temperance
and law enforcement party In city
politics, composed mainly Of repre-
sentatives from church societies in
the city, will hold a convention Octo-
Der 5, the date of the Republican
and Democratic primaries, and will
then name the ticket which 1t will
place in the field. Several of the
candidates on the regular party
tickets will be indorsed by the
church party. but in many cases
entirely new candidates will be
named.
Neutrality-suspicious. Edmunds. =
well known fruit-grower, who will
go to England next month with ap-
Piles from the Wenatchee Valley, has
received advices from that country
that because of severe weather fruit
Is scarce and the demand Is greater
than anticipated. Mr.. Edmunds is
of Wenatchee aplles between Octo-
Der 20 and 25.
Tacoma work to
connect branches of the Great North
ern railroad throughout Washington
and especially in the valley east of
the Cascades, will be begun within
a short time. According to rumor.
the first work will probably be that
of connecting the Spokane. Curlew
& Republic branch direct south In
the valley region to Wenatchee.
where line north was projected and
surveyed some time ago.
Spokane.-"I shall recommend to
the adjutant general of Washington
that one of the companies in Spo-
kane be mustered out of service.
shall recommend, however, that this
action be deferred for q certain time.
so as to give the citizens OF Spokane
an opportunity to bring the msm-
bership 10 the standard. The nation
al guard is not rsceiving the support
here that 1t should" was the state
ment made by Major William J.
Lemon.
Seattle.-Canadian shingles have
been driven from markets in the
United States, prices in British Col
umbia have dropped precipitately
and many mills have been forced to
close, as a result of the newduty
on shingles, according to Seattle
shingle manufacturers and dealers.
When the maximum clause becomes
effective March l, adding 121 cents
more to the new 50-cent duty. manu-
facturers declare 1t will be impos-
sible for Canadian shingles to sell
at all in competition with Northwest
shingles in the markets OF the Mid
die West and East.
Pullman.-Dr. s. B. Nelson, pro-
fessor of veterinary science in Wash
ington State college and state vote
rinarian. has returned from Chicago.
where he went to attend three as
ISOLATION meetings. and is now pre-
pairing for opening the new veteri-
nary hospital and school In Spokane,
where a building has been erected
and where the senior students in