The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-10-09


creased it. It's the people who have to raise it.
There is enough timber standing in the state of
Washington to build 5000 900 Groom houses, suf-
cent to shelter onethird of the population of the
United States, or furnish ties for 1893 939 miles
OF railway track, or construct plank road three
inches thick and 500 feet wide twice around the
world. Cut into lumber these trees would load
10000, 600 45-foot cars Of 10000 feet capacity,
equal to 1927 miles of trains, or one train reach
ing three and half times around the globe at the
equator.
This timber is contained in areas aggregatng
$4,000 square miles on the eastern and western
sides of the Cascade mountains, and expert
cruisers say that the density is not equaled any
where on the American continent.
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The Statesman-Index the local organ of several
members of the republican party, last week took
occasion to score the Examiner for stating a few
facts regarding the county poor farm, which facts
had developed from visit of the county commits
soners to the farm. The Examiner had stated
that conditions were found to be deplorable, and
that improvements were found to be necessary.
The Index resents the statements, the editor of
that sheet evidently believing that any old thing is
good enough for the destitute who are living at
sionly been found who feel the same way, but
these individuals generally keep their ideas from
publicity
Stevens county, in line with nearly every other
county throughout the United States, supports
county home, where the aged and helpless poor
are taken of at the expense of the county. If
it is the proper thing to have county home at all,
it is certainly proper that this home should be
kept in good condition. and this was the opinion of
the commissioners. Those in charge of the home
regret the condition even more than any one
ese but they simply hired to take charge of the
home, not to refurnish and equip it. This matter
belongs to the county, and the county has taken
up the matter.
1t is strange that Stevens county paper should
advocate the retention of present deplorable cond-
tions at the county home, but this is in line with
many other plans of the Index to gain attention,
and the commissioners will undoubtedly follow
their own ideas.
Levi Grant Monroe, secretary of the Spokane
chamber of commerce, has sent letters to CONNER
cal organizations and growers in Washington,
Idaho and Montana, urging them to take advantage
of plan which is des gned to exploit the resources
of the various agricultural and horticultural dis
trcts of the three states in travelling exhibit to be
sent throughout the mddlewest the coming winter,
when it will be seen by thousands of prospective
settlers and homeseekers.
The immigration department of the Great North
ern railway is arranging to fit out an exhibit car
exploiting the resources of Washington, Idaho and
Montana, which will be taken over the Burlington
system in the middle west during the coming
winter. This car is being fitted up by NJ J. Wes-
sells, superintedent Of the Spokane county building
at the A.-Y.-P. exposition, who has no equal in
this business
The principal decorative features. and fruit and
vegetables preserved in jars, will be furnished
from the Spokane county building, for the benefit
of the entire surrounding country.
In addition to the permanent exhibit, green stuff
is needed Here is an opportunity for Stevens
county to get considerable publicity with but slight
cost, and that is to furnish any large vegetables,
pumpkins, squashes or anything that is exceptional
and that would be advisable to install in the car.
The same can be boxed and addressed to M. J.
Costello, assistant traffic manager Great Northern
railroad, Seattle so as to reach him about Oct 49,
All shipments should be forwarded by Great
Northern express, C. o. D., or same could be for
warqed to Spokane, having the boxes marked for
Great Northern exhibit"
Immediate action will be necessary to take ad-
vantage of this opportunity.
The census bureau announces that it will employ
900 enumerators to take the new census of the
state of Washington next year. This will be an
increase of 800 per cent over the enumerating
force of 19OO and Oklahoma is the only other state
in the Union to equal this record.
Idaho and California will require very substantial
increases. but in Oregon only 20 additional enumer
ators will be pressed into service. It is anticipated
that the actual counting will be confined to II