The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-04-24

novel piece of reform legislation will be
placed upon the statute books of New Mexico if
the bill before the territorial legislature should be
passed. This bill makes the drinker share respon-
sibility with the saloonkeeper. 1t provides that
every person who drinks must secure a license,
and prohibits the selling of Intoxicating liquors to
any person who does not have a license to drink.
What do you ask for this coth?" asked the
young man of the pretty clerk.
Eighteen cents yard" she replied
Aren't you a little dear?' queried the pur-
chaser.
We'll, answered the bushing maiden, that's
what the boys all tell me-
Preparations are under way for the second an
nual dinner by the Hawkeye Club of Spokane,
composed of 600 former residents of Iowa, in the
hall of the Doges on the evening of May q,
when among the guests of honor will be prominent
Iowans visiting in the northwest. The dinner will
be preceded by reception, the committee in
charge being headed by w. N Day, with S. B.
Cook as chairman of the committee on arrange
ments E. f. Springer is chairman of COM
mittee which will endeavor to interest former
1owans in various parts of the Inland Empire in
club last year was the means of bringing together
many former acquaintances who were ignorant of
each others whereabouts until they met at the
banquet in Masonic temple. This years gathering
will be even larger.
The estimate is now made that during the
present year more than 100 600 acres, exclusive of
government projects, will be added to the irri-
gated area of eastern Washington, and that the
bulk of this land will be set out in fruit trees. The
further estimate is that from 700O 900 to TO- 0O0-
600 fruit trees will be set out on this land within
the next IA months.
Few realize what tremendous addition this
means to the wealth of the state. The land prior
to being put under irrigation, absolutely with
out any intrinsic value. The earnings from it were
nothing. Its sole value was speculative, based
upon the possibilities Of it's being valuable some
time when irrigation extended over it. When
in bearing fruit trees, the same land will have, ac-
cording to present prices, value up to exceeding
81, 900 an acre. 1t will have that value because
the net earnings from bearing orchards in this
state aggregate in excess of S100 an acre. Indeed,
$1OO an acre is very low estimate of earnings,
far below the average.
But at this low estimate of $100 an acre in net
earnings the 100 900 acres to be reduced to cult
vation this year will, when the orchards come in
full bearing, have an aggregate net earning value
of $40, 900, 900 year. Judging by past expert
ence, every fve-acre tract under irrigation will
afford comfortable livelihood for family. The
100, 900 acres to go under irrigation this year will
therefore be able to support in comfort 10000
families.
During the interval before the fruit trees come
into bearing the owners of this land will be able
to make good incomes from other products, small
fruits vegetable and the like, growing in between
the rows of fruit trees, the earning value of the
land will attach to it as soon as the water reaches
it and it is put under cultivation. -P.-I.
While Uncle Sam makes the gold coin practically
without cost to the owner of the bullion, he makes
sufficient profit, called "segniorage' on the
silver coinage and the nickels and the pennies
manufactured at his mnts during the year to do a
great deal more than pay all expenses of maintain
ing the mints and assay Offices.
He buys the silver, nickel and copper at it's
bullion value, which in the case of silver costs
about half the face value of the coin made from it..
The actual cost of nickel, or scent piece at
the present price of metal, including the labor and
coming expenses, is about two-ffths of cent
each, and the cost Of 1-cent piece, including
metal, labor etc. is about one-ffth of cent each.
On and after June 20 the bounty on cougar will
be increased from S. to $780, lynx from ST. so to S.,
and timber wolf from 81 to SIS. Coyotes retain
the same 81 bounty.
Last week the Statesman-Index took another
fling at one of Colville's professional men. The