The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-07-15
COUNTY PETITION WAS FILED
Local Option Workers Got Names
To Spare.
Sprinsdale and Northport Exempt.

A meeting of the local option workers
of Newport was held at the
Methodist church last Sunday even
ing, and a call has been issued Tor
mass meeting to prepare plans for con-
Quoting the campaign, which will De
held at the Congregational church next
Sunday evening.
The workers in the precincts outside
the incorporated towns were successful
in securing the required number OF sign
ers and the petition was filed with the
county auditor. The following article
from the Statesman-Index shows the
progress of the movement throughout
the county:
The local option forces have been sue
cessful in obtaining the signatures OF
mere than 80 per cent of the vote cast at
the last general election in what 10
known as the county unit.
Asa word OF explanation we Will say
that the local option Law provided for
separate units. For example, Colville
is unit by itself and must determine
for itself whether or not the sale OF in
toxicating liquors shall be permitted
within the corporate limits Of the city.
So must every other incorporated town
in the county. These towns are New
port, Springdale, Kettle Falls. North
port and Colville. Outside of these
towns the entire country district consti-
tntes a unit by itself known as the
county unit. In this unit there are GO
precincts, extending from Metaline to
Fruitland and from Orient clear down
to Deer Park. The total vote cast at the
last general election in this county unit
was approximately 1921. In order to
obtain an election, therefore, il was
necessary to obtain the signatures of
1177 voters, We have obtained more
than the required number, the petition
containing 1898 signatures, ~.
The incorporated cities which obtained
the necessary 80 per cent or more are
Newport, Chewelah, Kettle Falls and
Colville, springdale and sNorthport
standing out alone opposed to local OPP
ton.
The county league was organized at
Colville on Sunday, June Is. the day
following the going into effect Of the
local option law. The officers Of the
league are A. E: Veatch. president;
Oscar Kildow, vice president; W. J.
Shelton, secretary, and A. D. Foster,
treasurer. Three thousand petitions
were printed and sent broadcast over
the entire county, with the request that
all the signatures possible be obtained
and the petition returned on. July I.
Speakers and organizers were also sent
out to different sections of the county,
with the wonderful result that in three
weeks time the great county Of Stevens
has been canvassed, and nearly so per
cent of the voters in the county unit
have signed gigantic petition calling
for special election to be held Sept. 7.
to determine whether or not liquor shall
be sold in the country districts and in
the unincorporated towns Of Stevens
county.
Judging from the returns obtained in
the way Of petitions, we are safe in pre-
dieting that the county unit will 60 dry
by a vote of three to one. This will af-.
feet more than thirty saloons.
The petition in Colville contains 100
signers out ola total of 224 votes cast at
the last city election There are ap-
proximately 2S5 voters in the city at the
present time, and it is safe to say every
man will vote on Sept. Z: Of this num-
Der the local option forces claim at a
low estimate IT'S and the vote NAV be
200 for the drys.
Kettle Falls and Chewelah will more
than likely follow Colville, but as to
Newport. we are not familiar with con-
ditions there. However, we are in
formed that they had no difficulty in
obtaining the necessary 80 per cent on
the petition. -Statesman-Index.
A timber and stone application was
filed at Springdale last week, the first to
be made IN this section since The new
ruling of the land departm ent, that ap-
plicants must pay the appraised value OF
the timber. instead Of being able to get
it at the fat rate OF 80 per acre.
Prof's. s. s. shedd and A. A. Ham
mer. of Washington State College, Pull
man, were down the river the past week
securing samples of clay and cement
rock and also took samples from the
Maggie brick yard east of town. Their
investigations are being made for a
state report.
The Newport" signs facing the de-.
pots are now illuminated by electricity
at night These signs attract a great
deal of attention from overland nousar-