The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-03-13

NOTWITHSTANDING the great progress which has
been made in the direction of creating sentiment
in favor of total abstinence it is quite safe to say
that, the country over, the males of mature years
who use intoxicants in more or less moderation are
in the fair majority They are entitled to protec-
ton against fraud on the side and against the
deleterious adulteration on the other Indeed, it
is the purpose of the pure food law to so protect
them. Manufactured whisky is, beyond all ques-
ton, even more injurious to those who use it than
is the pure article. In honestly distilled whisky,
when it is fully matured before being sold, some
OF the more deleterious of the acohols in it when
it was raw have evaporated or changed their
chemical composition so are no longer as injurious
as they were. In the manufactured whisky arti-
fcaly aged these deleterious alcohols and COM
pounds remain. To enfore the pure food laws and
to rid the market of the limitations will be step
in the direction of temperance reform by stopping
the sale of the most injurious beverages. -P.I.
Through the courtesy of Senator Levi Ankeny the
Examiner has received mail sack of garden seeds
from the department of agriculture for free dis
tribution. Contrary to the custom of other Col
vile papers, we do not offer these seeds as pre-
miums to subscribers nor use them in an effort to
secure new business for this is by no means the
purpose of the department in sending them to
newspapers. This nations department of agr-
culture is making every effort to secure better
conditions for the agrcultursts, and expends large
amounts of money annually in raising and distrb-
utng seeds of the very best qualities and varieties
in the hope of bettering the condition of the small
farmer and giving him start with new varieties
If people want seeds in quantities. they are carried
by merchants in all towns. But if any grown per-
in the county desires to try the seed varieties
sent out by the government this year, this office
will be pleased to aid in their distribution regard
less of any question as to whether not you are
subscriber can read and write, have been in jail,
or voted the socialist ticket.
Secretary Wilson has undoubtedly worked hard
to produce these Seeds Just imagine him getting
up at four o'clock every morning, with the garden
hose, pulling out refractory weeds pinning suita-
BILE labels to the cabbage plants, and seeing that
the cans get properly started on the tomato plants
He works summer and winter at his job, and on
the frosty nights just after the last election it
must have taken nearly all his spare carpet and
newspapers to properly cover the squash vines
And all this labor that the dear people of this
country might have the best that can be pro-
duced. In the hearts of the people, Mr.. Wilson is
laying up treasures where trusts do not corrupt,
nor potato bugs creep through and steal
Since these seeds were grown under repub-
lican administration, we can not guarantee that
they will not attract bugs or vermin, although the
fact that they have been in this office for week
ought to help some. And if beets grown from
these seeds should attract the neghborhood cattle,
we do not to be held responsible. The govern
ment can not be expected to furnish barbed wire
with each package. And if the celluloid collar
stocks attempt to climb the string bean poles there
will be no recourse at this Office.
On and after Monday morning, as soon as the
snake editor has finished dusting off the marble
steps, these seeds will be ready for the public.
AS soon as they are gone there will be no more
left. We have not had the time to count the
seeds in each package, but if they are planted in
good grade Of so instead of being left in the
woodshed, there ought to be good measure in each
package for an ordinary family of 20 children
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United States District Attorney Joseph B. Keal-
ing of Indianapolis resigned rather than be a
party to the injustice of dragging the editors of
The Indianapolis News to Washington for trial on
an alleged libel charge to satisfy the spleen of
former President Theodore Roosevelt. Mr.. Kea-
ing calls attention to the fact that there are United
States courts in Indiana and that there is no occa-
sion for this unheard-of and tyrannical procedure
Mr.. Healing expresses the sentiment of a large
number of citizens who voted the republican
ticket and who believe in republican government.
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The supreme court of this state has upheld the
constitutionaty of the railroad commission law in
every essential detail, affirming the right and the
power of the commission to regulate freights and
fares, subject only to the requirement that the
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It likewise upholds the power of the commission
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