The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-04-10

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out, and it is remarkable how well informed they
are on this country. While very few of them have
ever been in Washington, they have been watch
ing things closely and have pretty accurate idea
Of what this country offers" The chief interest,
of course, is in the fruit industry and most of the
inquiries are along that line; but there are many
looking to the grain belts and for business loca-
tons in the small towns While conditions in the
central west are good at present, there will be a
healthy emigration of the best class this way this
year and the National Irrigation Congress in Spo-
kane and the A.-Y.-P. exposition will attract
thousands this summer.
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The death of Governor Cosgrove which leaves
Lieutenant Governor Hay in the governors chair,
brings most forcbly to mind the general asinine
stupidity of the state legislatures which have
forced upon the people law which gives to some
chance individual the governorshp Of great
state even though large majority of the voters
do not want him.
CosgroVe only had 25, 519 adherents who wanted
him to be governor Mead had 81, 357, while Nc
Bride had 80, 500. Yet through the stratagem of
the second choice provision Cosgrove was declared
governor when there were 65 S66 republicans who
did not want him and only 25 519 who did Taking
INTO account all the other party votes, Cosgrove
was the choice Of but fractional part of the
voters.
But now, at his death, there steps into office
another man far less a choice or desire of the peo-
pie for he on y took the office Of lieutenant gov
ernor as a second choice Of the republican party.
His cause was so shaky that it had to go before
the supreme court and that august tribunal,
after elaborate splitting of hairs, awarded to him
the decision, not on the principle Of enforcing the
law according to a strict Interpretation, but be
cause the enforcing Of the law strictly would have
visited upon Hay personally a seemingly harsh
penalty.
The Hay case is still before the supreme court
on a petition for a rehearng, but it is said it is
hardly probable the first decision will be upset.
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Secretary of the Navy Meyer has directed that
one Of The torpedo boat desroyers, recently author
lied by congr ess shall be given the name of Mon
aghan, in memory Of Ensign John Robert Mona
CHAN, I. S. NJ, who was killed in Samoa. April
l, 1899 By natives while engaged in a reconnos-
sance made by combined force Of British and
Americans. Ensign Monaghan was attached to the
S. S. Philadelphia, then at Apia, Samoa. Ensign
Robert Monaghan the son Of James Monaghan, now
of Spokane, was born at CheWelah March 26, 1873,
and met his death in battle as result of an
ambuscade by the natives of plantation owned
by Germans near Apia in the Samoan islands,
April l. 1899 In this battle Lieutenant Lansdae
was shot through the leg while attempting to
work gun Ensign Monaghan and a sailor
named Hunt from the Porpois went to Lansdales
assistance and Monaghan was killed While the
natives were engaged in their brutal attacks on
the wounded and dying soldiers shell burst from
the British ship Royalist, near the marauders who
terrified ran away 1t was necessary to sound
signal for retreat three times before it was obeyed
by the intrepid British and Americans. The rebels
lost 40 dead and many more wounded in the action
that cost seven Of the party of Is their lives. The
body of Ensign Monaghan was brought to Spokane
and given notable funeral. The monument near
the intersection of Monroe street and Riverside
avenue in that city tells Of his heroic deeds.
The Western Farmer Of Spokane pays some very
nice compliments to Stevens county in its last
ISSUE and publishes on its cover page photograph
of Ed Wayand's old ranch near Valley.
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Clifford Pinchot chief Of the forest service who
will be representative of the federal government
at the sessions in Spokane August to A. endorses
the plan of a special meeting with the lumbermen
one day that week to discuss the policies and reg
ulations of the forest service in the administration
of government timber affairs Mr.. Pnchot will
be present at this special meeting. Three men,
bers of the forest service will give 10 15minute
talks on the following subjects The policy of
the forest service as regards selling timber and
fixing stumpage prices. Marking, slash piling
and logging regulations in sales Of national forest
timber. Cooperation between the government
and private timber land owners in protection from