The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-04-17

DuC W Idke up some special pnaZe or the work. ana
in the greater number of instances it is fruit
growing
The practice of intensive farming, more especial
~ apple culture, has in measure solved the prob
lem of the American trait of the farmer seeking city
life and the city man dreaming of rural happiness
and the nearness of the irrigated districts to the
towns and cities in the northwest has served to
satisfy both. Small tracts electric railways, tele-
phones, rural mail routes make a combination of
the best of city and country and thousands are
passing useful and busy lives in these districts.
There has been tremendous movement to the
northwest in the last Ia months, when, according
to the best information available approximately
1861 900 persons settled in Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and Montana and of these about SO, 500 To-
Gated in eastern Washington northern Idaho,
northeastern Oregon, western Montana and south
eastern British Columbia Thirty-fve thousand
settled in the Yakima, Wenatchee, Spokane, Walla
Walla, Okanogan and Colvile valleys, the Palouse
and Big Bend districts and in settlements opened
by the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound and
the Spokane & Seattle railroads.
Illinois, Iowa and Missouri furnished the major
ity of these settlers the rest coming from Nebras
ka, Indiana Minnesota, Kansas Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Michigan, New York, West Virginia, Ken
tucky Massachusetts,, Vermont Nevada and Mary
land with a sprinkling from southwestern states
There was also large influx of aliens into the
northwest in 1908, when, with the exception of
Minnesota Missouri and California, Washington
added more foreign population than any other
state west of the Mississippi river. There were ap-
proximately 10000 aliens and of these Scandina-
vians were in the lead, with south Italians second
English third, Germans fourth and Finish fifth
The most important thing about immigration in
to Washington last year is that the greatest in
crease in numbers was of those who engage either
in professional or skilled occupations Relatively
to the great mass of immigrants, the number Of
foreigners of good class who declared Washington
as their destination was larger than in any other
state.
The number of labOrers, so classed who entered
the state from foreign countries last year were
5, 500 in round numbers. The number of farmers
is exceptionally high and shows of course the set
tement of the rural districts by thrifty class of
people.
The 25-cent stocking, the boon of the working
mans wife and of the mother, may become ex-
tinct if the new proposed tariffs that so directly
concern women and the home come into effect
Such is the opinion Of dealers who believe that
if the Payne tariff bill becomes law they can not
sell good quality of hosiery at that moderate
price, but will have to place inferior domestic
product on the market for 25 cents.
Dealers state that contrary to the general public
belief more cheap hosiery is imported than expen-
sive. The quality of silk stockings made in Amer
lea is the equal of those brought to this country
However, the cheaper grades of footwear are bet
ter in material and workmanship when imported,
and, therefore, the proposed tariff will work a
particular hardship to the large class of people
who wear cotton hosiery of moderate price.
The proposed increase in the glove tariff is also
unreasonable. An increased tariff on a dozen
pairs of 14-inch gloves from the present rate of
$175 to the proposed rate of $4 would necessitate
raise in the retail price. Gloves which are today
selling for rs cents will under the proposed new
tariff rate sell at ST. and the So gloves will sell for
$3.50.
Seattle has new offce-that of theatrical
censor-the first of it's kind in the country. The
duty of the officer will be to keep all kinds of
public entertainments free from anything that
might be offensive to respectable patrons
II understand you have talking machine in
your house"
"No, not now; she's visiting with her mother"
SS
F. Marion Crawford, the noted novelist, died at
his home in Italy, April g. at the age of 55 years.
Few recent novelists have held their readers more
steadily than Crawford
President Taft and other eminent lawyers are
puzzling over the legal definition of what consti-
tutes whisky. Better refer that knotty problem
to some druggist in a prohibition town.
p~S
The fight for mayor of Spokane rests between
ONO, republican, and Pratt, democrat with fair