The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-02-20

rich by it. How pleasing!
A Judge of appeals in France has recently rem
dered decision in which he declares that air is
private property, belonging to the owner of the
land under it. Air ships may be forbidden to fly
over land where the owner objects. Later it may
be necessary to secure permit to breathe on
other peoples land.
The scramble at Olympia this week over the
passage of local option bill shows how earnest
the republicans of the state are to carry out their
pledges. 1t might be said that they are as earn
est as ever"
Development of 40 acres of randanite earth near
Blue Creek where experts say are deposits which
will yield more than 2OOO 900 tons of this rare
substance, used as filler for high explosives, is
the first step in the fight to be waged in the Pacific
northwest against the powder trust. DR.. ]. M
Gooding of Spokane, who, with his associates there
and at Wallace owns the land where the randanite
was discovered by accident short time ago. de-
clares this is the only known body in existence
Chemists report that it is perfect absorbent and
say it will make blasting and gun powders much
safer and cheaper than the standard brands. Ex-
periments have been made with randanite and
they are satisfactory. This substance takes the
place of charcoal made from special wood the out
put of which is controlled by the DuPont-De-
Nemours Powder Company of Delaware. Dr.
Gooding says that powder making will develop in
to one of the most important industries in the
northwest, provided satisfactory rates can be OBJ
tanned from the railroads.
'Your husband says he works like dog" said
one women
civ %bo o%,
HE comes in with muddy feet, makes himself
comfortable by the fire, and waits to be fed."
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Another eastern capitalist, becoming financially
embarrassed committed suicide last week in the
east. Probably he didn't want to take chance
at becoming laboring man under the present re-
publican administration and its good times.
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It seems that the lobbyists at Olympia bought
early, before the rush came.
Members of the Minnesota club Of Spokane, of
which A. C. Clausen, formerly of Crookston, is
president and prominent democrats from various
parts of the Inland Empire will entertain Governor
John A. Johnson of Minnesota at banquet the
evening of April 16, following his lecture in the
state armory. 1t is expected to have at least 1000
at the tables
The committee having charge of arrangements
is composed Of D. c. Newman, president of the
Johnson club A.. G. Clausen, president of the
Minnesota club; Charles Mengel of the Scandina-
Wan Brotherhood of America; E. A. Chds, chair
man Of the democratic central committee of Spo-
kane county, and Fred Baldwin, president of the
Jeffersonian club.
Governor Johnson will meet many former resi-
dents of Minnesota in Spokane and they are going
to give him the time of his life while he is a
visitor in the city. He will also receive formal
invitation from R. Insinger, chairman of the local
board of CONTROL to be present with his staff on
Governors day at the 18th National Irrigation
Congress, which will meet in Spokane, August 9
to IA, when, it is expected, President Taft and
several members of his cabinet will be in attend
ance.
Worlds records in tunnel driving were estab-
lshed and one of the greatest engineering feats of
the century was successfully completed when drill
men in Idaho and Montana, working in the Chica-
go, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company's
bore in the Bitter Root mountains at Taft, Mont,
shook hands at the ends of crowbar. The tun-
mel, 8,751 feet in length "a feet and inches in
height and 18 feet inches across the floor lacked
only 1900 of an inch of being in true alignment,
fered about 1-10O of foot when the wall of rock
between the two states was pierced
Acting Governor Hay has announced that, while
in charge of the Office which he is holding temper
arily, there will be no removals of men in state
appointive Offices who have proved themselves
efficient and that his administration has no ap-
pointments to make in fulflment of prediction
promises.