The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-06-18

God and national crime before men. For the
church is supporting local option on the licensing
OF the liquor business The church thereby con.
tributes her influence to uphold and support g
business or rather a system that repudiates the
word of God. Shall we do evil that good may
come? The bible says not"
When the churches quit working for politica
parties and really enter upon a campaign for pure
policies in politics, something can be accomplished
And it is coming. The Washington local option
farce is showing" lots of them
Indications are that congress will pass, over the
protest of democrats, railroad regulation bil
that will not provide for physical valuation OF
| railroads.
The millionaire colony of the senate some of the
members of which own stock in railroads. have
fought desperately to kill every physical valuation
| amendment proposed.
A physical valuation would expose to the country
the extent to which railroad stocks have been
watered, and would, therefore, tend to prevent
over-capitaization in the future and pave the way
for reasonable freight and passenger rates. This
is the way the railroads fear it.
The interstate commerce commission partisan re-
publican in makeup, has recommended physical
valuation year after year. The commission, in its
last report, somewhat hopelessly, says: '"The
commission has, in previous reports, expressed the
opinion that it would be wise for congress to make
provision for physical valuation of railroad prop
critics, and desires to reafrm in this report its con-
fdence in the wisdom of such a measure"
Physical valuation was recommended by Roose-
welt time and again. This is at least one Roose.
velt policy that Mr. Taft has deserted bloodedy
The president has raised neither voice nor pen on
behalf of physical valuation.
Yet the supreme court, in the Nebraska rate
case, held that the basis of all calculation as to
reasonableness of rates must be the fair value of
the property being used for the convenience of the
public" AS the interstate commerce commission
does not know the value of a single railroad, il
must fix reasonable rates by sheer guess work.
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The human voice will be carried through space
for distance of more than thirty miles in dem
onstraton of the long distance wireless telephone
to be made in Seattle by DR.. Lee De Forest, wire.
less expert
From the station in the course of erection on
the high bluff at West Seattle the inventor will
talk to the operator in the wireless tower now
building at Everett Next week the inventor will
talk across Elliott bay with the instruments of his
invention.
The first demonstration in Seattle will be from
West Seattle across the bay. Later the inventor
will tune up his instruments for a demonstration
between Seattle and Everett.
In Everett temporary station is now being
built near the old court house and the aerial wires
will stretch from the top of the flag staff The
station at West Seattle will be the most powerful
wireless telephone and sparkless wireless telegraph
tower in the world.
With both stations in operation the inventor will
attempt to establish communication by wireless
telephone between the two cities of the sound.
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Congressman Poindexter says: II claim it's the
right and duty of congressman to use their own
judgment in voting upon the various measures
coming before congress-
Yes, that's what the republicans have been doing,
and that's why the people don't get anything but
increased taxes.
The Monde coal land BILL which passed the
United States senate will have a far-reachinp
effect upon numerous homesteaders of the Inland
Empire, whose patents, in many instances, have
been held up as long as three years because of the
presence of small veins of coal in the lands which
they made agricultural locations. One of the most
important provisions of the new bill is to do away
with this abuse and to make it possible for the
homesteaders to secure their patents. The bill
will undoubtedly be signed by the president ant
become law within few days.
The Stevens county grange has selecte a live
legislative committee in the persons of Bert Curry
of Meyers Falls, Chris Mcdonnell of Colvile, WV
Mokler of Clayton, H. J. Noble of Dunn, j. Algit
of Cronin, and G. W. Locke of Colville. This
committee stands ready to do all in their power t.
accomplish the desires of the members in a legis