The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-12-03

with their tongues out, ice has to be soaked over
night in water before it is wet enough to make
lemonade the catfish kick up such a dust in the
bed of the Carconade river that the river has to De
spinkled before you can go fishing. spark from
an engine set fire to a big pond and burned
up wagon load of bull frogs before the fire could
be extinguished. The ground is so dry and hard
that the cawfish holes in the low places are beng
pulled up and shipped away for gas pipes.
Women of the state of Washington, 21 years OF
age or over, now have the right to vote at all gen.
eral or special elections, Governor M. E. Hay hav-
ing issued his proclamation putting in force the
constitutional amendment adopted by the male
voters at the election held Nov. 8.
The returns show that the suffrage amendment
carried by majority of g. 623 votes, So, 299 votes
having been cast for it, and 29,6 GIG against it.
Although women now have the right to vote
they will be unable to participate in any elections
until next year, as the registration books through.
out the state have been closed for the year, and
the attorney general has ruled that women who
registered prior to the issuance of the governors
proclamation are illegally registered.
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DR.. Harvey Wiley, chief chemist of the depart
ment Of agriculture, is not enthusiastic over lower
food prices. He says it is merely trick of the
special interests to get better hold on the mar
ket. Dr. Wiley explains: 'The interests which
manipulated the prices have temporarily re-
leased their holds on our throats for the purpose
of getting fresher grip. The so-called reduction
in meats is fictitious. It is merely deliberate
manipulation of the market The prices were
fictitious when they reached the top notch, but
they were arbitrarily forced to that high level by
the interests. The reduction is not reduction IN
fact. If there is reduction at this particular
time, it is far from being permanent. The inter-
ests which controlled the market a year ago and
forced the prices of meat up to an abnormal level
are still in control Is it possible to believe that
they have suddenly become philanthropic and de-
cided to give the people square deal?"
The treasury department had fearful shock
the other day, and called in the secret detective
vice of the United States to help soothe it's nerves
and tell it what to do. It was fresh, new-look
ing 81 silver certificate sent in by New York
bank, the statement being made that the bill had
been deposited by woman, whom they were
keeping under their eye. The bank had labeled
the dollar counterfeit Secret Service Chief Wkie
took the dollar in hand and examined it very care
fully He brought his wonderful magnifying
glass into service, and turned the bill over and
over, trying to find in it some error but the error
was not there He examined it diverse and re-
verse and on the edges The bill did not look just
right; but, just the same, not a single flaw could
be found in it. After he examined it about an
hour he called his chief assistant, to whom he
turned the dollar bill over with the trenchant re-
mark, It's been washed, that's all"
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determining factor in the affairs of the democratic
party and his passing and the coming to the front
of Wilson, Harmon and Gaynor is movement as
important among the democrats as insurgency is
to the republicans. Insurgency is the republican
drift toward radicalism; the retirement of Mr..
Bryan marks the return of the democratic party to-
ward conservatism. It is inevitable that this
should be So At time when there is more than
an even chance of the radicals controlling the re-
publican party the democrats show disposition
to abandon the unscientifc radicalsm, of which
they have been the victims for some years, to for
sake the radical leader and put their trust in men
who. while conservative are not reactionary. BY
this time the democrats ought to be SO thoroughly
radical that they should be able to swallow the
radical republicans but by tradition the democratic
party is a conservative party, and although the
mass of democrats were swept Oft their feet, and
for time followed radical leader, conservatism
has once more reasserted ITSELF and it may be that
the country will have to look to the democrats to
act as the balance wheel. America is large and
in all things law unto itself but even this country
is not large enough to support two radical parties;
and the republican insurgents are SO much more
radical than ever the democrats dared to be that it
is hopeless for the democrats to try to compete
with them. AS the party of conservatism and
Construction rather than that of radcalism and