The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-06-25

iii0h1ioicu OIly klnUeSC IHOuSHCS nave dcCOHl-
panied some of our other ideas regarding Colviles
ecclesiastical dromedary, whose local option hump
we understand was raised to its exalted position
after the body had been well fattened on brewery
receipts.
The Examiner desires to extend sympathy in
the unfortunate bereavement of Colville's ex-
ponent of hypocracy, and to assure him that the
Examiner will not countenance the publication of
any article which will tend in the least to injure
an honest man.
Last weeks Index contained an account of how
Johns" warehouse burned, and the connection of
the Index office force with the origin of the fire. On
the same page was also found the statement 1t
pays to advertise exclusively in the Index" The
Inference is, we presume that your warehouse
will not be set on fire if you advertise exclusively
in the Index.
You can not control the trusts by the govern
ment when the government is controlled by the
trusts. Senator Robert L. Owen.
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More than 1,OOO 900 acres of Indian reservation
lands in Yakima and Kckitat counties, in south
central Washington, will be opened for homestead
purposes next September or October. It is an
nounced that all the survey work on the reserva-
tion proper is completed, also that the allotments
to the Indians and the appraisment of the surplus
lands have been made. The timber land will be
sold under sealed bids, the rest being drawn for
under the lottery plan, similar to the method en-
poyed at the opening of the Flathead, the Coeur
dAlene and Spokane reservations.
The Yakima reservation comprises LAS, 900
acres, of which 100, 900 will be opened subject to
the Reclamation act The United States govern
ic nctr irrio to tor
that much land. This land may be taken up in
farm units, ranging from 40 to 100 acres, depend
ing upon the productivity of the SOIL The cost of
the water right depends upon the expenditure on
the canal and is pro rated against each acre
watered The entryman has 10 years in which to
pay for the water right, without interest on de-
ferred payments A small charge is made on each
acre watered to maintain the canal which is later
turned over to the settlers.
49,
President Taft is leading movement Through
from behind the scenes) to defeat Senator Robert
M LaFollette of Wisconsin. Having been the
original insurgent, and having given open battle
to Senator Aldrich and the other reactionaries in
their endeavor to legisate solely for the special in
terests, Taft republicans feel LaFollette should
be defeated if possible.
There is now in Stevens county an epidemic
of crime. The very atmosphere seems to be sat-
urated with meanness' So says Prosecuting At
torney Kirkpatrick, and the criminal records of
the county and of the various towns in this county
during the last nine months amply prove the state
ment.
1t will be remembered that local option was the
promised panacea for criminality-p promised by the
andh fho
leaders. The records would seem to show that the
only 'option'' which has resulted from the law
which destroys the power of the law to regulate
the liquor traffic has resulted in the ''option" to
disregard the laws of the land. Any one ques-
tioning this result should look into the many re-
cent cases of law nfraction within the borders of
Stevens county, The people pay the bills, and
they should inform themselves
man was arrested last week for praying on
won't save man in Gotham.
The u. s. treasury department announces that
it will soon take steps to increase the supply of
bills of small denominations. This is an action of
the republican administration which ought to be
popular with the masses In making small bills
there is possible chance for the public to secure
some of them for inspection, but nearly every big
bill seems 10 go to Big Bill or his friends on Wall
street.
In addition to preparing more small bills, we be-
lieve it would be quite popular to also increase the
supply of small change, not so much with the idea
that the working people will be benefited, but
simply as an evidence of good faith, which is now
shown only in small denominations at the national
capital.