The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-07-23

The democratic county convention has been fixed
for August 6, instead of July 80 as stated last
week, and the primaries in the various precincts
will be held on July 80. Apportionment of dele
gates to the county convention will be found on
another page.
Under the Washington direct primary law. the
primary election this year will be held Tuesday,
Sept. 13.
At the primary election there must be elected
one member of the county central committee from
each precinct The law further provides that
these newly elected committeeman shall assemble
for organization at the courthouse at the county
seat at 2 p. m. on the second Saturday after the
primary election, which will be Sept. "a. 1t is re-
quired that at this meeting one member of the
state committee be elected.
It is therefore apparent that county committees
can not be organized before Sept. "a, and the
state committees not until few days after that
date. The campaign therefore can not begin un-
der the newly authorized management before the
end of September. Inasmuch as the election does
not come until Nov. 8, this will allow six weeks
for an organized, active state campaign.
The democrats of Stevens county have called
their county convention for Aug. g. The demo-
cratic state convention will be held Sept. 27.
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State Senator George F. Cotterill of Seattle has
filed his declaration of candidacy for the United
States senate. Eastern Washington now has one
representative, Wesley L. Jones, republican
Western Washington is entitled to representation
too and Cotteri is the logical man, considering
the fight which is being raised in King and Pierce
counties between the various republican cand-
dates. Cotterill is democrat of known ability,
opposed to class legislation, and with solid fol-
lowing on the west side.
I'm my opinion the next house will be demo-
cratic by majority of between 40 and 50' said
Chairman James j. Lloyd of the national demo-
cratic congressional committee. Mr.. Lloyd is in
close touch with political conditions in practically
every congressional district in the country and is
generally reputed among his colleagues as more
likely to be overcautious than over-confident, if
anything, when making political representations
Minority Leader Champ Clark pedicts the demo-
cratic majority in the next house may possibly
reach rs.
Washington's two remaining Indian reservations
the Yakima and Colville-will be thrown open to
entry by Uncle Sam in 1911.
There will be no land drawing for the Yakima
reserve, which will in all probability be open to
entry in the regular way next spring. all irrigation
lands having been allotted to Indians.
The drawing for the rich Colville reserve, con-
Quoted after the manner of the Flathead and Coeur
d'Alene drawingsis is expected in the autumn of 1911
This information is impaired to prospective set
tiers by Judge j. w. Witten. superintendent of
the land drawings last year. who commenced the
sale of the Occur Alene reservation townste lots
Monday.
my dear brother" said the ministerial looking
individual in the hotel Office you should do some-
thing to try to keep your brother man from fall
ing."
''Well am," said the travelling man with the
black cigar Il am interested in firm that man.
ufactures lamp posts"
The local option election in Republic last Satur-
day resulted in the decision to retain saloons in
preference to mulcting the city treasury in order
to install the local option plan provided by the last
republican liquor legislature. The vote was III
against local option, and 81 for.
Coville's Ananias and his weakly paper were
the leading factors in the attempt at Republic to
do away with the regulation of the liquor traffic,
but his years of support of the liquor traffic in
Colville did not favoraby impress the residents of
Republic who are opposed to the traffic, and his
plea to accept the republicans local option delusion
and to vote for him for congress has evidently
been given chilly reception.
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A contract made prior to final proof by home
steader to convey water rights rights of way for
water power bitches, is void, declares the state
supreme court, and the courts will not attempt to
enforce such a contract