The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-09-17

There has been considerable comment since elec-
ton day with reference to the candidacy of A. F.
Perkins for justice of the peace in Colville pre-
cinct Mr.. Perkins, who has been police magis-
trate and justice of the peace in Colville for
years, has had the reputation of being a
competent and judicial officer, and on the solicita
ton of his friends from all political parties, filed
republican candidacy for that office.
His filing was made in legal form, and was
certified by the county auditor. But his name did
not appear the election ballots, the printer evil
IDENTIFY have some reason of his own for leaving it
OFF, During election day this fact was discovered,
and Immediately his friends got busy and saw that
he was properly nominated by writing in his name,
this being done by republicans and democrats.
Under the circumstances, which are we'll known
to most Colve residents, it is probable that the
same large majority of voters who did not vote for
Veatch will see that Mr.. Perkins is elected de-
spite any efforts which may be made by the oppos-
ing Veatch faction to kill his candidacy.
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The Spokane County Good Roads Association
will give series of demonstrations of good road
building, with lectures by officers of the state asso
cation and prominent men in other parts of the
country identified with the movement at the third
International Dry Farming Exposition at the fair
grounds in Spokane the week of Oct. 3.
The purpose of the exhibit is to interest and
educate farmers, township supervisors, county
commissioners and others in the improvement of
existing highways until permanent good roads can
be built. The exhibit will include five roads, each
"a feet in width and 60 feet in length, of oiled and
plain macadam, gravel and other materials, con-
structed SO that each layer, from sub-grade to
top-binder, may be examined. Culverts of metal
and concrete will be used to illustrate the method Of
drainage and there will be demonstrations of
scrapers, rock crushers gasoline rollers and other
devices and machinery.
The Merchants Association of New York, the
Boston Chamber of Commerce. the Chicago Asso-
ciation of Commerce, and 121 other commercial
organizations have employed John w. Griggs,
former attorney general of the United States and
Benjamin L. Fairchild, as attorneys, and have
filed with the interstate commerce commission
protest against express rates. classifcations regu-
lations and practices. They declare shippers have
suffered for years through unreasonable charges
and classifications, and ask that relief be given
them. They cite the case of the Great Northern
Express Company as showing that express COM
panies are making unreasonable profits This
company they say is capitalized at 100000, has
property worth $71, ,288 81, has paid $3 2OO0 in
dividends in 10 years, its last dividend being $780,
600, and has accumulated surplus of ST. 488 $751; So
after giving the railroads from 40 to IS per cent of
its gross earnings.
Except for the provision covering the collection
of the inspection fee the supreme court has sus-
tanned the constitutionaty of the hotel inspection
h1y% %1o1 for
imprisonment in event of the refusal to pay the
fee, practically constituting Imprisonment for
debt. was declared unconstitutional. The law was
framed after similar statute in the state of Iowa,
which has also recently been through the courts,
with the same result as in this state. The de-
csion leaves the hotel act valid but compels hotel
inspectors to maintain civil action to collect the
fee if the hotel keeper refuses to pay for the in
spection.
Hides from cattle raised in Montana Idaho and
Washington will be tanned by special electrical
process recently perfected and the leather manu-
factured into footwear in two large plants, en-
ploying from 500 to 1000 men and women, to be
erected in Spokane by E. H. Stanton F. H. Bur-
CESS and Blinn Yates of Spokane, who have asso-
ciated with them John D. Larkin, millionaire
soap manufacturer of Buffalo, N Y, and G. L.
Richards, a capitalist who was formerly mayor of
Boston.
The two plants will be the largest of their kind
west of the Mississippi river and will give en-
ployment to large number of skilled workers.
The 1909 statute making insanity not defense
in criminal prosecution has been declared uncon-
stitutional by the supreme court Although every
member of the court held to the unconsttutionality
of the law. three separate opinions were incor-