The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-02-19

Great Northern. Occasionally since tfat time the
railroad has made some of the improvements
ordered. We have not heard of one of them being
made in the time specified, and the towns of Ar
den, Springdale, Valley and Kulzer are wondering
If the orders regarding their stations got lost some
where on the way.
building in Stevens county. 1t behooves the peo-
the start
BY the way, have you paid any attention to the
countys financial report for the year ended Dec.
81, 1909? 1t has been public matter for several
weeks and the Examiner has been waiting for
some of the republican papers Of the county to say
something. 1t now being quite evident that they
have no intention of saying anything about it. the
Examiner calls the attention of the taxpayers of
this county to the statements of the report, which
may be seen at the auditors office
The report shows that the net indebtedness of
the county at the beginning of this year was $17O
821.76 On July 1, 19O9 only six months ago, the
auditors report showed that the net indebtedness
of the county was only 1854, ,292.92
The report shows that the county poor farm has
jumped in value $4,000 in the last six months,
which is rather astonishing even when concedng
that the Covlle valley is forging ahead very fast
The report shows that $4,000 worth of furniture
and fixtures has been added to the assets of the
county, but does not state where this furniture or
the fixtures are concealed nor for whom they were
purchased
This sudden realization of $4,000 and $1,000 in
assets helps out the statement admirably If it
were not for this the net Indebtedness of the
county would show an increase Of $24, 428 "a in the
last six months under our republican management.
The greatly increased taxes for this year will of
course help out the courthouse ring in the payment
of the increased cost of running the county, In
another year, with another increase in taxes, the
indebtedness may be brought down to where the
last democratic board had it.
Rotation in county office costs money, but the
people of this county have sanctioned it by their
votes, hence the officials themselves should not be
blamed for their actions. Voters ought to know
what they want
An interesting light is shed on the postal deficit
by statement of delegate from the switchmen's
union to the Chicago Federation of Labor The
railroads are not paid for actual weight. The
amounts they receive are determined by periodical
weighngs. OF course, the railroads know when
this is being DONE and many are the stories telling
al matter at these weighing periods The ques-
ton was being discussed in the Chicago Fedora
tion, when the delegates were told by Switchman
Schwacke:
II can tell you something about weighing
the mail matter, for | work on a switch engine
when handling it. In ordinary times we would
handle three cars and have time for other work.
When the mail is being weighed however, our en-
gine handles five or six cars, and we work over
time to keep up with the business"
The innocent government regards this as normal,
and pays accordingly. In addition, the rates charg
ed are four times great as that paid to express
companies with cars on the same trains. 1t costs
almost as much to ship mail matter as it does
human beings though the mail bags do not require
seats, air and the hundred other things which tend
to human comfort in the passenger coach. The rail-
road graft here is obvious but the authorities at
Washington do not seem to be able to see TYPO
graphical Journal.