The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-02-12

Robert L. La Toilette, the noted senator and
statesman from Wisconsin, may stump eastern
Washington this fall in the interest of his cousin
w. L. La Toilette of Pullman, who is candidate
for the republican nomination for congress. He
will also boost for the election of Poindexter to the
senate, and explain to the people in what respect
an 'insurgent' differs from democrat.
According to the report of the county auditor to
the state bureau of statistics, the outstanding
school warrants of all school districts in Stevens
county, including high school districts, on Dec. 3d.
1909, was $154, ,281.63. The bond indebtedness of
all school districts in the county at the same time
was SIT, $50.
The outstanding warrant Indebtedness on Dec
81, 1909 for the road districts was road district
No. l, $3925.84; road district No. 2, $25, 1885, T.
and road district No. 3, $14,910.63.
little furry of excitement was raised in the
Veach camp this week which threatens to cause
more or less trouble for the self-styed leader of
the republican party in this county" It seems that
some of bis erstwhile enthusiastic supporters paid
their taxes this week-and they were quite heavy
taxes for town of this size, too. They had taken
the word of the Statesman-Index that republican
administration in state and county would not in
SACooO CoAduOu, dLu CHSy UcucVcu CIc luuoA oCoCC-
ment that local option would reduce taxation. But
upon investigation they found that these tax
ductions applied only to the Index and it's owners
and that all others paid more taxes. And they
were somewhat wroth.
The entire publishing plant of the Statesman
Index pays taxes this year on only $1,000. AS to
the equipment and value of the plant the Index
of Feb. 3, states as follows: '"The big print shop
of Stevens county, which has been better equipped
than any other shop in the Inland Empire, has
reached the point where, with all of its SPLENDID
and up-to-date machinery is going in full blast and
is numbered among the institutions which stand
for better and greater Colville." (Note the good
English, too)
The Veatch supporters above mentioned found
the name of A. E. Veatch signed to the tax state
ment that $4,000 was fair and just tax for his
plant, and it was evident to them that he was
either falsifyng the tax statement, or his other
statements in regard to the great value of the plant
In either case it left the other fellow to pay the
taxes and that was what hurt And the taxes
were increased instead of reduced, too.
We hope this little difficulty may be straighten-
ed out soon for lack of harmony at the begin
ming of the Veatch congressional campaign is not
desirable. The fact that the republican county
central committee refused to indorse the candidacy
OF the Rev. Ananias E. is bad enough in ITSELF
without his carefully built fences being thus de-
stroyed by little oversight in giving the value of
his property to the assessor
Ten thousand members of the Dry Farming Con-
gress in Washington this year is the slogan of the
Washington board of control of the fifth Dry Farm
ing congress which will meet at Spokane Oct. 3-6
The exposition will be held at Spokane at the
same time as the interstate fair, and exhibitors
will be permitted to enter their exhibits in both
events, so that they will be eligible to two pre-
miums in each of the various classes. The jury of
judges for the Dry Farming exposition will be
under the direct supervision of Prof. Walter H.
Olin of Colorado, superintendent Of premiums and
judges of the Dry Farming exposition. The judges
will be government men, scientists chosen from
the various divisions of the department of
agriculture for their peculiar fitness to act in this
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