The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-05-21

boy what he was doing with that fish.
Well, you see, answered the boy, hes been
taking my bait all the morning, and so just tied
MIN up there until got through fishing
good story is told of the days when Fred
Phillips was county clerk, and E. H. Jameson was
running newspaper here. It seems that Phillips
was very good to Jameson in giving him all the
legal publications possible to turn his way, and
one day very lengthy deposition was sent to the
clerk with instructions to publish" on a certain
date. Now in legal parlance, to publish" means
to open. But Phillips thought of nothing but his
newspaper friend and the big sum which would
accrure from printing such an enormous legal. In
fact, it was so big that he asked Jameson if he
couldn't afford to make cut rate on it, and Jane
son was figuring how he could get it all into one
issue of the paper. While they were consulting
over the matter, Sam Douglas, the attorney in the
case, entered the clerks room, and they spoke of
the nice fat legal his client would have to pay for
Pay for!' said Douglas. "Why, you idiots, l
don't want that printed; want it published. !"
And some one else bought the cigars
That man frequently called A. E. Veatch, editor
of the Colville Statesman-Index, is still running
for congress-, much to the surprise of honest re-
publican voters. -Harlinda Sentinel.
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On the evening of May % total eclipse of the
moon will occur, and enable us to see both the
head and the tail of Halley's comet in dark sky
for an interval of 81 minutes. 1t is during the
eclipse that we may expect to get the best views
of the comet and every one should be on the watch
for both the eclipse and the comet The important
elements of this total eclipse of the moon are as
follows: Beginning the totaty May 23 Oh 9m
Pacific standard time Middle of eclipse, May 23
Oh 343m, standard time. Total eclipse ends May
49, Oh 566m, standard time. Thus from little
after 9 to 10 o'clock the moon will be in total
eclipse and the comet will show both head and tail
and full tail above the horizon. On May % the
sun sets at about 7h 2Om in the latitude of San
Francisco, and as the comet follows the sun by 8
hours and 46 minutes the head will not set on this
date until about II o'clock in the evening Accord
ingly, from $50 until 1890, when the moon will be
nearly covered by the earth's shadow in space, on
the evening of next Monday, May %, every one
should watch for the eclipse and the comet, as
both will be visible at very seasonable hour Of
the night 1t may be long time before we again
see the two such wonderful sights.
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Eastern papers are now filling their columns
with statements that President Taft will not again
be candidate for president Evidently they are
short of genuine news.
Instead of saving any portion of the $780, OOO 600
which Senator Aldrich asserts is being
wasted by the government annually through OBJ
solete business methods" the Taft administration
oil IN fbob uofth tho
government in the expenditure of money. 1t looks
now as if the appropriations for this session of
congress would exceed the appropriations of the
last regular session to the extent of about $780, 0OO
OOO This will be the billion dollar session and
then some.
During the first 10 days of May the government
spent 81, ,619 O81 46 more than it took in. News
papers that have been stating the new tariff law is
a success from the standpoint of producing suff-
cient revenue to run the government please copy.)
In an official opinion Attorney General Bell rul ed
that the county clerk receiving fees for filing and
making proofs on government land as United States
commissioner, is not required to account for such
fees or pay them over to the county treasurer.
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The Mccall Campaign Publicity bill has been so
amended as to provide for the publication of cam
paign contributions after election instead of be-
fore and after election. Publicity of contributions
after elections is regarded by democrats as some
thing like locking the door of the stable after the
horse has been stolen. Senator Burrows of Mich
igan, chairman Of the senate committee on priv
ileges and elections very kindly explained why
the provision for publicity of contributions before
elections had heen stricken from the Mccall bill