The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-05-14

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Washington are keenly interested in the proposed
law. Governor Hay suggests that the moneys
collected by taxations be disbursed to the various
counties by the secretary of state.
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Regular republicans who insist that the effort of
the insurgents to dominate the party is very like
the tail trying to wag the dog have the weight of
argument on their side. The house of representa-
tives as at present constituted, has 1888 members,
OF whom 219 are classed as republicans and 1863 as
democrats. The greatest strength yet marshaled
by the insurgents has been thirty-fve. That num-
Der, combined with the democrats, gives total
vote of 2O3 and the same process reduces the reg
ular republican strength to 14.
Until the insurgents become numerous enough,
1t they do to start party of their own, they
ought not to purloin the name they once bore.
Events are demonstrating that far from belonging
to the party of Roosevelt and Taft, they are not
even the tail of the dog. Seattle Times.
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley. chief of the bureau of
chemistry of the national department of agrcul-
ture says There is more nutrition in l cents
worth of corn meal than in 10 cents worth of any
prepared breakfast food on the market. l thank
God that can still digest my food and don't have
to have it done for me in factory. The trouble
with us in this day and generation is that we get
too much hot air and too little fresh air.
There are people with natures so perverted that
they are equally ready to shed tears over dead
dogs and let their families starve.
Douglas McAllister, sturdy rancher in Okan-
ogan county, tied up construction work on the
Great Northern railroad by driving it's engineers
and graders from his ranch and holding the fort
single-handed until the federal court in Spokane
stepped in, Judge Edward Whitson issuing an Or
der restraining him from interfering further with
the company's operations. The company con-
demned right of way through the McAister
ranch for line from Oroville south to Pateros rec
entity when the rancher was awarded 1915 for the
land appropriated and 81, 799 for damages to the
remaining property He protested saying that
the jurys decision was unjust However, he did
not appeal from the verdict. When the graders
started work the rancher turned the water onto
the land flooding the proposed right of way, also
threatening to kill the horses used by the men.
His tactics were successful and operations were
suspended until Judge Whitson issued his order.
Although it has been a little more than twelve
years since an explosion sunk the battleship Maine
in Havana Harbor, and although bill appropriat-
ing funds for the raising of the wreck in which
hundred or more bodies of American sailors are
supposed to be still imprisoned has been intro
duced in practically every session of congress since
that time, it was not until last week that such
bill succeeded in passing both houses. Very short
ly we shall not only have great national funeral,
long delayed, but we shall learn the actual truth
as to what caused the explosion and incidentally
the Spanish war.
Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hills, the Brooklyn
preacher, who is known as the successor of Henry
Ward Beecher was interviewed in regard to Pres
ident Taft recently and said: Il was one of the
original Taft men, but frankly acknowledge now
that / was mistaken in my estimate Of the man."
The 1910 premium list for the Spokane Inter-
state Fair has just been issued and we have re-
ceived copy. The list of prizes offered is more
liberal than ever before, and an Improvement
which we believe will be appreciated by all exhib-
its is the fact that separate prizes are now given
for irrigated and non-rrigated fruit.
Another nducement to exhibitors is the dry
farming exposition to be held on the fair grounds
during fair week in connection with the Interna-
h0nal Dry Farming Congress. A separate list OF
prizes is offered for the exhibits shown in the dry
farming exposition and exhibitors may compete
for both their prizes and the regular fair prizes by
bringing double samples. Copies of the complete
premium list will be mailed free on request to R.
H. Cosgrove, secretary, 2l7 Hutton Blk, Spokane.
President Taft in his message to congress stated
that the government paid the railroads 9 cents