The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-11-03
own THOUSANDS
OF AUTOMOBILES
AVERAGE OF ONE MACHINE FOR
EVERY 200 PEOPLE In
WHITMAN COUNTY.


tai of 5,1S5 automobiles which have
an actual value Of $6,055,S97 ac-
cording TO figures prepared by E. ].
KoOrS of the state tax commission
from reports of the various county
assessors. The figures also show
that based on the last federal census
giving the population of the state as
1,141,990, this would be an average
OF automobiles for every 1000
people in the state, or an average Of
one machine to every 200 people.
Whitman county has a total of 143
automobiles and as the population
of the county is 33,280 this would
give an average of 4 machines for
every 1000 population. The actual
value of the 143 automobiles is
l112 sos, or means that each 1000
people would have an average of
$3,3S3.56 invested in autos, or an
average of $3.38 for each person in
the county. King county has 1901
autos, the actual value of which is
$2,040,129. The average number of
machines to each l, 900 of population
is in King county, while the aver
age amount invested by each person
in the county in autos is S7.16, which
is considerably more than the aver
age for the state which is $3.50. San
Juan county is the only one in which
there are owned no automobiles.
Yakima county has an average of Z
autos for each 1000 persons, while
Garfield county, altho there are but
38 machines in the county has an
average of for every 1000 people.
Physicians Appointed.
From various parts of the state
the state industrial insurance com
mission has appointed eighteen ply
sicians to act in conjunction with DR..
]. w. NOVEL; of Olympia, chief ply
sician, as an examination board
They are: J. R. Watkins, Aberdeen,
M. Appleby, Anacortes, w. w. Bel
laire, Bellingham, David Living
stone, Centralia, E. w. Simpson,
Roslyn, d. o. Kearby, Gle Elum, H.
Blair, E'ma, j. A. Mcintyre, Ho-
quiam, G. E. Marcy, Montesano, ].
F. Scott, North Yakima, H. B.
0'Brien, Pasco, H. A Wright and
c. H. Thompson, Seattle, j. F. Mills,
SedrO-WooIley, Drs. Barnhart &
Newell, Spokane. A. l.. Matthew,
South Bend, L. L. Love and j. F.
Griggs, Tacoma, F. A. Bird, KeIso,
and H. p. KaylOr, Walla Walla.
- Charged With Embezxlement.
For failing to turn over $2,1OO of
the states money when he retired
from office, Joseph NJ. Snow, former
state highway commissioner, must
stand trial for larceny by embezzle-
ment, according to a recent decision
of the supreme court, which reversed
the ThurstOn county superior court.
Snow won out in the lower court in
the criminal suit started against him
but the supreme court orders the
case to go to trial. The money in
controversy was paid to the state by
the Milwaukee railroad for the
states road through Snoqualmie
Pass and Snow, who had been ap-
pointed trustee of this money in or
der that it might be used on another
road in the same district, refused to
turn it over when he retired from of
fee. and the state after repeated de-
mands finally started suits in the
criminal and civil courts.
Declines Appointment.
The offer made by Gov Hay of
place on the public service commits
sion to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of H. A. Fairchild has been de-
clined by Harold Preston of Seattle,
as he is unable to accept the appoint
ment. Mr.. Preston assisted in franz
ing the industrial insurance law and
is one of the original workers for the
railroad commission law.
Favors Convict Road Work.
At Wenatchee in his speech be-
fore the Good Roads Association Gov.
Hay announced that he favored the
working of convicts on state roads,
!, but that the last legislature had left
$he road laws in such muddle that
nothing could be done at this time.
He also said that the section in the
Jute mill law which would have pre-
vented any convict labor on state
roads was vetoed by him.
Officials Must BLOW Back"
On information furnished by the
state bureau Of inspection suit: has
been started by the attorney gen.
erals office against certain county
officials for the recovery of money
which they drew as salaries when
Pierce county was raised from the
second to the first class In 1905. For
the purpose OF collecting S1,700
which it is alleged he charged the
county for the use Of his automobile,
a suit has also been started against
one of the county commissioners.
The bureau have turned over more
than 1000 cases to the attorney gen.
erals of6ce against county officials,
but it Is believed that the officials
whose bonds were paid for by the
county contrary to law will without
.formality of a suit, reimburse the
county.
Socialists to Have Ticket.
1t is reported in Olympia that the
Socialist party expect in the next
campaign to command $4,000 votes
and they will have full ticket in
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