The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1911-06-17
State Examiners
Report Confusing

Vi q iUiHOCA VI piCoSiit dilu lOl
mer county officials has provoked
considerable comment through
out the county. The public had
been led to believe through the
headlines of Spokane papers that
there were definite and direct
shortages in various offices, while
the facts show the methods were
to blame in most instances. The
examining board claimed short
ages from several of the commits
sioners in that they charged
mileage when viewing roads.
The commissioners are entitled
by law to this mileage, but have
peen allowing it themselves after
duly published notice, instead
of making a separate claim to
the judge of the court as extra
compensation. 1t all amounts to
the same thing, and the mileage
was only allowed after being
published by due notice, and this
is wherein the examiners claim
the shortage, except in an ad-
ditional claim against S. S.
Beggs, who is charged with hav-
ing furnished meals to his road
men. When it becomes known
that Mr.. Beggs secured a full 10
hours work from his men by CIV
ing meals and eight hours pay,
the shortage disappears and the
time records of his district show
that for the same amount of
money he secured more actual
work than by the old system of
making the men furnish their
own meals. He had no loss of
time from his men going back
and forth, for they were in sight
all the time, and it is quite prob
able that hereafter this same
method will be adopted by COM
missioners when engaged upon
any lengthy piece of work.
Stevens county holds the state
record for the greatest number
of oranges, %, and is second in
the state in county membership,
having 1926 to Yakima county's
1881. There are now 10000
grangers in the state. At the
last meeting of the county Pom
ona at Kettle Falls, the state rec
ord for limitations was broken
by the class Of 60, and at the
next meeting at Arzina' July Is
tits expected the Kettle Falls rec
ord will be broken. Wednesday
night Master F. P. Waters of the
Pomona instituted a grange at
Waterloo, on Thursday night one
at North Basin, last night at Ar
den with 40 charter members,
and today will attend the grange
picnic at Narcisse.
]. E. Drummond, aged a., and
father of Elmer Drummond who
is charged with the mortal wound
ing of William Flynn in a neigh
borhood feud, 16 miles northeast
of Chewelah last Saturday morn
ing, was brought to Colville Tues
day and placed in Jail to await
further investigation of the facts
leading up to the shooting. E.
H. Hurn, of the same neighbor-
hood, was also apprehended as a
possible accomplice. The war
rants were John Doe warrants
and it was not known for whom
they were issued until the men
were arrested Hurn is native
of Morristown, Ind, 40 years of
age, has wife and little girl
four years old, and has been a
homesteader in Stevens county
three years. Drummond is a
native of Illinois, has wife and
four sons. Both men were ret
icent regarding the affair when
questioned as to details, but
seem to have confidence that they
are in no danger from prosecu-
ton. They were taken to their
cells in the county Jail and con-
fined separately.
Carry Nation is dead, after a
strenuous life of advocating the