The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-08-11
SHERIFF GETS
MANY GOOD FEES
COLLECTS MORE THAN 81, 400 TO-
WARDS RUNNING EXPENSES
OF HIS OFFICE.

state Ol w NdSnlnStOn there is not one
sherin's office where the expenses
did not exceed the receipts. as is
SHOWN by figures in the various coun-
ties by the state bureau of public in
spection. This indicates that the Of
fee of sheriff is not a paying one. and
this is due to the fact that many of
the duties of the sheriff are perform
ed without any direct compensation.
In Whitman county the receipts Of
the sherin's office in 1910 amounted
TO 81, 1850 and the expenses of the
office were S9,704.17. In the entire
state the receipts OF ali the sheriff's
offices amounted TO a total of S55.-
911.O2, while the expenses of the Of
fees ran up to $13S,737.5O. In King
county the receipts were the biggest.
amounting TO $1G,546.1O while the
disbursements OF the office were
$42, 2,181.07, while in Wahkiakum
county the receipts were $685. and
the expenses $1O6O.69.
COlfaX Saves on Freight.
The rates on the Spokane Falls and
Northern branch OF the Great North
ern system will be cut an average of
20 per cent and in some instances as
much as fifty per cent by an order
Just entered by the public service
commission, which directs the Great
Northern to consider the Spokane
rails and Northern branch running
north from Spokane to the Okanogan
country through Stevens and Ferry
/ counties, as a part of the Great
/ Northern system. 1t was found by
the commission that not only were
the rates higher on this branch than
IN any other part OF the system but
that there was trouble when ship
mentS originated outside of Spokane.
! when shipment is made the rail-
road company figures in addition %
the distance hauled, two terminal
charges had 10 be paid, that is a ship
ment originating at COlfaX in Whit
man county ana sent to Colville
would pay four charges being assess
ed terminal charges at COlfaX, at SpO-
kane, again at Spokane and at Col
Vile, as the local rate would be
charged from Spokane out. But this
condition is changed by the order
which directs that such shipments
are to be treated as one through haul
instead of two local hauls. Now the
Colville and Kettle River valleys will
pe able to ship their produce into
/ Spokane or 10 other points and re-
ceive their shipments on the same
basis as other lines not on the main
line. Shipments passing through
British Columbia on this line, how
ever, are not affected by this order,
as tnaL is interstate business, but an
effort is being made by the commits
sion TO have the same privileges ac-
corded TO shipments passing through
British Columbia as are accorded to
shipments in the state. 1t is probable
that the railroad Will appeal to the
courts from this order as it means a
big reduction Of their revenues.
Would Separate Girls and Boys.
If the state will provide the main
tenance and pay the matrons and
teachers, some citizens of Seattle
have offered TO donate a site and
buildings On Mercer Island for the
establishment of an institution for
the care of the incOTrigible girls Of
the state who are now being cared
for at the state training school at
Lhehalis, and the question as to
whether or not the state has a right
TO use a part Of the maintenance
money appropriated for the state
training school for the maintenance
Of pupils and the paying of teachers
al some other place than ChehaIis
has been asked by Governor Hay of
the attorney general in a letter writ
ten TO him in regard to this matter
The Legislature has never made any
/ provision for the segregation of the
sexes at the state training school, al
though various investigating COM
mittees have recommended that this
\ be done.
Good Collections.
An average Of $1,140 per day, or
total of s3O,799.91 has been col
/ lected by the state tax commission
during the month of July Of this
amount inheritance taxes brought in
I $21, 1,036, $500 from liquor licenses
and $4,000 from escheats.
Many Architects in Race.
Plans for the erection of the new
state capitol at Olympia have been
submitted by thirty architects, and
these plans will be reported upon by
/ the committee of architects who will
consider them and make report on
/ the best dozen or SO and the COM
mission will then make the final Sc
/ lection. AS soon as the plans are
/ selected the commission will rush
/ the work through to completion and
bids will be called for within a short
/ time for the new Temple of Justice.
and another sale of timber lands will
be held from which the money for
the work will be obtained.
New Judge for King.
Although there have been many
applicants, Governor Hay has ap-
pointed H. A. p. Meyers, of Seattle,
as the new superior judge of King
county to succeed Judge Prigmore,
who was killed recently while on a
hunting trip in Skasft county. The
new Judge is a brother of Senator
Myers Of Lincoln county.