The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1911-04-29

orators OF this country is to speak in COlvlle May
a. That he will receive hearty welcome in Stew
ems county is assured-not alone for his political
value but because he is one of the nations lead
ing characters. AS ex-governor of Missouri, famed
as graft exposer, his presence upon the lecture
platform has become more and more welcome AS
man whose views are respected by all and who
is thoroughly liked, he is great success
S>S
Elmer W. Burrows for five years editor of the
Springdale Reformer, has given up his position on
account Of physical disability and F. N. Plessinger,
recently of the Edwall Press, is the new editor
Few country editors possess the clean and clear
writing ability which has made Burrows work
noticeable, and the county press will extend best
wishes to Plessnger, with the hope that he will
be able to do as much for the county as Burrows
has tried to do. Springdale undoubtedly has
bright future, and we hope to find the Reformer
leading factor in it.
A professor of economics in Johns Hopkins uni
versity. has predicted that there will be time
when poverty will cease to exist and be extinct
as slavery. However, he didn't name the date or
clearly outline the conditions after the arrival of
such remarkable state of affairs. He evidently
took it for granted that when democracy wins in
the next election, it will remain in power.
Now can the great state of Washington be proud
of its three republican congressman who voted
against reciprocity bill which would prove of
greater direct financial benefit to this state than
any other which has been introduced in congress
within decade.
On the 21st the Taft reciprocity treaty passed
the house by vote of 265 to &c., the three Wash
ngton exponents of Wall street interests voting
with Joe Cannon against free exchange of neces-
sites between the United States and the great
cereal, hay and vegetable consuming British Col
umbia and Canada
This bill is now up to the senate, to determine
whether the increasing markets to the north shall
be opened to the producers of this country, and to
determine whether necessities exported from the
north shall be admitted to this country without
duty, whether the eastern trust prices shall con-
tinue to yearly mulct the American workingman
of millions of dollars in duties now being paid on
these necessities.
This reciprocity measure is so great an advance
in legislative enactments in favor of the great
masses of the people that 81 republicans voted in
favor of it, yet it remained for the state of Wash
ngton to cast it's total vote against itagainst the
interest of the state and of all it's people.
Truly it pays to vote the republican ticket; in
that way you get what you get.
p~s
Ninety thousand prospective settlers came into
the Pacific slope country during the 80 days ended
April H. according to reports from transcontinent
al railroads operating in this district. This is
increase of more than 33 per cent over the same
period in 1910 1t is estimated that between A.
600 and 43, 900, or about $4,000 more than last
spring, came into the Inland Empire. Railway
off tho IF ctc ic
larger than at any time previously in the history
of the emigration movement to the Northwest
Most of the settlers will engage in farming, hort
culture and dairying
Prospects for record grain crop in eastern
Washington and Oregon, north and central Idaho
and western Montana were never better at this
time of the year, according to reports from grow
ers to the Spokane chamber of commerce. 1t is
estimated that the wheat crop alone will be mat
ter of 5O 900 bushels The bureau of statistics
of the United States department of agriculture
says in report that the present condition of win
ter wheat in Washington and Oregon is 81 per cent
of normal, compared to an average of 1873 per
cent for the United States. AS there has been lots
of moisture during the winter months, the farm
ers say there is every reason to believe that the
spring wheat yield also will be large one this
season.
Fragrant apple blossoms will supplant the time
honored orange flowers as wreaths for May brides
if the plan worked out by Samuel Glasgow, secret
ary and manager of the Centennial Mill company
of Spokane, meets with as much favor in the apple
districts of the United States as it has in Spokane
He contends that as the apple blossom is the ma
tional flower and marriage is woman's most i'm
portant step in life, the two should go together