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The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-05-01
State Tax Reduced

The total state, county and
municipal Indebtedness in Wash
ington amounts to $101, 900, GOO.
The total population of the
state in 1910 was l, 142, 900. The
Indebtedness, based upon the
total population, is $87 per capita.
The total Indebtedness based
upon the tax paying population,
is 1926 per capita.
The interest on the debt now
resting upon the people of the
state of Washington is more than
5000, 900 per annum, or $3.50
per annum for each man, woman
and child in the state.
The burden of taxation. grown
enormous in comparatively recent
years, has grown by the permis-
sion of the voters of this state.
Even though the republican party
is held directly responsible. the
people who supported the party
in its method can not shift the
responsibility from their should
ers, and although conditions are
changing now, the penalty for
past deeds is upon us.
Washington taxpayers have the
cheerful prospect of reduction
in state taxes this year. From
indications, the general fund levy
may be kept as low as II mills.
II this figure can be reached and
other state levies left unchanged,
the total state levy will be only
7.12 mills, as compared with 807
mills last year and 8.89 mills in
1913.
The reduction in tax may be
traced directly to the uncompro-
missing attitude of Governor List
er, who by reason of his position
has been able to reach the people
in an appeal to save the state
from forever driving out eastern
capital. For three years he has
talked to the people in all parts
of the state on this most Import
ant topic, with the result that
NO party leaders dare to oppose
the economy plan.
Counties, towns and school dis
tricts can do much for themselves
if they only will. The idea that
public money is easy money must
90.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-05-01
Steoens County, Washington
Game Season
1915

Deer. Caribou. Goat. Oct. 1-Nov. 15. Limit 2
deer. caribou. goat per season.
Elk, not until 1925.
Pheasants (Native). Blue Grouse, Sept. l.
Nov. 10. birds per day. 25 per week.
Prairie Chicken. Chinese Pheasant, Sept. ID
Oct. 81. 5 birds per day. 80 per week.
Ducks. Geese, Brandt, Curlew, Oct l-Jan. 10.
s birds per day. 20 per week.
Unlawful to shoot any water fowl before sunrise
or after sunset.
Quail Oct. 1-Nov. 30, 10 birds per day. but the
limit of the upland game BIRDS II quail are in
cluded in the same for one day shall never exceed
10 upland birds. but In no event more than Of the
above named birds other than quail. and the limit
for one week shall never exceed 20 upland birds.
Hungarian Partridge, not until Oct. 1920.
Trout, all varieties except Dolly Warden. May l.
Nov. 30.
BASE. Crappie. Perch. Sunfsh. Breem, Pike.
June l0-Nov. 80.
No fish to be taken that Is under 9 inches In
length. nor by any other method than by angling
with hook and line held In the hand or attached to
a rod. Daily creel limit 30 game fish, or 20 pounds
and one game fish. Weekly cree limit. 20 pounds
and one game fish. Week begins at midnight
Saturday night.
C.L RHODE. County Game Warden
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-05-01

''Poindexter goes back" is the
heading which many papers have
given to the story of his return.
to the republican party.
Just how far he has gone back
will be determined when he an
nounces how much of the stand
pat principle he has re-accepted.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-05-01
GRANGE MASTER SPEAKS

STEVENS COUNTY Pomona
Grange Number II, office OF the
master-To all members of the pa
irons of husbandry-worthy pa
trons-DO you believe In direct
legislation: Do you believe that
the people should have the right
to make their own lawss That
they should have the power to an
null bad and vicious laws made by
subservlent IegislatOrss That they
should have the power to put out
of office incompetent and dishonest
Officinlss II you do, sign the
referendum petitions. After years
of struggle, the people of wash
ingtOn-led by the grange and
kindred OrganizatiOns-secur the
rights Of the initiative, referendum
and recall; but the last legislature,
dominated by whisl<ey. lumber and
fish combines, enacted laws de-
signed to destroy those rights, and
make 1t impossible for the people
to ever again interfere with the
privileges of the special interests.
House bill number 100 is especial
ly vicious, as 1t practically de-
strOys the initiative and referen-
dunn laws, while house bill num-
Der 17S renders the recall laws
useless. The state grange hns de-
cided to join with the other forces
of good government and invoke
the referendum upon these two
laws, submitting them to "A vote
of the people at the general eIec-
tion in 1915, and every member of
the grange in Stevens county
should sign the petitions to have
them 80 referred. Worthy pa
irons. direct Legislation In mt stake!
The right to make our own laws
is threatened! Do your duty, and
help In the struggle to free our fair
state from the domination OF the
special interests that would throt-
tie the people and crush out every
vestige of good government. Fra
ternully yours,
w. Fl. ANDERSON, Master.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-05-01
Baseball Dope

Falls the visitors were easily
blanked, while the home team
scored Ia earned runs. The
battery for the locals was De-
Greif and Phillips, while Orr
and Schenks each took a turn at
pitching with Mathis as back
stop for the visitors. Barring
the first half of the fourth the
game was a contest. but in this
inning Ore was batted complete
ly off the mound, with the bases
smothered, a two -bagger by Hard
another by Gibson, followed by
the third by Graham, single by
DeGreif and an error by Ore pill
ing up II runs and the story was
told.
Schenk then went in the box,
a nifty southpaw, and held the
locals down to two hits for the
remainder of the game doing no
further damage. Aside from the
terrible slugging in the fourth
inning the game was featured by
an errorless exhibition on the
part of the home team.
The Colville team will go to
Chewelah next Sunday, May 2,
where it is expect to meet with
warm reception. On Sunday
May 9, Colville will play a return
game with Springdale. On May
80, Colville will cross bats with
Hunters on the latters' grounds.
On Saturday and Sunday June
10 and 20, two games will be
played with Rossland on the Col
vile diamond.
The story of last Sundays
game, particularly in the dis
astrous fourth inning in which
Orr was batted out of the box
and eleven scores were made,
has been rehearsed many times
by players and fans during the
past week. But the story of the
game with Rossland on August
16, last season, in which Snoddy
got his bumps to the tune of 20
hits including A home runs re-
sulting in a score of % to l has
probably been forgotten by these
same players and fans.
L. C. Turk has made arrange
ments to have the result of the
games played by the Northwest
League teams posted daily in his
place of business; these returns
are received by wire daily at 5
o'clock. He also receives a daily
publication in bulletin form which
contains much valuable informa-
ton along baseball lines.
L. J. Johnson of Seattle was
in Colville last Saturday. He
left the following day for
the Columbia river country to
investigate the proposition of
purchasing a small fruit ranch.
Mr.. johnson has spent the last
80 years in the raising of fruits
and berries, Is years in the east
and Is years in the Sound coun-
try, and prefers Stevens county
to any place he has yet seen.
He is anxious to locate on
small ranch, and make Stevens
county his home in his declining
years.
The following letters remain
in the Colville postoffice uncalled
for: J. M. Kennedy, Charley
Rhode, V. Savarese, Geo. E.
West.
Mrs. Ed Hopkins, who has been
visiting her daughter, Miss
Myrtle Carr, returned Monday
afternoon to her home in Hill
yard. She was accompanied
home by Miss Myrtle, who will
remain with her mother until
fall. She will then return to
Colville to resume her work,
dressmaking.
Mrs. Hugh Craig came up from
Spokane Sunday for a weeks
visit with her aunt, Mrs. W. P.
Meyer, who lives a few miles
west from Colville.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-05-01

The automobile is said to be in
truding upon the hotel business,
and proprietors of caravansaries
complain that auto travellers, in
cluding commercial men and tour
lists, do not stay at hotels or any
where else. Many of them carry
their lunch accommodations with
them and lose no time in getting
from place to place. prefering an
inviting shade and a cool spring
to the most gorgeously appointed
restaurant retreats.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-05-01

When the farming and pro-
ducing classes of the state of
Washington are obliged to spend
the summer in undoing the per-
verse legislation of the republi-
can machine of the state, no
particular comment would seem
to be necessary, but the matter
is one which the voter might
keep for reference in case he
lives to vote at another election.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-05-01

Secretary of Agriculture Hous-
ton in a letter to Governor Lis
ter, praises the activity of the
executive and the state depart
ment of agriculture in stamping
out the foot-and-mouth disease
when it occurred at Spokane last
November, and states that
Washington's freedom from a
recurrence of this disease, which
has been experienced by other
states, is traceable to the prompt
and effective measures taken.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-07-16
GREENLEE WELL
 MAY NEVER BE
Funds for Experimental Well Coyly
 Hide Behind Lost Amendment.

ss-- Whether the funds under house bill No. 81, providing for an experimental artesian we'll near Franklin in this county, are available, is to be de- cided by Attorney General Wiley Jones' office.
 Representative John Christy of Greenlee county has asked for an opinion on the matter and Assistant Attorney General Hardy is dig ging into the question.
 The bill became a law at the end of the ten-day limit, without the gov ernors approval or disapproval. The governor in forwarding the bill to the secretary of states office reported that an .irregularity marked it's pas sage.
 After it was passed by the house it went to the senate committee of the whole, which recommended that it pass with the following amendment tackled on:
 Before any such money shall be spent, the state land commission shall make an investigation, and if in their judgment the indications are favor able for artesian water, so much as they deem necessary shall be spent"
 The expressing committee failed to include the amendment in the bill and it was sent back to the senate for third reading, the bill being passed together with the amendment written on a separate sheet of paper attached to the measure. It was then returned to the house in it's original form. The bill became a law March 24, but on account of the oversight of the expressing committee in not incor- porating the amendment in the bill there is doubt whether the funds are available.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-07-16
DIP FATAL ID 78
 HEAD OF CATTLE
Animals Drink DIsinfecting Fluid in Which They Are Submerged- Part of Herd of 75o Crossed from
 Sonora; Wholesale Burial Today.

BISBEE, July 9.-The loss of 78 head of fine cattle at Naco by pois- oning reflects costly error on the part of somebody. The cattle died from drinking the dip preparation from which they were obliged go on being crossed over the line. Death resulted for 78 cattle within a few hours. They were all of band of 750. that were allowed to drink the dip. By the time the 7S were out some of them had taken violently ill and the cause was located.
 Owners of the cattle are removing the dead bodies of the 78 from along the road from the dipping corral to the Warren ranch corner. The cattle were all of the finest quality and in excellent flesh. They stood their own- CT at least $30 head, making a total loss of s2,24O, due to carelessness, the blame off which is yet to be attached.
 The cattle were driven to Naco from the interior of Sonora. They arrived at the line very dry from their trip through the sand and heat of the day. They were at once crossed, it is said, {, without being datered. At any rate, they were excessively dry when the Mexican owner got them on this side of the line and they were turned into hte dipping corral. The first bunch, of IS rushed off the dip tank and drank of its contents. The latter is poison, arsenic being one of the strongest in- gredients.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-07-16
WAsEM vs. "FoxY" MILLER.
Big Wrestling Match to Take Place
 at Stafford Saturday Night, July 24

G. A. Franz, manager of Al Wasem, the light weight champion wrestler, announces that another big wrestling g match has been arranged between Al Wasem and Foxy" Miller who styles himself the "Priemier Welterweight of the South.'
 Foxy" has been on a tour of Kan sas, Arkansas, and New Mexico, and in answer to a challenge from Wasem, MT. Franz was in receipt of letter dated July 16th, at Silver City, in which Miller says: You may rest assured that I will be there, Johnny on the spot, and will give your man something that will make him sit up and take notice."
 The match has been arranged to take place at Stafford on the even- ing of July 24th, at S:30 p. m. where a celebration is to be held on that date. Following is 8 partial list of the victories of Foxy" Miller
 Kid Hackenschmidt, Coffeyville, Kansas.
 Jack Alexander, Parsons, Kansas.
 Dave Triton, Claremore, Okla.
 Ben Butler, Joplin, Mo.
 Young Zbysco, Tulsa, Okla.
 Clancy Barrett, Des Moines, Ia.
 Chas. Sefton, Oklahoma City, Okla.
 Otto Helen, San Antonio, Texas.
 Halger Seiger, San Marcos, Texas.
 Rudolph Dittleusen. Morgan City, Oklahoma.
 Young Gotch, Eureka Springs, Ark.
 Otto Claybourn, Claremore, Okla.
 Miller adds as P. S. that he also carries a record of himself containing clippings of 346 matches, out of which he claims to have lost fourteen up to date.
 In this forthcoming match Miller will weigh approximately fifteen pounds more than Wasem and it prom ises to be even a faster exhibition than the Wasem-H m-Hackenschmidt match on July 5th as Miller defeated Hackenschmidt at Coffeyville, Kan.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-07-16
APPROPRIATION BILL
 LEFT IN AIR
Supreme Court Begins Vacation
 Superior Court to Tackle the Job

PHOENIX, July 13.-Arizona' s state supreme court began it's an Inual vacation last nights so the appro. priation bill muddle, caused by the interference of Governor Hunt, may hang fire until this fall.
 Chief Justice H. D. Ross left last night for Los Angeles, and Judge D. L. Cunningham this morning for Long Beach. Judge Alfred Franklin will not get away until August 1, but there will be no more sessions of the court until about the middle of Sep tember.
 | Representatives of Attorney-Gen- eral Wiley Jones' office appeared at the office of the supreme court yes terday morning to ascertain if the court would assume original jurisdic- tion in the matter of working out the appropriation bill mixup. The judges in their chambers stated they pre- ferred that the superior court take original jurisdiction.
 Preparations are being made for placing the matter before the court. Auditor J. c. Callaghan has ad- dressed letter to Jesse Boyce in which he states that in view of the uncertainty of the legality of certian sections of the appropriation bill he cannot honor a claim for $5 worth of stamps.
 In order to bring the test case, the various departments affected are as- signing their claims to Boyce. Among the number filed today with Boyce was one from the state fair com mission for $3,1Os.74, and another from the adjutant-generaPs office for BIO.
 l The application for writ of man. damus to compel the auditor to hon. or the claims may not be filed until after July IS, since that Is the date on which several salaries are due. Two suits may be filed, one for sal aries and one for expenses. If the superior court, in which the suits will be filed renders a de- cision to the effect that the doubt full sections of the bill are legal it lis not known whether the auditor will abide by that decision or wait until an appeal to the supreme court has been decided.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-07-16
MAIN FINANCE IF STATE PRISON IS
 AFFECTED
State Auditor callaghan Decides Up- on Examination of Governors Veto That No Claims Can Be Honored for Maintenance.

PHOENIX, July 15-That the appro- priation for the maintenance of the
 state prison is among those affected by the governors veto of the repeal ing clauses of the appropriation bill
 was the decision reached yesterday by State Auditor J c. Callaghan after a careful examination as to the scope of one of the sections vetoed by the governor. Immediately upon his decision, the auditor advised Superintendent Sims of the prison that no claims under the new appro- priation bill would be honored until
 the matter had been passed upon by the courts, and advised him to assign a claim to Jesse Boyce, secretary of the tax commission in order that the
 question might be settled without the
 necessity of separate litigation. The discovery that the prison sp- propriation is likely to be affected by
 the governors veto was made while
 the various sections disapproved were being checked over. Section IT, which is the one relating to the construction of a power line to Florence contains five sub-sections. At the end of the third subsection
 there is inserted a clause, which af- ter prescribing how the money shall
 
 propriations are made in lieu of tbe Appropriations made in Part III, Title 1, Revised Statutes of Arizona 1913, penal code. This clause was originally at the close of section IT,
 which consisted of but three sub sections. Later these were stricken
 out by the committee, and five sub
 sections substituted.
 !. The clause repeating the statutory
 appropriations did not aprear in the
 copy of the bill furnished the state
 auditor by the committee, and it
 was only in checking over the pro-
 visions vetoed that the discrepancy
 was noted. A certified copy was then procured from the office of the
 secretary of state, and the repeating clause, which the auditor holds af- fects both sections 16 and IF was discovered after subsection c where 1t had evidently been placed by mis- take by the enrolling and expressing committee.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-07-16
SUDDEN DEATH.
Mrs. George Cosper Drops Dead from Heart Failure at Daughters Resi-
 dence.

At the home of her daughter, Mrs Chas. Brooks, of this city, Mrs. Geo. COsper, of Duncan, dropped dead from heart failure about nine o'clock on Monday evening last!
 Mrs. Cosper had arrived the same afternoon on the train from Duncan for few days visit with her two daughters, Mrs. M. M. Smith and Mrs Brooks. While seated on the porch Monday evening Mrs. Cosper complained of feeling faint and ask ed for a glass of water. Within a few minutes life was extinct before a physician could reach her side. The remains were returned to Duncan on Wednesday morning for fnterment there.
 Mrs. Cosper died at the age of 66 years and was a native of Georgia. She and her husband have resided in the vicinity of Duncan for the past thirty years. Eight children sur vive Mrs. Cosper, all of them resi- dents of this county.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-07-16
COLUMBUS HAS
 OIL EXCITEMENT

COLUMBUS, N. M., July 15.-Dis- covery of oil recently by homestead CT a few miles sutheast f this town has created much excitement in this section. The find" has been known only a short time. Nothing definite regarding the value of the claim or the extent of the field is known, as no thorough tests have been made, but well drillers who made the dis covery declare that oil and a small amount of gas was found at depth of $50 feet.
 Thousands of Acres Staked Out.
 A month ago strangers began to ar rive here and stake out placer mining claims Several thousand acres of land in this section have now been staked out and this unusual activity led to the discovery of the alleged oil strike. Through tests of the va rious properties are to be made soon it is reported. One geologist in this section said recently that indications are favorable for the presence Of oil and gas.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-07-16

dictional reasons, the Southern Pacific company being incorporated under the laws of the state of Kentucky
 The cause of action arises from an alleged deal made in July, 1909, by Frank M. Murphy, of Prescott, and B. P. Cheney, of Boston, represent ing the Development company, and President Robert s. Lovett, repre- senting the Southern Pacific con- pany. It is claimed that Judge Lov- cit, acting for the company, agreed to advance $5oO,O00 on an option on the control of the Development con- pany.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-07-16
r. M. MURPHY ASKS
 HEAVY DAMAGES

PHOENIX, July Sword was re- ceived here yesterday by Attorney James Westervelt, of Sloan & Vest ervelt, of the filing by Judge Sloan at Louisville, Ky, on Monday in the federal court, of the district of Ken lucky, of an action in behalf of the Development Company of America against the Southern Pacific con- pany for the recovery of damages in the sum of $15,OOO,OOO for an all leged breach of contract. This is in line with similar suit filed in New Yrk one year ago against the South ern Pacific company, and now taken to the district of Kentucky, for jursi-
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-07-16
In serious condItion-

Mrs. Pickens Anderson, who was taken to the A. O. hospital a week ago, suffering from a severe attack of cerebral menengitis, is still in a serious condition and fears are en- tertained for her recovery. Relatives are here from severa different points in the southwest including Mrs. An derson's father and two sisters and a sister and mother of MT. Pickens Anderson. Another consultation was held at the A. c. hospital this morning which Drs. Tuthin and Goodrich of Morenci, attended.