A Weekly Journal ofDemocracy

Issue Number 137

For a Boy'sWatch

or a watch for rough usagewe have the toest cheapwatch ever made. Each onetested and timed to run close-ly and guaranteed by thefactory for one year. Price

$1.50

B. G. RICH

First Class Turnouts. Commercial driving a specialty

MODELSTABLES

C. E. Twitchell Phone 77 South ofProprietor Hotel Colville

Do You Knowthe power that is cheapest for you to use is electricity?Cheaper, cleaner and safer than gasoline or steam. Ifyou are using power or contemplating using any, call

on us and let us show you the many advantages of

electricity.

Stevens County Power &Light Co.

Livery and Feed StablePRICES RIGHT

Fint-Clast Team*. Riga and Saddle Horses to Let by

the Hour or Day •O. K. STABLE J. M. DUPUISOppotite Courthouse Proprietor

Best quality of butter paper

ever seen in Colville.See the Examiner's samples

The Merchant'sLunch

A good 25c meal served at all hoursWe give quick service

Ivan Faugsteed, Prop.South-of Rickey Block

PAUL E. KENOYERContractor and Builder

Machine shops in connectionShop one block north of lumber yard

Stevens county willhave 17 delegates out ofa totalof625 at the democratic state convention tobe heldatTacoma September 27 to nominate fivecandidatesfor the supreme judgeships. The allotment ofdelegates has been made on the basis of the votecast for Bryan at the presidential election in 1908.The following call has been issued by ChairmanGeorge P. Wright:

"The democratic state convention is hereby call-ed to meet in the city ofTacoma at 1o'clock p. m.on Tuesday, September 27, 1910, for the purposeof nominating, according to law, five candidatesfor judges of the supreme court, adopting a statedemocratic platform and for the transaction ofsuch other business as may properly come beforeit.

"The basis of representation in thestate conven-tionwillbe one delegate at large from each county,and one delegate for each 100 votes or major frac-tion thereof cast for WilliamJ. Bryan forpresidentin the election of 1908.

"Atthe primary election held September 13, eachvoting precinct in both the city and country dis-tricts willelect a precinct committeeman, who shallbe a member oftheir respective county committees.

"These committeemen shall meet at the countyseat of their respective counties at 11 o'clock onSaturday, September 24, and shall organize byelecting a chairman, secretary, treasurer, or anyother officerand shall select one man from eachcounty to represent the county as a member of thestate central committee.

"When organized, said county committee shallselect the delegates to which each county is entitledto attend the state convention herewith called.

"The present existing county committees of thedemocratic party are hereby ordered to carry theprovisions ofthis call into vote."

In his speech on the tariff Champ Clark of Mis-souri declared that if President Taft had vetoedthe Payne-Aldrich-Smoot bill, he would have writ-ten his name among the country's greatest bene-factors. "But he let the golden opportunity go byunimproved," added the minority leader, "and itwillnever return to him as long as the grass growsor water runs.'' .

The average salary ofa minister of the gospelwas but $663 in all denominations represented in aspecial report on the census of religious bodies for1906, which is now in press preparatory to submis-sion to Census Director Durand and the secretaryof the department ofcommerce and labor.

The statistics are the firstofthe kind ever gath-ered by the government and were procured by W.C. Hunt, chief statistician of population in thecensus bureau.

Republic is to vote on the local option questionJuly 16. The Republic Record says that an in-vestigation of the tax books shows that the signersof the petition for the election, all told, only paid$40.90 ofthe city's taxes.

The Okanogan Valley Publicity League has beenorganized by the real estate men of Okanogan,Malott and Omak to engage in an extensive ad-vertising campaign for the Okanogan valley. Tenthousand dollars has been pledged by the propertyholders and business men of the valley for thepublicity fund, and more will be forthcoming ifthis is deemed inadequate.

Lady (who had justreturned with a livery rig) —Iwillnever patronize your stables again. Thathorse walked every step of the way.

Liveryman—You didn't expect the beast to ride,did you?

A consolidated school district, composed of oneor more districts which has contracted indebtednessunder the law, has the power to vote bonds in ac-

cordance with a provision of the code of public in-struction, according to an opinion rendered by At-torney General W. P. Bell at the request of H. B.Dewey, superintendent' of public instruction. Theattorney general says, however, that the compon-ent districts shall preserve their corporate existenceuntil any indebtedness against that has been paidin full.

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The Spokane Interstate Fair announced someweeks ago that a series of prizes would be offeredfor the best historial stories dealing with the lifeof the famous Nez Perce Chief Joseph. This re-markable Indian warrior is to be the central figurein the mammoth historical pageant and nightspectacle to be given at the fair this fall, October3 to 9, and the prize winning essay willbe used inarranging the details for this production, whichwillbe the largest open air amusement featureever put on in the Northwest Over eight hundredpeople, including the two Spokane militiacompanies,a large band of genuine Nez Perce Indians, anda number of specially trained actors, will takepart and a most realistic production of the battleof the Clearwater between Chief Joseph and Gen.O. O. Howard of the U. S. A. willbe given.

The following rule* will govern this contestAny boy or girl in the Inland Empire who is apupil in any public or private school may compete.The information necessary may be taken from any

Cbe Colvillc examinerColville, Stevens County, Washington, Saturday, June 11, 1910

authentic history, but must be written in thewriter's own style and must not be copied. Allstories must be written in ink or typewritten, onone side of the paper only, and must be confinedto not more than one thousand words. The name,age, and school attendance should be plainly writ-ten at top of first page. Send all stories and re-quests for information to Robt. H. Cosgrove, sec-retary, 217 Hutton block, Spokane, Wash. Thecontest will close on August first, but stories maybe mailed in at any time previous. There will befifteen prizes aggregating $20 in cash, and anumber of tickets, alloted as follows:

For the best story, $10 in cash and a seasonticket to the fair worth $2.50.

For the second best story, $5 in cash and a sea-son ticket.

For the third, $3 in cash and a season ticket.For the fourth, $2 in cash and a season ticket.For the fifth, one season ticket.For the next five best, two admission tickets

worth 50 cents each.For the next five best one admission ticket.Itcosts absolutely nothing to enter this contest,

and the fair management trusts that it will bepopular enough to secure a large number of en-tries.

The complete list of fully accredited high schoolsin this state is now as follows:

Four-year schools, Aberdeen, Anacortes, Arling-ton, Asotin, Auburn, Ballard, Bellingham, Blame,Bremerton, Burton, Burlington, Castle Rock, Cen-tralia, Cashmere, Chehalis, Chelan, Clarkston, Col-fax, Colville, Coupeville, Davenport, Dayton, Ed-monds, Ellensburg, Elma, Everett, (iarfield, Gold-endale, Harrington, Holy Names academy of Spo-kane, Hoquiam, Kelso, Kent,Kennewick,Kirkland,LaConner, Latah, Lynden, Marysville, Montesano,Mount Vernon, Newport, North Yakima, Olympia,Palouse, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Pullman,Puyallup, Prosser, Pomeroy, Ritzville, Rosalia,Roslyn, Seattle (including Broadway, Lincoln andQueen Anne high school), Sedro-Woolley, Shelton,Snohomish, Spokane (including North Central andSouth Central high schools), South Bend, Sprague,Sumner, Sunnyside, Tacoma, Tekoa, preparatorydepartment of the University of Puget Sound,Vancouver, Waitsburg, Walla Walla, WaterviHe,Wenatchee and Wilbur.

Mills in Spokane and through the Inland Empireare working day and night on apple, peach, cherry,plum and berry boxes, more than 10,000,000 ofWhich, each holding 50 pounds, will be required topack the fruit crop in eastern Washington andOregon, north and central Idaho, western Montanaand southeastern British Columbia the coming sum-mer and next fall. Packed with fruit these pack-ages would fill 15,675 freight cars, or 625 trains of25 cars each. The value of the crop is estimatedat from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000, and may reacha higher figure because of the shortages reportedin middle western states.

The United States senate now has 60 republicansto 32 democrats. Some exuberant democrats areclaiming that they are going to elect senators fromDelaware, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,New Jersey, New York, Indiana, Ohio and Wiscon-sin. This would make 42 democrats to 50 repub-licans.

Although the colossal sum of $5,000,000 is carriedby the sundry civil appropriation bill for the main-tenance of soldiers' homes, the republicans areforcing the old soldiers of the nation to subsist onfrom 11 to 14 cents worth of food per day.

An inspector of the war department reportedthat the food in the soldiers' home was no more inquantity than that supplied to prisoners in the fed-eral penitentaries.

An idea of the wasteful methods employed in con-ducting the homes may be had from the fact thatalthough the cost of maintenance more than doubledin the 10 years between 1898 and 1908, the numberofsoldiers cared for had increased but 7 per cent

"Let your imagination spread this outlay of 14cents over a day's food supply," suggested Repre-sentative Cox of Ohio, "and you have an accuratepicture of how the nation's heroes are being fed.Observe the evening meal, and you willappreciatewhat it was that moved Inspector Brewster to pity,and inspired his recommendation that there was atleast a bowlof milkadded to the scant fare."

Governor M. E. Hay would read the insurgentsout of the republican party. He says "the partywants no one who is engaged intearing down thework in which President Taft is engaged." Forsome time it has been the hope of the insurgentparty that the governor would take sides withthem, but the dear governor evidently sees whichway the wind is blowing, and that the smoke fromthe insurgent camp is not likely to obscure theold-time republican bonfire to any appreciable ex-tent The governor also takes occasion to com-mend the last liquor-controlled legislature for itsexcellent local option law, and in other waysshows that he is now thoroughly in line with whatthe republican party does. Must be the governoris looking for something in the future.

An Exponent forStevens County

$1.50 Per Year

SewingMachine andPhonographStore

We are now readyto do business. Anew line of sewingmachines and Edi-son and Victor rec-ords and phono-graphs. New ma-chines for rent byweek or month; oldmachines bought.Will trade machinesfor any kind of livestock. Repairs andrepair work givenour special attention

ColvilleSewing Machine &

Phonograph Co.

R.W.Griffith,Proprietor

Empire MarketWe guarantee quality and full weight—no short weight to make up forcheap inducements. Remember youget what you order. Rickard never

substitutes.

F. T. Rickard Proprietor

Electric Lights Bath* Sample RoomSteam Heat Free Bus

Hotel ColvilleThe Largest and Best Equipped Hotel in

Stevens County

WILL DINGLE, ProprietorFirtt-claM dining room in connection, under

supervision of Mn. Dingle

Frank Ko&ka cl%s a*Merchant Tailor RearingWashington VOOK

CALLINGCARDS

The ExaminerFurnishes the Right Kind

Columbia StablesJOHN W.WALSH. Prop.

Fine Teams and Turnouts Hones Boarded

Your Patronage Is Solicitedat the pantatorium, cleaning, pressing, repairing, anddyeing, both men's and ladies' suits. Cleaning, block-ing, and retrimming men's old hate. We make every-thing look new. Work quickly done, prices reasonable.Look for the sign over the door. North Main street.

COLVILLE PANTATORIUMMiss Moore. Proprietor : .