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A Weekly Journal of Democracy Issue Number 260 ■ mi I lpf n^j \ yr\ X 1,11 -j\ m\ \m -A* I 1 \_ 1, I Much less defective eyesight would exist if children's eyes were looked after in their early days. Watch the kiddies' eyes! At the least sign of pain, blurring or com piaint, no matter how small, bring the child here and let us ex- amine them. It may save your child a lifetime of misery, and you have the satisfaction of knowing the exact state of your youngster's eyes. Graduate Optician The long winter evenings are almost upon us. Electricity in the home is almost a necessity and is certainly a great comfort in many ways. Have your house wired and enjoy all the pleasures of a well light ed home. Stevens County Power & Light Co. Electric Lights Baths Sample Room Steam Heat Free Bus Hotel Colville The Largest and Best Equipped Hotel in Stevens County WILL DINGLE, Proprietor First-class dining room in connection, under supervision of Mrs. Dingle. Frank Koiftka Merchant Tailor Colville, Washington COLVILLE ABSTRACT CO. Abstracts of title to Stevens county lands, mines and water rights Why not carry A SOUTH BEND The Master Timepiece LEE STRAUSS, The Jeweler Title Guaranty & Investment Co. REAL ESTATE Rickey Block Colville, Washington 'Well Drilling Machinery 1 I 1 A| W.ll SrtlUw .■■■■■« iWI ... »rt—■ t.MMIt.«l> T.^^J^^i^H •kalte* Mlh •« all dw, tat illHfrmiMUiiltMi*! ■■ '^^fcß.fHiOWEUiCO.JiwnespQllsJlii. tbe Colville Examiner Colville, Stevens County, Washington, Saturday, October 19, 1912 Gleaning and Repairing Neatly Done OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY AND COUNTY What can be fhe prevailing opinion of careful readers and observers toward the secretive policy of the republican organi zation in Stevens county? This policy is not chargeable to true republicans but to a coterie of office seekers, their leaders and masters, their political creators and benefactors. The average reader in a presidential campaign surely expects the largest politi cal organization of the county to zealously advocate some one for president and someone for governor. The republican county organization advocates no one, makes no choice for these places. The chairman when invited to meet Mr. Hibschman in Colville to help form an itinerary for republican speakers in Stevens county, ignored the meeting. Tht ir county paper, largely own ed and absolutely controlled by the chairman and his political associates and their courthouse officials, when interviewed through its manager as to its stand on the presidency and gov ernorship, promptly replied "that is nobody's business." That is a consistent answer for him to make, for careful readers of his paper have come no nearer finding out. We do not blame the manager. He is presumed to act under instructions. Can it be they have abandoned all hope of electing their candidate for president and for governor, or have they other fiish to fry which make such minor offices as president and governor sink into insignificance? If the form er, we wouldn't heckle their sad ness, but it is the latter with them, and that is where the in terest of the taxpayer enters. Should our officials be subser vient to the interest of the few, or should they promote the in terests of all impartially? J. H. Brown, in the state Capi tal Record, advises the election of practically the entire list of republican state officials, but says: "If Ernest Lister is the Democratic nominee, Lister should be elected. He has been a state official before and made a reputation for economy and abil ity that has never been equaled. He knows the state and its insti tutions better than any other in the race and if elected he will re main on the job at Olympia to give an economical, business like administration. Lister will veto extravagant appropriations and not let them go through without his approval as some executives have done." That Woodrow Wilson will carry the state of Washington, is the belief of Roscoe M. Drum heller, candidate for congress man on the democratic ticket, in the third district. Mr. Drum heller has just returned to his Columbia county farm after a trip that included not only east ern Washington, but the western part of the state as well. In speaking of the situation, he says: "Had the republican party not divided, I believe the democrats would have carried the state. As it is, with the opposition di vided hopelessly .against itself, the democrats can hardly avoid victory." Now that the county campaign is on, the new candidates or those who are in opposition to the "courthouse ring" are mak ing a personal canvas of the county, while those who are now holding the reins of county gov ernment are using the same old methods to perpetuate them selves or their political posterity in office. That is to say, the present sheriff's corps of special deputies who have been carefully selected by him from nearly every pre cinct in the county are working THE G. 0. P. MOOSE This hybrid animal is ridden by both the progressive and stand-pat office seekers in this county, but repeated goadings by the courthouse ring drivers fail to make the poor old beast move. as corps commanders, receiving their instructions, and making their daily reports to the com mander in chief. The assessor # has also a fine squad of field dep uties, tried and trusted men, that are now stationed at all im portant points in the county and are kept busy making excuses and trying to tell why things are thus. These detachments of special deputy sheriffs, and field deputy assessors, each with a special duty, are lined up for the entire "ring" ticket and have their orders to fight along those lines regardless of the "bull moose" or "stand pat" prin ciples. Thus it is plain to be seen that any candidate who will stand on his own merits, and single-handed cope with a well armed and well drilled organ ization of this kind, is handicap ped to say the least. Col. Dudley G. Wooten, ex congressman from Texas, will speak in Colville Saturday night, the 26th. The Colonel is one of the most noted speakers on the stump for the democratic nation al ticket. He is a lightning striker, and has been called the "silver tongued orator." The supreme court of the state has decided that Judge W. W. Black is ineligible to the office of "The choice which the voters have to make is sim ply this: Shall they have a government free to serve them, free to serve ALL of them, or shall they con tinue to have a government which dispenses SPECIAL favors and which is always controlled by those to whom the SPECIAL favors are dispensed ?" WOODROW WILSON. "THEY Are Good Enough For Me." (With Acknowledgment! to Davenport) -Kroin the New York World, S«pt 15, 1111. Articles of American manu facture which are now sold abroad more cheaply than at home should be put upon the free list.— Democratic platform. governor, for which he wasnomin ated by the democratic primary. The democratic state committee met in Seattle Monday and se lected Ernest Lister of Tacoma for the position, he having re ceived the second highest vote in the primary. Judge Black made an able ad dress in which he indorsed Lis ter, and now calls upon all his friends to support Lister with the same vigor they were sup porting him. Lister is a strong man, capable in every way, and has a large acquaintance over the state. Hon. John B. Slater, demo cratic candidate for prosecuting attorney, and other speakers will address the people of Gray at Gray's hall Monday the 21st; Waitts Lake Tuesday 22nd; Cot tonwood schoolhouse Wednesday night 23rd; Burnt District near Chewelah Thursday night the 24th; Bluecreek Friday night the 25th. Hon. Harris Baldwin will speak at Orin Monday night the 21st. An Exponent for Stevens County $1.50 Per Year SUITS $15 The Best is always the cheapest. We have the best in men's and boys' clothing and furnishings. Hanna Bros. D. H. KIMPLE Architect I'liinH and specifications for all classes of buildings, furnished in short order, together with the approximate cost of the building. You can save money on any kind of building by securing plans and estimates first. Coiville, Washington Let Us Light upColville With Electric Signs BE UP-TO-DATE For wood cut lettering, signs on cloth, tin, wood or canvas, and any old kind of a sign, see W. H. Martin The Sign Painter Henry C. Rukgaber Blacksmithing and Wagon Repairing. AU.Kinds of Plow Repairing. All Kinds of,, Wood Work Neatly Done. Horse Shoeing a.Specialty. FRANK B. GOETTER J^__ 11 DRUGGIST AND. . I THwfa %_ | LEADING 4 P*3 DRUGSTORE K^S /Ok '•1' THE Ej|^^^H COUNTY M.iMM U^m colvillk WASH.