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R. B. Thomas, deputy U. S. mineral surveyor, of Colville, was here nearly all the week surveying for a patent to the Pay Roll and Square Deal min ing claims, owned by the Navy Gold and Copper Mining Co. of Bremerton. —Journal, Orient. Isn't it funny how the democrats of Stevens county refuse to believe the Colville Reveille to be a democratic newspaper. Why, the editor, him self, has said the paper was democratic several times.—Northport Republican. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Parker of Kettle Falls gave a party New Year's eve to their friends at their elegant home overlooking the Columbia river. The evening was pleasantly passed with vocal and instrumental music and playing five hundred. Ladies' first prize was awarded to Mrs. John Wil son, and the gentlemen's first prize to Edward Ja cobs. Two corps of engineers in the employ of the Spokane & Newport Electric Railroad are work ing in this vicinity. Between this city and Elk one crew is running the second survey for the road. At Albeni Falls, adjoining Newport on the east, another crew is a work, also making the second survey. The water in the Pend d'Oreille river is lower than at any time during the year, and the work of securing the necessary data is being pushed by the corps. It is claimed that the actual work of construction on the road will begin this year, and that the proposition has been suc cessfully financed in the east. They will obtain the power for operating the line by harnessing Albeni Falls. —Newport Miner. The annual report of the Kettle Falls Commer cial Club shows that organization to have done ex cellent work during the last year, although the actual results in the increasing population and production are a more substantial proof that the club has done good work in an intelligent manner. The valleys of the Kettle and Columbia rivers are a revelation to the eastern farmer, and a cam paign of publicity such as is being carried on by the commercial club is destined to make that sec tion one of Stevens county's centers of population and industry. Prompted by the recent burglaries that have oc curred in Chewelah the business men of the town got busy and prepared a petition to the town board, praying that a night marshal be added. Up on receipt of the petition, the mayor called a spec ial session of the council. The matter was favor ably considered and the mayor was authorized to appoint a man for the position. John Ruthven was selected. It was recommended that the com bined salary of the day and night police be fixed at $100 per month and this amount and the hours be equally divided. The instructions to the officers are that they are not to enter a person's place of business to quell any disorder except upon request of the proprietor or complaint of a citizen. — Chew elah Independent. Considerable difficulty has been encountered in different sections of the county in securing roads over Indian land. The county commissioners have been appealed to at different times in such cases, but they are often powerless to act, insomuch as conditions presented by law have not been com plied with. The act of congress providing for public roads over Indian land states that the sec retary of the interior is authorized to grant per mission, upon compliance with such requirements as he may deem necessary, to the proper state or local authorities for the opening and establishment of public highways, in accordance with the law of the state or territory in which the lands are sit uated, through any Indian reservation or through any lands which have been allotted in severalty to any individual Indians under any laws or treaties but which have not been conveyed to the allottees with full power of alienation. The laws of the several States and Territories respecting the establishment of public roads, and the conditions surrounding the different reserva tions and allotted lands likely to be crossed by pub lic roads, are so widely at variance that only general rules may be said to govern the manner of present ing application for the grant of permission and the showing made in suport thereof. In order to secure the grant of permission to open public highway through any Indian reservation or over lands al lotted in severalty to and held in trust by the United States for individual Indians, local road authorities are required to make formal applica tion, addressed to the Secretary of the Interior, and accompany the same by a satisfactory show ing as to the necessity for the proposed road or highway, and a map or plat thereof showing its exact location in connection with the lines of the public survey where surveyed, also its width and length within the reservation or allotted lands. Where the lands traversed have been surveyed the proposed roads or highway must follow section lines as far as practicable, and satisfactory showing must be made for any departure therefrom. These applications must be filed with the Indian agent in charge of the reservation desired to be crossed, and in case of allotted lands, where not attached, directly with the commissioner of Indian affairs. It is the duty of the Indian agent to bring the matter to the attention of the individual Indians or tribe affected and to examine fully into the mat ter and make report in forwarding the application to the commissioner of Indian affairs, who, in turn, will submit the application with his recom mendation to the secretary of the interior^ loir approval or disapproval. Oi j3