The Launch of the Colville Examiner

For several years the matter of instituting a newspaper in Colville has been discussed by the democrats of this county. A year ago the question was decided at the democratic county convention and a board of seven directors selected at the Jefferson day rally which should have in charge the inception of a democratic paper. This paper is to be controlled and operated by democrats under a provision that it should ever remain democratic and be issued regularly without the aid or consent of any other party or individual. A stock company has been formed and incorporated under the name of the Stevens County Publishing Company. An entirely new plant has been purchased and the paper started. The result is now before you in this first issue of The Colville Examiner. The Examiner is an example of home industry. The entire paper is produced in Colville, with no plate reading matter, no trust-made editorial suggestions. As such it is the only one in Colville and one of the few in the county. There is no intention of invading the field of work which of right belongs to others, but Stevens County is large enough to now demand an up-to-date printing establishment and thus keep its printing at home. For years much has been going to Spokane, to Seattle, to Tacoma. The money for this can hereafter retain its circulation in Stevens County, while the same quality of work can often be produced cheaper.