The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-10-02

stage here this season, and the
management of the Opera House is
be congratulated on securing SO
strong an attraction.
A new school is to be started at
Inc next Monday morning. Profes-
sor Cameron reports that there are
about twelve pupils for the new
school. He also states that as an
evidence of the growth of the rural
districts that new seats and more
books are being continually demand
ed to supply the extra pupils who
are in attendance at the schools.
Charles O. Sowder has been APP
pointed to the position of cashier OF
the Bayfield, County Bank, and has
entered upon his new duties. He
has named A. H. Shafer as deputy
town clerk, and the latter will give
his time to the affairs of the Office.
Mr.. Sowder will also give a good
deal of his personal attention to the
clerks Office, so the Office will not
suffer for the want of attention. Mr..
Sowder is frst-class accoun tant.
and has had wide experience in
clerical affairs and will no doubt
make a valuable man in his new
position as cashier of the bank.
Owing to what the American Off
Gals are inclined to call the arbitra-
ry position OF the Colombian govern
ment, and to what the Colombian
officials describe as the arbitrary
provisions of the Spooner amend
ment, there are indications that the
diplomatic negotiations with the
country named and involving the
cons truction of the Panama Canal,
will meet with new difficulties. 1t
will be remembered that Colombia
expressly stipulated that she could
not, under the provisions of her
constitution, granta perpetual lease
of the zone of the canal to the
United States, neither could she
surrender her sovereignty over the
territory. Nevertheless, Senator
Spooner incorporated both of these
provisions in his amendment and
when his attention was called to the
apparent discrepancy, he said, ''Let
Colombia change her constitn ton"
This Colombia refuses to do and as a
result there is a serious hitch in the
negotiations.
Owing to the necessity Of aban-
doning his trip, the President de-
livered at Logansport, Ind, the
speech which he had prepared for
delivery at Milwaukee and which
was looked to as further elucida-
ton of his position in regard to the
tariff. While his statements on the
subject were, in the main, conserva-
tive, the democrats in Washington
are already objecting to his assump-
tion that "the nation as a whole has
generally acquiesced to the protec-
tive policy. Although Mr.. Roose-
welt did not use the word commits
sion, his proposition may be briefly
as favoringa non-partisan
commission which should supervise
the revision of the tariff and he i'm
piled that "such machinery, as he
termed 1t, could exercise constant
of the tariff and make
such recommendations to Congress
as the development Of the various
protected industries warranted. 1t
is regarded as extremely likely that
the President avoided using the
term "Commission" for the reason
that he had in mind the creation, in
the near future, of department of
of commerce along lines which would
permit.it to exercise the supervi-
sion he outlined.
A movement is we'll under way ia
Washburn that is liable to have a re-
markable growth, and it would not
be at all surprising if it would be-
come national custom. The plan
is the observance by all fraternal So
cieties of one day in each year by all
the fraternal organizations. The
scheme was first suggested by NJ.
Jerome several months ago, and on
Thursday night the delegates Of