The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-05-22

clause relative to milk all milk that does not con-
tain the required amount of fat must be sold as
skinned milk
The new code will require that any one attempt
ing to sell milk containing less than g. rs per cent
of milk solids, exclusive of fats will be guilty of a
misdemeanor. Even skinned milk must contain
at least 9.3 per cent of milk fats and cream must
contain 81 per cent of butter fat.
The new laws define at length the term whole
some In the past. state officials have in many in
stances been unable to secure convictions owing to
the lack of proper legal definition of the term The
new code states that milk will be considered un-
wholesome if aduterated with any substance added
for the purpose of thckening coloring or preserv-
ing the milk; when drawn from cows fed on un-
wholesome food or from cows kept in dirty sheds,
yards or barns, or from unhealthy cows or when
it has been exposed to infectious or contagious
diseases. Milk drawn by dirty mixers or drawn
into or kept in dirty pas cans bottles or stored
in dirty rooms, will also be sufficient ground for
calling the milk unwholesome. Any milk contain
ing less than 1926 per cent of butter fat will be
called skim milk. The new law provides that
SKINNED milk must not be sold anywhere in the
state unless large sign stating that skim milk is
sold is conspicuousy displayed.
The law goes into effect June IL.
Believing that undesirable results will follow if
the plan continues, the Spokane police are puzzing
over an endless chain of prayer, which scores are
bothered with receiving each day. The prayer,
which is received through the mails in sealed en-
velopes by those caught in the chain, is accom-
panied by an explanation of the scheme and
prophecy of what will happen in case the receiver
complies with the request or breaks the chain.
The prayer and appended note, which is not
signed, are as follows:
Endless chain Please copy. Oh, Lord Jesus,
l implore Thee to bless all mankind Keep us
from all evil by Thy precious blood and take us to
dwell in eternity! This was sent to me- Copy
and see what will happen. It is said in Jerusalem
that he who will write this prayer nine days to
nine friends commencing the day he receives it,
will receive some great joy on the ninth day; but
he who will not write will experience some mis-
fortune. Do not break this chain. Make wish
while writing and you will be delivered from all
calamity
Several perplexed husbands have appeared at
the police station within the last few days asking
for advice and inquring whether something can
be done to stop the trouble. All informed the
officers that their wives were inclined to take the
matter seriously and some reported their help
mates in a state of agitation. The police depart
ment has learned that hundreds of people have re-
ceived invitations to become link in the endless
chain and that many of the women have gone to
their spiritual advisers in the matter.
A report has spread in one neighborhood that
woman, on the receipt of one of the letters, took
it to the minister of her church and implored his
advice. He told her to burn it and think nothing
more about it. She followed the minister's ad-
vice and on the ninth day she fell downstairs and
broke her collar bone.
The postal authorities say they are powerless to
prevent the prayer scheme from being carried out
to whatever proportions it may assume Besides
the difficulty of ascertaining the start of the
scheme on account of it's having an anonymous
origin, there is no law preventing endless chain
prayers on the federal statute books. While the
explanation of the chain contains what might be
construed to make it threatening letter, the mis-
fortune predicted for the person who breaks the
chain, it is believed, would be considered too
vague to be made the basis of criminal prosecu-
ton for violation of the postal laws. Review.
It is said that Adjutant General Drain set the
pace for General Hamilton. If that is true, let the
probe go back to his administrations If he is
guilty he will have to answer. He having been
out of the state most of the time since his separa-
ton from the state militia, keeps him within the
statute of limitation.
Even republicans are beginning to discuss the
advisabllity of turning the entire republican
machine out of office at the next general state
election with view to getting things bit cleaned
up by a new party, says the Seattle Republican.
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