The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-06-05

The palouse State Bank at Palouse has gone re-
publican, but the Palousers who voted to reject
the bank guarantee plan last fall will be comforted
to know that they stand chance of getting nearly
half of their money back again.
Justice Brewer of the United States supreme
court points out that this country is spending the
stupendous sum of $365, 600, 600 annually for war
purposes. This is one million dollars per day for
every day in the year including Sundays. It rep
resents sixty-fve per cent of the governmental
expenses.
The church press of the country is aroused over
the three Baptist senators in the Missouri legsla
ture who killed the proposition to submit prohibi-
tion to the voters of that state. By the way, how
many church members at the last election helped
to kill the proposition to submit prohibition to the
voters of the state of Washington?
49,
If this country could raise all the sugar it
needed there would be less to say about the tariff
but the fact is this country cannot raise one-sxth
of the sugar it uses. Other countries that raise
the bulk of the sugar of the world can sell to us
for 2 cents pound cheaper than we can get it in
our own country under the present tariff. Think
that over-2 cents pound! Do you know what
each pound the government allows the trust to
collect cents from you. Understand this-ths
tariff is not collected from any foreigner at any
customs house, but from you at your grocery
store!-Detroit News.
Truly, what gigantic robbery the system of
protection is!
We note in last weeks issue of the Statesman
Index that the editor of that paper advises its
stockholders, patrons and subscribers to patronize
only those who advertise in the Index, and to boy
colt those who do not see fit to advertise therein.
Since the greater part of the advertising in the
Index comes from out of town, it is evident that
the worthy editor who has expressed so much
grief lately is determined to show the Colville
merchants thing or two before he sells out.
All the promises of the Republican party assur-
ing the country of prompt action on the tariff have
been knocked into the semblance of cooked hat
The United States Senate is pursuing it's leisurely
way with even more than ordinary complacency,
and it will act on the Payne-Aldrich measure when
it gets good and ready to do so.
The delay is due to the Republicans themselves.
The men who are holding back the tariff bill,
blocking the business of the nation, and Incl
dentay holding the Republican party up to scorn,
are IlOC IHeIlDcIS Ol Illc OppOSlClOIl parry.
Some kind of tariff bill will be passed some
time; and such as it may be, it will be far better
than to let the country continue to drift. But
some day the Republican party will have to answer
at the bar of public opinion for it's reckless ex-
travagance and for its fiddling and fooling with
the Payne -Aldrch tariff bill. ll.-Seattle Times
49,
An exchange says that fly time is here, and that
tho fo1lowinU method iS varv UOod in UattnU rid
of them: "Close all the windows and add quarter
of teaspoonfu of carbolic acid to pint of water
and allow it to come to boil for five minutes,
then raise your windows and what flies are not
dead will leave the room. Once or twice week
will rid your home of the pests as we'll as destroy
other germs that may be in your home"
1t might be added that care should be taken to
place the carbolic acid in easy reach of the child
ren. Any oversight in this regard may make the
children live too long. If the flies should by any
chance survive the carbolic acid, along with the
children, it will be found that by catching each fly
and pounding it's head with club will soon make
life extinct.
In holding that the indeterminate sentence law
of 1907 had been repealed by the new criminal code
Attorney General Bell advised the board of con-
troll and prison superintendent to parole without
approval of the governor but once prisoner is
paroled under the new law the board has no legal
power to act on final discharges or pardons. The
result will be if Gov Hay carries out the spirit of
the law, he will be forced to sign more pardons
and discharges than any previous executive of the
state.
The Japanese language is most peculiar, and
those who have been following the letters of the
Tono cohOo in fho rndo