The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-08-28

sight of dog, and men carry with them in their
hip pockets a small hammer-th hammer affair
which supposed to do good work in time Of stress.
Out west, in our great and glorious community
dog days are but memory brought out with our
citizens from more or less remote past. Never
has dog been known to go mad from the heat in
this section, and hydrophobia or rabies is thing
unheard Of
The Roentgen ray has been tried as a cure for
leprosy in the Philippine islands, and it has been
found that it will cure the disease in its earlier
stages The number of lepers in the islands has
decreased by half in the II years of American oc-
cupation. Under the Spanish regime there were
700 new cases annually.
S~s
Spokane for the past two weeks has been the
scene of a great political renovation. political
ring similar in complexion to the Tammany and
Tweed rings of New York city and known as the
Pan Tans, has sought to corner all city and
county Offices. Gov Hay has ordered an nvesti-
gation and some interesting developments are
now due. The Harlinda Sentinel has the following
to say regarding this combine: Spokane is still
roasting her Pan Tans on the gridiron OF public
contempt. Many of its members are jumping the
cork line of the drag net by resigning from the
secret society of grating officeholders. But in
spite of their renunciations they unable to keep
their neeks out of the public pillory where the
honest citizens are splitting in their faces. The
Pan Tan organization not only corrupted the ordi-
nary public offices but it contaminated the courts
as WE'LL and three of the superior judges of Spo-
kane county are about to be removed on
account of their membership in the disreputable
association. What next will come to light in the
anarchy of Washington politics is mystery, but
any revelation of official dishonesty can no longer
produce public sensation, because such things
have become so common in this state that they
receive little more than passing remark"
After being in session 60 days, of which 40 rep
resented an interim during which the members
received no compensation, the extraordinary ses-
sion of the legislature adjourned last Saturday
The session has to its credit, or discredit accord
ing to viewpoints, appropriation bills aggregating
1921, ,5O5 Thirty bills were passed by the special
session. among them being two bills by Represent
ative R. A. Thayer of this county, one to provide
for reinstatement of corporations whose names
have been stricken from the records, the other
amending the drainage district law.
SS
Il want to exchange the hat bought of you
last week for another, said the lady as she en-
tered the millinery shop. Everybody says it
doesn't look good on me"
Pm not surprised at all-if you wear it as you
are doing now," rejoined the milliner ''You
have it on upside down.
The farmers of the Nelson country are going to
show the thousands who attend the A.-Y.-P. fair
grounds at Seattle that northeastern Okanogan
county can produce the best grain and vegetables
salaried representatives at the fair, no effort has
been made by them to have anything on display
except fruit from the irrigated belt. The farmers
agitated the matter and an exhibit of grains veg
etables etc., was collected and shipped by the
Nelson Leader.
Scores of excellent samples were sent out, as
the crop is fine this season and no trouble was
countered in finding credtabe products. The
Leader has started the collection of similar ex-
hibit which will be shipped to St. Paul by the end
of the present month"; where it will be placed on dis
play in the Great Northern's new exhibit building.
p~S
Some people seem to believe that the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill is a revision downward That is
absolutely untrue
The average of rates of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill is about 2% higher than the average rate of
the Dingley bill.
When the maximum goes into effect March 3d.
1910, the average rate will be about 27% higher
than the average of the Dingley bill.
The democratic national platform last year con-
tanned these sentences: I'VE welcome the belated
promise of tariff reform now affected by the re-
rublican party, = but the people can not safely
trust the execution of this important work to a
party which is so deeply obligated to the highly
protected interests. =" We favor immediate revi-