The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1911-03-11

sbe for man to follow Likewise. there has pre-
vailed general belief that printers bending over
the case electrotypers breathing mental gas
fumes, brass polishers inhaling fine particles OF
metal, garmentcutters working in poorly ventl-
lated rooms along with all others working indoors
were those from whose ranks were being recruited
the victims of the great white plague. closer
study of environment and working conditions is
oltng some of these theories until they are losing
caste. It seems that those who are laboring
long hours during the day, eating poorly cooked
food and sleeping in poorly ventilated rooms at
night are the ones who are falling victims to the
ravages of consumption. Those who work short
hours, live in we'll ventilated houses, and eat
plenty of wholesome, we'll cooked food, are those
who have constitutions so strong that they resist
disease.
The Spokane directory is out There are only
100 Smiths listed, and TT Johnsons, which leads
one to believe that the Smith family is growing
scarce. But the animal kingdom is rapidly in
creasing in number there. The book lists Canary,
Parrott 2 Kaatz and Kits, 18 Lambs, 8 Beav-
ers, Bears, few Sheep, 5 Bucks, Bunny,
2 Bulls, Bulocks, and only 13 Shepherds to look
after the whole bunch
Among the peculiar names are Ghost, Ice, Lie,
Angel, one Deville, and two Ncewinters. There
are only six Coffins and twenty-eght Graves
Colors are suggested by Brown, Gold, Gray Green,
Black, White, Blue, and Redd.
Any one who reads the directory will understand
after little investigation that the city is in a
fruitgrowng district for there are three Cherries
three Nutts an Apple and ten Lemons included in
the list
Although it is generally conceded that the lid is
on in Spokane the police department may be
alarmed when they find that the directory solici-
tors have found an Ace, with a Deck and 116
Kings. Even four dice will be mentioned There
are 1876 Andersons, $40 Browns and 29O Jones in
the 1911 edition.
The democratic minority in the house of repre-
sentatives has declared itself for the reciprocity
agreement with Canada. This declaration is
sound piece of patriotism, in favor of the people,
and while it helps to bolster up Taft little, it re-
bounds to the benefit of democracy and shows up
the republican members who oppose it because of
it's threatening attitude toward the interests
The passage of this reciprocity treaty would be
the most beneficial legislation Stevens county
had-allowing an open market in British Columbia
for many products of this county. Wonder how
the farmers of this county now feel toward the
republican party for which they have voted for so
many years-the party which has killed the treaty
so far
Postmaster General Hitchcock has virtually
abandoned his fight upon the independent maga-
zines of the country. If congress had adopted his
plan of increasing the magazine rate from one to
four cents pound many of the popular independ-
ent magazines would have been driven out of bust
ness. Hitchcock's explanation of the proposed in
crease was that he wished to reduce the postal
deficit. Only two weeks before he announced his
attack on the magazines however, the postmaster
general advocated the passage Of the ship sub
sdy grab" bill which provides for the donation of
81, OO0 900 every year to private ship owners, the
$4 600, 900 to come from the profits of the foreign
mail division of the postoffices.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has had bad luck
with his so-called economy plans. He proposed to
save money by making the railway mail clerks
work overtime, and by reducing the force in the
face of increasing business, but the mail clerks,
like the magazines, have made such protest that
the postmaster general has in each instance been
obliged to run to cover.
The legislature has passed the township organi-
zaton bill, which allows the county board of equal
izaton to equalze the work of township assessors,
removing the criticism of the tax commission and
enabling more equitable equalization of county
property as whole. The bill also carries out the
idea of the country life commission by allowing
each township to build its own library buildings,
etc. The bill affects only Spokane and Whatcom
counties, the only to adopt the township plan.
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Another republican party pledge drifted over
the shoals of the Idaho legislature last week and
was wrecked. It was the pledge of constitution