The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1911-04-22

fective of all departments of state government,
Marion E. Hay governor of Washington in an
address recently stated he would favor, in place
of the legislature, a commission of 25 men who
would meet biennially and devote their time 10 the
framing of laws, being paid salaries of $500
term and remaining in session until the work is
finished, adding:
1T takes month for members of the legisla-
ture to get acquainted with each other and most
bills are passed with little consideration. It seems
to me that the legislature goes at it's work like a
lot of school boys playing football. For the first
five or six weeks hundreds of bills are brought in
and piled on the floor and then the last week
there is rush for the pile and each man grabs
one, seemingly intent only on getting it through
and getting his name on it, Many important
measures have been lost in the scramble of the
last few days and much time wasted"
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I'VE do not need tariff board to tell US that
1875 per cent duty on a pair of ordinary woolen
blankets that the poor man uses is an outrage,
declares Representative Kitchen, of North Caro-
lina member of the Ways and Means committee.
Neither do members of congress need to be told
by so-called board of experts that 116 per cent
duty on the underwear that the laborng man has
to wear to keep his body warm is an outrage 1t
tions on the poor of the land, and do not antici-
pate that congress will have much difficulty in
singing them out for honest revision"
The democrats do not intend to slash rates right
and left with reckless hand, but they propose to
frame legislation that will meet the expectations
of the people and will be in compliance with prom
ises made in the last campaign.
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AS was to be expected, Congressman LaFol-
lette's only recognition in the national congress
has been the position assigned him on two dead
committees coinage and weights, which meets
once session, and railways and canals which
never meets. The caiber of the man was proba-
bly, taken into consideration when these appoint
ments were given him. The third district of
Washington has representative in name only, yet
the voters so wanted it, and there should be no
kick
Mrs. J. D. Murphy is advocating movement in
Spokane that all owners of cats provide their pets
with bells in the interest of preserving the birds
of song, which are now coming back to their
haunts for the summer Mrs. Murphy has inter-
ested a large number of club and society women in
her campaign and it is likely that BELL on Cat"
society will be organized to take charge of the
work.
The plan is to attach small bell with strap or
ribbon on the neck of every cat in the city and
suburbs the argument being that if it were made
a custom generally there would be more birds in
Spokane. No mention has been made so far of
the tinkling at midnight serenades by Thomas and
his backyard acquantances, but it is wild guess
at this time to say that some one may organize
crusade to not only put the bells out of commission
but also exterminate the wearers. The theory ad-
10 thott hod b1y
of protecting the birds for all time.
The size of the bell to be placed upon the cat
will probably by fixed by ordinance, and the large
size of cowbell would perhaps be sufficient safe
guard provided the string around the cats neck is
drawn tight enough
Pendleon, Oregon, has unique plan to make
the most of the long summer days. If PROPOSE
tion now being considered is adopted, clocks will
be turned ahead one hour on May l. and Pendle-
ton will go to work that much earlier and quit an
hour sooner 1t is proposed to keep the new
schedule during the summer only, it being agreed
to turn the clocks back again on October /.
Sixty-nine healthy chicks from a setting of 73
eggs have just been Matched by electricity at j.
D. Reitmer's station near Spokane. The initial
test was so successful that 300 eggs will be placed
in the incubators as soon as the apparatus can be
installed The equipment which is not patented,
can be attached to an ordinary oil burning incu-
bator at an expense less than dollar.
Construction of the electrically operated incuba-
tor is simple Mr.. Alexander took the lamps from
the o-burnng machines and wound German sill
yer wire around the frames above the egg trays
connecting the coils with an incandescent light cir
cult This is made through contact device, con-