The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1912-02-02
TWO ARE ADDED TO
ACCREDITED LIST
WHITMAN SCHOOLS ARE RAPIDLY
FORGING TO FRONT. ..DOINGS
AT STATE CAPITAL.

Olympia, Jan. 31.-At recent
meeting of the Washington Board of
Education seventeen new high schools
were placed on the accredited list,
and Of this number two were from
Whitman county, the high school at
Endicott being accredited for its 9th,
10th, 18th and 18th grades while the
Maiden school was accredited for its
9th grade The other schools placed
on the accredited list were Boutwell,,
Gle Elum, Concrete, Cosmopolis,
Creston, Edison, Ferndale, Granite
Falls, Monroe, Renton, Richmond,
Sultan, Sumas, Vashon and Winslow
At the meeting the Board also de-
cided to grade the examination in
Grammar for the August teachers
examination as follows: 20 per cent
on the questions submitted and 80
per cent upon the English used in
answering the questions in History,
those not taking history being mark
ed upon some other paper to be Sc
lected by the examiner. This is done
to test the ability of the teachers to
use good English.
An investigation of the Odessa
University, supposed to be located at
Odessa, Washington, will also be
asked by the board of the postal au-
thorities, as it is claimed that this
school is offering to sell degrees, and
an investigation will be asked for; so
far as is known to the educators OF
this state no such school exists.
Superintendent F. B. Cooper, of
Seattle, and Principal H. M. Hart, of
Spokane, were appointed as a COM
mittee to consider and report upon
the matter of the subject of sex
hygiene being taught to the pupils
enrolled in the secondary schools.
The Governor on Wheat.
The members of the Grain Grow
ers' Convention, which met at Pull
man, Washington, gave an enthusi-
astic welcome to Gov. Hay, who at
tended the meeting. Gov. Hay has
spent many years in Eastern Wash
ington and is known as one of the
authorities on grain in this state. The
subject of doing away with smut in
grain is being agitated, as 1t is flg-
ured it costs the farmers of the state
Fees Must Be Paid.
The Attorney General will institute
suits to compel the payment OF the
license fees due the state from corpo-
rations which have failed to comply
with the law unless they pay up. Ac-
cording to a list turned over by l. M.
Howell, secretary of state, to the at
torney general there are more than
400 such delinquent corporations do
ing business in this state, and among
them all kinds of business is repre-
sented.
Would Not Tax Furniture.
The declaration was made by State
Tax Commissioner T. d. Rockwell in
his address before the county asses
sors at the convention in Olympia,
that household effects should not be
assessed for taxation purposes but
that they should be classified as not
being property at assessment time.
He said that large amount OF such
property was now escaping taxation
and that the revenues OF the state
would not be materially affected by
the exemption of such property. He
also said that he believed that if
credits and stocks. were eliminated
from taxation for the benefit of the
man of wealth that other exemptions
should be made for the working man
anu that it will increase the number
: of settlers, and promote honesty when
the assessor come around. Farmers
implements and manufacturing ma
chinery he says should also be ex-
empted from taxation. 1t is expected
that at the next campaign that the
question of exempting household fur
nishings will be an issue, and it is
probable that it will carry.
Present Checks Promptly.
The supreme court has ruled in
recent decision in a Stevens county
case that when check is issued by
any one person to another and the
person to whom the check is issued
holds the check for an unreasonable
time before presenting it for pay
ment, that the payee is at fault and
that recovery cannot be had against
the claims of other creditors. Failure
to present a check within a reason
able time works against the person
holding the check, according to the
ruling of the court.
In Glass By Itself.
1t is claimed by the Dupont Powder
company, owing to the safer manner
in which the plant is operated. and
for that reason it wants to be CLASH
fed by itself and not put in a class
with other powder companies. The
company has agreed to pay its assess
ment to the industrial insurance COM
pany If it can be put in separate
class.
Colfax Men Get Insurance.
The state Industrial insurance COM
mission has allowed Alfred Yaisly,
Colfax, $56.55 for an injury to his
back, while to Geo. v. Roberts OF
Colfax, the sum of $3.50 was al
lowed for fracture of rib.
Zip" Hamblen Has Daughter.
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