The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1913-08-16

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road running west from the Fink
ranch. to Richardson's place near
the summit, thence to the North
Basin school and into Grin.
At present, the residents of Ar
zina, Rice and Pleasant valley
find their shortest route into Col
vile by the way of Kettle Falls,
which of course means that not
much of their sales or purchases
are made in Colville. Near the
summit there is much cordwood,
saw timber and tie timber which
cannot now be marketed on ac-
count of lack of a close market.
Fruits and vegetables and grains
are hauled long distances over
poor roads and many hills before
the railway is reached.
It would seem that the necess-
ity of securing at least one good,
short road from Arzina into Col
vile would be as apparent to Col
vile as to the Columbia rivtr
ranchers. The producers desire
a market, and Colville certainly
must become a marketing center
before it can expect to become a
greater trading center. Ranch
ers are apt to spend their cash in
the places which offer them a
market.
Colville is an excellent buying
place. Few towns in the west
are selling wares as cheap as
Colville, and few towns of 1000
carry the heavy stocks which are
displayed in Colville. But a
large possible trade is not being
reached by Colville, because of
lack of roads into the city.
1t should not be the attempt of
this city to grab trade away from
other legitimate trading centers,
but it must be Colville's work to
create new trade and by open
ing roads into this valley from
the Columbia river valley, an en-
tire new branch of trade can be
created. Farm productiveness is
not nearly at the maximum, be-
cause of lack of a purchasing
market. Many acres are not cul-
tivated or cleared, partly because
of lack of market incentive.
Creation of business has made
many a manufacturer and mer-
chant wealthy. A city's growth
can be secured in the same
manner.
During the hot summer
months. when legitimate news is
scarce, and congregations are
small, some topic which will at
tract the people is always brought
forward for discussion.
This year it seems to be the
women's dress, and judging from
the daily newspaper columns, and
the reports of sermons, the fem
inine gender has been getting
lots of poor advertising.
For some months the discus
sion has ragged over the new slit
skirt, the sheath gown, the ha-
rem skirt and the silhouette gown
until President Wilson and his
tariff troubles are crowded into
the advertising pages, and the
public is led to believe that in a
short time the female of the spe-
cies will be wearing nothing but
high heels and a pleasant smile.
But the matter is not at all
alarming. You will find that the
right kind of women are still
wearing the right kind of clothes
and it's only the right kind of
people who count for very much
in any proposition.
However, sensible women are
fast adopting sensible clothes,
and lots of the male creatures
who are raising hubbub over
women's styles are sweltering on
hot days because they feel obliged
to wear the conventional coat.
If dress critics would give more
attention toward the relegation
of the boiled shirt. they would
serve a better purpose than to