The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-01-13


ing. The total actual cost of
cookery for the year was $793.33,
making the average cost per pu-
pill per lesson at PIT cents.
There were 1852 girls enrolled in
the cooking classes during the
year.
This month we notice an un.
usual number of newspapers u.s.
ing their columns to beg their
subscribers to pay up their back
Indebtedness, or some Of it any
way, and intimating that the
papers need the money.
Yet we fail to note any such
pleas upon the part of the various
telephone or light or power COM
panies, the postof1ice department
or street car lines, news stands or
bookstores. Nor do we see any
such appeals in the great daily or
weekly publications Of the coun-
try, in the monthly magazines, or
even in the congressional record.
The great stores Of the cities,
the great mail order houses of the
country, the mediums Of public
information Of the nation, seem
to have arrived at some better un-
derstanding Of business than to
press their goods upon the public
and afterward beg the recipients
to reciprocate the favor by max
ing some certain payment yearly.
The Colville Examiner four
years ago took the tip from the
leading publishing houses of the
country, and established pay
in-advance and stop-at-eXpiration
system, and since that time we
have had no reason to urge our
subscribers to come in and pay
for paper which they had three
or four years ago. We give our
subscribers credit for having suf-
ticient common sense to renew
their subscription if they really
wish it renewed, just as they would
renew an order for sugar if they
desired another delivery, and we
consider it not courteous to as
sumo that the subscriber is not
capable of handling his own sub
scription renewals.
The new sulphite mill of the In
land Empire Paper Company at
Millwood, east Of Spokane, has
been completed and is now in op-
Grafton. This mill, together with
the ground wood mill Of the COM
pany will utilize 5000 cords of
wood monthly.
AT the mill the wood is cut into
two foot lengths and the bark is
removed with special machines.
Some Of the wood is pressed
against large grindstones revolv-
ing at the rate Of 240 revolutions
per minute. and ground into pulp.
The other wood is cut into little
chips which are cooked with acid
and steam in large digesters.
The pulps produced are suitable
raw materials for making such
grades Of paper as bond, writing,
book and newsprint, all of which
are manufactured at Millwood.
The paper company is purchas
wood in this territory and is al
fording an opportunity for many
to find a market for their spruce
and white fir woods. The spruce
is worth $3.50 per cord and the
white fir is worth S. per cord at
Millwood. The wood is purchased
in four or eight foot lengths, be-
tween 6 and "a inches in diameter,
and must be sound and round with
the bark on it.
1t seems probable that new law
will be passed by the legislature
doing away with the ID per cent
penalty on delinquent taxes, and
making the county the only party
which can foreclose a delinquent
tax certificate. At present, indi-
viduals may buy up delinquent
certificates and take the Is per
cent themselves. Several meas
urao houo hoap nropncod and tho