The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-09-15
civil Service Examinations.

The United States civil service COM
mission announ ;es the following open
competitive eXa ninationS for positions
in the several ordnance establishments
of the war dep trtment or In or under
the office of the chief of ordnance, war
department., Washington, ID. c.. The
salaries named are for entrance:
Mechanical engineer. artillery am
munition, $4,000 to $500 year.
Mechanical engineer, experimental
Mechanical craftsman. $1,000 to ST.
400 year.
Apprentice craftsman, $3.50 year.
Inspector of artillery ammunition
$500 to $2,f00 year.
Inspector of field artillery ammuni-
tion steel, s 500 to $1,000 year.
Assistant inspector of field artillery
Inspector Of ammunition packing
boxes, $3.j2 day to $l.S00 year.
Inspector and assistant inspector of
powder and explosives, $1,4OO to $2,40O
year.
Inspector of ordnance equipment, ST.
500 to $1,000 year
Assistant inspector Of cloth equip
ment, $50 to $l25 month.
Assistant inspector Of leather, WOO
to $l25 month.
Assistant inspector of small hard
ware. $50 to $125 month.
Assistant inspector Of textiles. $50 to
$l25 month.
Assistant inspector of leather equip
ment. sl0O to s125 month.
Clerk quallfied In DuSlHesS auHiHis-
tration, $1,000 to 81 500 year.
Index and catalogue clerk, $1,000 to
$1,000 year.
The examination for index and cata-
logue clerk Is open to both men and
women The other examinations are
open only to men.
The government urgently needs men
for the work above indicated, ana
triotic duty. to apply for examination
Until further notice applications for
the positions named win be received at
any time by the Unite estates eivli -
Papers Will be rated promptly. APP
plicants will not be required to appear
at any place for examination, but VIII
be rated principally upon the elements
of education training, and experience,
as shown by their applications ana by
corroborative evidence.
Full information concerning exam
nations application blanks, etc, may
be obtained by calling In person upon
the secretary of the local board OF civii
service examiners at the postomce N
has bee nestablished, or by communi-
eating with the United States civil ser
vice commission Washington, ID. c.
Earl J. Strong of Colviile Is the local
service commission. He has held the
position about three years.
OLYMPIA, September 7.-Since the
WOrKmenS law "Sn'
effect in Washington on October l. III l.;
or severity months ago, l,798 fatal
accidents have been reported, accord
ing to figures given out by the indus
trial insurance commission. This Is an
average of a trine more than twenty
Ave a month or one for each working
day. The statisticians of the depart
ment claim that this death rate Is one
of the amazing things In the report.
70 rthe average holds good year in and
year out with only slight variations.
School opened Tuesday with Profes,,
sor w. o. Cummings as principal and
teacher of the high school, Miss Rachel
Mcmillan OF Colville assistant teacher
of high school, Miss Bertha Pelton
teacher of sixth, seventh and eighth
grades, Miss IA. a. Shutes teacher OF
thrG, fourth and fifth grades and MISS
Ida Pelton teacher of first and second
grades. Professor Cummings being an
educator of many years experience In
some of the best schools of the state
will undoubtedly prove Invaluable as
head of the school, and Nelson was
very fortunate in securing his services
All the other teachers are experienced
and up to date, and Nelson should have
the most successful school year of its
history-Molson Leader.
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