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The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-12-06
PLEASANT PREDICTIONS FOR
THE MONTH OF DECEMBER

Prof. Albrt Porta of the University
of Michigan has written a cheerful
view of what he says is in store for
the earth this month. He writes:
lowing to a strange grouping of
six mighty planets, such as has not
been seen in score Of centuries, the
United States next December will be
swept by the most terrific weather
cataclysm experienced since human
history began. 1t will be caused by
the hugest sun spot on record-a
sun spot that will be visible to the
naked eye.
"The sun spot that will appear
Dec. II, 1919, will be a vast wound
in the side Of the sun. There will be
hurricanes, lightning, colossal rains.
1t will be weeks before the earth
will regain it's normal conditions.
There will also be gigantic lava
eruptions, great earthquakes, to say
nothing Of floods and fearful cold. |
make this startling prophecy with
no desire to be merely sensational
or alarming. 1t is simply because
my study of the planets has revealed
certain results with mathematical
certainty.
"On Dec. II, 1919, no less than
seven planets will pull jointly on the
sun. These will include all the
mightiest planets, those with the most
powerful pull. Six of them-Mer-
curry, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn,
and Neptune-will be in conjunction,
grouped together in the greatest
league Of planets ever known in the
annals of astronomy"
The Colville Examiner does not
reprint the above predictions with
any guaranty that they will be full
filed in Stevens county. The fact is
that q lot Of people hereabouts do
not care a whoop whether the sun
has spots, streaks, rings or cata-
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-12-06
TO HUMANIZE INDUSTRY
By PREVENTING ACCIDENTS

A research Of the available data
on the fatalities Of the world war
as against the loss Of life and limb
in the industries of our country
shows the following facts. Out of
the two million soldiers sent across
the sea, 50,150 were either killed or
died as the result of wounds inflicted
on the battle field. Report also
shows that during the nineteen months
Of the war, 100000 soldiers were
manned and crippled.
The above appalling figures repre-
sent the horrors of war, it's agonies
and untold suffering, but the above
loss Of life and limb from war is
comparatively Insignificant when COM
pared with the fact that here in
peaceful America, we killed some
thing like 10000 men, women and
children from industrial accidents
and through carelessness in public
places. We have also manned and
crippled over 100000 men, women
and children during this same Pc
riod, the majority of whom lost over
four weeks Of time before returning
to their former occupations, while
many others remain permanently dis
abled, thus burdening society for the
remaining years Of their lives.
The above startling facts are suf-
ficient to convince any reasonable,
thinking employer Of workman of
the pressing need of intensive ac-
cident prevention work in every in
dustrial plant, but in order to OBJ
tain fruitful results from safety
work, it is necessary to enlist the
services of the employer as well as
the hearty cooperation of the work.
men in each and every establishment.
Without the active participation Of
both the employer and the workman
in each industry, ACCIDENT PRE-
VENTION" becomes only meaning
less phrase.
According to the experiences Of
the National Safety Council, 70%
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-12-06
THE SYMBOL OF HOPE.
CHRISTMS SEAL SALE
STARTS NEXT MONDAY

Last Monday, December LIST, the
tenth annual sale of Red Cross
Christmas Seals began for financ-
ing Of all work done by the National
tuberculosis Association and it's one
thousand affiliated bodies. Every
county in the state has been organ
lied for the sale, thus identifying
itself with the nation wide movement
to stamp out tuberculosis. In Ste
vens county the Anti-Tuberculosi
League will conduct the sale. Mr..
G.. l.. Putnam is chairman.
The state quota is $4,000, or five
cents per capita for every man and
woman in it-a trifling sum in COM
parison with that asked in other ma
tional campaigns. In many counties
the chairman has asked for double
her quota of seals, and in some in
stances three times the amount, an
action influenced by the intense in
terest of everybody in the move
ment.
The quota for Stevens county is
$525. We can do what the rest Of
the state can. BUY AND USE RED
CROSS SEALS.
The pulling power of the little
Red Cross Christmas seal was never
so clearly demonstrated as this year,
when county managers, league presi
dents, club women, school superin-
tendents, and business men have
united in a common cause, not only
to buy to the limit, and sell to the
limit, but in the faith they have put
behind the work. 1t is much harder
to keep up with the orders at head
quarters, not for the usual quotas,
but for extra allotments, than it is
to urge people to work.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-12-06
INDORSE EFFORT TO FIND
WHETHER VALLEY HAS OIL

The Governing Board of the Col
vile Chamber of Commerce having
been asked to pass upon the opera
tions of the Colville Valley Oil Co.,
the undersigned make the following
statement:
1t is highly desirable that it be
proved whether or not the Colville
valley contains oil in paying guam
titles. We believe that the officers
and the Incorporated Colville Valley
Oil Co. are in an excellent position
to prove this matter, and recon-
mend that sufficient number of bust
ness men and residents of the val
ley assist this company in finding
the facts, not as an investment tend
ed to bring immediate cash return,
but as the businesslike method of
demonstrating the extent of the re-
sources of this valley. Should oil
be struck, the immediate reward
would be great, not only to stock
holders, but to the entire county. A
definite knowledge of the formation
underlying the valley, obtained from
samples as drilling progresses, would
in itself be worth much to this
vicinity regardless of any presence
of oil. Stevens county is believed
to contain the richest mineral de-
posits in the northwest. A full
knowledge of underground forma-
tions should largely recompense the
efforts of the company.
Signed-Colville Chamber of Com
merce, by w. G. Hartwell, president;
W. w. Campbell, secretary.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-12-06
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
DIVISION MAKES REPORT

According to the annual report of
the Weights and Measures Division
for the fiscal year ending Sept. 80,
1919, just prepared by w. B. New
comb, superintendent, the six sealers
of weights and measures now in the
field have been very active during
the past year.
The report shows 1928 cities Wis
tied, 9,607 business places visited,
4O,658 miles travelled, 24,145 COM
modities upon reweight found cor
rect, 1924 overweight and 4,067
light in weight. Altogether 55,626
scales, weights and measures were
tested or 1857 more than the pre-
vious year. Of these 5O,893 were
approved; 1884 adjusted; 1924 con-
demned for repairs, and 475 confis-
Gated
According to these figures the
present years work shows 1886
more scales approved and sealed and
1896 more adjusted than in the year
ending Sept. 80, 1918. The report
further shows that only ATS scales
were confiscated, and 1924 con-
demned during the period covered by
the report, while during a corre-
spending period covered by the 1918
report 1,405 scales were confiscated
and 3,579 condemned.
The larger number approved and
the correspondingly smaller number
confiscated or condemned would in
dicate that the merchants now have
better types of scales and are giving
them better care; and that the seal
ers have been trained to make ad-
justments on scales. These condi-
tions not only permit of the equip
ment being approved and sealed but
they eliminate any annoyance to the
merchant from having a condemna-
ton tag placed on his scale, and at
the same time to save him money by
lessening the number of repair bills.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-12-06
JUST A FEW OBSERVATIONS
THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST
(By an Occasional visitor)

There is something pleasantly in
innate about the small town. When
| go into Baeumle's restaurant, or
to Vans Cafe, the proprietor really
acts as though he knows me and is
glad to see me. If he isn't busy he
asks how I have been getting along.
If he is busy, he stops and asks any,
way. l respond cordially - somehow
l feel cordial toward such notice.
It's old-fashioned, noticing people this
way, but also always new, and it
gets the business-and it also makes
us all like to live among such people.
Mine host of the Hotel Lee is a
friendly soul, too. Why the other
day he told me to wear my rubbers
when l didn't know enough to wear
them myself. Gave me a sort of
honey, comfortable feeling. l don't
know why.
A young lawyer of Colville was
on the train the morning l left. He
was going. home to eat a few meals
of Mother's cooking. l could imagine
Mother bustling around, cooking just
the things he liked. Life can never
be empty to mothers while boys still
come home to get fed up. enjoy
knowing the people on the train. l
like to be able to tell myself where
they are going and what they are
planning to do.
Life is different in Spokane
have eaten quite few meals there
lately, and no restaurateur asked me
how I was getting along. None of
them seemed to care. 1t was i'm
material to them, provided paid my
check-some check, too, believe me,
Xantippe. As for all the advice !
got about rubbers, ! might have gone
barefoot. And l didn't know any
body on the cars. They are short of
fuel in Spokane. Nobody dares to
make a real, honest goodness fire
for fear he'll never have enough
wood to make another one. My trip
was a real frost.
*xE~HMHEH
On the train coming home, there
was little boy. He hadn't much
notion Of geography, but his heart
was in the right place. Every time
the train showed signs of stopping,
he would shout with great gusto eve
live in Washington-and this is Col
ville." He kept it up all the way
home, growing more and more en-
phatic as we drew nearer to the
land of his hearts desire. 1--WE live
in Washington-AND THIS is COL
WILLIE"
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-12-06

clysms, and will be wholly unmoved
by the statement that any of the
planets have pull on the earth,
either jointly or severally. If any,
thing were likely to change the price
of cordwood or bacon, some interest
might be aroused. If the planetary
pull could pull some of the water
ont of the gasoline being used by
autoists and Fordsters, a continual
tion of the sun spot might be recon-
mended.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-12-06
The Husbands Offense

A divorce case was in session and
a former maid of the family had
been called as witness.
"You will admit you heard great
many quarrels between the defendant
and his wife," asked the judge.
"Yis, sor, l do"
"Tell the court if you can," said
the Judge, "what he seemed to be
doing during these quarrels."
"Shure, sor," said the maid, "he
seemed to be doin' tn listening"
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-12-06
Mean Man

Friend-"Is her father the kind of
man who would pursue you if you
eloped?"
Jack PoOre-"No, he's the kind of
man who'd move so that you couldn't
find him when you came back"
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-12-06
Or q PitchfOrk

"How do you like the cigar | gave
you, old man? For two hundred
bands of that brand they give you
gramophone.
"You don't say! If | smoked two
hundred of those cigars I wouldn't
want a gramophone, I'd want a
harp"
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-12-06

Pimples. bad breath. sallow color
Ugh its awful--take HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea and be in the
swim.-adv.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17

They are served only to known
patrons and they cost just $3.50 each.
Straight whisky is likewise purchas-
able. 1t is somewhat cheaper, but
not cheap, at $1.25 drink. Ginger
ale, too, though RECKLESS, has taken
an unprecedented rise. The old price
was 20 cents. the after prohibition
price is 81, Many patrons now Garry
their own in a hin pocket and the
liquor seller charges the drinker rs
cents for usurping function that
belongs to the house"
Other soft drinks and foods have
gone up proportionately in the liquor
selling restaurants. Milk and vichy,
formerly priced at Is cents, is now so
cents. Iced coffee has skyrocketed
from 35 to so cents, a club sandwich
from 40 cents to 81. An investigator
reports going with friend into a
modest looking Broadway restaurant
where he ordered grape juice for two.
The check was 81. Protest to the
waiter brought forth explanation that
there was no mistake, the drinks being
Sl each and the cover charge" 81
each.
The liquor seller is not going to
have the regular order of his life
upset by prohibition; not if he can
help it. At the prices quoted, pro-
hibitioE ought to be almost as profit
able as licensed selling. especially
since the license cost money. How
such prices can be obtained from
sober buyers is mystery. Nowhere
but in wise old New York could it be
done. Even there, among a people
additionally fond of being stung. a
revolt may eventually come. There
is such thing as pverzealousness in
the LIQUOR dispenser's desire to uphold
tradition and please his clientele.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
A woMAN's JURY.


'Never again." declares Miss Ruth
Edna Beckwith, the lone dlssenter in
the woman's jury which sat in the
case of Dell Cutting, charged with SELL
ing lottery tickets in Oakland, COL,
and freed in police court after dis
agreement eleven women voting for
conviction and Miss Beckwith alone
holding out after three hours Of
stormy session.
Miss Beckwith is an attorney her.
self, and after sitting on the jury
she insists Carnegie medal is due
her.
Here is her account of the jury
room proceedings:
The jury retired. The first thing
to cause any decided commotion was
statement by one juror that ballot
should be taken before entering upon
Ia discussion to get the standing of
Z, the jurors.
lone of the jurors rose to her feet
in hurry and made a motion of
| strike. The ballot carried. however,
10 to 2.
Different members strove violently
for decision until one sweet lady. a
lovable lady, said: We can't come
to decision this way Let us have a
session of prayer, and SAX for divine
guidance
"And all was calm and still.
zone enthusiastic lady said that a
rich concern and not the defendant
would bear the judgment and that he
sat there and chewed gum all the
time. and he wasn't worrying-so why
should We?
Yes. said another defiantly. and
his attorney tried to get us all mixed
up to start with
zone dear lady stood out with me
till almost the last Then someone
looked at her and said; viii you
| dare to let your name go out from
here as not guilty. and l lost my last
| friend
again seemed to be the center of
attraction. / viewed her seriously
and firmly and said: Are you willing
to stand up before your God and say
that that man was proved guilty?'
"She deliberated.
You're trying to influence her!
rang out a chorus of deafening voices
1.-THE baliff entered and asked us
to return to the courtroom. The judge
asked us If we had come to deci-
sion We had not. He asked us il
we could come to a decision.
"Ask herr was the reply, as eyes
and thumbs were pointed in my direc-
ton.
"What seems to be the trouble :?
asked the judge kindly.
"'She is guided by technlcalities!
insisted the forelady.
THE jury was discharged.
"And the kind. motherly women al
evaporated, and the kind. motherly
men gathered around me to console
me and revive my spirits, which were
about so degree below zero
"That is why | say Never again. y
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
THE BRIDES VEIL

1t is hard on the bridal veil but il
the truth must be told. the original
idea was to blind the lamb for the
slaughter. For. not sweet and sacred
as 1t would seem from its charming
evolution is its old significance
Directly, we have It from the flam-
meum. the huge, yellow veil, which
was thrown over Greek and Roman
brides, and which is still used by the
Persians, but actually, it Is relic of
barbarism, with an origin which, when
it is known, will cause slump on
the market--perhaps
During an era of civilization which
left much to be desired. marriage by
capture was the general practice.
Yes. girls were actually scarce! And
then they were rather handy things
to have around. With wife man
wanted for nothing. He had good
provder, slave to wait upon him
and an OK to carry his burdens. The
supply being short of the demand
the young huskies We're obliged to
turn to other tribes for repienishment
Unfavorabie conditions made 1t neces-
sary TO overpower the prospective
bride, and to facilitate this a large
sheet or blanket was thrown over her.,
Hence the bridal veil. &
-~4sts-5s -
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
ELLABELLE MAE DOOLITTLE
BY Bide Dudley.

ishing Co. (The New York World }
the ground. 1t was well behaved
crowd, although there was noe fight.
This was stopped quickly by Con-
stable Brown, who hit both men and
then ran swiftly, causing the conf
batants to chase him far from the
sorrowful spot
When the dog had been lowered
INTO the hole 1.-THE girl stepped to
the fore. She held up one hand. 1t
was Ellabelle Mae Doolittle, gowned
IN black topaz cheesecloth.
Friends, she said, II have pre-
pared little poem for this solemn
occasion. Would you like to hear ~
Yes yelled little Pinky Graham
'Aw, he hollered it before We got a
chance to join in like you told u.s."
said little Masie Meaney, speaking
for six other youngsters.
"Childrenl You must be gentle"
said Miss Doolittle. 81 will now read
the poem in response to your many
requests
In low tone, indicating sorrow,
the poetess read the following
Upton Tarbox. you are gone,
Our canine friend he is no more,
over in the East we see the dawn,
"A better life for you in store.
You were friend of all the children,
Nobody you could knock.
Even if you did get angry one day
And bic Grandpa Tarbox.
My sisters child, Tenney Ricketts,.
Dressed IN like ghost
Ana scared several roiored children.
Teeney, stop that hoax!
But, getting back to this occasion,
Upton Tarbox, rest In peace!
You deserve heavenly collar of gold,
You were kind--eyen to fleas.
With the reading of the final line
the clods began to fall in the hole
and all seemed more solemn. Arid
vet, for one brief moment, those pres
ent, feeling the full effect of the
poem, applauded with great gusto.
All We're pleased
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
PRICE BOOSTING.

When the war ended the depart
ment of commerce and other agencies
at Washington began to ballyhoo the
people into buying instead of econo-
MIXING as during the conflict.
BY buying upon the part of the pub
lie business could be speeded up, was
the argument, and thus unemploy-
ment could avoided. There was gem
eral reaction upon the part of many
people who had been restrained from
buying, and an era of extravaganza
followed. This SUPPLIED opportunity
to producers to take excessive profits
from the supplies on hand. Spectators
saw their chance and secured stocks
by invading every field and then with
the skill of oil stock statesmen pro-
ceded to hurrah dealers into buying
by ingenious stories about future adj
vances. Everybody was advised to buy
quickly at the high figures and told
definitely that a little later or next
season the figures would be kited
even more. Quick turns were wanted
| by the spectators. The trade gem
orally fell for the scheme. In many
cases the exact increases in cost of
| clothes and shoes for next year were
announced Scarcity of raw material
was alleged to prove that such in
creases must occur. Dealers bought
at high figures fearing the producers
| and spectators could carry out the
program.
So long as the public would be ex-
travagant the dea ers could all buy
and pass along the excess, and even
add something to the overcharge to
cover danger of declines,
This condition exists not only in
the United States. Other nations,
neutrals and belligerents, are having
! similar troubles. Official regulations
are being made. In some countries
| maximum prices are fixed for foods,
shoes, clothing and other necessities
Italy and France are prosecuting prof
iteers. Great Britain will indefinitely
keep food control and this week has
decided to regulate wholesale and re-
tail prices Prosecution of profiteers
is under consideration by parliament.
The allies will pool their buying
in America in order not to do competi-
tive purchase. which would raise
| prices.
| New York commercial experts de-
clare there are sufficient supplies of
! food stuffs and raw materials for the
things that people wear. But adequate
measures for distributing them where
they are needed are required and a
| number of nations may combine for
such action until production is re-
sumed. where it was suspended.
II there be no quicker way to end
the price extortions, which increased
after war, many of which are wrongly
claimed as due to higher labor wages,
the people can end the abuse by con-
certed return to war time abstinence
from buying or consuming unneces-
| sarily.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
Copyright. 1919. by The Press Publ
OF Her Dead Canine Friend Noted
IOettsS Writes: lou Nvre kinu-
Even to FIeas''

Upton Tarbox is dead and buried
To the casual reader this line will
mean nothing out of the ordinary.
But to the resident of Delhi it means
much. Upton Tarbox was honored
by all Delhi. Everybody liked him
and hundreds were sorry when he
died.
who was Upton Tarbox?" you
ask, perhaps. WAS he a noted bene-
factor of TIE human race. or was he
just a big-hearted, kindly mah?s
Upton Tarbox was neither. He was
a dog.
1t was nine wears ago that Obediah
Tarbox arrived at his home one night
with a puppv in his arms. He had
found the dog in Maloney's saloon
and could not tell exactly why he had
brought him home. Some one at the
bar had said the dog looked like Sir
Thomas Lipton's yacht, Shamrock III,
and Mr.. Tarbox had Immediately
named him Lipton Mrs Tarbox said
the dog might stay and the little Tar
boxes were overjoyed.
Where did we get that dog? ?" asked
Obediah Tarbox the next morning.
Mrs. TarboX pointed sarcastic finger
at him..
Needn't to mind nowl" she said.
Il found him in the arms of stewed
person.
you ought to keep away from such
people" grunted Obediah Tarbox.
And now. kindly reader. we have
painted for you a picture of the entry
of Upton Tarbox into the Tarbox
family. The dog proved to be a very
sweet dog, although rather dirty with
mud and burrs at times. Every one
loved him. among them being Ella
belle Mae Doolittle
Miss Doolittle, sentimentalist that
she is. just worshipped Upton Tar
box.
Little children went when he died
Old men stroked their bears SOL
EMMY.
Pretty girls said, isn't 1t shame o"
, Even Mayor Cyrus Perkins Walker
was quiet when he was told of the
dogs demise.
The funeral occurred Saturday. The
dog was placed in Obediah Tarbox's
fliver and taken to the bank of the
river There nearly half a hundred
persons stood and saw all that, was
mortal VI him consigned to a. hole In