The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1921-07-23


for it is making Iowa profitable for
farmers. Political conditions in Iowa
are those of % years ago. There is
no public service commission, and
corporations maintain lobbyists at
each legislature to watch their in
terests in matters of rates and op-
Grafton just as they did years ago.
Big busines is all in one political
party, the fights are all within the
party, and money and skill talk.
| left Iowa 90 years ago, as soon
as | finished college, in the belief
that opportunities were more numer-
Gus westward. I now find that op-
portunitian are about equal any place
in the country. But we must travel
and gain experience and learn to see
an opportunity when one offers.
That's why eastern boys gain sue
cess in the west, and the western
boys meet it in the east-the strang
er sees more clearly than the one
at home. | saw opportunities in
Iowa that have been there for 20
Years, only I couldn't detect them
then. wonder if there are oppor-
tunities in Stevens county that will
require some Iowa boy to show us.
Quite likely, unless we keep con-
stantly awake to the fact that there
are unlimited opportunities for
progress, for prosperity and for
happiness any place we live.
In Iowa I saw the old house in
which I was born. 1t was built in
1854, which was before Tom Aspend
discovered Colville, and is good for
some time yet. At Des Moines the
Shriners kept me occupied for three
days. The only Spokane fez | saw
was the one I wore. The heat was
intense, but so was the crowd. |
succeeded in getting my face burned
the first morning, so | didn't mind
the heat in the more painful occu-
patton of caring for my face. 1t
shows what one will forget, for
was raised under that Iowa sun,
along with the other products of
corn, sunfowers, hogs and tomatoes,
and ought to have remembered that
Iowa sunshine produces burns,
freckles, red hair and sunstroke.
At st. Louis l was a delegate to
the head camp of Modern Woodmen
(which meets every four years to
.legislate for the more than million
members of the society. The state
of Washington ranked first in mem
bership campaign, which gave our
delegation a considerable prominence
Our state deputy Ben L. Goodheart
goes to California, and Washington
is fortunate in getting W. H. Tyer
who is transferred from Idaho.
Goodheart had made such an envi-
able record in Washington that he
was given a bigger and more pro-
fitable field. Had a visit with Head
Counsul A. r. Talbot, and talked
with most of the men in charge of
the executive work of the society.
At Kansas City | had hoped it
would be cooler But nothing doing.
1t seems that an extra lot of meteors
have been dropping into the sun
every day, which makes it hotter
than usual-if such thing be pos
sible! Sorry George Peddycord
couldn't have spent week with me
in that delirious weather. He could
have reduced to the size of small
boy without any exertion. No Won
der Missourians grow tall length
wise and not so much across, like
Lon johnson. They couldn't afford
/, to have the sun strike them very
much in one place, or they would
melt and run down the river.
I noticed that in the central states
the people take things rather easy,
and that Sunday is a considerable
holiday. Clerks appear languid in
a rather uncertain effort to sell goods.
Sometimes trains run on Sunday, but
the one you want to take is not
running. The towns close up early
at night, for which don't blame them.
I'd keep closed all day, too, in that
weather.
Denver is usually made up OF east
ern excursionists who come west IN
the summer to see the mountains,
Seeing that Denver is nearly hun
dred miles from the real mountains,
marvel at the continued eyesight
of the tourists. Denver is higher
and a little cooler, but that isn't say
ing much, for had to continue
going without a coat. It's an aw1ui
nuisance this thing of crowding all
ones travelling equipment into two
hip pocket in order to be able to
breathe on a hot day, but got
away with it for whole month.
At Colorado Springs | visited the
M. w. A. sanitorium, and took lunch
there with the superintendent Dr.