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best preserved, perhaps because it isthe only mission that v,a.- notsome time or another abandoned tr>

suit some prevailing political situa-tion. It is famous for its collectionof pathetic ami picturesque relicof American history; for. lie itknown, the introduction of civiliza-tion antedates, by 80 year.-, the land-ing of the Pilgrims at PlymouthRock. The building la of the pre-vailing type of architecture ..^oinmonto the mass of mission structures inCalifornia contemporary with itstime. It is liuilt of brick and stomand mortar, with two towers doublethe height of the main walls, and Insome parts has been reinforced withretaining walls several feet (hick.

The flagstone doors of the patiosare of vitrified clay a foot or more

square and two inches thick set inmortal' and have endured their ISoyears of constant use without deter-ioration. Thousands upon thousandof travelers from every quarter ofthe world visit this old church everyyear. No one can fail to see ititowering domes reaching high on

the slope overlooking the city, andthe lure to its sacred palaces is ir-resistable. We drove to the oldchurch early in the forenoon amiwaited until the number of visitois

sufficient to form a party had ar-

rived when a young priest invited usto register. Having done so he de-

livered a short but very entertaininglecture on the history of the Cali-

fornia missions in general and onthe Santa Barbara mission in parti-cular. He told us of the trip ofthe first messengers of the church tothis wild land and of their trials,privations, their sacrifices, their fail-ures and their successes, as well as a

summing up of their achievements.According to the history of this

church parish, between 1786 and1836, as many as 4861 Indians be-

came Christians under the teachings

administered here. The names of1127 white people were entered onthe baptismal register, and L33GIndian and 209 white couples were

joined in Christian wedlock. Hepointed out to us that the acre ofcemetery over which we were un-

ceremoniously tramping in uncon-scious innocence of their presence

was the sepulcher of :!,:J97 Indianswho had died in and about the mis-sion.

The city business district followsa mile along State street which ispart of the Coast highway betweenLos Angeles and San Francisco.Though untold wealth is representedby the citizens there is scarcely abuilding, besides the hotels, thatreaches a height of three stories. Thehotels in their entirety are a reflec-tion of the aristocracy of the nation.

Aside from living in these hotels,homes in the urban environmentsmeasure up to millions of dollars in

value, and not a few mansions alonetop that sum.

The residential portion of the cityis built up in attractive homes. The".shack-town" feature which embel-lishes some, part of most cities is ab-sent here. One long wharf built out

over a sloping beach to the open sea

provides visiting craft the only con-venience for receiving and releasingpassengers and cargo. The port is

not one of international character andis treated as a way-station by pass-

ing steamers.

About 30 miles from th<' main

land out in the blue Pacific, a chainof four mountainous islands, theSanta Barbara group, rear theircrests and half a dozen peaks to aheight of nearly 2500 feet. Thereare five of these mountains exceed-ing a height of 1500 feet. The chainis about fifty miles long and fromSanta Barbara appears one contin-uous stretch of island. These out-lying fragments of terra flrma arenot forested excepting in the deepcanyons where a stunted growth of

oak and an occasional native cyprus

puts forth. The hills are coveredwith the same sort of flora which

clothes the windward slopes of theCalifornia desert hills. Because thetitle to the island lands has remain-ed in the grantees under the patentfrom the Spanish king, for genera-tions, very little has boon done toimprove them, but there is no reasonwhy, some day, they should not be

as inviting and popular as the islandof Santa Catalina. All these islandsare American territory and underthe jurisdiction of the state of Cali-fornia. A small steamer three timesa week handles the commerce of the

islands.The beaches along the Santa Bar-

bara coast are said to be the finestin the world, and are well patronizedduring the entire year. Automobilesfollow the tide line over the hardsurface for many miles without in-terruption.

There is much of interest in Santa

Barbara that cannot be succinctly

recounted in a short narrative. It

is a sea coast city without a harbor,

and it is dependent upon no mone-tary or political influence for itsgrowth and progress.—John R. Slater.

PROTECTION OF FORESTS(i 'nntlniM ci 11 urn paw one)

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these fires were muw caused, that i-.

Ed by nithi r i| noranci . can

n \u25a0 or n: I n< and therefore. hould be preventable.

. tat< and federal fore I offi-i \u25a0.\u25a0ping ( i"vciythinir within hi--power with the meansathand topre-\« mi and suppn I flre . We

have but a limited organize ion I i

fight fin s and in th< ir preveiand suppi' \u25a0 ion v. c need Ihe coop(ration of every good citizen, every

man, woman and child, and we needdly.

Afti r .\ itne ing uch firei as wehad the past Few years in Steven.;

and Ferry count ies and elsev heretl o ghoul our \u25a0 , sui oly everythough ful cit "".i >' ill realize the

nere ity for fire pi \u25a0 \ enl ion and for-est protection. It i- our industriesthat will be starved, our resourcesdestroyed, your wages and my wage:

burned, aye yes, il is taking thebri ad I rom the mouths of your child-ren and my children and our child-ren's children, taking away fromthem a heritage that rightfully be-

longs to them.It is the duty of every good citi-

zen, every man, woman ami child tohelp prevent forest fires, talk fire

prevention, practice it. Never leave;i camp fnc unextinguished, be at alltimes as careful with fire in the

woods as in your own home, help cu-

force our laws against the crime of

carelessness, maliciousness and ig-

norance. We appeal to you for thisFUpport and cooperation. WILL

OU GIVE IT? A. \V. Ea tman,

foresi ranger, Marcus. Wash.

NEWS OF SCHOOLSSome of the Current News

at Colville's AgsreditedHigh School

Remember the date! Don't fail tocome to the "Junior Follies" to begiven at. the T. O. 0. F. hall Satur-day, April ~2, for the purpo.se ofraising money to finance tin 1 juniorprom. The "Junior Fair," as this

entertainment lias formerly I n call-ed, lias always been recognized asone of tin- biggest events of the

school year. Among the main at-tractions will lie a vaudeville given

by members of tin' junior cla \u25a0. Thiswill include three one-act comediesentitled "The Insurance Agent,"Courtship Under Difficulties, and"the Quackery," in which Jessie Pav-

sons, Donald Foster, John Offutt,Thomas Rusch, Hmry Parsons and

Hubert Tagc will take part. Besidesthis there will be athletic dancing bya number of chorus girls, the girls'

quartet will sing a number of se-lections, a flsh pond ami amateurlioxing by til" smaller boys in thegrades.

.Tunior Follies

Girla dressed to represent differ-ent nations will be in charge of

booths where one c;in purchase ice-cream, pop corn, lemonade and home-made candy. A jitney dance will;.lso be given, the music to be fur-nished by McFarland's orchestra.

On Saturday' evening a float withchorus giils will parade on Main

street. Everyone should help boostthe juniors and make this enter-tainment a great success. Admis-sion IBc.

Progress of the SkookumMonday of this week was a rod

letter day for. the Skookum of '22.

On this day the work of setting up

the type and arranging and assemb-ling the different cuts was begun.Also on Monday a caucus was takenof the senior class to see how many

"Skookums" they intended to pur-

chase, and on Friday a caucus was

taken of the entire student assembly.The result of these caucuses was

very good with a cheerful outlookfor the safety of the '22 Skookum,

and the seniors expect to make a

record sale for this year.

Report cards for the second sixweeks period of the second semesterwere distributed last Wednesday attwelve o'clock.

The Colville debaters will be

awarded silver medal-; for winning

two debates in the inter-scholasticdebates between Wenatchee, Yakima,Walla Walla, Lewis ami Clark and

Colville, Bronze raedala were tobe given Tor winning one debate,silver for two ami gold for winningthree. Those to be awarded medalsare Howard Casey, Enos Rice andMarcel] Bunge.

An Informal meeting of the LavTaiue 111 Hee club was held Mon-day evening at the vocational build-ing. The entire time was given overto discussion of various subjectswhich will be brought up and actedupon at the next regular meeting

April 25. The annual banquet was

discussed in regard to time, price

and committees. Some time was al-so given to the present plans for

the beginning of the landscape gar-

dening about the vocational building.

Interest was shown in regard t>>the progTam of the club work bothfor the summer and the regular pro-gram to be carried on from year toyear.

Changes in the constitution in re-gard to membership were discussedwhereby interested pupils of theeighth grade and young people outof school interested in the workmight become members.

The first authorized appearance of

the Delphics in connection with amovie show will be made on May 6,when they appear with a program in

connection with the movie "Brown at

Harvard." A large audience is ex-pected because everyone outside of

the Delphic literary society is in-

terested as to whether the Delphicsare telling the truth when they say

Ihey have "talent" or whether theyare just "spoofing."

Joy reigns among the seniors asthe result of an authorized reportreceived from the University of

Washington that to enter schoolthere all students must have two-

thirds 15s or better instead of four-lifths 15s as was believed before.

Diary of SlatsA CAREFUL RECORD OF THE

DAILY HAPPENINGS IN THELIFE OF ONE YOUNGSTER

Friday—Ma ast pa to fix sum win-dow shades & pa sed he wood notstart a job on a Friday. He is verysuperstiihus he hates 2 use a wordwith the letter M in it because it isthe 13th letter in the alfabet.

Saturday—pa at last got 2 work onthe shades & hit his finger with ahammer & he begun 2 sware likeas if he was kinda mad & ma skold-ed him & sed he should ought 2 bemore care full how he tawks at home& pa replyed & sed Whats the useof having a home then.

Sunday—My ma was fixing sumchicken for dinner, on account wehad cumpany for dinner. 1 ait herif it was 2 be fried & she sed No Iam going 2 cook smothered chickenbut 1 didnt eat enny. I want minekilled civilized.

Monday—a ant of mine cum 2 seeme & ma & pa & she kist me whenshe cum in. They is a lot of diffruncein kisses. When ma kisses me itmakes me feel nice and smooth allover & when pa kisses me I tast apipe & when Jane kist me that timeI got dizzy but when my ant kissesme it hassent enny kick a tall.

Tuesday— I saw pa putting a nicklein the trunk today & I Mt himWhy did he put it there, ho sed hewas saving sooveneers. 1 sed a nicklewassent enny sooveni'er & he sed

The Colville Examiner, Saturday, April22, 1922

Do you just look,fellow citizens,

or do you really see?Most of us think we LOOK aod SEE, bat ifwe watch ourselves we willfind tint w

are a most unobserving lot of mortals!

We have been LOOKING at freight locomotives all our lives, and at passenger engines,too! Can you tell how many wheels each type hagi Probably not; it is not likely tfe«t one person in •thousand can. We LOOK but we do not SEE!

The same holds true regarding numberless other things, including words! Supposeyon should LOOK at the word "Penney"— wtmM you SEE that it had in it one mow "c" than tl»

word "penny"!

And if that word "Penney" should have two little characters in front of it, like this,«<j. C."—a period after each one— would you LOOK at them and really SEE them t Would you know

that they are initials and that the word "Penney," winch follows, combined with them, is the name at

the founder of the World's greatest chain-department store organization?

If so, when you see a large sign over one of the doors of your business blocks, reading"J. C. Penney Company," you will know that a link of this Nation-wide institution of wrriee is !»•'

cated in your town, and that the word "Penney" is not "penny" and has no reference wfcatom t»)

the little copper piece.

Yes it is they was once a time whenit wood by sets worth of things.

Wednesday—pa has got a brotherwhich is going' to get married 2 sum jlady he knows & he has invited us j2 cum 2 the wedding 2 see him get

married. Pa sod he thot Joe wasmitey foolish 2 get married, and [ma rite away sed Why is he foolish ;

Pa sed 2 her He is yung & hassent |had no experience in marriage.

Thursday—We are not going 2go 2 the wedding. Ma sed 2 pa we '

will send our 'regrets & pa sed it

isent enny use. They will have aplenty before long.

Ho didn't profiteer; he didn'tstrike; he still works for the sameold wages. Let us fostef the honey

bee.

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