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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1922
Page
4
Weekly digest for Kettle Falls and the Upper Columbia River Valley spotlights community happenings. Includes updates from local figures such as Mrs. Myrtie Fish, representative, and notes from the ws arden area as a center of Northwest activity.
Miles By A. E. Lewis reports church events at St. Peter's and nearby talks by Rev W Gibson and Rev Waldo Peter. Local news covers school activities, basketball with Marcus, flower day, a wedding, a basket social, and cold spell impacts plus irrigation survey interests and Deer Park Lumber railroad work.
Aladdin notes visitations include ington visiting sons George and Carter. F P LaSota completes road on Rocky creek and makes landings for logs. John McTigue returns from St Paul after eighteen months with friend Mr Warren. St Phillips comes home from Illinois. Art Bugge returns from Wisconsin but leaves due to asthma.
Merton Dewitts has returned home after several weeks away. Mrs. Stanley Smith clerks at Zwanz Wurzburg during holidays. Miss Stella Henry heads to Yakima to make it her home. Merchants report strong holiday goods and festive window displays amid cold weather. Mrs. Lair and Mrs. Giles return from Spokane after visiting friends. Many neighbors report colds. John Peterson spent the weekend with his family. Washington Water Power adds night shift to speed work. Marshall Smith of Kettle Falls visits M C Smith family. Church Ladies' Aid supper nets 54 dollars. Christmas program by the community church on Friday December 22 with special music and recitations. Community church service next Sunday at seven with the topic on school dancing under authority. Weather turns snappy. 20 below previously, road to Davenport closed by deep snow. Mr. Wyatt sick list. Francis Ward ferryman loses cattle island voyage. horse swam current, rider swept, rescuers fail to locate him. he leaves wife and five children. Frank Ewing runs the ferry now. Young people's meeting held at Tipton home with a late lunch. Mrs. Sims and Mrs. Anderson visit Friske. Mrs. Baird visits Martinpaney. Friske hosts a party for her 14-year-old son with games and candy. Lunch served, everyone enjoys.
The Community Ladies' Aid held a Christmas sale and chicken supper at the grange hall on December 7. A large crowd bought items made by the ladies, raising more than seventy dollars for the aid.
Alda Nelson of Colville spent Sunday with home folks. Several residents were shopping in Colville Saturday. Mrs. S. H. Bender accompanied her mother Mrs. J. B. Miller of Meyers Falls to Chewelah Saturday, returning Sunday.
West Side school teachers Miss Azelia McDaniel and Ruth Erickson prepare a Christmas program at the school house Thursday night, Dec 21. Missives note attendance below average due to cold weather and illness. several townspeople visiting or ill.
F B Schmid argues livestock prices shortchange producers as level of distribution inflates margins. He notes Spokane stock yards fairness, breed mix issues, Holstein versus Shorthorn value, and shifting demand toward 1000 to 1200 pound steers. He cites personal sales and observations from stock shows.
A Colville Examiner letter argues for expanding international trade to help farmers and stockmen facing ruin from lack of markets. The writer critiques Versailles, praises government agricultural spending, cites rising farm mortgage rates in Minnesota, and endorses ship subsidies to lower ocean rates while urging readers to challenge the figures in print.
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