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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1920
Page
5
Local ad urges shoppers to visit Rich's for glasses with satisfaction guaranteed. Mentions nine pound sack of Top-Noch for mushc or gems and notes availability at all dealers.
Lost and found notice describes a black 2-year-old steer with a white heart on the forehead white body spots branded L on the hip and five red and white yearlings also branded L on the hip. Notify Mrs Mazell Price Route 2 Addy or Huber Henry Bluecreek at once.
Help wanted notice seeks a girl to perform general house work at an address on 704 6th Ave Colville. Call or write for details.
A varied set of notices touts free large photos with each dozen six dollar photos from Home Studio and sales of work horses, milch cows, Barred Rock cockerels, and Ford automobiles. Also advertised are Maxwell car orders, auctioneering services in Stevens County, wheat land in Idaho for trade, and apple varieties with parcel pricing from L M Harlow Meyers Falls. Herbert Krueger Colville lists young team and milking cows, N J Lemay offers farm and stock sales, and J S Hendricks shop invites inquiries on a 1917 Ford.
Miss Sadie Ettleson visits at the Dannheiser home and Miss McDonald of Valley visits Mrs. Walter Bowen. Yakima visitor Mrs. Henry Johnston stays with the G L Bioth family. Haworth leaves for Winnipeg with the Chicago Portrait company after Christmas with his parents. Land Co representative O N Bell shows lands in Chewelah and Rice. Elmer Mullen, now in Okanogan, discusses Kettle River mining claims. Jay Alborn injured near Kettle Falls and remains with parents under Dr. Clark care. Mrs. D H Carey travels to Seattle for her father's illness. Over 65 children receive gifts from the Good Fellows. carolers visit Colville hospitals. Unclaimed letters list posted. Eastern Star hosts a dancing party with 150 attendees. D O K K initiates 68 candidates in Pullman. local meeting in Spokane follows. Post 98 January meeting set. soldiers urged to attend. Examiner printing services advertised. subscription notices explained. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine advertisement with sworn testimonial from 1886 Toledo firm.
A New Year blast at the Tulare Mining Co. east of Colville dislocated about 30,000 tons of dolomitic rock using 7,150 pounds of 10 percent giant powder and 100 pounds of 40 percent powder packed in two charges 26 feet apart in a 41 foot deep tunnel. A. H. Crane of Hercules Powder Co. supervised to ensure proper timing and safety. The dolomite, calcined nearby for Crown Willamette paper plants, comes from the Tulare Mining Co. Stevens County quarries, a Crown Willamette subsidiary serving the Inland Empire.
A Montana State Fair exhibit by the State Agricultural College uses a eight by eight foot miniature cemetery with truthful epitaphs to highlight how lack of home conveniences can shorten farm life. Other displays show a bleak farmhouse and a kitchen that should not be, urging greater farm home comfort and convenience.
Rev. C. H. Alborn and family have moved to 705 East Beach where he will serve as pastor of the Baptist church. He comes after a year at Kettle Falls overseeing Pleasant Valley Marcus and Garden Valley districts. He will lead Marcus Sunday mornings and preach at Miss Henrietta Gohlman’s Baptist service Sundays. Henrietta Gohlman visited Harrington for Christmas with her parents and returned to Barmans store last Saturday. The government urges residents to buy War Savings Stamps.
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