Peace Treaty Signed Ends World War I And Wilson Speaks
The Colville Examiner notes the June 28 signing of the German peace treaty with President Wilson’s message praising the accord as a charter for a new world order. The article also covers local livestock show plans, prize baby debates, and school honor roll standings across Colville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colville
Germany
Paris
Wilson
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Livestock group weighs unusual prize ideas from publisher
Secretary Earle T. Gates of Stevens County Livestock Association reports a New York publisher proposes humane prizes for people and babies alongside livestock awards. Suggestions include best children ages five to fifteen, prize winning older adults, and an all‑round athletic contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates
The
Livestock Association
Colville
C. L. Baker
Sig Dilsheimer
Earle T. Gates
Stevens County Livestock Association
Physical Culture Publishing Co
New York
Transportation by motor truck links Colville to Spokane
The Pacific Coast Motors Transportation Co of Spokane unveils a motor freight express and passenger route connecting Spokane Colville and Marcus with seven day round trips. Passenger rate is railway rate plus 10 percent. First truck run completed in nine hours to Colville. goats and milk were delivered on the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colville
Spokane
Marcus
Pacific Coast Motors ‘Transportation Co
Inland Empire
Pacific Garage
Marcus Garage
Meyers Falls
Kettle Falls
Old Dominion
Old Mine
Former Colville Native Jack Hanley Joins Pan American Air Service
J D Hanley once deputy sheriff and Colville boy writes from New York City to Atty John B Slater. He says he is in advisory work for Pan American Air Service and mentions plans for an aerial line from New York to Buenos Aires via Havana and the West Indies. He notes excitement over air navigation spurred by Read's NC-4 transatlantic flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
AIR Service
Corporation
J. D. Hanley
Colville
Jack
Atty
John B. Slater
New York City
Florida
New York
Pan American Air Service Corporation
Buenos Ayres
Havana
West Indies
Read
Red Stamp Reverts to First Class Mail Use
Postal rates changed on July 1 affecting first class mail. Three-cent stamps, dominant during wartime, will be used up in fourth-class and parcel post mail. Three-cent booklet stamps torn apart. three-cent stamped envelopes and postal cards revert to government. The two-cent postal ecards remain for foreign mail.
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Congress
C. M. Durland
Colville Posts Record Low June Rainfall
Colville area drought sets a new June precipitation record with less than 0.1 inch. Normal June rain is 1.48 inches. previous lows were 0.35 in 1900, 0.50 in 1918, and 0.70 in 1917. Temperatures ranged to 97, down to 28, with 19 clear days and 3 cloudy. Alfalfa crops show stress across the Colville valley and neighboring districts due to the dry spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colville
Valley
Grand Forks
Columbia
Kettle River
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RICH
Jeweler
Opticia
Stevens County Power & Light Co
Colville Abstract CO
Stevens County
Frank Kostka
Colville, Washington
P. E. Dingle
Mrs. Dingle
TopNoch Flour Mills
America
World
Chewelah
Spokesman-Review
Hazel Fay
Colville R. D
Eugene Eickmeyer
Dorothy Diffenbacher
Josephine Bresnahan
Pearl Jarvis
Madeline Conney
Springdale
Vera Messler
Arlie Cruger
Leslie Turner Chewelah
Muriel Bush
Ward
Sacred Heart
Georgie Bennett
Mildred Maurer
Alice Antisdel
Emery Johnson
Vivien Johnson
Johnson
Euclave Cameron
M. A. Cameron
Robert Durland
Colville Valley
Com
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Frank B.goetter
TMB Daugbtors
Tee County
Olvill
Smith’s
First National Bank
Calville, Wash
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