Governor Hart Warns of Historic Coal Shortage Threat
A letter from Governor Louis F. Hart warns of a severe fuel coal shortage this fall and winter. He urges newspapers and coal operators to mobilize advertising and cooperation to promote early purchases, storage, and flexible payments to avert hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Examiner
Northwest
Great Lakes
United States
Pacific Northwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iron and Steel
Pacific Coast
Cascade Mountains
East
Dancing and Picnic Bring Colville Band Annual Event
The Colville band hosts a lakeside picnic at Pend Oreille with music at the lake pavilion today. Tomorrow features boating, swimming and water sports, a cutting contest, and a duck catch. A 4 PM concert includes a sequence of marches and overtures.
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Colville
Pend Oreille Lakes
Lake Pavilion
Stevens County Second in Number of Squirrels
Stevens County ranks second in the state for squirrel numbers per L. K. Couch of the U S biological survey based on ounces of poison procured by each county. Whitman used 33800 ounces, Stevens 3100, Spokane 2400. the data exclude poison bought from others. Couch reviews the pest law with County Agent Plumb to implement the act locally and notes counties may form pest districts and fund via acreage tax or millage. Stevens plans a small millage tax and avoids land classification.
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Stevens County
L. K. Couch
U. S. Biological Survey
Whitman County
Spokane County
Feison
Couch
Plumb
Spokane
Pend Oreille County
County Faces Tax Claim on Indian Allotments
Federal Inspector H S Traynor arrived in Colville to audit Stevens county taxes on Indian allotments. County officials race to compile data for a twenty year period. If validated the county could receive about $40 000. Congress directed investigation with a December 1920 report deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Traynor
Department of the Interior
Colville
Stevens County
Webster
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Belden Family Ends North Dakota Visit in Seattle Trip
Mr and Mrs J A Belden of Dickinson North Dakota left for Seattle after a ten day visit with Mrs Al Lynch sister of Mrs Belden and her parents Mr and Mrs H Y Dorman They plan to return home via Canada and St Paul Mrs G Waller of Opportunity another sister of Mrs Lynch also visited here this week
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J. A. Belden
Dickinson
North Dakota
Seattle
al Lynch
Belden
H. Y. Dorman
Adoption day brings bear cub to Hudspeth family in court
On law day Judge Carey approves adoptions and pensions as Ivy and Worth join Mrs. Hudspeth in a forty mile move from Rock Cut. A mother’s pension goes to Ruby Belknap. divorces granted for Katie Harris and Vinnie Miller. Foreclosure sale and estate matters noted along with J C Penney development and store history.
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Earl Hudspeth
Rock Cut
Mrs. Hudspeth
Little Worth
Ivy
Mr. Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Worth
Howard
Cartright
Valley
Katie Harris
Alonzo N. Harris
da May
Joseph Warren
Vinnie Miller
H. D. Miller
Catherine A
Glen G. Cone
W. Rose
Elmer Carter
Ellen Hill
Mary Agnes Angus
Percival Illiot Angus
Winifred Alice
James Angus
Angus
Grace Magary
Melvin Leroy
Kendrick Mercantile Company
Jacob Koski
Arden Grange Nos 742 mourn Minnie Siegel in 1920
Resolution from Arden Grange No 742 dated July 14 1920 extends heartfelt sympathy to Brother and Sister Siegel. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to the bereaved family and entered into meeting minutes by the committee Buckley Anderson Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Siegel
Arden Grange
Siegel
W. P. Buckley
ED. Anderson
J. J. Parsons
Stevens County Pioneer Laid To Rest At Rice
Stevens County mourns the death of La Fayette Lane Ledgerwood a Rice area resident born January 13 1863 in Roseburg Oregon who died July 17 at Mt. Carmel Hospital from blood poisoning He served twice as county clerk in 1894 and 1896 and later studied law though never practiced He leaves a widow three daughters Merriam and Nancy a son and several siblings The funeral was held at Rice on July 20 with Masons conducting the service.
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Thomas Ledgerwood
Rice
C. A. Ledgerwood
Colville
Joe Ledgerwood
Boyds
Ed Ledgerwood
Portland
W.T. Ferguson
Kettle Falls
Masons
Colville Board of Health Calls War on Flies
The Colville City Board of Health urges residents to kill flies and destroy breeding sites this warm weather. They cite New York City’s efforts against disease spread and urge use of fly traps screens poison and sticky papers to protect families from typhoid and influenza.
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New York City
Colville
City Board of Health
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Jeweler and
Opticia
Colville Abstract CO
Frank Kostka
Colville, Washington
Colville Loan and Trust Company
TopNoch Flour Mills
Louis F. Hart
Martha
Pythian
Manhattan Beach
King Trumphal
Wshington Times
Tevens County
J. C. Penny Store
Thomas Kirk
J. C. Penney Company
R. T. Lawrence
Willett
J. C. Penney
Kemmerer
Wyoming
Penney
Francis Burgette Short
First Methodist Church of
Short
Board OF Health
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