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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
6
Last Tuesday’s city park cleanup organized by the Chamber of Commerce and city council drew about 300 participants including officials merchants doctors and laborers. They cleared two blocks of brush and debris, prepared a luncheon, and many local businesses closed to support the day.
The act grants a $30 monthly pension to soldiers wounded in battle or disabled by line of duty disease and incapacitated for manual labor. It combines age with service in the pension from the application date, detailing the new allowance structure.
In a pitched Colville Chewelah game on May 20 1912 Colville rode a late rally to a 4 3 victory. Laird and Graham matched on the mound with Boyd and Moore for Chewelah handling the bats. The game featured a costly walk spree by Boyd in the ninth setting up Colville's comeback led by Gra ham's beating a fly for the final out.
A local advertisement asserts deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming to cure nine out of ten catarrh related deafness cases. The offer promises one hundred dollars for any case it cannot cure and invites readers to request circulars.
Richard B Thomas announces candidacy for the office of county engineer subject to the Democratic primaries in September.
The theater offers prizes from a Victor phono graph to a solid gold ring for a June 1 to July 31 contest with voting on admission coupons. Votes counted weekly, with results posted at the box office. Also reports on junior baseball, new car purchases in Colville, a jail fire death in Inchellum, social invites, staff movements, a marriage at Williams home, and local obituaries.
Colville readers learn of a kidney medicine claim for backache and kidney weakness. Mrs. G. T. Bellnap of Davenport Virginia testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved her pains in the back sides and loins and regulated kidney function after trying the product on a friend s recommendation. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sales agents for the U S Remember the name Doan s and take no other.
Notice to the Public announces the consolidation of Pacific Monthly and Sunset into Sunset the Pacific Monthly. It promises national value and offers a four month subscription for 50 cents plus free Mid-Winter issue and Sunset Indian poster. Orders go to Fred Lockley in Portland Oregon.
A Colville monument honoring Civil War veterans was funded by local schoolchildren led by Mrs Rohana Hartman and dedicated last Thursday. It is 84 feet tall of silver lake granite with a cement base and a sealed metal receptacle holding officer rosters, donor lists, copies of local papers, and U S coins. The inscription credits the memory of the Old Soldiers of 1861 65 to Colville's school children.
Mayor A B Cook attends to executive duties. Attorney W H Jackson. Treasurer W W Campbell. Clerk A B Lansburn. Councilmembers At Large L C Jesseph First Ward F R Vanish Chauncey St Clair Second Ward Hugh Waddell G W Denny Third Ward D J Burk W S Prindle. Committees Finance Jesseph St Clair Waddell Fire Jesseph Water St Clair Streets Denny Light Prindle Sewer Burk Health Vanish Prindle Denny Dr W Mighell Ex officio Ordinance Burk Denny Waddell Jesseph Vanish.
Classified ad lists several properties with istate details including 160 acres near two towns, varying cultivation, houses from 4 to 5 rooms, barns, stock facilities, wells and streams. Prices range from 2500 to 6200 with several on terms, credit, and timber or pasture components. Contact Dr. Winn at Rickey block for details.
The World offers its Thrice-a-Week edition at 1.00 per year with 156 papers and promotes pairing this with The Colville Examiner for one year at 2.15, noting the two-paper value against a 2.50 annual price.
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