New Federal Aid Brings Agriculture Course to Colville High
The Smith Hughes act funds will establish a full year of agricultural instruction at Union Dist No 3 in Colville. Professor E E Elliott leads the program with a leased Meyers addition lot for experimental work and home projects guiding students through year round farming related projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colville
School Board of Union Dist. No. 3
Smith-Hughes
Washington
Chas. R. Frazier
Everett
H. M. Skidmore
State College
Pullman
Union High School
Colville High School
Skidmore
Hotel Colville
E. E. Elliott
Meyers Addition
Agricultural course to fill all student slots
Reading indicates the agricultural program will accommodate all interested students, with plans for home projects during the upcoming season and a full slate of participants in the course.
Fordson Tractors Allotted To State For War Food Drive
One hundred Fordson tractors at cost are allotted to the state for immediate shipment to farms. Applicants must show cash ability and intended use as food producers. Total cost with plows and attachments runs about 950 to 1000 dollars. Deliveries expected for the all north west tractor demonstration this week though not yet shipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford & Son
E. C. Durdle
E. F. Benson
Oliver Chilled Plow
Fordson
Benson
Pullman
Word Slacker And Multitude Of Sins
J E McNally of the Great Lakes Naval station writes that the word slacker covers many sins in a letter discussing several forms of slackerism. He cites weak knees hastening conscription and other figures as examples and urges public pressure against unpatriotic behavior during 1918. The piece notes government control of wool pricing and restricted trade to shipments graded by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. McNally
Great Lakes Naval Station
Army
U. S
Atlantic Seaboard
Wheatless pledge drives unity across Stevens county churches
Families sign the wheatless pledge to aid wartime food relief as churches and Sunday schools unite across Stevens county. At Colville Christian church a mass meeting led by Rev J S Bell and Rev Sherman Divine collected pledges with local leaders forecasting 90 percent household outreach through a county campaign by Memorial Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens County
Food Administration
Sherman L. Divine
Spokane
the Food Administration
J. S. Bell
Colville
Colville Christian Church
Theeounty
J. C. Harrigan
Rev. Bell
Red Cross Meeting Sets Fund Drive at Williams Camp
A Monday Red Cross meeting at the Lane & Bronson camp in Williams raised about $55 for the Bossburg quota. Ed Glasgow and others hosted ice cream, with cakes auctioned for charity. One youth sold his hat and another his socks to contribute. Auctioneer was R G Wiley and attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Glasgow, the Glascows' daughter, and mill workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Lane & Bronson
Williams
Ed Glasgow
Rossburg Redd Cross Fund
R. G. Wiley
Glass
Bossburg
Hugh Glasgow
Clark
Mabel
Uncalled Letters Remain at Colville Post Office
The Colville post office has three uncalled letters: Jacob Jacobson Marlin McVeile and Miss Alice Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colville
Jacob Jacobson
Marlin McVeile
Alice Smith
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RICH
Opticia
Stevens County Power & Light Co
P. E. Dingle
Frank Kostka
Colville, Washington
Colville Abstract CO
TopNoch Flour Mills
Frank B.goetter
Tes County
Colville Wage
Camil
Wash
Sapeulics
Eble
Hether
Colville Land CO
Colville Bank
Colville Land Co. Co. N. A
McFarland Cononas, Wise
Phonograph
Hotel Touraine
New Monroe Street
Riverside Avenue
Wm. Snow
R. H. Snow
G. W. Kildon
Www
Campbell
China
Bea "Eoode
Inland Products CD
White's Hotel
Cor
Stevens & Sprague
Joseph A. White
Fuller & Johnson
Hughes & CO
Spokane, Wash
Hunts Steel & Bura!, Co, Syokane A A
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