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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1918
Page
3
The Colville Examiner details second class matter status since 1907, rates for 1 year, 6 months, and 3 months, with postage for British Columbia and foreign regions. It lists editors, association memberships, and notes renewals, remittance methods, address changes, and advertising rate card availability.
A. E. Wienke sues J. H. Loucks in superior court to foreclose a lien on 15000 feet of lumber hauled from McCormick mill near the Great Northern depot at Colville. Wienke seeks 251.60 for hauling at an alleged rate of 5 per thousand feet. Also, William Furze seeks a divorce from Alice Furze in Colville. They wed in August 1912 and have three children Edna 5 Anne 3 and Lillian 3 months. He seeks custody and claims temper and estrangement. The couple own 47 acres north of Clayton and personal farm property.
A lengthy Colville area news digest notes Sidney Norman of Spokane issues the Northwest Mines Handbook, a detailed illustrated guide on regional mining properties and companies priced at five dollars. Also mentioned are local marriages, probate filings, civil suits, and a Canadian citizenship application heard in superior court.
Joseph Frank Springer of Nogales Arizona registered on June 7 claiming no surviving relatives. He is 21 as of May 10 1918 and says his father born in New York and mother from Bohemia are both dead. He explains he is a miner and prospector with claims near the Frisco Standard mine, predicting a boom after the war.
Local Minute Women organized a citywide canvass in Chewelah and surrounding Stevens County towns for the Second Red Cross drive. A. I. Kulzer, district chairman, praised their effort as the drive reached an unprecedented level of participation.
The out-of-door meeting of the Minute Women is set for Saturday June 22 at 12 o clock in the city park with a basket luncheon. After lunch a program and round table talk follow featuring E C Durdle county agriculturist and county War Savings campaign chairmen. Mrs J C Harrigan will sing and all Minute Women or interested persons are invited. Out of town attendees may gather at the Colville hotel for park directions.
Mrs. L. C. Jesseph county chairman of Women's War Work found Minute Women in Addy Meyers Falls Rossburg and Northport enthusiastic and well organized after visiting local councilors. She aims to visit each councilor and next week plans to tour the Columbia river country.
The pledge declares loyalty and enlistment in the Minute Women of Washington. Members promise to serve six months, return the badge if they quit, and not wear the pin after active service ends.
Mrs Peddycord reports Red Cross duties will resume Thursday with expected larger turnout than last meeting when only four helped. L E Arneson and Charles Edward Shannon depart today for army service after training at Modern Auto School Spokane. Zeph Stayner and C T Summerlott obtain machinery for a new sawmill on Colville mountain north slope, aiming for operation by July 1.
The Stevens County Pioneer Association will hold its annual meeting in Colville next Saturday, June 22, at 1 30 PM. If fair weather, it will be at city park. if rain, indoors. A basket dinner is urged, with speeches, music, and tales of old times. Frank Habein presides, Clara H. Shaver secretary, John G. Kulzer treasurer. An officers election will occur.
The Colville Chamber of Commerce chaired by C. C. Casey outlines a city wide Fourth of July program with all businesses closing, park races contests auto stunts band concerts free refreshments and a ball game. Judge W. W. Zent of Spokane is slated as a speaker. A complete schedule will be announced next week.
In Colville several denominations announce services and times. Adventist Sabbath school is Saturdays. Catholic high mass Sundays at 11 with 7:30 vespers. Church of God holds Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11. Free Methodist Sunday school at 10 and morning sermon in Ori n. Christian Science meets Sundays at 11 and Wednesdays at 8 with a sermon topic God the preserver of man. Congregational led by Rev Leonard Garver with Sunday school at 10 and morning service at 11. union service with Baptist church at 8 and Wednesday prayer meeting at 8.
St John s Episcopal announces Sunday 8 00 p m vesper service with special music and vested choir led by Rev C M Budlong rector. Vespers will be omitted on June 16 to allow another town to hold an evening service.
Baptist Sunday school at 10 with acting superintendent L. KE Stanard and Cruger orchestra. preaching at 11 by Rev. G. R. Schlauch. B Y P U at 7 led by Mrs. Loomer. union service by five evangelical churches. sermon by Rev. Leonard Garver. Sheriff Miller and Minnie Prindle wed in Spokane Monday.
H D Williams manages Colville Theater with nightly shows from 7 30 to 10 80 featuring a Metro five reel Edith Story film Treasures of the Sea plus Pathe Weekly and a Drew comedy. June 17 18 Edith Story Treasures of the Sea Geraldine Farrar The Woman God Forgot June 19 0 10 20c. June 20 21 The Hidden Hand and The Mystery Ship two reels each plus Pathe Weekly and a 2 reel comedy. June 22 Wallace Reid in Big Timber 5 reels and Sheriff Nell s Tussle 2 reels. June 23 Pathe Convict No 993 5 reels plus To To. June 26 Wolves of the Trail W H Hart. Thursdays and Fridays The Mystery Ship and Hidden Hand every week.
From June 18 hours for sprinkling are seven to eight in the morning and seven to eight in the evening. Mayor W. L. Sax signs the order, first published June 11, 1918. Also noted: Missed Dr. Clark at the Medical Association meeting, Dr. W. A. Olds to see Colville General Hospital patients. A homestead relinquishment and stock grazing land offer in Custer county Montana, 640 acres. Lost gold watch reported by Mrs L Duckworth of Daisy.
A mild joke about Liszt enduring a bed omission prank by two musician friends and a servant. The tale ends with Liszt accepting the bed neglect as habit. The piece on esparto shoes notes Iberian wearers relying on esparto fibers for longevity. A single pair may outlast leather soles, thanks to pebble retention and a self repairing wear pattern.
A compilation of humorous quotes from the Kansas City Star and St. Louis Globe-Democrat, debating wrinkled prunes versus stewed prunes. The jests contrast stewed versus unstewed prunes, with light exchanges about boarding and landladies.
A London Answers quip about a directory canvasser asking a woman for her husband’s name. The reply names John Smith and playfully jokes that the husband is plain, while the man is described as the town’s handsomest.
Divorce-era dialogue shows Crawford and Crabshaw quarreling over a bank account their spouse opened in her name to learn money value. Crabshaw explains she exhausted funds to cover numerous bills, claiming he could have stalled the issues for months.
A wife derides her husband as a science expert while quipping that she must locate his spectacles daily, revealing a sharp domestic exchange about his claimed expertise and competence.
A Detroit Free Press snippet captures a cautious line about lending money. The quote, Shall I lend him $2007, I don't believe I would, laments a man who never lets worry show.
A brief quip from a Boston Tran script features a health crank asking for sterilized cocoanuts and milk. The exchange ends with a religious aside from Saadi praising God, noting misfortune rather than a person.
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