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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1920
Page
6
Mrs Myrtle Fish represents Kettle Falls in the weekly roundup of events for the Upper Columbian River Valley garden spot of the great northwest.
The column records May weather with mean highs 72.4 and lows 40.0, a July like max 81 on June 8 and min 28 on June 22, total rainfall .78 inch, and 8 clear days 14 partly cloudy. It recalls the first chautauqua memory, credits 22 guarantors led by A Heath and P F Schroeder, and notes returns of Ethel Beaumont and others. It lists social visits, neighbors, lost cattle, and urging fall registration.
Advertisement claiming Dean's Regulats cure bilious attacks with a 30c dose, suggested for heavy dinners, sour taste, and sallow complexion and available at all stores.
The column lists local residents and visitors including Ada M. Brown J. C. Lynn and family at Kettle Falls Chautauqua. Names Leona Leithead Laura Myra Montour Clara Zurbrugg Earnest Zurbrugg Lottie Alice Wright G. C. Walston and others appear with trips to Colville Mapledale Cloverdale and Mt. Carmel hospital. A birth at Cloverdale ranch is noted.
The Meyers Falls Congregational Ladies Aid hosted a party for Mrs. Joel Darrell who is moving to Deer Park. A percolator gift was presented, with remarks thanking her for years of needlework and help. Now she leaves, but her good works remain.
The Nee bridge spanning the Spokane river near Lincoln and the Narrows at Fort Spokane is condemned by engineers for loads over four tons. A new steel span is needed, with road work linking Lincoln Miles and Stevens counties to the Narrows, where rock foundations allow a single span.
A wedding at the W M Hudleson home on Tuesday June 22 joined Helen Sagers and W E Sagers with Rev J S Bell of Spokane officiating. Ruth Mantz sang At Dawning and Mary Mantz accompanied. The couple, graduates of Colville High School, will visit Spokane and attend the farmers Chautauqua after a wedding breakfast by Bessie Buckley and Kelsey Hudleson.
Repairs were underway on the old Nee bridge with officials considering it the most economical and permanent plan to construct a new bridge.
Miss Alice DeGrief left Friday for Spokane after a few days visit with home folks. The Champs from Walla Walla visit the DeGriefs. Farmers are busy harvesting alfalfa. crops are fair with rain hoped for. Children of Mrs. Harley Champ recover from measles at the DeGrief home. The Champs plan to move to Spokane from Walla Walla. Corn and vegetables are generally good in the area.
Several picnic parties from Colville Park Rapids Crystal Falls South Fork and Pend Oreille school districts were at Black Lake Sunday. George Day sold his logs to the Crystal Falls Lumber Company. John Dailey the fire warden is busy placing notices and looking after fire traps in the woods and the mills.
Just received a shipment of pianos including the Howard model praised for durability. Prices start at 350 dollars with payments of 12 dollars monthly and a written guarantee. See them at Colville Piano House. Bayard Veiller author of Within the Law and The Thirteenth Chair imagines the modern woman's power in sensational drama at Colville theatre on June 28 and 29. Mrs Louise Thorp of Spokane and family visited the Baptist parsonage and traveled by auto.
Dyspepsia is America's curse. To restore digestion, normal weight, good health and purify the blood, use Dur dock Blood Hitters. Sold at all drug stores. Price $1.25.
Mrs. Maud Mabel Baird 32 wife of Victor Baird of the R F Lee company died Tuesday June 22 at Mt Carmel hospital after 25 years in Stevens county. Survived by husband two sons William Robert 3 and Harold Victor 15 months mother Lena Walsh and brothers George John and Robert Walsh. Funeral Friday at 10 from McCord parlors Rev John M Huggins officiating with pallbearers Aspend Ham Nyholm Stenger Carl Pederson. Interment Highland cemetery Rebekah lodge Past Noble Grand assisted.
The morning session led by President W. A. Acorn discussed gas supply limits affecting Colville. Gas should prioritize trucks and essential services, with limited allowance for business-related touring cars and farmers. Suggestions included bicycle valves and kerosene mixing to conserve fuel.
Despite scarce gas many anglers fished last week with notable hauls. Geo Rinkey and Ed Milliren claimed fifty fish weighing about 35 pounds on Pend Oreille lakes, mostly rainbow trout, with largest two pounds. Sig Dilsheimer Tom Offutt Herman Strauss boated forty eight on Black lake, two pound big trout measured nineteen inches. A. E. Nettleton netted a nine pound char at Kettle Falls. Mill creek continues yielding limits in numbers though weights lag. Deer Lake and Loon Lake host Mackinaw trout in deep waters.
The National Fire Protection Association warns of deadly Fourth of July celebrations. From 1908 to 1913 there were 1862 deaths and 42089 injuries nationwide, caused by tetanus from toy pistols, firearms, explosives, and fireworks.
Department of the Interior notice states George Pearl Days of Park Rapids Wash filed intent to make final three year proof on land in section 10 township 35 north range 41 E W Meridian. Proceed before Kathrine S Ide at Colville Wash on August 10 1920. Witnesses Henry Sinks Edwin Fisher G G Constantine Milton Kline all of Park Rapids.
A notice of sale issued by Stevens County Superior Court directs the sheriff to sell the northwest quarter of section 10 in township 37 north range 39 EWM at 2 PM on July 24 1920. The sale enforces a judgment of 604.67 plus interest and costs against Marie Vinge Cole and unknown heirs of Jens Vinge and other unknown parties.
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