Assistant cashier resigns from First National Bank Colville
W. C. Vilwock, assistant cashier for 12 years, resigns and plans to move with his wife to a 500 acre Columbia River ranch. He has accumulated land, aims to water 100 acres, raise purebred Jersey cattle Berkshire hogs and White Leghorn chickens, and sell a Colville tract soon. The couple leaves for the ranch later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
W. C. Wilwock
Colville
Columbia River
Vilwock
Columbia
Squirrel Eradication Campaign Entrusts Tickets for Poisoned Oats
Preparations for the 1921 squirrel eradication drive are funded by sale of tickets exchangeable for poisoned oats at community meetings. 1000 ounces of strychnine have arrived in Colville for mixing with the oats. Distribution occurs at two meetings per community with bait mixed locally and sold for 30 cents per quart, aiding farmers unable to attend. The Rodent Control Committee of Stevens County Farm Bureau leads, listing community chairmen across Arden, Rice, Basin, Cedonia, Summit Valley, Valley, Chewelah, Brown Hill, Orin, White Lake, Blue Creek, Springdale, and Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colville
Stevens County Farm Bureau
J. R. Montange
Arden
Emery Johnson
Rice
W. M. Davidson
Basin
G. EE. Cornwall
Cedonia
Geo. Perkins
Summit Valley
Chas. Bettfreund
Valley
KH. H. Ochs
Chewelah
Brown Hill
Bossburg
W. Dupuis
Orin
Geo. Walsh
White Lake
E. C. LeCornu
Bluecreek
A. C. Olson
Springdale
FE. A. Barnett
C. S. Rose
Gray
Baptists Pay Sidewalk Assessment Dispute
A Colville article claimed Baptist church members deeded the parsonage to the convention and faced a $700 sidewalk assessment. Members rebut that only a $205 parsonage sidewalk bill exists, payable in four annual installments, with $145 on hand at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Examiner
Baptist Church
Convention
George Wisner
Colville
Baptist Congregation of
Baptist Convention
The
Church in Colville split over parsonage debt and title dispute
The Colville Baptist congregation faces division as members argue over a $51.25 sidewalk assessment while noting the parsonage rental at $20 a month. They claim no title exists to church property after a New York loan deed, blaming new members and pointing to George Wisner for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Home Mission Society of New York
Baptist
Colville
George Wisner
Will Narrative MacDonalds Life
Ronald MacDonald recounts his Columbia River boyhood under Hudsons Bay rule in a life story to be published by the Eastern Washington State Historical Society in a 1000 copy edition. Collaboration includes William S. Lewis of Spokane and Naojiro Murakami of Tokyo. The work covers 1824 to 1849 across three phases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacDonald
Ronald MacDonald
Columbia River District
Hudson’s Bay Company
Eastern Washington State Historical Society
William S. Lewis
Spokane
Naojiro Murakimi
University of Tokyo
Columbia River
Japan
Astoria
Fort George
Toroda
Ferry County
Northwest Stockmen to Hold Conference in Spokane
About 500 stockmen from four northwest states are set for the fourth annual northwest livestock conference in Spokane on March 22 28 and 24. The Washington State Farm Bureau session also runs March 22 and 238 with joint speakers. Notable speakers include J R Howard president of the American Farm Bureau Federation and W O Condel livestock authority. The American Shorthorn Association sale is slated for March 23 at Union Stock Yards with Hercules farm holding a sale the following afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Washington State Farm Bureau Association
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
W. O. Condel
Day
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
American Shorthorn Association
Union Stock Yards
Hercules Farm
National Organizer Visits Stevens County Bureau
R. G. Pollock of the Northwest Organization spoke at Colville and Chewelah meetings to aid Farm Bureau organization. He discussed national and state work and results, and plans for a $20,000 schoolhouse to be built this summer at Springdale with a site purchased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens County
R. CG. Pollock
Northwest
Jim Bureau
Colville
Chewelah
Farm Bureau
Springdale
Rally Service at M E Church Seeks Big Turnout
March 6 program includes Sunday school at 10:00 Rev R E Cornell address at 11:00 choir music by T Douglass Merle Starr dinner at 12 30 afternoon song by Mrs Grinstead and 2 30 roll call and directory reading social hour at 4 luncheon at 6 evening service 7 30 chorus by Douglass Gohlman Harrigan. Pack your dinner basket and troubles. Everybody welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Cornell
Portland
T. Douglass
Merle Starr
Mrs. Grinstead
Mr. Douglass
Henrietta Gohlman
Harrigan
Stevens County Jerseys Highlighted in Addy Auction Talk
Herb E Sharp of Addy previews the March 16 auction in Colville for purebred Jerseys tied to the Shorthorn sale. He touts Stevens county cows and their famed bloodlines, notably Jacoba Irene's Prince and Stoke Pogis descendants, and argues strong sires drive herd value and butter production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb E. Sharp
Addy
Colville
Stevens County
Sharp
Jerseys
Jacoba Irene
Prince
Jacoba
Jersey Lawn
Jacoba Trene
Jersey
Stoke Pogis
Stevens County Potatoes Above the Average
Fred B. Huck of Colville supplied 100 pounds of Netted Gem seed potatoes to Prof. O M Morris at Washington State College for a test with 21 other lots. Morris noted Huck's plot No 9 yielded above average and advised using seed prospects. Huck’s crop produced 11 730 pounds per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Huck
Colville
O. M. Morris
Department of Horticulture
Washington State College
Prof. Morris
Mr. Huck
Beginners Band Practicing Several Nights a Week in Colville
A forty piece band is being developed in Colville under Prof. M. W. Meyer. The regular band meets Tuesday. the fifteen member beginners band practices in sections on different weeknights. The beginners include three saxophones four clarinets two Melaphones trombones tubas and drums. A euphonium with double bells from Frank Holton is used by Carl Hard and is first of its kind in Colville. The aim is to advance beginners toward joining the regular band for summer work and improve overall proficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colville
M. W. Meyer
Meyer
Frank Holton
Carl Hard
Matrimonial Chance For A School Marm
A man filing taxes to the county treasurer asks for an exemption for bachelors and jokes about finding a “second-hand school marm” 1900 model. He does not state a reason for exemption, yet the quip prompts amusing banter on marriage and teachers.
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Tjeweler and Opticia
Colville Abstract CO
Frank Kostka
Colville, Washington
Mother
Song Shop
Tofnoch Flour Mills
WILL
Northwest Stockmen
Rally Service
M. E. Church
Pegis
Hood Farm
Pogis
Imperial Nina Pogis
Waikiki
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America
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