Colville Valley Outlook Promises Growth and Activity
Prosperity drives high farm demand and rising property transfers in Colville valley with new cement paving and 50 planned homes. Mines mills and cattle output surge while oil prospects near Chewelah spark interest and a steady growth path is emphasized despite wartime delays. The community eyes expansion in Main Street bricks and finishing plant, plus a high school play at Colville Theatre.
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Colville Valley
Northwest
Spokane
Colville
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Old Dominion
Arden
North Dakota
Valley
Chewelah
State Grange Master Addresses Cooperation and Marketing Plans
Wm Bouck state grange master spoke at Fort Colville grange hall to over 100 attendees about marketing farm crops. He urged municipal marketing, cooperative mills and packing plants, and direct sales to municipalities while criticizing grain and stock gambling and rail stockwatering.
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Wm. Bouck
State Grange
Fort Colville
Grange
Mr. Bouck
Grain and Stock Exchanges
Chicago
Minneapolis
New York
Australia
U. S. Food Administration
Ingland
America
Bouck
Inland Empire Baseball League Formed for Eastern Washington
Spokane hosts a meeting to establish the Inland Empire Baseball League for eastern towns including Colville Chewelah Davenport Harrington Rosalia Fairfield Winona Tekoa Rockford Newport with Spokane entering two teams. George Varnell elected president and manager. Cline Smith secretary. meeting March 19 to elect officers and fix a schedule. Colville reps Raftis and Hard secure membership. amateur talent to field teams with possible pitcher addition.
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Inland Empire Baseball League
Washington
Spokane
Inland Empire
Colville
Chewetah
Davenport
Harrington
Rosalia
Fairfield
Winona
Colville pupils endorse khaki and gingham style
The column praises Colville high school students for choosing khaki and gingham outfits while recalling sumptuary laws. It notes resistance to conformity, cites historical limits on dress, and ends by praising khaki and gingham as pleasant and fresh.
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Colville High School
Bess
Coffin Finances Opening of Rich Galena Property
A. Coffin has financed a syndicate to develop the Coyote galena claim near Colville, after purchasing leases from Walter Donner. Development hinges on one mile of wagon road, with a 500 foot wide mineralized dike ready for mining. Initial assays show high silver and lead content, suggesting a potential $100,000 value in ore if ore averages $10 per ton.
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Coffin
Spokane
Schedule of Upcoming Public Events
The list runs from March 15 to Oct 1 and includes tax payment due date, a public sale near Colville, and multiple political conventions. It notes an American Legion dance in Colville, the Legislature special session, Easter, and major party national conventions in Chicago and San Francisco, plus regional fairs and the Stevens County Livestock Show in Colville.
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Larry M. Rusch
Colville
American Legion
Odd Fellows Hall
Bellingham
Spokane
State Grange
Aberdeen
Chicago
San Francisco
Stevens County
Washington Dog Tax Law Delays Collections in 1920
Washington lawmakers in 1919 ordered counties to assess dogs and create rolls for tax collection. Delinquency triggers sheriff roadwork to kill untagged dogs. Treasurers lack data to issue receipts until field assessment finishes by March 1920, so authorities accept payments with detailed assessment sheets for receipt issuance.
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State of
Washington
Hicks and Wicks Joke Dialogue Panel
Dialogue exchanges reflect a punchline about marital credulity and compliments. Hicks asks if the wife believes all he says. Wicks notes she does when he pays her a compliment, illustrating a humorous social dynamic.
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Hicks
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RICHS
Optician
Colville Abstract CO
Frank Kostka
Colville, Washington
Colville Loan and Trust Company
TopNoch Flour Mills
TopNoch
Colville Theatre
Europe
Robert Spaulding
Stead
Mr Gibson
Gladys Stephen
History Department
Graham’s Drug Store
Mr. Marshland
Martin Wilken
Harry Marshland
Wallace Buckley
Mr. Cattermole
Aaron van Devanter
Douglas Cattermole
Jack Rice
Don Durland
Sydney Gibson
Bond St
Edward Dowling
John
Howard Casey
Knox
Donald Foster
Edith Marshland
Dorothy Anderson
Eva Webster
Edith Walston
Douglas
Ruby Schwerdfield
Miss Ashford
Mary Jackson
State Grange Master
William ~ Bouck
Grange Hall
W. K. White
British Columbia
California
Grand Forks
B. C
Mr. White
Uncle Sam
Mississippi Valley
THE
Baseball League Plan
NEW
Galena
L. H. Rothlisberger
D. Vv. M
Frank B. Goetter
Colville Wash
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