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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
4
The Colville Examiner is issued every Saturday by the Stevens County Publishing Company Inc. It is entered as second class matter Oct. 31, 1907 at Colville Washington under the act of Congress of March 3 1879. Subscription price is $1.50 per year or 5 cents per copy. J C Harrigan is editor and manager.
Pastor George A. Compton attended his father’s funeral in Glenn Falls Idaho. H W Hall returns home from Colville after ten days visit. Sermon topics at Baptist church include The Mind to Work and Selling the Birthright. Miss Mabel Adams of Waits Lake visited Colville over Sunday. H B Morgan moves phonograph store to Dailey’s dry goods building with space for 2000 records. Colville cigar factory offers tobacco stems for spraying plants and trees. J P Morley buys Hanna place near Arden for fruit planting, price 10000 dollars. E L Spencer of Arden Lumber Co. trips to Spokane. Fred Harvey hosts surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. O T Berg. Registration books open for Colville precinct outside city limits. voters urged to register. J F Leighton moves border and watch shop near tele. office. TownsEnd & Hodgson take vacated building. Bean and Van Valin provide street vocal music with guitars. Free Methodist ladies assist. Colville Bakery emphasizes quality for visually appealing cakes and pies.
Carrie D. Eric Hammond born in Bergen Norway in 1864 died after a long illness from stomach hemorrhage at a Colville hospital. She married J. P. Hammond in 1888 and leaves five children two sisters three brothers and a Norway father. Funeral held at Congregational church with Eastern Star and Masonic pallbearers.
George W. Compton died Wednesday at 7:30 AM aged nearly 76. Born in Ohio he lived in the county six years and left a wife and six children. He joined the Methodist Episcopal church at 14 and later the Free Methodists in Colville where he remained active until death. Funeral was Thursday at 3:30 PM conducted by Rev. W. H. Boddy, per Compton’s request. A real estate notice follows.
The Examiner announces a $100 contest to boost subscriptions with a second prize of six gold watches. The prize rewards the organization that secures the most votes by mobilizing supporters, while a separate award goes to the top organization. Voting tickets have been distributed and canvassing will determine the winner.
The Masonic Quartet of Spokane a four man singing group will present a concert at the Colville opera house on Wednesday evening May 18 under Colville lodge auspices Mrs D G Black will assist with her contralto voice Reserved seats cost 75 cents with general admission 50 cents Tickets on sale at W L Terrys store
The funeral for Gunder A Huseland was held Thursday at 2 30 pm conducted by Rev H A Sheldon. Burial followed at the old cemetery. He died Tuesday in hospital after a brief typhoid illness. A resident on a Cronin homestead he left a wife six daughters and one son. Born in Norway he came to America at twenty one and lived in Wisconsin before moving to this county last August. See Colville Land Company for business chances with several exceptionally good new offerings.
Kettle Falls residents report visits and illnesses, including Mrs. J M Fish returning home from Chewelah and Mrs McClain improving. J P Graves leads engineers touring the falls. Boundary work proceeds on Fruitland Irrigation ditch for a new district. The Valley Tribune changes hands with Brooks & Co as editors. Funding and road projects gain county approval to improve valley transport benefitting farmers.
The Arcadia company has grown from 2400 to about 7000 acres with options on 3000 more near Deer Park and Horseshoe lake. A new dam and cleared land enable irrigation and orchard development. Roadways separate parcels for 5 and 10 acre tracts, planned electric lighting, and housing for an estimated 1500 families forming a village.
Omega Ohio store owner E Humphrey and telephony executives tout Dr King’s New Discovery as life saving for coughs and throat ailments. The ad claims it heals sore spots in the throat lungs and chest and offers a trial bottle free with purchases at Frank B Goetter’s drug store priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
Mrs. F. Y. Wilson of Northport visits at the home of Prosecuting Attorney Rochford with her children. A Masonic Quartet will perform at the opera house Wednesday evening. Rex Lime and Sulphur Spray advertised for fruit trees at Carroll's. For rent, four rooms unfurnished at reasonable rates by Mrs. M. Boyd.
Court convened with Judge Carey and bailiffs A P Trunnell and H Childs. State v Pitt acquitted on perjury charge. Multiple civil and mining cases named with trial dates in May and firms Slater Allen Judson Rochford Dawson Williams Voorhees Voorhees, etc.
Secretary Thomas Payne of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition invites all county commissioners and city mayors to attend the state commission meeting in Seattle May 21 to 23. He expects wide attendance to plan a state exhibit tied to the battleship fleet arrival and reach definite exhibit arrangements.
Cedar View Mississippi merchant B. G. Stewart claims customers receive gold worth in weight for a box of Dr King’s New Life Pills when suffering from constipation malaria or biliousness. Guarantee sold at Frank B Goetter’s drug store for 25 cents.
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