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Newspaper

Colville Examiner

Location

Colville, Washington, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1920

Page

6

Chautauqua Plans and Local News From Kettle Falls

Chautauqua meetings set for June 2025 in Kettle Falls with details to follow next week. Local visits include Mrs Ida Hergesheimer and Mr Mrs Marshal Tilden from Cashmere. Miss Falconer from Spokane spoke to students on nursing and hospital work, with a later visit planned. Niles Llewellyn wed Miss Mary Vetter in Colville and traveled to Northport. Various social events, property purchases, and notes on town life fill the column.

Kettle Falls Ida Hergesheimer Fred Bevan Marshal Tilden Cashmere C. H. Tilden Falconer St. Luke's Hospital Spokane Niles Llewellyn Mary Vetter Colville Huggins Congregational Church Northport C. A. Heath Lee Llewellyn Paul Shroder Marcus Henry Root Mesdames Welch Sawyer Fish Archer R. Squire St. Peter Pearly Gates Woodmen Hall Miner J. C. Wilson Masons Clint Richards E. J. Kelley Presbyterian Church E. A. Stayt C. Thomas Nuff

Field and Track Meet At Daisy Highlights Local Schools

The Daisy field and track meet on May 14 featured Rice Daisy and Waterloo with girls and boys teams. Rice dominated events with high points and individual honors while a cooking contest awarding prizes accompanied the program.

Harry Rhea Kansas City Katie McCaul Summit Valley Methodist Parsonage Everett McKay Rosalia Rice John Rhea Colville Ruth McKay Gifford Francis Newland Louise Hull Hull Jakes Cleve Newlund Walston Francis Jennings Carman Charlton Daisy Martin Cedonia Frank Newlund the Lakes Waterloo Iren Sanders Rice Boy's Clarence Small C. Elmer DeFord Rice School Lucy Nettleton Grace Cranston Mamie Ritche Oveta Laser

Greenwood community notices and local social update

The column highlights Sunday school attendance, missionary box and surprise bag discourse, visits among residents, a Colville visit by Grace Wheeler, and Mingo mill starting its first cut. It notes Grange picnic honors for Laura Ellis and Hazel Philips, mail route changes, fishing at Black Lake, Greenwood schoolhouse picnic and ball game, Caryle’s graduation, and various residents’ travels and events including a car fire near G. Walston and plans for Echo school and coast travel for Rosch and Ray Taylor’s departure.

E. H. Walston L. L. Harlow Grace Wheeler Colville Spokane Mingo Mill S. H. Bender J. C. Lynn Glenford Walston Lottie Clara Walston Frank Gordon Ralph Walston Douglas Falls Laura Ellis Hazel A. Philips H. Swartout Clifford Warren Curry Warren E. R. Lynn William Leithead L. T. Rosch Ray Walston Black Lake EF. R Greenwood Schoolhouse Nuff Caryle Clara Grace Ruby Helen Myra Earl Frank Walston Rosch Echo School Ray Taylor Republic

Greenwood Grange events and community notes

The Meyers Falls Chronicle reports Greenwood Grange activities with 8 candidates in first and second degrees, a delegate elected, and a past master badge awarded. Picnics at Douglas Falls honor retiring teachers Miss Ellis and Miss Phillips, with lunches, fishing, and plans for more gatherings. Community updates include new homes, travel to Spokane, school program at Summit, and navy enlistments.

Susan Ellis Hazel Phillips Grange Hall Greenwood Grange Gibson Colville Grange Pomona Brother Allen Jim Richardson Fedder Minnie E. Swanson Grange Swanson Gene Walston Frank Walston Glenford Walston Taylor Qullisascutt Grange Greenwood Chas Keller and Son Branigan Margaret Myrtle Gilmore Canada H. Stevenson Douglas Falls Huggins Congregational Church Spokane Idaho Mrs. Branigan Smith Place Hughes Meyers Falls

Riverview Notes and Social Roundup

Riverview notes report J W Worley finishing a spray and spraying for FP D O Brine. The north extension road contractor is clearing stumps and rights of way. Mr and Mrs Guy Sage reside in Riverview with Sage on irrigation work. FE J Kelley of Kettle Falls treated Riverview to a town trip to the Kettle Falls picture show. Ida Covington returns to mud pies after a week with a cold.

J. W. Worley Guy Sage Riverview Sage Irrigation Company FE. J. Kelley Kettle Falls Kettle Alls Keyser J. Redding Swan Johnson Er. J. Keley Ida Fred Covington

Miss Virginia McAne at Mt Carmel hospital

Dominion reports McAne from Virginia is at Mt Carmel hospital Colville after an appendectomy performed last Thursday and is progressing well. Mrs C H McNitt visits her mother Mrs John Johnston in Nelson British Columbia. Nonpartisan League members held a meeting at Southfork schoolhouse Saturday afternoon.

Ase Dominion Virginia McAne Mt. Carmel Hospital Colville C. H. McNitt John Johnston Nelson, B. C Nonpartisan League Southfork

Prince De Rag Nies Season Schedule in 1920

The Belgian stallion Prince De Rag Nies will perform at the Fairgrounds Colville on Mondays and Tuesdays. Wednesdays and Thursdays are set at the George Skiles farm White Lake. Saturdays at Le Sundays at Millville. Also notes a medical ad for regular mild laxative Dean's Regulats at 30c a box.

George Skiles White Lake

Sheriff and officers trap bootleggers near border for whisky haul

At midnight a Hudson Six carrying 30 cases of Scotch is intercepted a mile south of the Canada border near Northport. Deputies L A Sizemore J H Morgan and W S Cummings with U S Customs seize the car and cargo and arrest John W Hughes and Frank Dalton who plead not guilty and face $2000 bail each. The raid exposes a lucrative cross-border liquor operation with potential profits near ten thousand dollars per trip and a statewide case under anti liquor laws.

John W Barney) Hughes Spokane Frank Dalton Inland Empire Rossland B. C International Boundary Line Northport Desparados W .H. Graham U. S J. H. Morgan L. A. Sizemore Morgan Cummings Sizemore Hughes Dalton United States W. P. Hughes Colville Osee W. Noble Stevens County

Multiple Legal Notices and Local Arrests Highlight Idaho News

The article details a lien claim for services at the Arden sawmill from Feb 1 to Aug 1, 1919 totaling 2400 dollars, a decree granting land ownership in section 7, township 31, range 41, and notes on Lester Barker's arrest on a statutory charge with $500 bail. It also covers Fannie Carter’s arraignment and a 23 month to two year penitentiary sentence, involvement of her family, and Opal Carter’s juvenile adjudication. It ends with Harold Peterson’s bond and a Kettle Falls marriage of L T Kinman and Marguerite Anna Roberta Winn.

Arden Bors. J Fannie Carter D. H. Carey Walla Walla Carter Rossland W. S. Barker Opal Barker Carey Grand Mound Gray Harold Peterson State of Washington Beatrice Newland Marcus L. T. Kinman Marguerite Anna Roberta Winn Kettle Falls

Local Auto Shop Names and Services Featuring Marcus Geo

OPPOSITE DEPOT MARCUS Geo. R. Jessee, Prop. Maxwell Service Tires and Accessories, Oil and Gas First Class Mechanic Electric Equipment Specialty directory entry announces owner Marcus Geo. R. Jessee and shop offerings.

Marcus Geo. R. Jessee

Colville Notes Highlight Divorces Marriages and Mining Talks

Justice of the Peace A L Knapp presided in Colville on Monday. A divorce was granted in John Bergman versus Daisy Dawson Bergman on the defendant's default. Marriage licenses issued to Samuel W Meyers and Pearl M McNearney of Colville and Miles E Llewellyn and Mary Vetter of Northport. L K Armstrong of Spokane visited Colville to discuss mining projects including the Centennial and Minorca groups in Flat Creek. Abrahamson of Orient spent early week in Colville noting local appeal for visitors.

Justice of the A. L. Knapp Colville Kettle Falls John Bergman Daisy Dawson Bergman Samuel William Meyers Pearl May McNearney Miles E. Llewellyn Mary Vetter Northport L. K City

Also Mentioned on This Page

Kettle Falls News the Daily Enterprise the News of Ada M. Brown A. Je Swanson Summit Valley News Nathalie Noble John Forslund J. J. Wyene J. AD. Morgan Zelia McDaniel Chewejah Columbia River Department of Summit Belva Raber Isak Forslund J. D. Jennings Reuben Tranen Albert Garthe Hague C. L. Newell Paul Hobson Harl McCreary Navy Edna Eslick Francis Colburn Slagle J. i Wettie Oree Chia Prince de Rag Nies the Fairgrounds Millville James Crawford James P. Johnson Courthouse and County News Sheriff W. H. Graham The Pacific Coast Investment Co Margaret Monaghan Chewelah C. P. Orr Dorr H. Carroll F. A. Brasted J. H. Bloom John Lind the Home Lumber Co Guaranty Board Total Colville Loan and Trust Company Colville, Washington Washington Bank Depositors’ Guaranty Fund Edgar Z. Verrill Marcus, Washington Leonard the Leonard Store North Main Street Chas. H. Alborn & Son, Props Maxwell Service
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