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Newspaper
Colville Examiner
Location
Colville, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
2
The Colville Examiner is issued every Saturday by the Stevens County Publishing Company Inc. It is entered as second class matter October 31, 1907, at Colville Washington under the act of March 8 1879. Subscription price is 1.50 per year and 5 cents per copy. J C Harrigan serves as editor and manager.
Updates on Colville to Millville telephone line progress and new lodging with trout pond plans near Cronin. Social notes include visits by Mrs C C McKeown and editor Smith of Meyers Falls. Baseball results show Springdale, Chewelah, Kettle Falls, Colville standings and a disputed game. Local ads promote Colville Bakery and land opportunities.
Commencement exercises for Colville high school set for May 25 at the Christian church. Four graduates are listed Effie Joycelyn Knapp Marjorie Ide Thomas Neal Ledg erwood and Charles Wesley Wright. Eight grade diplomas will be presented by County Superintendent Daisy Hard. Admission is 25 cents. It is the second graduating class after last year’s graduate Harold Dexter. The school remains on the accredited list and expects growth in future classes.
Decoration Day in Colville observed by John M. Corse Post G A R and Woman's Relief Corps with parade from I O O F hall at 10 a m. honoring veterans then at Evergreen cemetery graves decorated and a speech by F Leo Grinstead. Includes remarks on aging comrades and a plea to teach children patriotism through decorating graves with flowers. Also notes on fever malaria and promotion of Electric Bitters at Goetter's drug store.
Delegates met at the Spokane armory on May 18 with most representatives present. The platform backs popular rule, endorses a constitutional amendment to ban liquor manufacture or sale, and supports submitting this to the people. Key officers and district delegates were chosen, and a winter campaign plan for lectures and exhibits was authorized.
The Stevens County Horticultural Association met in Kettle Falls last Saturday with an address by Professor F. A. Huntley, state fruit inspector, highlighting fruit inspection benefits and disease prevention for young trees. Officers elected for the coming year include President George W. Dexter and vice presidents A. M. Gill, W. H. Stewart, George Knapp, W. H. Brownlow, and M. D. Ettin.
The Examiner contest now allocates ten percent of subscription money to county organizations based on votes. A second prize adds six gold watches, three for men and three for women, for the top vote getter. The contest runs May and June with details on another page.
Mrs. E. J. Ames of Colville Washington seeks practical nursing services. Huntsman offers county nature views.
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