The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-11-13


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One of the large department stores in Chicago
has issued an edict against clerks wearing false
hair of the prevailing fashion, powder, paint peek
a-boo shirtwaists, too much jewelry of the flash
variety-and many others of the things which they
sell every day to other benghted women. This
store has employed woman to act as censor, and
given her power to warn or discharge any one of
their young women whose attire does not conform
to the consor's ideas of what shop girl should or
should not wear.
One of the best towns in the country north of
Spokane is Chewelah It has enjoyed rapid and
substantial growth for the past three or four years
and has become business, mining and industrial
center of prominence and prosperity. AS result
OF this growth land adjoining the town, that sold
six years ago for SIS an acre, is now exchanging
hands at several hundred dollars an acre.
"Chewelah is in the heart of the rich Coville
valley is surrounded by an extensive area of pro-
ductive agricultural and orchard lands and is also
the center of great timber resources and vast min
eral wealth. A number of productive mines lie
close to the town, and others are rapidly passing
out of the prospect stage. The people of Chewe-
lah have abiding faith in their town and country
as impressively reflected in the substantial and at
tractive character of their homes and places of
business"
The above is taken from the editorial columns of
the Spokesman-Review 1t shows that the eyes
of the business men of Spokane on their great
est tributary country.
The novelty of being literally showered with
silver dollars was experienced Sunday night by
Rev. W. A. Major of Seattle who dedicated the
fret church h1i1t in da1;oofipn
the church. the Rev. Mr.. Major announced that
there lacked the of $38 which he wished to raise
for the benefit of the church, and the shower was
started by a man who called out: 'I'm not a
! church member, but here's my dollar" His aim
was good and he struck the minister on the chest
the coin rolling to the floor Every one seemed
anxious to hit the preacher with a silver dollar
and when the coins were picked up there was
found to be twice the sum asked for. Members of
all denominations have been trying to start
church at Hunters for several years, and Rev.
John Russell, an aggressive young minister from
Tennessee has been soliciting subscriptions and
building up the sentiment there for the past eight
months. The church was recently completed the
total cost of building and lot being $2500. Alto
gether Mr.. Major collected $545, or almost three
times the amount necessary to pay the remainder
of the debt upon the church. He is brother of
Thomas R. Major, formerly commissioner from that
district
That the recent purchasers of the numerous
ranches on the reservation just across the Colum-
bia from Northport intend to divide the land in
small tracts ranging from 10 to 40 acres, is now
an assured fact, and it is also limited that appli-
cants for the purchase of this land are already in
sight Fruit culture will be the principal industry
carried on, although on the bottom lands hay and
grain will be raised extensively. However, each
individual holder of tract of land, whether it con-
tains 10 or 40 acres, will not only plant an orchard
bit will also use part of his land for vegetables
and the raising of sufficient forage to maintain
small dairy herd Diversified farming will be car
ried by all to certain extent but the greatest
attention will be devoted to fruit culture for which
the lands and climate of this section are especially
adapted. Apples at the present market prices
would easily net the farmer $1,000 per acre. there
fore, with the unequaled opportunities offered here
for the promotion of this industry ones magma
ton would not have to be strained in order to
picture the transformation that will take place at
Northport within the next few years. For miles
on both sides of the Columbia the hills and
valleys will be dotted with substantial farm houses,
surrounded by we'll kept orchards, alfalfa fields
and cows grazing at pasture presided over by
happy, prosperous and contented people, each add
ing to the wealth and growth of Northport, the
city nucleus for the upper Columbia river valley
and all it's tributaries. Northport is indeed favora-
bly, situated, and although in the past it's people
were forced to struggle against difficulties charac-
terstic of every new country where it's richest soil
is covered with mass of timber expensive to re-
move, but with capital and mills assured this OBJ
stacle has at last been overcome and sprinp will