The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-07-03

don. holds the key TO the SlJua-
ton for a short haul from both
districts. The Great Northern
railway can furnish the fuel, and
is anxious for the tonnage Of both
the coal and the lead mines, and
it may be little surprise il the
Northport smelter is blown in
within 80 days. 1t is hoped by all
the people of Stevens county that
Northport shall again come into
its own.
O. U. Hawkins, former editor Of
the Springdale Reformer, is now
editor of the Herald, the new pa
per at Lincoln, at the mouth of
the Spokane river in Lincoln coun-
ty.
Mrs. Ruth Colpitts Of Three
forks, aged Is years, who has been
living the past month with Mrs.
c. a. Spicer, was adjudged insane
last week Friday evening by nr.
j. w. Henderson and DR.. z. S.
Wells, and has been committed to
the state hospital at Medical Lake.
About six years ago Mrs, Colpitts
suffered severe burn on the face
and head by falling onto a red-hot
cook stove. She is a widow of
about two months, and has no chill
dren. She is a native of New
Brunswick, and has resided in Ste
vcns county Is years. She former
iy lived at Northport. Her sister.
Mrs. J d. Brass, Of Hedley, B. G..
was in Colville last Friday and
Saturday for short visit with
her unfortunate sister.
A rich body Of ore was struck
last week two feet below the sur
face at the Old Dominion mine.
1t is estimated the ore will Jun
1900 to the ton in silver.
Thomas and Gibson with their
well drilling machine have just
completed a well for Isaac Stems
gar and another for John Stems
gar living on the south half of
the Colville Indian reservation.
One Of these wells is 90 feet deep
while the other is $50 feet i'm
depth. The first well has an
abundance Of water which rises
almost to the surface, while the
second has an artesian flow. The
Stensgar brothers, who are well
to do farmers and stock men on
the reservation, state that they
have hauled water nearly a half
mile for the past "a years. Thomas
and ellison state that they have a
number of other deep well jobs
in the vicinity of Hall creek and
Meteor on the reservation.
Ed Collins, who was arrested
and taken before Justice F. N.
Plessinger of Springdale on June
2 on complaint of George Vath
ST., who alleged that the defend
and had struck him in the face
and threatened other bodily in
jury by means of club, pleaded
guilty to third degree assault.
A fine was imposed of $1O0 and
costs, but the defendant was re-
leased on his recognizance on a
promise to pay in eight days.
On June 9 he appeared in the
justice court and gave notice of
appeal to the superior court and
filed a bond of SAIL.
The 160-acre ranch of R. M.
Hayner, just west of Northport,
was sold by the sheriff last Sat-
urday to satisfy a judgment in
favor of DR.. R. S. Wells for the
sum of 1854.
The International Mortgage
Bank has commenced suit against
Melissa Johnson and Robert
Cochrane and wife to foreclose a
mortgage on a half section of
land on Stranger creek, five miles
east of Clifford. The mortgage
was given to secure note in the
sum of $3.50, issued Jan. %,
1911, by Melissa Johnson, who
later transferred her property
and obligations to Cochrane.
Three tax foreclosure suits