The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-07-31
NEWS IN COLvILLE

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visit with her brother George
Thomas. Mrs. Lorbell in en-
route home from a visit at the
Panama Pacific exposition. This
was the first meeting between
the brother and sister in 48 years,
and each had grown beyond the
others recognition.
Rolla Willett and Darrell Kost-
ka returned last week Friday
from a three weeks trip to Port
land, Seattle, Tacoma and other
places. The round trip was made
in a Ford roadster without an
accident or a breakdown of any
sort. From Portland to The
Dalles they travelled over the
new Columbia highway. The
entire trip was enjoyed by the
young men.
The four-year-old granddaugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Bolts,
who is at the Colville sanitarium
ill with typhoid fever, is recover
ing nicely.
Eugene Durkee, J. D. at the
Examiner office, left last Satur-
day evening for the Columbia
river country near Kettle Falls,
to spend a weeks vacation with
friends.
Mrs. H. M. Craven of the Lee
cafe went to Nelson last week
where she was summoned by the
serious illness of her mother Mrs.
Mary Jones.
Mrs. D. H. Carey went to Sc
attic Wednesday for visit with
her parents for a short time and
to return with her son, Charles,
who has been there for several
days.
John Hanson, of Meyers Falls,
was among the business visitors
in Colville Thursday.
Mrs. W. B. Rettinger Of Boss
burg was among the visitors in
Colyille last Saturday to attend
the Chautauqua.
See M. w. Teeple of Meyers
Falls for Portland cement.
Rev. Geo. H. Hull will preach
in the Congregational church
morning and evening Aug. 8.
Regular services every Sunday
thereafter. Morning subject
Lessons From the Harvest.
Evening subject "Life's Over
fiow."
Chauncey St. Clair has a novel attrac-
ton in his show window. A man has a
mule hitched to a cart and is urging
him to move by twisting his tail, but
every time the driver makes turn
with the tail, all the stubborn brute
will do is to shake his head and make
considerable noise with cowbell fast
ened around his neck. The man is
sweating in his efforts to make the
mule move, but the noble animal won't
bulge an inch. The driver represents
Poindexter endeavoring to drive the
democratic mule out of the country.
and is making lot of noise and fuss
about it, without chance of success.
Judge and Mrs. Jesse Arthur were
in Colville Thursday, after an absence
of many years, and were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Slater. Judge
Arthur was the second judge in this
county, serving 1895, following
Judge Blake and being succeeded by
Judge Richardson. After search for
health in several places he went to Bat
tie Creek, Mich, where he now lives,
and where he has for years been coun-
sci for the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
He was one of the incorporators of the
Kellogg Corn Flakes Company, wrote
the charter, and for years was its gen
eral counsel. His son Edmond, now
studying medicine in Chicago, and
daughter Lucille. who accompanied them
west and visited in Spokane, were both
born in Spokane and are remembered
here.
Capt. M. r. Flint, whose reputation
as cherry raiser extends as far east
as Boston, was able TO ship about two
tons this season, the larger part of his
crop being slightly damaged by the wet
weather being followed by warm days,
cracking the big cherries. He received
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