The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-06-09

The price of land is increasing rapid
ly and the country is settling with the
best of northern people, who come to
live-escape the severe winter and
storms of the north-and they purcha Sc
their homes.
We have not seen a mosquito yet this
spring. There are feas where hogs
are allowed to run-colored people have
them thogs) in their dooryards to keep
them from their garden and field and
no doubt they have neas The colored
mans dog is the worst drawback TO
poultry raising. They usually have "A
number of dogs Quite often the
southern white man has a number of
them. The smart set keep a lot OF
beagle hounds for hunting. And al
ways the southern man has a fine rid
ing horse whether In town or country
If lie has anything
Land can be bought for from SIS
to $G5 an acre, depending on location
soil and improvements, also whether
level or hltly.
Sweet clover alfalfa and crimson
clover are grown easily. The latter Is
usually plowed under in spring, sown
in the fall I saw field of It nearly
waist high this spring and 1t Is a
beautiful sight.
There are enormous amounts of vel
yet beans and COW peas being planted
this spring. Surely the soil will lie
much improved and brought back to
its original fertility. Where sweet
clover, alfalfa and the velvet beans are
grown 1t can't help being beneficial
They are grown without bacteria treat
ment.
The south is responding to the plea
to grow more foodstuff, yet it will have
its cotton fields-"for money crop"
There are more kinds of birds here
than any place I've ever been. All the
northern singing birds besides so many
kinds never seen or heard in the north
The mocking bird. brown thrush, car
dinal and whipporwill are distinctly
southern. All kinds of fruit or nut
trees are doing well ON our place
There are more towering shrubs
vines and trees here than any place
know. The stately cowcumber and
magnolia are the Rrandest I think.
Blossom and leaf of the cowcumber
tree are startling in their proportion
snow white is to 90 inches across,
seml-double. thick, leathery texture
exactly like n magnolia only larger
and without odor. Thousands of wild
Yucca, tritoma, honcysuckle of three
kinds, the passion flower and 50 many
other kinds we do not know. Also
many lovely kinds of ferns in the for
ests or along the streams. Any one
wishing to know more of soil, fruit
or anything about this country will get
a reply by enclosing stamps when writ
ing to me.
Lest we forget" we are in the rcrl
south, a mob of men and boys, white
of course. with two blood hounds came
in here today to get drink. ! asked
the boy who called for cup what was
+ the trouble. He answered.: I'VE are
hunting for the niggers who broke into
the dagos store last night" They
hunted around towards town awhile
then all dashed through the field
and into a small body of timber
near the railroad. We soon saw them
going together toward town Center
vil1el but do not know whether they
found the culprit. II the negro has
as much fear of the bloodhound as |
have he would not loitcr so near the
railroad or telephone. School closed in
town last week else there had been
fewer boys in the crowd. They were
hustling and the boys probably had not
worked so hard in months as on this
trip al they were all walking.
Shall be glad to answer any in
terested inquiry.
Very truly
MRS. GEO. r. KNAPP. Lock Box 3.