The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-05-26
news N C0LvILLE.

of the state penitentiary at Walla Wall
la. arrived yesterday noon and will visit
during the summer with the family of
her son Neil Iedgerwood.
The Yam Qua Club will meet Mon
day at 2:3O at the Red Cross rooms for
work for the national cause. Every
member should be prompt in attend
ance.
Dr. Emily Freeze is visiting at the
J. F. leighton home having been called
by the serious illness of Mr.. leighton,
James Hunter northeast of Colville.
brought in pig Thursday weighing
$50 pounds and received from the City
Market $91 for it. Some pig!
Mr.. Draper, a wheat rancher from
near Wilbur, with his family has been
looking over the country around Col
Vile with view of locating. They
were favorably impressed with the
country. Mr. Draper is a cousin of
| Mrs. VIM. Leonard. They returned
home Thursday to look after the hay
harvest.
President J. D. Casey of the govern
| Commerce has announced that the city
| will back the movement for public
| demonstration on June s. the day fixed
| by proclamation of President Wilson
| for military service; and, that all pro-
| grams and exercises will be conducted
| under the auspices of the Colville auxil-
| liary of the Red Cross society. Mrs.
| w. C. Vilwock. vice president of the
| r ri nd r
| of the city council, and a representative
| of each of the civic organizations of
| this city will form a general committee
on arrangements. Mayor w. L. Sax
has asked that all business be sus-
| pended for the day as far as possible
to meet the suggestion of Governor
Lister that the people give their entire
| attention to the duties to the govern
ment. The polling lists from the last
elections will be used for the selec-
| ton of eligibles for registration, and
automobiles will be commandeered to
gather in recreant ones. 1t is the gen.
eral purpose to so conduct the registra-
tion that no expense fall upon the city,
| county. state or nation. While the
| event will not be a galaday in the sense
of a national holiday, there will be
music and speaking.
Miss Lille Robson, stenographer for
the Electric Point mine at it's North
| port Office, was here yesterday for
short visit with friends.
Charles Haines. farmer and stockman
of Springdale, has been here for a
couple of days on business.
| Miss Kittie vanEtten of Wallulla is
spending the summer vacation at the
Walston home. She formerly taught
| in the primary grades here.
Harold Conner has been quite i'll this
week at his home on west Fifth.
,Ozelle Nettleton and Manly Hughes
of Rice are patients at the Colville
General hospital, i'll with typhoid fever.
| Claude d. Grubb, deputy county audi
tor, died yesterday morning at the
Colville General hospital from cerebral
| meningitis. resulting from typhoid
| fever. He was "a years of age,
| graduate of the state normal school
| of Nebraoka, had taught school num-
ber of years in this county. and last
January entered the county auditors
| Office as deputy.
The 5-month- old babe of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. J. Underwood died May 22,
1917, at the home of the parents in
Colville, Washington. The funeral
services were held on the 23d, with
Rev. J. s. Bell and Undertaken Quinn
w. McCord in charge Interment at
Highland cemetery.
| County Superintendent Stannard ac-
| companied by her mother and Mrs.
Cattle, went to Marcus wednesday to
attend the graduating exercises of the
high school. While there they were
the guests of Mrs. Minnie Cameron.
The heavy rain that fell during the
afternoon made the return trip over
the Marcus grade problem that only
an experienced driver could accomplish
| with safety.
James Patrick Lennon, aged 81 years,
died May IS, 1917. at his ranch, seven
| miles northeast of Echo, in Stevens
county. He was born at Amsterdam,
New York, and was by occupation
| farmer. His wife died several years
| ago. The names of the surviving rela-
tives are: (Sons) Alfred Lennon OF
| CaS5 Lake, Minnesota, Dennis IehioH
i of Spokane, Washington; (daughters)
Mrs. Ella Hinkle of Spokane; Mrs.
Helen M. Read, spending the summer
on the family homestead near Echo.
The funeral was held May Fl at Spo-
kane. Interment at Fairmont cemetery.
The body was shipped to Spokane sun
day by Undertaken Quinn w. McCord
and was accompanied to that city by
Mrs. Read, a daughter of the deceased.
There will be big doings at the reg
ular meeting Of the knights of Pythias
lodge of Colville next Monday night.
A $3.50 supper will be the beginning.
Then there will be a half hour OF
toasts and fun making. Then the
lodge will formally assemble for gen.
eral work and special work in the
third rank. Visiting delegations OF
knights from Spokane and Marcus Will
lfbe in attendance The officers In
charge urge that every nearby knight
should be in attendance.
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