The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-10-26

T. H. Vanasse has petitiened for
the guardianship of his cousins,
Douglas and Lenore Picket, aged
] nine and three years.
A wire from the state training
school at Chehalis was received Mon
day telling of the death Sunday eve
ming of Harry Bovee, sixteen-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Boyee of Harvey.
The boy was committed to that insti-
tuition but three weeks ago. His
brother Clinton Bovee was the first
Stevens county soldier to die in
France. The funeral of Harry b.
wee was held in Chehalis.
Ten cases Of Spanish influenza,
most of them a mild form, were re-
ported from Chewelah last week.
Arthur j. Davis, who was called to ap-
pear before the local board for his
physical examination, was excused
because of an attack of the disease.
Three children, a girl fourteen, a
boy twelve, and girl ten years old,
decided the first of last week that
they didn't like to live with their step
father and mother at their home near
Springdale, and started with coura-
geous hearts to walk to South Dakota.
Their own father was there and they
thought that he might welcome them
at the end of the journey. The little
girl of fourteen had donned overalls,
as did also her little brother and sis
ter, and had cut her hair close to her
head. The three of them travelled
to Spokane, but were stopped there
and turned over by the probation Of
ficer to James Petty, Stevens county
probation officer, for further investi-
cation. Mr.. Petty Investigated and
found the home conditions of the run
Always poor. Mr.. Petty hopes to be
able to send the children to their
father in South Dakota.
Additions are being made to the list
of donors to the 1919 Stevens county
livestock show, both Day & Roth
rock and the Murphy Commission Co.
of Spokane having signified their in
tention of adding their names to the
list of contributors. The list as pub
lished in these columns October S,
should have included the name of C.
M. Baker, who not only agreed to do
nate Shorthorn bull, but was the
first man to propose this plan and to
make donation. Auctioneer H. C.
Cranke of Nez Perez, Idaho, has Of
fered to contribute $40, and the
Wade Implement Co. of Spokane will
be contributor.
Joseph F. Reed, general manager of
Upper Columbia Company at Marble,
reports the crop of apples of all varie-
ties to be first class, and the produc-
ton for shipment will amount to near
ly 10000 boxes, Of which large por-
ton are number 1 Johnathans which
will bring $2.15 per box f. o. b. at
Marble. The largest number of cars
are being sent to Texas, while orders
are being received from Chicago and
other eastern cities. About 20 girls
are now employed in picking and
packing, while the grading is now be-
ing done by patent grader which
works very Observation-Disclosures
News.
Hess X. Howard of Boyds, who has
been in charge of the large sheep en-
terprise of Dam Bros. of Seattle, left
last Saturday as limited service man
for duty at Vancouver Barracks.
A government nitrate plant near
Long Lake is being talked of as a
possibility and may be built near the
Washington Water Power Company's
plant. 1t is said that if the govern
ment builds it's plant near the Long
Lake dam it will be the first nitrate
| plant in the United States to use cleo
tricity. The government has asked
the Washington Water Power Com
pany to furnish rates on the power
and this has been done.