The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-06-28

Herman Strauss, who has been
attending school at ColfaX, left this
week for Seattle where he will join
Herbert and Kenneth Schonfeld in
tn Y. NJ. C. A summer camp.
Mrs. w. r. Baker and son Robert
arrived from Los Angeles last Sat-
urday and have been the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. C. Keller. The
Baker family lived in Colville for
IL years, during which time he was
merchant, postmaster, cashier of
the Bank of Colville, and a leader
among business interests of the city.
Mrs. M. r. Strong was called to
Portland last week to be with her
mother who is i'll as the result of
an accident. %
Mrs. D. H. Carey and Mrs. Thos.
Kirk were in Spokane this week in
attendance at the district meeting
of the Neighbors of Woodcraft, an
auxiliary of the Knights of Column
bus.
Ambrose May is the owner of a
new Scripps-Booth car, purchased
through the Columbia Garage.
Miss Dorothy Butler of Aberdeen
is the guest this summer at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George Stem
ger.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Munger left
Friday for Overland, Kansas, called
by the illness of her mother.
Charles Ely has purchased new
Chevrolet from the Columbia Gar
age.
When Mrs. Knauf of Grin lost
control of the bort touring car she
was driving Saturday afternoon, it
crashed into the Colville Dray Line
office in the theater building, break
ing the framework and SCATTERING
the plate glass. Driver and car We're
uninjured, and when she could not
find the owner of the building, Mrs.
Knauf refused to have her afternoon
spoiled and went with her friends
to the movie as she had planned.
The building was damaged to the
extent of about $3.50.
A beautiful piece of birch bark
from a Stevens county tree served
as the paper on which G. S. Jen-
nings of Aladdin wrote a letter of
introduction presented Wednesday to
the Stevens County Implement Co..
by George Hurshey. The sheet of
bark was 6x11A inches, and pretty
golden brown in color. In his letter
Mr.. Jennings wrote that "this is the
land where paper grows on trees,
the mountains contain precious min
erals, the valleys are rich with hay
and grain" and described Mr.. Hur-
shey as zone Of the lucky owners
of productive ranch situated in the
valley just below the Baby Elephant
mine, the coming wonder of the
world"
The Knights of Pythias have cleo
ted the following officers: DR.. Jno.
j. Ingle, chancellor commander; j.
C. Clark, vice chancellor; DR.. p. H.
Johnson, prelate; Enos Lavigne,
keeper of records and seal; M. L..
Hickman, master of work; Ray
Walston, master at arms; E. F..
Shuck, inner guard; l.. B. Donley,
who is just retiring from two terms
as chancellor commander, outer guard;
Installation will be the first meet
ing in July.
Fred Davis, formerly manager of
the Colville flour mills and at pres
ent a stockman and wheat rancher
at Nelson, was in Colville on bust
ness Saturday.
Charles Carey, son of Judge and
Mrs. D. H. Carey, though confined at
home in a plaster cast will next fall
be sophomore in the Colville high
school. While other boys and girls
were attending school, Charles under
the tutorship of Miss Adele Carlin
made his grades as follows: Eng
lish 95R, algebra 80, ancient history
SO, Latin 81. These marks are bet
ter than those made by some who
have been in school and who had no
handicap. Some of Charles themes
are excellent and show genuine abil
ity. His grades have been recorded
on the high school permanent record
and have been made in accordance
with arrangements sanctioned by the
state superintendent.
Miss Melissa Buriff of Iron Noun
tain, Montana, was married Tuesday
afternoon at the M. E. parsonage
to Thomas P. Boyd of Colville, Rev.
G. Sykes performing the ceremony.
Small boys shooting firecrackers
near the postoffice Monday after