The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-06-21
COURTHOUSE and
COUNTY NEWS
Items of General Interest
to the Residents of
Stevens County

the week in the trial of non-jury
cases, returns to Seattle today.
Mortgage foreclosure suit has been
commenced by the MacKinnon In
vestment Co. VS.. Philo E. Seelye
and others.
Judgment was given this week
in the case of the Western Loan
and Building Co., versus Jos Mar
tinchich against the defendant in
the amount of $1O77.59 with $142.9O
interest and $3.50 attorney fees and
costs. The mortgage which was
given to secure the promissory note
on which the suit was based was
foreclosed and the property at Clay
ton ordered sold.
Josephine Monteith of Meyers
Falls was granted divorce from E.
S. Monteith last week on the ground
of failure to support. Some lots in
Meyers Falls were declared plain
tiff's property and she was given
her former name, Josephine Keller.
The couple were married in Colville
in May of 1911.
In the suit tried Monday in which
the state seeks to escheat certain
real estate owned by Casper Staehle,
an alien and native of Switzer-
land, the court reserved the decision.
The defendant alleged good faith,
and testified that he thought when
he bought the property, which is 80
acres near Addy, that he was a cit
izen> by reason of his fathers nat
uralization. A birth certificate Sc
cured from Switzerland showed that
Staehle lacked al days of being
within the statute when his father
was naturalized.
In the case of the State VS.. Otto
Weik, an action to escheat real es-
tate owned by defendant who was
sent to prison camp as an enemy
alien two years ago, Bernard Will
linbrink as intervenor obtained
judgment granting him the property
alleged to have been owned by Weik
on the ground that Willinbrink sold
to Weik on forfeitable contract,
and the payments falling due after
Weik was imprisoned were not paid.
The property involved is the west
half of lots Is, 10, 20, block II, in
the business district of Colville.
M. f. Jesseph of Davenport was
appointed by Judge Gillian as per-
lnapent receiver of the Silver Basin
Mining Co., corporation. Accord
ing to the complaint of James Hol-
land, one of the largest stockholders,
and the affidavits in support of his
application for a receiver, none of
which were controverted on the mer-
its, the company is incorporated for
81 100000 and owns the Silver Queen
mine in the Deer Trail mining dis
trict near Hunters. That the prop
erty which is chiefly valuable for
its silver content has produced over
| 100000 and the mine itself is val
ued at 100000 as a naked asset.
That in development of the property
during the last two years for the
purpose of opening new areas Of
mineral ground, the mine became in
volved in an indebtedness of $4,000
to the Davenport National Bank and
to c. S. Turner, a business man of
Davenport, in the sum of $4,000
which was recently reduced to
judgment. That by reason of dis
sentions among the stockholders and
inharmony of interests, the work of
development ceased. Mr.. Jesseph
who was appointed temporary re-
ceiver some time ago, was made per-
manent receiver with a bond fixed
at $4,000. Mrs. Catherine Knox of
Davenport, president of the corpora
ton, was present and gave her con-
sent to the appointment Of the re-
ceiver.
Leon j. Lavigne and Stella E.
Johnson, both of Chewelah, were
granted marriage license Tuesday.
Marriage licenses have been issued
to John w. Tolliver and Veda Kuli-
baba Of Laurier, and to Ferdinand
Brauner of Northport and Alice T.
Onstine Of Colville.
Frank Aldridge, aged 40, of Mar
BILE was admitted Tuesday to citizen
ship. He was formerly a citizen of
Great Britain.
E. T. Ramser, ferryman at Boss
burg, has been committed to the
hospital at Medical Lake. He was
there for three months in 1911.
Annie Radvich of Northport was
committed last week to the hospital
at Medical Lake, following an exam
ination by Drs. l. S. Clark and R.
S. Wells. Domestic and financial