The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-06-14
COURTHOUSE and
COUNTY news
Items of General Interest
to the Residents of
Stevens County

c. II. Dotts has commenced suit
against the Northport Smelling and
Refining Co., to collect $3.50 DAM
ages, alleged to have been sustained
in injuries to his farm animals by
reason of noxious fumes from the
plant.
Barmans, Inc. are beginning suit
against the Cleveland Mining and
Milling Co., to collect $136.58 and
interest claimed to be due them for
merchandise sold defendant.
f. H. Webster, who was in the
real estate business in Colville for a
short time few years ago, and who
recently has been the head of the
Webster Investment Co. of Spokane,
was convicted of a charge of grand
larceny in Spokane last week
and sentenced to six months to Is
years in the penitentiary. Webster
was accused of appropriating to his
own use Sis of his clients money
in an auto sale.
Mrs. Minnie Durkee Of Northport
was committed this week to the
Eastern Hospital for the insane at
Medical Lake, following an exami-
nation by Physicians Henderson and
Wells. Mrs. Durkee is SIS years of
age and has lived for twenty years
in Washington. Her parents are in
Sweden. She has five children, the
youngest 22 years of age. There
are two sons, Nicholas and Lester.
The former is said to be on his way
home from overseas. Mrs. Durkee's
husband died of the flu not long ago
and her mental condition has been
unbalanced for some time. Among
her illusions was that the world was
coming tn an end and that the town
of Colville was about to burn.
o. N. Handle was arrested at Lake
Thomas on Sunday for rowing
boat with trolling line without
license. He agreed to report to
Justice A. L. Gillette at Middleport.
A. c. Erickson has begun suit for
divorce from Lavina Erickson. The
couple were married in Yakima May
26, 1915, and have two children,
Charles 8, and Kenneth 2. Complaint
states that in July Of 1918 the de-
PENDANT left the home of plaintiff
and had spent but three or four
weeks there since that time. The
plaintiff states that his wife told
him she had lost all affection for
him and could no longer live with
him as his wife. He alleges that
in July of 1918 defendant became
infatuated with another man and
left ostensibly to visit her mother
in Yakima, but really to associate
with this man, and that her conduct
in that city was such that an uncle
of defendant asked him to take her
home. About three weeks after her
return, according to complaint, defen-
dant told plaintiff that she would
live with him no longer, and went to
Spokane, Walla Walla and Pasco,
only spending one week since that
time at the home of plaintiff. Com
plant states that on return Of de-
PENDANT in May this year, plaintiff
offered to forgive her and take her
back into his home, but that she
told him she would not live with
him. The children are with their
mother in Bossburg. Plaintiff asks
for the custody of the children.
Geo. r. Jesse of Marcus has
bought the garage and business of
J. S. Lane in Marcus, and takes
over the business June Is. He will
maintain mechanic, and handle re-
pairs and accessories, besides the
line of Chalmers, Harroun, and Chev-
rolet cars, and United States and
Goodrich tires.
Selma Elvina Huss became the
bride of Charles G. Huss in North
port May 10, Justice S. B. Crist per-
forming the ceremony.
Game Warden Rhode returned to
Colville Friday of last week with
100000 steelhead trout eggs from
the Pateros-Methow state hatchery.
These eggs are now Matching. Mr..
Rhode planted $1,000 eastern brook
trout in the Pend Oreille lakes on
Sunday. There are now in the
hatchery the steelhead eggs Just re-
ceived and 100000 rainbow which
are to be planted later.
The state eighth grade examine
tions will be held June 1920 at the
following places: Clayton, Loon
Lake, Chewelah, Addy, Colville, Ket-
tie Falls, Marcus, Northport, Daisy,
Hunters. The examination has been
arranged to be given in the Ward
school, Wellpinit, Bluecreek, Noun