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

The McKinnon Investment Co. of
Spokane has brought suit in fore
closure Of mortgage against P. E.
Seelye and others to recover $4,000
on promissory note given in 1910,
with interest at 80. The property
involved is in 1, 2, 5, 6, of 1887.
Charging that while he was in
bed for nearly year as the result
of an accident his wife lost all af-
lection for him and spent much time
in the company of another man, Ivan
Shovel is suing Ella Shovel for
divorce. Complaint states that they
We're married in Colville in May Of
1909, and that one child, Mary, was
born of the marriage. Plaintiff al
| leges that because of an accident in
January of 1918 he has been in
| Chewelah and Spokane hospitals
most of the time for about a year.
In September he says she left him
and took the child. He asks a
| divorce and custody of the child.
M. E. Jesseph, recently appointed
receiver of the Silver Basin Mining
| Co., has filed bond of $4,000 as
| required. Zent & Jesseph Of Spo-
kane are attorneys for the receiver
Mrs. Minnie Durkee, who was COM
mitted to the hospital at Medical
Lake June II, died there June %,
according to information received by
officials here. Death was the result
! of exhaustion delerium."
Bertha Moesle has commenced
| suit against Blanche f. Reddish
Borell, the Bank of Montreal, and
A. C. Shaw, based on promissory
note for $4,000.
Mary E. Van Meter has begun a
suit against George and Annie Lartz
to collect on promissory note for
$500 alleged to have been given by
defendants to Barmans, Inc, and
later transferred to plaintiff.
George H. Abbott of Chewelah
and Miss Ethel Pearson of Valley
were united in marriage Tuesday
evening at the M. E. parsonage in
| Colville by Rev. G. Sykes.
| The board of county commission
ers will provide for the painting of
all steel bridges in the county DUR
ing the summer. 1t is estimated
that there are 600 lineal feet of
| steel bridge structure, most of which
is, on Kettle river and in which
| half interest runs to Ferry county.
The county commissioners on July
will open bids for the grading and
surfacing of one mile of the state
highway No. %, known as the Mey-
ers Falls and Davenport road, at a
point miles south of Kettle Falls.
| The engineers estimate of cost on
the proposed new construction is
! $500.
A marriage license has been is
| sued to C. j. Peterson and Julia
Pearson, both of Bossburg.
Game Warden C. j. Rhode return
ed the middle of the week from
Troy, Montana, where he secured
| $4,000 cutthroat trout from the S. S.
Drew private hatchery.
County Auditor Will C. Spedden
states that there will be vacancy
in his office the first of July, caused
by the resignation Of Miss Marie
DeGreif, copyist, who goes to Walla
Walla where she will enter school
next fall. The position of copyist
in the auditors office pays $75 a
month, and any returned soldier or
sailor will be given preference in
appointment, should any such desire
the work. Otherwise it is probable
that some young lady will get the
position.
The first timber fire was reported
Sunday when j. H. Loucks was mott
fed of fire in the vicinity Of. his mill
on the south fork of Mill creek. The
fire warden, John Welty, put men to
work to keep the fire from the MILL
J. C. Wilson of the White Pine
Sash Co. of Boyds was brought to
Colville Tuesday evening to consult
physician. He broke his wrist on
Tuesday while adjusting belt at
the plant. An X-ray taken by DR..
r. S. Wells showed that several
bones were broken.
County Fire Warden John Welty
has been on the jump every minute
since last Sunday night at II, re-
spending to calls for assistance in
fighting forest fires. He states that
those having burning permits should
take great care, as he already has
his hands full in tending the fires
thus far reported, without taking
any additional cares for new fires.
The fire on the south fork of. Mill