The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-06-07

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The United Copper company of
Chewelah has commenced work on
houses for its employees, twelve of
which are to be built E. G.. Lalor
has the contracts. Specifications
have been made for large bunk
house and dance and billiard hall
may be included in the plans
A new school district has been
formed with the aid of County Su-
perintendent Stannard, between
Springdale and Loon Lake, Horr's
Spur to be the site for the new
school house. Two vans formerly
carried school children from this ter
ritory to Loon Lake and Forest
Center schools, respectively. The
school house is to be built this sum-
mer and the district has been bond
ed for $4,000 to build. To comply
with the requirements for new
school districts, one month of school
is being taught beginning Monday,
June 2. This is donation"
school, with Mrs. F. B. Mitchell act
ing as teacher for the month.
Miss Ruth England became the
bride of Harry Edward Wilson Mon
day, the ceremony being performed
by Judge d. H. Carey. Both the
bride and groom are from Addy,
where Mr. Wilson has a ranch.
By joint arrangements between the
county and the Electric Point min
ing company, the road from Lead
point to Boundary has been placed
in good repair. The previous con-
dition of the surface had been rough
on auto tires, according to travellers.
James Bowling left Monday for
Spokane on a very important bust
ness trip and returned Thursday ac-
companied by his bride, formerly
Miss Elizabeth Burchiel. The we'd
ding ceremony was performed in
Spokane. Miss Burchiel is
trained nurse and some time ago
was with the Harvey hospital at
Colville. Mr.. and Mrs. Bowling
will make their home in this city.
Mr.. Bowling has been assisting at
the county fish hatchery for several
months.
The Deer Park Lumber company,
which bought large holdings of tim
Der from the Indian lands on the
Spokane reservation, is pushing log
ging operations there with unusual
activity. The right-of-way for the
new logging road from Ford west
has been cleared for about six miles
through the timber belt and the logs
are being delivered along the line
in a continuous bank. The road, it
is said, will be graded and rails
laid in time to deliver this timber at
the milling plant of the company at
Deer Park during the present sum-
mer season. The first delivery of
logs will exceed ten million feet.
Other mills at Ford are speeding up
on logging operations and it is es-
timated there are at least 200 men
employed there in the woods. Since
the track of the Washington Water
Power lines from the Long Lake
dam has been taken up for a dis
lance of six miles along the Chamo-
kane river the town of Ford will be
termed terminal railway point
which, with all the numbering opera
lions in that region, makes of it
lively trading center. The repair
ing of the road from Ford to Well
pint would prove of great benefit
in bringing the interior reservation
trade to the Stevens county side.
Mary Ann King, an Indian woman
now near 80 years of age, native
of Colville valley, has sold the old
home place three miles north of
Chewelah, where she settled with
her husband over 60 years ago.
Peter King died more than 35 years
ago, leaving his widow with two
sons and three daughters on the old
farm. The two sons are now de-
ceased and the daughters are mar
ried and for more than 20 years
Mrs. King has lived alone on her
160-acre farm, which is said to be
one of the most fertile tracts in the
country. She has titled a small
portion of the soil with her own
hands and tended her small herds
on the neighboring slopes. After
the death of her husband, the es-
tate was the storm center of early
day litigation, ostensibly on account
of an alleged indebtedness left by
her late husband, but it is said be-
cause of the coveted estate. Mrs.
King, however, was victorious in the
courts. In the early days the land
was worth but a few hundred dol
lars, but its value now runs into the
thousands. Fred T. Stirn, neigh
Dor, opened negotiations for the pur-
chase of tho nlaca savaral months