The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-06-21

Wnen the brakeman called Col
vile" and | looked out of the win
dow, | was disappointed and thought
| had missed the place, so | asked
the brakeman if it were Colville. He
said yes, this is her," but still l
was in doubt and asked him again.
This time he said it so strongly
that | came to the conclusion that
| had better not ask him any more.
Well, | got off and looked around
and the first thought that struck
me was, "This is surely some COW
camp" Things were not what | had
expected to find. There were no
pavements, no good sidewalks or i'm
provements in sight, and l felt that
| wanted to go back. All | could
see were the flour mills, the ware
houses, and few poles.
| asked a man who looked as
though he might be in good humor
if there were any stores here, and
he said "You bet your life, and
good ones, too" He said that |
was not into the town yet, and must
walk up street and | would find
things.
took his advice and you can rest
assured that | am not sorry | am
here, for | found things better than
| had anticipated. / began to ask
questions of different people on the
street, and most of them said this
was the best town they knew of.
One or two of them said the town
was no good and that they wouldn't
live here a minute if they could get
away. | asked them what their bus
mess was and they said ooh, Pm
not doing anything just now"
looked up the man who was run
ming the studio ] wanted to buy, and
found him busy, SO | knew he was
just the man ] wanted to see. /
bought the studio on the 9Th day of
November, and after remodeling the
place and fixing things up bit, l
sent for my family SO that could
again live at Home, Sweet Home,
which consisted then of three rooms
at the back of the studio.
On the 4th day of March, 1916,
we introduced the homemade candy
that we are selling. From that day
on, our business commenced to grow
and has grown steadily each year.
We are not satisfied to go along in
the same old way and not improve
any as time changes and with it
everything else. 1t has always been
our aim to keep up with the times
and we have never tired of trying
to give people their moneys worth.
In running business there are
lots of little things that turn up
that are mirthful. One day after
sitting had been completed and the
customer had got as far as the door
he turned and said "Mr. Photogra-
pher, be sure to retouch all the
freckles off, but leave in that dim
Pile; somebody wants that" You
do not need to be in the least
alarmed. We can remove all the
disagreeable features in your pic
lures and retain the most pleasing
ones.
It has been the desire of the peo-
pie of Colville, as well as other
places, to want the best that can be
had, and when it comes to pictures
we intend that they shall not be dis
appointed. We have installed all of
the latest devices for making the
very best kinds of work The pic
lures that are coming more and
more into popularity are the home
portraits, and in order to make the
highest class of this kind of pictures
it takes something more than any
old kind of place, with any old
light, and any old outfit.
Realizing this need, we purchased
the M. E. McCauley home at 1875
North Oak street, and intend to
make our best grade Of home por-
traits in this home where the envir-