The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1920-10-02


sistance of Colville's banks was most
highly commented upon. 4!
President John Roberts of the
Spokane union stockyards was OBJ
liged to leave Thursday noon for
Dalkena. He has been strong
booster for the Stevens county shows.
and is always present.
Parade
On Friday afternoon at two O'Clock
parade was formed, composed of
livestock association members and
the prize winning animals, Indians,
band and school children, who para
ded the streets and then marched to
the fair grounds. School children
taking part in the parade were adj
mitted to the grounds free on Fri
day afternoon.
Stallion Likes Badges
The Belgian stallion belonging to
]. P. johnson and weighing one ton
has a taste for membership badges,
at least he ate the membership
badge worn by ]. c. Harigan.
Admission Prices
Admission to the grounds is so
cents and % cents each day. For
the wrestling match last night at 8.
prices were $1.10 and 1920. Ted
Thye wrestled three rounds with
Champion Lambert of the A. E. F.
Exhibits will remain in place
throughout the grounds until tonight.
The football game this afternoon
between Colville and Deer Park will
carry no extra admission cost.
Booths
The TopNoch Flour mills has
booth in the exhibit hall in which
they have on display flour, pancake
flour, bread and cake. The cake and
bread was baked by Steve Freshman
of the Model Bakery.
The Anti-Tuberculosis League
has an attractive booth fitted up as
a rest room. This booth is pre-
sided over by Mrs. ]. C. Harrigan
of Colville and Mrs. S. H. Bender of
Meyers Falls. Both ladies are at
tired in the white costume of the
double cross nurse Quantities Of
literature are on hand for distri-
button.
The Kimple Shop has a display
of fine cabinet making which is
worth while seeing.
The State college has a booth in
the exhibit hall in which County
Agent Plumb had his headquarters
during the fair.
Chewelah Day
Thursday was Chewelah day at the
fair and it is estimated that at least
half of the population of Chewelah
came to Colville, either on the train
or in cars.
Skeels' Jerseys
Skeels and sons of Addy have q
big showing of Jerseys. H. T. Skeels
is a pioneer Jersey breeder of Ste
vens county and is vice president of
the livestock association. Mr.. Skeels
and his sons have built up a Won
derful herd of Jerseys, the finest in
Stevens county.
Narrow Escape
Auctioneer VIM. Buckley had
narrow escape Wednesday evening.
as did also Sheriff w. H. Graham,
when a bull Linton Star, belonging
to C. E. Stones broke the side off
truck and fell out. Mr.. Buckley at
tempted to hold the bull. The bull,
possibly little peeved because Of
it's fall, started after the sheriff. Mr..
Buckley tried to pull the bull away
from the sheriff and in doing SO lost
his footing and fell. About that
time the bull turned on him, threw
him about twenty feet, striking him
in the back and tearing his coat from
collar to hem and also tearing the
right front of his coat entirely away
from tlt SLEEVE. AuC JUL tOVh VIC
first prize in the aged class.
Slippery Gulch
$4,000 for so cents is what you
hear at the gate where in exchange
for four bits you are handed a
$4,000 bill which may be cashed at
the banks inside for money in small
err denominations. Inside the big
tent both men and women gamble to
their hearts content. On Thursday
evening, DR.. Rothlisberger, secretary
of the Live Stock Association, made
100000 at gambling game and
lost it in five minutes, sadder but
wiser. He won a distinction which
few professional gamblers have, that
of getting the 20" on the Roulette
wheel five times in succession.
Henry Spedden, although not winning
as much as the veterinarian, put
$4,000 into one of the games and
finished with $4,000. Mr.. Spedden
is bemoaning the fact that he gam
hled so late that everything was