The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1920-01-10
COURTHOUSE AND
COUNTY news
Items of General Interest
to the Residents of
Stevens County

Colvile this week sitting in the trial
of non-jury cases. He will return
to Oroville today.
The Kettle River Industrial De-
velopment Co. in its suit against the
Pine Lumber Co. has secured a tenn
porary injunction against the de-
PENDANT prohibiting trespass on GER
tain lots in sections 25, 81, %, 33
and 81. The property is situated
on the shores of the Columbia
river near Marcus. The contro-
versy involves the right to use the
shore lands in question for logging
purposes.
Katherine Utes has brought an
action against J. NJ. Jaeger & Co.,
consisting of J. NJ. Jaeger, deceased,
Mace Croft and C. P. Jaeger, to
quiet title to lots l, 2 and 3 in
Hughes Sd addition to the town of
, Northport.
The case of James Holland VS.. the
Silver Basin Mining Co., which has
occupied the attention. of the superior
court for sevral months, and re-
suited in the appointment of NJ. E.
Joseph as receiver to take over the
property which was sold a month
ago to G. S. Turner of Davenport
for 100000, came to an abrupt ter
mination last Saturday, when, upon
the hearing of a motion of part of
the stockholders to set aside the sale
and to dismiss the proceedings, the
case was settled out of court. The
basis of settlement was to turn back
to the corporation the possession of
the property and to dismiss the en-
tire proceedings, conditioned that
the receiver be first paid his fee al
lowed by the court in the sum of
$4,000, and like sum to be paid to
Gent & Jesseph, counsel for the re-
ceiver, and also the costs and disburse-
nents in the proceedings. The sale
of the property to Turner was Set
aside by an order of the court based
upon a stipulation entered into by
the Iitigants. The Silver Basin
mine is situated in the Deertrail dis
trict in the southwestern part of
Stevens county.
A case of unusual interest to the
citizens of Kettle Falls, on trial this
week before Judge c.. H. Neal of
Okanogan county who sat especially
in the cause, was that of William
and M. C. Clancy ct al VS.. Columbia
Irrigation District, the board of
county commissioners, and the county
treasurer of Stevens county. The
suit was brought on relation of the
state for the purpose of compelling by
mandamus the authorities to enforce
a collection of arrearages of interest
on bond issue of $4,000 made by
the irrigation district in 1912. 1t is
claimed there is delinquency Of
about $4,000. 1t is sought by the
plaintiffs, who claim to own $54,-
800 of the bonds, to have the method
of levy changed from a ratio of ben
efits on area to a valuation basis for
the reason that the valuation basis
was the method of making assess
ments at the time of the issuance of
the bonds. The evidence was sub
mitted under stipulation and briefs
will be filed. A large number OF
Kettle Falls residents who are af-
fected by the assessment were pres
ent at the trial which occupied the
time of the court Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
l. S. Clark, as administrator of the
estate of E. A. Metz, deceased, has
obtained an order permitting him to
sell at private sale certain real es-
tate in section 25, twp 40 N, of range
SO E. w. M; also four mining claims
known as the Comstock group and
four other claims in which the de-
ceased held a half interest.
C. Patburg has obtained decree
of foreclosure of mortgage in his suit
against Benz r. Davis and others for
the sum of $500. The mortgaged
premises include 40 acres near Boss
burg.
Edward l. Smith in his suit
against Jacobus Cornelis Nieuwen-
hugs and wife alleges that on Sep
TENDER 80, 1918, the defendants bor-
rowed from him the sum of $500
under an agreement that the obi
CATION would be first mortgage on
the SEA of sec. "a, twp. 30 r. 3S,
which said mortgage was to run for
the period of 40 years and bear in
terest at six per cent per annum and
that the interest be paid quarterly
each year.. Because of the default
of the interest payments, Judgment
is sought by the plaintiff.
John Hill of Ford, who has been
a resident of Stevens county for
more than so years, has been APP
ro;ntad ariy,n;niafrafor of the estate