The Colville examiner. [volume], November 16, 1907, Image 15

About The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948

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Stevens county now has five United States land
commissioners, located at Colville, Northport, New
port, Hunter, Springdale.
The city council of Newport has purchased the
building formerly occupied by the Newport Miner
and will convert it into a city hall.
Howard Golden, who has been customs inspector
at Northport, has been transferred to Molson
where he will have charge of the customs house as
deputy.
C. T. Larson of Clayton was arrested last week
on a charge of assault and battery upon his wife,
who was the complainant. He was brought to
Colville and bound over to the superior court, with
bonds fixed at $300.
Application has been made by petition for a post
office at Cronin's in the Deep Creek section 20 miles
northeast of Colville. About 80 families will be
benefited by an office at this point. The entire
matter has not yet been filed with the postoffice
department, but will be soon.
The Bonanza mine, four miles southeast of Boss
burg, was closed last week for an indefinite period.
The mine has produced galena ore for about 15
years, but has changed hands several times during
that period and has been closed at times. The
mine is owned by Spokane, Montreal and Toronto
men.
Albert Loisenn, living 18 miles northeast of Col
ville in the Deep Creek section, was in town Mon
day and Tuesday buying supplies. Mr. Loisenn
has just finished building a barn 28x32, with an
additional shed 20 feet long for the benefit of the
traveling public. He is now preparing to build a
two-story 18x24 addition to his house for the pur
pose of keeping travelers.
J. B. Thomas has completed the survey for the
Newport-Orient road, or state road No. 2. This
road is to run from Newport down the west side of
the Pend d'Orielle river to a point about one
mile above Tiger, thence across the range west,
connecting with the county road about 15 miles
east of Colville and following the county roads
through Colville and Marcus and up the Kettle
river to Orient.
The Fay road which has been building this sum
mer will be sufficiently completed to give the peo
ple five or six miles west of Colville a good winter
road. Road district No. 2 paid $240 for right-of
way to Wm. Miller and furnished wire for fences
but the work was all done by the district. Mr. Fay
and his associates who have backed the movement
for this road deserve much credit for their labors
in its behalf. The new road gives the section
west of Colville a direct route to the county seat.
The Idaho & Washington Northern railroad will
start passenger and freight service out of New
port today. This means the opening of traffic
which will benefit the upper river country and be
of great aid in the development of that section of
Stevens county.
Registration closed on Tuesday for the
city election at Northport, with 180 voters
registered. Two tickets are in the field, with in
terest warming up in the outcome at the primaries.
For the citizens' ticket Messrs. Critchett and Bro
derius are candidates for mayor, Fred Slocum for
treasurer, Frank Robison and Eugene Travis for
clerk, and F. Y. Wilson for attorney. On the
socialist side Chas. Adams will run for mayor,
J. C. Harkness for attorney, W. F. Heddin for
clerk and Jacob Fink for treasurer.
Two crews are at work on the extension of the
Pend d'Oreille river road from Box Canyon to
Metaline and are pushing the work with the hope
to complete it this fall. When this section of road
is completed it will give the Metaline people an
outlet to Colville via lone and also to Newport on
the old river road. Bridges over Ruby and Han
sen creeks and Hansen slough are completed and
have been accepted by the board of county com
missioners. Geo. S. Samms of Metaline is now
working on five bridges for the Metaline road on
the 5| miles of the unfinished section between Box
Canyon and Metaline. The road built by the Col
ville Commercial Club is now in use. This road
commences at the junction of the Deep Creek and
Northport road and runs in an easterly direction to
lone. F. A. Davis had charge of the first part of
this work. Albert Loisenn in charge of a force of
men completed it and has received considerable
praise for his ability to turn out a good road.
The case of H. M. Lund of Newport against the
Idaho & Washington Northern was up before Judge
Carey Monday and the restraining order was mod
ified to allow operation of trains between the hours
of 6 a. m. and 8 p. m. until further order of court.
To this ruling Mr. Lund's attorneys excepted.
The case will come to trial next Monday at 9:30.
Mr. Lund conducts a hardware, plumbing and
steamfitting business at Newport and has four men
working for him. He supplies many of the
necessities in his line to the Pendd'Oreille river sec
tion and has 12,000 square feet of floor space for
salesrooms and warehouse use. The new railroad
laid its tracks so close to Mr. Lund's place of
business that he secured an order from the court
temporarily restraining the road from building or
operating that part of its system. Mr. Lund
has no desire to impede the progress of the road,
but seeks compensation for the amount in which
his property and business have been damaged.