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SERVICE UNDER THIS EMBLEM Which do you want for your 10c—ordi nary plug or lasting tobacco satisfaction. wl\i^!!\ Peyton Brand % \Q~ \ Real Gravely '\^Mfc Chewing Plug V I®C a pouch- -and worth it » fl Gravely la*tt to muchlongcr it cottt lA no mure to chew than ordinary plug I^^Hsß^l Gravely Tobacco Company Danville, Virginia / [payipl \ The light that says "There it is!" HpHE fuse may blow out or the power plant break down. Take no chances of being surprised without light in the dead of night. An Eveready DAYLO protects you against all the evils of darkness. Don't ask for a flashlight—get an Eveready DAYLO. I 11 KELLER I ■ HDW. CO. fIHHHfc I II "The Hardware Wash. at the Transferable. 6 Coupons The Colville Examiner, Saturday, Augugt 10, 1918 COURTHOUSE AND COUNTY NEWS Decree quieting title to the north east quarter of the southwest quar ter of section 31, township 29 north, range 42 east Willamette meridian, was given Ben A. Cure, administrator of the estate' of Dora M. Cure, de ceased, in his suit against Wm. Gang no, et al. J. G. Wiley has been dismissed from further liability as defendant in the cause of A. B. Cook versus A. W. Huntly, et al, by agreement between the attorneys for the plaintiff and de fendant. Demurrer has been filed by the de fendant in the case of W. B. Wilbur against the city of Northport. The complaint in the case alleges that the city had been trying to collect from plaintiff the sum of $2 as a poll tax, claiming to act under ordinance No. 86 providing for the collection of a street tax for the city and directing the city marshal to assess and collect from the male inhabitants. It states that the plaintiff was arrested for non-payment of said tax which he claims is illegal. He alleges that the city had no authority to pass, en act or enforce an ordinance for col lecting such a' street poll tax, that it is in contravention to the constitution of the state and of the United States. That his wife humiliated him by cal ling him "old man" and "grandpa" in person and in public, is part of the complaint filed by J. E. Voder of Northport in his suit for divorce from Edith Voder whom he married in Col ville in August, 1917. Mrs. Voder is younger than her husband by about twenty years, and the latter says that she has told him that she mar ried him for what money she could get out of him. Voder sttes iin his complaint that he* was at the time of his marriage owner of 200,000 shares of capital stock of the Electric Point Mining company and one automobile, and that since his marriage he has purchased property in Stevens county, the water right in Nelson creek, 60 head of cattle, farm machinery and a piano. That he has spent large sums of money on jewels and clothes for his wife is alleged in the complaint. Among the amounts which plaintiff claims to have spent for defendant arc included $1000 for a trousseau, $HOO for a diamond engagement ring, a $175 pair of diamond earrings, a cameo finger ring, a $40 elk's tooth set with a ruby, a $175 set of furs, $1000 worth of clothing, $500 worth of War Savings stamps and $100 a month for the past three months. That Mrs. Voder scolded and nagged him because of his clothes and his hat, was also stated in the plaintiff's complaint. These things combined with alleged infidelity, according to the plaintiff, have made life with de fendant unbearable. Suit has been begun by J. R. Day Jr. versus Edward Padberg and others to quiet title to certain Stevens county property. Petition for a writ of habeas corpus has been filed by Ivan Shovell to free Mary Theresa Shovell who he claims is held by Ella Shovell at Marcus. L. C. Jesseph has been appointed ad ministrator of the estate of William McFarland, deceased, on the petition of Lucy McFarland, the widow. Suit for damages has been begun by the Electric Point Mining company against the Northern Pacific railway. The plaintiff asks $325 judgment for a mule which it claims was injured in transit in defendant's railway. The mining company claims to have had three mules sent from Wheeler to Spokane and that in transportation one of the animals was injured be cause of the defective flooring in the car. The man who is rowing the boat and helping bait the hooks on a fish ing trip, is an accessory before the act, according to Game Warden Rhode. H. F. Henderson was arrested for fishing in Deer lake without a license and was put under a five dollar bond to appear *in Justice Wilson's court Monday morning. He claimed to be merely rowing the boat, but Rhode said he had been baiting the hooks and that there were extra lines that looked as though he might have been fishing. This arrest is a warning, too, for the man who, when caught without a license, claims his wife is doing all the fishing. Game Warden C. J. Rhode arrested William Johnson at Loon Lake Satur day evening for fishing without a li cense. Johnson was fined five dol lars and costs in Justice Wilson's court at Loon Lake. C. J. Rhode of the fish hatchery has planted 15,000 Steelheads during the past week; 5,000 in Wait's lake, 5,000 in Loon Lake and the same num ber in Deer lake. Twenty-four wrote in the teachers' examination ending July 24. Three men wrote in the examination. They were L. H. Gurnsey «f Addy, Martin Carey of Daisy and John Hoffer of Bossburg. In conversation with a representa tive of the Independent on Saturday last, Lou Olunan, one of the farmers' mentioned in the article concerning the water controversy appearing in the Independent last week, stated that while he was a part owner of the dam across the river some three miles above the town, he had not taken or diverted a drop of water from the river this year, and that he hoped there would be no necessity for his so doing at any time later in the sea son.—Chewelah Independent. It is said that complaints have come from the vicinity of Northport to Sher iff Geo. L. Reid of Spokane county to the effect that the liquor la ws^re be ing violated there. Sheriff Reid said that the matter is out of his jurisdic tion and has referred those who came to him to the proper authorities. The Marcus Messenger states that if has been common property up that way that liquor could easily be obtained in Northport. One of the biggest branches of ac tivity connected with the Washington state fair is that which concerns the boys' and Girls' clubs scattered throughout the counties of the state. Promoted by the agricultural colleges working with the department of ag riculture, they have sprung into being in every state in the Union, with a membership runing into millions and wjth produced and conserved products amounting to many millions of dol lars. There will be club teams from 22 counties competing at the state fair, September 16-21 at Yakhna. These teams will be made up of cham pions from county clubs and each county is entitled to two members in canning, one in cooking or sewing, and two in either gardening, pigs, sheep or poultry. They will be en tertained three days at the fair free of expense, other than personal, and every thing will be done to make their stay there happy. Fifty tons of hay valued at $1500 were destroyed by flames when the barn belonging to W. J. McFarland near Bossburg was struck by light ning in an electrical storm a week ago. The fire occurred between seven and eight o'clock in the morning. Mr. and Mrs. McFarlane were both about to proceed to the barn and so missed by a few minutes receiving the light ning shock. The barn and contents were partly insured. Mrs. T. S. McCann of Boundary was in Colville the first, of the week with her small son to get a splinter re moved from the latter's hand. The boy had run the splinter into his hand from his home-made bow and arrow several weeks ago and the family had not been able to remove it. APPOINTED WATER MASTER IN CHARGE OF 3 COUNTIES Col. Clair Hunt of Colville has been appointed water master for Stevens, Ferry and Pend Oreille counties by the state hydraulic engineer, acting under the new water code of 1917. The new water law provides that, subject to existing rights, all the waters in,the state belong to the pub lic. Consequently a man may not take water from a creek, even though it runs through his property, and use it without a permit. These permits are granted by Marvin Chase, state hydraulic engineer at Olympia, and forms may be had from the water master. The new law also provides an in expensive way of settling promptly differences between water users. Oc casionally one water user thinks that another who takes water from the same creek uses more than he is just ly entitled to or is wasting water. By this law it is the duty of the water master to adjust such differences and to divide in whole or in part the water supply of the district among the sev eral water users by such closure or partial closure of headgates as will prevent its use in excess of the amount to which the owner of the right is lawfully entitled. A number of complaints of this character have been made to Mr. Hunt and adjusted, sometimes tempo rarily and at other times permanently, and all adjusted in such a way as to stop any damage that was being done by lack of water. All of these ad justments are made without any ex pense to the water users. The purpose of the law and the in tent of the state hydraulic engineer and water master is to secure the highest beneficial use of the water, so that larger crops will be grown and more land irrigated. The water us ers along Chewelah creek came to a mutual agreement to rotate the use of the water in the stream, and the result was that each is better supplied than formerly. These matters had been in dispute there for more than twenty years. These situations, according to Mr. Hunt, drag: on unnecessarily because some people are still under the illu sion that lawsuits are necessary for obtaining adjustments. There is no expense whatever and water troubles may be settled now by applying to the water master or state hydraulic engineer. When all yoiir money 11 I • transactions' I l)a«s through a Checking account in Jj this bank, your monthly statement II 111 gives a correct record of money re- II jjijj It's your guide to spending—it's a jjj help in keeping your money matters 1 11| in a sound condition. . I [ I!! The war's balance hangs on the (I J strength and resonsibility of individu- In I als. Keep yourself at all limes "fi- i I I A checking account helps—use one, I [j| The First National Bank I SCHOOL BEGINS SEPTEMBER 2D BOYS AND GIRLS SHOULD STAY IN SCHOOL, SAYS SUPERIN TENDENT SUTTON Are Seed Corn of Nation—Union 'High School No. 3 Offers New Advantages Boys and girls will soon assemble from every direction, no doubt the most of them having spent the busiest summer of their lives. Every one who has put forth some productive ef fort during the vacation has rendered a real service to himself, his commun ity and his country. Those who en ter the grades and high school this fall will be doing so to render them selves competent to do still more val uable service later on. It is a most patriotic thing to do. At the time of the great civil war half a century ago when the children of the southland were about to be drawn into the deadly conflict, Jef ferson Davis, president of the southern confederacy, said "Don't grind your seed corn." , "If that renowned southern states man were alive today, out of his love for the land of the stars and stripes, he would be saying 'Don't grind your seed corn.' " said A. T. Sutton, super intendent of the Colville schools re cently. "It means," said Mr. Sutton, "that the boys and girls are the seed corn of the nation, and that those who are not in the active service of the re public should be kept in the granaries of the home, the church and the school until such time as their edu cation, maturity and seasoning pre pare them to bear worthy fruit in their country's wider field of service. "For more than a year those who have been at an eminence where they can see the bitter experiences of the European nations at war, have been warning us to prevent any and all disorganization of school work. Thousands of young people in the grades and high schools will assemble in the school houses of the land, the better to fit themselves for their own and their country's future. The boys and girls in and around Colville will soon gather as the time to call the roll draws near." School Begins Sept. 2 School will begin -Monday, Septem ber the second. Every pupil should have plans made to enroll on the morn ing of the first day. Those who were in the first or second grade last year should bring their report cards with them. Seats will be assigned by teachers in all class and study roems. Pupils who enter late or who miss part of their work will be asked to make up whatever is necessary to put them in proper standing. Prompt and regular attendance is indispensa ble for the best school work. It is the present intention that in the grades honorable mention will be made through the school notes at the close of each month or period of the room which has made the best per cent of attendance. In the high school honorable mention will be made in the same manner of the students whose grades average the highest in the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes. Any young people who desire as sistance in finding places to room and board may call upon, or phone, Mr. Sutton. In order that he may be in a position to assist any such prospect ive students it will indeed be well if any persons having rooms will inform Mr. Sutton as early as convenient. Without doubt there are at the pres-' ent time young men and women who because of location of financial condi tions, are debating the advisability of attending high school. Some have just received their state diplomas from the eighth grade, and some have done the first year of so in non-accredited high schools which will be discontinued this winter. There^'are several such in Stevens county. An old adage says "No excellence without great la bor." People do not get things of downright' worth to themselves and their fellows except by the sweat of the brow. Union High School No. '■'■ has welcome, encouragement and ad vantages for boys and girls who have to dig for their education. The local high school never has bid for any thjng less than first place among high schools of its rank in this part of the state, and it is not bidding for anything less now. A committee representing the board of directors has gone through the entire building with a view to making such repairs and improvements as seem reasonable and proper. The corps of instructors is not quite complete, but it will be the very best throughout that the board can secure. With the addition of vo cational agriculture, and a special room newly- and completely equipped for this subject, the high school has the greatest opportunity for service in the county that it has ever had. SAYS BOND DRIVE RESULTS SPEAK WELL FOB COUNTY To the people of Stevens county: Feeling that the final figures in the different bond drives may be of in terest to the people of Stevens county I wish to say that in the first issue no records are available. In the second issue our minimum quota was $275,440. The good people of Ste vens county subscribed for $330,050, exceeding the minimum quota nearly 20%. In the third, or last issue, the total amount subscribed was $311,350. Our quota was $193,981. The number of subscribers to this loan was 2,805, an average of $160.51 per person. 14.177- of the population of this county subscribed to the third issue of bonds based on the 1910 census of popula tion of 19,797. :. , The above figures speak volumes for all the people of this county who have so loyally supported their gov ernment in these war financing cam paigns. And lam more than pleased with these final figures, when we take into consideration the two short crop years which we have had, and I feel safe in predicting that the fourth and future bond issues will be as gen erously supported. G. W. Peddycord, County Chairman. ' Two women are doing their bit to rid Stevens county of squirrels. Mrs. W. B. Ashley, of near Springdale, has set a record in squirrel extermination. With 35 traps she has caught 603 ground squirrels this season, besides poißoning some. Mrs. J. E. Cowley, who lives between Springdale and Loon Lake, has followed the plan of offering* her children a bounty of five cents per head on each squirrel killed, with the result that they have ac counted for the death of 356 squirrels. Examiner for any pwrtiag