The Colville examiner. [volume], July 09, 1921, Image 1

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A Weekly Journal of
Democracy
Fourteenth Year
HPHE crowning event of a woman's life
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choice for a life-time of love and companionship.
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PMltfy good, lasting and appropriate. Let it alway-R be
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n IF ITS FROM RICH'S ITS RIGHT
COLVILLE ABSTRACT CO.
Abstracts of title to Stevens county
lands, mines and water rights
Frank Ko^tka
Merchant Tailor
Colville, Washington
I TAKE PRIDE
IN MAKING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
The Colville Song Shop has been appointed
sales representative by Sherman, Clay & Co.
for their full line of pianos and player pianos.
These include the Steinway, the world's great
est piano, and also the Aeolian Player Pianos,
including the famous Duo Art reproducing
piano.
Colville Song Shop
LOOSE LEAF SYSTEMS-RING AND POST BINDERS
RULED FORMS—BLANK FILLERS AT EXAMINER
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I [tSnoch Flour MilljT 1
I COLVILL^.V/ASIIINGTON 11
Che Colvilk Examiner
High class tailoring for men
and women
Dry cleaning, pressing, repairing,
altering
OFFICIAL NEWS OF CITY AND COUNTY
Golville, Stevens County, Washington, Saturday, July 9, 1921
ROBBERY MOTIVE
OF DAISY GRIME
WONG FOOK NYN. MURDERED
AND BROTHER WONG FOOK
TYE. BEATEN BY ROBBERS
Attack, Believed By Sheriff's Office
To Have Been Carefully Planned
—Clews May Lend to Capture
What is thought by the County
Sheriff's offire to he one of the
most carefully planned robberies
and murders in this part of the
county in recent years took place at
China camp near Daisy, Mon
day evening Wonff Fook N'yn wa?
murdered a~'\ his brother' Wong:
Fook Tye •:■; .'."•(] and beaten by three
men.
Nyn md Tye, as the two China
men are known, have been residents
around Delay for the p;>st thirty
two years. Purira: the time they
made Daii v their home, the two
celestial i have alwpys stnnj high :r
the resp.et of their neighbors. Wlien
the nev/s of \yn'- murder and heat
ing of Tye became ! -«-•■- i\ aching
was threatened if the culprits w«3
caught.
Nyn, who was a Chinese doctor by
profession conducted a little store
where garden truck and Chinese lily
bulbs was sold. The two men also
did placer mining on the side. It
was from their placer mining that
the story spread around the coun
try that they had considerable
money stored away in their home.
The robbery and murder is be
lieved to have taken place between
the hours of 8:30 and 9:30 p. m.
Monday. Whether the murderers
attacked Nyn in his cabin first and
then met his brother Tye, who had
gone about a mile from the cabin
to get planks to fix a bridge near
his camp is not known. The pre
sumption is that Tye was attacked
first and his brother murdered after
ward.
Earlier in the day a piece of paper
was found by the two celestials in
front of their home, bearing the
words "Last warning China now
leave." The paper was brought into
the house by Tye where it was
later picked up by Deputy Sh-Tiff
C. A. Ledgerwood. It is now being
held by the sheriff's office as evi
dence.
Neither the news of the murder
or of the attack was not given by
Tye until clo.se to 9 o'clock the next
morning, due to the fact that he
thought his brother was probably
unconscious. From the meager de
tails thar the sheriff has been able
to get from Tye, the celestial after
being gauged and beaten by his as
sailants fieed himself and made for
his cabin. Nearing the camp he
called to his brother and getting no
answer went closer, where he found
him with two bullet holes in his
body, one through his chest and the
other through his lungs. At th"
coronor's inquest, it was found thai
Nyn had been shot four times.
Instead of calling the officers, Tye
administered first aid hoping that he
could revive his brother. When he
saw that he did not regain con
sciousness on Tuesday morning, Tye
went to Daisy and gave the alarm.
That Nyn, a frail man between
the ages of 75 and 80, was no
match for the murderers, who in
all probability overpowered him
from behind is evidenced by the fact
that the gun and knife which he has
always carried was found by Dep
uty Sheriff Ledgerwood to be in
their accustomed places in his belt.
An examination afterward of the
gun proved that it had not been
fired.
Two clews which may greatly help
in finding the men who committed
the crimi' have been established by
the sheriff's office. Shortly before
Tye was bound and gi</'."''d, B farm
er of Daisy was out looking for hi>
cow. bearing the deserted camp
where Tye went to get the plank
he noticed two men arguing with
the Chinaman over the boards. Ac
cording to the reports received bj
Sheriff Ledgerwood, the men report
ed that they were officers and that
they had bought the camp and weft
trying to prevent Tye from taking
the lumbei, which they claimed be
longed to them. Thinking nothing
of the matter, the farmer went on,
after which it is thought Tye wa
gagged, bound, beaten and left for
dead.
The other clew which has con
siderable bearing is the finding of
Colville Has Quietest Fourth
"The quietest fourth Colvillc hM
ever had that I can remember," said
G. I. Ido, idly stretching himself in
hi- real estate office "And I have
seen a Rood many in this town dur
ing my 37 years residence. As for
myself, I went up to Mill creek nnd
did some fishing."
"It was too quiet for me" stated
Justice of the Peace J. H. Kinsr.
"While I did not go any place out
side of Colville, it peems most of the
town wont to Chewelah to attend
the celebration. I came down town
once and then went hack. Apain
Inter in the afternoon. I came down
attain to see if thpre was anybody
around but one look convinced me
that the lakes, Chewelah and fnehr
lium had been the mecca for the
moat i>f Colville's citizens."
Most of Colville divided in spend
ing the fourth. A email number
stayed home. Part wen', to tnche
lium to attend the regular Indian
celebration being held ai that place.
But the largest part l>y far went to
Chewelah where the Colville band
and baseball team were the loading
atl factions.
Those who did no! iro to either of
thi above named pl&.v* went tn In*
Hiiferent streams and "ales in the
■ounty on camping and li iiing pa ;"«
County Engineer T. M. OliVt and his
assistant Fred Thomas went t ■' to
the lakes but when the fish refused
to bite they turned to other diver
sions.
"Home looked good to me, BO good
in fact that I spent the fourth there"
responded Justice A. L. Knapp when
questioned as to his whereabouts.
"."'peaking of quiet fourths, Colville
had the quietest that I can remem-
Power House at Kettle Falls
Application has been made by the
Washington Water Power company
to construct a dam and power house
at Kettle Falls, according to dis
patches f vom the national capitol at
Washington, D. C. The proposed
dam and power hou.se is one of the
biggest power projects that has yet
come before the federal water pow
er commission under the raw water
power law.
Officials of the Washington Water
Power Company are busy closing the
details of buying the property which
will give them complete possession
of the territory where (heir pro
ject will be launched. According to
officials of the company, this will be
completed in a short time. Only
meager details of the plan are
MODEL BAKERY SOLD
TO COLVILLE MEN
Purchase of the Model Bakery by
F. J. Van Buren and J. A. Stephen
son from E. J. Strong and S. Fresh
man has just been announced The
price in the transaction was not
mentioned. The new owners have
taken charge and will continue to op
erate the Model as a first class es
tablishment. Mr. Stephenson will
take over the managership.
Included in the equipment •>( tin
Model Bakery is an electric oven
with a daily capacity of 1500 loaves
of bread, an electric cake mixer
with three heats ami a champion
bread machine electrically operated.
One of the features of the plant is
the electric bread sealer which does
away with the handling of the bread
after it has been taken out of the
pans.
Mr. Van Buren, one of the new
owners has been in the bakery,
restaurant and hotel business in
California, Montana, Washington
and Canada for the past thirty-five
years.
S. Freshman will be retained as
baker. Bakery lunches will also be
served.
E. .1. Strong will take a complete
re3t before engaging in other busi
ness.
Willett Bros, will stage a stump
pulling demonstration at the Chris.
McDonald ranch 6 miles northwest
of Colville on Tuesday, July 12. H.
.1. Plumb, county agent, will assist,
in the demoHtration, ami the work
will be done by a Koidson tractor.
the place where an auto, •■vidt-ntlj
belonging to th. men who are al
leged to have committed thfl deed,
had been left while thry attacked
the two Chinese. The car had l>een
driven into a clump of tree.- to pre
vent it from being noticed. Foot
marks around the place when- the
auto wan parked indicate that the
men had been there Home time.
ber." and Justice Knapp must be
taken as an authority when the fact
becomes known that he has lived in
this vicinity for the past 32 years.
Led by the Colvilk> band and aug
mented by fourteen members of the
Frank Star Post Noi. .17 of the
American Legion, the celebration at
Chewelah easily attracted more peo
ple from Colville than any other
single celebration. The Colville band
was the only band of three adver
tised to appear that actually put in
an appearance.
Much favorable comment was
heard on all sides on the new cap
adopted by the Frank Starr Post.
The cap is modeled on the same pat
tern as the cap worn overseas by
the doughboys in the late war, and
I* blue with gold trimmings.
The individual features of the pa
tiidi was the beautifully decorated
automobile floats, with the comedy
being furni.-hed by the clowns.
K'i>'h' former < x-sailors from Che
ivelah in their white uniforms also
came in for their share of the at
tention. In the parade, the post Hag
of the Frank Starr Post was car
ved by Color H-arers Hob Lee and
Abe Denaon. Jack St. Clair and
Warwick Stewart acted as color
(rum Us. 'ihn V. Folsom post of
Ohewola'- also took part in the pa
r:xl' und later acted as host to the
Colville post at a dinner.
The ball game in the afternoon
between Chewelah and Colville at
tracted Its share of the crowd at
tending the celebration. In the
evening dancing was the chief form
or amusement offered. Numerous
automobile parties made little side
trips into the country.
known.
It is the intention of men in
charge of the work to build the dam
in three .stages. The first step will
be the buildm* of a dwn thtrty-fl«
feel high across the minor channel.
A dam sixty feet in height across
the main channel is the proposed
second step while the building of (.he
gates at the crest of the corn-ret,
dam raising both dams to a height
of seventy-five feet will complete
the work.
A total of 158,000 horsepower will
be the installed primary power at
the end of the third step. Should ;i
market for secondary power develop,
it can easily he generated in the
opinion of officials of the company.
FEATHKRKILE IS HELP
IN NOKTIU'OKT ROBBERY
In Howard Keathorkile, age 40, a
farmer living across the river from
Northport, Sheriff W. H. Graham
believes that he has the man want
ed for robbing and shooting W.
Stewart, a logging contractor at
Northport Monday evening. Feather
kile, who is lodged in the Stevens
county jail without bail denies any
part in the robbery or holdup, but
admits that he was in Xorthport at
the time of the. robbery.
According to Stewart, Keatherkili
and another man had been after him
twice on the previous evening to ge'.
a drink of liquor which Keatherkili
In alleged to have cached across the
river. On both occasions Stewart
refuted to accompany the two aCTOM,
Toward- morning between 'i and I
o'clock Stewart according to the story
told Sheriff draham, went across the
river to pet his horse. Seeing him
do this, I'eatherkile is said to have
called out to him to stop and wait
for blnucli and his friend. Stewart
did thli and the other two men
quickly catching op vtarted to walk
along the railroad track. Where the
track rounds a short curve, the three
(topped md according to Stewart.
Featherkil* hit him with the butt of
his revolver knocking him down. A:
he was ittempting to get up he al
leges that rVatherkile shot him
twice, onc<- through the right arm
anil the other time through the lung
The amount of money taken fron.
Stewart according to Sheriff Gra
ham was eight dollars. Seventy
three rents, in a pocket book in on<
of SttWUt'l packets was left un
touched.
At the hospital in Northport where
Stewart was taken by a pausing
motorist, it is said that the chances
for his recovery are good unlest
pneumonia set* in. Doctor Robinson
removed the bullets from Stewart.
Colville experienced one of the hot
test dayi thin summer on Thursday.
An Exponent for
Stevens County
$2.00 Year in Advance; 5c Copy
CHEWELAH WINS
FROM COLVILLE
LOCAL TEAM LOSES EXHIBITION
GAME SUNDAY BY ONI
SIDED SCORE
i.rmiT Graham Calls Home Nini> Off
Field in Second Contest With
Opposing Side in Lead
Featured by the clever pitching of
Snoddy ami Spurtreon, Oolville went
down to defeat at Chowelah 6 to 1
July 1. Moth teams playe<l great
ball up to the iMphth mitu r. when
Colville left the field after hemp
(riven the worst of a poor decision.
The trouble arose when Snoddy
was refused hla base after being hit
on the wriil l>y :i pitched bait, the
umpire claiming the hall was dead.
In the eighth, the same situation
arose when Barton for Chewelah
was hit. Instead of ordering- him
bark to the plate the umpire im
mediately gave him his base on
halls. Qrover Graham immediately
called the Colville players off the
field.
Chewelah opened the scoring in
the first inning netting two runs after
two were down. Smith knocked
down a hard hit hall to short, the
batter hemp given credit for a hit.
Leepe.r tripled and scored a minute
later on a single.
Colville started ;t rally in thp
third which looked had for Che
welah. .loe Rogers was safe on first.
Smith, next. up singled, Rogers
going to second and Hydorn, show
ing some of his Babe Ruth ability
hit to eente.rfield for a double.
Sweeney fielded the hall cleanly and
threw Rogers out at the plate.
Smith «oing to third. Smith scor
ed n minute later when Altman threw
wild t<i third in an attempt to catch
him off the base.
Prom the third to the sixth, both
nines put up a higi class brand of
ball, fast fielding and clever work
by the pitchers being the outstand
ing features.
Chewelah broke Into the scoring
column again on the sixth when it
scored three runs on a combination
of hits and errors. Then tli«' eighth
inning came when the local team
walked off the field after having
been handed the poor end of the de
cisions throughout the entire game.
Score by innings:
Chewelah 2 0 0 0 o 3 o—6
Colville <> 0 I 0 0 0 o—l
Battering: Chewelalji Spurgeon and
Altman; Colvflle, Snoil<ly and <lra
ham.
NotM on !ln- (Jame.
Smith on short for (tic home
team celebrated his return by play
ing a fast game.
Joi" Koger-H a«ain rtarred around
thi- keystone .sack. With Wernli he
pulled off ;i clever double play.
Roth Snoddy and Spurgeon pitch
ed airtight ball.
Chewelah and Colville/ played an
exhibition game in Colvillc Sunday,
losing 1-') to 2, before a small crowd.
Colville tried out Murphy, a recruit
pitcher. Murphy went well for the
first four innings but the visitors
fell on him the fifth for five runs
ami the (fame from then on wan a
farce, Colville shifting its lineup re
paatedly and trying out different
pitchers.
iContinued on pag« nlna.)
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