The Colville examiner. [volume], December 17, 1921, Image 1

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A Weekly Journal of
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OFFICIAL NEWS OF CITY AND COUNTY
Colviile, Stevens County, Washington, Saturday, December 17, 1921
Rich Discoveries
of Silver Ore Bodies
Ledges Struck at Silver
Mountain and North of
Old Dominion Mine
A sensational strike was made in
the property of the Silver Mountain
Mining Co. near Daisy this week,
when a ledge was crosscut which ran
as high as $900 a ton in black sul
phides, and the entire width of the
eight-foot vein ran an average of
$218.
The Silver Mountain mine is one
of the old properties in Stevens
county, and has been operated by
the Seelye brothers for 30 years,
they having expended $85,000 of their
own money on development. The re
cent ledge is the third one uncovered,
and is in a crosscut at a 400-foot
depth. The ore carries some lead,
but is principally silver.
The property is 5 miles northeast
of Daisy, and 14 miles by road from
Orin. Great quantities of ore are
now blocked out. The company has
nine patented claims, and the lowest
grades of ore average $50 to the ton.
Present plans are to erect a con
centrator at the mine. Crushing
machinery is already in place.
B. F. Goodman, G. B. Ide,. Chas.
Gallion and H. G. Robbins visited the
property on Tuesday. Mr. Goodman
says it is the biggest thing he has
ever seen in the state, and Mr. Idf
states that the showings give promise
of making the Sliver Mountain mine
a big factor in future mining dp- ,
velopments of the county.
Silver ore running $800 to the ton
has been discovered on the C. N.
Smith homestead four miles north of
the Old Dominion mine, 10 miles
northeast of Colville, between the
middle and south forks of Mill creek.
Mr. Smith, while building road, un
covered rock which seeemd to carry
values. He uncovered a stringer of
mineral four inches wide, and with
out having any idea of what was
underneath, and knowing nothing
about mining, continued digging to
see what might be underneath. A
constant widening of the stringer
caused him to go 10 feet in depth,
when he secured an assay which
showed $6.60 in silver. He secured
assistance and a 4x6 shaft was sunk
to a depth of 30 feet, where the
ledge is shown to be at least 8 feet
wide, and with an assay of $800 in
silver. There is a well denned hang
ing wall on the east, but no showing
of a foot wall. The outcrop shows
for a distance of a quarter of a mile
northeast and southwest, and strin
gers seem to be running from the west
leading to the granite wall on the
east.
.This property is north of the fa
mous Old Dominion, and in a line
northeast and southwest with the
silver strikes which have been made
all the way between the reservation
west of Daisy, and the Eiitish Co
lumbia line north of Metaline.
Mr. Smith owns 200 acres, extend
ing half a mile north and south cov
ering the new strike. By running
1300 feet of tunnel he could get a
depth of 1100 feet vertically from the
present shaft. There is some nickle
and cobalt in the ore, with consider
able iron, but not much lead.
At the LaSota mine, 5 miles north,
picked samples of ore are said to
have run as high as $400 in silver.
Great Northern Traffic
and Passenger Notes
H. C. Barnes shipped out six cars
of lumber from the White Pine Sash
Co. to Spokane.
D. S. Diehl shipped out this week
eight cars of lumber, four to Oshkosh
and four to Spokane.
L. P. Johnsen shipped out one car
of hay to Fife, B. C, the first of the
week.
Fred Draper of Aladdin shipped a
car load of shingles to Spokane Mon
day.
Willett Bros, had shipped in this
week a car of gasoline for their gas
station.
TopXoch Mills shipped out this
week one car of wheat, and with the
Colviile Feed Co. shipped through the
nrm Bureau one car.
The Carney Co. and the Singleton
mill have been shipping cars of lum
ber to Spokane match companies.
The Christmas packages for east
ern points have been steadily going
out; much of it has been fruit, prin
cipally apples.
Great Northern Christmas rates
are for local points only, to all sta
tions west of Chicago, Dec. 22 to 24.
Rate must exceed $2.50, and the near
est station out of Colviile to which
this rate would apply is Loon Lake.
Fare exceeding $25 will not come
under this special rate.
Beautiful telegraph blanks have
been issued for patrons of the West
ern Union Telegraph Co. for Christ
mas messages.
Among the Social
Events of the Week
The Klatawa Sewing club meets
tomorrow with Mrs. Earl Strong.
Judge and Mrs. D. H. Carey en
tertained at dinner last Thursday
night Judge Lindsay of Spokane and
Superintendent and Mrs. G. L. Put
nam.
The Twentieth Century Club mem
bers and their husbands were en
tertained Monday evening at the
home of Mrs. Walter Bowen, the
hostess being assisted by Mrs. Thou.
A.spend, Mrs. J. D. Casey and Mrs.
Daniel H. Carey. Potted plants and
Oregon grape were used as decora
tions. Bridge was played at five
tables, honors going to Mrs. W. G.
Ktolts and Dr. R. F. Goetter. A de
licious luncheon was served. Guests
were Miss Mary Mantz, Miss Bernice
Stolts, Dr. K. F. Goetter, David Mc-
Millan and the husbands of the club
members. The members and their
husbands present were Messrs. and
Mosdames L. Dannheiser, W. H. Jack
son, F. B. Goetter, G. W. Denny, C.
R. McMillan, W. G. Stolts, C.' C.
Casey, Thomas Aspend, J. I). Casey,
0. H. Carey, W. L. Bowen.
The 80th birthday anniversary of
Mrs. Sue Ham was observed Dec. 9
when Mrs. H. A. Ham entertained at
noon dinner. Those present were
Mrs. Harriet Aubin, Mrs. Clyde
Maurer, Mrs. B. P. Taylor and son
Gordon, Mrs. Robert Hughson, Mrs.
K. Palmer and daughter Madeline,
A. L. Ham, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Ham
and son Howard, Mr. and Mrs. D.
F. Ham. Gifts of flowers were
brought as tokens of the occasion.
Mra. Ham has been a resident of
the Colville valley since 1889, when
she settled west of the city with her
husband John Ham, who died in 1901.
Later the family moved to the ranch
a mile south of Colville. Few of
the residents of 1889 are left to join
the newer friends in hearty good
wishes to Mrs. Ham.
At a meeting of the Colville Im
provement club held at the home of
Mrs. E. J. Strong Tuesday the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
coming year: Mrs. M. R. Strong,
president; Mrs. D. H. Carey, vice
president; Mrs. W. Lon Johnson, re
cording secretary; Mm. Carl
Buchanan, treasurer; Mrs. H. R. Wil
liams, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
A. B. Sansburn, librarian. The
board of trustees are Mrs. M. R.
Strong, Mrs. D. H. Carey, Mm. A.
B. Sansburn, Mrs. F. B. Goetter, Miss
Kate Bostedo. Mian Bostedo was ap
pointed assistant librarian.
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< iimml»ionrn' Meeting.
Notice In hereby given that the Loard
of county commlnlonerH of Steven*
county. WaHhJnKton, will meet in ne»-
Hlon on December 28. JB2l. for the pur-
POM of cloHiiiK up the year'B biiHlnemi.
and any pei-Hon or firm having any
clnlmn agalnm Haid Htevinn county ar«
hereby notified to file their clalmx with
the county auditor on or before »ald
date.
Dated thlH 10th day of December,
1»21.
WIL.L C. HPKDDEN
C!ounty Auditor
How the Churches
Observe Christmas
Many Programs of Varied
Natures Will Be Fea
tured in Colviile
The special Christmas music to be
given by the choir of the Congrega
tional church next Sunday morning,
December 18, 11 a. in., consisting of
anthems and solos, will be rendered
by the following members: Sopranos,
Mrs. W. C. Keller, Mrs. Glenn
Crewse, Mrs. Harry Noble; altos, Mrs.
E. C. Durdle, Mrs. E. E. Page, Mrs.
Quinn McCord; tenors, Ludwig John
sen, W. C. Keller; basses, Quinn Mc-
Cord, H. J. Plumb, with Mrs. E. K.
Lavigne as pianist.
Program: Prelude (Ketelbey) Mrs.
E. R. Lavigne; processional, Joyfully
the Angels are Singing (McPhail),
choir; hymn, O, Little Town of Beth
lehem (Baraby), congregation; scrip
ture reading and prayer; response,
Bow Down Thine Ear (Herbert),
choir; anthem, Joyously I'eal, ye
Christmas Bells (Coombs), choir;
offertory, Charmeuse (Clarke), Mrs.
E. R. Lavigne; solo, What Star is
Thin? (from "The Nativity"), H. J.
Plumb; sermon, The Coming of the
Messiah, Rev. J. M. Huggins; an
them, Fear Not (Ferris), choir.
Solemn high mass will be sung at
the church of the Immaculate Concep
tion on Saturday night, Dec. 24, at
midnight, by the following quartet:
Mrs. J. C. Harrigan, Mrs. Lester
Cohrs, G. O. Morris, H. J. Plumb.
Airs. Daniel H. Carey will be or
ganist. A mass written by P. A.
Kaufer of Seattle entitled "The Lit
tle Plover Mass" will bo rendered.
Masses on Christmas day at 8 and
10 a. m. Roy. E. 8011, S. J., officiat
ing.
Christmas .services will not be ob
served this year in the Baptist
church, owing to a vacancy in the
pulpit.
The Seventh Day Adventist church
v. ill observe Christmas Saturday,
Dec. 24, at the churrh, with a special
program. Festivity anil the tree in
thin denomination at Christmastide
are in the home.-. Church giving is
confined to missionary funds.
The Christian Science Society at
the chapel on Cedar street will have
the Christmas .service from the les
son-sermon, entitled "Christian
Science," with appropriate musical
program and scriptural reading.
Rev. Gun of Spokane will conduct
the Christmas services at the St.
John's K|)iscopal church Sunday
morning. Miss Agnes Roberts will
have charge of the musical program.
.St. John's Episcopal church will also
observe the Christmastide with a
children's party and tree Dec. 26.
A children's party Thursday eve
ning with the Christmas tree as the
feature, given by Mrs. R. E. Hagen's
Sunday school class of the Christian
church, will be the only observance
of the Christmastide this year by the
Christian church. Rev. Fred Thomas
of Indiana, who lia recently been
appointed pastor of the church, will
spend the holidays with relatives in
Wenatchee, and formally begin his
work after the first of the year.
Observation of Christmas in the
Free Methodist church ha- not de
parted from the original movement
founded by John Wesley, except thut
the local church will not have a
Oiri.stniah tree. The tiermon will be
by the pastor Rev. Ouy B. Denney
on "The Resurrection." There will
be recitationH, and the musical pro
gram prepared by Mrs. A. M. Vind
hiirst will include "That Beautiful,
Wonderful Night," Christmas Hells"
and "Silent Night."
The Methodist Episcopal ser
vices at the church Sunday morning,
Dec. 25, will not outwardly depart
An Exponent for
Stevens County
$2.00 Year in Advance; 5c Copy
from the usual Sunday worship. Rev.
1 George K. Whitten will occupy the
pulpit. There will be a Christmas
tree, from which candy and fruits
will be distributed to the children.
The musical program under the di
rection of Mrs. Rolla Willett, Mrs.
Ralph Willett and Miss Marguerite
Henderson will be given by the vest
oil choir, and in the morning will in-
dude "Where Shepherds Watched"
ami "(ilory to (Jod." In the evening
i the vested choir will sing "Hail the
Lord's Anointed" and "Hail Our
I Savior King." The junior choir will
render "Song of the Christmas Bells,"
"In Bethlehem," "A Savior is Born,"
"L<>t the Hills be Vibrant," "Jesus
Cometh to Reign," and "The Song
of Songs."
Opening of Fishing
Is Set for May 1
At the meeting of the Stevens
County Game commission on Dec. 6,
the dale for the opening of next
year's fishing nea.son wan set for
May 1. The season will close Oct.
81. Approximately 1,400,000 fish
will bo ready for distribution in the
streams and laku.s of the county by
I the first of the year if weather con
ditions are favorable, according to C.
1 J. Uhode, superintendent of the coun
ty fish hatchery, who was found by
an Examiner repracntativs at the
hatchery busily engaged, with copper
prongs, in carefully separating the
white eggs from the virile ones in
baskets containing myriads of tiny
round specks of atomic life.
"The worst condition we have to
fight against is this," he said, dis
playing a small jar of Ash eggs on
which clung a hlack mucoualike
matter. "And this," displaying un
der the cover of a tray a white
' mould. "This fungus kills the good
fggs, and we have to work contin
uously to weed it out.
"This tray contains eggs from
Chilian lake, Oct. 19, and they have
not matured as fast as those from
! streams of warmer water. These
other well developed eggs were
1 brought in Oct. 21, and we now givo
them rougher handling."
The county fish hatchery in a
small way is an experimental station.
: everything manifesting life, whether
j fungus or fish, is under the watch
' ful eye of the superintendent. A
1 speck off a fish egg, kept in a small
liottle, later grew to be a swimming
uoimlikc bit of life.
"This is the kitchen" boasted Mr.
Uhode, as proudly as any summer re
sort chef, displaying accommodations
for distinguished guests. The "kit
chen" wu.-. a small room equipped
with a trough of water and a meat
grinder. When the fish are young
they food them six times a day on
ground raw liver, and less often as
they mature.
At the game farm there is "nobody
home" but the Japanese pheasants
imported from the Orient, the ducks,
and a chipmunk timorously inquiring
'Is it spring?" The Japanese
pheasants were sent down from
Northport. The cock is most gor
geous ; In. head is a fluffy golden
yellow. He wears a bit of black and
yellow over his shoulder like a cape,
and as he bobs his head a bit of
glistening green is seen for a mo
ment only, for his brilliant scarlet
jacket and his tail fascinate one un
til the only apparent colors are the
golden head and the scarlet of his
jacket. The tail fs like that of the
native pheasant but for a few stray
scarlet feathers. The female is a
drab looking little creature, perhaps
symbolic of the status of the Oriental
woman.
In the uncleared space now and
then is a pair of highly colored
pheasants, possibly having their
origin in those imported. Three have
been raised from the imported strain,
one has been mounted, and one got
loose and probably has nested, which
may account for the occasional
glimpse of a bird of great brilliancy
around the game farm and in the
hills.
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