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VISION—the ability to look ahead and to prepare—this was the dominant trait in our first President, George Wash ington. At sixteen he was a surveyor, mapping out the unsettled regions of the Middle West, discovering the vast richness of the United States and perhaps dreaming of the time when this section would en trich and sustain future generations. Have you vision? Are you looking ahead and building up a bank account which will sustain and enrich your fu ture? If not, we invite you to open an account with us. February 22nd, Washington's birthday, this bank will be closed all day—Legal Holiday. Capital $100,000 Colville and Kettle Falls i COLVILLE NEWS i Advertisement. Go to Rich's for your glasses. Sat isfaction guaranteed. If you want graham, try a nine pound sack of Top-Noch, for mush or gems. For sale at all dealers.—adv. Loose Leaf outfits at the Examiner. —F. C. B.— I. I. Stevens Lodge No. 143, K. of P. Meets each second and fourth Mon day of each month. Visiting mem bers welcome. A. C. Douglass, M. of W. DR. E. T. CRANE Special attention to chronic diseases, constipation, rheumatism, kidney trouble, etc. 417 Old Nat. Bank Bldg., Spokane WELDING of all kinds SAW GUMMING FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP ALL WORK GUARANTEED Colville Weld and Repair Shop North Main Colville ATTENTION Electrical appliances have been steadily dropping in price for several months. We desire to announce the reduc tion in price of the famous "West inghouse Electric Iron" from $8.50 to $7.50, approximately 12%. Other things are dropping. Ladies who have gone without elec trical conveniences on account of the high cost may now afford them, es pecially when we sell on a small deposit down and a reasonable bal ance monthly to be paid with the light account. THE ELECTRIC SHOP GUARANTEED VULCANIZING EXPERT TIRE REPAIRING COLVILLE TIRE SHOP • Harvey Skeels, an executive com mitteemun of the Farm Bureau, of Marble Valley, was a business visi tor in Colville Tuesday. The entire family of Grover Gra ham, excepting Grover himself, has been suffering with lagrippp. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Culver were in Spokane the first of the week, visit ing Mrs. Culver's sister Mrs. A. Klockman. The Woman's Relief Corps will give a chicken dinner on Washing ton's birthday, Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 11:30 to one, at Odd Fellows hall. Dinner 50c plate. Everybody welcome. ,We wish to thank the kind friends and neighbors who so ably assisted and remembered us with flowers and deeds during the recent illness and funeral of our beloved wife, daughter, sister and cousin.—Cornell H. Vander Meer, Mr. and Mrs. Willis S. Doug lass, Mrs. Dan Vander Meer, C. E. Douglass, Miss Delores Douglass, Miss Jean Vander Meer, Ted Vander Meer, Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Lasswell. Well dressed people are never run down at the heels, and they always stand on good soles. Get the work done at Clinton's Shoe Shop. WANTED Wanted, city and country property. Have for sale modern 6-room house for $1600.— J. L. Lasswell, First National Bank, Colville. Wanted, a sow that will farrow not later than April.—A. L. Swanson, Meyers Falls. LOST AND FOUND Lost, 6-ft. crosscut saw between Red school house and Dan Ulrich's on Meyers Falls highway. Reward for return to Examiner, No. 25. FOR SALE For sale, perfectly good Hammond typewriter, cost $50 new a year ago. Not injured in least. Carries three different kinds of type, each inter changeable. Has good case. Will take $20 cash. Come and see it.— G. E. Whitten, Colville. For sale, auto-knitter, good as new, terms reasonable. Selling on account of poor eyesight. Call at 461 S. Elm, or phone 595. For sale, 5 tons clean seed oats, at $40. Lloyd A. Thompson, Colville R. D. 2. For sale, 6 young cows, fresh soon, fine for cream shippers; 4 yearling heifer calves; grade Guernsey bull calf; cheap.—Wm. Davies, Marble. For sale or trade, thoroughbred Holftein bull, took first prize Kerry county fair. Box 66, Republic. Hay for sale, Wm. Kaney. For sale, 80 tons No. 1 baled timo thy hay, $15 ton cash. —L P. John sen, phone 132-3, Colville. EGGS AND POULTRY 100 thoroughbred White Leghorn hens and pullets for sale at a bar gain; all laying or about ready to lay; am unable to take care of them. —T. L. Savage, Kettle Falls. Wanted, 2 R. C. Rhode Island roosters. Koland Nichols, Colville, R. D. 2. For sale, White Wyandotte cock erels. Fancy stock.—C. H. Swartout, Meyers Falls. Examiner Want Ads Bring Results. The Colville Examiner, Saturday, February 18, 1922 Cbu. Dennison of Spokane visited friends in Colville last week. Mr. and Mrs. Archer R. Squire of Kettle Falls were in Colville Monday on business. George Haynes of Kettle Falls was in Colville on business Saturday. Ernest Giese of Kettle Falls was a business visitor here Monday. Mrs. Dan VanderMeer of Cheney was registered at the Hotel I.cc Mon day. Mrs. Ann B. Hansen of Park Rapids was in the city Monday stop ping at the Hotel Lee. Mrs. P. H. Graham of Boundary was shopping and visiting friends in the city Monday and Tuesday. Carl Prouty, who has been with the Examiner for over a year in the bindery department, has started to learn the mysteries of the composing room as "printer's devil." Dr. Rigg of Port Angeles and son Roy of Chowelah were business visi tors in Colville during the past week. A. E. Bollinger of Ford was in Colville Saturday. Fred Ralby and son of Addy were in town Monday. Geo. F. Abbot of Springdale was in town Tuesday transacting busi ness. A new room is being built as an addition to Mother's Kitchen run by Mrs. H. C. Rukgaber on First Aye. Miss Dolores Douglass of Kettle Kails was a guest the first of the week at the home of Mrs. I. J. Lass well. E. A. Sperry of the Stevens Coun ty Power and Light company spent the week end in Spokane. He re turned to Colville Monday. Mrs. Sperry, who with her son, had been there several weeks, returned Wed nesday. Ham Bros, this week butchered a 4-year sow which dressed 501 pounds. A. L. Ham says that they have had fine success in pork production by crossing Poland China and Duroc strains. A. E. Skidmore & Son delivered to Wingham's Market this week seven head of purebred and high grade Rod Polled beef stock, ranging from yearlings to three years, and averag ing a little over 1100 pounds. H. C. Gates is now in Holtville, Cal., in the Imperial valley. He started south the middle of Decem ber and has been covering various places in southern Arizona and Cali fornia. He reports that the cold snap brought the coldest weather to the Imperial valley that the resi dents remembered. Perry Bryant came up from near Cheney on Monday to assist Mrs. J. H. King in caring for Mr. King, who is not improving as fast as was hoped. Mr. Bryant is a brother of Mrs. Ki"e. Mrs. J. H. Craft returned Wednes day from Spokane where she had boon visiting friends. J. D. Casey spent several days in Spokane the past week, and Mrs. Casey spent several days with her son Claude at Chewelah. E. E. Paige, United States immi gration officer at Danville, visited in Colville with his family recently. Married Tuesday at the Methodist parsonage Mrs. Priscilla Edwards, a native of Alabama, to Frank W. Townsend of Boyds. Mrs. Lulu Pond and Mrs. J. Mclnis witnessed the ceremony. The couple will make their home at IJoyds. Horn, to Mr. and Mrs. Bverette Hays, Saturday, Feb. 11, a son, Wil liam Orland. Robert Ernest, the two-months-old infant of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Mel cher, died Saturday, Feb. 11. The funeral services were conducted at the McCord parlors Sunday at 2 o'clock by Rev. J. M. Huggins of the Congregational church. Mrs. E. L. Spicer of LaCrosse, Wis., left for the coast Thursday morning after visiting at the homes of C. A. and E. F. Spicer. The Improvement Club held a busi ness session at the home of Mrs. Oeo. W. Seal Tuesday. J. L. Leeper of the Boyds Lumber Company of Kettle Falls was in town this week transacting business. He is shipping out several cars of cedar poles to Spokane. Mrs. (ieo. Heimbach went to Spo kane Tuesday to do her spring buy ing for her millinery store. F. P. LaSota is now running hi:-; saw mill in full swing near North port, on the Aladdin-Northport-Deep lake road. Mr. LaSota and his men all live in Colville. E. J. Baird left for Duncan, Okla., the first part of the week. Did you ever meet "Buddy?" if you have never met him you want to. He will be the best friend to you on earth after you make his acquain tance. He will gfo with you and is the best hand to help you remember things. He is located at the Ex aminer office. Official Proceedings of the Board of County Com missioners At a meeting of the county com misionert, the hearing of the Colville Valley Electric Company to obtain a franchise to build a pole line along the county roads along the proposed line of the company in the Colville valley was set aside for March 1. The county auditor was ordered to pay *">() each to the Florence Crit tendon Home and the Salvation Army Rescue Homo of Spokane, for the care of Stevens county patients, inmates of same. In the matter of the purchase of cor hvood for Stevens county, the contract was let for 150 cords to Willard Fay for $4.15 per cord. Bids were submitted from #5 down to the price accepted, but this bid was deemed the best. The petition of A. B. Campbell and others for a change in the Col ville and Marcus road in Sees. 7 and 18, township 36, range 38, was ap proved and the engineer ordered to survey and report on same. It was unanimously resolved to sell tho personal and other property belonging to the county poor farm, after due consideration, to the high est bidder according to law. All bids v ill bn given due consideration, but they reserve the right to reject any anil all bids. l.ids will bi> advertised and ac cepted to care for the inmates of thr> county pool farm for the year end ing March 1, 1923, also for a super intendent for the county poor farm for the year ending March I, 1923. A. .J. Howard, proprietor of Van's Cafe, has purchased the residence property of I. 1). Sill, including 2 lots, and will occupy the place March !. Examiner Want Ads Bring Results. Sansburn & Freeman B. Main St. Colville SPECIALS IN CIGARS Give them a trial Webster 15c Chancellor 10c Nevanda 5c Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Why Not Let It Prove Its Merit in Your Home? We want you to see a TORRINGTON in operation in your (ffi&fct own home and use it yourself. A Then you will understand fully how it actually pays for it- £ • HJ|Ji self over and over. M^l What is more important—you will see how infinitely clean- life- 41BSft(|| er and more healthful your home will he. t^V^r^ One you have used a TORRINGTON you will know: t That it gets deep introdden dirt which weak-suction clean- \ ESMIS'C ers do not get; how the capable carpet sweeper brush gets all ot 1 Wgnw '! fefii the surface litter, hair, lint and threads; and does it without in- UOM\ j M ■ jury to the rug. jßlwrnmi i"') J v tj Jew ' I i!:i lij i I; I/I In i i/]l j&wi if You will realize fully the jflWtlUt I I wide range of uses made possl- J&jTffl H If i ) ble by the attachments and S^SM'! Mil IKA know how the strong motor jdfflMffl ik'M W suction makes them really ef- IKK f\ The TORRINGTON is light . — **\ *' %^®j^P **%' and easy to operate, and the '**& - ~'^-^ cost of current is surprisingly low—less than 3c a day in the '^^ —'..^ ..^^QjP^ average home. *•,»» >k^^^^ These are only a few of the reasons why NEARLY EVERY TORRINGTON SELLS ANOTHER. We will gladly arrange for a demonstration of a TOR RINGTON in your home. We sell TORRINGTONS on easy payments. Hayward O. Bair COLVILLE, WASHINGTON People Read These Bargains _YOU ARE DOING IT NOW— We still have a few sleds left, and wish you to call and see the many other bargains to Be found about a store of this nature. Special Bargains in Dining Tables. "Better Times Are Ahead of Us for 1922" Campbell Mercantile Co. Corner First and Oak Colville WINTER STORAGE FOR BATTERIES USL AND WILLARD BATTERIES JOHNSTON Battery and Electrical Shop AT COLUMBIA GARAGE COLVILLE. WASH. 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