A Weekly Journal ofDemocracy

Fourteenth Year Colville, Stevens County, Washington, Saturday, April 23, 1921

Che golvilie examinerOFFICIAL NEWS OF CITY AND COUNTY

Ail Exponent forStevens County

$2.00 Year in Advance; 5c Copy

||j We invite you to come in and see the new|j Community pattern in silver—the "Gros-

venor." We also have the other patterns,and the 1847 Rogers Bros, silverware.

H B. G. RICH : Jeweler and Engraver * \

COLVILLE ABSTRACT CO.Abstracts of title to Stevens county

lands, mines and water rights

Frank Ko&kaMerchant Tailor

ColvUle, Washington

High class tailoring for menand women

Dry ele<wing, pressing, repairing,altering

The Colville Song ShopIS HEADQUARTERS FOR

COLUMBIA GRAFONOLAS AND RECORDS

STANDARD LINE OF PLAYER PIANOS AND PIANOS

MELODEE MUSIC ROLLS

CENTURY EDITION MUSIC AND POPULAR SONGS

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FIRST BASEBALLGAME OF YEAR

COLVILLE DEFEATS MARCUS INGAME ON HOME GROUNDS

LAST SUNDAY

The City League of Three Teamsof Business iMen Names James

Petty as Its Manager

The first baseball game of theseason in Colville occurred last Sun-day afternoon with about 200 fansin attendance, who showed a livelyinterest in the outcome of the game,which promised well for the season.The battery for Colville consistedof Max Hydoin and Grover Grahamand the game opened with the follow-ing Colville players on the diamond:Wernli. Ist base; Rogers, 2d base;8111, 3d base; H. Smith, shortstop;Tremblay, left field; Wyatt, centerfield; Page, right field. The fol-lowing substitutions were made:Broderick on 3d in Sill's place; Quil-lan replacing Tremblay; Kxley re-placing Wyatt; Page replacing Gra-ham for two innings.

The feature of the game lastSunday was in the third inning withMarcus retired by three pitchedballs, the throe runners being putout at first, with the inning playedin three minutes.

This was Hydoin's first appearancepitching. He showed up well in thebox and also proved a good hitter.Rogers and Smith were the stars atthe bat, Rogers getting the $2.50bonus for making the first home run.Colville has at least five pitchers towork this year and plenty of first-class material for almost every po-sition. There is no reason whyColville cannot have a team thatwill prove a contender with any thisyear. Richardson and Oberhanslydid not turn out last Sunday and itis expected that they will strengthenthe team materially.

A return game will be playedwith Marcus tomorrow, and the fol-lowing Sunday Colville will playthe first league game at Springdale.

Manager Raftis states as followsregarding the admission price tothe games, which has beeß criticisedas being too high: "Fifty cents wasthe amount agreed upon for theleague and is not too high when weconsider that war tax must be paid,together with traveling expenses andbaseball equipment, which is high atthis time. It should further beremembered that contributions for

the Colville team have not been so-licited for two years."

Colville at Springdale May 1 andJune 1; at Valley May 29 and June12; at Chewelah May 30 and July 4.

Schedule of League Games

Chewelah at Springdale June 12and 19; at Valley May 15 and June26; at Colville May 22 and July 10.

Valley at Springdale June 30 andJuly 3; at Chewelah May 1 and June5; at Colville May 8 and June 19.

Springdale at Valley May 22 andJuly 10; at Chewelah May 8 and 29;

at Colville May 15 and June 26.This schedule shows the games on

the Colville diamond as follows: May8 with Valley, May 15 with Spring-dale, May 22 with Chewelah, June19 with Valley, June 26 with Spring-dale and July 10 with Chewelah.

Much interest is being shown in

the organization of the three cityteams to be composed of businessmen on the east and west sides ofMain street and the courthouse. The

men who feel sure that they willmake the teams are ordering suit-able clothing and shoes and inspect-ing the necessary equipment. JamesPetty, a baseball manager of 20years ago, has been named generalmanager of the three teams and itwill be up to him to keep the thrroteam managers on their jobs, assist

The City League

Hydoin is some pitcher

Ot*ver caught for Colville in 1906—and still is

them with the schedule, and keep upthe Interest of the town in the framesof thi' city league. There will besome changes in the lineup of theteams. The only definite change onrecord to date is that of W. O. Cum-mings on the courthouse team whowill take the position of back stopinstead of shortstop. The positionof shortstop had not been filled atthis writing.

Valley n. SpringdaleNino innings on the Springdale

diamond the 10th, between Spring-dale and Valley, resulted in a scoreof 11 to 2 for Springdale. It wasthe first time the Valley men hadplayed together, while Springdalehad two practice games. The Spring-dale Reformer says "Oecks, who willbe the first string pitcher for theteam this season proved himself acool player with excellent controland plenty of stuff on the ball,retiring 10 of the Valley playersby the strikeout route, walking butone and hitting none."

Springdale 16, Colville 1The Colville baseball team left

town last Sunday morning with twoof the best rigs from the 1.. Pen-asbam, starting at 4 o'clock in themorning, arriving in Chewelah forbreakfast and at Springdale fordinner. A game was played in theafternoon, after which the boys hadsupper in Springdale and startedhome, arriving at four o'clock Mon-day morning. The pitchers werethe Wright brothers, Roy pitchingfor Colville and John for Springdale.Manager Petty states that he and

his team were 24 hours either driv-ing or playing ball—This was 20ytufn'^ftgo.

Colville vs. Grand ForksThe Colville team has secured a

game with Grand Forks on the-Queen's birthday, May 21. A base-

ball tournament will be a feature of

the celebration. Four teams willtake part, Colville, Republic, Marcus

and Grand Forks. The winningteam willreceive $125, and the teamtaking second place will be given$75.

John T. Raftis was in Spokanethis week to buy new sox and capsfor the team ami order new jerseys.

The first twilight game of theseason will be played between thecourthouse and the west side on theball grounds at five o'clock Tues-day evening. A good attendance isexpected. Snoddy will pitch theopening game for the courthouse.

A fast and furious indoor base-ball game was played by a numberof business men Wednesday eveningat the gym. (Men Snoddy acted asumpire but the game was so fastthat he sought refuge in the balcony.The battery of the winning team wasIrving D. Sill, catcher, and H. O.Bair, pitcher. Dr. J. J. InK'e. E.T. Gates and C. R. Wiley playedbases, C. C. Casey, Horace Williamsand Will C. Spedden the field po-

sitions, and Frank Oberhansly play-

ed shortstop. The losing team dis-played remarkable skill, but wastotally outclassed by the winners.

Local Games

Under the auspices of the Stevens

County Farm Bureau, Prof. 0. M.Morris, head of the department ofhorticulture of the Washington statecollege, will be in BtCVOU county

April 29, and 30 for two meetings.

The first meeting will be in thenature of a demonstration at the T.N. Orsei farm in North Basin at

1:30 p. m., Friday, April 29. Those

wishing to reach the Orsei farm

should climb the Orin hill and takethe first right hand road. At thatplace, Prof. Morris will install afertility test on potatoes. Commer-cial fertilizer will be used and recom-mendations made based on analysis

of the soil and its appearance on

direct observation.

MORRIS TO LECTURE HEREON CULTURE OF POTATO

The second meeting will be at

th« court room in Colville at t'JOSaturday, April 30. At that time

Prof. Morris will lecture on propercultural and planting methods neces-sary to produce good seed potatoes.

McCALLUMKILLSYOUNG BROTHER

BROTHER MURDERS BROTHERAT THE RANCH HOME

NEAR DEER PARK

Trial Will Occur in June—Widow ofMurdered Man an Eye Witness

to the Tragedy

George McCallum is in the Ste-vens county jail charged with themurder of his brother John Mc-Callum last Saturday night six milessouthwest of Deer Park at theirranch home. The shooting occurredafter a dispute regarding moneymatters, George McCallum demand-ing $30 and his brother writing hima check for $10. After the shoot-ing the slayer made his escape, butwas apprehended about eight o'clockat the ranch home by Deputy Sher-iff T. E. Irish.

'Hie McCallums had lived in thatcommunity for about a year. Georgewas 28 years old, and had beenmarried, but his wife died about twoyears ago. The brother who waskilled was 2f> years old and his wifewitnessed the shooting. On Sat-urday afternoon Mrs. McCallum tooka lunch out to her husband who wasplowing in a field and while sitting

on the plow eating she says he toldher that he thought his brother waslosing his mind and that Georgehad tried to beat him up that noon.

The father of the two men, whoresides in Montana, accompanied themurderer to the jail.

The trial will occur in June andMrs. McCallum has been requestedto be present at the trial, becauseshe was an eye witness of the shoot-ing. The body of the murdered manwill be taken to Glenham, S. D., forinterment by the widow and herbrother Charles Aube of South Da-kota, who arrived Tuesday.

It is reported that a brother ofthe two McCallums of Deer Parkdied of tuberculosis in an easternprison.

THK CHAMBER OF COMMKRCK

At a recent meeting of the Cham-ber of Commerce the Hag«nbushLumber Co. was granted an exten-sion of 15 years on its lease of

the grounds near the fair grounds,thus giving a 25-year lease.

GIVES MILL LONGER LEASE

Extensive improvement arc in con-

templation for the fair grounds. Allbuildings arc to be made a uniformcolor and the roofs of the buildingsare to be extended. The cow shedshave been moved back and thegrounds raked and cleaned.

The Chamber of Commerce hasbeen collecting the budget for thefirst half of 1921, and has been meet-ing with cheerful responses despitethe fact that business has not yet

become stablized, indicating that thebusiness men realize that this isthe time that the Chamber of Com-merce and kindred works should notbe neglected.

FREE METHODISTS MAKEAPPOINTMENTS FOR YEAK

Among the appointments at theFree Methodist conference in Spo-kane last week were: Rev. GuyDenney returned to Colville; Rev.J. K. Mumau returned to Daisy; Rev.

C. H. Coats comes from Wild Roue

to Chewelah, and Rev. Fisher goes

from Chewelah to Penewawa; Rev.F. E. Pond reelected elder of theWalla Walla and Boise district, withheadquarters at Boise; Rev. E. H.Stayt returned to Kettle Falls; Mrs.Myrtle Young Palmer returned to

St. John; Rev. M. L, Schooley as-signed to missionary relations; Rev.J. E. Bradley returned to Kalispell.

Rev. E. W. Achilles, aged 61, wellknown in Stevens county as one ofthe early Free Methodist ministers,dropped dead in his room in Spo-kane Sunday morning, while pre-

paring to attend the general con-

ference meeting. He had beentroubled with heart failure for sev-eral yearn. He and his wife haverecently been residing at Athena,Oregon. He was retired from theministry 1 year- ago, after 25 years

service. He held the pa.-torate in

Colville many years ago.

Bootlegging as a profession isshowing signs of improvement. Notonly is the demand .said to be fine,

but sourccH of supply and ability to

receive and deliver this supply areconsiderably improved as a result ofcongressional, departmental and leg-

islative endeavor, and the recent de-cisions of federal and state judges.

Bl SINKSS MUCH IMPROVEDIN NEW FIELD OF ACTION

The federal law is stringent. Butthere are only two ways of secur-ing results on a law—official actionand public demand. The demand forgreater freedom apparently has ledto congressional action in reducingappropriations for enforcement, re-sulting in the dropping from the en-forcement roll of a large part ofthe prohibition officials.

The state legislature, not to beoutdone in safeguarding the inter-ests of the liquor traffic, at its re-cent session made very stringent thelaw regarding search and seizure, tothe extent that homes and personsmay not be easily searched. Federaland state judicial opinions have fol-lowed in protecting the traffic, sothat it is now practically impossibleto apprehend auto traffic in contra-hand liquor. Cars may not be searcK-cd without a warrant, and it is im-possible to secure warrants for carsearch in time to get most of thflears.

The Canadian boundary is open.Enforcement officers are gone. Theauto may come almost unnoticedacross the border, the local officialsmay not search it without a warrantand booze carriers thus far have ab-solutely refused to (five notice oftheir coming in time to have searchwarrants prepared for them. Asmuch liquor as a man can carry onhis hip may be carried without fearof molestation. When proof of il-legal possession or sale is possible,a conviction is possible, but the pow-

er that be, in their wisdom, have de-

creed that investigation shall be amost difficult procedure.

Stevens county is a fertile fieldfor booze runners. And it is ru-mored that our neighboring city ofSpokane still has plenty of money

to make prompt payment for alldeliveries which may reach there.Sheriff Graham has made a num-ber of seizures, and Prosecuting At-

torney Noble has secured a numberof convictions, but with law and pub-

lic opinion not favorable to prohibi-tory enforcement, their task is not

an enviable one, nor is it withintheir power to stop the traffic whichis now showing good signs of becom-ing a permanent and profitable one.

Why are the bonus paymentsslow? About 250 warrants are is-sued daily for the payment of theequalized compensation to the veter-ans of the world war, which repre-

sents an aggregate daily payment

STATE MAKES PAYMENTSOF BONUS TO SOLDIERS

a warrant can be issued, the bonusclaim mast pass through the follow-ing routine: All applications are re-ceived in duplicate, indexed andnumbered at the reception table;they also go into the numerical rec-ord; then they pa.ss to file clerksfor entering in an alphabetically ar-ranged card index system that (fives

the cross-index on each claim; af-terward they go to the checkers forexamination U to residence and ser-vice; then they are checked to de-termine whether or not the claimant

is indebted to the Veterans' Welfarecommission; then to the computers

who determine the amount due anddeliver the claims to the deputy incharge who is obliged to make apersonal examination to see thatthey are regular; then the passedclaims are listed and sent to theauditor's office for warrant issueand when the wan-ants are returnedto the mailing room, receipts aromade out, discharge papers obtainedand warrant and discharge are mail-ed to the claimant by registered

mail. Minor errors have been foundin about 26# of the applications

ami one clear case of fraud and onesuspected case have been found.

of from $60,000 to $60,000. Before

LUCKYSTRIKECIGARETTE

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