Out of the Past

100 Years Ago—
Dr. and Mrs. W.F. Diffenbacher left for their new home in Spokane on Monday. Their son, William, home from the state university on a week’s vacation, assisted in moving. Part of their household goods were sold at auction Saturday, and some were taken by moving van to Spokane.

100 Years Ago—
A barium prospect has been opened across the river west of Northport by Fred Martin, Howard Featherkile, and Arthur W. Featherkile.

100 Years Ago—
The state highway committee will open bids April 13 on construction of 12.3 miles of the Inland Empire Highway south from Barstow to the Kettle Falls of the Columbia River, in Ferry County.

100 Years Ago—
Manager I. M. Hunley of the Colville-Spokane Stage Line has entered an order for another white stage to add to the recent equipment of three large white stages, a smaller stage and two autos. The new stage is to be equipped with a lavatory, toilet, drinking fountain, and a two-seat nook with writing desk for use of travelers and businessmen.

100 Years Ago—
CHEWELAH – George Benninger, who with Frank Weist, has been working at the Triple Ledge Mine, suffered a badly cut face, arms and feet Thursday night when he dove through a window while asleep.

100 Years Ago—
Neal Ledgerwood on Wednesday took possession of the 5 & 10 Store, which he purchased from P.H. Johnson & Son. He expects to continue the business in the Dorman building, North Main Street, where the store has been located for some time. (Editor’s note: Ledgerwood moved his business to the building occupied by the Statesman-Examiner.)

100 Years Ago—
By a vote of 597 to 100 last Saturday, the patrons of Colville Consolidated School District No. 5 directed the erection of a new school building.

100 Years Ago—
Voters of Colville School District No. 5 will vote today on the question of issuing $55,000 in bonds for the purpose of erecting a new school building.

100 Years Ago—

Colville will vote on Saturday, Feb. 13, to decide the matter of a new high school building for District 5. If passed, the new high school will be located on Elm Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue.

100 Years Ago—
For 37 years, the Hofstetter two-story frame store building stood on the northeast corner of Main and Beech (Birch). It was the first substantial building erected in the town of Colville after the platting and dedication of the town early in 1883. It was erected by John U. Hofstetter who owned much of the land embraced in the original town of Colville.

100 Years Ago—
Stevens County has 2,643 farms, according to the revised estimate Jan. 1 made by the Department of Commerce. This is 84 less than in 1920.

100 Years Ago—
December weather in the Colville valley was the warmest since 1910, the average temperature for the month being 33 degrees.

100 Years Ago—
Bagley’s Portrait Studio at Kettle Falls is showing some beautiful reproductions of the Kettle Falls of the Columbia and surrounding scenery; they are the personal work of Mr. Bagley, who has copyrights for about 20 pictures of the falls, and sold them for $50 each for calendar use in the east.

100 Years Ago—
Next Monday, Dec. 28, will be observed throughout the nation by dinners and meetings as the birthday anniversary of Woodrow Wilson, the apostle of world peace, who died in his struggle to attain world peace.

100 Years Ago—
The Minzell-Randall Co.: new Ford agency opened for business this week on North Main Street, between Second and Third Streets.

100 Years Ago—
Colville has a chance to gain fame throughout the nation by being the place of origin of a new apple, an improvement on the Delicious which is probably the most popular eating apple on the market. J.M. Scroggs, living two-and-three-quarters miles northeast of Colville, has propagated a new apple by means of select grafting.

100 Years Ago—
Right of way for the Inland Empire Highway from Barstow to Kettle Falls bridge site has been secured by County Commissioner John F. May, who on Monday was accompanied over the project by District Engineer Guy Harvey of the State Highway Department.

100 Years Ago—
Improved postal service for first class mail has been officially asked of the post office department by petitions from all towns between Colville and Spokane. The petitions cite the present unsatisfactory service of mail 12 times a week, and asked that pouches of first-class mail be hereafter transported by the Colville-Spokane stage line, which never makes less than 54 trips a week.

100 Years Ago—
Teachers Institute will be held in Colville Nov. 23-25. Owing to the fact that the hotels will not be able to accommodate all teachers, it will be necessary that some private homes be opened for the comfort of teachers. All those who have rooms that can be let during this period for the teachers should notify the Hotel Lee.

100 Years Ago—
Next Wednesday is Armistice Day, proclaimed a holiday by Governor Hartley, who urges that the people take a brief respite from their daily labors and contemplate the lessons taught by the World War. The Governor’s proclamation says, “Nov. 11, 1918, will be memorable throughout the ages. It was on that day that millions of men under arms ceased firing and the greatest conflict in...

100 Years Ago—
The Upper Columbia Company is finishing picking and packing apples this week, having had about 50 people picking and 25 people in the packing sheds. The apples have been shipped as fast as they were packed. The apples will go into a diversity of markets, some to Sweden, some to England, a part to Georgia, and some to Chicago for storage.

100 Years Ago—
The Colville Parent-Teacher Association, by unanimous vote at its regular meeting Tuesday night, placed itself on record as in favor of a new high school building for Colville.

100 Years Ago—
Bank burglars at some time during the night of Oct. 2-3 entered the Guaranty State Bank at Marcus, broke open both doors of the vault, rifled a dozen or more safe deposit boxes, and escaped with $174 in coins. The damage caused by them amounted to more than the value of their loot.

100 Years Ago-
CHEWELAH—The Congregational Church of Chewelah last Sunday celebrated the 46th anniversary of the founding of the first protestant church in Stevens County, Sept. 14, 1879. The occasion also marked the anniversary of the first public address made in Washington by the Rev. Cushing Eells, missionary, who on Sept. 16, 1838,...