Out of the Past: 02/18/2026

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.)

Dr. J.J. Ingle, a dentist, will next week occupy the west rooms over the R. E. Lee Co. which were recently vacated by Dr. R.E. Goetter, who moved to his new building.

CHEWELAH – Can you swallow a dollar and not know it? But two persons reported last week as having received silver dollars in a baking of bread from the Home Bakery, although seven of the dollars were given out in $0.15 loaves.

75 Years Ago—

The $2,000,000 sale of the Bonanza Lead Mine to the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. of Montana was completed here Saturday when the Montana concern made a $500,000 down payment on the property.

E.V. Holter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Holter, formerly of Kettle Falls, returned to this country recently after seeing naval action aboard the USS Toledo in Korea. The heavy cruiser took part in the Inchon invasion. Holter was a student at Kettle Falls High School.

Astonishing as it may seem, within a few years housewives may be able to buy a new type of cooking unit which will cook a four-pound roast in about 10 minutes rather than several hours, and grill meat patties in less than a minute. Radar heat used for food preparation is very new and is still in the experimental stage.

50 Years Ago—

At the regular meeting of the Colville City Council this week, a study on street and parking use was presented by Colville City Police Chief Robert Cole and Street Superintendent Harold Drake. They recommended that no cars be parked on Main St. between the north line of Birch Ave., and the south line of Fourth Ave. in excess of two hours, during the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Dance to the music of well-known country singer Patsy Lien and the “Country Generation” at Barney’s Café located at Barney’s Junction overlooking Lake Roosevelt.    

 25 Years Ago—

The Inchelium to Gifford free ferry that plies the waters of Lake Roosevelt was still running last week. Water levels on the lake continue to drop. However, it wasn’t enough to keep the Colville Confederated Tribe-operated Columbia Princess from making its appointed rounds each half hour during the day.

It is clear that 2001 is, and will continue to be, an extremely challenging year for balancing the competing demands for the Columbia River Basin’s limited water supply. It is also clear that Lake Roosevelt will be called upon to provide much of the water necessary to balance a complex power, fish, and flood control equation.

10 Years Ago—

Colville’s Trevor Morrison and Trent Baun both won state wrestling titles at the State 1A Wrestling Tournament in Tacoma. Morrison wrestled at 106 pounds, and Baun at 113 pounds.  The Colville team finished second at the State Tournament.